Redemption Against the Tide: Xuanmen Yunyan

Yun Yan, an heir to the Eastern Daoist school, watched the stars at night and saw them in disarray, like the eyes of the dying.

> He infiltrated the depths of Chang'an and discovered that the so-called “immortality gene modification” was actually a trap set by a higher civilization.

> A civilization known as “Guixu” was quietly harvesting human emotions and creativity through genetic chains, turning them into cold sustenance to preserve its own existence.

> During his escape, Yun Yan crossed paths with an underground mechanic, a wanted neurohacker, and a martial monk who had seen through the truth.

> They raced through an iron jungle where neon lights mingled with ancient temples, aboard a star skiff refitted in the steampunk style of the old era.

> In the final battle, Yun Yan reversed a forbidden Daoist technique, drawing the torrent of emotions harvested by Guixu into himself. His flesh and blood crumbled bit by bit amid the extremes of joy and grief.

> His body turned into billions of specks of stardust, carrying all the love and hatred stolen from humanity as it crashed into Guixu's core. That celestial rain, rushing upstream, became the galaxy's most heroic firework of redemption.