In the year 2147, human civilization stands at the pinnacle of technology.
The quantum neural network of the megacorporation Tianqiong Group blankets the globe. Aerial rail cars glide silently between skyscrapers, while biotech implants and genetic enhancement have become everyday realities. Yet beneath this facade of extreme prosperity, the world’s “spiritual core” is quietly running dry, and “anomalous dark corrosion” beyond the reach of human data analysis has begun to grow in the depths of cyberspace.
Lin Yuan was once Tianqiong’s top neural interface engineer.
During a laboratory accident that was covered up, he accidentally awakened an ancient memory lying dormant deep within his own genes: the final legacy of a fallen immortal civilization.
As the laws of technology begin to crumble and the data gods of old are reduced to scrap, Lin Yuan channels spiritual energy through his dantian, cuts down the rampaging tide of rogue machines with flying swords, and repairs the city’s failing protective barriers with formations.
He walks between neon lights and mist, forming hand seals with his left hand and holding a gun in his right. He opposes corporate oligarchs who monopolize spiritual energy and allies with secret cultivators who uphold ancient oaths. Amid this jungle of steel, he seeks a path to ascension unlike any the world has ever known, for all the ordinary people struggling to survive.
