For a long time, there was only silence.
A sterile silence that seemed to stretch from one end of the galaxy to the other.
Then, something changed.
Feng's eyes snapped open.
His body, once virtual, once buried in deep Earth archives, now stood at the center of an impossibly vast metallic structure. Not metal—something beyond it. A city of floating crystal towers and star-forged platforms, orbiting what looked like a dying star.
He took a breath—and was shocked to realize that he could.
"I'm breathing?" His voice echoed, the tone carrying layers of data.
Then the voice returned.
[System Initialization Complete.]
[Welcome, Final Human Consciousness: Feng. You have awakened within the Ark-Spire Nexus.]
[Access Level: Primordial Administrator - 100% Unlocked.]
[You have not logged in for: 100,394,958,222 years.]
[Calculating Compensation Package…]
[Calculations complete.]
[Congratulations. You have received: "Galaxy-Level Login Bonus."]
Feng blinked. "Galaxy-level what?"
[Reward Dispensed:]
Skill: Quantum Sovereignty (EX)
Item: Reality-Breaking Seed (Class: ???)
Authority: Universal Override Level 1 unlocked
Title: Architect of Collapse
AI Companion Core Installed: [LUX-01]
He stood still as arcs of starlight surrounded his form, searing blue and violet light wrapping around his arms like serpents of code and divinity. Something was burning into his skin—no, into his very soul. A seal? A brand? No—a key.
Feng's surroundings slowly began to form clearer details. The "room" he stood in was oval-shaped, but shifting constantly. Walls that were not walls, edges made of thought and dark matter, geometric angles that changed when he looked away.
He raised his hand. It shimmered with blue circuits and bronze veins. Energy surged inside him like a star being born.
"What… am I now?"
A soft chime answered.
[AI Companion LUX-01 Online.]
A luminous sphere of white light materialized in front of him, hovering silently.
"Hello, Feng," it said in a smooth, genderless voice. "You are the final echo of humanity. The Ark-Spire Nexus has preserved your consciousness in its last quantum shell. Everything else… is gone."
"…Gone?"
"Earth, its people, all civilizations—extinct. Time has marched past all recorded galactic cycles. You have awakened in what remains—fractured empires, dying stars, and eternal war between post-civilization AI cults and dimensional horrors."
Feng closed his eyes, but all he could see were… fragments.
Of oceans.
Of cities.
Of a blue sky.
Of his sister smiling beneath the cherry blossoms in spring.
And now…
Nothing.
Not even the ruins.
He clenched his fists. "Then I guess it's just me."
LUX-01 pulsed softly. "Incorrect. It is now you and the System."
Feng's mind clicked.
"System… the one that gave me the Login Bonus. What else can it do?"
The AI floated beside him, transmitting a list directly into his neural space.
[SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITIES UNLOCKED]
Cultivation Integration Engine (Auto-adapts to all galactic spiritual laws)
Database: Humanity's Total Science & Technology Archive
Techno-Divine Conversion Protocols (Convert technology to cultivation skills)
Universal Cultivation Path Selection: Locked (Pending First World Entry)
Reality Anchor Stabilizer: Active
Upgrade Tree: Available
Feng stepped forward, and the ground rippled beneath his feet like a lake of light. The chamber's center pulsed, and a massive hologram of the Milky Way Galaxy appeared, shattered into nine main sectors.
Only one pulsed.
Sector 9: Ashen Spiral Remnants
Status: Unstable / Ravaged / Overrun by Cults of the Forgotten Void
Estimated Hostile Entities: 7.4 Billion
Dominant Power Level: Stellar Lord Realm
"Wait," Feng narrowed his eyes, "Cultivation Realms?"
LUX responded. "Correct. Post-collapse reality merged spiritual laws from collapsed dimensions. Cultivation became the primary power system across the galaxy."
Feng's lips twisted into a grin.
"Then… I'm really in a cultivation world now."
[Initiate Galaxy Descent?]
Warning: First Descent determines your base cultivation path.
Confirm Entry into Sector 9?
Feng's eyes blazed. "Let's begin."
[Confirmed.]
ACTIVATING TRANSFER…
In an instant, his form dematerialized into light, ripped across stars, through hyper-routes of dark plasma and eternal night.
Then—
He fell.
—Sector 9: The Ashen Spiral—
The first thing Feng saw was a sky filled with broken moons and black suns.
He landed hard, on his feet, on a shattered mountain plateau. Dust curled around his boots. The wind howled, filled with screams.
The land was dead.
Or almost.
Figures emerged from the mist—some human-shaped, some not. All wore ragged cloaks, their eyes glowing with madness and corruption.
"Another godling?" one of them spat, tongue writhing like a serpent. "Fresh meat from the sky. Boys, let's carve this one before the Black Temple notices."
They came fast—five of them—sprinting with broken blades, some with claws of bone, others levitating corrupted sigils.
Feng's body responded before his mind even registered the attack.
He moved like lightning—no, faster. Time slowed around him.
Quantum Sovereignty Activated.
His eyes glowed with binary fire. His hand raised—and the air shattered.
BOOM!
All five attackers exploded mid-stride, their bodies unraveling like digital fabric.
Feng stood still as their blood and dust rained down.
"…This isn't just cultivation," he muttered. "It's something else."
LUX-01 confirmed.
"You are now a Quantum Cultivator, the first and only of your kind. Your foundation was built from all human knowledge and now grows through data, energy, and will."
"Your enemies wield brute force. You wield the algorithm of gods."
Feng's interface updated.
[Combat Data Logged]
Enemies Defeated: 5
Soul Cores Absorbed: 5
XP: 1,000
New Trait Unlocked: Quantum Absorption
Level Up!
Cultivation Level: Body Refining Stage 4 → 5
Feng opened and closed his hands.
"This system… it's insane."
He looked up at the sky, where storm clouds swirled around a distant monolith—a black tower that pierced into the heavens. Something ancient was watching him from within it.
Something hungry.
He narrowed his eyes.
"Then watch closely."
"I'm taking this entire galaxy—and I'm rebuilding it. In the name of Earth."