In this world, cultivators do not seek the ethereal spiritual energy. They seek the undying imprints left behind after all things under heaven, and all the people and events of ages past, have vanished: “Embers.”
Every wisp of Embers holds a story, an emotion, a lingering fixation. By sensing and refining these Embers, cultivators gain power and longevity, and glimpse the Heavenly Dao.
Gu Weichen is a young man in a remote border town who makes his living restoring antiques. He was born with a special ability: he can “repair” damaged Embers on the verge of fading away, bringing forgotten memories back to light.
He only wanted to live quietly and make ends meet with this unique skill. Then, one day, he repaired a memory from the age of ancient immortals and demons inside a bronze lamp on the verge of breaking. To his horror, he discovered that he was repairing more than memories: he was mending the cracks in history itself.
And buried deep in the Embers of memory, a black thread lurked like a parasite, quietly devouring the foundations of the world.
From then on, a mortal took up his brush, daring to write a new chapter that would change the heavens and earth. He made his body a boat to ferry countless lingering fixations, and his heart a flame to rekindle the fading light. When every forgotten truth has been “repaired” one by one, he will face the most terrifying enemy of all, one buried by history long ago.
