In the age of the primeval wilderness, on the Wenyuan Continent, barbarians and demon beasts were immensely powerful, while humanity was weak and reduced to slavery.
Then came Cangjie, a great human sage. One day, he created the character "yi". A golden light flashed, opening a literary pool, and he sensed the abundant literary energy between heaven and earth.
Only then did the great human sages understand that humanity could create true characters, combine them into words, and compose poems and prose.
Anyone who opened a literary pool and became a scholar could use true characters, poems, and prose to fight enemies and improve their literary cultivation. They could nurture righteous energy, absorb the literary energy of heaven and earth, and grow immensely powerful, even matching the mighty demon and barbarian clans.
Alas, creating characters was difficult. The sages spent their lives creating countless characters, but only a few of them could shine. These were true characters. The countless others that could not shine were false characters.
True characters held tremendous power. A single character could summon wind and rain, kill people, or slay demons, while poems and prose composed of true characters could move mountains and overturn seas, slaughter armies, and destroy kingdoms.
False characters, on the other hand, could neither shine nor wield any power. They were as good as nothing.
After transmigrating to this world and learning the difference between true and false characters, Yang Ziwen was astonished and delighted to discover that every true character in this world was exactly the same as a Chinese character, while every false character was different!
In other words, every character created by the Chinese people was a true character in this world!
Once again I see a new work by the author of my favorite book, I must follow it