[Consistent power levels, smart characters, tight plot, Fourth Cataclysm, with a tendency toward transformation] On an ancient stone chessboard, Lu Yanxiu, a young man in the late stages of cancer, enters the game alone in search of a way to survive. His soul inhabits Lin Shuyue, a woman, and he sets out to develop a new world.
His second transmigration brings the players. Together, they explore new frontiers and reshape the world as it was, ushering in the supernatural. (Primarily a Fourth Cataclysm story.)
Power levels: Mortal, Spirit Awakening, Transcendent, Sacred Domain, Legendary, Demigod, True God, Supreme God, Highest, Throne.
Worldbuilding: The Sea of Chaos stretches beneath the waves, each wave cresting into a world. The realm of the gods is surrounded by the Sea of Chaos, with countless subsidiary worlds. Gods are everywhere, and even Sacred Domain beings are a dime a dozen.
The praises of humanity are praises of courage. When greed devours the rewards of exploration, a wicked dragon is born.
Brave young heroes temper their blades in blood and fire, until at last they slay the dragon.
Amid flowers and applause, they take up the scepter, then grow into new dragons as the people sing their praises.
Look! Those who refuse to be enslaved will one day unite and overthrow the empire’s rule once and for all.
This is The Fall of the Empire.
