Even the Gods Must Die

[Daily updates at 6:00 p.m.] At twenty-four, You Xu learns that she has only one year left to live. She has just picked out a plot in a cemetery when, on her way out, one accident after another befalls her: a bus pierced by a steel beam, a truck that inexplicably swerves, a billboard falling from the sky... It seems someone can’t even wait another year to see her dead. Before You Xu can figure out who’s in such a hurry to send her to her grave, a woman she’s never met dies in her place. There isn’t even enough of her body left to bury. With her final breath, she entrusts You Xu with returning her belongings to her hometown. You Xu decides to set out on a journey spanning half the world. The one who volunteers to accompany her is the mysterious assassin. In sunny, radiant Bellaser, a world-famous monastery stands atop a towering cliff. Beneath the Virgin Mary’s compassionate gaze, two inseparable friends raise their guns against each other. The shots ring out, and the feathers of the doves taking flight are stained with blood. In freezing, bitterly cold Cherizgrad, hordes of anomalous creatures surge through the snow like a tide. People solemnly bid one another farewell in a silent birch forest, only to meet again on the battlefield in the blink of an eye. In humid, rainy Chapachichi, a parade float blocks the road. A brightly dressed crowd scatters handfuls of candy to celebrate the birth of the Feathered Serpent. In a valley not far away, a god closes its eyes and speaks its final prophecy. “The world will perish in the end.” Who can save the world? No one can. Because Even gods must die. 1. A literary-minded heroine who stays calm because she could die at any moment (You Xu) x a cold-faced, top-notch enforcer who talks one way and acts another, and does the laundry (Yan Heng). Enemies to lovers. The male lead’s main role is to be good in a fight. 2. Set in an alternate modern world. Some races and cities are based on real ones. Theme: Death is not the end. Having loved is.