When He Became an Evil God

Seven hundred years ago, the Six Gods descended and ushered in a new era. From then on, the world was plunged into eternal night, and daylight never returned. The churches aboveground seized control of the mortal world. The hunters belowground hunted the blood of the gods. The cultivators sailed out to sea, hoping to find a heavenly kingdom on earth along the Golden Sea Route, once bathed in the sun's radiance. In the end, they became piles of bones. Until, at the edge of the continent, the first city beyond the Six Gods' royal capitals rose, a city where night never fell: Heaven's Evernight. "The whole world is barely holding on, but you aren't. You were born to look down on ordinary mortals. You will wield power beyond measure and overcome your fear, setting the rulers' divine blood alight to illuminate the dark canopy over the royal capital. You will cross the Golden Sea Route, traverse life and death, and reclaim the light in the lands of the ancient East. You are the equal of the gods, and you will defeat them." "Your life will be one grand, endless battle, a battle you must win, again and again. Your only duty is to keep winning." "What if I refuse?" Ying Changsheng asked. He said, "I refuse." "You have to believe. Believe that when the first glimmer of sunrise lights the stars, when the maddened gods beneath the abyss fall into eternal slumber, and fate without end finally reaches its conclusion, the world will escape chaos and madness." What about us? "We'll open our eyes at the end of the long night, at the break of dawn. At the end of the cycle of reincarnation, on the far shore of light, we'll meet again." Zhen Lü x Ying Changsheng. A defiant god-slayer gong x a defiant evil god who changes roles and becomes the shou. A Western-inspired fantasy setting, with a touch of cosmic horror. [I know the worldbuilding is a hodgepodge, like a mash-up of city and countryside.] [But I'm stubborn, and I want to write it.] [Don't ask. I'm letting loose, acting cool, and doing whatever I want. It's really fun.] [I'll update every night at eight until I run out of chapters in reserve. After that, probably every other day or once every two or three days. The writing style is a bit odd, and there are cosmic horror elements, but not many, and they're not orthodox.] Theme: Humanity can overcome fate.