Heavenly tribulations are System antivirus scans, ancient ruins are fragments of old versions, the demonic path is made up of experimental subjects who awakened and rebelled, and ascension means having your consciousness erased.
He fights his way from the mortal Three Realms to the core of the Dao Source, watching his Dao companion have her consciousness scattered and formatted to protect him.
With the Tianshu in hand, Lin Yan launches a counterattack against the core of the Heavenly Dao.
Should he submit and become the new ruler, or destroy every world? He chooses a third path.
He rewrites the underlying rules of the simulation, gives every living being the power to choose, and finally breaks through the virtual cage to return to Earth in the real world.