In a distant past, two prosperous civilizations - the immortal universe that pursues the ultimate "Tao" and the technological universe that explores the end of "reason", tried to achieve cosmic-level integration in order to seek the ultimate eternity and transcendence. However, the fusion ritual failed catastrophically for unknown reasons, triggering an explosion of cosmic laws called the "Great Collapse." The fundamental laws of the two universes... "Tao" and "Principle"... Were blown into countless fragments, infected, entangled, and confused with each other, forming a new world with bizarre and incomplete laws.
The magical powers and super technologies of the past have become ineffective, and the definitions of aura and energy have been rewritten. The surviving creatures established a new civilized order in "New Green City", a giant city surrounded by the "Data Abyss". This is a cyberpunk-style society ruled by super corporations that control "new technology" (actually the application of fragments of incomplete technological laws). People worship the convenience and order brought by technology, and regard the past civilization of immortality as the culprit of the "Great Collapse", a legend of backwardness and ignorance.
The protagonist Lin Zhou is a "data scavenger" at the bottom of Xincui City. At the moment of an accidental near-death, he awakened the memory fragments from before the "Great Disintegration". But these fragments do not come from one person, but from the "Tianji Immortal Lord", the last leader of the immortal universe, and the supreme AI "builder" of the technological universe. Two completely opposite and conflicting memories conflicted in his mind, making him the only "abnormality" in this new world. He can not only understand the "Tao" of old cultivators, but also analyze the "principles" of new technology...
