Deep in a star sea where the cultivation civilization flourishes, strange entities known as "Dao Thieves" lie in wait. Neither human nor demon, they are a "dark tide" that erodes the laws of reality and twists the world. Wherever they pass, stars die and all laws return to nothing.
Xi Menheng bears the long-lost "Dao Seed of Myriad Forms Returning to the Void" and rises from humble beginnings. His Dao is neither life nor death: it commands endings, yet can also encompass all things. During an expedition into an ancient ruin, he accidentally comes into contact with the key to fighting the Dao Thieves: a fragment of the "Heart of the Sun" left behind by the Ancient Council.
From then on, he embarks on a journey across the star sea. From the "Land Where All Laws Fall Silent," where the laws of reality have collapsed, to the "Forgotten River of Stars," where time has gone awry, and onward to the "Eternal Dark Abyss," where ancient warships lie dormant... He follows the fragments' trail and gradually uncovers earth-shattering secrets buried beneath the past:
The Dao Thieves are not invaders from beyond, but "pus" seeping from an ancient wound in the universe itself.
The "Light of Primordial Origin" he seeks and the "dark tide" that destroys everything were born from the very same source.
And the Great Dao of Returning to the Void that he cultivates is the key to balancing light and darkness and determining the universe's ultimate fate...
With the "Shadows of the Dying Fleet" closing in, the Refining Void watchers awakening, and curses coming from the source of space and time, Xi Menheng has no choice but to find the power of creation within the void and open a new chapter at the end.
He is the void of the apocalypse, and the keeper of hope's flame.
