Synopsis
Gu Cen never imagined that after fighting her way to the top of the card world, she'd transmigrate a second time and become a total weakling in the interstellar world, unable to sense anything with her spiritual perception.
Gu Cen: "What? Did my hundred years of hard work go to the dogs?"
Fortunately, fate hadn't abandoned her. The card grimoire that had accompanied her in her previous life had transmigrated with her.
Gu Cen: "Then that's easy."
But she hadn't forgotten that when she became the youngest Venerable on the Card Continent and took her place in the Divine Hall, the faith she had brought from her homeland had stood behind her.
It was an utterly mysterious and mighty power, carrying on a legacy spanning ten thousand years from ancient times to the present. With a flick of the fingers, it could split mountains and seas; with a sweep of the sleeve, it could create the world and mend the heavens.
It was a boundless, fearless faith, originating in distant China, and one that only those bearing the blood of Yan and Huang were worthy to uphold.
It was wondrous beyond compare, the origin of all things.
1//
On the first day after she transmigrated, an old beggar kicked her ten meters away.
"You're as weak as dog shit. If you can't fight, why become a mecha warrior?"
On the first anniversary of her transmigration, the old beggar kicked her two meters away.
"You can't even lift a hundred-jin lead saber. If you really can't manage it, go be a delicate commander instead."
Ten years after she transmigrated, the old beggar tried to kick her, but she didn't budge.
"Not bad. You've finally reached the level where you can go begging."
Gu Cen, who was only "not bad" by the old beggar's standards, carried a hundred-jin saber on her slender shoulder. A totem emerged behind her, and an aura of deadly menace coiled around her.
The old beggar glanced at it disdainfully. "Your Dharma form is an old man? What a waste of your destruction-type talent."
At that, the dark shadow behind Gu Cen began stamping his feet. His white beard curled up with rage as he roared at the old beggar before Gu Cen. "You old relic! I'm a god! A god! Show some respect!"
The old beggar scoffed. "A mere local earth spirit, and you call yourself a god?"
"You!!!" The black shadow looked ready to burst apart.
Gu Cen, who had spent ten years trying to keep the peace, stood between them with a dark expression and said coldly, "Both of you, behave."
2//
Thanks to her destruction-type spiritual power, Gu Cen manages to squeak into the military academy league with her team. But everyone knows that the First Military Academy's only new destruction-type student can't sense mechas.
"So what if she's destruction-type? If she can't sense mechas, she's still useless."
"I really don't know what the First Military Academy is thinking. Do they think everyone is like Heiyou? They're treating a useless destruction-type student like a treasure."
"Forget it, the First Military Academy is finished this time. They must be out of people. With a lineup like that, they'd need their ancestors' blessings just to come third."
Gu Cen hears every word. "Excuse me, could you keep it down? You're disturbing me."
As the competition nears its end, no one expects a star beast rampage to break into the arena. The ultra-high-tier elemental insect beasts are more than powerful enough to destroy it. Just as everyone despairs and cries out, one voice changes the color of the sky, with the sun and moon as its companions.
Red flames forged from soul power blot out heaven and earth. Using her mecha as a foundation and a flaming beast as her form, Gu Cen arrives from the primeval past, clad in red armor, with flames patterned across it like an ancient ferocious beast.
A low chant rises from the primeval past. She has come to save all living beings:
"In my name, I ordain your path. Zhurong, God of Fire, I plead for all living beings."
3//
A story with a story to tell
Reading guide:
1. The female lead is a powerhouse who transmigrates into a weakling. You could call it a growth story. I want to write an ensemble cast, with a male lead, but the female lead is the strongest.
2. My original worldbuilding is bigger than the universe. Think interstellar mechas + summoning deities + cards. It's a chaotic mash-up, and I made up all the settings, so please don't accuse me of plagiarism without evidence.
3. The female lead's power comes from Chinese deities. For balance, each card's divine power has a limit, or only its main ability remains.
4. Chinese culture is vast and profound, and I won't go into detail about every card in the story. The deity concepts are all drawn from online sources, so please don't argue about them. (For example, whether the ruler of the netherworld is the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, or Lady Houtu. Different traditions have different answers, so I'll decide who's strongest.)
5. I'm reserving a spot for this story in advance. The setting is quite expansive, so I expect to start writing around June or July. I always make thorough preparations before starting a story, so feel free to bookmark it. Once I'm ready, I definitely won't stop updating or abandon it.
++++6. I'll add more if I think of anything else. The title and blurb may change, but the basic setting won't. Bookmark it early to get ahead!
Screenshot archived on 2023/2/13
Theme: With a heart full of ardor, ready to spill it beneath the western wind and waning moon
