The Evil God’s Self-Cultivation

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I only went in for a cosmetic procedure, but somehow transmigrated to another world.

Even more terrifying, I wasn't even human anymore.

Corpses that died in mysterious circumstances, an insatiable appetite for humans, faces replaced by tentacles... Everything seemed shrouded in layers of mist. Lu Yuanhan knew that, as an evil god in this dark underground world, surviving amid mysterious and uncanny forces meant concealing his identity and turning that writhing flesh into food.

He wiped out the investigator squad, went undercover among the demon hunters, and turned the territories of gods far and wide upside down. Lu Yuanhan had this to say: “I was just a little hungry.”

[The Spider-shaped King of Dreams? Sprinkle on some cumin and it should be delicious.]

[The tentacled, sky-filling spawn of the Black Goat? Looks like we have similar character designs.]

[The hairy monster from the City of Nightmares? Roast until golden brown and crispy on both sides.]

A polite, well-brought-up young man with all four virtues, Lu Yuanhan upheld the principle that food should always be eaten elegantly. Even when his tentacles tore his food into bloody shreds, he still savored each bite with care.

By the time he came to his senses, he had reached the top of the food chain and become the most powerful evil god in the world.

Well then! What should I eat today?

*

In a church littered with corpses and soaked in blood, tentacles that had burst into black sludge scooped up a skin and stitched scattered limbs and eyeballs together into a cold, handsome young man. Using his tentacles, he picked up corpses, one scalp and one finger at a time, and destroyed the crime scene in the faint firelight.

Gazing up at the supreme idol, Lu Yuanhan thought: I won't have to worry about anyone threatening me anymore.

In an inn raising mutated dead fish, beneath a tree of screaming human heads, among tombs haunted by curses, in the House of Rodri, where the dead came back to life, and in the underground steam city ruled by serpent people, a pair of monstrous eyes watched the world's mysterious beings.

“Thump, thump...”

When you hear His footsteps, don't look back. Don't be afraid. Otherwise, the next flesh-and-blood body to be devoured will be born tonight.

*

[Identity 1: A stoic demon hunter who works hard for a living]

[Identity 2: A sea commander leading a wild revel of evil spirits]

[Identity 3: A noble young earl who kills with ease]

[Identity 4: An iron-fisted governor in control of the entire empire]

Some say he is the most vicious hound in the investigator squad's kennel, able to kill countless people in an instant. Others say he is a silver-white ghost returned from the sea, ready to ignite the flames of revenge. Still others say he is a grand duke who remains elegant and composed at all times, forever shedding blood for the empire.

Lu, Mastermind, Biggest Villain in the Story, Yuanhan: ...Honestly, I just want to live a peaceful life.

[Reading Guide]

1. Steampunk and Cthulhu Mythos setting

2. An unconventional dark and gritty male protagonist

3. The protagonist has many secret identities, and identifies only with his real name

Blurb for my next upcoming story, Killing God in a Cyberpunk World [saved on 2024.9.9]:

When Qian Liu woke up, she discovered she had become a corpse.

Iron airships carrying troops were closing in, a virtual jungle was ablaze with passion, and the modern world was ruled by financial conglomerates... Amid the sparks, a cold, eerie electronic voice spoke to her: “Welcome to the year 3100 of the New Era!”

But the scary part wasn't this world where everything revolved around consumption. It was that she had no registered identity!

Undocumented corpse boss Qian Liu: ...Is it too late to die again?

As the most unfortunate protagonist in cyberpunk history, Qian Liu scared a local to death as soon as she arrived. As a result, she became bound to the artificial intelligence inside him, the [Heavenly Dao System]. A cultivation manual rendered in holographic projections unfolded before her:

Draw in qi and open your spiritual apertures, ingest nanobots and see the binary world of ones and zeros through electronic eyes.

Cleanse your meridians and build your foundation, undergo a full-body blood upgrade, then weld a metal exoskeleton chainsaw to yourself and become a cold-blooded cyber-warrior.

Form your golden core and fly on your sword, implant the highest-grade chip from a financial conglomerate and master electromagnetic levitation, parkouring along aerial transit lines.

And when she reaches the legendary Mahayana stage, one sword strike will shake the world. Her fury will bring down all twelve Celestial Cities suspended in the sky, and millions of steel warships will bleed and wail for her alone!

[Be an unknown nobody or become famous across the land]

Qian Liu resolutely chose “or.” In this wasteland where high technology and low standards of living go hand in hand, she was just a hardworking corpse reanimator. Her greatest dream was to survive.

But a new notification popped up, gently reminding her: “Dear lower-class citizen, you have a debt of 3,000,000,000 points due. Within three working days, the GCPD will come to repossess your organs and genetic sequences. Please try your best to die!”

Qian Liu's vision went black. How much?!

To repay her debt, she had no choice but to register for The End, an infinite survival game where players fight to the death, lavishly funded by the people of the Upper City. Their blood and tears would become exquisite snacks to accompany drinks, and their deaths would entertain the global audience who had purchased the prestigious VVVVIP membership. It was a boiling carnival, the highest honor!

And so, a demon king who trounced every player was born.

She was the king of the rankings, the dungeon terminator, the cyberpsycho, the biggest Boss of the rebel faction, the first extraordinary sequence in Gene City, an electronic ghost roaming the internet, a sword saint soaring through the skies, and the top fugitive with a billion-point bounty...

[Black Knight 12137]: “Thanks for the rockets from the livestream! Let's blow up the Upper City for everyone to enjoy.”

*

As a corpse returned from the dead, all Qian Liu could do was fight her way out, push open the door separating life and death, and see the world beyond.

Because she remembered what she saw in the final moments before her death: the distant future.

Qian Liu walked across ten thousand miles of snow. In this life, she carried a sword, its killing edge as cold as the snow that filled the sky, and traveled alongside a lonely figure in white.

She said, “I want all twelve Celestial Cities to fall for me. I want there to be no injustice left in this world.”

Become a true cyberpunk immortal, and the number one player.

Theme: Break free from your own limitations in a harsh environment