The Rebirth of a Tyrannical Empress

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After downing one too many glasses of wine one night, Songha wakes up inside the world of her favorite novel as Empress Yulia. But being given the reins to an empire isn’t as exciting as it seems—the tyrannical Yulia will soon meet a bloody fate at the hands of the captain of her personal guards, Justo. Songha must think of a way to reverse the events that lead up to the coup d'état, which will take place in just three days.

She chooses to use warmth and benevolence to reach out to a group of loyal subjects Yulia exiled, but will her strategy be enough to win back the people’s trust? Or will the empress’s sudden change in behavior raise even more suspicion among the rebels?

Original Novel:
KakaoPage, Naver Series, Joara, Blice

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Ridibooks, Naver Series, Bomtoon, Lezhin, BookCube, Blice, KToon

Official Translation:
English, Japanese, German, Thai, T.Chinese, French, Spanish
S.Chinese: KuaiKan, AC.QQ, BiliBili

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

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Associated Names

Aku Jadi Kaisar Kejam di Novel

I Became the Villainous Emperor of a Novel

I've Become the Villainous Emperor of a Novel

I’ve Become the Villainous Empress of a Novel

Soseol Sog Agnyeo Hwangjega Doeeossda

Soy la villana de una novela

เมื่อฉันเป็นจักรพรรดิตัวร้ายในนิยาย

变身成女帝

小説の中の悪女皇帝になった

成為小說裡的惡毒女皇

소설 속 악녀 황제가 되었다

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Latest Release(s)

c.81 by PANDA 3 years ago

c.84-85 by Manga Weebs 4 years ago

c.83 by Manga Weebs 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

149 Chapters (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 6.8 / 10.0 (135 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.7 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 18th, 2025 1:42am PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Action Drama Fantasy Harem Josei Romance
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Daum (Expired)

Kakao

Nexture Korea

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tappytoon

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Monthly Pos #1921

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3 Month Pos #3106

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6 Month Pos #3797

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Year Pos #5872

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If you're not in it for the romance, then you're good.

by SmexyBL
1 month ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I was actually a fan of the ending. It seemed fitting for all the characters involved.

The fact that she gets romantically involved with all three of her advisors fits so well because she's lived multiple lives with them. They each have a different part of her heart without competing for it, and I personally wouldn't be able to imagine her living happily without one of them.

This story suffered from the inability to properly transition from a climax to a resolution after a lot of buildup. Also, most of the main characters didn't get a satisfying backstory. It would be a couple of lines here and there or a singular scene from the past. The "villain" got better backstory than anyone.

Rather, both the ultimate villain and the restored villainess Gaiana got so much backstory I ended up knowing them better than I did our Male and Female leads.

However, I can't recommend this as a romance. If you want cute & fluffy relationships with some political intrigue this could be a good read for you. Its more about making a better society than interpersonal relationships.

... Last updated 1 month ago

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Like It

by yui_fallenrain
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It isn't like the best isekai ever. But it does something different from the boatloads of isekai manga I've read. It's obvious who hasn't read till the end. But it's usually better to rate manga once you've finished reading unless it's very unbearable.

I found it cool that it turns out the it's not quite that Songha woke up in Yulia's body but that Yulia ended up living in another world and a whole nother life as Songha without realizing till way later that she's Yulia. I wish this was explored more. But basically, the main character decided to embrace them both as herself. I like how she embraces that uncertainty. While things could be explained and have flowed better. It makes sense she's so OP and she can easily use Yulia's body since it's her. It's due to the villain's time regression powers that even the male leads and Yulia keep getting so OP'd. I like that she decided to promote more of a democratic system instead of a monarchy.

Also, I like that Yulia is herself and it's focused on how to right the wrongs from when

her body was taken over for two years. Also, I like how finally, I am not stuck with monogamy and an overtly hyperfocused plot of romance. It shows her happy with the three of them. That's cool. I think it's called polyfidelity. She gets to be happy and retire.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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harem or not?

by BotanicBones
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

FL has clearly stated that she has no intention of picking any one of them but wants to keep them all by her side. Still no matter where you look tags insist its not a harem/reverse harem. If I knee I was going to be like this I wouldn't have read it cause I like a solid ending and hate the harem/reverse harem genre. So as a reader you should definitely take into account that it's pretty much a harem despite lacking the label 🙄

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it's okay

by Fievelovy
4 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

they really drag their arcs for quite a while. it was really good for the first few chapters but now it's kinda meh. im still reading it though.

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by meijita
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

Not my ☕

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Female emperor is cool

by MusicalHiro
4 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Don't know why some people don't like this manwha, the MC isn't using her OP power to rule her land, but making amends to get her supporters back to her side and fix the corruption within using her brain and close allies.
The art and the story atm is good. I'm enjoying it and looking forward to future chapters.

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Interesting

by soysuva
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

People being very judgmental towards the term "Emperor" used on a woman. Did ya'll know their were actual female Emperors that did exist in history? (Ex: Wu Zetian, Emperor Suiko - etc). So I see nothing wrong with that. A lot of these terms on "Emperor", "Empress", "female", "male" were created from men who built it on "patriarchal" societies. So I don't find it wrong changing the meaning of the term so it fits a more universal group. Anyways, onto the story. I'm still reading the manhwa and I have mixed feelings on it. I like the female lead and the story seems interesting. It's similar to other villainess stories, but with a female lead who's not really dependent on a male lead. First half of the story, she's mostly doing her own thing and trying to re-organized her Empire before it falls down into the hands of rebels and enemies. The manhwa has potential to grow further down, so I'm gonna wait until there are more chapters to make a proper review on this.

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Mediocre

by PZcolo
5 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

There's not much to say about the story, it's just another copy paste, seen 50 times over and all points raised by AstralRabbit are on spot, likewise, I'd have liked to have a more realistic adaptation of the MC to the character of the Empress, it's not something an office clerk can pull off out of the blue. Unfortunately stories that don't present those weak points are rare indeed, it's one of those genres where I've come to accept this kind of faults as a norm and while I don't favor them I can't judge them as harshly either, otherwise I'd be better off not reading manhwa and reading novels all together.
Leaving that aside, I find the MC agreeable enough and while sometimes the author blunders he does for the most part a decent job at giving excuses for the lack of coherence in the story, like how the MC is so good at sword-fighting when she never held a sword and so on, one may call it a sophism but making it plausible is good enough, I think. Oh, Art is good.
So overall, readable, better than most but still there are several better versionas of the same story imo.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Here for Mr. Glasses shenanigans

by WShin
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

I like this mostly to see how the emperor will develop a relationship with Venus. Right now he's only working with her for the benefits, I'm curious to see how that changes.

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not my thing

by Helbrassen
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

Seems like this author don't know that the term Emperor is a male term and they use it when referring to a female character... don't know if the character identifies as male (the character dresses like a male but is referred to as female... very confusing) but i won't be reading any more so i guess ill never know.

I did not rate it since i just skimmed the first chapter and it did not appeal to me so i choice to just comment on something that stood out to me.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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