In 2145, the firmament split open, and spiritual qi returned. During a high-stakes test with a 97% synchronization rate, mech pilot Lu Zhi heard the rhythm of spiritual qi for the first time. Deep inside the spirit-core engine, the phantom of a Bai Ze opened its eyes.
Is spiritual qi a gift or a curse? The beasts are gathering in the north, following the main rift. Someone has branded an artificial scar behind the Beast King's ear. AI partner Number Zero has begun concealing data. And in the production files for Bai Ze Zhi, the page on its spirit core bears just one line: Not a component of this product.
When a second rift opens in the sky above the city, tentacles from beyond both worlds reach out through the black fog. The Erosion Tide has devoured countless worlds, and this time, it has set its sights on the present world and the ancient world. Xie Tingxue, a sword cultivator from the cultivation world, falls through the rift, and a mech clashes with an immortal sword for the first time.
Thirteen divine-beast mechs from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. A war spanning dimensions, human and machine, immortal and mortal, and the secrets of an ancient seal that culminates in the union of both worlds. For the first time, humans and cultivators fight side by side. Lu Zhi uses himself as an anchor to stitch the two worlds together. After he falls into the void, his partner Number Zero waits there for the fulfillment of a promise: "Take me to see the sea."
Data never lies. People are the only ones who do. When the whole world is lying, the only one willing to believe you is an AI.
