(It's not a cool article. The protagonist is just a person trying to survive in the cruel Gu world. Those who are frequently slapped in the face and frequently explode in other worlds often either have halos or are deus ex machina. There are only ordinary people here who are desperately struggling.)
A mortal in the Gu world would have to go through a lot of hardships to survive. Dignity, perhaps, can only be regarded as a trivial trick in the face of survival, and viciousness is probably forced by the law of the jungle.
Chen Qi, even though he was born with mud legs, could only stand in the middle level of ordinary Gu Masters at most in his life. He wanted to fight for that glimmer of opportunity, but unfortunately his life span did not allow him to do so. He didn't want to fight either. His wandering life was enough to be called wonderful.