The Essence of Cultivation

Arcanist Sylar Spellsight has spent five years adventuring across the realms of Resham, collecting arcane trinkets and unraveling the secrets of Essence Studies. But when a misfired experiment tears him across the Planes, he finds himself stranded in a world brimming with Transcendental Essences—resources once scarce in his homeland. This new realm operates on unfamiliar rules, its mages practicing "cultivation" with little regard for the meticulous Essence manipulation Sylar knows. Yet as he observes their crude but potent techniques, he realizes both sides possess fragments of a greater truth. The more he learns, the harder it becomes to resist the allure of this world’s untapped power—or the temptation to stay. But cultivation sects guard their secrets fiercely, and Sylar’s borrowed knowledge won’t save him when the local powers decide an outsider has learned too much.