The Immortal Firmament Era
Earth has become a battleground for two extraterrestrial civilizations: the Starvault Immortal Alliance has locked the earth's ley lines with 129,600 Star-Sealing Towers, while the Tech Federation has clamped an orbital ring around the equator.
Lin Yu, a scavenger, digs a bloodstained bronze mirror out of the ruins of Shanghai. The Nine Luminaries star map on its back is missing four stars.
"Remnant energy of Xi Huang-class detected!" a Federation patrol aircraft blares. "Execute the Extinction Protocol!"
At the brink of death, the ancient mirror fuses with his right arm, and the Annihilation Mech pursuing him is broken down into a stream of elementary particles.
The Federation classifies Lin Yu as a "civilization-seed-level threat," while the Immortal Alliance's Skywatch Array discovers within him the long-extinct "Primordial Immortal Essence."
When a third force, the "Shadow of Entropic Silence," begins to dismember the galaxy, Lin Yu's Immortal Essence becomes the only spark capable of reigniting the withered spirit veins.
The world view is grand and the plot is precise