Blue Star, Year One.
The authorities of Jiuzhou suddenly interrupted programming with an emergency announcement.
"The spiritual qi revival has been confirmed. The age of cultivation has officially begun."
"Effective immediately,"
"the Common Era is replaced by the Immortal Era."
At first, everyone online thought the authorities were just messing around.
Then the old willow tree downstairs from an apartment building sprouted leaves and became a spirit that very night, chasing a naughty kid for three blocks with its branches.
The whole world went wild.
Textbooks were revised overnight, and breathing exercises and body tempering were added to the curriculum.
Cultivation sects reopened their gates, and ancient clans reemerged.
Myriad races lived side by side, with earthly warmth and immortal qi mingling, and city life connected to the path of immortality.
Until the sky cracked open...
