Chapter 1: THE LAST COIN

The year was 2025.

The world had changed. Technology had leapt forward, and Virtual Reality was no longer a game - it had become reality. A single name dominated every screen, every conversation, every dream:

Heavenly Place - the first full-immersion cultivation game. No controller, no screen - your mind, body, and soul entered a new world. A world where people could grow strong, gain power, and even earn money in real life.

But not everyone was excited.

In the dark corners of Mumbai, inside a small broken-down room, sat a boy named Rayan.

Eighteen years old. No parents. No family. No friends.

His life was survival — one meal a day, sleeping on a thin mattress, and workin_ all jobs just to eat.

He stared at the small glowing cube in front of him: a second-hand NeuroCore. He had sold everything — even skipped meals — to buy this outdated entry point into Heavenly Place.

"If I don't try now... I'll be nothing forever."

He put the device on his head. His vision blurred.

[Neural Sync: 100% Complete]

Welcome to Heavenly Place. Please choose your name.

He typed: Zero

Because that's what he was — a nobody.

Initializing... Scanning Talent...

Talent Acquired: Rank F (Lowest Tier)

Starting Cultivation Stage: Mortal Realm - Level 1

His heart sank.

Even here, he was nothing?

But then —

[Error Detected... Hidd System Awakening]

You have been choser. * the Lost Code.

Installing: Ascension Protocol...

A blinding light swallowed him.

And the world would never be the same.