Alloy and Abyssal Qi

In the Pan-Galactic Vatra, genetic modification and psychic piloting are the only paths to power. Traditional martial arts? A pathetic, televised blood-sport for 'Gene-Nulls' who lack psychic mutations. Zhai Shen, a notoriously lazy youth suffering from terminal genetic collapse known as Helix-Rot, just wants to sleep his life away. But a strange drone delivery changes everything: a corroded puzzle-box containing his own soul-signature. It’s a message from his past life as the ruthless leader of the Obsidian-Vein Covenant, revealing he engineered this exact transmigration ten millennia ago to escape a celestial purge. Forced to act, Zhai Shen enters the virtual Star Network to secure resources. When a malfunctioning psychic mecha threatens the arena, the lethargic genius shocks the galaxy by using demonic Qi not only to dismantle the hulking machine bare-handed, but to visibly stitch his disintegrating DNA back together. His impossible feat draws the intense scrutiny of Yara Qadir, a high-ranking genetic inspector - and secret resistance double agent. As their dangerous, slow-burn alliance deepens amidst a dark web of Hegemony conspiracies, will Zhai Shen conquer this high-tech era, or will his own past machinations destroy him first?