Via Lactea announced physical preorders for To Rule in a Turbulent World Vol. 3, following the digital release of the volume earlier this month. [Source: 1, 2, 3, 4] The preorder period will span from May 23, 2025 to June 24, 2025. A shipment date is yet to be announced.
Freebies included with preorders include a keychain, art prints, a bookmark, and two printed signature cards with quotes from the volume.
As per DanmeiNews’ May 5, 2025 post on the digital release of Vol. 3, Via Lactea uploaded the eBook with no formal announcement on April 12, 2025 to the site Smashwords. Other digital retailers were added in the following weeks. At time of writing, To Rule in a Turbulent World Vol. 3 is available on Via Lactea’s regular list of digital retailers with the exception of Amazon’s Kindle. Both previous volumes of To Rule in a Turbulent World remain available through the Kindle platform.
Preorders can be made on Via Lactea’s site during the May 23 – June 24 period, or through one of their listed third-party vendors.
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To Rule in a Turbulent World (乱世为王) is a danmei series written by Gu Xuerou, a pen name of well-known author Fei Tian Ye Xiang. It began serialization on jjwxc in 2014 and ran for 75 chapters, with 12 Extras at time of writing. It inspired a manhua adaptation, as well as an audio drama.
The story is loosely based on the events surrounding the fall of the Song Dynasty. It follows You Miao, a once-rich young master who now only has his late mother’s barren estate and a loyal Quanrong slave. As he attempts to start anew, 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.
Via Lactea has provided the following series summary:
Loosely based on the history of Song Dynasty, To Rule in a Turbulent World tells the story of You Miao, the dandy son of a merchant who climbed his way to the very top from rock bottom. We witness the history of a nation, from prosperity to decline, to a new order. Peace, war, internal strife; You Miao has lived through it all—but not without his loyal Quanrong slave-turned-husband, Li Zhifeng. Theirs is a story of undying devotion that combats racial boundaries in a time when the ethnic tribes of the north clashed with the Han empire. Together, they ruled the world! (Behind the scenes, of course.)
As friends, as foes, as friends turned foes and foes turned friends, the epic continues its song, and the most beautiful moonlight of the great desert is yet to come…
Fei Tian has written many other popular danmei works, including Legend of Exorcism, Dinghai Fusheng Records, and Joyful Reunion.
