Lore Timeline
8 chaptersThe history of 神机山海 — the ancient war, the soul cores, the forbidden machinery and the prophecies that bind the universe.
00 — 混沌前纪 · World Setting
混沌前纪 — The Era Before Heaven and Earth
Before mountains rose and oceans formed, the universe was an endless mechanical void, the Primordial Mechanized Abyss, where Nine Heavenly Soul Cores forged the…
01 — 第一纪元 · Age of Forging
第一纪元 — The Age of Divine Forging（神铸时代）
The Soul Cores descended upon the mortal realms and created the first great factions, then raised four colossal Sacred Engines that held the world in balance fo…
02 — 第二纪元 · Prophecy
第二纪元 — The Prophecy of the Broken Heaven（天裂预言）
An oracle of Qingqiu foresaw a catastrophe: when machine learns fear and spirit learns hatred, heaven itself shall fracture. Most kingdoms dismissed it; the Aby…
03 — 第三纪元 · Great War
第三纪元 — The Soul Core Wars（魂核战争）
The Abyssal Forge awakened forbidden titans and shattered the Ninth Celestial Gate; demonic dimensions opened, the skies turned crimson for ninety-nine years, a…
04 — 第四纪元 · Collapse
第四纪元 — The Silence Age（寂灭时代）
After the final battle heaven partly collapsed, the Soul Core fragments scattered, the Sacred Engines shut down one by one, and history itself fragmented until …
05 — 第五纪元 · Hidden Age
第五纪元 — The Hidden Era（隐世时代）
Thousands of years later the world believes the ancient wars are mere mythology, but beneath the ruins the Soul Cores still pulse, ancient automatons still slee…
06 — 当前纪元 · Present / Awakening
当前纪元 — The Final Awakening（终焉再临）
Ancient prophecies activate again — crimson eclipses, mechanical storms, mutating spirit beasts, dead cities reawakening — and a signal echoes across all forgot…
07 — 终章 · Codex
终章 — The Central Mystery and the Three Futures
No one truly knows whether the Soul Cores were created by the gods, or the gods themselves were created by the Soul Cores. Three futures remain possible: eterna…