The Star Core of the Flourishing Tang Dynasty

In the twenty-ninth year of the Kaiyuan era, Chang’an welcomed envoys from every nation, while concealing the secrets of rifts and monsters. The Kunlun Yaoyuan starship crashed, giving rise to four transcendent powers: Daoist cultivation, Yaoyuan star machinery, ancient Tang mechanisms, and magic energy from another realm. Aside from Shen Xingheng, no one in the world can wield more than two paths, and doing so always brings backlash. Seventeen-year-old apprentice artisan Shen Xingheng carries the burden of the wrongful case against the Shen family. His father’s whereabouts are a mystery, and the star core is no bloodline gift, but a heavy shackle passed down through consciousness. Advancement requires four conditions: resources, state of mind, events, and fusion. Every burst of power damages his body and risks his being assimilated by the Guixu. He journeys west to explore ruins, battles corrupt ministers at court, and faces a divided Daoist order and vassal lords plotting rebellion. The An Lushan Rebellion is not merely a catastrophe for humankind, but also the fuse that will bring the demonic tide. His companions each follow their own Dao, and the antagonists are not purely evil. When the story reaches its conclusion at Kunlun, he must find a third path for ordinary mortals between “saving an alien world” and “protecting the Tang Dynasty.”