I, the Ancestor of Zombies, Clock Out on Time

[Urban fantasy + Eastern mythology + workplace comedy + humor + overpowered protagonist + ancient gods awakening + hard-core industrial cultivation] Read with caution.

A workplace novel spanning mythology and the modern world, told from the perspective of the progenitor of the ancient jiangshi. From the exam room for civil-service recruitment, through the doors of a state-owned enterprise, and into a bizarre, dazzling urban mythic age, he experiences the era of resurgent demons, the era of unemployed gods, the era of anomalous creature management, the era of asset liquidation across the Three Realms…

Ying Gou, progenitor of the ancient jiangshi, is reincarnated as Sha Yan and awakens in the boundless modern metropolis. Using the orthodox family Daoist art, The Great Wilderness Sand-Sinking Seal, he gets a job in the Geological Survey Division Two of China Communications, a state-owned enterprise. It’s a secret department that explores geology for the public and handles supernatural incidents in the city behind closed doors.

I, Sha Yan, have no interest in making a big production out of exorcising demons, and I don’t want to compete with immortals over supernatural powers. I just want to keep my benefits and pension and clock out on time every day.