On the Vacuum Continent, oxygen has never existed. The humans and beasts born there rely on the “primordial energy of heaven and earth” within them to stay alive and move. This energy is like an innate “life engine,” serving both as a substitute for breathing and as the foundation of their strength.
But over a million years, the human bloodline has grown weaker, and the chance of being born able to awaken this primordial energy has fallen to less than one in ten thousand. Without the ability to generate energy on their own, even breathing is a luxury on this continent, and people can only wait helplessly for death.
Then, a thousand years ago, someone stumbled upon energy gemstones buried deep underground. These minerals contain pure, artificial energy that the human body can absorb and store in its dantian, where it can be converted into usable energy. They provide what people need to survive and can also fuel cultivation and combat.
Since then, energy gemstones have become the “hard currency” of the Vacuum Continent. Whoever controls the gemstone veins holds power over everyone else. The ability to absorb and refine the energy in gemstones has also become the key measure of human status. Those born with the energy can absorb gemstones without difficulty thanks to their pure origins, and can even refine their quality. Those who acquire it later must work several times as hard, and low-quality gemstones may leave their dantian energy impure, preventing them from making any real progress for the rest of their lives.
Though fierce beasts still retain some of their innate energy, their bloodlines have weakened as well, diminishing their strength. Most now depend on devouring energy gemstones or their own kind to make up for their deficiencies, making the conflict between humans and beasts even more brutal. Many people are born with vacuum energy in their dantians, and are divided into the innate and acquired...
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