I am God, so bow your head

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Somewhere on the Endless Sea.

The Border Mist materialized abruptly, shrouding the once calm and grey expanse of the sea. The impenetrable veil of white mist lingered persistently, its undulations akin to a living organism, before eventually receding and vanishing, erasing its existence entirely. In the space that had been occupied solely by the sea's surface, an island emerged, boasting a serene town and a grandiose gothic palace that appeared to cast a watchful gaze upon the city.

As the mist traversed the streets, it gradually unveiled the picturesque Victorian-style city. Dim street lamps cast a faint glow upon the cobblestones, revealing numerous statues of varied sizes, shapes, and race. These statues all shared a common trait—they were oriented toward the Gothic palace.

Within the opulent throne room stood a resplendent seat of power. Positioned before the throne were additional statues, all bowing in deference to the statue of the Ruler seated upon it. Draped in a cloak, the Ruler exuded an eerie and oppressive aura, even in statue form. Silence permeated the room; no motion, life, or breath stirred.

Unexpectedly, the eyes of the Ruler's statue ignited with cerulean flames.

'Ah... what... what's...' Caila pondered as her vision cleared, the memory of darkness faintly lingering.

Surveying the hushed hall, she beheld eerie statues bent in obeisance. 'What happened? Ugh... why... why can't I move?' Caila found herself immobilized; only her eyes retained mobility. She strained her gaze downward, catching a glimpse of her hands resting on the throne's armrests. 'Am I a statue? Wha... what? No! Help! Someone, save me!' Internally, she shrieked in panic, met only by an overwhelming silence.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: SalivaSpittingWorm

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 444
Views: 130,487

Chapters(42 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

WitchiaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is lovely. Very creative, an original concept. Full of life, and vigor. Reminds me of The lord of Mysteries.(LOTM). I like how everything can be visualized, creating an image in my head. I feel as though the author put love and effort into this creation. I love the mysterious vibe. The different gods and creativity in the making, how funny and mysterious Hellcage is. It has OG (original) concepts everywhere. And they go well together. Honestly I haven't read a book to keep me this hooked since (MHOH). The ambiguous atmosphere is what gives it some spark. Along with the joke every now and then. I rate this so highly. This book needs more love. It's too good to simply pass up.
The reason why I think it's similar to LOTM is because they each have their own OG concepts. (And God themed)
I feel as though this book has some nice spooky/creepy elements as well. I remember when the author said that one of the spooky scenes they made was a childhood game of theirs, which really got me. I like how this author puts in elements that keep ya wondering.
Of course this is all my opinion. Give it a read and give yours.
EvenaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is a beautiful blend of steampunk and fantasy. It has its unique vibe that I felt while I was reading the fantastic beasts book.
Style wise it is really good.
Story wise this can be compared with high end fantasy stories. I love it.
Grammar. For a grammatical blind person as me I did not find many mistakes. The only things that pricked me was when from the others pov when they were assuming Caila's identity. Sometimes they went with she or he. I would like the author to use it or they when the other party is in assumption stage. I was confused when this he or.she was alternating.
Character wise each had their distinction voice. No character was second to the other. They had their places and it was clearly shown.
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FlokistarRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story managed to capture my interest from the first chapter, it provides solid description with images that will make you want to read more chapters.
The characters have their own personalities and seems realistic. I especially liked the combination of the duo.
Overall, it's good story for those who likes horror.
LordGrim22Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Interesting. So far this novel seems very interesting and I hope that the author will continue writing it. I also love the fact that it’s has anti hero and horror tags on it so I’m very excited to see what will happen in future chapters. I also love the fact that the MC Is a god and is trying to act as one. Hopefully she will also try to act as an anti hero god in later chapters too
QueenInRagsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Sure it has its flaws, but overall I quite enjoyed this story. Even if the description was a little overbearing at first.
Starting off with a strong note, all the characters mentioned are unique and memorable in their own little way. Emotional beats fill most chapters, although nothing has cooked for too long.
Overall, the spelling / diction was solid, and the world building was supreme. I binged through all available chapters quite quickly and I really cant wait for more. The chapter sizes are all quite nice and everything fits together well.
Overall, my only critique would be a little bit of deus x machina creeping into everyones view of the main character. Sure they are an overpowered individual slowly awakening in a deeply flawed world, but from what we have seen so far they mostly exist in shades of good / perfect. Furthermore, they have yet to really meet a large looming challenge so far. Sure there is mystery, and constant hints towards greater things, but I feel as if a little existential dread / motivation would be good here and there. I'm not saying give the Mc something that destroys their little following, but a hole in reality that they could stare at in existential horror would be appreciated. Maybe these horrific looming evils could help explain the state of the world / why certain gods act the way they do besides being arses.
Overall 10/10 story cant wait for it to get bigger and bigger.
Reader0101Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
A pretty solid story. NGL, I binged it in 3 days.
I enjoyed it, even if it’s held back on multiple fronts.
In sum, Worth a read, but it has issues. I won’t delve deeper into the sometimes weird-dialogues or exposition that I find way too much, or the bloated word count. With the way it’s written this story should reach 3-10K page count before we reach a satisfying end, and well, most people or at least I rarely read books that long.
I’d advise that if a character only appears 1-2 times in 400 pages skip the overly long descriptions. There is no need if they appear only a couple times, a name and a title, and maybe one unique identifier is enough. Sometimes less is more…
The pictures are a nice touch.
Ray7Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Not a really big Fan of the story and the “passive”MC. But I do get it and I understand it’s context.
I’m not going to continue with this book but I do recommend everyone to at least check it out. The characters are well written and fun. The management type setting is well structured and quite good to understand.
I like the implementation of the art despite it being AI generated.
The reason I don’t want to continue reading is just personal preference and has nothing to do with the book on its own.
I thank the author for giving me a new experience to enjoy and wish everyone who continues reading a lot of fun doing so
EltaloRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
I like the mc a lot, the soul searching (litteraly) and her determination.
So far, the goddess showed a bit of power, can't wait to see her unleashed!!à
The other characters are all uniques and not bland as well. They have a depth to them that is interesting .
Author, please continue this great book!!! I want to read more!
BedwigRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
The grammar in this story takes away from it. There are constantly run-on and very awkward sentences. There are also many words that just don’t belong in the sentence. Sometimes the pronouns of a character also change, which makes it confusing. When mentioning multiple characters, sometimes the author mixes up the names so that figuring out who said and thought what gets confusing. I think this would be a much better story without all these grammar mistakes.
The characters so far a still flat, with mostly surface thoughts known. The best developed one so far is Marik (if that’s how you spell his name), and even then he still feels slightly flat and sort of just exists. There are some random backstories that get known, but those characters have only just appeared and don’t make much of an appearance, so the impact of their backstories just feels minimal. There are also multiple POVs, but they all feel like one character, making them feel flat.
The way the story is told is through multiple POVs, with some being consistent and some being a one-off. A story being told this way can help with a significant part of world building, but can also detract from the story by destroying any momentum a plot thread gains by switching over to another POV. To me, this story suffers from the it. Right when I get interested in a plot, it switches over to another plot, and then it happens again, over and over.
Overall this story is pretty good, and is a pretty decent read with an interesting plot. It just suffers a bit from bad grammar.
JimraynerRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
I liked the story quite a bit, good world building, dialouge and character. BUT, It has a few major issues which really drag it down.
- The pacing. It's honestly the worst part about the story. It's sometimes very quick, other times very fast, just very random overall.
Add this with multiple POVs and you have a very messy experience. The first 20 chs were fine, but after that invasion arc (4 new POVs!!!), we had a total of like 6 - 8 POVs all moving at different pacing. It just became too chaotic and hard to really get into because as soon as you really start enjoying a plot line/character, the story shifts to a new one and might ignore the previous one for 5 - 10 - 20 chapters.
Now I have no issue with multiple POVs normally, it was done well initially, but maybe you have to consider limiting the ammount POVs or make them a one time deal (Why does every mini boss need their own POV multiple times?).
Even excluding the POVs, the story overall felt very rushed, too many characters, events, power systems, gods, new places, etc are introduced before the old ones are introduced before the existing ones are fleshed out.
The worst is when the Moon god quickly finds and starts an invasion (I assumed itnwould take like 20-30 chs but nope, took like 3 to discover and 10 chapters of mini interactions/side quests from the invaders) (Also didn't like this arc too much but I wont go into that much)
Almost as bad is when the author reveals that Supernova/original MC created all the ancient gods, etc.
The memories could be interesting but some things are better left till the mc is actually stronger, it feels akward just having so much info dumped on us while the mc is too weak to do anything at all. I think it would have been better for save the first few memories for mostly abilities and lore about her before she became a greater god.
Overall, I liked the story but lost all interest by around ch 30-40.