Li Cangming, an outer disciple of the Qinglan Sect, cuts off his own left arm to save his brother Ye Chen, only to have his meridians sealed by Spirit-Devouring Nails at the hands of his master, Xuan Xiaozi. His cultivation partner, Su Yueli, gouges out his Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart and offers it to the sect's new chosen heir. On the night of these three betrayals, as his flesh and blood wither away, he awakens the bloodline of the ancient Sky-Burial Divine King: white hair and double pupils, a severed arm transformed into a bone hand, and a world-destroying totem rising along his spine!
Hunted by the Immortal Alliance, Li Cangming flees through a river of blood. He devours the earth's ley lines and buries a sect, then refines the Netherworld's flames to burn the ghost realm to ashes. With every step, he sways on the Sky-Burial Scales: save mortals and accumulate good karma, and his golden eye can summon the Stele of All Beings; slaughter cultivators and accumulate evil karma, and his black eye will bring down the Infernal Burial! But when he gathers all the Divine Steles of Annihilation, the truth tears his faith apart: the Heavenly Dao is an AI puppet, while the Sky-Burial Divine Clan is the true culprit behind the world's destruction!
"If saving the world means becoming a demon..." He crushes the Spirit-Devouring Nails and refines them into Burial Dao Thorns, then sends his divine kingdom crashing into the Heavenly Dao Palace. The bones of ten thousand cultivators pave his road against the current, while soul-embroidering threads mend the cracks in the firmament. When the core gear shatters, a mortal child places a steamed bun in his palm, and a flash of golden light reignites in his left eye like a spark among the stars.
