Chronicle of the Burning Dreaded Bones

The Calamity of the Falling Sky has struck, the immortal path has collapsed, and the world has become an endless hell!

Cultivators eke out a wretched existence amid filthy spiritual energy. As for me, Yan Chikai, I was born to be a “key” offered to an evil god!

I don't cultivate immortality. I only want to survive! My path is one of revenge, burning everything to ashes!

Talent [Blood-Burning Fist Intent]: Burn your vital essence, lifespan, even your pain and madness, to gain devastating power!

Constitution [Body of Returning Silence]: Embrace corruption, feed the uncanny with your own flesh, and transform your body from grotesque mutation to spreading petrification, forging a demigod's body!

Divine Weapon [Dark-Gold Ghost Hand]: Devour divine remains, decipher the laws, mutate and transform, then forge living armor fit for a demon god!

Cultivation Art [Scroll of the Burning Path]: Ignite life, soul, the laws of the Dao, and corruption to unleash ultimate power that surpasses all limits and burns everything to ash!

They call me a madman, curse me as an abomination, and treat me as taboo.

One day, I will drag this ruined body aboard an immortal vessel and stand before that enormous bronze gate, declaring to the lofty “gods”:

“I didn't come to become an immortal. I came to tear down your wretched gate!”

Slow burn (read with caution if that's not your thing) + Lovecraftian horror + dark fantasy (Berserk) + desperate resistance (Attack on Titan) + Eastern cultivation in the end of the Dharma age + uncanny invasion + infinite-flow elements + subverting tropes and tradition + no female lead + no System + the protagonist isn't invincible + hardcore battles + mental corruption + defying fate