You Call This a Puppet Master?

Civilization shifts, eras restart.The world, returning to the age of steel and steam, is filled with chaos, madness, distortion, and evil.Among them, a group of wizards called the Truth Cultists are doing all sorts of evil things.They sacrifice evil gods, gang up on the Pope, assassinate emperors, and even spark the First World War...All of this originally had nothing to do with the transmigrator Merlin; as the world plunged into turmoil, he was just the bystander, watching the drama.Until one day, these people came before him, insisting on recognizing him as their leader, and claiming that he was the child of destiny, that everything they had done before was because they were following his instructions...