Why Has the God I Believe In Come Back to Life Again?

Li Zhi is a second-year sword cultivator at the modern-day Kunlun University.

One day, he transmigrates into a modern fantasy novel he once read. In this world, all supernatural powers come from the gods. The more devoutly you worship a god, the more power you can obtain.

But this comes at a price. As a believer, you have to help your god compete for more followers, so divine wars break out all the time.

Even the protagonist is a god, except he is a god who died long ago. He used the last of his power to become human, then slowly reclaimed his faith.

Li Zhi, now in this world, looks down at the practice sword in his hand. "Is this still the 21st century?"

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In the novel's world, everyone has a faith, and even your resident ID has to state which god you worship.

But you can't just pick any god, because faith can be measured with specialized, cutting-edge detection machines. If you don't genuinely believe in a god, you'll be exposed immediately.

Li Zhi: "..."

No need to panic. So many gods have died after losing divine wars. He can just choose one of them to worship.

After all, dead gods can't speak or grant their followers power, so there's nothing to gain from looking into them.

Li Zhi immediately picked his first victim god.

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His goal is to keep living quietly and safely. If a divine war breaks out and he can collect some divine blood and bones to forge a sword, all the better!

Then he'll cultivate until he can shatter the void and make it home.

But a few years later, the god he worships comes back to life...

Li Zhi is utterly dumbfounded.

Seriously, bro, you can come back even after you're completely dead?

He immediately packs up and runs. Dead gods don't talk, but living gods are a whole lot of trouble!

After a lot of twists and turns, he finds another dead god.

He performs a new baptism and becomes a believer!

And then... this god comes back to life too!

Li Zhi: "...I give up."

He buys a ticket and flees the city in the middle of the night.

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When Tian Qingyan descends into the mortal world, his greatest and most troublesome challenge is figuring out how to awaken the fragments of his dead divine nature.

He was once the Supreme God, but after being weakened again and again, the other gods destroyed the different parts of his divine nature one by one.

Then one day, he discovers that one of its fragments has come back to life.

And the believer who revived him is sitting on his altar, eating his offerings with his legs crossed.

Tian Qingyan doesn't intend to hold it against him. He's very forgiving toward the believer who brought him back, and gently asks his little follower what he wants.

His little follower is stunned.

Then he panics and bolts for the door, shouting, "Oh no, oh no!"

That very night, his only believer packs up and flees.

Tian Qingyan: "...?"

Unbelievable. Am I really such a terrible god?

Theme: Depending on yourself is better than depending on heaven or earth.