Little svsss fic idea that I will probably never get around to writing:
There is a spiritual artifact that heightens cultivation to the point that the cultivator goes mad. This is because it shows the truth of the universe, which is half the point of cultivation in the first place, but to most inhabitants of the world it is like an unknowable eldritch horror. For Shang Qinghua, who already has a pretty good idea of how the world came to be given he was the one to create it, he is mostly just a little stunned/overwhelmed/dazed by the effects of the artifact.
"Oh yeah, I can totally see how that would drive any righteous cultivator mad. Nobody touch it, I don't want to have to deal with any insanity or suicides today."
"Are you alright Shang Qinghua?"
"Oh yeah, I'm fine, I knew most of that already. I mean, how things went from words and code into become a full fledged world I didn’t know, so that part was interesting and a bit mind-bending, but I knew about the words and the code already and so it wasn’t too terribly hard to comprehend. I probably would have understood it a bit more if i understood the inner workings of computers, but I've never been a big computer nerd, so some of it flew over my head a bit. But yeah, the transition from idea to code to matter and qi is such a fascinating thing. Definitely won't be doing that again, but still fascinating."
"Alright, how about you sit down and we'll get you to Mu Qingfang."
"That’s probably a good idea. I know that my body adapted well enough, but it still feels like I've got way to much qi for my body. Not really helping my god complex any, let me tell you that."
From then on, Shang Qinghua has spells where he will fall into a trance-like state with little filter. If prompted while in this state, whether on purpose or by accident, he will casually talk about secrets of the past and future of the people, places, and things around him, along with minor traits and other things he should have no way of knowing. Everyone chalks it up to an effect from the artifact, so they don't get upset at him knowing things he shouldn't, but the things he says certainly tend to cause a stir. (And fix things in a way not even the system could have predicted.)














