Corpse Refining and Gu Control: A Monster, a Demon, and No Longer Human

After transmigrating to Baiyun Village, at the foot of the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the Yanlong Empire, Zhao Peng found himself burdened with supporting his younger brother and frail younger sister. By chance, he bound himself to the “Unorthodox System.” To protect himself, he buried his former kindness and used the village’s vanished idlers as “raw material.” He refined a Level Five Qi Refining white corpse, raised bloodthirsty Gu worms, and bound souls to make bone swords and human-skin lanterns. With the cruelest methods, he disguised himself as an ordinary hunter, concealing a trail of bloodshed in the peaceful village.

When a Daoist reported him to the authorities and summoned the Demon Extermination Bureau, Zhao Peng bought himself a temporary reprieve with money and intimidation. But he knew Baiyun Village was no place to stay for long. Once he had scraped together enough travel money, he took his siblings toward Luohuang City, a borderland beyond anyone’s control. It was a chaotic place crowded with demonic cultivators and fugitives. Though dangers lurked everywhere, it was the only “sanctuary” that would accept him.

He was challenged as soon as he arrived in the city. His white corpse accidentally killed someone, and he used the bones to forge a weapon. Zhao Peng grew stronger with every act of slaughter. Controlling corpses with his left hand and commanding Gu worms with his right, he protected what little warmth remained in his life under the name of a “demon.” On this benighted path of unorthodox cultivation, he swore to carve out a safe haven for his siblings, even if it meant becoming completely cut off from humanity.