Death Return: I Faked My Death to Martyrdom

Xiao Xuanji transmigrated to another world and rose from a follower of the Fire Worship Cult to the Pope and Emperor. He led the slave liberation movement, initiated the industrial revolution, and created a new era, pulling a poor and enslaved small country out of the mire. But innocence is no protection against guilt! The spirit stone mine, a unique resource, gave the Cang Kingdom hope to dominate the world but also attracted countless wolves. The Yao and Shuo Kingdoms came aggressively, threatening to annihilate the Cang Kingdom within ten days. On the night he resolved to fight to the death, Xiao Xuanji suddenly died of a heart attack... Believing he was doomed, he discovered he could return from death! Returning to before his death, he found that his heart attack was not accidental but caused by poison. Xiao Xuanji decided to play along, fake his death, and martyr himself to ignite the nation's resistance. Martyrdom for the cause and country is the noblest death. Unexpectedly, after his fake death, the reclusive elders of the Fire Worship Cult emerged, issued the Sacred Fire Order, and placed a worldwide bounty on the Yao Emperor! — Description from novelcodex.org