The Secret Manual of Gu Cultivation

Xu A Niu, a poor mountain village boy, happens upon a strange book of Gu arts and changes his name to Xu Gudao. He goes from helping Yue Fei resist the Jin invaders to controlling Qin Hui and killing loyal patriots. In the end, he tries to rule the world through Gu arts, only to be consumed by Genghis Khan's even greater ambition. Every trace of his deeds is erased from history, as if he had never existed.