In front of Inari Taisha, amidst a canopy of lush green trees, countless vermilion Torii gates are arranged in perfect order. They wind along the mountain path, forming what seems to be a tunnel of Torii, or a long corridor, resembling the body of a great dragon.
To the ordinary eye, this might simply appear as a stunning spectacle, a landscape formed by the Torii gates donated by followers of the Inari God over countless generations.
But to Chen Yu, this represents the faith and reverence of countless believers toward the deities. It is a chain—a chain binding the divine to the mortal realm, a fixed anchor point.
When the world's rules were still incomplete, countless gaps would appear within it. At such a time, the world would instinctively give birth to powerful life forms to fill these gaps. These powerful entities were the primordial deities—the Ancient Gods.
