Ascending on a Chosen Day
Original: 择日飞升
by Zhai Zhu
In a Tang Dynasty plagued by demons and oppressive gods, fourteen-year-old snake catcher Xu Ying survives by hunting venomous serpents to pay his family's taxes. When a tyrannical local deity demands human brides and withholds rain from the starving villagers, Xu Ying does the unthinkable — he kills a god. Branded a deicide, hunted by thousands of spirits and deities across the land, he discovers the ancient art of Nuo shamanism and sets out on a path of cultivation. With only a sarcastic snake demon as his companion, Xu Ying must fight gods, uncover cosmic conspiracies, and prove that mortals can rise above the heavens themselves.