Via Lactea has announced via Twitter a new series for English release: To Rule in a Turbulent World by Gu Xuerou (also known as Fei Tian Ye Xiang, or Chicken-gege). This is Via Lactea’s first period-fiction danmei novel.
Original title 乱世为王 / Luan Shi Wei Wang (abbreviated LSWW), To Rule in a Turbulent World is a web novel that ran for 75 chapters on jjwxc starting in 2014. It has since been published as a four-volume Traditional Chinese uncensored print by Pinsin Studio [pictured above], a four-volume Simplified Chinese uncensored print by Trigger Studio HK, and a two-volume Simplified Chinese censored print by Yangcheng Evening News Press.
The story—loosely based on the history of Song Dynasty—follows You Miao, a once-rich young master who only has his late mother’s barren estate and a loyal Quanrong slave left. As he attempts to start anew from scratch, the country is thrown into the chaos of war. Along with his new sworn brothers, he embarks on a journey to uphold a fractured nation.
To Rule in a Turbulent World will be available in e-book and paperback formats. There are no details yet on cover design or when preorders are expected to start. Via Lactea has announced the translation and editing team will be Suika and Pengie respectively, the same team that worked on Seven Seas Entertainment’s Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation and Heaven Official’s Blessing series.
New license announcement:
Our 1st licensed historical fantasy danmei novel in English.#乱世为王/ To Rule in a Turbulent World（English Edition）by #GuXuerou
Format:Ebook and Paperback
Publisher:Via Lactea Ltd.（@ViaLactea_Ltd）
Translator:Suika（@yummysuika）#ViaLacteaDanmei pic.twitter.com/hm7Z07svQn— Via Lactea Press Inc. (@ViaLactea_Press) December 8, 2022
