In Republican-Era China, I Just Became the Hongmen's Big Boss!

【Alternate Late Qing】 【Republic-Era Supernatural】 【Warlord Protagonist】 Short version: After a century of slumber, the catastrophe is nearly over. Illnesses run rampant, and the land of China teeters on the brink of ruin. Liu Yin opens his eyes to raging floodwaters and skies black with clouds, as endless darkness surges toward him. And that is precisely why the fire burning in his heart shines all the brighter! Full version: In the twenty-seventh year of Guangqi, the Great Kun is beset by droughts, floods, plagues, locusts, and other disasters, while the great powers of East and West watch hungrily from beyond its borders. The court is in turmoil, and the times are in chaos! Corpses litter the land of China, and selling one's children is tragically commonplace. The powerful and privileged indulge in a life of drunken revelry, while wealthy landowners look on with cold indifference. The winds of change sweep through, and the royal banners fall! People of noble ideals strive to hold back the collapsing heavens, rushing about to save their country and preserve its people. Warriors harbor ambitions to rule the land, while rival factions carve up the realm and plunge it into darkness. The tide of spiritual energy rises anew, ushering in upheavals unseen for a thousand years! Demons and monsters grow wild, while heretical forces run rampant. Clay and stone idols sit high above, as true Buddhist and Daoist practitioners leave their temples and descend the mountains. Danger! Danger! Danger! The Eastern serpent seeks to swallow the elephant; the Western tigers and leopards hunger to divide the spoils. Heaven and earth are overturned, the Chinese realm in chaos, and common folk weep to the sky. The court, foreign powers, secret societies, and the martial world... Can peace ever come to this warring land? Demons, deities, warriors, and cultivators... How can the people of the Central Plains ever find safety? Strange martial arts, blood-and-qi cultivation, divine techniques, ironclad ships and cannons... This is a world where firearms are only just emerging, spiritual energy has suddenly returned, and ancient legends are coming back to life!