My Heavenly Dao Girlfriend Made a Mistake, and Now Magitech Is at Our Door

[War + industrialized cultivation + industrialized magic + parallels to modern history + industrial conflict between East and West]

The first two chapters are a little slow to get going, so read with that in mind. I hope you'll be patient with them.

Ceded territory! Reparations! Narcotics flooding back in! The Western magitech powers have invaded, and a modern history of humiliation, reimagined through cultivation, is playing out. The once-glorious Celestial Empire is teetering on the edge of the abyss!

Leaning on his cane, Li Hufeng rises from the mire and vows to build an unprecedented Republic of the Immortal Dao upon the ruins! With no System, he will use cultivation to deconstruct technology. With no allies, his Heavenly Dao girlfriend will be his strongest support! From the crude parts of the first “Outer Joy Model One” to ironclad fleets blotting out the sky, we will tear apart the darkness of the old era with blood and truth!

This is a struggle destined to be paved with bones, but we fear nothing!

When the oppressors are thrown to the ground and the great powers tremble before the tide of steel, the dawn of a new age will finally shine upon the land! “Our heads may be severed and our blood may flow, but we will never surrender our nation's destiny! When the red flag rises atop Kunlun, whoever dares invade China, no matter how far away, will be annihilated!”