Can't sense spiritual energy clearly? No problem! A smart helmet amplifies sensory feedback.
Can't absorb spiritual energy steadily? Don't panic! The isolation chamber precisely regulates its concentration, and the authorities provide a stable supply.
Want to find a cave and meditate in seclusion until you break through?
Not allowed!
Heart rate, skeletal strain, fluctuations in spiritual energy: every bit of data must be recorded from start to finish. Want to learn a cultivation technique? Pass a security review first. Want to use equipment? Complete compatibility training first.
This is cultivation in 2045.
An unusual thunderstorm allowed Lin Xu, who had just finished his college entrance exams, to see cultivators flying through the air.
He has no System, no special bloodline, and no old master living at his side.
What he does have is a cultivation system built on smart devices, artificial intelligence, modern industry, and national resources.
After a century without spiritual energy, ancient families cautiously guard the last sparks of cultivation, relying on surviving techniques and the experience of their predecessors. Meanwhile, the authorities are bringing together scientific research, the military, and industry to open a path once reserved for a select few to tens of thousands of ordinary people.
Artificial intelligence analyzes spiritual energy curves, powered armor calibrates combat movements, industrial equipment recovers spiritual energy from rifts, and all thirty-four special institutes across the country connect to the virtual cultivation world, Immortal Path.
As a thousand-year-old tradition collides with the tide of modern civilization, cultivation is being replicated on a massive scale for the first time.
But the authorities are not rushing to train cultivators in order to usher in a golden age where everyone becomes immortal.
Rifts are multiplying, and abnormal incidents are growing more frequent. Every secret points to the same year:
2049.
