Contemplating the Myriad Gods: The Spiritual Qi Revival Begins at a Taoist Temple

The instant a tide of spiritual qi sweeps across the globe, billions of people go blind at once, their consciousness sinking into a chaotic realm of visualization. If what they visualize resonates with their latent attributes, they gain heaven-defying abilities: some think of fire but possess the wood attribute, and create “Heaven-Burning Withered Wood Flame”; others think of swords and possess the metal attribute, awakening “Sky-Splitting Sharp Gold Edge.” But spiritual qi empowers more than just humanity. It also drives Earth's animals into frenzied mutations: giant pythons grow wings, fierce tigers gain intelligence, and they evolve into bloodthirsty demon beasts that launch a devastating hunt against fragile humanity.

Before being reborn, Lin Yue was just an ordinary person. When spiritual qi revival began, all he could think about was “turning on the lights,” and he awakened a light-producing ability with no combat power. As the demon beasts first descended, he was torn to pieces like a walking light source, closing his eyes in utter regret. When he opened them again, he had returned to three days before spiritual qi revival.

Knowing the horrors to come, Lin Yue abandoned the usual plans of stockpiling supplies and finding a safe house, and headed straight for a century-old Daoist temple on the outskirts of the city. He remembered a rumor from his previous life: the temple held a painting called “The Assembly of Ten Thousand Gods,” depicting an entirely Eastern pantheon. It showed the Three Pure Ones, the Four Imperial Lords, the Thunder Department's deities, Emperor Zhenwu, Erlang Shen, Nezha, and countless other Eastern gods. It was the only treasure capable of supporting the visualization of ten thousand gods. He stubbornly managed to stay at the temple, sitting motionless before the painting day and night, engraving the gods' powers deep in his soul: the thunderous might of the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation, the evil-suppressing power of Emperor Zhenwu, the mysterious Daoist arts of the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, the authority over the underworld of Emperor Dongyue, Erlang Shen's celestial eye, Nezha's lotus body, and more. All he wanted was to resonate with the gods on the day spiritual qi returned.