The Last Embers of the Abyss

The ancient sword in his hand, Zhenyuan, is broken and covered in cracks, yet it bears his family's blood oath across generations: guard the abyss, slay every ancient civilization's monstrous beast that crawls out, and protect the peace of the human world. When he was sixteen, his father died in battle and entrusted him with this broken sword, soaked in the blood of monstrous beasts. Every swing unleashes a ghostly blue glow and a piercing wail.

Jin thought he was fulfilling a sacred duty, until that day, the Lord of the Abyss, an ancient beast king as massive as a mountain, awoke amid the wailing of countless beasts. Its golden eyes pierced the mist, and its question shook his very soul:

"Guardian of the Abyss... why are you slaughtering my people?"