In this world, immortals and gods exist only in myths, while monsters run rampant and ghosts haunt the land?
At court, loyal ministers and valiant generals are stained with blood and tears, while a foolish emperor and greedy officials fuel endless factional strife?
After transmigrating, he finds himself born with blocked meridians, bedridden by illness, his body like a leaky vessel and his life destined to be short?
Faced with such a start, Yong Borong can only weep and gaze up at the heavens with a sigh:
Just destroy it all!
Fortunately, the treasured Four Aspects Tree transmigrated with him.
[Accumulate merit, complete your achievements, become a god after death, and establish the Celestial Court.]
[Burdened by sin, descend into the netherworld after death, judge ghosts and hear cases, and serve the Underworld.]
[Good karma is rewarded: the talents of heroes recorded in the history books are yours to command.]
[Infamous treasures that spread calamity and cause trouble will, by Heaven's will, fall into your hands.]
[Eighth-Rank Deity: Mountain God...]
[Sixth-Rank Deity: Star Lord of the Year, Evil Spirit General of the Earthly Army...]
[Third-Rank Deity: True Lords of the Four Saints of the North Pole, Lords of the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, Lords of the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper...]
[Deity of the Heavenly Emperor: The Supreme Emperor of the Mysterious Firmament, the Most True and Pure One of the Miro Palace]
[Ninth-Rank Underworld Post: Punisher of Evil, Torturer of Ghosts]
[Fourth-Rank Underworld Post: Director of the Office of Reincarnation, Director of the Office of Judges...]
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[Second-Rank Underworld Post: Kings of the Ten Halls...]
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[Sovereign of the Underworld: Great Emperor of the Northern Yin of Fengdu]
Yong Borong had only wanted to scrape together a little merit before he died, and perhaps land some minor post as a mountain god or river lord. But how had he ended up climbing higher and higher through the ranks of the gods?
If that's how it is, then I'll first unite the Nine Provinces, bring the demon tribes under my rule, consolidate the Underworld, and establish a new order for the Three Realms!
An Ancient Cultivator's Handbook for Refining Demons
Reporting to the Motherland: I've Mastered the Technology of Mechanical Ascension
I Prove the Dao Fruit Through Two Worlds
The Sword Immortal of Emei, Mount Shu
Reconstruction After the Plague
The Immortal Official Invades, Beginning with Impersonating a God
The Mythic Era!
The Top Immortal of the College Entrance Exam
A Pair of Living People
Red Dragon Immortal Lord
Immortal Cultivation and Longevity: Starting as the Crown Prince
The River God Came to Marry Me, So I Had No Choice but to Steal His Place and Become a God
The recent plot is truly baffling. Has the author watched too many domestic fantasy romance dramas? He keeps coming up with these melodramatic plots. He could have simply explained his situation to the female leads to put their minds at ease, but instead, he insists on saying no, leaving them constantly worried and wasting their time and resources, even taking dangerous actions. Is he out of his mind?
I initially thought it was a novel about achieving immortality through incense offerings, but upon closer inspection, it's just another old gangster-themed cultivation novel—the same old formula with a different name. Nothing new.
Warning! I subscribed specifically to rant after reading Chapter 6. Putting the protagonist on a leash at the start isn't bad, but couldn't they at least fix the logical inconsistencies? And why does death resulting from the protagonist's decisions deduct merit points? The opponents only need to manipulate innocent civilians to force the protagonist to kill, and that makes him hesitant and timid. Speechless.
I thought it was alright, but after only a few chapters, it became incredibly toxic. When others wanted to kill the protagonist, he even explained himself to them, trying to whitewash their actions. Does he think that in ancient times, only wealthy and powerful families were considered human, and ordinary people were just dogs, to be bullied and treated like dirt? Dogs are so stupid!
Is this another one of those "dying but not dying" beginnings? These kinds of stories are quite interesting in the early stages, but it's really hard to stick with them until the later stages.
Honestly, I'd prefer to read about posthumous deification, but I suspect this book involves the protagonist dying and coming back to life repeatedly, half-dead and unable to die, just hanging on like that. It's a good book, but unfortunately, it's not my cup of tea.
A unified response to some questions in the comments section
First, regarding following trends. If a reader hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have even realized I was following the trend. But as for the book "Fearless of Death," I had only glanced at it when it was a new book and hadn't read it carefully. Before writing this, I had even forgotten that such a gem existed.
Putting everything else aside, the plot is watchable, but the gods, despite their supposedly lofty and powerful nature, are actually quite useless. Even with high-ranking third-grade divine authority, they can't solve basic mortal physical problems, and the portrayal of many of their abilities is also rather poor.
First of all, the title and description you wrote give the impression that it's about accumulating merit to become a god, and then what happens after becoming a god. But when you get to the specifics, the merits and demerits need to be added or subtracted, and only the remainder is useful. This is very frustrating.
Women causing conflict used to be okay to watch, but now I just can't stand watching them for some reason.