Super Powerhouse

Superpowered is a long-form urban supernatural novel by Wo Ben Feng Kuang, serialized on Qidian and also carried on platforms such as Meihua Literature Network. It runs to roughly 2.5 million Chinese characters across more than 700 chapters and is now complete. The story opens with an incident eighteen years earlier: a man who once dominated the Chinese martial world leaves Beijing on a lame leg, carrying an infant in his arms. Eighteen years later, the boy, Pei Donglai, has grown up under the care of Pei Wufu, a man known since youth as "the Cripple." A single accident upends the life of this ordinary high school student, and he resolves never again to settle for mediocrity. He must contend with old family grudges and the humiliation of a broken engagement, as well as with the forces and power structures lurking in the shadows of the city. The novel unfolds in four parts—"Blessing in Misfortune: The Path of the Strong," "Rise to Power," "A Name That Shakes China," and "Quelling Threats Within and Without: Atop the World"—following Pei Donglai's journey from a scorned youth to a figure who steps into the spotlight and forces everyone to bow. Threaded throughout are father-son bonds, the settling of old scores, and urban power struggles. The book's central line is "One day, I will make this world tremble before me." Fast-paced and hot-blooded, it is a classic urban power-fantasy that leans heavily on face-slapping and come-from-behind triumphs, suited to readers who enjoy urban supernatural fiction, father-son legacies, and tales of a young man's rise.