From the Start, I Draw the Unruly Marshal and Forge a Mythic Age

In this world, painters can bring the things they paint to life. Li Taicang had a god-tier talent, yet because the “people” he painted had no spiritual aura, the Painters’ Association branded him a “bottom-grade painter,” expelled him, and forbade him from ever picking up a brush again? Fine. Just fine! You say the people I paint are lifeless things, do you? Then today, I’ll show you what it means to “dot the eyes and bring a painted dragon to life,” and what a living legend looks like! He dripped his own blood essence onto the scroll, activating the [Danqing Painting Scroll System]. Before long, the whole world began to doubt its own eyes. A painting of The Outcast: Yuan Tiangang led three hundred elite guards out of the scroll, taking charge of the night. A painting of The Memorial on Sending Out the Troops: Zhuge Liang, wearing a feathered fan and silk headscarf, came riding the wind to plan the world for him. A painting of Ambush from All Sides: Han Xin emerged with a sword in hand, followed by an army of thousands. A painting of Huo Qubing’s Expedition to Mount Langjuxu: Huo Qubing galloped out on horseback, iron cavalry behind him pointing straight at the sky… The president of the Painters’ Association: “His paintings… why can they move on their own? And think, too? This violates the law of conservation of energy!” The emperor of an enemy kingdom: “We sent an army of a hundred thousand, but he just took out a painting called The Battle of Red Cliffs, and then… well, there was no ‘then’ for us.” The Supreme God: “Warning! Unknown civilization detected invading! Wait… do the invaders seem to have walked out of a painting?”