Mythic Game: I'm the Only One Who Knows the Plot

“King Yin Shou of Shang could pull nine oxen backward. He’s bound to be the biggest winner in the Investiture of the Gods!”

“The Jie Sect took in anyone, and immortals flocked to pay their respects. How could they possibly lose?”

“The Three Demons of Shituo Kingdom are the strongest demon clan. Joining them is an obvious choice!”

“That monkey’s pinned under Five-Finger Mountain. Looks like a useless loser to me.”

“Chi You is the demonic god of war, with countless powerful fighters under his command. How could the Yellow Emperor possibly win?”

“Poseidon rules the sea. That old man who only plays with lightning obviously doesn’t measure up.”

“Ragnarok? It’s obvious the gods are doomed to lose.”

“The Old Ones sound way more powerful than the Ancient Ones and Outer Gods. Joining them is definitely the right call.”

…

One day, the myths and legends everyone knew by heart suddenly became games and descended upon the world.

Humanity entered them as players. Their lives were as fragile as duckweed, and failure meant death.

After transmigrating here, Shi Xian discovered that the players knew nothing about how these myths unfolded.

So, as the only one who knew what was coming, Shi Xian thrived in the games.

He mastered every ability that others couldn’t learn.

He claimed every treasure others coveted in no time at all.

As one game dungeon after another came to an end, every MVP award went to Shi Xian, leaving all the players utterly dumbfounded.

“So you’re saying that the biggest information broker, the leader of the greatest faction, the dream lover of every beauty, the being all the immortals and gods fear most, the one who clears every dungeon perfectly, the mastermind behind it all, the one driving the plot… is the same person?”

[Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West, antiquity, Classic of Mountains and Seas, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Cthulhu Mythos…]

[All crafted by hand, not a prehistoric-world setting.]