When the city’s neon lights begin to flicker with indescribable runes, and the familiar school bell is drowned out by whispers from the stars, eighteen-year-old Chen Dong realizes that neither his childhood friend Xuanyuan Ling’er nor Nie Zexiao, the gentle-smiling school counselor, is anything like they seem.
A “Great Cataclysm” that tears the world apart descends, not as a natural disaster, but as a corruption of the laws of reality. At the same time, dormant bloodlines are forced to awaken:
Chen Dong carries the savage blood of the ancient God of War, Chiyou. The baleful energy he unleashes makes every weapon submit.
Xuanyuan Ling’er bears the power of the Yellow Emperor, ancestor of human civilization. Her spiritual power can restore order wherever it reaches.
And Nie Zexiao’s identity is an even greater mystery. He emerges from legends of fire and farming, seeking only a sliver of hope amid this calamity.
Yet the truth is far crueler than anyone imagined. The Old Ones from deep space are reaching their tendrils toward this world, while the millennia-old feud between humanity and the demons is reignited by the apocalypse. Chen Dong and Ling’er have yet to taste the sweetness of love, yet fate has already forced them onto opposing sides.
Amid these shattered ruins, Ying Zheng’s dragon banner rises once more from the depths of Mount Li, while Xiang Yu’s indomitable spirit roars again on the banks of the Wu River. The heroes of history return one by one, their wills set to turn the tide of the war.
Can Chen Dong master the power of the savage weapon within him and fight his way through the demons’ schemes and humanity’s hostility?
Can Xuanyuan Ling’er find a way to reconcile her duty to protect humanity with the longing that gnaws at her heart?
