From the early days of the Primordial World through the War of the Liches and the Investiture of the Gods, one great calamity after another came to an end. Yet the tribulations of humanity never ceased. Everyone knows that every grain in the bowl is made of human bones, but not one Sage has ever truly cared about humanity. That is because none of those who became Sages were human. Still, true humanity never gave up struggling: from the Shang Dynasty defying Heaven and the Sages, to the female emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty gathering humanity’s fortune into the Nine Ding Cauldrons to protect the world and ensure ten thousand years of prosperity. All of it was an attempt to change humanity’s lot as mere ants. At the end of these ten thousand years, the protagonist, Hao Ren, is resurrected with his dog. How will he face this age when cultivation has come to an end? What will he make of the countless gods and Buddhas of the Primordial World, and the lofty Sages above them? And now, another great tribulation is quietly approaching...
