As spiritual qi revives and monster beasts run rampant, with humanity on the brink of extinction, Huaguo announces the launch of the “Sky Dome” initiative. Drawing on the finest human technology, it establishes a mecha corps to fend off the beast tides.
Mecha pilots need brain-computer interfaces implanted in their brains, but Han Ming, a top student, is told he cannot adapt to one. In an instant, he becomes a “powerless nobody.” He is dumped in the lower city and then assigned to a dangerous waste-recycling dump outside the city. Thanks to his caution, Han Ming unexpectedly awakens a spiritual root and embarks on the path of immortal cultivation.
When people of a later age find a book left behind by Han Ming, who has already ascended to immortality, they see the title, “Theory and Practical Guide to the Complementary Use of Machinery and Immortal Arts,” and read these words:
“I shall take to the skies: cyber-cultivation!”
