Beneath the neon glow of a steel forest lies another world, hidden from ordinary people.
Lin Chen, an ordinary overworked office worker, stumbles upon a shadow devouring a living person late one night after working overtime. This awakens an ancient power lying dormant in his blood: he can see the spirits lurking on the fringes of the city, cultivators living under false identities, and even touch magical artifacts from legend.
His ordinary life is shattered. The elegant woman in charge at his office turns out to be an elder of the Fox Clan who rules over a region. The owner of the braised-food stall at his usual alleyway is actually a descendant of a Daoist sect charged with suppressing evil spirits. Even the bizarre app that suddenly appears on his phone starts issuing supernatural missions where lives are at stake.
The era of spiritual qi revival arrives quietly. Ancient pacts begin to fail, and slumbering demons stir, coveting the city's vast reserves of faith and desire. Lin Chen must pretend to be an ordinary person under the pressure of his mortgage and car payments, while rapidly growing stronger amid one crisis after another. He must uncover the secrets of his bloodline and balance the dual worlds of mortals and the supernatural.
As the shadows behind the city's splendor spread and those around him are drawn into supernatural conflicts, Lin Chen grips the power gradually awakening in his hands and realizes that this jungle of steel and concrete has long since become a new battleground for cultivation. He must carve out his own path in the city, caught between humans, demons, Daoists, and devils, protect everything he holds dear, and ultimately take charge of the strange and wondrous order of the universe.
