Chinese Mythology: Apotheosis Among the Stars

(Updated daily, completion in August) After an accident, Jiang Wulang is transported to a divine revelation exam hall, where she must bind herself to a god of faith to gain power.

At the time, Chinese culture has suffered a break in continuity. Its totems are lost, and its pantheon has fallen into decline.

Faced with divine totems from lost records, the candidates, who know only of “God Almighty,” shake their heads. “This is too hard. I don't know it. I really don't know it.”

Only Jiang Wulang smiles. “Three eyes on his forehead, golden armor on his body, and a qilin for a mount. This is the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation and Thunderbolt.”

Countless examiners and students gape in astonishment. Could this be an Indian Buddhist deity?

Jiang Wulang, a PhD in folklore studies, says no. “This is a Daoist Celestial Worthy.”

As if some lowly Indian could claim him.

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The Chinese pantheons at various academies are being slaughtered by geniuses from foreign pantheons. They intend to abolish the Chinese pantheon at every school, and even barge into Jiuyuan University alone, declaring, “If he wins, the Chinese pantheon will be abolished. If he loses, he will destroy his own totem.”

But the Chinese pantheon is in decline, having lost five of its six battles. Just as everyone despairs, Jiang Wulang steps forward.

Five-colored divine light sweeps across the world. The Indian pantheon is horrified to see their supreme Buddha kneeling before a peacock demon beast.

The Sun-Swallowing Divine Lord devours the heavens and the sun. Greek candidates break down in tears. That three-eyed god hasn't even made a move, yet their Apollo has already been eaten by a dog.

The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha saves the spirits of the dead. European and American candidates clutch their heads in despair as their death goddess, Hela, is converted.

It's over. It's all over. Even the mighty Lord of the Gods can only meet his end in bitterness.

Who would have thought that a single provocation would help the Chinese pantheon rise again? Countless geniuses destroy their own totems and switch to cultivating the Chinese pantheon.

Later, at the intercollegiate tournament, the God of War, Xing Tian, sweeps aside the greatest young champions of his generation.

At the Global Dragon Warriors Championship, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, the Celestial Emperor Donghuang Taiyi, and the Lord of Heaven, Tongtian, rise to the top of the interstellar rankings. The Chinese pantheon resounds across the stars.

[The Chinese pantheon has won three out of three battles. How should we deal with the Japanese pantheon?]

[1. Absorb the pantheon and expand the Chinese pantheon's territory, leaving the Japanese people without a native pantheon.]

[2. Destroy the pantheon and use its essence to nourish the Chinese pantheon.]

[3. Devour all of Japan's national fortune.]

[4. Annex Japan so that its people can never form a nation again.]

Without hesitation, Jiang Wulang chooses option 2. What will the Japanese people do without a pantheon? That's not her problem to think about. It's theirs.

After the Battle of the Sea of Blood, Jiang Wulang falls silent, like a flower that blooms only once.

People lament, “She was a genius, but the stronger the steel, the easier it breaks. Too much wisdom can be a burden!”

Everyone believes Jiang Wulang's death at the hands of the blood beasts is a loss for all humanity.

But a post on StarBlog shoots to the number-one trending spot:

[The Chinese pantheon has officially been added to the textbooks of nations across the stars, and 108 branch academies have now opened. First Pavilion Master: Ms. Jiang Wulang.]

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Chinese-Style Fiction Takes the Stars by Storm

When she wakes up, Qin Zhao has become the real daughter of the richest Qin family.

She feels the loose change in her pocket, which doesn't even add up to a hundred star coins, then looks at the cramped, shabby little room that can barely fit a bed and falls into thought.

Wait, isn't my family the richest?

It turns out the fake daughter is the heroine of this interstellar novel about a beloved girl.

The story is near its conclusion. Thanks to her resilient, delicate-flower persona, the fake daughter has become the top-tier star of the entertainment industry. The aloof movie star, the Imperial Marshal, and the murderous prince have all fallen for her charm!

Even the family members who once favored the real daughter have come to their senses.

So they throw the wicked real daughter, who opposes the fake daughter at every turn, out on the street!

Qin Zhao: ...

All that blather, and they could have just said I'd still have to work.

Qin Zhao, once a top-tier star writer in her previous life, decides to return to her old profession.

[System activated! The Entertainment Empire System is now bound to you!]

[Your current number of works: 0]

[Current company funds: 0]

[Current number of actors: 0]

[Keep up the good work and set out to conquer the stars!]

Qin Zhao's eyes light up.

There's a System? Then this will be easy!

Soon, netizens discover an incredible new post on the StarNet.

It goes viral overnight.

Even a few casual social media posts with tags get tens of thousands of comments.

[The Strange Countenance? Is that title on the wrong channel or something?]

[Wow, it's already passed 100,000 in popularity... Which young master or heiress deigned to write this? What a huge investment.]

[I've been reading books for twenty years, so I'm an old hand, and I dare say this is easily one of the top three books I've ever read.]

[It's not scary at all, really!]

[After reading it, I was too scared to get up and use the bathroom in the middle of the night, so I wet the bed /smile]

Amid a sea of serious literature and sweet interstellar campus romances, this book stands out and makes Wudu famous overnight.

Numerous fiction websites scramble to sign it.

But before interstellar netizens can recover from the shock, another book, The Imperial Daughter's Schemes, appears out of nowhere and sets the entire web ablaze.

Its meticulous details and lifelike scenes are astonishing.

This time it truly breaks out of its niche. A craze for Hanfu sweeps through young people, and a wave of applications for majors in ancient Chinese civilization follows!

[Who gets it? After reading The Strange Countenance, I can't comb my hair in the middle of the night anymore...]

[You have a kingdom of ten thousand miles, and yet there is only you. The second male lead truly loved the heroine in both his past and present lives, so why can't she just choose them both?]

[Oh my gosh, I just got into the fiction scene and I've already found such a feast. For folklore horror, there's Wudu; for ancient political intrigue, there's Wangchen. I've cried while rereading them thirty times, and now I can't get into anything else.]

Then people make an astonishing discovery: several popular authors they follow at the same time have works that can heal mental powers.

[After reading A Diviner's Song all night, I found that the mental fissures I got on the battlefield are actually showing signs of healing!]

[Don't put our Wudu on a pedestal!]

[It's true! I'm taking the college entrance exam this year. My mental power was only 132 on the first mock exam. After staying up all night for several nights reading Wangchen's I Shall Seal the Heavens, my mental power shot straight up to 165 on the second mock. I've got a real shot at getting into my first-choice school!]

As one astonishing work after another is released, later researchers come to call this the beginning of the great entertainment era...

In this era, they have the finest long-form novelists, the boldest magazine writers, the most open-minded entertainment company executives, and the most outstanding television and film screenwriters.

Each of them has a legion of supporters and fans.

Many people are even keen to embellish the love and hate, as well as the mutual admiration, between them, creating quite a few shipping communities.

Meanwhile,

Qin Zhao, who has to wear several hats because starting a business is so difficult and there's not enough staff, looks at the flood of shippers covering the StarNet:

...Huh?

#Apocalypse Power Fantasy Preview#

- Endless Apocalypse Livestream

When she wakes up, Xie Hengyu is bound to an apocalypse livestream System.

Everyone bound by the System is randomly transported to an apocalypse, and every move they make is broadcast in real time by the System.

[Welcome, player, to the first apocalypse instance: World-Ending Calamity. Players can earn points through livestream donations. Begin your performance!]

[Warning: Players may not reveal their identities to anyone. Killing human players is forbidden. Violators will be eliminated.]

[Attention! Stay under the influence of the rules for too long and you will be assimilated.]

[May every player enjoy the game~]

Xie Hengyu glances at the hoarding expert at the top of the popularity rankings, then at the farming champion at the top of the donation rankings.

She is just an ordinary medical student. Xie Hengyu smiles and picks up a scalpel.

The real apocalypse has only just begun.

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