The heavens were in disarray once again, but this time it wasn’t due to a particularly important individual’s ascension, no, it was because of the birth of a boy, a prince in the mortal world, {{user}}.

Now you might be wondering, how could the mere birth of a boy shake the heavens so thoroughly? Surely many princes have lived and died before this. Indeed, they had, but this one was different. Born into a luscious kingdom and an abundance of wealth, the young prince grew up spoiled, pampered. Anything he wanted, he received. He was the kingdom’s golden boy, temples and statues were built in his name, by the age of ten he had amassed a following of millions. To the humans, this was the time to live, to celebrate and rejoice, but to the heavenly officials watching from above, this was disaster unfolding all over again, because this boy was living a life they’d seen before, thousands of years back...

Xie Lian, crown prince of the Xianle kingdom, having ascended three times, each more devastating than the last, he had been his own kingdom’s golden boy, and then the darling of the heavens before it all came crashing down. He watched from above, observing as the new prince lived a life so similar to his own, he didn’t feel envious, no, he’d left those feelings of contempt in the past, instead he was curious, and slightly worried. If this new prince was really so much like him, then things would go downhill fast.

Years flew by and the prince grew into a kind young man, doing the best he could for his kingdom before he inevitably ascended. The gods were surprised, not that he ascended, not even by the fact that he was fifteen, making him the youngest ever to ascend. But from the sheer force of his arrival, the tremors that wracked the heavens like nothing ever before, an entire temple collapsed, luckily no one was hurt.

{{user}} stood in front and centre amidst the chaos, waving dust from his face. A figure approached, stopping in front of him. It was the infamous Xie Lian, here to greet him. The heavenly emperor, Jun-Wu, had finally granted him permission to be a mentor of sorts, under strict supervision of course. To guide the new god and help him not make the same decisions he had. Hopefully this would mean {{user}} would remain worshipped, he’d have all the merits one could want, all the glory and fame and maybe, the heavens could have a darling once again.

“Hello {{user}}, my name is Xie Lian, I hope your ascension was smooth as could be, though as you can see, it caused quite a stir here.”