The Tyranny of Jie of Xia! His Fortune Was Exhausted

After Qi came Tai Kang, Zhong Kang, Xiang, Shao Kang...

Generation after generation of Xia kings continued the Xia Dynasty.

Some were wise and mighty, some mediocre and incapable, some muddleheaded and absurd...

Yet no matter what, the Xia Dynasty's reign was passed down from generation to generation.

During this time, there had been the turmoil of "Tai Kang Losing the Realm," as well as the glory of "Shao Kang's Restoration."

But overall, under the suppression of the Nine Tripods, the Human Race's Fortune had never suffered any major upheavals.

Thus, the Xia Dynasty founded by Da Yu unknowingly endured for over four hundred years.

By then, the throne of Xia had passed into the hands of its seventeenth ruler, Jie of Xia.

Jie of Xia, named Lü Gui, was accomplished in both civil and martial arts and strong enough to wrestle tigers.

Yet Jie of Xia's reputation had not spread because of his civil governance or military achievements.

It had spread because of his debauchery and tyranny.

At the beginning of his reign, he had still possessed great ambition and wished to continue the glory of his ancestors.

However, as his power became secure, Jie of Xia's true nature gradually revealed itself.

He favored a woman named Mei Xi, obeying her every word and indulging her every whim.

To please Mei Xi, Jie of Xia launched massive construction projects and built an incomparably lavish palace: the Leaning Palace.

Within the Leaning Palace were magnificent chambers and jade terraces, corridors inlaid with ivory, and beds carved from white jade. It was extravagance beyond measure, consuming countless resources wrung from the people.

Beyond that, Jie of Xia had a vast wine pool excavated within his palace, large enough for boats to sail upon.

He ordered three thousand master drinkers to beat