[This book is fictional hard science fiction. All cosmological models, civilizational cycles, and deductions from higher-dimensional texts are original worldbuilding hypotheses and do not represent real scientific conclusions. Please do not mistake them for reality.]
The lunar probe transmitted astonishing images: the shell of an ancient satellite shattered with a thunderous roar, revealing within a rift in deep space a star abyss stone gate connected to an unknown dimension. An eternal signal continued to spread outward, stirring the entire planet.
Lin Xuan, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, carries memories spanning 107 lifetimes. The world sees the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor as nothing more than an ancient medical text. Only he knows that its bamboo slips, which describe yin and yang, the Five Elements, meridians, and the unity of humanity and nature, are high-dimensional life-form resonance codes left behind by the previous civilization.
The universe is governed by a cyclical law of entropy balance. When a civilization reaches a threshold, it faces a reset and purge. The destruction of 107 eras is now history. We are in the 108th cycle, the last of them all. The merciless Star Abyss Keepers of Order carry out the purge directive; the surviving ancient remnants plot to break the cycle, but could trigger the collapse of the entire universe; and humanity launches the
