In 2035, the earth ushered in the "Era of Spiritual Skeletons". The "spiritual skeletons" condensed by the obsessions of the dead polluted the city. Only "soul masters" who have awakened the "soul-quenching power" can fight against it. Soul masters are divided into "weapon soul masters" (contracted weapon souls) and "bone soul masters" (skeleton spiritual energy fusion). The world's largest psychic company "Tianke Group" monopolizes awakening resources and stipulates that ordinary people must purchase a "spiritual skeleton purification package" to survive in the polluted area.
The protagonist Shen Yan was born in a single-parent family. His mother was a "skeleton cleaner" at the bottom of the Tianhu Group. When he was 17 years old, due to long-term exposure to the radiation of the soul, he awakened the lowest level of "remnant soul resonance" - he could see the memory fragments of the soul, but could not summon the horcrux. He was identified as a "pseudo soul master". He was bullied in school. His mother was devoured by the out-of-control soul in order to pay for his awakening.