History Literature / SavageDivinity

** In Chapter 440, Rain thinks about possible ways to use Blessings and one of his thoughts is the possibility of [[Manga/{{Naruto}} a super powerful Warrior out there carrying a giant gourd full of sand or something]].

* ShoutOut: Rain's memories of his past life include all kinds of pop culture trivia. He ends up saying or thinking them at times.

* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: Divinities adhere to the Treaty, an agreement between the Empire and creatures of power which keeps everyone in check through threat of mutually assured destruction. This is because Divinities have a high chance of destroying more than they intend to when going all out.

** Rain gives [=BoShui=] advice by telling him: [[Manga/HajimeNoIppo "He who rules with his left, rules the world"]].

---> [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} "SUP-PRES-SING FIREEEEEEEE!"]]

** In Chapter 783, Rain fires Chi bullets at a Demonic Divnity while shouting:

** In Chapter 783, Rain fires Chi bullet at a Demonic Divnity while shouting:

* WhatTheHellHero: When Luo Luo is introduced as Rain's concubine we are immediately treated to POVs of her eager to meet her brave and powerful new husband who she hopes to one day fall in love with, but Rain despite treating the vast majority of the cast kindly immediately decides to treat her like trash and his harem are jealous of her beauty and decide to bully her too. Practically the whole main cast sees this kind and hard working woman and bring her to tears in every scene she shows up in.

---> “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”\\\
“UNLIMITED POWER!!!!”

* ShoutOut: Rain memories of his past life include many kinds of pop culture trivia. He ends up saying or thinking them at times.

The series can be read [[https://royalroadl.com/fiction/5701/savage-divinity here]], or [[https://ruffwriterblog.wordpress.com here]]

* RealityEnsues: No matter how revolutionary his ideas are, Rain is only one man going up against millennia of tradition. As such, it takes time for most, if not all, of his plans to get off the ground and gain traction.

* BloodMagic: Blood compasses are chi devices that can track a person whose blood was added to it. It's method of creation is a closely guarded secret known only to a few groups.

* ShoutOut: When Rain needs to make a symbol for his medicine, he uses [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} a side profile of a bunny with a bowtie]].

** Auxiliary Blessings come from the combination of two Primal Blessings. The known Blessings of this type are: Metal, Wood, Sand, Ice, Lightning, Cloud, and Smoke.

** Primal Blessings consist of the four classical elements, Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water.
** Auxiliary Blessings come from the combination of two Primal Blessings.
** There is a third sub-category called Esoteric Blessings. The only ones of this kind that have been revealed are Sound and Space.

** The usage of tricks, like utilizing poison or oil to burn enemies is also looked down upon as dishonorable.

* MentalWorld: Martial Warriors who can create one, called a Domain, are considered Experts, the ones at the peak of the Martial Path. [[spoiler:This is disregarding those who go beyond even that.]]

!! This show provides examples of: