Gu Zhenruen

Fang Yuan is no hero—he is a villain to the core. Yet when fate hurls him five hundred years into the past, he arrives carrying the Spring Autumn Cicada, which he painstakingly refined. Armed with the profound wisdom of his former life, sharpened by countless battles and hard-won experience, he greets this second chance without hesitation. Every foe who stands in his path will be defeated not by luck, but by his calculated skill and cutting wit. The world awaiting him is steeped in cruelty, a realm where power is seized through the cultivation of Gu—the magical creatures that inhabit the land. Unbound by conscience and unmoved by morality, Fang Yuan sees no reason to hold back. In his relentless pursuit of his ultimate goals, he will scheme, fight, and do whatever the road demands of him. In this merciless world, only one truth matters: if Fang Yuan is to rise above all others, he must do so on the strength of his own power alone.