I Somehow Became the Pillar of the Great Tang

A modern young man, Wang Kai, transmigrates to late-Tang Luoyang and awakens a special ability: if he dies, he becomes an immortal and ascends together with his family; if he survives, he continuously gains fame, fortuitous opportunities, and connections and power. Bent solely on seeking death and escape, he thus sets foot on a chaotic-era path full of contrast. At this time, Zhu Wen has murdered Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, coerced Emperor Ai of Tang, controls the court in Luoyang, and plots usurpation; the regional military governors rise on all sides, and the Great Tang teeters on the brink. Wang Kai repeatedly provokes Zhu Wen on his own initiative and lands in dangerous straits, single-mindedly seeking death. But his calm fearlessness and indifference to life and death are misunderstood by the entire court of civil and military officials and the regional military governors as those of a worthy minister who harbors the Great Tang in his heart and possesses peerless integrity. Unwilling to bear the infamy of killing a loyal and good man, the crowd instead respects and shields him. The more deliberately he seeks death, the higher his prestige rises, and talents such as Xia Luqi, Ma Yu, and Luo Gun come to submit to him one after another. Wang Kai originally only wanted to ascend as soon as possible, yet by a strange combination of circumstances he gathers followers, accumulates strength, and stirs up the situation under heaven. Others praise him for planning for the state and aiding the world; only he is full of helplessness as, time and again, his attempts to seek death fail, and he unexpectedly grows into the key figure in the chaotic era capable of supporting the state. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: I Somehow Became the Pillar of the Great Tang — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠