Chen Ye, son of the eternal Demon Lord, awakens after ten thousand years frozen in ice. The once-glorious cultivation civilization was wiped out long ago in the “Eternal Night Calamity.” The laws of heaven and earth have changed, and history lies broken. His beloved Yu Xin has vanished, leaving behind only half a piece of jade and a vague message pointing to the deadly land of Guixu. In the shadows, the “Hall of Reincarnation,” which controls the cycles of eternity, is weaving a net to purge every “variable” connected to ancient times. Chen Ye is its prime target.
To find his beloved and uncover the truth behind the Eternal Night's destruction of the world, Chen Ye once more walks the path of defying heaven and cultivation, concealing himself and regaining his strength in this unfamiliar new age. Along the way, he meets allies such as Su Li, a prodigy from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and a mysterious old drunkard, while facing pursuit by the Hall of Reincarnation and obstruction from various powers. As clues emerge, he discovers the truth: ten thousand years ago, Yu Xin willingly entered the heart of the Eternal Night and sacrificed herself to preserve a chance for life. His own “undying and immortal” constitution is in fact a cruel curse of reincarnation, imposed by the Eternal Night upon the bloodlines of those who resisted.
From a personal obsession to bearing the hopes of all living beings, Chen Ye combines his father Chen Zhan's legacy of defying chaos with the convictions of his allies, and comes to understand his own “path-breaking Dao.” In the end, he resolutely enters Guixu and confronts the Lord of the Hall of Reincarnation and the source of the Eternal Night. With love and free will as his blade, he tears apart the chains of fate and deals a devastating blow to the laws of the Eternal Night. The calamity ends, Yu Xin is freed, and the two reunite after ten thousand years. The truth of the ancient past, long concealed, comes to light, and the world welcomes a hopeful new beginning.
