Lin Yan, a down-and-out scholar who has failed the imperial examinations time and again, freezes to death in a ruined temple in a desolate village. When he opens his eyes again, he has become a lowly Earth God, worshipped before a statue with peeling paint and not a single stick of incense offered.
The immortal sects stand high above the world, focused only on secluded cultivation and fighting over opportunities, indifferent to the lives of ordinary people. The underworld’s order has collapsed, demons and ghosts run rampant, and the wronged have nowhere to turn for justice.
While others cultivate immortality by absorbing spiritual energy, swallowing pills, and fighting over treasures, he chooses an unprecedented path: becoming a god through the power of worship!
Slay mountain demons, right old wrongs, stop plagues, and comfort restless souls. Every sincere offering of incense from the people becomes a source of divine power; every devout bow becomes a step toward ascension.
The immortal sects mock him as a crude, unsophisticated village god? He will wield the people’s worship as a blade and cut down the false immortals who turn their backs on the common folk!
The Heavenly Court suppresses him for upsetting the order of the Three Realms? He will defy Heaven itself and establish a new order for the Six Paths of Reincarnation!
From the Earth God of a ruined temple ten li outside town, to City God of the county, City God of the prefecture, and Lord of the Jiangnan Circuit, he will ultimately ascend to the throne of the Great Emperor of Dongyue, ruler of the underworld across the Three Realms.
If the immortals won’t protect the people, I will! If Heaven won’t make things right across the Six Paths, I will!
Many people asked me why I wrote this novel. In fact, I wanted to write a "down-to-earth" god. His magical power never comes from grabbing treasures and fighting monsters, but from the trust of the people; his way is never to ascend to immortality, but to protect the safety of the world. If you are tired of watching the streamlined fairy tales that are rolled out and upgraded, you might as well take a look at this story that is rooted in the world. I guarantee that there is blood, warmth, and the most authentic chivalry and Tao of the fairy tales.
It's a step-by-step book, and the subject matter is new. It's still a good book, but it's not too straightforward, and you don't have to keep advancing the plot. Is it better to write with ups and downs, and twists and turns 🤔