Author: Xiong Lang Gou (熊狼狗)
Enlightenment used to mean seclusion in a mist-wreathed cave. In Kunxu City, it means taking out a Mana Loan with 29.9 % karmic interest. Spirit-root transplants come with payment plans, breathing techniques are locked behind paywalls, and your first meridian won’t open unless you swipe a “QiCard.”
That’s the brutal marketplace Zhang Yu wakes up to after his soul is shoved into the body of a penniless high-schooler—one already drowning in soul-devouring debt.
With only thirty days before the collectors start carving repayments from his flesh, Zhang Yu must monetize every heartbeat just to stay alive.
He livestreams back-alley sparring matches, peddles black-market talismans between classes, and negotiates mid-fight sponsorship deals to afford tomorrow’s cultivation pills.
Yet the higher he claws—from broke freshman to headline-making “High-School Saint”—the more he uncovers the engines grinding his classmates into golden dust: predatory fintech sects, exam-hall death matches, and an influencer economy that feeds on shattered dreams.
If you’ve ever felt the squeeze of tuition bills or the rush of a last-second power-up, Zhang Yu’s frantic hustle through monetized immortality will feel all too hilariously—and terrifyingly—familiar.
Original description:
Elder: “Do you seek revenge?”
Young Man: “I've been repeatedly humiliated by powerful cultivators, treated as trash by my Master. How could I not want revenge?”
The Elder patted the Young Man's head and sighed, “Good child, I shall impart cultivation to you."
The Young Man gasped, “Senior! How can this be?”
The Elder extended his hand: “Give me your phone.”
The Young Man watched the changes on his phone, shocked: “Senior! Where did this hundred years of cultivation come from?”
The Elder smiled faintly: “Good child, this is your reserve cultivation from the Heavenly Court. You can draw upon it instantly whenever needed, so you'll never be insulted again.”
The Young Man frowned: “Isn't this... a Mana Loan? I'm afraid”
Elder: “The Heavenly Court is a major platform. New users borrowing 100 years of cultivation get 30 days interest-free, and the daily interest is as low as half a day's cultivation—less than a full cycle of your meditation!”
...
Zhang Yu snorted coldly and closed the advertisement above.
The work tells the story of Chu Qiguang, the protagonist, who travels to an ancient world overrun by demons and monsters. Gradually awakening as a terrifying great demon, he is drawn into the vortex of the pursuit of immortality, power struggles, and conflicts between good and evil, uncovering the hidden undercurrents of emperors seeking immortality and demons manipulating the state. The novel constructs a cultivation system of dual practice in Martial Arts and Daoist Arts, which includes realms such as Dao Entry, Divine Manifestation, and Sage Transcendence. It also introduces core settings like the Twenty-Six Orthodox Methods, three major currencies (Chu Coins, Shi Coins, and Tai Debt), and the Ring of Folly. The story background expands to cosmic-level faction conflicts, involving complex structures such as the Mutant Civilization, the Void Dao Palace, and parallel universes.
A star shot through the sky, it also shot through the tranquility of the world.
Supernatural powers descended upon Earth. Who watches in the dark? Who mutters in my ear?
When my growl shatters the sky, when my power tramples the abyss, when I govern all that is living and dead… they shall call me– God.
