Urban Ascension To Godhood

Ye Rong, a rising cultivator on the verge of reaching the revered Communicating with Deity stage, awakens to an unsettling reality: his powerful cultivation is gone, and he inhabits a frail body in an unfamiliar world.  
Surrounded by brutal thugs, he must rely on years of battle-hardened instincts and a mysterious connection to his new host to survive. 
But who was this host, and what led to his tragic death?