I Use Merit to Ward Off All Evil

On the Canghuang Continent, demons devour people, and the dynasty shows them no mercy.

People here are considered long-lived if they reach forty. Half of all children die young. Ordinary people have no clean water or steady food supply, and every morning they wake up unsure whether they will live to see the next day.

Su Ming transmigrates into this world as the owner of an abandoned Taoist temple, with an ancient book called the Merit Record in his hands.

The Merit Record gives him one rule:

Within one li of the temple, he is invincible. His words become law, no technique can harm him, and all evil spirits flee.

But the moment he steps beyond that one-li radius, he is an ordinary mortal who can't even defeat a wandering ghost.

To make matters worse, demons hunt outside the temple every night, the imperial court demands taxes day after day, and the people are so numb with despair they have no strength left to keep living.

Su Ming looks at the child in his arms, covered in blood and freshly escaped from a ghost's pursuit to reach the temple gate. He falls silent for a long time.

Save the child?

If he does, the Merit Record will evolve, its reach will expand, and he will be able to protect more people.

But if he doesn't...

Su Ming sighs and reaches out to push the door open.