A chemical plant explosion causes mysterious star patterns to appear on the palm of an ordinary worker, Chu Ling, forcing him into a world-shaking conspiracy spanning ancient times and the stars.
At the brink of death, he glimpses the bones of the Jiuli, mechanical tentacles from Yuanqu, and Qingtang, the “fiancee” of the Tianshu Bureau. He also awakens the power of the Star Ruins, encoded in his genes, and becomes the “Pangu Key” hunted by the Orion civilization.
Beneath Earth, the fuel hold of the Yinglong ship imprisons the souls of tens of millions of clones. On the far side of the moon, the star gate being calibrated by the Queen Mother of the West conceals the truth about humanity's captivity. Deep in Guixu, the strings of Fuxi's zither set the countdown to the cycle of civilizations in motion...
From the bronze sacred tree of Sanxingdui to Olympus Mons on Mars, from the strange beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas to quantum mechs, Chu Ling bears fragments of the destinies of a Wuxian saintess, a mechanical celestial master, and ancient emperors. Offering his flesh and blood, he cuts the hundred-thousand-year blood pact laid down by Orion:
“Gods are nothing but executioners of advanced civilizations. Today, in the name of Huaxia, I slay the gods!”
◆ Cultivation arts clash with interstellar technology ◆ Ancient clans conceal world-ending experiments ◆ An ultimate battle against time prisons and cycles of cloning ◆
Vast scenes, strange gods, ancient myths, and unexpected reversals! Ancient myths, mysterious and weird, true or illusory? It's all in the eloquent words.