At thirteen, he ascended the throne, treading on blood and conspiracy. Deep within Xianyang Palace, surrounded by powerful ministers, the young King of Qin endured like a wolf. At twenty-two, he suddenly bared his fangs—Lao Ai was dismembered by chariots, his 'adoptive father' (Lu Buwei) was dismissed. Even before the screams from the court had faded, his eagle eyes had already turned towards the six states of the East. Ten years of war and strife saw the palaces of Han, Zhao, Yan, and Chu crumble under his iron cavalry. When the last feudal lord's banner snapped, he clutched the blood-stained imperial seal and sneered, "My achievements surpass even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors!" Thus, thunder roared atop Mount Tai, and the unprecedented title of "Emperor" (Huangdi) was indelibly branded by him into the very bloodline of Huaxia. In Xianyang city, writing was forcibly unified on bamboo slips with knife and brush; nobles of the six states trembled by the imperial roads, counting with the same laws. At the foot of the Great Wall, white bones and rammed earth were piled into the wall seams, while the shadow of Efang Palace had already swallowed the entire Wei River plain. The alchemists' elixir scams enraged him, and a great book-burning fire turned the Hundred Schools of Thought into charred silence. At Shagou Palace, the forty-nine-year-old emperor suddenly vomited blood in the height of summer. How could he accept this? Reborn, he had returned precisely to the time of unifying the six states. This time, how would he choose?
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(Outside Xianyang City, the autumn wind swept up withered leaves, rustling sharply like blades. A troop of black-armored iron cavalry thundered down the official road, their hooves shaking the distant mountain birds into startled flight. The leader was draped in a dark, profound cloak, its gold-embroidered dragon patterns gleaming with a cold light under the afterglow. A bronze longsword hung at his waist; though still sheathed, a murderous intent seemed to pierce to the bone. The city gate guar
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