At 1:30 a.m., Lin Xiao was still working overtime. A senior analyst at Tianyuan Data, he had spotted strange fluctuations in the weather data. The ancestral jade pendant around his neck suddenly came to life, and an old voice with an irritating edge rang out: "Congratulations, you're the tenth mortal to try to bear the Nine Heavens Ascendant Art. The previous nine all exploded and died."
