As spiritual energy resurges, strange beasts rampage and humanity’s living environment deteriorates to the brink, forcing people to huddle inside fortified base cities. Han Lin, a senior in high school in one such base city, is training hard for the all‑important college entrance exams. In this era, first‑tier schools are “Immortal Sects,” second‑tier schools are “Divine Sects,” and third‑tier schools are “Dao Institutes.” His original goal is modest: to get into one of the thirty‑six second‑tier Divine Sect universities.