Letting You Assist Emperor Xin, You Turned Him into the Human Emperor?

Letting You Assist Emperor Xin, You Turned Him into the Human Emperor? Author: Chang Qing Shu

Synopsis: After transmigrating into the Great Desolation Investiture of the Gods, I became Deng Jiugong, General of Sanshan Pass.

Though my Blade Technique was Godlike, I was ultimately a mortal general. Fortunately, the God-Tier Selection System activated.

As long as I made a choice, I could receive a reward.

"Ding-dong! You chose to protect Great Shang and never become a rebel. Reward: Time Dao Disk!"

"Ding-dong! You chose to turn Emperor Xin into the Human Emperor. Reward: Vast Void Divine Blade!"

"Ding-dong! You chose to awaken the Human Way. Reward: one hundred million years of cultivation!!!"

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Gasp!

My head felt like it was splitting apart!

"I drank too much again last night. Now I'm hallucinating!"

He recalled drinking with his friends last night—

"What's going on?"

Deng Jiugong suddenly discovered that a wealth of memories had appeared out of nowhere in his mind.

One memory was of him drinking with his friends, who had teased him because he shared a name with Deng Jiugong from Romance of the Investiture of the Gods!

Another memory told him that he was Deng Jiugong, General of Sanshan Pass under Cheng Tang.

After Grand Tutor Wen's death, Emperor Xin issued an order to avenge him: Ji Fa was unrighteous, taking in fugitives and recruiting rebels, and had grown wildly arrogant. He therefore ordered Deng Jiugong to attack Xiqi.

He received a sudden report that a short man had come to deliver a letter. The man was barely four feet tall and looked unpleasant. Deng Jiugong had wanted to turn him away, but then learned that Shen Gongbao had recommended him. So he assigned him to hurry off and arrange provisions for the army, making him Grain Inspector of the Five Armies.

Deng Jiugong led his troops against Xiqi, and Tu Xingsun distinguished himself with great merit. That night, Deng Jiugong hosted a banquet for him, but after drinking, he let slip that he would marry his daughter, Deng Chanyu, to Tu Xingsun.

Gasp!

The two sets of memories rapidly merged, making Deng Jiugong's headache grow worse.

"I must be going crazy. These hallucinations are getting worse!"

Fighting through the pain, Deng Jiugong looked up and saw a graceful young woman standing before him, her face full of resentment.

"Father, how could you promise me to a little dwarf?"

Deng Chanyu complained.

"This!!!"

Deng Jiugong was dumbfounded.

Deng Chanyu?

My daughter?

Had I really become Deng Jiugong from the Investiture of the Gods era?

Deng Jiugong's eyes widened.

"Father, I absolutely will not marry that little dwarf!"

With that, Deng Chanyu stormed out.

"Take my father some hangover soup!"

Deng Jiugong faintly heard Deng Chanyu's voice outside.

Deng Jiugong's wife had died young, leaving him with a son and a daughter.

His son was Deng Xiu, and his daughter was Deng Chanyu.

Deng Chanyu was highly skilled in martial arts and already had the bearing of a female general. She had been raised well, and though she resented her father for promising her to Tu Xingsun, she still treated him with respect.

She knew her father had only let the words slip while drunk!

But that morning, she saw that Deng Jiugong still hadn't sobered up. He was snoring loudly, as if he'd forgotten what he'd said the day before, and she couldn't help feeling angry.

"I actually promised my own daughter to a little dwarf?"

Deng Jiugong slapped his forehead, his face full of regret.

Though words spoken in drunkenness didn't count, this was the beginning of a change in his daughter Deng Chanyu's fate.

Between Deng Xiu and Deng Chanyu, Deng Jiugong had always doted more on Deng Chanyu.

How could he possibly want his precious daughter to marry a little dwarf?

"Marshal, the young lady sent you some hangover soup!"

Just then, a soldier brought in a bowl of hangover soup, then left on his own.

Deng Jiugong drank the soup. His memories had fully merged, his headache was gone, and he had adjusted to his new identity. He had no choice but to face reality.

"I really have become Deng Jiugong from the Investiture of the Gods era!"

Deng Jiugong was General of Sanshan Pass under Cheng Tang, a highly skilled martial artist whose Blade Technique was Godlike.

In the Investiture of the Gods era, mortals and gods lived side by side. There were no shortage of people with divine power, and mortals who could fight immortals and gods were a common sight. Deng Jiugong's family was one such example.

Being born into a military family was a pretty good start.

But he had to remember that this was the Investiture of the Gods era, where the contest was between immortals' magic power and magical treasures. No matter how strong a general was, he was still nothing but cannon fodder in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

Especially when he thought of how his family's fate would take a drastic turn after Deng Chanyu married Tu Xingsun. In the Investiture of the Gods, none of them would escape death.

"I absolutely can't let my Chanyu marry that little bastard Tu Xingsun!"

Leaving aside Tu Xingsun's short stature and ugly appearance, which made him a poor choice for a husband, Deng Jiugong's entire family would be led down a road of no return after Deng Chanyu married him.

"Report..."

"Marshal, Tu Xingsun tried to take Ji Fa's head. He attacked Xiqi overnight and was captured by Jiang Ziya!"

Just then, a soldier came to report.

It turned out that the previous day, while drunk, Deng Jiugong had said that if Tu Xingsun took Ji Fa's head and conquered Xiqi, he would marry Deng Chanyu to him.

Tu Xingsun had taken Deng Jiugong's drunken words seriously the night before. And after distinguishing himself with great merit, he had grown arrogant. He hadn't even waited for dawn, instead using his earth-traveling magic to sneak into Xiqi overnight and launch a surprise attack. But he hadn't expected to be captured by Juliusun.

Tu Xingsun was a disciple of Juliusun of the Chan Sect. Once Juliusun captured him, he naturally joined Xiqi.

The next step would be for Jiang Ziya to plot to marry his daughter, Deng Chanyu, to Tu Xingsun.

Then Jiang Ziya would use this to threaten Deng Jiugong into joining Xiqi.

Knowing that joining Xiqi was a road of no return, how could Deng Jiugong possibly agree?

As someone familiar with Romance of the Investiture of the Gods, he knew that in the original history, Deng Jiugong had set a trap and pretended to agree, intending to capture Jiang Ziya alive.

But Jiang Ziya had turned the tables and tricked Deng Jiugong instead. Tu Xingsun captured Deng Chanyu and married her, leaving Deng Jiugong with no choice but to hold back for fear of endangering his daughter. That was how he reluctantly joined Xiqi.

But even if things had turned out well after joining, that might have been acceptable. The problem was, all that awaited them after joining was death.

Not only would his daughter, Deng Chanyu, die, but his son, Deng Xiu, would also die for no apparent reason. Even Deng Jiugong himself would die at Qinglong Pass, and his corpse would be hung out for public display. A renowned general, humiliated even after death!

Damn it!

Though he had transmigrated into Deng Jiugong, General of Sanshan Pass, he held an incredibly high position in Great Shang. He bore the title of marshal and commanded an army of three hundred thousand—the very backbone of Great Shang.

But.

The situation he faced was still perilous.

Next, Jiang Ziya would try to trick him under the pretext of bringing betrothal gifts.

Deng Jiugong couldn't follow the original plan and lay a trap to capture Jiang Ziya.

Jiang Ziya had many fierce warriors by his side, all of them with magic. Though Deng Jiugong had immense strength and could fight immortals and gods, he had no magic of his own. If things went wrong, he could easily fall to some unorthodox sorcery.

With his mortal body, he could contend with immortals and gods of limited cultivation, but he was no match for anyone with deeper cultivation.

There was no way his plan to capture Jiang Ziya would succeed. Besides, Jiang Ziya was the fated protagonist of the Investiture of the Gods. He wasn't someone who could be captured so easily.

Deng Jiugong couldn't handle the fierce warriors around Jiang Ziya alone.

So it seemed the only path open to Deng Jiugong was to follow the original story.

How could Deng Jiugong accept that?

The odds were stacked against him!

He was in serious trouble!

This damned fate.

Was it really impossible to change?

But I was a transmigrator!

"Where's my cheat ability?!"

Deng Jiugong nearly shouted in his heart.