Urban Star Emperor

Gu Xingchen was originally the young master of the hidden Xingchen Sect. When the sect was attacked and destroyed, his bloodline and spiritual roots were completely ruined. He could only hide his heritage, sink into the city, and disguise himself as an ordinary person. In desperate straits, he unexpectedly awakened the [Star Inheritance] cheat left by the Star Emperor, awakening the memories of the ancient emperor. He can turn stones into gold, refine pills and weapons, set up mysterious formations, forge his body with human stars, light up the star acupoints around his body, and his power skyrockets layer by layer. Beneath the prosperous city, ancient martial arts families, superpowered individuals, sect remnants, and transnational cultivation forces are hidden. Behind the wealthy and powerful, cultivators also manipulate in secret. His former enemies are still watching in the dark, and various forces appear one after another. Gu Xingchen lurks low-key, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger in the marketplace while steadily improving his strength. Business battles, family grudges, secret realm treasure hunts, fateful killing traps. He treads the star river, step by step uncovering the truth of the sect's destruction, stirring up storms in both the city and the cultivation world, returning to the peak, and controlling the rise and fall! — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Urban Star Emperor — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠