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Han Ye was once Arden Gale, an overworked engineer in the modern world, but fate—or something far beyond fate—decided his journey was not yet over. Reborn into a world where cultivation reigns supreme, he finds himself among a long-standing clan of hunters, where archery is a sacred tradition yet overshadowed by the dominance of sword cultivators. Unlike the usual power-hungry cultivators, Han Ye is calm, methodical, and driven by logic. He refuses to blindly follow ancient traditions, instead applying his past-life knowledge of physics and engineering to refine cultivation techniques. His vision is clear—efficiency over mysticism, precision over blind faith. Where others see Qi as an art, he sees it as a system to be optimized. But this world harbors secrets that should never be uncovered. Beyond the mortal struggles of sects and clans, there exist entities beyond comprehension—eldritch beings whose very existence is a forbidden truth. They are neither gods nor demons, yet their presence twists reality, their influence hidden behind layers of suppression and silence. Even the mere knowledge of them is dangerous; those who speak too much of them become changed, their minds unraveling like threads in the void. Their followers move in secrecy, neither truly cultists nor revolutionaries, but beings who have glimpsed something beyond sanity. To most, these entities are simply labeled demonic. A convenient lie to avoid the terror of their reality. Han Ye does not believe in ignorance. If something can be understood, it can be controlled. But some knowledge is a poison that seeps into the soul. As he carves his own path—rejecting the mainstream Sword Dao, mastering archery, and revolutionizing cultivation—his actions draw attention. Not only from sects and cultivators who cannot comprehend his ways but from something far older, something that has been watching since before he was reborn. There are things that lurk beyond the veil of perception. And one of them has taken interest in Han Ye. Not as a pawn. Not as a rival. As a curiosity.