Spiritual Qi Revival: Global spiritual energy began to rise again in 2023. In 2025, governments around the world secretly established “Spirit Energy Management Bureaus.”
A break in the cultivation tradition: Earth’s cultivation civilization was once highly advanced, but a cataclysmic change in the world ushered in an era when cultivation became impossible. Now spiritual energy is returning.
Ancient martial arts and cultivation: Ancient martial arts are a simplified form of cultivation, while the true cultivation traditions are held by secluded sects.
Technology and cultivation: The military has developed spirit-energy weapons, and cultivators are locked in a contest with modern firearms.
The protagonist’s golden finger: The Nine Tribulations Heavenly Scripture, the supreme technique left behind by an ancient Dao Ancestor, complete with a Heavenly Dao dimension.
