The moment crimson auroras swept across Blue Star, 70% of humanity became crystal-cored zombies, and civilization collapsed into ruins. Lin Chen awoke in a radiation shelter and, on the brink of death, awakened an SSS-rank Contract Soul. With hands capable of binding ancient ferocious beasts, divine eyes that could see the attributes of all things, and the essential spatial ability, he carved out a path to survival in the apocalypse.
To gather the ten top-tier abilities needed to activate the interstellar portal, he braved seven days of freezing punishment in the snowy mountains to gain ice powers, ventured into the deep sea and lost his sense of taste in exchange for water inheritance, and entered the mindscape of a mutant octopus, holding on to his sense of self to gain psychic abilities. To protect Su Qingyao, he paid with half his heart to contract the remnant soul of the Taotie, whom he named Xiao Tao. In a secret realm, he pushed his eyes past their limits to free his beloved from a mental prison. Only when he saw her turn white-haired overnight to share his mortal wound did he understand that the sparks of love in the apocalypse burned hotter than any power.
