The Mad Genius

A Mad Genius Crosses Three Thousand Worlds: Out of My Way, Kid! +999 Million Readers

The protagonist is a “mad soul” who scorns the rules of the underworld. He outwits Ox-Head and Horse-Face, takes over a corpse to be reborn as a baby, and has a naturally rebellious streak that makes him unforgettable.

- A dark fantasy world: Underworld settings such as “Bone-Shrouded Rotwood” and “Soul-Chasing at the River of Forgetfulness” make a striking visual impression. The red spider lilies, soul-calming lanterns, and spirit guides all help create a distinctive realm of the dead.

- Tension from two interwoven storylines: The conflict between memories of his past life and his infant body, along with the intertwining of his escape from the underworld and his rise in the mortal world, creates the dramatic contrast of “a baby’s body with an old soul.”

Synopsis:

When a mad soul collides with the rules of the underworld...

I’m Su Wuji, the underworld’s number-one troublemaker. Since Meng Po’s soup had no effect on me, I spent millions of years roaming the cycle of reincarnation. One moment I was mocking Ox-Head and Horse-Face for wielding pitchforks slower than snails; the next, I was being chased into a baby’s corpse, where I took over the body and was reborn. What? I’ve been born into a poor mountain village in 1978? A broken thatched hut, empty stomachs, and bullies? What a joke. I can even alter the King of Hell’s ledger of life and death. Why should I care about a few petty problems in the mortal world?

The Underworld storyline:

By the banks of the River of Forgetfulness, where ghostly flames burn, I taunt the dark souls from atop a pile of skulls: “Come on, bite me!” I take on the ghost guards with a soul-calming lantern and make Black and White Impermanence weep in the Hall of the Underworld. Even Meng Po calls me a “troublemaker.” But who could have guessed that Xia Zhi, the soul who always saves me in a crisis, is bound to me by a bond that crosses lifetimes? When her ferryman appears, I finally realize that the underworld’s “rules” are only for cowards!