“I, Li Daoyuan, desire nothing but a single sword, one that can open the gates of Heaven.”
A shocking conspiracy lies behind the century-long pact: the Immortal Realm is no “other shore” reached through ascension, as legend claims. It is a parasite that sustains itself by siphoning spiritual energy from the lower realm. The Human Emperor who signed the “century-long pact” colluded with the Immortal Realm, selling out the path to ascension for cultivators in the lower realm.
The protagonist, Li Daoyuan, is the chairman of the Anti-Cultivation Association and the last cultivator in the world. At first, he is an individualist who only wants to ascend and become an immortal, escaping the times he lives in. But after discovering the truth about the Immortal Realm draining the lower realm’s spiritual energy, he awakens, joins forces with like-minded people scattered across the world, and ultimately opens the gates of Heaven with a single sword, breaking the Immortal Realm’s hold and establishing a new order in the heavens.
This is no longer the story of one man’s ascension. It is an epic revolution against oppression, forging a new path.
