I have friends living in those island and this novel actually has the little details down. Like from the schools and capital and counties. I think the author probably lived in Rhode Island. Like the story development so far! Good writing not your typical junk food light novel.
This description of Daosim is not based on anything fictional from video games but rather from Chinese Folklore like The Journey to the West.
From then on, we practitioners began to cultivate the primordial Dao from the beginning of the cosmos, seeking only to trace back to the origin, explore the secrets of heaven, and one day get a glimpse of the true face of the primordial Dao ancestor, and to become Taishu ourselves, comprehending the rationale of primordial evolution.
Gotta say I feel some inspiration from The Boys for some reason. Definitely feels like a creative twist if the author did get some inspiration from the show.