Gonglemu the Resplendent

Zhushang Zhuzhu

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Word count: 1.5M words
Chapters: 15

Summary

The Radiant One: Gulum is a long-form fantasy novel serialized by Zhu Shang Zhu Zhu on Qidian Chinese Network from May 5, 2010, to July 14, 2011. Comprising 431 chapters and approximately 1.5 million Chinese characters, the story unfolds in the vast star domain of Talergata, where interstellar technology is highly advanced and cosmic colonization and exploration have become the norm. Yet beneath this veneer of progress, an increasingly brutal struggle plays out among three forces: the materialist "Technological Civilization," the deity-ruled "Durin Civilization," and the "Wildborn," a race adept at biological evolution.

The protagonist, Benava Gulum, is an obese and indolent young noble at the Azure Bridge Academy on the planet Weilan. A perennial failure in entomology and possessed of neither inheritance rights nor wealth nor prospects, his greatest ambition is merely to marry the girl he loves and quietly take over his grandfather's fief. His fortunes turn when his grandfather, Gauss Kombech—a legendary polymath and master of insect research who founded an entirely new high-tier profession—propels Gulum overnight into the rank of landed lord. But behind the glory come a series of trials: his grandfather's hidden designs, a priest's confession, the blessing of a wild true god, and the betrayal of his beloved. Gulum is forced onto a path of hunting insect swarms, managing his territory, consolidating faith, and playing games with the gods themselves.

The novel is distinguished by its meticulously constructed aristocratic hierarchy and theocratic system, blending the ceremonial cadences of Western nobility with the grand scale of interstellar warfare to unfurl an epic of an ordinary man struggling and transforming amid the tides of fate and the machinations of higher powers.

Editor's review

在西方奇幻式微、写手纷纷转投玄幻与仙侠的年代，竹上猪猪这本书显得格外“不讨巧”：它坚持让贵族像贵族那样说话，让礼仪、纹章、继承法与信仰真正成为情节的一部分。从勋爵到世袭爵士，再到孤家寡人式的领主贵族，等级链条环环相扣；《神圣教谕》《璀璨大宪章》、诸神之巅与七十七大议院之间的权力平衡，也都做得有板有眼。读者夸它“贵族腔调写得地道”，并非虚言——那些冗长、矜持、彼此恭维到浪费生命的对话，恰恰撑起了世界的可信度。设定上，作者把封建城邦搬进星际舞台，神话、科技、蒸汽、修真与虫族五大文明并置，格局宏大而不散乱。主角前期的懒散与自卑写得很真实，成长线因此有了重量。它不是无可挑剔的神作，文风偏“文青”、节奏偏慢，但在同类型作品里，这份认真与诚意难得。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢西式贵族设定、钟爱礼仪与家族权谋描写的奇幻读者
能接受慢热节奏与长篇铺垫、偏好“文青腔翻译体”的书友
对领主经营、星际战争与成神体系都有兴趣的网文老读者
读过竹上猪猪其他作品，想追溯其早期风格的人

Not a good fit for

追求快节奏、金手指开局即无敌的爽文读者
不适应长句、贵族式客套对白与冗长铺垫的人
只想读已出版纸质书、不愿面对网络连载文本的读者

Reading tips

先读开篇“平淡的开场”一卷，熟悉贵族等级、纹章与真神信仰的基本规则再往下推进。
把祖父高斯·康贝奇相关的线索单独记下来，中后期的神权博弈几乎都由此展开。
遇到大段礼仪性对白不必逐字细究，抓住对话中的试探与身份暗示即可。
建议按卷推进、每次读若干章，避免被近150万字的体量与慢热节奏消耗耐心。

Chapter 1: The Opening Prelude
Chapter 2: The Distinguished Grandfather
Chapter 3: The Leap from Fief to Territory
Chapter 4: The First Point of Difference
Chapter 5: A Polymath's Explanation
Chapter 6: The Polymath's Shortcomings and a Good Dinner
Chapter 7: Drinking with Good Friends
Chapter 8: The Unusual Friend
Chapter 9: To Gain Is to Lose
Chapter 10: Father Prodamy's Big Fish
Chapter 11: Confession and Mass
Chapter 12: The Relationship Between Breakfast and the Bank
Chapter 13: The One Who Wants to Pay the Price
Chapter 14: Big Trouble
Chapter 15: A Farce

FAQ

这本书有正式出版的纸质版吗？

目前可查的资料显示，本书为起点中文网连载的网络小说，2010年5月开更、2011年7月完结，未查到正式出版的中文纸质版本及ISBN信息，读者多通过正版阅读平台阅读。

全书有多少字、多少章？

起点中文网页面标注约149.44万字，百度百科记为1504898字，共431章，最后一章为“终章璀璨的光芒……”，各来源数字略有差异。

书名里的“璀璨者”是什么意思？

在小说设定中，泰勒格塔大星域有“七十七个璀璨”，指一批拥有独立纹章与法律的领主贵族；“璀璨者”即是对这一贵族阶层的称呼，弓勒姆正是其中一员。

主角一开始就很强吗？

不是。开篇的弓勒姆肥胖、懒散、昆虫学补考，既无继承权也无人望，只想安稳度日。他的成长依托祖父的安排、真神赐恩与一系列被动卷入的事件，属于典型的“被迫成长”型主角。

这本书适合入门西幻吗？

可以，但需要耐心。它的设定信息量大、专有名词多、节奏偏慢，若此前很少读西幻，建议先读前二十章判断自己是否能适应其贵族式文风。

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About the author

Zhushang Zhuzhu Author

Zhushang Zhuzhu is an author of online fiction about whom little is publicly known; details such as birth and death dates and nationality are not clearly documented. Judging from the twelve works held in the collection, the author writes mainly for a male readership, concentrating on Eastern fantasy and science-fiction futures. Representative titles include Giant Insect Corpse Wizard, The High-Profile King, Fierce Aura, The Heaven-Turning Mirror, The Great Stand-In Era and The Space-Time Chessboard, which are often grouped under premium fiction, fantasy fiction and quality web novels. This suggests a sustained commitment to genre storytelling. Notably, Giant Insect Corpse Wizard and The Space-Time Chessboard each appear twice in the collection, possibly as different editions or volumes. Overall, the writing is distinguished by imaginative settings and by elaborate world-building and suspense.