Mo Chen, a doctoral student in materials science, worked through night after night processing XRD data until his advisor berated him as a “good-for-nothing.” He eventually died suddenly in the lab. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation, where he had become a good-for-nothing youth with a tangled mess of spiritual roots, doomed to lose the family’s minor competition in three days and be sent off to mine.
At the end of his rope, Mo Chen discovered that the materials characterization instruments that had tormented him in his previous life had become his innate divine abilities!
SEM scanning: peer into his meridians, revealing blockages and microscopic cracks at a glance. [Estimated improvement in clearance efficiency: 37.2%]
XRD diffraction: discern the energy crystal phases along a technique’s pathways. [Multiple instances of lattice vibration energy loss detected. Optimization recommended.]
XPS analysis: identify the elemental composition and chemical states on a magical artifact’s surface at a glance. “Protective coating oxidation has caused failure. Durability: zero.”
When an ancient cultivation civilization meets modern materials science, a crushing technological advantage begins:
An elder sighed at Mo Chen and said, “This child has no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment!”
Mo Chen: “The surface of this spiritual root is badly contaminated, but its underlying crystal phase is intact. Maybe a ‘plasma cleaning’ could still save it?”
His opponent grinned wickedly and summoned his life-bound flying sword.
Mo Chen: “Well, well. It appears to be made of 304 stainless steel, with internal microcracks and a fatigue life of under a hundred cycles... Hmm? The protective aura is unevenly thick, only 3.7 nm at its thinnest. I recommend concentrating your attack there.”
Thus, the most competitive scholar in the history of the cultivation world arrived. He replaced mystical insights with data analysis and rebuilt grand divine abilities through microscopic control. While others comprehended the Great Way of Heaven and Earth, he frantically collected experimental data, and even changed his thesis topic to “A Study on Methods and Feasibility for Repairing Defects in the Rules of the World.”
