Folk Customs: From Village Shrine to Divine Dragon

After transmigrating to another world, Lin Shi gained a clone that was a malevolent flood dragon, sealed beneath a deep pool. And so he devised the most insane god-making scheme in history: With his left hand, he played the "human." As God's chosen mouthpiece, he fabricated myths, guided the villagers, formalized the rituals, revived the sacrifices, and planted the faith of the "Stone Toad Flood Dragon God" deep in people's hearts, spreading it far and wide to harvest their faith. With his right hand, he played the "flood dragon." As the true power behind the scenes, he stirred up storms, drove away spirits and monsters, and manifested his divinity to establish his might, claiming every miracle as his own. When he called for rain, the rain came. When he commanded evil to retreat, demons were banished. He made the villagers believe that sincere worship would bring favorable weather, ward off all evil, and grant their every wish. But no one knew that every offering and every wisp of incense became faith, a force that chipped away at the chains binding the flood dragon, until he overturned the laws of this world and enthroned his own body as a god. Gods, great and small!? The faith of this entire world is food for my ascension to godhood in the flesh. If gods stand in my way, I'll kill them! Immortals!? The heavens are yours! The world below, the mortal realm, is mine! Leave me alone! Or else, I might just slay an immortal!