A Sinister Scheme in the Stillness of Death

In a world of immortal cultivation, the protagonist, Yang Ling, was originally the son of Yang Tuo, the head of the Xuanji Pavilion. After Yang Tuo was murdered by a fellow disciple, twelve-year-old Yang Ling was reduced to a menial outer sect disciple. On his nineteenth birthday, the apocalypse suddenly arrived. Everyone in the sect and the nearby towns died overnight, and the demon beasts grew unusually violent. Using materials left behind by the sect, Yang Ling built defenses against the beasts while devoting himself to cultivation and growing stronger. As his strength continued to increase, the truth behind the apocalypse gradually came to light...