He was once a name forbidden throughout the underworld: “Zero.” The legendary organization he founded, “Nine Heavens,” was feared across the globe. Three years ago, after his mentor, the “Old Daoist,” died mysteriously, he killed a demigod in the flames of vengeance, then exiled himself and disappeared into the mortal world.
Three years later, in a small third-tier city called Tongcheng, Xiao Chen has just been released from prison. Everyone sees him as a useless nobody they can trample at will. Only Su Yuege, a stunning CEO driven into a corner, gives him a humble place to stay on a rainy night.
She has no idea that this seemingly broken-down man was once the shadow ruler who made the world tremble.
The wealthy and powerful bully him? He wipes them out with a flick of his finger.
Capital comes to crush him? He turns the tide with ease.
An overseas divine temple invades? He suppresses it single-handedly and tells the gods, “This land is off-limits!”
When the fangs of the whole world once again turn toward the light he protects, Xiao Chen slowly raises his head, baring the fangs he has kept hidden for so long. “My rules are the rules.”
