In 2500, spiritual qi revival sweeps the world, and gods awaken everywhere. Only Xia Country remains eerily silent.
The Divine Alliance is founded, and the five permanent seats will be decided in an arena of the gods. The first four seats have already gone to Greece, the Norse, Egypt, and India.
The final seat comes down to godless Xia Country and the equally godless but artificially god-empowered United States.
As the United States’ seven cold, numbered fighters step into the arena, seven humans emerge from Xia Country:
The First Emperor, sword in hand; the Marquis of Wu, waving a fan; the Actor, wearing a mask; the Scholar, adjusting his glasses; the Traitor, head bowed; the Hegemon, bearing a cauldron; and the Nameless One, standing with his hands behind his back.
Before the eyes of the world, every viewer watching the live broadcast asks: How can mortals slay gods?
