From a Discarded Dao Heart to a Cultivation Monopoly

In the year Xianyuan 2197, a cultivation futures product known as the "Dao Heart" quietly debuts on the New York Immortal Cultivation Resource Exchange, sending a modest shockwave through the cultivation world. Can consuming a Dao Heart truly make one stronger? Can different types of Dao Hearts be fused together? With everyone scheming at full capacity to accelerate their immortal cultivation, the first monopoly to dominate the Dao Heart industry is born, transforming the New Continent into a veritable promised land. "My production capacity is about to hit its limit!" Meanwhile, a shard of a Dao Heart tainted by the Involution Immortal Plague offers a 10% boost to all cultivation abilities, but at the cost of infecting the user with the plague itself—dragging them into the relentless rat race, increasing the risk of sudden death by 10%, and carrying a high likelihood of earning the notorious "universally loathed" achievement. And remember: Dao Heart effects can be stacked.