As the Heavenly Dao collapses, it regards all living things as straw dogs. Gu Changge, a prodigy of the righteous path, uncovers his sect’s plot to sacrifice all life in a blood ritual. His mentor, Yun Xuzi, cripples his cultivation and casts him into a forbidden wasteland. In the deathly depths of the Nine Netherworlds, he fuses with the remnant soul of an ancient Demon Venerable and awakens the forbidden art, the Myriad Paths Return to One Art. This path requires no spiritual energy; it devours tribulations instead, and every step forward demands that he survive three deadly trials: inner demons, heavenly lightning, and karmic flames.
From then on, Gu Changge embarks on a path of slaughter, devouring countless tribulations and defying Heaven. He massacres sects to exact revenge in the mortal realm, ascends to the Immortal Realm to uncover the truth behind the darkness, and eventually faces the Emperor of the Firmament, who rules over all. He endures a hundred tribulations and ascends through the hundred and eight life-and-death stages of the Heavenly Ascension system, advancing from an ordinary mortal with tempered skin to the Grand Ancestor of the Primordial Dao. He swears to fight his way through the Nine Heavens and restore order to the universe.
This is a dark cultivation epic about an abandoned cripple who, through sheer resolve and ruthlessness, slays gods and destroys Buddhas, reigns supreme through the ages, and ultimately surpasses eternity to become the beginning and end of every legend.
