Duncan grew up in an isolated valley, determined to become a hero of legend. When he is flung through a portal to a land far from his home, he must survive and grow stronger quickly. New forces led by powerful otherworldly beings are beginning to make their presence felt, and he has been chosen by Medim's absent gods to face them. Assuming, of course, that he can navigate a society he doesn't entirely understand and find allies he can trust.

Jim was thrust back in time, returned to his body at the moment he started cultivating. Anyone else might have given up, but Jim doesn’t have that option. He’s already made the mistakes that doomed him in his first life, and he knows what to do to make it right. Jim wants to right the wrongs of the past...or future? All while a pair of angry gods torture him through lack of sleep.

He must find a way to reach the top of the cultivation world without drawing the attention of those who would take his knowledge of the future for themselves. Jim has seen how the world ended, and he is determined to fight his way through the world’s hidden foes and defeat his destiny.

Weakened to merely a shadow of his former strength, he quickly learns that fighting alone may not be his best option, even though fate seems to like it that way.

Luckily for the world, Jim thinks fate is stupid. He doesn’t care what it wants.