“Everyone believes that spiritual qi revival is a gift from the gods, and that ascending to godhood is the only salvation for mortals.
“Only in the tenth year of the apocalypse, when scavenger Lin Jin opens his eyes amid the ruins, does he see the true face of this world:
“What they call ‘spiritual qi’ is nothing but deadly radiation leaking from a higher-dimensional divine realm;
“what they call ‘ascension’ is nothing but a meat grinder in which the gods harvest humanity’s essence;
“and the vibrant Earth is merely a ‘dumping ground’ abandoned after the ancient war between gods.
“When the divine realm’s sanitation crews descend in starships, ready to ‘sterilize’ the surface,
“Lin Jin crushes the fragment of a divine core in his hand. Watching divine radiation turn into fuel inside him, he sneers:
“‘You want to sweep me away like trash?
“‘Then let’s see whether your ashes are enough to fill this dumping ground!
“‘I won’t be the gods’ lapdog, and I won’t be fuel for the stars.
“‘This time, mortals defy Heaven. With the stars’ bones in hand, we’ll smash that sanctimonious divine realm high above us!’”
