The Age of Star Insects: Record of the Returning Ruins Sword

[Worldbuilding]

Era: New Calendar Year 2147. Human civilization has entered the era of Zerg cultivation. Three hundred years ago, an expedition discovered an ancient Zerg cultivation ruin on the edge of the Milky Way: Guixu. From it, humanity deciphered an evolutionary system beyond the reach of technology: the path of genetic ascension.

Zerg cultivators are not insects in the traditional sense, but high-dimensional symbiotic beings from the dawn of the universe. They use stellar marrow as their energy core and possess a network of consciousness that spans dimensions. Human cultivators fuse fragments of Zerg cultivator genes to awaken their spiritual apertures and gain powers close to those of gods. This cultivation system is known as Zerg cultivation.

But there is a price: Every time a cultivator breaks through to a new realm, their DNA moves closer to that of the Zerg cultivators. Once they cross the critical threshold, they lose their humanity and become fallen Zerg cultivators driven only to devour.

Power structure:

• Nine Great Sects: Guixu Sword Sect, Tiangong Pavilion, Myriad Beasts Mountain, Xuanyin Palace, Burning Heaven Hall, Tianji Manor, Medicine King Valley, Shadow Hall, Boundless Sea

• Federal Council: The highest secular authority, which both cooperates and contends with the sects

• Zerg Cultivator Consciousness Network Hive: The collective consciousness of high-dimensional Zerg cultivators, always seeking a chance to counterattack the human world

• Free Star Domains: Chaotic regions beyond the control of the sects and the Federation, full of hidden talent

Cultivation realms (nine in total):

Spirit Awakening → Aperture Condensation → Chrysalis Formation → Mortal Shedding → Void Shattering → Origin Return → Dao Union → Tribulation Crossing → True God

Each realm requires the fusion of higher-level Zerg cultivator genes, bringing both danger and power.

[Note] This is a fictional alternate setting with no connection to reality. Please do not draw parallels to real life.

Theme: The light of humanity can overcome any darkness