[No System] [Supernatural Powers] [Possessed by the Divine] [Folk Mythology] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Cathartic Revenge] [No Formulaic Plot]
At the end of his summer break in high school, Li Zhanyi climbed a mountain to seek the Dao, wondering if he could find a way to cultivate immortality.
But for three or four days straight, he asked every Taoist priest on the mountain, and they all gave him the same answer: "Believe in science."
Just as he was about to give up, he bought a few tattered books.
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One of the books was even a demonic tome about traditional opera. It gave him the power to play ghosts and gods: the more convincingly he performed, the stronger he became.
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Even the ghost of his unborn younger sister followed him to school.
After awakening his spiritual powers and returning to school, he was knocked unconscious by the school beauty and locked up in a place called the Monster Containment Facility.
Everyone at the facility called him the Demon Lord of the Heavenly Star, Subject 001.
"I'm not some monster from another world. I'm just cultivating immortality!"
School bullying, internet addiction boot camps, overseas cults, organized crime, and more will all be brought to heel…
It's very immersive. The author writes from a realistic perspective. I feel like the monsters in it are still 749 games or have super powers. They all have a very reasonable explanation, and these explanations are all related to traditional culture. It's the kind of refreshing article that's not mindless and worth reading.
That emperor from the Later Tang Dynasty who liked to sing? 🤭
Thank you for the author. It's very interesting.