Honghuang: I Became a Saint by Scavenging After the Great Calamity

Ming Chen transmigrated into the Primordial World and became the first wisp of dim-bright qi after the world was created, so insignificant and transparent that even the Heavenly Dao couldn't be bothered to record him. Then, during the Dragon-Han Calamity, he was merely watching the dragons and phoenixes tear into each other when the shockwave of stray sword qi wiped out his soul.

When he awoke, he had returned to the dawn of chaos and been forcibly bound to the Primordial History Maintenance System, becoming the lowest-level temp worker in the Primordial World. When the Dao Ancestor lectured on the Dao, Ming Chen “recorded the proceedings” from the outskirts. During the war between the Wu and Yao, he was busy “clearing the site.” When Gonggong toppled Buzhou Mountain, he had to file reimbursement forms even for the flying rubble. During the reigns of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, he secretly eliminated threats to humanity. A document he accidentally “left behind” even inspired a Sage Emperor. When the Investiture of the Gods calamity began, he stayed up late writing the big shots’ “Incident Assessment and Suggested Allocation of Responsibility.”

He collected debts for the karma owed by the Dao Ancestor, purged the lingering demonic thoughts of the Demon Ancestor, and even had to submit a correction proposal for the deviation in force when Pangu created the world. Then one day, as he was hunched over calculating the spiritual energy losses in the cycle caused by Buzhou Mountain’s collapse, a vast figure quietly descended.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun asked with an amused smile, “Little Dim-Bright, you seem to have been awfully busy behind my back all these epochs.”

Ming Chen, sounding respectful while internally panicking, offered him a jade slip. “Please hear me out, Dao Ancestor. This is the ‘Summary Report on Causal Loops and Stability Maintenance for Major Events from the Dragon-Han Calamity to the Investiture of the Gods.’ Please take a look. Also, the reimbursement form for those Immortal Slaying Sword Qi fragments you asked about last time has finished going through the process. Could you sign it?”