Mechanical Ascension: Creating a Heavenly Court of Machines

Since ancient times, humanity has ceaselessly sought to push the limits of life: genetic evolution, mechanical life, the leap of life, the eternity of consciousness. One groundbreaking technology after another has emerged in pursuit of an ineffable realm, the end of technology.

Those at the very forefront may no longer be suited to the name humanity. Some seem to have succeeded. A mysterious power from ancient ruins has propelled the evolution beyond all limits, and the title of Celestial Venerable can seemingly be heard in the distance.