Ten Thousand Years of Demonic Ash, Defying Fate on a Dusty Road
In the Ruins of the Fallen Gods, he sank into ten thousand years of oblivion. Xiao Jue, the Demon Venerable of the Netherworld Prison, was betrayed by his beloved, Mu Hanshuang, then pierced through the heart by the Xuantian True Emperor's Divine Spear and had his soul sealed in the Dead Zone. At death's door, he burned up his essence to forge a demonic seed. Following the traces left by fragments of the Soul-Devouring Demon Scythe, he reincarnated as Ling Chen, a mine slave in the Northern Wilderness.
Young Ling Chen was born in the mire, enduring beatings and humiliation. At death's door, the demonic seed awakened, and he fled for his life with the remnant core of the Soul-Devouring Scythe, "Late Firefly," and a mysterious spirit slip. In Goldrush City, he chanced upon an immortal sect recruiting disciples. He knocked on the sect's gates as a servant, hoping to seize a Profound Cavern Edict and embark on the path of cultivation, but his fellow disciples framed him and the sect oppressed him, shattering his dream of obtaining the edict.
In his darkest hour, he encountered a mysterious old ghost. At the funeral home on Black Grave Slope, he endured hellish trials and learned the Heart-Burning Soul-Tempering Art, taking the first steps toward forging a demonic body. He formed a blood pact with the blind boy Yun Zheng, and they faced life and death together. But in Red Sand Town, the music of the Seven Absolutes Palace struck Yun Zheng by mistake, shattering his spirit and leaving only a wisp of his remnant soul sealed in the Life-Sharing Baleful Pearl.
With ten years to change his fate against the heavens, he must find the Soul-Calling Flower of Hell, seize a body fit for establishing a Heavenly Dao foundation, and condense a demonic golden core! Carrying the baleful pearl, Ling Chen braves the Ink-Poison Forest, endures the Red Sand Calamity, and enters the forbidden Ashen Ruins. There he encounters the ancient beast Tian Wu and obtains the Blood Nether Body-Refining Art, advancing his demonic cultivation once more. Lin Qingxue, a leading talent of the orthodox path, pursues him without relent. The righteous and demonic paths are as irreconcilable as fire and water, while the "secrets of his past life" mentioned by Tian Wu only deepen the mystery.
Bearing ten thousand years of hatred and the bonds of brotherhood, Ling Chen uses blood as kindling and hatred as fire, fighting his way through the righteous forces' encirclement and the demonic path's treachery. He must restore his brother's shattered soul, settle old scores with the Xuantian True Emperor and Mu Hanshuang, and break the shackles of the Heavenly Dao. He will rise once more to the peak of demonic power, so that all the heavens may hear the name "Xiao Jue" again!
