Ling, a powerful figure from the apocalypse, is reborn with a “life crystal core” and falls into a beastman world where wilderness and technology intertwine. He plans to keep a low profile, but five “troubles” latch onto him: the obsessive imperial war god Lei Shi wants to take complete control of him; the mad scientist Karen sees him as a perfect specimen; the gentle prince Ailike uses kindness to weave a web around him; the hot-tempered pirate Xiao raises his axe to “conquer” him; and the scheming shadow councilor Mo follows him like a shadow.
These beastmen, each with their own glaring “flaws,” begin to change under the warmth radiating from Ling’s crystal core. Their possessiveness turns into protectiveness, concern takes root beneath their coldness, their gentleness gains an edge, their tempers become a need to defend him, and they conceal their true selves beneath their schemes.
But the cosmic “stardust corruption” suddenly strikes. This negative energy, which shares its source with the “void rifts” Ling fought in his previous life, magnifies the beastmen’s darkness and drags the world toward destruction. Lei Shi loses control, Karen becomes obsessive, Ailike grows weak, Xiao goes berserk, and Mo turns his schemes against himself…
Ling grips the scorching crystal core, his eyes shining with the calm and pure light forged by the apocalypse. “If you want to live, put your fangs away, or let me purify you.”
He is the lone hero who will bring the apocalypse to an end, and the only ray of warmth in the beastman world. Healing their flaws and purifying the crisis, this journey of redemption has always been a choice they make together.
