Five years after the Architects' judgment.
Chen Wei stood on the balcony of his private residence overlooking Donghai City. Morning sun painted the skyline gold. Below, the city hummed with activity. Humans and System bearers living together. Working. Building. Coexisting.
Much had changed in five years. The Sovereign Alliance had grown from twenty thousand members to two hundred thousand. Training centers existed in every major nation. Universities taught cultivation theory alongside traditional subjects. System bearers held public offices. Corporate positions. Military ranks. Integration was nearly complete.
The bloodline clans had adapted. Reluctantly. Some dissolved completely. Others reformed. Opened their training to outsiders. Shared knowledge. Cooperated with the Alliance. A few
