I Ascended to Godhood Through Death

They say death is the end.

But when I opened my eyes after dying again and again,

I finally understood: it was the beginning of my ascension to godhood.

I was once cast aside in the dust, a sword piercing my heart, my immortal bones shattered.

I was once sealed in the Nine Hells, my soul burned by demonic fire, rejected by the Heavenly Dao.

I once knelt before the gods' tribunal and heard them sentence me to eternal annihilation.

Yet every time,

I returned from death.

My gaze colder than before,

my smile closer than before to... madness.