The Dream Thief's Secret

Have you ever wondered if everything in this world is merely the dream of a god?

That god guarded the Milky Way, sleeping through endless ages.

Its body became stars and dust. Its breath condensed into light and gravity.

Then it died.

Its divine essence shattered into countless points of light and merged with the entire Milky Way.

In their efforts to break through the limits imposed by their locked genes, humanity poured everything into creating a consciousness-link game called "Second World."

On the day of its beta test, the server connected the consciousness of tens of thousands of people to the god's divine essence.

From that moment on, the laws of physics shattered, and so did humanity's understanding of reality.

Leveling up in the game feeds some of that energy directly back to players' bodies in the real world.

The barriers between social classes were smashed to pieces, because no one knew how strong they might become the next day.

By a stroke of luck, Luan Heng, a disciple of the Thieves' Sect, used dream-stealing arts to steal a fragment of the god's lingering consciousness.

From then on, while everyone else fought monsters to level up, he refined qi and cultivated immortality.

But as he grew stronger, Luan Heng finally saw the truth.

The races beyond this world had long had their eyes on the Milky Way.

The game could connect to the thoughts of the ancient god not by coincidence, but as an act of self-preservation.

When the invasion began and the great enemy pressed in,

countless people on Blue Star fell to their knees.

"Senior Brother Luan Heng, please protect our galaxy and uphold the name of humanity!"

Beyond the Milky Way, the two heirs of the Thieves' Sect stood shoulder to shoulder.

Behind them were their followers. Before them stretched endless darkness.

Luan Heng lifted his head, his gaze passing through the void to the approaching shadow.

"Whoever enters the Milky Way dies!"