Zhang Ruochen was killed by his fiancée, Princess Chi Yao, with her own hands. Eight hundred years later, he is reborn in the body of a useless prince. The woman who once loved him has become Empress Chi Yao, ruler of the entire realm—and he must start over as a worthless failure who cannot even awaken a single Martial Mark. But this is no simple tale of revenge. It is a journey across eight centuries to uncover the truth and seize power. What makes this novel shine is Zhang Ruochen’s “crushing advantage”: he carries the martial wisdom and spiritual power of a former peak-level cultivator, yet begins at the lowest rank, using the most basic techniques to overwhelm arrogant prodigies. From shocking everyone at the year-end assessment to breaking a four-hundred-year record in the Martial Tower, and fighting life-or-death battles against elite-ranked experts—every clash is a blend of skill and strategy. He must survive betrayal within the royal clan, assassins from the black market, and the brutal competition of the Martial Academy. And the haunting question remains: why did Empress Chi Yao kill him? This mystery drives him to train relentlessly. When you see him thrown back again and again by raging river currents while striving to break through to the supreme realm—only to rise each time—you won’t be able to stop reading, desperate to see how he tears open the truth of this world with iron will.