Reborn: I Became an NPC in a Game

The Divine Realm is the world's first virtual game with 100% immersion, neural links, and no class restrictions.

Three years after the game launched, the real world and the game world began to merge. Monsters descended upon reality, and one major city after another fell.

Only later did players discover that The Divine Realm was not just a game.

It was an ark of civilization, and a survival trial spanning countless worlds.

The monsters, dungeons, skills, and factions in the game all corresponded to real civilizations in other realms.

Lu Zhao was the world's third-ranked player in The Divine Realm, known by the codename Dawn.

Born to an ordinary family, he had reached the top through relentless practice and skill, earning a reputation as a human cheat code.

But three years after the game launched, the Tianqiong Group revealed the truth:

The Divine Realm was about to merge with reality. Player data was merely a screening process, and only a select few among the chosen elite and high-ranking officials would truly survive.

Lu Zhao was betrayed by his closest friend and hunted down in the ruins of Tianzhu City.

As he lay dying, he saw the sky split open and countless real monsters pour into the world.

When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn three days before The Divine Realm launched.

Lu Zhao had not been reborn as a player. He had become Old Joseph, the only blacksmith in the beginner village.

More precisely, he had inherited Old Joseph's memories and identity, along with the shackles hidden within this body.

Old Joseph had once been the last survivor of the Starforger race, a civilization from the Divine Realm.

He had been one of the Divine Realm's greatest star-smiths, personally forging divine weapons for its kings.

Later, after he rebelled against the will of the Divine Realm, his name, power, and memories were taken from him, and he was demoted to the most ordinary blacksmith in the beginner village.