In the 37th year of the New Era, rifts in the void spread and demonic beasts run rampant. Humanity huddles in shelters, barely surviving with battered mechs and scattered fragments of heroic spirits.
Lin Mo is a scrap scavenger at the very bottom of society. Every day, he searches piles of scrap for something to eat. Even a hot meal is a distant dream, and all he owns is half a bag of rusty tools and an old wrench that can barely turn. By chance, he finds an inconspicuous dark crystal and casually stuffs it into his toolkit. It is a fragment of the remnant soul of a Water Margin heroic spirit, and the turning point in his fate.
It begins with repairing his first T5 mech, one that can’t even fight. From being bullied by other scavengers and looked down on by the powerful, to gradually figuring out how to combine the remnant souls of heroic spirits with mechs, he moves from the valor of the Water Margin to the loyalty of the Three Kingdoms, then to the grandeur of the Investiture of the Gods. Through setbacks and scars, he unlocks the secrets of the heroic spirits step by step and hones his forging skills.
There is no overnight talent, no halo he was born with, only perseverance day after day, starting over after every failed attempt at forging, and the resentment and stubbornness hidden in his heart.
This is the slow-burn coming-of-age story of a scavenger from the bottom rung of society, who draws on the power of heroic spirits and wields mechs like blades. From the dust of the wasteland, he rises to his feet and ultimately bears the hopes of humanity.
