In the third year of spiritual qi revival on Blue Star, Chu Yan fails to awaken and is mocked by the entire city. In despair, he activates an ancient forbidden art, only to summon the rules of the home planet and have them descend upon him. He thought he’d get a story about defying fate and sweeping across the world, but when he opens his eyes, he sees... ancient beasts trampling mountains and rivers, primordial gods and demons looking down on him indifferently, and himself as nothing more than a primitive man who has just learned to make fire. Worse still, he realizes in horror that what awakened inside him isn’t a System at all, but...
A cold computerized voice announces: “Civilization Upgrade Trial initiated. Trial participant species: Human. Current civilization level: 0.7.”
