A World That Truly Existed

After reading the introduction, a story surfaced in Yao Ziyue's mind.

A seemingly ordinary human boy had lived the first half of his life as bland and unremarkable as plain boiled water.

Yet in the shadows, he had always been watched by a mysterious academy.

After he came of age, the academy extended an olive branch to him. After much hesitation, the boy ultimately joined the academy under the guidance of fate, as though led by an invisible hand. Through this opportunity, he learned what the real world truly looked like.

However, there was a huge flaw in this story.

For cultivators, the earlier one began cultivating, the better.

No matter how gifted someone was, waiting until adulthood to begin cultivating was simply hard to justify.

Could it be because of the so-called Protagonist Halo?

Moreover, the boy only learned of the real world after coming of age. Could it be that he had never known of the cultivation world before then?

On Tianlan Continent, even the most remote human cities had cultivators. Spiritual energy permeated the daily lives of all living beings.

With a few doubts and intense curiosity in her heart, Yao Ziyue continued reading.

"This was a world completely different from Tianlan Continent. There was no spiritual energy, no magic power. Humans were the rulers of this world."

Most of the doubts in her heart vanished.

So it was not Tianlan Continent.

But what exactly was a world without spiritual energy, ruled by humans, like?

Yao Ziyue grew even more curious.

She continued reading.

"There were no demon beasts, no cultivators, no powerful races of every kind. Humans relied on the power of technology to change the entire world."

"Airplanes, ships, rockets... countless technological creations emerged with the development of the ages."

"And behind that