A Ruthless, Unhinged Underworld Tyrant Who’s Surprisingly Reliable

[Urban underworld, ruthless violence, cunning boss, gang warfare, passionate jianghu] Kill and burn for a fortune; build bridges and roads, then bury the bodies! A fortune-teller described Gu Xiao as “a general’s success built on the bones of ten thousand men.” He believes in answering good with greater good and evil with greater evil. He stays away from drugs and only cuts people down, hoping merely to protect himself in this city of surging undercurrents. But wherever there are people, there is a jianghu, and wherever there is a jianghu, a storm is bound to rise. Rivals barge in to provoke them, the casino is trashed, brothers bleed on the street, and even the gang itself is infiltrated by enemy “needles in the dark.” Three powers stand in a precarious balance. If someone deliberately shatters it, how is an ordinary man caught in the tide supposed to survive? The police crackdown on organized crime hangs overhead like a sword, too. The man who once only wanted to protect himself is forced to clench his fists: he purges his own ranks with thunderous force, strikes back with precision to deter his enemies, and binds people together with shared interests, walking the line between black and white. From street battles to a reshuffling of power, will he settle for a corner of the world or let his ambitions grow? Treading over corpses, Gu Xiao tries to carve a bloody path through the thorns. From lying low to bloodshed in the streets, from fighting back under duress to reaching the summit, Gu Xiao finally understands that on this road of no return, things will never go as you wish, with the years passing in peace. My name is Gu Xiao. I never meant to stir up this storm, but the treacherous jianghu left me no choice but to become the only one calling the shots in its eye!