★ Proven Market Popularity: On a leading Chinese web novel platform with over 270 million global monthly active users, the work achieved phenomenon-level success with 1.516 million readers in progress and a peak of 1.79 million, consistently ranking high on bestseller lists.

★ International Appeal of Theme: Blends globally popular elements such as post-apocalyptic survival, divine gamesmanship, and ranked competitions, paired with a Lovecraftian sense of eerie strangeness and a whimsical, imaginative style. Echoes the survival contest core of "The Hunger Games" and the unique belief system of "Lord of Mysteries", aligning with overseas readers' preferences for fantasy adventure.

★ Strongly Resonant Characters and Narrative: The unorthodox protagonist, a "fraudulent priest", breaks away from traditional hero archetypes. Its ensemble storytelling creates a diverse team of characters, similar to the team-up adventure model of "The Avengers", satisfying overseas readers' fondness for complex, multi-dimensional figures and group collaboration.

★ Apocalypse, game, infinite flow, Lovecraftian horror, ensemble cast, high-concept twists — when "deception" becomes the only salvation, do humans still have the right to speak of "truth"?

When sixteen deities descend upon a parallel world, humanity's living space is torn into countless isolated fragments, turning former homes into the stage of an ultimate "faith game". Survivors become "players" — akin to the central premise of "Squid Game" where "survival is competition", except here players vie not only for life but also for supernatural power and the future of humankind.
Compelled to join this deity-led ranking tournament, players must choose a god to believe in and embark on the corresponding "destiny path", selecting an identity from six classic professions: warrior, mage, priest, assassin, hunter, and singer, while continuously facing life-and-death trials for food, water, and the right to survive.
The protagonist, Cheng Shi, claims to live by two principles (1. Never lie; 2. Never trust anything anyone says, including himself). By a twist of fate, the God of Destiny he originally chose is intercepted by the God of Fraud (a mischief-loving deity who thrives on chaos). From then on, Cheng Shi is forced to become the "clown priest" chosen by the God of Fraud.
As the price for betraying his faith, Cheng Shi's luck turns abysmal, and, more cruelly, every word he utters thereafter must be a lie. Yet he gains a special ability: he can disguise himself as a priest of other faiths and use their skills; he can also vaguely sense whether others are lying. His sarcastic remarks occasionally draw the attention of both the God of Destiny and the God of Fraud, causing his luck to randomly swing between extremes, adding amusement to the gods' idle game.
In this perilous playground of deities, Cheng Shi must rely on his wit and lies to survive one high-stakes solo or team trial after another. The story unfolds in an infinite-loop structure: each timeline restarts, but character memories remain, forming a "multi-ending" narrative. With every reset, Cheng Shi attempts to approach the truth through different lies, yet also pushes his companions deeper into darker abysses.

Yi Yue Jiu Shi Qiu

A rising top-tier writer in China's online literature scene, and one of the core representatives among the new generation of Chinese web novelists.

Holds a bachelor's degree in Drama, Film and Television Literature from Communication University of China. Professional screenwriter. Since 2021, he has turned to writing full-length online novels. His works excel at combining globally popular themes of apocalypse, deities, and games with Eastern imaginative creativity. His narrative pacing is brisk, ensemble characters are vividly shaped, retaining the core strengths of Chinese web fiction — "strong plotlines, high satisfaction points" — while incorporating humor and logical structures that suit global readers' aesthetic tastes. His works are known for "bold imagination", "fast pace", and "emotional gut punches", earning him the reader nickname "setting maniac".

Chapter One Delivery
Chapter Two I Am a Follower of [Order]
Chapter Three Song of Blood and Fire
Chapter Four Guanyin Who Grants Children
Chapter Five Trials Begin, Terror Demon Ambush
Chapter Six Desperate Situation!
Chapter Seven I Plan to Give Them a Child
Chapter Eight S-Rank Talent: Sharing Divine Grace
Chapter Nine Urgh —
Chapter Ten A Rare Breathing Space
Chapter Eleven Healing Sleep and Meteor Shower
Chapter Twelve Battlefield of Time
Chapter Thirteen This Is Fate's Choice
Chapter Fourteen Is Fate a Bitch?
Chapter Fifteen Trials Settled Early
Chapter Sixteen Surviving the Calamity
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