The Undercover Elder God of Decay

Millennia ago, the cosmic entity known as the Lord of Decay was rent asunder in a cataclysmic war of Old Ones, losing half his essence and falling into a strange blue world. Trapped on Earth, he's forced to play human, a refined writer named Edward Vaughan, enduring the world's mundane horrors and navigating the maddening whims of his chaotic \"ally,\" the True Creator. But beneath the polite facade lies a being of unimaginable power, secretly an Angel of the Abyss. For over a thousand years, Edward has meticulously woven himself into the fabric of this steampunk-era world, manipulating cults, gathering forbidden knowledge, and subtly plotting his grand return to plunge this universe into eternal, blissful decline. Now, as the world teeters on the brink of another divine descent, Edward prepares for his final promotion. Yet, a lurking King of Angels, and the elusive location of his true essence, threaten to unravel his meticulously crafted scheme. Will the world embrace its sweet decay, or will his millennia-long charade finally shatter?