Anonymous
11/1/2025, 1:08:13 PM
No.24846623
In the sprawling, merciless realm of the Gu World, few figures loom as large—or as unsettling—as Fang Yuan. Born originally as a scholar from Earth and transmigrated into the Gu World, Fang Yuan’s journey is one of ruthless ambition, repeated rebirths, and the relentless pursuit of eternal life.
For him, power is not a tool among many—it is the very purpose of existence. That singular focus drives every decision, every betrayal, every sacrifice.
Fang Yuan’s early life in the Gu Yue Clan as a seemingly low-aptitude Gu master (C-grade) belies the cunning and experience he carries. Having lived a previous life and died, he returns via the legendary Spring Autumn Cicada Gu to the past and begins again, armed this time with knowledge, patience, and the scars of failure.
This rebirth is not one of innocence: it is a strategic reset, a second chance to rewrite his fate and bend all variables to his will.
What sets Fang Yuan apart from many protagonists in cultivation stories is his moral ambiguity and the chilling pragmatism of his actions. He manipulates allies, betrays when convenient, deems morality a luxury he cannot afford, and wields deception like a master craftsman. As one commentator notes, he is a “true demonic cultivator, unshackled by moral constraints and embodying the essence of opportunism.”
Yet this very ruthlessness is intertwined with his brilliance: the ability to analyze systems, exploit weaknesses, plan years ahead. His intellect becomes his blade.
In his appearance and cultivation, Fang Yuan evolves dramatically. By taking on the Sovereign Immortal Body, he gains a youthful, almost ethereal beauty—white robes, long black hair, deep abyss-like eyes.
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His outer refinement belies the monstrous nature within: one who has slain countless Gu Masters, whose very reputation spawns terror across the five regions and two heavens. He is demon, strategist, survivor, all at once.
Despite the cold exterior, there are glimpses of the internal landscape shaped by countless lives and rebirths. He knows suffering. He knows betrayal. He knows the cost of resetting time and climbing again from the ashes. He once reflected, “I had once screamed… gradually I lost my voice. I had once cried… gradually I lost my tears.”
That acknowledgement of loss gives a human element to what might otherwise be a purely monstrous figure.
Fang Yuan’s legacy in the story is multi-layered: a warning, a fascination, a reflection of the extremes of ambition. He challenges the reader’s comfort with the “hero’s journey”, because he is far from a conventional hero.
In the end, Fang Yuan is not simply a character. He is a mirror held up to ambition’s shadow. And in looking into that shadow, we must ask ourselves: Are we ever truly free from the world’s wheels, or are we simply learning to manipulate them?
For him, power is not a tool among many—it is the very purpose of existence. That singular focus drives every decision, every betrayal, every sacrifice.
Fang Yuan’s early life in the Gu Yue Clan as a seemingly low-aptitude Gu master (C-grade) belies the cunning and experience he carries. Having lived a previous life and died, he returns via the legendary Spring Autumn Cicada Gu to the past and begins again, armed this time with knowledge, patience, and the scars of failure.
This rebirth is not one of innocence: it is a strategic reset, a second chance to rewrite his fate and bend all variables to his will.
What sets Fang Yuan apart from many protagonists in cultivation stories is his moral ambiguity and the chilling pragmatism of his actions. He manipulates allies, betrays when convenient, deems morality a luxury he cannot afford, and wields deception like a master craftsman. As one commentator notes, he is a “true demonic cultivator, unshackled by moral constraints and embodying the essence of opportunism.”
Yet this very ruthlessness is intertwined with his brilliance: the ability to analyze systems, exploit weaknesses, plan years ahead. His intellect becomes his blade.
In his appearance and cultivation, Fang Yuan evolves dramatically. By taking on the Sovereign Immortal Body, he gains a youthful, almost ethereal beauty—white robes, long black hair, deep abyss-like eyes.
reverend-insanity.fandom.com
His outer refinement belies the monstrous nature within: one who has slain countless Gu Masters, whose very reputation spawns terror across the five regions and two heavens. He is demon, strategist, survivor, all at once.
Despite the cold exterior, there are glimpses of the internal landscape shaped by countless lives and rebirths. He knows suffering. He knows betrayal. He knows the cost of resetting time and climbing again from the ashes. He once reflected, “I had once screamed… gradually I lost my voice. I had once cried… gradually I lost my tears.”
That acknowledgement of loss gives a human element to what might otherwise be a purely monstrous figure.
Fang Yuan’s legacy in the story is multi-layered: a warning, a fascination, a reflection of the extremes of ambition. He challenges the reader’s comfort with the “hero’s journey”, because he is far from a conventional hero.
In the end, Fang Yuan is not simply a character. He is a mirror held up to ambition’s shadow. And in looking into that shadow, we must ask ourselves: Are we ever truly free from the world’s wheels, or are we simply learning to manipulate them?