Synopsis

Joe finds himself kidnapped by aliens, shot at a planet inside a metal ball with a parachute strapped to it, and dumped on a planet full of people who can't speak with him. Now he has to figure out where he is, who captured him, why he was sent here, and, if possible, how to get back home!
Great forces move as a young man finds himself suddenly taken from home by a strange people to explore a strange land. He does not know he is to explore nor does he even know who has taken him or why. Joe struggles to survive in a strange world of unusual peoples and cultures but his experiences prove to the task. Many learn from him just as much as he learns from them.
Joe learns of the world, of the strange forces within it, and gains friends and a new family along the way. He will be ground to nothing, but will find himself once more.
This is aLONG SLOW BURN. Be prepared for things to take a LONG time to resolve!
Details to judge if you will want to read:
HFYLONG AND DETAILED!Exploration (World, System, Culture, Philosophy)Kingdom BuildingGrowth and LevelingSlice of Life with a Purpose (But is not the main focus of the story)Explores culturesExplores philosophyExplores relationships, platonic and romanticWeak to Strong (although Perceived strong at the beginning)An exploration of how fantasy power progression would interact with and affect a culture and society. (How would a society look like and function if Quality of Life was directly correlated with 'cultivation' power and leveling)Large World!Purposeful Writing (to the best of my ability, everything written drives the story! Even the 'slice of life' portions)Every chapter will have something about driving the main story, to some extent.VERY long chapters (Divided into Royal Road sized chunks of 2~3k words each)Mainly Single PoV

Edit:As a warning, I write decently well, but am not putting extraordinary effort into editing. There will be mistakes.Discord!For those who want!