"If the way of heaven is unfair and treats my mother as a monster and me as a sinner, then I will use the great trend of humanity as my pen and the endless people's wishes as my ink -"
"Rewrite the rules of this world and re-discuss the merits and demerits of the immortals and Buddhas!"
"My mother is innocent, the tower will fall, and the sky will open!"
This is a Dharma-ending era belonging to "human beings". Immortals and Buddhas have disappeared, and gods and demons have retreated.
The way of heaven collapses, but only "literary destiny" lasts forever.
Reading can help you feel the literary spirit and protect you from all evils;
The imperial examination is a ladder to heaven, one can reach immortality step by step.
Xu Shilin was born as a mortal, with the blood of a human demon, and was frail since childhood. His only thought was that after ten years of hard work, he would be named on the gold medal list, go to the Leifeng Pagoda by the West Lake, and say to his mother who had been suppressed for seventeen years: "Mom, I'm here to see you."
However, when he resonated with the world with his shocking articles and embarked on the road of "imperial examination and becoming a saint", he discovered...
Gods and Buddhas all over the sky regard him as the "devil" who subverts the world;
In the humane court, avoid him as an "odd number" that shakes the foundation of the country;
Demons and ghosts fear him as a "thief" who steals luck.
His very existence is original sin.
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