I Came from Xiangji Temple

From the mountain of corpses at Xiangji Temple, Guo Chang’an wanted only one thing: to survive.

In a chaotic age like a blade, he picked up a life and also saved Shen Zhenzhu, the missing Crown Princess of Guangping in the history books. At the corpse heap, with a single "Come with me," she stayed by his side for life.

From Guozhou westward to Suyab, Talas, the Kingdom of Shi, Samarkand... he fought his way across blood-soaked battles, all the way to the Caspian Sea. The flames of the firearms battalion lit up the long night, elite shock troops scaled walls and broke through cities, and the vast lands of the Western Regions were finally secured by him.

The southern frontier remained unsettled, Annam was divided, and the war elephants of Linyi trampled mountains and rivers. He led firearms cavalry south, gunpowder arrows shattered elephant formations, and heavy artillery blasted open the gates of Champa. Shipyards in Jiaozhou launched warships one after another, and the Tang navy rose from nothing, sailing forth into the southern seas.

Pirates in Luzon plundered merchant ships, and he gave only one word: attack. The South Sea Fleet flattened the pirate lair, and the thousands of miles of sea returned to peace.

Seven emotions accompanying him, ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers. The small military officer who climbed out of a pile of corpses eventually became the Grand Protector of Annam and the Great General of the Southern Campaign, holding mighty armies and shaking the four seas.

Dugu Min stood at the bow, silver bells jingling. “General, still fighting?”

Guo Chang’an looked out over the vast blue sea and answered loudly, “Fight until the seas are calm and the rivers are clear, and all four seas know peace.”