The Investiture of the Gods is not mythology. It is a system for allocating permissions on a cosmic scale.
The underworld is not a realm of the dead. It is a consciousness-recycling hub.
The immortals never age because they have mastered body replacement and exploits in the rules.
Earth lies at the edge of the observable universe.
Pangu is a dormant, creation-class life-form.
Dark matter is a sea of consciousness flowing through the stars.
Cultivation is simply the use of science to touch the Great Dao of the universe.
The young Chen Shi unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a mortal who vanished on the night of the Investiture of the Gods.
With a mortal body, he observes the stars;
with his consciousness, he probes dark matter;
with science, he proves the path to immortality.
The Celestial Court is a galactic administration bureau, and Hongjun is the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao's laws.
The gods want to keep mortals forever confined to the lowest level of the rules.
But he will set out from the edge of the universe
to prove that mortals, too, can reach the summit of the sea of stars.
“The Dao is not in heaven or among the gods. It lies in the depths of the boundless cosmos.”
