ROYAL B

I was an illegitimate daughter abandoned by the promiscuous emperor. From there, I ended up on the street where I learned that I had a knack for the sword. I competed in tournaments, became a mercenary, and I made a name for myself. Just when I had become the talk of the empire, the emperor wanted me back. In return, I demanded to be next in line for the throne. After years of hard work, I finally became empress and died happily. But here I am, alive again. Ugh, can’t a girl be left alone? This time, I’m going to be as lazy as I please!

In the chaotic period of the Republic of China, Chen Qiming, an opera actor in Peking Opera Association, was entangled by a new warlord, Yan Ci, at the first sight. Circulating between the support and threat of warlord forces, involving in the competition and grudges of opera association, Chen Qiming gradually found another side of Yan Ci under his military uniform. Who would have thought that the enmity between them had begun from childhood, and destined by this chaotic period.

In the year 1838 of the First Emperor's calendar, the Tian Yuan war has ended, and a man who had crossed over to this world and was forced to fight for six years threw the great sword in his hand, and with his soul wounded and bewildered, staggered away from the devastated battlefield, wanting to explore this strange and mysterious world. Our story begins two years after he regained his freedom. However, he found that things were not so simple, the six years of war entangled him with the destiny of this new world, the Han dynasty that implemented changes, the Western powers that were watching, the martial artists that wielded imperial weapons, the gunners that manipulated machinery, the engineers that harnessed the power of steam, modified humans that were fatally armed... In this new world where the technology has developed rapidly, the civilizations of the East and West, each at its peak, are waiting for a spark to ignite a war between the two worlds. And all of this happened because of the great sword that he threw away. Like fate, he couldn't avoid it. He seemed to be cursed by the great sword he threw away... Well, or maybe it was a blessing?