In 2077, spiritual qi revival began.
New Athens monopolized the global spirit net, using its firewalls to choke the cultivators at the bottom. They couldn't afford access or cultivation manuals, and some even had to use the bathroom to establish their foundation. Lin Yue, a dirt-poor cultivator from the lowest rung of society, was publicly humiliated for falling behind on his spirit-net bill. But then his ancestral chip unexpectedly activated the Hongmeng Spirit Net. With 10.7 times the computing power and open-source algorithms, he broke through the deadlock. The genius girl Xia Ke'an even came looking for him. “New Athens has held its monopoly for too long. This world needs to change.” But they had no idea that a pair of eyes had already fixed on them from the darkness...
The Great Filter of the Lord of Order was quietly beginning to activate…
