Ascendant

The Broken Path Book 6

The cage is failing globally. Ascendant-realm cultivators emerge from seclusion — descendants of those who installed the original cage 36 centuries ago. They intend to reimpose it, a stronger second cage that would seal the entity and cap human potential permanently. Lian must unite fractured factions and face cultivators whose power dwarfs anything modern. He doesn't win by being strongest — he makes strongest meaningless. The system breaks. What grows in its place is uncertain, messy, and free.