Restarting the Age of Severed Spiritual Energy

He once died in the Kunlun Secret Realm.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 2026. Spiritual qi had long since revived, and the nation had been prepared for it. The Cultivation Administration, Daoist academies, special operations teams: he had access to every part of the cultivation system an ordinary person could hope to reach.

He acquired a technique on Mount Laojun, met brothers at the Daoist academy, and braved life and death in secret realms. Everything seemed to fall into place. He thought he was reborn, armed with memories of the future and an overwhelming head start.

But why were the timelines becoming increasingly inconsistent? Who had left behind ruins never mentioned in any ancient text? And what did the jade slip inscribed with “The Key Shattered into Nine Pieces” mean?

Names from mythology began to appear. The records in ancient texts began to come true. And he himself: who was he, really?

This is not the story of one person’s path to immortality. It is the story of an ordinary person, working within the nation’s cultivation system alongside a band of unreliable teammates, slowly uncovering the truth of five thousand years of history.

Spiritual qi is rising, and demon beasts are awakening. Some want to tear open space, while others want to seize the fragments. This group of young people in their early twenties is the first line of defense.

“We have not failed the nation’s trust.”

Those words are carved on the tombstones of all who sacrificed their lives, and etched into the spines of all who survive.