Lin Wei thinks he's nobody. A twenty-four-year-old customer service rep in Shanghai, his biggest battles are with flickering monitors and angry callers. But when an ancient coin freezes his desk and a man with moving tattoos claims he's the grandson of a god, Wei's reality begins to unravel-literally.

The Jade Emperor has abdicated, leaving behind a "throne of rot" and a bureaucracy that has forgotten how to care. As the Xuwu-void entities that erase existence itself-begin to consume Shanghai, Wei discovers he is the Anchor. He is the only thing holding the fabric of reality together, a burden his grandmother spent years helping him forget.

Forced into a world where mythology meets modern democracy, Wei must choose: reclaim a throne he never wanted, or watch the world fade into nothingness. In a revolution where "barely adequate is actually adequate," the greatest act of power isn't ruling-it's refusing to let go.