I Became Chiyou and Defended the Nine Provinces, and the Nation Exposed Me

My name is Wang Dao. By accident, I transmigrated and became the ancient Demon God Chi You. For ten years, through wind and rain, I taught humanity to farm, smelt metal, build homes, and practice medicine. I made rice grow across the wilderness, turned animal hides into cloth, and brought scattered tribes together into cities. With the spark of modern civilization, I led humanity out of ignorance and darkness, toward the dawn. But the heavens split apart, and the apocalypse descended. At that moment, I finally understood that the tides of history could never be turned back by one person alone. I gazed upon the ruined land and the human flame on the brink of extinction, then roared at the sky: “My body may die, my name may be erased! But the flame of Huaxia must be passed down for all eternity!” My towering demonic body shattered with a crash, becoming nine blood-red mountain ranges that sank into the land of the Nine Provinces. I offered my flesh and blood as a sacrifice, protecting this land and its people for five thousand years of peace. Five thousand years later, in the restricted zone of Shennongjia, a state media outlet livestreamed around the world as an archaeological team entered an ancient ruin never recorded in history. One mural after another on the stone walls shook the world! The man condemned by history as an “Evil God” was shown teaching primitive people how to make fire by drilling wood. He cleared the land and sowed seeds, giving hungry tribes their first full meal; He smelted copper and iron, forging farm tools and weapons; He bent over to treat the sick, skilled in every kind of herbal medicine and acupuncture; He stood as a pillar between Heaven and Earth, resisting the collapse of the sky and the splitting of the land, using his body to hold back the apocalyptic flood! Every mural bore witness to how he had burned through his life for humanity. He gave everything for humankind, yet history cursed him for five thousand years. Now the truth was finally revealed to the world, and people everywhere knelt to welcome their ancestor’s return. …