This Mystic God was called Fan Sha. He was a once-in-ten-thousand-years exceptional figure, his talent towering above all others.
Fan Sha was born with innate wisdom. The moment he was born, strange phenomena descended from the heavens: golden lotuses bloomed from his umbilical cord, Buddhist light shone from his brow, and he could speak as soon as he opened his mouth. He was extraordinarily intelligent.
He achieved success in his youth and first entered the Buddhist path, cultivating a body full of Buddhist Force and painstakingly studying Buddhist scriptures. Later, he discovered that Buddhism cultivated the next life, and its various doctrines were difficult for him to accept. So he abandoned the Buddhist path and began creating a lineage of his own.
Fan Sha started anew and achieved brilliant success, transforming Buddhist Force into Holy Force. It underwent subtle changes, retaining the evil-banishing and soul-delivering effects of Buddhist Force while gaining formidable power.
What he pursued was not some vague, illusory next life, but the tangible present beneath his feet. He wanted to use force to create an age of peace and prosperity.
He spent several hundred years realizing this ambition, unifying the entire continent, renaming it the Holy Light Continent, and proclaiming himself the Sage Emperor.
Across the entire continent, there was only one Sage Emperor. No one else dared call themselves emperor. Truly, all lands under heaven belonged to him, and all who lived upon them were his subjects.
To create an age of prosperity, Fan Sha employed many methods. He constructed a colossal formation that covered the entire Holy Light Continent and subjected everyone to the Holy Light Baptism.
This so-called baptism gave everyone Holy Light and Holy Force, like a divine miracle descending from the heavens.
Yet that was merely the beauty on the surface. There