The Empress Says, Commoners Don't Deserve the Top Scholar Title

Gu Ping'an, from a poor family, studied diligently since childhood, overcoming hardships to become the first commoner top scholar in the history of the Da Qian Dynasty. However, the aristocratic families refuse to allow this precedent, uniting to bribe the Empress. The Empress coldly looks down at Gu Ping'an, issuing an edict: "Guilty of cheating, deprived of the top scholar title, to be executed in autumn!" From then on, Gu Ping'an cultivates martial arts, luckily possessing extraordinary aptitude, creating his own unique techniques. As he reads and plays chess alone, using the world as his chessboard, the court and the martial world as his pieces, he single-handedly stirs up the world! As he rides a crane into the capital, his sword pointed at the aristocratic families, he treads down the bones of officials in the streets! As Gu Ping'an's reputation rises...