The Secret Smile

[Not mindless, not a power fantasy, no System, no golden finger, brain-teasing, with plenty of foreshadowing] When Yan Lin tore himself apart and sealed his divinity inside the “First Generation” in search of redemption, he thought he had buried the past. Until the lenses came together again: his left eye reflected the cold laws of the stars, while his right retained the warmth of his human struggle. The old gods whispered in the abyss. The fanatical blades of the faithful were not aimed at his enemies, but pressed against the back he wanted to protect. This time, he no longer needed to ask, “Who am I?” Instead, he would stake this unbalanced body and rebel against the highest laws. If divinity meant erasure, then in the name of humanity, he would slay the gods.