by LastDays
[Daily updates] A soul crossed the void between worlds—and glimpsed something it was never meant to see. Reborn in Aethelgard with the memories of an engineer and the discipline of a Taoist practitioner, Cato knows the truth that every cultivator around him has missed: power isn't seized, it's built. While nobles hoard resources and prodigies chase shortcuts, he lays foundations no one else has thought to lay. But Aethelgard is a kingdom running out of time. Ancient powerhouses are dying, noble houses are crumbling, and the balance holding everything together is fraying at the edges. Into this, Cato is thrust—a nine-year-old commoner with no backing, no title, and a cultivation method no one in this world has ever seen. A slow-burn progression fantasy about building something that lasts—and transcending everything that doesn't.
