This is a high-martial world where people gain power by awakening the “Ancestor Totems” within them. At his awakening ceremony, the protagonist, Shen Lian, fails to awaken any known heroic spirit or divine beast. Instead, he is possessed by a blood-red battle spirit from antiquity: the shattered battle will of Chiyou, the ancient Lord of War. What he gains is no complete inheritance, but a “Fierce God Template” that must be repaired and nourished with battle and the aura of slaughter. Its abilities unlock as it is restored: first the battle instincts of three heads and six arms, then control over metal and stone, and finally the power to summon a mist of war that affects reality. In a world that venerates orthodox gods, how will he follow this forbidden path of slaughter as the Lord of War?
