Romo Nicholas spent his entire life building something he hoped would outlast him.
For a while, it did.
Centuries after his death, however, the world remembers the Nicholas family far less than he would have liked.
When Romo unexpectedly regains awareness, he quickly discovers that being dead does not come with many advantages. He cannot walk, fight, cultivate, or even leave the ancestral hall that has become his new home. The descendants carrying his bloodline are still alive, but the family itself is a shadow of what it once was, struggling to survive in a corner of the continent where nobody expects much from them.
The situation becomes even stranger when Romo realizes he has awakened alongside an unusual system tied directly to his descendants. Their growth affects him, his actions affect them, and before long he finds himself paying closer attention to family matters than he ever did while alive.
Unfortunately, the Nicholas family has chosen a terrible time to be weak.
Resources are scarce, talented descendants are rare, and certain problems seem determined to arrive all at once. Some threats come from rival forces, others from mistakes made long ago, and a few appear connected to things Romo himself no longer fully understands.
The novel approaches cultivation from a different angle than most. Romo is not the young genius setting out to conquer the world. He is the ancestor sitting behind the scenes, worrying about children, grandchildren, and descendants separated from him by dozens of generations. Sometimes he offers guidance, sometimes protection, and sometimes he can do little more than watch events unfold and hope his family survives them.
Much of the enjoyment comes from seeing a forgotten clan slowly find its footing again while Romo pieces together what happened during the centuries he missed.
The world moved on after his death.
The question is whether the Nicholas family can move forward with him watching over it once again.
