Once I Die, the Devil Will Rule the World

When a century-long catastrophe descends and monsters overrun the earth, Chen Qingbei is nothing more than a homeless man struggling to survive in the ruins of a shattered city. No one knows that his frail mortal body serves as a flesh-and-blood prison for an apocalyptic devil god. As long as he lives, the entity remains sealed; the moment he dies, destruction will instantly engulf the world. After street thugs stab him through the chest and kill him, the seal shatters. The devil god, wielding power over time, space, and fractured realms, breaks free to toy with and slaughter its attackers, its murderous intent threatening to wipe out every living soul in the city. Yet in the brink of death, Chen Qingbei’s dormant human consciousness awakens. With all his spiritual strength, he wrenches back control of his body from the deity. In that instant, he fully comprehends the shackles of his fate. He once fought only to fill his stomach, but now he must live to protect an entire city and the world itself. The devil god within waits ceaselessly for release, while external monsters and the Life Salvation Society hunt him as the vessel of calamity, eager to unleash disaster. Chen Qingbei must navigate the brutal struggle of bottom-tier survival while using a mortal soul to suppress an ancient evil and contain world-ending power. Though the public fears him as a walking catastrophe, his goal is no longer mere survival. He vows to wage an eternal battle against the devil god inside him, bearing the weight of all darkness in a mortal frame until he can eradicate the threat forever and save a world on the verge of collapse. In a world that refuses to acknowledge his humanity, he declares: I am not it. I am Chen Qingbei.