I Became a God Through Philosophy

[Everyone's favorite, no CP | Fantasy ensemble | A cast of familiar faces | Philosophical legacies]

Xia's summer vacation routine: getting sent on errands by his older sister.

On his way home after buying milk tea, he sees his roommate, Jiang Fei, dash out of an alley.

Thinking, “Curiosity killed the cat, not the mouse,” Xia Qinghe walks in.

And then he sees

A syncretic mishmash of skills lets someone spin a gun in their hand twice and turn it into a playing card.

A “villain” has a bone whip burning with red flames and shouts something about how beauty is the only thing worth pursuing.

Xia Qinghe: ? When did this world evolve like this? Did humanity evolve without me?

He and his roommate Jiang Fei are taken to an organization calling itself the “Department of Philosophy.”

It brings together inheritors of all kinds of philosophical schools.

…

“The world of philosophy is born from the real world, yet we come to understand the real world through the world of philosophy.”

They are so naive that they can't even hide themselves properly. Their malice has nowhere to hide, or perhaps they don't want to hide it at all.

“Is nihilism common?”

“With seven billion people on Earth, of course there are plenty of similarly crazy people.”

…

As someone who upholds the cyclical view of time, have you ever wondered whether the major events in human history keep repeating according to some underlying logic?

In philosophy, certain creatures serve as symbols. If you could make a pact or join forces with one, would you choose the wise owl or the ever-changing butterfly?

As Xia Qinghe meets one philosopher after another and learns about each of their stories,

“Big Sis? No, wait, Fathead Fish! Mentor, why are you all here?!”