Cyberpunk neon shines over the shacks and back alleys of the slums. Everyone says technology has brought cultivation to an end. Lu Xuan knows better: the spiritual veins are surging back, and the coffin lids of the old era are being pried open, one layer at a time. He is a back-alley doctor, trampled underfoot by others. He is also the Alchemy Emperor, reborn.
With one hand, he refines pills, turning scraps into divine elixirs. With the other, he uses a marketplace to restore broken ancient artifacts into priceless treasures. While others risk their lives with cybernetic implants, he changes his fate with pills. While others fight over grave goods, he digs up an ancient dragon vein. While others livestream martial arts tournaments to chase fame and fortune, he turns his alchemical energy into a dragon and crushes every doubter underfoot.
He rises from the slums, makes his name in the black market, breaks open ancient tombs, brings the conglomerates to their knees, and reopens the sects.
This time, he’ll personally forge a new era in the cyberpunk city.
