I Woke Up to Find Myself Fallen from the Altar

Bei Si, the supreme ruler of the continent of North Sirlunwan, was unruly and arrogant by nature. He paid no heed to rules or etiquette and acted solely according to his own whims. The entire world recognized him as a tyrant.

Though he was called a tyrant, every race on the continent revered and worshipped him. His very existence had brought the seven kingdoms to lay down their arms, kept the Demon Realm from venturing out of the abyss, and allowed the whole continent of North Sirlunwan to enjoy peace and stability for more than eighteen hundred years.

He was the god revered by every race on the continent.

Yet within the past century, their god suddenly vanished without warning, as if he had disappeared from the face of the earth. No one knew where he had gone. Even his closest apostle had been unable to find him.

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Bei Si could never sit still. After spending nearly two thousand years in one place, he was so bored he could burst. So every so often, he would travel around the continent for fun.

Three hundred years ago, he went to the deep-sea merfolk tribe again. After accidentally drinking a thousand-year-old liquor brewed from merfolk tears, he woke up to find the entire continent transformed.

The continent of North Sirlunwan seemed to have no need of him anymore.

...Was this actually a good thing?

Bei Si changed his appearance and decided to stay with the sea-dwellers for a while before leaving the continent to visit other lands.

This time, though, he had a pitiful little merfolk at his side.

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Nai Wei'er was reborn. He was the unknown prince of the sea-dweller tribe, an illegitimate child with an unknown mother and a bloodline so thin it could barely be called sea-dweller blood.

He also knew that before long, the demonic bloodline within him would awaken at his birthday banquet, and he would be reduced to a slave.

That was only the beginning. Enslaved, abandoned, and exiled by his tribe, he wandered through the seven kingdoms. In this vast world, he had nowhere to call home. Like someone who had fallen into a muddy abyss, he could do nothing to change his wretched fate.

He believed he should never have been born into this world. He was sick of this world, hated those tribes, and despised the entire continent of North Sirlunwan, where people revered pure and rare bloodlines above all else.

So he threw the seven kingdoms into chaos and eventually destroyed the entire continent.

He never expected to open his eyes and find himself back at the starting point of this tragedy.

Only this time, something seemed different.

[Reading Guide]

1. This is a light, simple story. Just read and enjoy; don't overthink it.

2. Lots and lots and lots of fictional worldbuilding. Don't scrutinize it.

3. Everything in the plot serves the story.

4. This is fiction, so don't apply it to real life.

5. Everyone has different tastes. Be civil in the comments, and stop reading if it isn't for you.

6. If you spot a plot hole, please point it out without flaming me or making personal attacks.

7. Please add my next novel, His Alien Little Monster, to your reading list!

Theme: Even in adversity, keep persevering and stay strong through hardship.