Beyond the Five Elements

The true nature of cultivation is connecting to an ancient, high-dimensional local network.

Spiritual roots are broadband, cultivation techniques are code, and the so-called "ascension" is nothing more than the central computer forcibly packaging and harvesting data once the packets mature.

Modern scholar Shen Xingheng accidentally falls into the highest-level talent selection exam of the cultivation world, carrying a fragment of bronze.

Here, the Five Elements aptitude tester cracks because of him, and the demon-revealing artifact crashes after he tinkers with it. In this rigid world of immortal cultivation, where everyone is sorted into strict ranks, he becomes the one and only System bug: "No records found, cannot be filed."

Demoted to the lowest, most despised position as a janitor, he uses modern engineering logic to discover that this supposedly "orderly heavenly network" has long been implanted with a deadly backdoor virus. The gods high above are becoming puppets, while mortals at the bottom are treated as fuel for the system.

"Your spells are indeed powerful, but I'm afraid I'm an insulator."

If the Five Elements won't accept me, then I'll pull the plug on the Heavenly Dao and restore balance to the world!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.