[Innately Divine Female Protagonist + Awakening of Civilization + Holy War of Words + New-School Cosmic Horror Fantasy]
As long as words endure, gods and demons will weep on their knees.
“Every character Bai writes is a tombstone marking the survival of civilization.”
The Traditional Character Era: The Holy War of Words
Every path in the Dark Realm is a flawed remnant of a Simplified Character translation.
Bai stands beneath the banner of the Lord of War and proclaims the orthodox way:
The [Ling Simplified Script] she created has strokes sharp as blades, pointing straight at the Way of Heaven;
The Dark Realm’s [Traditional Ghostly Scrawls], twisted and intricate though they may be, bear the most primal struggles and hatred of all living beings.
The Sorrow of the Gods, the Wrath of Mortals
She sees Bone Tower devotees building characters from bones and sneers, “These aren’t divine writings. They’re the humanity that was stolen from you!”
She watches the Hu people’s blood ladder collapse and says coolly, “Ascend to godhood? Why not learn to write the character for ‘person’ first?”
She judges the master who proved his Dao by devouring his disciples, forcing him to destroy himself: “Your Dao may be right for becoming an immortal, but it is wrong for being human.”
Final Judgment: The Way of Heaven Submits
When she writes a single stroke on the ruins of the blood ladder
That stroke tears apart the gods’ palette and makes the Way of Heaven admit:
“What mortals write is the true script.”
With the characters of mortals, she makes the Way of Heaven kneel in defeat.
