The Nine Tribulations of Heavenly Evolution

The youth kneeling in the ruins is the last ember of the Tianyan Sect! With a crippled body and four spiritual roots, Lin Yan guards the ruined sect gate alone. At death’s door, he uses his blood to open the forbidden “Myriad Tribulations Abyss.” Nine tribulations temper his bones; his meridians shatter and his marrow burns. The will of the sect’s first patriarch thunders: “Only those who face nine deaths without regret can inherit my true path!” When Lin Yan emerges from the abyss, reborn, the old gatekeeper falls to his knees in tears and cries, “Welcome back, young master!” Yet the sect’s road to revival is paved with bones. The blazing sun scorches the heavens, demonic cultivators devour souls, and the demon clans’ royal court watches covetously. More deadly still, the Frostmoon Immortal Palace’s Star-Slaying Formation and the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds’ attempt to devour the source of the world are all driven by an ancient prophecy: “When Tianyan rises, Guixu will perish!” As the shadow of the end of all worlds swallows the Three Realms, Lin Yan makes his body a furnace and smelts the seeds of the Dao. Behind him, the sword light of a fallen ice phoenix; upon his shoulder, the burning essence of the Nine-Tailed Saint; beneath his feet, the sparks of faith gathered from all living beings. Through this tribulation, he will fight for his fallen sect, for all living beings, for a universe reduced to silence… And reopen the path to life!