The Ascension Game descended upon Blue Star 150 years ago, forcibly dragging every human over the age of eighteen into one game after another. Those who failed were trapped in the games forever, while those who cleared them gained powers beyond the mortal realm. The world order was transformed beyond recognition. The more game instances someone cleared, the greater their power, and the more wealth and status they gained in turn. Those who survived twenty games were given the chance to choose whether to keep playing. Some had grown tired of the life-or-death uncertainty of the Ascension Game and chose to quit, hoping to live out the rest of their lives in peace. Others chose to continue, whether to gain even greater power and seek eternal life, to pursue wealth and status, or, more audaciously, to reach the so-called divine throne through one game after another. On the day Xu Ying turned eighteen, he, too, faced the first "game" of his life.
