Chen Jiuxiao, a beggar in a chaotic age, unexpectedly awakens the Heavenly Gate Dao Body and gains control of the secret of folding spiritual energy. He forms contracts with survivors from myriad worlds, battles mechanical ascension and blood sacrifices to the abyss, and uses the System to rewrite the laws of heaven and earth. Only after the Ninefold Heavenly Gates all fall under his command does he realize that the so-called apocalypse is merely the opening move in the game he holds in his hands...