I Stand Atop a Million Divine Corpses

In the mid-seventeenth century, the collective unconscious of humanity crossed a critical threshold. Figures from history and myth descended in droves: Confucius, Guan Yu, Chang'e... They fused with mountains and rivers, becoming divine remains. Over the next three hundred years, humanity gradually learned how to draw power from these remains. There are countless paths, and every one leads to the divine. My name is Chen Che. After someone else took my place at university, I had no choice but to step into the supernatural and follow the path associated with Liu Bang. Then one day, Xiang Yu's divine remains awoke. The Overlord's halberd swept across the land, and at last came to rest against my throat. At the same time, a great wall rose from the First Emperor's forbidden zone, and an army of terracotta warriors began to assemble. But I knew that the awakening of the divine remains was never the most terrifying thing. It was realizing, when you stood at the summit of your path and looked back, that... you were no longer yourself.