Let's Talk After This Life

[No Romance] [Repairing Cause and Effect] [Fragmentary Scrolls] [Parallel Worlds and Outsiders]

[The aloof goddess Yunze, who cultivates the Heartless Dao by nature] [Ning, the Heavenly Dao, constrained at every turn and longing to be human]

In a nutshell: Two gods travel the world, patching things up.

The story begins when the overworked Heavenly Dao encounters a goddess from another world, lost in the realm of civilization. Hoping to find her way home, the goddess agrees to travel the mortal world with the Heavenly Dao, correcting errors in cause and effect and patching holes wherever they appear.

“Being a god isn't all that interesting. Being human is the fun part. The mortal world is livelier than anywhere else.”

As the only god in this world, Ning has always had just one duty: to protect it from incursions by other worlds and maintain stability within its borders. Just like Ning's name, which means peace. This world gave birth to a Heavenly Dao with a lifespan as long as the heavens, all for the sake of peace.

“So why do you want to become a god?”

“Because it's useful.” The future Heavenly Emperor needs a deity. Becoming one is something Yunze must do, and something she wants to do.

Yunze has eyes that can glimpse the Mandate of Heaven, yet they have never shown her own path ahead. This journey is the tribulation written into her fate: the tribulation of becoming a god.

[This is not a traditional fantasy or supernatural setting. The two protagonists are not a couple, and neither has unrequited feelings for the other. Ning has no gender and is referred to with she/her pronouns by default unless otherwise specified.]

[A transitional story, updated whenever the mood strikes.]