I Became a Poor Scholar, Passed the Imperial Exams Three Times in a Row, and Took the Court by Storm

Li Yu woke up to find he'd transmigrated as a seven-year-old farmer's son, with hellish odds from the start.

His family was dirt poor, eating watery porridge every meal. His grandmother played favorites, and his relatives were awful.

His grandmother treated the eldest branch of the family like treasure and the third branch like weeds. His cousin had failed the county exam for six years, yet the whole family still had to tighten their belts to support him.

Faced with this suffocating home and blatant oppression, Li Yu declared he wouldn't be anyone's pack mule anymore. He would study.

His grandmother sneered, "You can't even get enough to eat. What are you studying for?"

His uncle scoffed, "A peasant wants to take the imperial exams? Dream on!"

Li Yu was furious. If the family wouldn't support him, he'd earn the money to study himself!

And so Journey to the West burst onto the scene, earning him a fortune.

He had a photographic memory, and the Four Books and Five Classics came effortlessly to him.

At nine, he made a name for himself in the county exam. At ten, he topped the prefectural exam. At fourteen, he took first place in the provincial exam...

You humiliate me and bully me?

In that case, I'll rise on the wind like a roc, soaring ninety thousand miles into the sky!