Blank Slate: From the Start, I Rewrite Everyone’s Fate

In the Myriad Forms Realm, translucent descriptions float above every object. Ordinary people cannot see them, but cultivators can discern the truth at a glance: stones say “incredibly hard,” treasured blades say “sharp enough to slice iron,” and even the street vendors have clear labels above their heads, like “skilled at making pork buns, lifespan: seventy-three.” These words are laws decreed by Heaven. They cannot be changed or erased. They are fate. Shu Yanbai was a poor copyist in the library of Moyu City. He had spent twenty years copying books and had never thought he was any different from anyone else. Until one day, while restoring an ancient text, he brushed his fingertips over a page and watched in disbelief as the words “This book records the art of alchemy” slowly changed beneath his hand to “This book records the art of assassination.” That very night, the city lord died beside his alchemy furnace. The next day, a line appeared automatically above everyone in the city: “The city lord died in an accident.” Only then did he awaken his “Authorial Authority,” the power to rewrite the descriptions of all things. With a simple change, he could make a pebble by the roadside indestructible, or turn an ordinary person’s mediocre talent into an unparalleled gift. But every time he made an edit, black ink seeped from his fingertips. Three edits left his right arm numb for two hours; twelve sent the stains past his shoulder. The Arbitrators, who hunted down unauthorized editors, would catch his scent and come after him, tracking him down every three days. As for the description above his own head, it had been blank since the day he was born. Only after fleeing all the way to the Primordial Source Code Repository did he learn the truth: the original author who had written this entire world was himself, from the previous cycle of reincarnation. The Myriad Forms Realm was a book being read by monsters. When they reached the final page, the entire world would perish. And the reading progress was currently at 97%...