No sexto ano de Yonghui, Li Shimin, que havia viajado no tempo acompanhado por Li Qing, estava diante do Salão Lizheng. Seu olhar profundo estava repleto de expectativa pela cerimônia de coroação de imperatriz para seu filho mais novo. No momento em que entrou no Salão Lizheng, Li Shimin perdeu completamente o controle. "Zhi Nu! Como você está junto com Meiniang?!" Após obter um sistema, Li Qing recebeu uma missão: se conseguisse, junto com vinte versões paralelas da dinastia Tang, alcançar o feito de "No mundo existe apenas uma dinastia Tang", ele poderia imediatamente ascender à imortalidade. Li Qing, porém, achava que tornar-se imortal era secundário; primeiro ele queria se divertir. Esta é a história de alguém que, acompanhado por Li Shimin, vai castigar e humilhar imperadores decadentes das gerações futuras.
Chapter 1: The Golden Eye of Tang 818
Winter of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Luoyang Palace.
Li Qing stood there, locking eyes with Li Shimin, who sat behind the desk. The encounter was surreal—Li Qing had suddenly acquired a mysterious system that tasked him with traveling across different dynasties to help them unify the world. By absorbing the emotional values of emperors, he could exchange them for various items…
Initially, Li Qing intended to play modest, but the system promised immortality upon completion of the mission. It knew him well, as that was exactly what Li Qing told it he wanted. And so, without warning, he found himself transported to his first stop—standing before Li Shimin.
Li Shimin, startled and suspicious, stared at the young man who had appeared out of nowhere. He had only lowered his head to glance at a memorial, and suddenly someone was there. Yet, as a battle-hardened veteran, he was not easily flustered. The young man before him looked like a carefree youth in spring attire, not an assassin. Regaining his composure, Li Shimin asked, “Who are you? How dare you trespass in the imperial palace?”
Li Qing, himself quick to recover, was not easily rattled. With the system backing him, he felt little fear of imperial authority. He brushed dust off his clothes and replied with ease, “Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Li Qing, and I am an immortal.”
“An immortal?” Li Shimin was skeptical. Every immortal he’d ever heard of possessed an otherworldly aura. The young man before him, with his short hair, looked mo