Before the Era, the Domains were invaded for a short time, and the cultivation world was massacred. Demonic beasts took advantage of the chaos to run rampant, while humanity struggled to survive.
Artifact cultivators, who once controlled half the cultivation world, lost their lineage, while spirit cultivators could advance no further than the Void Fusion Realm. Over the next twenty thousand years, the spiritual energy of the Domains grew increasingly turbulent, while the demonic beasts grew ever more powerful.
Zhang Ji, a young man lost in the mortal world, loves the path of artifact cultivation. Though his Daoist arts are inferior to those of spirit cultivators and his swordsmanship falls short of sword cultivators, artifact cultivators are a reserve force, and they sometimes pull off a surprise upset...