[Card Draws to Summon Gods + Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Hot-Tempered Tough Guy + Overwhelming Power + Fiercely Protective + Ruthless and Decisive + Pure Power Fantasy]
After transmigrating into an age of upheaval, where the blood moon has risen, strange horrors run rampant, and mutated beasts roam, ordinary people struggle to survive while the supernaturally gifted lord it over them.
Liu Qingtong laughs, because inside his mind is the [Hall of the Myriad Tribulations’ Patriarchs], where every day at midnight he draws a card featuring one of China's founding masters!
The bad news: each card lets its summoned deity descend for only ten seconds.
The good news: every one of them is a badass Chinese ancestor, and duplicate cards can be combined to increase their star rank!
In Spark Town, on the edge of the wasteland, Liu Qingtong is not only a hot-tempered, down-on-his-luck blacksmith, but also the toughest man in town.
His enemies show up at his door from the start?
[Guan Yu takes possession]: With the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, one divine slap blows a mechanical limb to pieces!
[Blessed by the Star Lord of Fire Virtue]: Heavenly flames turn a hundred miles of wilderness to scorched earth!
[The Great Sage Equal to Heaven descends]: One swing of his staff shatters the sky and topples the great clans and evil cults!
[Yuanshi Tianzun]: ...
Enemies getting cocky? Beat them into submission!
The outlaw Heiya comes looking for trouble? Dig a pit and bury him!
The elites of Ark City and the blood moon's evil gods treat ordinary people like livestock?
Liu Qingtong sneers. “I make the rules. Got a problem with that? Ask the gods and Buddhas at my back if they'll stand for it!”
Years later...
Reporter: “Mr. Liu, as the supreme ruler who brought the Blood Moon Era to an end, what's the secret to your success?”
Liu Qingtong: “Be civil, follow the rules, and listen to your ancestors.”
Reporter: “And what about evil gods and thugs who won't listen?”
Liu Qingtong rolls his wrists and grins viciously. “Are you sure those people even exist?!”
The completed million-word novel: His Majesty Never Lies, So Why Does Everyone Think He's Scheming?