What happens when a craft tradition passed down for a thousand years collides with a corruption that devours the stars? When the last ember is about to go out, who can turn the tide and forge a new order?
Youzhou, a wasteland left behind by the Catastrophe of Falling Heavens. Decaying metal and twisted flesh have fused together, while eerie whispers echo on the wind. The once-glorious Tiangong Institute has long since fallen. The surviving fragments of the “Spirit Pivot” are the last spark of hope.
Lin Mo, a low-ranking craftsman struggling to survive, unexpectedly inherits the Tiangong Institute's final legacy: a Spirit Pivot on the verge of shattering and a mysterious source of energy. All he wants is to survive with his gravely wounded companion, A Tie. But the abyss's shadow has never been far away. The world-ending corruption known as the “Star Devourer” is trying to tear apart the last seal through the heretical rituals of traitors from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and the Lord of the Divine Mechanism, dragging the entire world into an eternal abyss of corruption.
The road ahead is fraught with danger at every turn:
Deeply corrupted beings: Nightmarish creatures of twisted flesh and metal that roam the wilderness, hunting their prey.
The mystery of the Hanging City: Said to be the last sanctuary, it has instead become a breeding ground for corruption and betrayal. Its guardians are divided, while the survivors struggle in despair.
The Lord of the Divine Mechanism: A half-human, half-machine monster born from an ancient, deranged experiment. He holds the star chart needed to unseal the core of the apocalypse, and his greed is a blade hanging over the heads of all living things.
A Tie's curse: The star-patterned steel armguard implanted to help him survive is both a powerful weapon and a nest for the abyss's corruption, constantly threatening to consume his mind.
With the dim Spirit Pivot in his hands and a glimmer of the Primordial Flame within him, Lin Mo must survive the resource-starved wasteland, repair the treasured legacy, and master forbidden powers.
