Chen Yan possesses the remains of a Half-Emperor and an innate lightning elixir. He should have risen against the heavens, yet his sect abandons him and powerful enemies hunt him down, trapping him in one deadly crisis after another.
In the battle at the Myriad Souls Demon Cavern, the Corrupted Soul Cult lays a deadly trap, using source immortal dew as bait to extract his Emperor Bone and refine his soul. A cult leader on the verge of the Nascent Soul realm personally commands the operation, sealing off every escape.
At death's door, the white-robed Holy Maiden Su Ning burns up her own sacred essence, sacrifices years of her life, and destroys her Dao foundation, trading her life for his to win him a sliver of hope.
Through a sudden enlightenment of the Dao Heart, Chen Yan finally understands what he truly seeks. It was never revenge or ascension to heaven, but protection.
He swallows the immortal dew, shatters his old elixir, and forges a purple-gold Golden Core, breaking through in the midst of battle. He burns his blood to escape. To save his beloved, who has been captured, he is willing to sacrifice fifteen years of his life and activate the forbidden Bone-Burning Art for seven breaths. For those seven breaths, his strength increases tenfold. He fights his way through the demon cavern, breaks through three checkpoints, and crushes a half-step Nascent Soul altar master with a single finger, his battle cry echoing across Myriad Souls Ridge.
He ventures into purgatory, where the Soul-Extinguishing Killing Formation is designed to counter Emperor Bones. The Demon Ancestor's remnant soul awakens, and the sacrificial countdown begins at seventy breaths. Trading wounds for survival, he breaks through and rises anew, mastering the Bone Emperor's True Body, Iron Bone Realm. Amid nine close brushes with death, he snatches his beloved back.
He flees into the Ancient Wilderness Mountains, nourishing his baleful energy through killing and tempering his bones with that energy. Bones pile into mountains, and baleful energy slowly invades his mind, nearly driving him mad enough to harm the only person he wants to protect.
The dangers ahead are far from over. The Corrupted Soul Cult sends its full force to scour the mountains, and four Golden Core elders surround him from both sides. His inner demon whispers, tempting him to descend into slaughter. His Emperor Bone is about to crack, his Dao Heart is about to collapse, and his lifespan is nearly spent.
Everyone wants to seize his Emperor Bone, destroy his Dao foundation, and kill those he protects.
Then he will make the bones his Dao, the blood his proof, and use killing to end killing.
He bows to neither heaven nor earth, and follows no righteous path.
