Between Two Heavens
F12/100Web serial by mdbob
Shen Wei is a twenty-two-year-old orphan working as a Junior Furnace Monitor at Clearsky Pharmaceuticals in Yongcheng — a megacity in Tianji, a modern cultivation world where spiritual energy has been industrialized and nearly depleted. With Grade C spiritual roots and a cultivation stuck at Qi Condensation Stage 3 for over two years, he has no realistic path to advancement. His only distinction is an unusually deep knowledge of cultivation theory, studied obsessively despite having no means to apply it. During a routine late-shift inventory, Shen Wei discovers a jade pendant classified as an inert artifact. It is warm to his touch and reacts faintly when he channels Qi into it. He pockets it. That single action will change the course of his life.