After staying up all night drawing, Jiang Tu suddenly died. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had transmigrated to the interstellar age. Technology here was highly advanced: there were mechs, the Star Network, and space travel. There were even gods!
Everyone firmly believed that everything they had was bestowed by the gods, and devoutly offered up their income, body, and soul.
The gods really did reveal divine miracles, granting some people extraordinary abilities beyond those of ordinary mortals.
Those blessed with divine gifts held extraordinary status, standing above ordinary people.
Jiang Tu's new identity was one of the divinely blessed, and the beloved eldest daughter of a powerful family's patriarch.
But by the time Jiang Tu arrived, her father had lost his divine blessing and died on the battlefield. Her family had collapsed overnight, leaving Jiang Tu with debts she couldn't repay in several lifetimes and a whole queue of enemies she'd once oppressed, all waiting to get revenge.
Worse still, Jiang Tu discovered that she had lost her divine blessing, too.
In this world, losing your divine blessing meant that you had turned your back on the gods, giving other divinely blessed people the right to erase you on the spot.
To survive, Jiang Tu had to become divinely blessed again, but she was stuck at the first step.
She needed to devoutly believe in a god, willing to give that god everything, even her life. They said that if her faith was strong enough, the god would look upon her with favor.
Jiang Tu: Really? I don't believe it.
It wasn't that Jiang Tu didn't want to believe. She simply couldn't.
When it came to believing in gods, certain notions were deeply rooted in Jiang Tu, a traditional Chinese person who saw a twitching left eye as a sign of good fortune, but a twitching right eye as superstition.
Which Chinese god hadn't made saving all living beings their responsibility, performed countless good deeds, and accumulated boundless merit before becoming a god?
And even after becoming gods and getting official positions, they still worked diligently to benefit the people. Any god who took temple offerings without doing the work would have their temple smashed!
The Chinese land doesn't support idle gods!
The interstellar gods were arrogant and greedy, cold and merciless, and looked down from on high. They let their followers eliminate anyone who disagreed with them, and turned a blind eye as their divinely blessed wielded their power with impunity. They harvested everyone's faith and money, then pretended not to hear when people suffered.
Wait! It seems like she can summon Chinese gods!
The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong; Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion; Lord Guan; the God of Wealth; the local Earth God; the Three Pure Ones... And most importantly, the God of Wealth!!!
Answering every prayer, Chinese gods: a better fit for Chinese babies like her.
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The Jiang family, which had always sheltered Jiang Tu, finally collapsed. Then people heard that the Supreme God Goya had forsaken her, and that she'd turned to worshipping an obscure, weak True God named Sun Wukong.
They also heard that, in a panic, she'd started worshipping another True God, Lord Guan.
Several divinely blessed people Jiang Tu had bullied in the past cornered her at the school gate and jeered, "Well, well, well, if it isn't Miss Jiang! If we beat you up, do you think your two True Gods will come save you?"
Jiang Tu nodded seriously. "Of course they will!"
"We humbly summon the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong!" "We humbly summon the Martial Sage, Lord Guan!" "We humbly summon Erlang Shen, Yang Jian!" "...Nezha!" "...Zhong Kui!"
Everyone stared, dumbfounded, at the avatars of the gods behind Jiang Tu, radiating such menace that they looked ready to destroy the heavens and earth.
Wait, had something gone wrong somewhere? Weren't gods supposed to favor only their devout followers? Who could summon more than ten divine avatars all at once?
Jiang Tu smiled brightly. "My gods are here. Where are yours?"
"If they aren't coming, then I'll just start beating you up."
Theme: Chinese culture is vast and profound
