Synopsis

RenWudiedonce.Twothousandyearsago,hewastheImperialChancellorwhogovernedHellitself—anAuditorwhoenforcedcosmiclaw,taxedgods,andsentenceddemonswithabrushstroke.ThenHeavenandHellcooperated.Hewasassassinatedbeforehecouldfinishsigningadecreemeanttofixthecycleofreincarnation.Now,hehasawakenedinthebodyofadyingfactoryowneratthebottomofthemodernUnderworld.Hiswealthishishealth.Hisbusinessissurvival.Hisenemiesarecorporations,gangs,ancientclans—andthegovernmentofHell.Whileotherscultivatetobecomeimmortalheroes,RenWucultivatesassets.Hemonopolizessupplychains.Heweaponizescontracts.Heturnsgangsintoemployees.Heturnsancientcultivationmanualsintocorrectedinstructionmanuals.ToRenWu,moderncultivatorsarenotwarriors.TheyareilliterateworkersusingcorruptedtranslationsofHell’semployeehandbooks.AsRenrebuildshiscorporateempire,fragmentsofhissealedmemoriesreturn…Whydidhisarchaeologistparentssendhimanancientcoffinbeforevanishing?WhydoestheAdministrationdesperatelywanthimerased?Whydoeseveryancientfamily’ssacredarttracebacktoHell?Touncoverthetruth,RenWumustdowhathedoesbest:Acquirepoliticalshields.Buildunions.Exploitloopholes.Rewritelaws.Becauseinthisworld…Youdon’tpunchjudges.Youdon’tsuegangsters.Andyouneverfightthesystem.Youbecomethesystem.