Dead Last: The Rise of Sun Shan

An accident hurls a modern soul into ancient China—reborn as Sun Shan, the legendary symbol of failure itself. Born to a struggling farming family, he faces a brutal choice: endless toil in the fields or the cutthroat imperial examination system. With grit, practical wit, and just enough luck, he claws his way to the bottom of the Jinshi rankings—dead last among the empire's elite. Assigned to a remote mountain county as magistrate, Sun Shan begins an unlikely ascent from forgotten backwater official to the highest echelons of power. No cheats, no system—just one man's relentless climb through…