A 72-year-old junk dealer dies and wakes up back in the 1980s.
In 1983, he unexpectedly awakens the Poison Affinity System, which lets him communicate faintly with poisonous creatures and control them.
Starting with the first venomous scorpion he catches, Wang Qixin gradually builds an empire of poisonous creatures. He tames a golden snake king, the “Poison King,” as his companion, then breeds scorpions, centipedes, venomous snakes, and other dangerous creatures to sell to herbal medicine shops and earn his first fortune. When Wang Laohu repeatedly tries to ruin him, spreading rumors and even setting fire to his home in the dead of night, Wang Qixin relies on his poisonous-creature army to escape danger time and again.
When county medicine merchant Zhang Youde joins forces with Wang Laohu to cut off his sales, Wang Qixin ventures alone to the provincial capital and finds a major buyer, Liu Degui, opening up a much larger market. After devouring countless poisonous creatures, the Poison King evolves into a horned dragon, greatly increasing its power. Wang Qixin expands his operation and hires the widow Zhang Guihua to help. His business grows from nothing, earning him thousands of yuan and turning him into the “Poison King,” a man feared and respected by everyone in the village.
This is an inspiring story of an ordinary man from humble beginnings who uses his golden finger, hard work, and ingenuity to rise to become the Southwest’s biggest poisonous-creature breeder.
