What Makes a God

[A capricious, unrestrained yet reasonable mortal-bodied creator god x a guileless, pure-hearted savior goddess, slow to catch on and uninterested in cultivation, who enters the game of her own accord to fulfill a prophecy]

Dual timelines | Multiverse - Otherworldly Continent

At the moment of her death, Su Xin used a quantum computer to preserve a fragment of her consciousness.

In the quantum world, her remaining consciousness cast off the part of her soul that was "evil," then created a new, ideal world.

Thus was the creator god born: formless and omnipresent. As time passed, her memories of being human faded, leaving her with one unwavering obsession: purify the world of evil spirits. She could consume any dream orb containing evil to increase her divine power.

From then on, she was no longer herself. She had become an it.

(In simple terms, the modern version of her split into her otherworldly self and the part formed from her "evil.")

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There is a city called Wandong, where the sky is always overcast and the sun never shines. A heavenly lantern, set up by the gods, burns there without end.

Dream orbs are the foundation of a person's soul and consciousness, containing joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hatred, and desire.

The gods consume them to replenish their power, without knowing why they feed on them.

There was once a destitute master and disciple who made a living calming people's anger, easing their fears, and quelling their desires. They devoted themselves to saving the world and helping the people.

The master was Xuan Zhu. His foolish disciple was Li Muyu.

Li Muyu came from the Spirit Realm. Xuan Zhu had found her, and the sect suspected that the power in her bloodline could endanger the world. The two left the sect and traveled the land.

"Master, can we really find her?"

Li Muyu had a condition: her dream orb belonged to someone else. Ever since she could remember, she had accompanied "her" in the dream world, witnessing her life.

As a result, no one knew how long Li Muyu would remain in a dream before waking. Sometimes she woke naturally, sometimes after two or three days, and sometimes it took several months.

Xuan Zhu vowed to find that person and free his disciple from her nightmares.

The god who consumed mortal dream orbs happened upon Xuan Zhu, and the two clashed.

In the eyes of the world, a god who consumed dream orbs was a demon god.

The "Demon God" tried to frighten Xuan Zhu, but happened to encounter Li Muyu and lost its divine power.

It took the form of a man, Li Xinghan, a mortal, intending to get close to her, discover what she was, and kill her to remove the threat.

But Li Muyu wielded the power of nature and was innocent and pure-hearted. The god developed mortal feelings, and from then on stayed by her side in a mortal body.

As for her, Li Xinghan wondered: Could there be another god besides him?

Or were gods born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and had the world itself chosen her to counter him?

As it turned out, when one god is born, another must die. The divine power she had held in check was only waiting for the right moment to be absorbed by her. She was a god, but also an evil god who had yet to awaken.

Li Muyu told Li Xinghan, "If one day I'm no longer myself, you have to be the one to kill me."

She knew there was a cruel side deep within her soul.

Li Xinghan hadn't understood why she said that at first, but later he realized that she had always known who she was.

And when love took hold, there was no turning back. He didn't care whether she was the goddess the world spoke of or a true evil god. To him, she was simply the one he loved.

The world loves the goddess, uses her, then abandons her.

The world fears the demon god, dreading and yet respecting it.

The world is muddled, and those caught up in its schemes have no choice but to follow along. Greed and fear cloud people's hearts.

The young man walks alone, determined to break through the storm and save the world.

Good and evil are separated by a single thought. Right and wrong are all an illusion.

Fate put me in the game. I'll decide how to break it!

Theme: Follow your own path