The Underworld: Bloodstained Throne

One rainy night, a dagger was driven through his palm. He made no sound.

Seven years later, he has become the man who sets the rules of the underworld, yet he still wakes screaming from nightmares.

This is not a story about revenge, but an experiment in “devouring”:

Lu Chenzhou, a man trying to impose laws upon the dark.

He rose from the blood and grime of a dockworker's life, climbing toward a corroded throne of power one sin at a time. He purged gangs, standardized prices, and established order, locking violence inside an iron cage of rules. He thought he was “using darkness to fight darkness,” but gradually realized that when you gaze into the abyss long enough, the best outcome is not to turn away, but to become the only dike holding back the abyss.

Lin Wanqing, a policewoman investigating the truth behind her father's death in the line of duty.

For seven years, she pursued a blurry profile from that rainy night until it became a weighty case file in the archives. She collected evidence of every crime he committed, yet in the gaps between the evidence, she also saw the police uniform he kept with reverence, the files he burned, and the tuition aid he sent anonymously. When she finally reached the heart of the truth, she discovered that she was tracking not only a criminal, but also a mirror reflecting the demons in everyone's hearts.

The Canglan River, a river that witnessed everything and swallowed everything.

Twenty years ago, a gunshot changed the fates of two children. Twenty years later, one tried to clear the river's surface while the other tried to salvage a sunken ship. Separated by a chasm of crime and punishment, they engaged in a silent conspiracy.

This is no epic of heroes, but the solitary journey of those seeking redemption.