The Lich Without a Soul Vessel

Evan had no particular objection to the suggestion. As a lich, he was a heretic throughout Tarenxi regardless of where he went, but the distant eastern continent was another matter. The nation called the Great Xia lay there — vast land, abundant resources, and by the accounts of western merchants who occasionally made the journey, something close to paradise. Houtu's faith dominated it, which meant the theological hostility he navigated constantly in the west would be absent.