Guardian of the Spirit Vein: Dawn in the Age of Decline

Ten thousand years ago, the Spirit Realm invaded, shattering the core of Earth's spiritual ley lines. Spiritual energy dried up, and Earth became a land beyond cultivation. Li Muran, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the cultivation world, accidentally fell through a spatial rift and arrived on this forgotten planet. There, he discovered that the depletion of the ley lines was no natural disaster: the Dark Spirit Sect had laid a Spirit Devouring Array to systematically plunder their source.

From the remnants of spiritual ley lines in the Himalayas to the technological evil array in New Osi City, Li Muran pursues the truth and meets Su Qingyao, a disciple of the Qinglan Sect. The two stand side by side against the technological assault of the Special Energy Control Bureau and unravel Mo Chen's Spirit Devouring conspiracy. In this desperate age beyond cultivation, they support each other, and their feelings grow amid battles to the death.

The Spirit Devouring Array collapses, and a foul current spreads across the world. The Dark Spirit Sect's leader arrives on Earth with the overwhelming pressure of a Divine Transformation cultivator. The major sects of the cultivation world also covet the gains to be had from the ley lines' revival, sending envoys to divide the spoils. Drawing on his resonance with Earth's spiritual ley lines, Li Muran breaks through to Nascent Soul. Wielding an Ice Soul Spirit Crystal and a Spirit-Gathering Jade Plate, he joins forces with cultivators from the Mortal Spirit Alliance to build a defensive line. Using the cultivation method “Spirit and Turbidity Share One Source” to balance righteous and demonic power, he struggles to find a way through the Dark Spirit Sect's onslaught of sinister energy and the tangled interests of the cultivation world.

From pestilent rainforests to the Arctic ice fields, from deep-sea trenches to battlefields in the stars, what they protect is not only the revival of Earth's spiritual ley lines, but also the peaceful coexistence of the cultivation world and the mortal realm. As the secret of the passage to the Spirit Realm comes to light, the truth behind the destruction ten thousand years ago is gradually revealed. Li Muran and Su Qingyao will join their allies, forging a shield with their Golden Cores and a spear with their Nascent Souls, to carve a path to dawn in this age beyond cultivation, restore spiritual ley lines to the mortal world, and make justice endure among humankind.