The year was 2025.
The world had changed. Technology had leapt forward, and Virtual Reality was no longer a game - it had become reality. A single name dominated every screen, every conversation, every dream:
Heavenly Place - the first full-immersion cultivation game. No controller, no screen - your mind, body, and soul entered a new world. A world where people could grow strong, gain power, and even earn money in real life.
But not everyone was excited.
In the dark corners of Mumbai, inside a small broken-down room, sat a boy named Rayan.
Eighteen years old. No parents. No family. No friends.
His life was survival — one meal a day, sleeping on a thin mattress, and workin_ all jobs just to eat.
He stared at the small glowing cube in front of him: a second-hand NeuroCore. He had sold everything — even skipped meals — to buy this outdated entry point into Heavenly Place.
"If I don't try now... I'll be nothing forever."
He put the device on his head. His vision blurred.
[Neural Sync: 100% Complete]
Welcome to Heavenly Place. Please choose your name.
He typed: Zero
Because that's what he was — a nobody.
Initializing... Scanning Talent...
Talent Acquired: Rank F (Lowest Tier)
Starting Cultivation Stage: Mortal Realm - Level 1
His heart sank.
Even here, he was nothing?
But then —
[Error Detected... Hidd System Awakening]
You have been choser. * the Lost Code.
Installing: Ascension Protocol...
A blinding light swallowed him.
And the world would never be the same.