The Primordial Descent: Starting with the Crow

In an age where Earth's fragile reality has cracked open a gateway to the supreme primordial era, humanity is no longer alone in the cosmos—and survival is no longer a guarantee. Every year, a forced transmigration sweeps countless souls into that ancient, unforgiving realm, where Golden Immortals reign indestructible and Great Luo Immortals stand as eternal masters of their own dimensions. These are beings who can birth entire worlds with a casual wave, existing on planes of existence far beyond mortal comprehension. Yet the stakes are absolute: if every soul sent from a given kingdom perishes within that mythic age, that kingdom will face a devastating celestial punishment, a divine reckoning from which there is no escape. Common wisdom dictates a clear path to survival: secure a dragon or phoenix as your starting companion, for even the weakest of their bloodlines wields overwhelming might. Failing that, any divine beast or ancient exotic species offers a fighting chance, particularly those that command the skies and evade terrestrial horrors. But Chen Geng defies all convention. When the moment of choice arrives, he points not to the majestic or the monstrous, but to a single, unassuming crow. His memory, however, holds a secret that others have long forgotten: in the vast chronicles of the primordial era, there were only ever twelve crows in existence. As his peers scramble for the obvious advantages, Chen Geng alone seems to understand that in this world of absolute powers and hidden mythologies, the rarest choice might just be the only one that matters.