Lord of the Masses

Li Banfeng boards a phantom steam train to save a friend—and steps into Proluo State, a world frozen in the age of coal and iron. Here, cultivation isn't about meditation or pills. Food cultivators devour their way to power, smoke cultivators inhale strength with every drag, martial artists grow deadlier with each kill, and drink cultivators find enlightenment at the bottom of a bottle. Banfeng's companions? A soulmate trapped in a gramophone, a calendar beauty who steps off the page, a siren swaying inside an antique clock, and a reclusive master hiding in a gourd. A hundred cultivation schoo…