Lin Qing Quan's rescue of a helpless girl in a dark stairwell ends in a nightmare when her chaotic teleportation magic misfires, warping him and three thugs into a desolate, high-danger rift. Surrounded by wolf-headed Anomalies, Qing is forced into a brutal bare-knuckle brawl while the thugs are instantly disemboweled and decapitated. With no weapons, Qing has to rely on raw instinct. The combat is incredibly savage: a monster bites his left arm off at the elbow. Instead of panicking, Qing grabs his own severed limb and uses it as an improvised club to smash another beast's skull before squeezing the final monster's head until it pops. This extreme physical trauma and near-death crisis force his body to trigger a deep breakthrough, awakening the cosmic concept of the Dao. He wakes up back in his local stairwell, his arm fully regenerated and his body unmarked. However, this sudden, massive leap in raw physical power leaves him struggling to control his own body. He accidentally crushes metal railings into flat pieces of scrap and almost jumps through his apartment ceiling during a simple hop. Realizing he must get tested immediately to prove he is not mutating into an Anomaly from miasma corruption, he heads to the Ministry of Anomaly Management, unaware that his test results will alert the most powerful and dangerous figures in the country.

Qing's scan results come back completely negative for miasma corruption, but they reveal something far more shocking: his body is overflowing with divine energy. Before he can process this, the heavy armored doors of his holding cell slide open, revealing Olivia, a towering, two-meter-tall red Oni director with long white hair and high heels. Suspecting he has awakened as a mythological avatar, Olivia drags him to a secure, dust-covered underground arena for a full-contact spar to force his divinity to manifest. The combat is relentless as Olivia rushes him with lightning-fast punches. Qing, utilizing his newly multiplied strength, matches her blow-for-blow, the impact of their fists creating massive shockwaves that billow her snow-white hair. When Olivia raises the stakes by shooting actual bolts of electricity, Qing's body instinctively reacts, pulling a warm, solid sensation from his chest. A glowing Taijitu symbol of yin and yang materializes in front of him, absorbing the lightning and condensing into a floating, jade-colored book. This divine artifact proves beyond a doubt that Qing has awakened as Singapore's first and only Mortal God. The revelation forces the proud Oni director to drop to her knees in absolute reverence, pledging her life to him as his first Guardian. However, this sudden rise to the absolute peak of the country's power structure puts a massive target on Qing's back, as foreign nations will do anything to eliminate a newly awakened god before he can master his powers.

Qing leads a clearing raid at the Choa Chu Kang cemetery, a morbid site where a level-three portal has opened. To keep his identity a secret, he wears a serene white opera mask with a built-in voice modulator, posing as a Guardian while testing candidates like the space-gravity elf Ava and the shadow assassin Sergei. During the raid, Qing manifests a purple fog aura that massively buffs his allies, turning their standard arrows and bullets into explosive projectiles. When a massive, four-armed boss Anomaly emerges from the ground and threatens to crush Olivia, Qing feels a sudden pull in his chest and shoots a bolt of lightning from his fist to stun the beast. After the boss is defeated, his Jade Book flips open to reveal a black-and-white illustration of Olivia, confirming that his divine cheat allows him to copy the powers of those who pledge themselves to him. The successful raid secures a massive jackpot of Mana Crystals, but their triumph is short-lived. As they return to the ministry building, foreign sleeper agents from the UAS, ECL, and SLF execute a devastating bomb attack, leveling the building and trapping Qing and Olivia under the rubble. Olivia uses her towering body to shield Qing from the collapsing ceiling, but they are forced into a desperate run for survival through the dust-choked streets as armed assassins hunt them down.

Hiding on the abandoned St. John's Island, Qing and his Guardians discover an underground colony of bunny-eared Bunarfs hiding from rock-eating Anomalies. The Bunarfs are thriving despite the monster threat, utilizing advanced steampunk and cyberprep technology to mine Mana Crystals. However, their colony is breached by a massive, crystal-armored Anomaly, forcing Qing and his Guardians into a desperate struggle. Realizing his standard cultivation is too slow to face the growing monster horde, Ava takes the initiative. She enters his bedroom in the chalet and proposes dual cultivation, explaining that their intimate union can share their magical and spiritual energies. The passionate encounter triggers a massive breakthrough, his body refining into a peak, highly defined physical form and unlocking his ability to manipulate gravity and shadows. When the crystal-armored Anomaly attacks, Qing utilizes his newly refined body and copied gravity-manipulation skills to shatter its crystalline armor before draining its life energy directly. This massive victory allows them to evacuate the Bunarfs to Earth, but the sight of Qing's newly refined, attractive face and his massive surge in power leaves his other female Guardians, especially Olivia, incredibly eager to experience their own dual cultivation sessions.