The Ruins of the God Thieves

Legend has it that this world once had a god. The god died, and the rules that held the world together scattered, destined to slowly return to the earth. But in the instant before dying, the god felt fear. It was the first fear ever born in this world, and the most intense. It was so powerful that even the god couldn't contain it, and so

fear began to multiply. It clung to fragments of the scattered rules, twisting, growing, and taking shape, becoming something no living person on this continent could explain: the Uncanny. Humanity retreated to isolated cities. Li Qiye, a young prisoner with no cultivation techniques, sent north to die, clawed his way to power with nothing but his silver tongue and a mind cold enough to verge on madness. Every step of his rise came from scraping meat off a god's bones.

Shadow Counter: It exists only when there is a light source. It counts your shadows. When it reaches three, you have no shadow, and then you are gone too.

Dawning Light Ball: A shapeless, massless ball of light that wanders at random. Anyone caught in its glow sees images, looks as if they've suddenly understood something, then slowly sinks into the light and disappears.

The Name Caller: Someone calls your name in the wilderness. If you answer, you follow the voice. When dawn comes, you find you've been walking for thirty years.