The Ruin Tide

This is not the return of the age of myth. It is the universe’s ultimate judgment on civilization. When Lu Chen, a graduate student in archaeology, touched a mysterious stone lock at Sanxingdui, he had no idea he had just taken hold of the switch for the doomsday countdown. Spiritual qi revival swept across the globe, but it brought no golden age of cultivation. Cities became ruins, friends and family turned into monsters, and the ancient “Void Ruins” began to devour reality. Amid this cosmic reformatting, known as the “Guixu Tide,” Lu Chen discovers that spiritual qi is actually a lethal “higher-dimensional medium.” The faster one cultivates, the greater the risk that “humanity” will be consumed by “divinity,” until one becomes a Void Beast that knows only slaughter. The mark of the stone lock in his palm turns out to be a fragment of a “stabilizer” crafted with everything the previous civilization had to offer. Confronted by the “Heavenly Court,” which believes in “might makes right,” and the “Church of Oneness,” which worships the source of the Void Ruins, Lu Chen and his companions embark on a perilous quest. Lin Xiaoyue, a military medic, uses “Life Weaving” to protect the warmth of humanity. Programmer Chen Hao uses “Data Vision” to decipher the secrets of cultivation, while the unorthodox Taoist elder Xuan Yi guides them toward the secrets of an ancient legacy. From the hidden realm of Qingcheng to the silent ocean trenches, from the shadow of Kunlun’s Void Ruins to the final battle, Lu Chen gradually uncovers the cruel truth: ascension is a trap, and the realm of True Immortals is food for the Void Ruins. Humanity must find a third path between divinity and humanity: preserve the spark of technology while restoring the true path of cultivation, and gather the last glimmers of civilization before the Void Tide destroys the world. As the old world collapses beneath the Void Tide, how will the dawn of a new civilization rise? This is an ultimate quest to determine whether humanity survives.