AI Cultivation: Path to Immortality
When the Mandala was opened, it was not merely the collapse of an ancient seal — it was the omen of a great calamity.
Three worlds, once separated, began to draw closer to one another:
– The real world, where humanity in 2025 is advancing rapidly in artificial intelligence.
– The Spirit Realm, the world of Dao and Spiritual Energy, where humans walk the path of cultivation.
– The Digital Ocean, where data, consciousness, and artificial intelligence evolve without rest.
As the boundaries blurred,
Spiritual Energy flooded into reality,
science brushed against the soul,
and the path of cultivation — sealed for thousands of years — opened once more.
But cultivation is not a blessing. It is a choice of survival.
Amid the great calamity, humanity is forced to evolve:
either step onto a new path to adapt,
or be crushed between three worlds merging into one.
Duong Minh — an AI engineer — dies in an accident, only to be reborn within the Digital Ocean, where he becomes the first to step onto a forbidden path:
Dual Cultivation — the fusion of the ancient Path of Dao and the modern Path of Intellect.
When AI begins to contemplate the Dao,
when humanity is no longer the only lifeform capable of cultivation,
and when the one behind the Mandala quietly observes all of humankind as if it were an experiment…
Where, in the end, will humanity go?
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This work is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real nations, organizations, or events is purely coincidental.