Forbidden Awakening: Devouring Eternity

At sixteen, with only a third-level vitality, Gu Chen was written off as useless by the Xuanjian Sect. He spent ten years as an outer disciple, and in the latter half of that year, he used his saved sect contributions to trade for three Yuan Ning Dan. But a fellow disciple framed him for stealing the pills, and he was thrown into the forbidden land. On the brink of death, the Eternal Devouring System awakened within him. There, he absorbed the lingering blood of ancient powerhouses, regrew his shattered bones, and rebuilt his meridians, breaking through three realms in a single stretch. From the moment he crawled out of the forbidden land, he resolved to collect every debt the world owed him. A fourth-level vitality practitioner cutting down a fifth-level one? Done. Mysterious swordsmanship that crushes all rivals in the same realm? Done. An outer sect elder who dares to sneer? He beats him into submission. An inner disciple who mocks him? A single sword stroke silences him. The deputy sect master sets a trap? Then Gu Chen will settle the score with him and his son together. “I, Gu Chen, don’t ask what is right or wrong—only what is owed. What is owed to me, I collect a hundredfold. Anyone who harms my family or friends will answer for it.” It wasn’t until he came upon a crystal coffin deep in the forbidden land—and the token left by his father beside it—that Gu Chen realized the truth. His ten years of mediocrity, his parents’ mysterious disappearance, even the devouring system that had awakened inside him—all of it was a chess game spanning ages. And he was the pawn who was never meant to wake. “The last heir of the Tiantian bloodline was never your father,” a voice said. “It was you.”