Immortal Path Devoured by Gu: The Myriad Worlds Are My Medicine, and I Attain the Dao

The mortal world is a furnace that tempers my Daoist heart; all living beings are bait that nurture my powers. After transmigrating to another world, I find myself a condemned prisoner from the start, with my execution imminent. In this desperate cage, Xu Zhichen acquires a mysterious golden Gu that feeds on the emotions of living beings. He turns the grim death-row prison into a chessboard, manipulates people's hearts, frames and entraps his enemies, and toys with the exalted commandery governor as if he were putty in his hands. At last, he slips away like a cicada leaving its shell and wins a new life. He enters officialdom not to serve the people, but to seize power. With power in his hands, he can easily pluck the heartstrings of the masses, stirring their awe, fear, and worship. These are the finest “feed” for his Gu. Making the official world his hunting ground, he advances with every step calculated, scheming against all under heaven. Combining sinister Gu arts with domineering martial techniques, he goes wherever he pleases. By the time the world calls him a powerful minister, he has already turned the imperial court into a game played in the palm of his hand. By the time the martial world brands him a demon, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood already lie in his wake. The road to immortality stretches on. Where does truth lie? Only when he stands atop the mortal world does he realize that this realm, too, is a vast prison. If the immortals won't save me, then I'll become the Demon Lord. I'll make heaven and earth my cauldron, the myriad worlds my ingredients, and forge a path to the heavens of my own!