Simulated Star Rail: Molting and Taking Wing at the Ends of the Earth

The Great Dao stretches toward the heavens; left or right, the journey begins anew. The Venerable Gu Dao blesses all living things; the ancestor of locust plagues and insect calamities spans the cosmos. Cultivate the roots of the Planting Dao and ascend to immortality; wander the ends of the earth and guide those bound by fate. This is a story about ascending to immortality through insects: using an insect egg as a dantian to form a golden core, then corrupting the entire world into a realm of aberrant cultivation. Of course, this world may not be quite the original Star Rail. (I’m a casual player, and this is partly original. You can say I’m riding the hype. If you don’t like that, don’t read it. I’m writing this book to build up a collection of worldbuilding ideas.)