Dark Edge: Hidden Fragrance in a Warrior's Bones

Beneath the neon-lit city lies a hidden world of ancient martial arts. The warriors here inherit not only martial arts through their bloodlines, but also ABO pheromones encoded in their genes. Alphas possess blazing martial bones that fuel the most powerful techniques; Betas move with uncanny stealth, making them natural trackers; Omegas' fragrant scents can awaken secret martial arts realms, but also leave them vulnerable to the covetous designs of various factions. Jiang Xun is a lone drifter on the fringes of the martial world. His ancient fighting techniques have an unknown origin, and his pheromones have long hovered in a state of chaotic instability, leaving him neither a true Alpha nor quite a Beta. A string of murders in the martial world suddenly upends his life. The victims are all elite Alpha warriors, found dead in bizarre circumstances, their martial foundations completely drained, with only a trace of unfamiliar Omega pheromones left behind. The police are at a loss, and the great martial families refuse to talk. But because Jiang Xun happened to be at the first crime scene, he is thrust into the spotlight. Forced to pursue the truth, he discovers that the murders are part of a hunt for “martial bones and fragrant scents.” Someone is using forbidden arts to forcibly fuse pheromones with martial arts and create the flawless “perfect warrior.” During his investigation, Jiang Xun's pheromones suddenly spiral out of control, and fragments of long-buried memories surge back. Only then does he realize that his origins are inextricably bound to a conspiracy spanning twenty years. Amid flashes of blades in dark alleys, the machinations of powerful families, and the deadly interplay of pheromones, he grips his broken blade and presses through the fog, determined to tear away the layers of deception cloaking the city's martial world.