Open the Door and Meet a God

[Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Original Instances] Don't open the door. A god is waiting behind it, a wicked god with a green robe, a ghostly face, and a skeleton's body. Offer four sticks of incense and bow to the god. Don't panic. Look there a ruined palace, an ancient temple, a rain altar; an old building and a deserted village turned into lonely graves. Four wisps of smoke rise from the wild graves as an uninvited guest approaches, carrying a lantern. Now look here, bloodied bones, gleaming teeth, vermilion and yellow talismans, all reduced to dust when the wind blows! … This is a world where gods, ghosts, and humans coexist. Long ago, our ancestors relied on the gods' protection to repel evil spirits, then drove the gods away in their struggle for human freedom. Times changed, and history was forgotten. Monsters and demons have returned, and wicked gods once again walk the lands they ruled in ages past. Though we cannot see “them,” “they” have always been here.