Imperial Mage: The Demon God’s Path Begins with a Saint

Elias thought he would spend his whole life as a wealthy young man, living in comfort in the imperial capital. Then storms began to gather, a strange stone fused with his flesh, and the God of Life and Abundance began whispering in his ear. From that day on, silver patterns crept inch by inch across his body. The divinity of life was making his humanity fade away. The only way to stay alive, it turned out, was to learn destruction. And so the Black Swamp gained an eccentric saint of life. Wait, you’re a saint of life, but you worship the Demon God of Destruction? And hold on, is that a master-level destruction spell in your hand? As for why a benevolent nobleman eventually took the path of a demon god, it all began with a robbery on the border of Black Swamp Province. I, saint of the Nine Holy Spirits, chosen of the Sixteen Demon Gods, and legendary archmage, swear that I will lead the Empire through the next millennium!