All-Professional Genius

The All-Profession Genius is a long urban supernatural novel by the web author Romantic Ashes (real name Wu Shujian), running about 1.5 million characters across 483 chapters. It was first serialized on Zongheng Chinese Network and later completed on platforms including Kanshu Network and Alibaba Literature. The protagonist is conceived as "a fortune teller who can only be called perfect": smooth-tongued and seasoned in his methods, he unexpectedly comes into possession of a watch from the future. This watch is no ordinary timepiece but a portable library of civilization's skills, storing the techniques and knowledge of nearly every field on Earth—from ball sports and combat fighting to medicine, cooking, and gambling. Whenever the protagonist chooses to call on it, he can master them in a short time and perform at expert or even genius level. With this near-cheat ability, he breaks through obstacle after obstacle in the city: first handling the colorful characters around him and maneuvering through entanglements of affection and interest, then entering various competitions and confrontations under the name of "all-rounder," gradually building fame and strength. As the plot advances, his opponents escalate from street disputes to organized factions and laboratories, and together with his companions he faces pursuit, scheming, and encirclement, finally completing his growth and bringing matters to a close in the finale, "Return of the Ninth-Level King." The book unfolds in the light, humorous tone of an urban wish-fulfillment novel; its appeal lies in the constant switching and upgrading of skills and in the wit and reversals delivered through the protagonist's "fortune teller" manner of speech.