After the Rift

Rift Surges—twelve-year pulses of energy from both worlds—opened channels beneath the observatory. The five people were drawn into a different world, and when they woke up, they found that the world was split in two: one was the "Spirit Realm", a world of spiritual cultivation, and the other was the "Dust Realm", an ancient world where dynasties competed for hegemony. During their fall, they were scarred by ancient magic - five mysterious marks that could not be erased, engraved on different locations on their bodies. But they were not chosen at random. Thirty years ago, a disciple of Cangyun Sect who was expelled from the door wall saw a crack deep in the restricted area - the "vision" of that crack penetrated time and saw five young people from another world. Their fate marks are not curses, but locks. Five locks sealed a ruined object from ancient times under the rift. The seal is weakening. At the next surge - twelve years from now - the first cracks in the seal will appear. The twelve-year countdown begins