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INSPIRATION

The inspiration for this work comes from Berserk, especially the tragic yet divine resistance of human beings when facing inevitable fate, as well as my lifelong fascination and admiration for mythological stories.
I have always believed that people should not only live in the world before their eyes, but also have imagination that reaches farther.

Therefore, I chose The War of Deification, a classical Chinese myth based on the Taoist worldview. The story takes place at the end of the Shang Dynasty, when the three realms were in turmoil and a great war that would reshape the world was about to begin. All fallen heroes would have their names written on the “List of Gods,” becoming divine beings in the new order.
The irony is that the list had already been written — everything unfolds according to the path of fate.
To be honest, the original novel is long and difficult to read, and I have never finished it. I only watched the animation and read fragments of it when I was a child.
However, I have always remembered the feeling of that vast world where gods and humans coexist. So I decided to create this animation to depict the very beginning of it all — a proud king who offended the goddess of creation, leading to the destruction of his kingdom.