The Ancestors Think I'm an Immortal

As soon as college graduate Bai Sushui finished school, she was shipped off to work at Vertical Shop, filming web dramas.

The job provides housing but no meals. The pay is average, but the hours are flexible. All she has to do is play a cold, aloof boss's wife.

She can even slack off and write for extra cash without having her pay docked.

It couldn't get any better!

And what's more...

The street sets outside change every ten days or so, keeping things fresh. She never gets bored.

It's just that...

The sets are a little too realistic. Every actor is talented, and their performances are so good that she often gets completely absorbed and forgets to play her own role, nearly losing her entire paycheck.

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1. Take the actress playing Wu Zetian, for example. She enters with the imposing presence of someone eight feet tall. Even when she kneels to worship the gods, she has the haughty air of someone who is already heaven itself.

"I am not confessing guilt. I kneel for the people, not before the will of heaven."

"I alone shall decide my fate."

Before she knew it, Bai Sushui had burst into enthusiastic applause...

The entire cast turned to stare at her.

Wait, don't dock her pay yet. Give her a chance to smooth things over.

2. Then there's the actor playing Qin Shi Huang. Nearly two meters tall, with a sword as long as she is!

His imposing presence is truly awe-inspiring.

At the time, he was going to the summit of Mount Tai to pray for rain. She happened to open the door and came face-to-face with him.

But a veteran actor is a veteran actor. He was taken aback for a moment, then immediately got into character and called her, "Goddess?"

She got swept into the scene, too, and performed a heartfelt scene about providing famine relief.

When she handed Qin Shi Huang the high-quality hybrid rice seeds, she even saw the veins on the back of his hand swell and throb with excitement.

That acting was incredible.

3. Then there's the actress playing Qin Liangyu. She's 1.86 meters tall, powerfully built, and wields her long spear with tremendous force. The way she thrusts and sweeps with it, cutting through eight hundred li of yellow sand, is exactly as the saying goes.

Watching her gallop on horseback, Bai Sushui was so captivated she nearly drooled.

Later, when Qin Liangyu came to pray for help before fighting the Japanese pirates, Bai Sushui asked her boss for permission and supplied her with a truckload of armor and plastic weapons.

Qin Liangyu's commitment to her role was so strong that she held up the crudely made weapon with tears in her eyes and praised it again and again: "A fine blade."

Bai Sushui could only think, "Holy crap, I'm impressed."

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It is said that the Divine Temple is home to the Great Holy Mother Empress, Jiuyou Suyin. If an emperor leads the people in sincere prayer, the Great Holy Mother Empress will appear and help humanity overcome its hardships.

And one day, emperors from different eras who have earned the people's support will be invited to a feast and enter a heavenly paradise.

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A friend asked Bai Sushui, "Where did you find these friends? How are they so good at cosplay? It's like you plucked them right out of a history book."

Bai Sushui replied, "I guess maybe... they get too into their roles."

After all, at Vertical Shop, they do livestreams where they stay in character twenty-four hours a day. It's kind of pitiful.

[Reader's Guide]

1. Parallel worlds! Parallel worlds! Parallel worlds! Historical figures include, but are not limited to, Wu Zetian, Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Lu Zhi, Qin Liangyu, Emperor Wu of Han, Huo Qubing, and Xin Qiji.

2. Historical figures earn their own achievements. The female lead mainly invokes divine authority to silence public criticism, while also helping them with the books and modern products they need.

3. The female lead is a chuuni who loves to fantasize and never reveals her identity.

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