The First Bandit of Troubled Times

Qin Chuan never expected his new life to begin on the wrong side of the law—waking up in the body of a frontier bandit in the war-torn borderlands of the Great Yong dynasty. His first night in this world is not his own; he is forced to share a bed with a princess sent to broker a marriage alliance, a desperate political move that leaves him tangled in imperial schemes far beyond his station. But that unexpected encounter awakens the mysterious Ten Thousand Flowers Map within him—a power that grants a new skill for every woman who binds herself to him. From the fierce chieftainess of his own mountain stronghold and the sheltered daughter of a local magistrate, to a childhood sweetheart from his past life, a rival general from an enemy nation, and even the formidable Empress Dowager herself—no woman is off the table. Ruthless, calculating, and utterly unapologetic, Qin Chuan makes his stance clear: in this chaotic age, he will take them all, and woe to anyone who stands in his way.