I Refuse to Bow to the Immortals

Auntie said that immortals came to Huanhua Village once every ten years. If you saw one, you had to bow respectfully, or it would be considered disrespectful.

I asked Auntie what an immortal looked like.

She said, "They wear blue robes and tall hats. They call themselves 'this venerable one' and call us 'mere mortals.' Those are the immortals we ought to bow to."

So that's what they are. The man I killed last night was an immortal.

Zhong Jinyi said, "They say cultivating immortality means absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. And humans are the foremost of all living beings. Immortals and mortals follow different paths, so it's only natural for immortals to eat people."

"Then, if immortals eat so many people, won't they become even more spiritually powerful? Immortals and mortals follow different paths, so what's wrong with me eating an immortal?"

A genius's rise to power, a survival-of-the-fittest world, and a strong female lead. Told in third person.

Theme: My fate is mine to control, not Heaven's