The Era of Spirit Ruins

Ten thousand years ago, the Spirit Realm collapsed. The ancient war between gods and demons came to an end, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dissipated. Countless high-level legacies, inscription arrays, and ancient methods for raising spirit pets were lost forever. The surviving humans retreated to nine ancient fortress cities, barely clinging to life in a chaotic world overrun by demon beasts and ravaged by evil spirits. The human cultivation world has long since fallen into decline. People believe in the ironclad rule that spiritual veins determine talent and one’s birth determines one’s limits: the grade of one’s innate spiritual veins decides how far one can cultivate in life, and common-born children can never break through their shackles. The great clans and wealthy families monopolize all cultivation resources, ancient texts, and high-level spirit pets. No one dares challenge the established order. Under the surface, the ancient cities are rife with turmoil. Outside, savage demon beasts and abyssal evil clans besiege the cities year after year, slaughtering their inhabitants. Within, powerful families vie for control, sects carve up territory, and dark cults infiltrate in secret. The human fortifications may look solid, but in truth they are already riddled with holes. A cataclysm destined to destroy the world will descend within a hundred years.