Once the Qingyun Sect's greatest genius, Yun Che was born with the Nine Yang Heavenly Meridian, a gift seen only once in ten thousand years. His master doted on him, his senior brothers got along with him, and his childhood sweetheart was always by his side. He was a heaven-blessed prodigy with a brilliant future ahead. But then, everything changed overnight. The master he trusted most and the senior brother he regarded as family suddenly turned on him. They tore out his heavenly meridian, destroyed his dantian, and wiped out his sect. Then they cast him into the bottomless Abyss of Death and branded him with the heinous crimes of patricide and treason against his sect!
At the brink of death, Yun Che's body was destroyed and his Dao foundation shattered. Yet among countless bleached bones, he encountered a wisp of demonic soul that had been imprisoned for a hundred years. Bound by a pact of souls and fueled by hatred, he inherited the bizarre demonic art Netherworld Soul Devouring Art. In that darkest of deadlands, he reforged his Chaos Ashen Meridian and returned from hell!
The young man of the past was dead. In his place, the world gained a mute servant named Lin Ye, who wore half a bronze ghost mask. He hid his boundless rage and concealed his brilliance, infiltrating the Haotian Divine Sect, the very heart of his enemies' power, under the lowliest identity of a menial servant. Under his enemies' noses, he trod carefully and danced on the edge of a blade, climbing step by step from the dust.
He lay low in the Alchemy Workshop, sought opportunities in the Artifact Pavilion, and fought for his life in secret realms. In the darkness, he spun his web, built up his strength, forged alliances, and searched for the truth. Meanwhile, the master who had betrayed him had become a paragon of virtue and a model of the righteous path, while the senior brother who had stolen his heavenly meridian had become the divine sect's revered Son, worshipped by the masses!
When the ceremony to crown the Supreme arrives, and his enemies are about to reach the summit and bask in all its glory, he will finally tear off his disguise and bare his fangs!
"Haotian! Chu Feng! You owe me, and you owe the Qingyun Sect. You'll pay for it in blood!"
This is a road of revenge paved with thorns and darkness. He will become the ashes himself, and he swears to burn every last enemy until nothing remains!
