A Doctoral Student’s Guide to Cultivation

Li Zhao holds dual doctorates in computer science and finance. After his girlfriend, Zhou Yutong, cruelly broke up with him, he discovers he has a data spirit root. The soul of Xuanqiong, a being from the metaverse, is drawn to him, enters his sea of consciousness, and binds with him. Cultivating the Metaverse Heart Sutra, he embarks on an urban path to immortality, overturning conventional cultivation tropes with data-based spiritual energy. He makes a triumphant comeback, and the financial trading system he develops gradually upgrades into the Golden Immortal System, which can predict the shifting tides of the stock, futures, foreign exchange, and financial markets, as well as aid his cultivation. He defeats peak-level internal force experts, subdues the Black Tiger Hall, destroys Japan's Black Dragon Society, uses a flying sword to slay an AI half-step innate intelligent being, kills innate martial artists, crafts an invisible spacecraft, and obtains a Space-Breaking Talisman on Penglai Immortal Island. He enters Earth's second space, battles heaven and earth, and breaks through one realm after another, from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core... Together with Chu Mengyao, he surges forward, cultivates into an immortal, and pursues eternal life in this thrilling power fantasy!!!