[Seeking the Dao in the Dust Realm]

In the Profound Dust Realm, where countless races stand tall and the Great Dao is contested, humanity was once a glorious ruling power. But after the "Calamity of Severed Dao" swept across the heavens, the path of cultivation was cut off. Humanity became a vassal of other races, struggling on the brink of extinction. The young Ling Chen was born into the lowest class of humanity, the "Dustfolk." With his spiritual meridians blocked from birth, he was deemed incapable of cultivation, a worthless failure. Yet by chance, he discovered an ancient jade slip covered in cracks in his family's forbidden grounds. It held the complete teachings of humanity at the height of its power: the "Myriad Forms Return to Dust Art."

From then on, Ling Chen built his foundation from dust and defied heaven with a mortal body, rising step by step amid ridicule and slaughter. He mended the broken path of cultivation and awakened humanity's slumbering spirit, seeking the truth behind the "Calamity of Severed Dao" even in the direst of circumstances. Facing the demon race's hunger, the fiend race's temptations, and the ancient clans' scorn, he wielded a rusted sword and carried humanity's future on his shoulders. Rising from the tiniest speck of dust, he ultimately became a Dao Lord and uncovered the shocking secret that had remained hidden in the Profound Dust Realm since time immemorial, allowing humanity's glory to shine across the heavens once more.