Three Thousand Tribulations Across the Myriad Realms

A Brief Introduction to The Vast Cosmos: Three Thousand Tribulations:

In 2028, on the tree-lined avenue of Fenglian Institute of Technology, Su Beichen stared at his shadow as it gnawed on the paving stones. The ringing in his right ear repeated for the 138th time: “The seventh sacrifice must be sent on its way.”

He was reborn, carrying bloody memories of three thousand worlds. In his previous life, all of humanity was dragged into the “Game of Myriad Worlds.” Using the power of space, he reached the end, only to have his soul shattered by Lu Yan, a man who was both his mentor and his friend. “If I don’t kill you, ‘it’ will eat you.”

In this life, the System burned in his pocket, with only one mission: seize the origins of the Three Thousand Great Daos. But whenever the spatial symbols on his fingertips lit up, reality began to twist. The athletic field outside the library windows would flood with gray mist, classmates in the cafeteria would sprout tentacles, and Lu Yan’s face would shift between gentle and covered in beastly patterns from a primeval world.

Seizing an origin could tear open a rift for teleportation, but it also made another version of himself in armor appear in the mirror. Claiming the power of the sword dao meant the blade always reflected vengeful spirits. Taking the origin of innocence meant every candy in a fairy tale was filled with pus.

With every increase in power, the seal on his memories loosened a little, but the price of staying sane was an even more violent descent into madness. He couldn’t tell whether being reborn was real or whether it was a prison created by “it.” Was Lu Yan an enemy or an accomplice?

As the clock tower at Fenglian Institute of Technology rang its seventh chime and the System’s countdown hit zero, Su Beichen gripped the bloodied spatial crystal tightly.

The gates to three thousand worlds were opening, and before madness devoured him, he had to find out: who, exactly, was gnawing on the shadow of this world?