A Real Princess? No—A Real Monarch!

Genre: Science fiction · Female-led · No romance · Early stage academy competition, later unifying humankind · Passionate

Question: From a young form of a ruler to a complete form, how many steps does it take?

Infant form Ling Zhao: starting out in an orphanage, with a game chip that seems like a cheat but keeps dragging her down.

Complete form Ling Zhao: the number one person in the post-star era, the number one commander, a god-tier star user, humanity’s hope, the sole inheritor of the Miracle Project...

In the post-star era, beasts invade on a massive scale and imperial rule weakens. While everyone is pessimistic about the royal family, a lost princess quietly binds to the game chip called [Myriad Nations Hunting Grounds].

Here, as the empire’s sole heir, she uses the faith of her people as the entry ticket and competes with other beings to earn rewards.

Thus, the life of an overachiever begins.

Thirty-six-school league champion? I’ll take it.

Prodigy elimination tournament champion? I’ll take it.

Royal identity, the crown of a ruler, the lost Blue Star, the scattered human armies? I’ll take them all.

At first, Ling Zhao’s dream was to become the strongest person in White Tower City. Later, she raised the difficulty a little and wanted to become the strongest person in the empire. After that, she unknowingly reached the top of Myriad Nations Hunting Grounds and accidentally broke the game chip.

Years later, the cosmic nations, beaten black and blue: Why did you mess with her in the first place?

All of humanity: Even the smallest human has the right to leave a mark in the vast universe. Today is another day of advancing toward the great ruler!

(My kind of interstellar novel, with lots of private worldbuilding, no mecha system, a bit slow-burning; the early focus is on academy and military camp territory, and the later focus is on the game and the nations of the universe.)