This book isn't about wish fulfillment. It's a cultivation game with multiple continents, where everyone is a hero.
Everyone else has their own goals and ideals. The protagonist is the only one who doesn't.
She Ye somehow comes into possession of a Soul-Gathering Umbrella, which can absorb the dead and grow stronger. She Ye travels from region to region collecting spirits, meeting people of different regions, races, factions, and faiths, and experiencing the many stories of their lives...