Tales of Herding Gods

==Summary==
Tales of Herding Gods, also known as Mu Shen Ji, is a Fantasy Chinese novel created by Zai Zhu. It follows Qin Mu, a young child found by an old woman in the river of the Great Ruins who takes him and with eight other elders takes care of him in their small village for disabled elders.
This is the story of how a cowherd boy becomes a Venerable One of the world, and how he while creating problems everywhere, it also help the mundane beings to develop their civilization and create an empire that will face all disasters throw at it.
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|-|Power of the Verse=
Tales of Herding Gods is a fairly powerful verse, starting with humans and other races that go from human level to at least solar system level in attack prowess.
The verse has a very strong list of Hax as they are focused on the Dao of the Universe: Creation, Reality Warping, Elemental Manipulation, Death Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Immortality, Regeneration, Soul Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Durability Negation, Mind Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Void Manipulation etc.
|-|Terminology=
*Xuanhuan: literally means “Mysterious Fantasy”. A broad genre of fictional stories which remixes Chinese folklore/mythology with foreign elements & settings.
*Qi: the vital energy which exists in all things. The cultivation of Qi is a major theme in Wuxia, Xianxia & Xuanhuan novels.
*Cultivator: a person who trains in martial & mystical arts, generally to become powerful and increase their longevity. Meditation and the cultivation of Qi are common practices among cultivators.
*Internal Energy: also called Inner Energy, Internal Strength, Internal Power, or Internal Force. The cultivated energy within a martial artist’s body. Utilizing it, a martial artist can accomplish superhuman feats of speed, agility, strength, endurance, etc… It can even be used to heal wounds and nullify poisons.
*Cultivation: the process of improving health, increasing longevity, and growing powerful. This is accomplished by cultivating Qi and training in martial & mystical arts. In many of these novels, the ultimate goal of cultivation is to become an Immortal or attain godhood.
**Cultivation Method: a mystical art or collection of techniques which cultivators’ practice to cultivate. 
**Cultivation Base: the amount or capacity of refined Qi possessed by a cultivator.
*Insight: related to enlightenment. Cultivators usually gain insights by meditating, engaging in life-or-death battles, or going out into the world to experience new things. These insights are often needed to master techniques or advance to higher stages of cultivation.
*Ranks / Levels / Layers: a common way to quantify martial power or the progress made in cultivation. In many cases (although not all) where these are used, there are 9 ranks/levels/layers to each stage of cultivation, with rank 1 being the start and rank 9 being the end. After breaking through to the next stage, the practitioner starts at rank 1 of that new stage. The number 9 has a great deal of symbolism.
|-|Calculations=
*Spiting a River - 0.000184 tons (Wall level)
*Handprint - 7.5 tons (Large Building level)
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==Supporters/Opponents/Neutral==
===Supporters===
*Zaratthustra
===Opponents===
===Neutral===
==Characters==
Heavenly Saint Cult	Heavenly Saint Cult	Heavenly Saint Cult	Heavenly Saint Cult	Heavenly Saint Cult
 	 	 	 	
Qin Mu 	 	 	 	
Sacred Cult Master 	 	 	 	
Great Thunderclap Monastery	Great Thunderclap Monastery	Great Thunderclap Monastery	Great Thunderclap Monastery	Great Thunderclap Monastery
 	 	 	 	
Ming Xin 	 	 	 	
Self-Exiled Monk 	 	 	 	
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