In the Vast Era, mortal backbones pierced the dome of divine power. In the Era of Conferred Gods ruled by false gods, the "incense tax" was not only a shackle of faith, but also a scythe for the harvest of civilization. Lu Zhaoran, an agency businessman, spied a shocking conspiracy through the cracks in the statue - the so-called ascension is actually a sacrificial ceremony of "Civilized Candlelight". When Shura Jiara burned the bones of the Buddha to carve a new stele of heaven, and Chu Yan, the host of chaos, sealed his tentacles with bandages, the struggle gradually revealed a more cruel truth...