Ink and Blood Across the Land: The Cultivation World's Burning Downfall

Seven thousand years ago, the Ink Vein Ye Clan and the Cangming Tribe jointly wielded the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, using spiritual veins as ink to preserve the balance of the world. The Ye bloodline could freeze mountains and rivers, while the Cangming eyes could see the flow of spiritual power in all things.

Now the Sky-Hanging Alliance has risen, intent on devouring the Ink Vein and overturning the established order. Ten years ago, its leader, Mo Cangqiong, slaughtered the entire Ye family in Frostleaf City. He planted a Vein-Devouring Gu in Ye Zhaoxue, the sole surviving heir, hoping to drain the last of the Ink Vein essence from his body. But they don’t know that the Gu is devouring more than his meridians. It is also the key that will bind the Cold Abyss Blade, sealed in his blood by his dying father, to its master.

Meanwhile, An Qingli, the Cangming Tribe’s only surviving orphan, had her memories erased and was hidden away at Flowing Flame Academy as a talisman apprentice. The Cangming crest faintly visible on her wrist is the final key to breaking the Sky-Hanging Alliance’s Ten Thousand Souls Formation.