On planet Earth, in a small apartment located in a city of China named Chengdu, a young man is sleeping in his bed.
He is Ling Xu, and he is an orphan ever since his mother died three years ago.
Before moving to the city, he lived with his mother in his hometown.
It didn't take him long to decide to move to a large city after she died, as he was accepted into a prestigious university.
Leaving him with an inheritance, Ling Xu managed to buy himself a small apartment where he could live.
He then used the rest of his money for his daily expenses and he currently has enough to cover the next year.
Thinking about what would happen once his money was spent, Ling Xu took a part time job that allowed him to almost double the time he would be able to cover his expenses.
Having sustained a diligent life where he only uses his time for studying and working, Ling Xu has had little time to make friends.
Even though his life seemed bleak at the moment, he felt satisfied given his circumstances as he had no one to rely on.
When the sun came out, Ling Xu was already leaving his apartment ready to attend his first class.
"Ugh, so tired!" he said while stretching his arms.
Studying the entire night made him have just a few hours of sleep, and now he felt very tired.
He went to the elevator as he heard somebody call him from behind.
"Little Xu, are you going to class?"
Turning around he looked at his neighbor.
"Hi uncle Sun! I was about to, and you? I don't see you wearing your usual uniform" he looked at his neighbor with a blank face.
"Hey! Show some respect to your elder, I haven't taken a break from work for years."
"Okay, okay" saying it as he didn't mean it, Ling Xu continued looking at Sun Min with a blank face.
He was just having fun with him, after living for three years in the same place he has become pretty close with his neighbor Sun Min.
Mr. Sun couldn't withstand the pressure from Ling Xu's look so he decided to leave.
"Well, I have to go, see you" he turned around and took a few steps going to the elevator on the other side.
The conversation ended pretty quick as they both had somewhere to go.
Ling Xu also continued to his elevator on the opposite direction as they both led to different streets.
[Detected that planet Earth is devoid of spiritual energy.]
[Awakening spiritual veins of planet Earth.]
He immediately stopped walking as he heard a voice in his mind.
"What is this?"
All of a sudden, a transparent message appeared in the middle of the air.
[Spiritual veins awakened successfully.]
It contained the same information as the voice that sounded in his mind.
Ling Xu's face was that of shock as he couldn't believe what was happening.
[Humans from planet Earth, you have been given the chance to enter on the path of cultivation.]
[Once the explanation ends you will be sent to the tutorial mission.]
[All of you who meet the age requirement will be teleported when the countdown ends.]
[Tutorial mission starts in 30 seconds.]
[Tutorial mission starts in 29 seconds.]
Ling Xu didn't understand what was going on as he saw the messages floating in the air and a countdown that continued decreasing.
"Uh?" he heard his neighbor a few steps away from him reacting as a new series of messages poured down.
[You may call for your status and mission panel once you have entered the tutorial mission.]
[The tutorial mission will be full of danger, to survive you must gain experience and enter on the path of cultivation. You can gain experience after killing beasts.]
[When the beast has a higher stage of cultivation than you, the experience doubles for every stage. When the beast has a lower stage of cultivation than you, the experience halves for every stage.]
Ling Xu and Mr. Sun were reading the messages, trying to understand as fast as they could.
[Do your best!]
[Tutorial mission starts in 10 seconds.]
"Am I imagining things after getting old?" Sun Min asked himself, trying to understand if he was hallucinating or if it was actually real.
"No, I can see it too."
They were quiet as they tried processing the bomb that had fallen in front of them.
At the same time, the countdown continued to fall.
[Tutorial mission starts in 8 seconds.]
[Tutorial mission starts in 7 seconds.]
[Tutorial mission starts in 6 seconds.]
Ling Xu just watched as the countdown neared the end.
He didn't know what to do, these messages appeared out of nowhere and they didn't give them any time to prepare.
"The time is about to end, let's hope to see each other back again" Ling Xu said as he sighed, knowing he couldn't do anything about it.
"Be careful" said Mr. Sun, hoping they both could survive in the tutorial mission.
They didn't really have the time to understand the situation and had to just believe what they saw.
As Ling Xu nodded with a conflicted look, the countdown ended.
[Tutorial mission starts now.]
Then everywhere around the world, those who were old enough disappeared.
And as the strange message said, time on Earth seemed to stop.
At least for those who entered the tutorial.
While those who were younger than the criteria had to wait for them to come back without knowing.
...
"Uh?"