The Old Gods are dead, and a new age sprouts twistedly amid the ruins of civilization. Ten thousand years ago, the Crystalbone Cataclysm tore the firmament apart and shattered the world, as a torrent of violent alien energy swept through the myriad worlds. The glorious cultivation civilization crumbled like a sandcastle, leaving behind ruins and dust scattered across the stars. As time passed, the survivors struggled to keep the faint light of civilization alive on shattered chains of floating islands, in bottomless subterranean abysses, and across energy-ravaged wastelands.