[Not a brainless power fantasy] + [Plot-driven] + [High-octane]
The Age of the Gods.
Countless humans awaken the power of the gods.
But the gods of Great Xia have been lost.
Countless Western gods suddenly rise, reaping the faith of mankind and dominating the world.
The young Lu Ming awakens as an ordinary stone monkey and is bullied by everyone.
But on the day he awakens, he gains a Devouring Evolution System. Thus begins his long path of evolution from an ordinary stone monkey.
When the Western gods invade and Great Xia is on the brink of ruin,
a Great Sage Equal to Heaven appears out of nowhere, clad in golden armor and wearing a feathered headdress.
A staff weighing a thousand jun sweeps across the heavens.
“Who dares say the gods of Great Xia are useless!”
The plot is compact and one that I can read in recent times. The characters could be more fleshed out and updated quickly.