Demons, devils, ghosts, and monsters-they haunt the shadows, feeding on mortal fear.Lu Sheng was an ordinary civil servant living a mundane modern life-until a drunken haze stole him away to a brutal world ruled by dark forces. Here, terrifying supernatural beings prey on the helpless, and mortals are trapped beneath a suffocating veil of dread.But fate deals Lu Sheng a strange hand: a mysterious game mod he once designed in his past life awakens within him, granting the power to instantly master any skill-if he's willing to pay the price.Thrown into a nightmare where survival is a constant battle, Lu Sheng must harness this deadly gift and walk the razor's edge between salvation and damnation. His journey to power begins-along the perilous path of the Devil.-------

Taleria's Notes

Hello everyone!This is a translated novel. I do not own the original content—I simply love reading and wanted to share that passion with others. I've translated and rewritten parts of it to make the reading experience more enjoyable. I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did working on it!

Seventeen years ago, a girl was sent to another world by a glowing goddess named Aris. Blessed with powerful magical attributes—but curiously, no holy power.

And now the girl has become Mira d'Ark. She lives a peaceful life in the sun-kissed fishing town of Mermaid’s Cove.

She doesn’t fight monsters.She doesn’t wear holy robes.And she certainly doesn’t consider herself a saintess.

But the townsfolk think otherwise.

From healing wounds and calling rain, to helping lost adventurers and tending the soil, Mira's magic has touched everyone in town.

But as her seventeenth birthday dawns and cake is served at the Adventurer's Guild, a new arrival at the edge of town will gently begin to shift the tides of Mira’s peaceful world.

Because sometimes, even a girl who doesn’t believe she’s a saintess... is exactly what the world needs.

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The love of Jesus is unbreakable. The dove of Jesus is unforsakable. I ain't rocking with y'all. The saints is locking the wall. Worship God in spirit and in truth. Watch the earth shift now they fear it cause the game is bluetooth.

The Lord won't fail. Tryna destroy me in the war with the jail. Jesus really took the nail. You can't give the devil an opportunity. You got to live on the level with copper immunity. I ain't joining the game. The saints is coining the same.

You need the holy spirit in Jesus Christ to overcome the world. I been freed and now they fear it cause I know the price of where I'm from in the Word. My citizenship is in heaven. I ain't getting the realest sin of chip they can't win in seven.

Please listen to God cause the beast is glitching truth hard. They lease the distance cause most is switching the card. Hope it's a royal flush. I can cope cause my soul can't be touched. The world is naked. The Word is sacred. I'm real no fake cred.

Humble as a dove and wise as serpents. Can't crumble my love the skies is merging. Bragging rights cause lagging nights. All over they tagging rights. Submit to God and resist the devil. Some get the heart's plan and won't 6ix on any level.

The angels keep me company. I'mma lion if the bengals come for me. Something like Mufasa. Dance with the rhythm like salsa. They said I wouldn't make it. Now that I'm paid they couldn't fake it. I'm talking spiritual currency. This is a biblical emergency.

I'm in the Body of Christ. They got the sim in the Audi of rights. I don't do no Illuminati. I been known I wasn't the body. Heart bigger than the ocean. From the start y'all were triggered by the devotion. Listen within. They kissing the myth of sin.

If you know it all then why you tryna ball when the world about to fall. Why didn't you pickup the call. Y'all put God on voicemail. Break the wall of the heart's noise bail. Now folk ain't sure of their faith. Jesus said endure until the end to be saved.

Our Creator who is God loves you. Grinding Ike a skater my heart flying the sky above you. I don't seek no vengeance. The meek glow in repentance.  Foolishness and nonsense. True kiss I was blessed by her conscience. They throwing up the 6ix folk nauseous.

The world is ending and that ain't trending. When you got the juice that ain't gon be on the news. Jesus Christ gave me my rights. What version is buried. Katy Perry. Texas is the hot spot. Got a Lexus right out the lot. Easter is for Caesar. NWO teaser.

The Gospel I amplify. My soul ain't camouflaged. Hell mission is being broadcast on television. God told me the prayer. It's odd how they sold the Mayor. Open up the Bible. Hoping for the title. The war is spiritual not atomic. The Lord is universal karmic.

My jersey is number 144. They tryna curse me with the jumper but they can't even score. Iso mode like Luka. The advice is gold no mudra. They throwing the 6ix. I'm knowing the Knicks. New World Order is on the arrival. Truth like mortar in survival.

Knowledge, wisdom, understanding. Been to college mind my business talked about UFOS landing. Show love. Glow like a dove. God above. I don't bluff. Haven't the world had enough. Ain't nothing made up. Holy spirit is why they want me in cuffs.

My heart is lavish no time for savage. Bread and cabbage I ain't famished. Cup of suffering. What's up with the buffering. Listen to God whether pleasant or unpleasant. Keep your distance the devil ain't new by my heart just know I'm heaven sent.

Align the vibe of the sign. See thru the game. Free thru Jesus name. The war turns on when the door burns on. My energy is like an earthquake. The enemy want my worth on a stake. Like our Savior Christ. Can't waiver in the nights. New day. I don't play.

I testify that God blessed my eyes. Now I rest in the skies. Heavenly thoughts. Bought that Cadillac from the Seventies out the lot. Been a threat like the atomic. They been had dread cause folk is demonic. What's outer space. Holy spirit is saving grace.

The Lord God is with you at all times. Spiritual war go hard cause the victory is in your prime. Folk got a target on my head. Pray you woke only God I dread. The decision of love is what I envision in the dove. Break the television it's all made up.

Put the world on voicemail. Diamonds and pearls ain't noise bail. You got a choice heaven or hell. So many secrets folk won't tell. No regrets my soul I ain't sell. I stand with Jesus cause lucifer fell. God fearing my heart will prevail.

I'm on a shifting difference. Time ain't gone we all need living deliverance. I'm in the Bible. The lime wash the sin it's vital. In my prime I rebuke the idol. So much crime read Luke I glow. The world gon be nuked with snow. Holy spirit is how I know.

It breaks my heart to see they been snakes from the start. They were with the devil. The Word is a gift on any level. They thought I wouldn't wake up. They fought to see me lake up. Lamb's Book of Life. They shook cause I really survived.

Trust in the Highest Power who is God the Alpha and Omega. Babylon won't blush in the wireless flower of the heart where the lava is like balling for the Lakers. Had to get traded to the Saints. At times I'm sad but it faded cause I'm dunking in the paint.

We got to holy spirit the world. A lot fear it cause the truth is love's pearl. I know they hear it I'm in the booth the news is bluetooth. I'm breaking the legacy of what the letters see. I don't sign deals. I won't loan to find wheels. My grind is real.

Heart of a lamb in wisdom of peace so it's heaven or hell. The problem is the system of the beast which is being upheld. Destroyed Frankenstein with Frankincense. This intense like the smell of incense. But I don't burn it. A blind eye I won't turn it.

Chosen destiny. They posing next to me.  Keep your distance. Peep the score for instance. The game ain't honey. I don't care about fame or money. I'm content with what I have. You don't want to play and feel God's wrath. Only truth left in the aftermath.

Take heart and faint not. They fake since the start been want you to rot. That was expected. On the cross Jesus was disrespected. God woke me up so the world wouldn't choke me up. What happened to the Body of Christ. Folk capping for Illuminati rights.

Once you get in the Scriptures the world is triggered. Everyday the streets is mourning. Better pray cause Mark of the Beast warning. I'm not playing with anybody. The earth gon rot cause y'all praying to Illuminati.

The prophecy is for this generation. They got a policy for the 6ix revelation. Don't get caught in the crossfire. What they thought was lost in the wire. Immaculate conception. The fact you made it without their connection. Watch out for the deception.

The blessing of a lifetime. I'm confessing my primetime. The meek attract. Watch out for the sneak attack. The Gospel is authority over the earth. Every soul is accordingly sober with worth. Trust in Jesus by the spirit. You in a rush not to hear it.

Think on a heavenly tip. Drink on a heavenly sip. The game and matrix is merging. Jesus name is the ancient version. They know Christ is within me. Pray for my soul the silence listen to me. I went through the fire so my truth wouldn't expire.

You know what I mean. Glow in any scene. I was instructed carry your cross or get destructed. Watch what you doing. In Galatians I'm fluent. I been beaming in my prime what an improvement. Demon time is a movement. I ain't on it. Holy spirit got me wanted.

I awakened to my heart. A star in the making from the start. The vision of love. I'm on a mission like a dove. Now folk scared. Cause they know salvation is rare. The truth hits like bluetooth with grits. The world shifted when I found out I was gifted.

Hypothetically. Prophetically. Got the game on ice. Jesus name is the Christ. The outer is mixed with powder. Within I always listen. Her rose I'm kissing. How many souls in prison. On all levels. I don't ball with devils. God is awake. They heart is fake.

For righteousness sake. The Word is sure how is it fake. I won't cross over. Even in the frost my mind sober. Suffering cause the world is a lover of sin. They couldn't mold me so they almost sold me. They don't care. The way I feel is so rare.

Touchdown to heaven like a Saints running back. I can't hush now like a reverend that won't faint when they summon the pack. Free safety like I played for Auburn. Can't flee eternity the devil pray we all burn. The game is cooked. You in the Lamb's Book.

Smile with purity. Holy spirit is my security. The game is like closed caption. In Jesus name I rose with a passion. I can't be tamed that's why they gnashing. I'm in God's hands. So much crime on God's land. My time is in God's plans.

When it comes to The Gospel I won't budge. Repent wherever you from dear soul I can't judge. Jesus was really sent the miracle why you hold a grudge. The game is bent with mold that's why that filth is smudge. Power like Clark Kent my heart feel that nudge.

Submit to God. Love is not a myth of the heart. Resist the devil cause they in the 6ix on any level. Be strengthened in the Lord. The key is ancient in the war. This is spiritual through the biblical. Stay present. The world lost it's essence.

My heart is tapped into peace. It been start they capped into the beast. I rather be in ministry than the industry. Nothing ain't gon make me switch up on God. They fronting cause I won't fake up in the glitch up when it's hard.

We know the protocol. I glow like a star. Diamond tough. They can't sign me up. No deals allowed. My heart is real so they like how. They took a satanic vow. The world got me like wow. God with me. The devil tryna sift me. The Word lift me.

Wake up in the Word. Shake up the world. Endurance I don't need insurance. I love God with all my heart. Life is hard not a myth this the start. Gird up my loins. Bird up the coins. Biblically tapped in. They spiritually capped in. Now typically mapped in.

Look at the situation. The Book is for the generation. It's not about the money. It's about clout that's why they act funny. Biblical my life is a miracle. Imperishable seed. The sim is a searchable feed. I awaken. Soon they ain't gon be no faking.

My heart getting bigger. They starting to get triggered. God makes no mistake that's why Jesus was on the stake. Let the holy spirit use you 100. They fear it I could see the dread. The Lord has so much compassion. In this war I'm clutch what they asking.

Tap into the holy ghost. They cap the world is toast. Learned my lesson. They yearn for my stressing. My vibration was muddied up. My hydration is studied up. God works in mystery. It hurts what happened in history. Just know that Jesus got the victory.

I'm walking in the century. They talking injury. MVP ain't no benching me. In my family they was lynching me. My soul heavenly that's why I'm transcending the streets. I ain't taking no kiss of the beast. I'mma saint waking all with peace.

Heard the truth. Spit the Word in the booth. Protect the youth. Shift the world like caps lock. It ain't a myth that the earth is tapped in the Rock. Which is God. They done switch how odd. The game glitch when I pulled the card. Homerun the pitch at heart.

I pray to my Maker. I don't play for the Lakers. Spiritually attuned. Biblically immuned. My energy is explosive. My enemy sold me like Joseph. The game is cold. Jesus name is gold. The devil got them wild. Every level I'm able to smile.

Currently in silence. Urgently they sin off violence. It's an emergency cause the earth is love's balance. The pure in heart shall see God. Be sure it already start that's why it's hard. We need to repent. Buried as a seed with intent.

What I symbolize even the lions know I'm the truth. If you didn't catch that you hypnotized by the glow in the booth. Roaring in the jungle. Touring where the sun go. Trust God in Jesus. The world crushed in the thesis. The Lord won't leave us.

My heartbeat is powered by the holy spirit. When I start to meet the Father they fear it. I'm talking the true and living God. I'm walking brand new forgiven from my dark. Glow like the stars of the nights. To know then read the Bible for your rights.

Pay attention. I don't need your mention. Can't relate we got different fate. I was destined to be great. It's a blessing for your mind to be in the right state. Got the Word of God on my plate. The whole point is to walk thru the gates.

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