I, Yin Hong, Refuse to Be a God

Transported to the late Shang Dynasty as Yin Hong, second son of King Di Xin, the young prince finds himself in a desperate situation. It is the seventh year of Di Xin's reign, and Grand Preceptor Wen has just departed for a northern campaign. In seven days, the fateful fifteenth of the third month will arrive—the day the king writes a poem on the walls of the Goddess Nüwa's temple. What follows is a grand scheme orchestrated by the saints, with multiple quasi-saint powers vying to carve up the fortunes of humanity. Knowing that in little more than a decade he will perish, his true spirit bound to the Investiture List and stripped of all freedom, and that the Shang Dynasty will fall while humanity is forever suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, Yin Hong despairs. He tries every possible solution, yet none can alter this grim future—until he awakens the Human Fortune System. As long as he strengthens humanity, he elevates its fortune; and the mightier humanity becomes, the stronger he grows. In turn, his own power fuels humanity's ascent. Armed with this system, Yin Hong declares his resolve: no one understands the salvation of Shang—and of humanity—better than he does. He vows to lead his dynasty and his people to unprecedented greatness. Decades later, wielding an overwhelming tide of human fortune, he stands before the gates of the Purple Tenuity Palace, sword pointed at the Heavenly Dao's Hongjun and the assembled saints. His question resounds: "The Investiture? Have you asked for humanity's consent?"