Slay the Gods — San Jiu Yin Yu's novel

Slay the Gods adapts Wo Zai Jingshen Bingyuan Xue Zhan Shen (我在精神病院学斩神), "I Learn to Slay Gods in a Psychiatric Hospital", San Jiu Yin Yu's (三九音域) novel serialized on the Fanqie platform from 9 July 2021 to 9 June 2023. In a modern China where monsters from myth hide beneath the neon lights, Lin Qiye discovers that his mind houses an asylum in which gods are locked up.

Origins and publication

The novel mixes urban fantasy with mythologies from around the world. Its heroes face creatures and deities from myths around the world, from the archangel Michael to the Greek gods, while one question runs in the background: where have the gods of Da Xia, the novel's China, gone? Lin Qiye joins the Night Watchmen (守夜人), a secret organisation that protects humans, and forms a team with companions whose powers differ widely. The tone alternates humour, action and heroic scenes that readers love.

The novel, which runs to over 2,000 chapters, was published in print as Ye Mu Zhi Xia (夜幕之下, "Under the Night"), in 12 volumes from Beijing United Publishing and Motie, starting in 2023.