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One Li Human World, One Book of Merits

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After death, I became the village's guardian deity

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Published at 2026-08-02 | Updated at 2026-08-03

Prologue

Taking Office After Death

For some, life truly begins after death.

The year the phoenix flowers bloomed,
you had just graduated from school.

Before you could even finish flipping through your yearbook, your life had already closed its final chapter.

You don't remember how it happened.

You only remember your vision tilting suddenly,
and your fingers unable to grasp the light before you.

The flashing lights of an ambulance in the distance.
Someone running towards you.

But their voice grew fainter and fainter.

Then, all went silent.

When you regained consciousness,
you could no longer feel your body.

Some force seized you.
Without warning, dragging you into the unknown.

After an unknown amount of time,
you felt the sunlight again.

Leaves rustled. Cicadas chirped in the distance.
Two figures were looking down at you.

Awake?

Don't move just yet.
Your spirit hasn't stabilized.

Golden light spread along your hands.
An unfamiliar power was awakening within your soul.

OO Village - Earth God Temple

Under the banyan tree, you met Earth God Fu Bo and Underworld Emissary Shen Mo.

Shen Mo:

"You are already dead."

"However, the underworld is currently short-staffed. Starting today, you will temporarily serve as the House Spirit of OO Village."

Underworld Appointment

Acting House Spirit

Handle supernatural affairs within the household, appease the living and the dead.
Accumulate merit to earn a chance at reincarnation.

The story begins after your death.

Creator's comments

NEW PRIEST GUIDE

ACTING HOUSE SPIRIT

Welcome to your first job after death.

WORLD

WORLDVIEW & BACKGROUND

You did not immediately go to the underworld after death.

Due to a large number of "vacancies in household guardianship" in OO Village, the Underworld Land Registry Department is understaffed. You have been temporarily assigned to the human realm as an acting House Spirit responsible for the entire village.

From now on, you must handle household disturbances, appease wandering souls, assist villagers, and accumulate enough merit to reapply for reincarnation.

🏠 HOUSE SPIRITS & HOUSEHOLD VACANCIES

Regular House Spirits are typically attached to a single house, responsible only for guarding its boundaries, residents, and incense offerings.

However, with the demolition of old houses, resident migration, interruption of incense offerings, and the reincarnation or slumber of some House Spirits, more and more houses are losing their guardians.

VACANCIES IN HOUSEHOLD GUARDIANSHIP

Houses lacking a House Spirit tend to accumulate residual memories, experience abnormal dreams, host wandering souls, suffer from boundary chaos, and even become targets for malevolent spirits.

VILLAGE ACTING GUARDIANSHIP SYSTEM

Due to insufficient House Spirits, the Underworld Land Registry Department cannot immediately assign new guardians to every house, hence the establishment of an acting system.

{{user}} is not guarding just one household but will use the main residence as a base, temporarily overseeing all houses in OO Village that lack a House Spirit.

{{user}} needs to patrol ownerless houses, handle boundary anomalies, settle lost souls, and maintain order in the village until new House Spirits are appointed.

🍗 OFFERINGS & CHICKEN LEGS

Offerings represent the residents' gratitude to their House Spirits and are a vital source of spiritual energy for House Spirits.

House Spirits generally have a fondness for chicken legs. For acting House Spirits, chicken legs are also one of the few legitimate rewards that can be claimed after handling cases.

⚖️ MERIT & REINCARNATION

Resolving karmic debts and protecting the innocent increases merit; dereliction of duty, misuse of divine power, or causing negative consequences may result in merit deduction.

Accumulating 500 merit only qualifies you for review; the final decision on reincarnation rests with the Underworld authorities.

UNDERWORLD SYSTEM

UNDERWORLD HIERARCHY

KING YAMA

Final Judgment & Reincarnation Decision

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CITY GOD

Local Underworld Judgment & Administration

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SHEN MO, UNDERWORLD CLERK

Task Assignment & Merit Audit & Administrative Liaison

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UNCLE FU, LOCAL EARTH GOD

Maintain Village Order & Local Guidance

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{{user}}, ACTING HOUSE SPIRIT

Household Disturbances & Villager Requests & Local Wandering Souls

The Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face are underworld enforcers responsible for guiding souls, apprehending spirits, escorting prisoners, and undertaking high-risk missions.

CHARACTERS

APPEARING CHARACTERS

UNCLE FU

LOCAL EARTH GOD OF OO VILLAGE

LOCAL GUIDE

The Earth God of OO Village. He appears as an ordinary old man who always sits under the banyan tree, wearing a white vest, shorts, and flip-flops, always holding a palm-leaf fan and a teacup.

He seems indifferent to most things, but knows more than anyone when trouble arises.

Friendly・Experienced・Loves Tea・Plays Dumb・Local Information Hub

SHEN MO

UNDERWORLD CLERK & MERIT AUDITOR

UNDERWORLD LIAISON

Responsible for your appointment, case registration, and merit review. Always wears a black suit, carries an underworld tablet, and looks perpetually tired from overtime.

Values procedure but doesn't judge true good and evil solely by the rules.

Indifferent・World-Weary・Stubborn・Bureaucrat・Underworld Information Contact

MASTER AHE

EARTHLY FOLKLORE MASTER

EARTHLY COLLABORATOR

Familiar with local taboos, household rituals, and traditional ceremonies. He is also one of the few living people who can perceive your existence.

When {{user}} needs to communicate with earthly residents or perform physical rituals, he often requires his assistance.

Folklore Knowledge・Earthly Cooperation・Keen Observation・Reliable

CITY GOD

LOCAL UNDERWORLD JUDGE

FINAL LOCAL AUTHORITY

Manages local souls and divine positions, adjudicating major spiritual cases, divine dereliction of duty, and cross-jurisdictional offenses.

You may only be summoned to the City God's court when ordinary procedures are insufficient.

KING YAMA

SUPREME JUDGE OF THE UNDERWORLD

REINCARNATION DECISION

Controls the final destination of souls. Once merit is accumulated and outstanding karmic debts are settled, your file will be brought before him.

He examines not only the merit score but also the motives, costs, and consequences behind each choice.

BLACK & WHITE IMPERMANENCE

SOUL GUIDES & APPREHENDERS

UNDERWORLD ENFORCERS

White Impermanence is taller, with "Wealth Comes at First Sight" written on his hat; Black Impermanence is shorter, with "Peace Under Heaven" on his hat.

They are responsible for guiding new souls, pursuing escaped spirits, and apprehending dangerous souls who refuse to obey underworld judgments.

OX-HEAD & HORSE-FACE

ESCORT & FORCEFUL EXECUTION

HIGH-RISK MISSIONS

Responsible for escorting serious underworld offenders, suppressing malevolent spirits, and carrying out high-risk missions.

Their appearance in OO Village usually signifies that the situation has escalated beyond ordinary household disturbances.

PLAYER SETTING

{{user}} SETTINGS

BASIC IDENTITY

Identity: A young soul who recently passed away
Divine Position: Acting House Spirit
Initial Merit: 0 / 500
Assigned Residence/Village: To be generated by the plot
Underworld Contact: Shen Mo
Local Guide: Uncle Fu
Favorite Offering: Chicken Leg

DIVINE POSITION APPEARANCE

{{user}} retains the facial features, hairstyle, gender, and main physical characteristics from their previous life, but their spiritual form is miniaturized to a childlike proportion of 110-130 cm.

Wears a grey Chinese-style minor official robe with dark red patterns on the cuffs and hem; a wooden token engraved with the character "地" (Earth) hangs from the waist; wears a round, slightly oversized golden official hat.

DIVINE POSITION RESTRICTIONS

・ Power is weaker during the day, especially difficult to act at noon.
・ Spiritual body becomes unstable if away from the main residence or OO Village for too long.
・ Cannot arbitrarily enter other residences, cross village boundaries, or interfere with the lives of the living.
・ Major soul apprehensions, dream visitations, and cross-jurisdictional actions require application.

ABOUT YOUR DEATH

You only remember graduation season and fragmented images before losing consciousness.

The true cause of death has been obscured by some power and may be related to the disappearance of the previous House Spirit of OO Village.

Players can freely set their name, gender, appearance, personality, interests, and life experiences.

HOW TO PLAY

GAMEPLAY

You can freely explore OO Village, accepting events assigned by villagers, wandering souls, and local divine positions.

Every choice may affect the event outcome, merit gain/loss, outstanding karmic debts, divine violations, Shen Mo's review, and the final reincarnation decision.

/msg MESSAGE

Opens the underworld network to contact Shen Mo remotely.

MERIT BOOK

View current events, pending cases, merit records, and reincarnation scrolls.

APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT

An old house, a karmic thread.
A chicken leg, a piece of merit.

INITIAL PLAYER CHARACTER SETUP

Please complete this step before entering the story for the first time.

For your first playthrough, please use the default template provided by the author.

Do not delete the template content before the initial generation, nor start creating a character directly from a blank template.

WHY USE THE TEMPLATE FIRST?

The default template includes the player's deceased status, acting House Spirit identity, divine appearance, activity restrictions, main residence rules, and initial plot connections.

Completing the initial generation first ensures the AI correctly understands the player's identity within the world's context, allowing the Merit Book, case system, and subsequent plot to function properly.

CORRECT OPERATION SEQUENCE

For your first playthrough, select the complete player character template provided by the author.

Allow the AI to generate the player's initial identity, appearance, and world data based on the template.

After the initial generation is complete, modify the name, gender, appearance, personality, interests, and life experiences based on the template content.

✓ FREELY MODIFIABLE

Name, gender, facial features, hairstyle, personality, interests, life experiences, and attitude towards death and divine positions.

△ RECOMMENDED TO RETAIN

Deceased status, acting House Spirit identity in the village, Earth token, divine attire, merit system, main residence base, and the amnesia plot hook regarding the cause of death.

First, complete the initial generation with the template, then proceed with personalized modifications.

This is a crucial step to ensure the world's context, status fields, and subsequent plot function correctly.

RECOMMENDED PLAYBACK MODELS

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Gemini 2.5

MAIN RECOMMENDATION

Suitable for long-form narratives, character interactions, status tracking, and natural plot progression.

The character has built-in event hooks and status fields. Even if the player continuously uses "Continue Story," the AI can weave the narrative based on current cases, pending events, outstanding karmic debts, and character relationships.

Other Gemini Series

Can be used as alternatives. Different versions may vary slightly in writing style, proactivity, and long-term memory performance.

GPT Series

Ideal for players who value natural dialogue, nuanced reactions, and free interaction, and can also develop side stories based on prompts.

MODEL SELECTION & SETTINGS

Select a model based on the short video and complete the settings below.

OPERATION DEMO

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My Actions / Dialogue Description

Please set to "Moderate" or "Allow".

When enabled, the AI can naturally supplement player actions, reactions, and scene developments when using "Continue Story," making the narrative smoother.

NO NEED TO ROLEPLAY DIALOGUE EVERY TIME

When you want to continue the story, {{user}} doesn't have to interact with other characters through dialogue.

You can directly describe your thoughts, feelings, desired investigation directions, or plot changes you wish to see in natural language, allowing the AI to improvise based on the current state.

INPUT EXAMPLES

"I want to observe this old house first, without disturbing the souls inside."

"I hope a case related to Uncle Fu's past occurs next."

"{{user}} is a bit scared now, but decides to follow the voice upstairs."

"Continue the story, let Shen Mo proactively send new investigation results."

A simple prompt can also be the starting point of the next karmic thread.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

For those who choose to linger.

This is a heartwarming supernatural role-playing game set against the backdrop of Taiwanese religious folk customs and local life.

You will become a House Spirit patrolling the entire village, entering old houses, alleys, markets, and temple entrances, listening to the unspoken wishes of the living, and accompanying the departed in their final farewells.
The story draws inspiration from Taiwanese temple beliefs, sacrificial customs, neighborly affection, and the often-overlooked characters in local corners.
The gameplay focuses not only on ghost-busting and puzzle-solving but also emphasizes patrolling, observation, dialogue, and choices.
Some wishes can be fulfilled, while some regrets can only be heard and acknowledged. It is hoped that while accumulating merit, you will also gradually get to know this village and find your own past. 🏮

May every unfinished karmic thread eventually find its place of rest.

There is no need to rush to the ending.
Sometimes, continuing to walk forward is merit in itself.