In the High Martial Era, humanity’s talent is determined by a life stele. The brighter its divine light, the higher one’s potential in martial arts. Those whose steles shine with no light, the “lifeless,” are born to be sent to the frontier and fed to ferocious beasts as cannon fodder.
When Su Chen’s life stele awakens at eighteen, it remains dark from beginning to end. His family publicly disowns him, and his childhood sweetheart and fiancée tears up their engagement on the spot, then throws herself into the arms of his genius cousin. That same night, he is cast into the Black Abyss on the frontier, where the death rate is 99 percent.
On the brink of death, Su Chen unexpectedly awakens the [Myriad Races Life Codex], unlocking the lifeless’ ultimate ability: devour the life cores of all things to copy, permanently acquire, and upgrade any talent or divine ability.
Others cultivate for ten years just to break through one rank. He devours a ferocious beast’s life core and breaks through three realms at once, his body tough enough to withstand modern weapons. Others spend their entire lives unlocking a single innate talent. He devours the myriad races and gains divine abilities such as an immortal body, spatial leaps, and immunity to all techniques with effortless ease.
The geniuses who once mocked him are crushed with a single move. His former fiancée begs him to take her back, but he doesn’t even spare her a glance. The Martial Alliance hails him as humanity’s savior, while the myriad races see him as their ultimate nightmare.
But as Su Chen reaches the peak of martial arts, he finally uncovers a shocking secret: the life stele was nothing more than a shackle the myriad races placed on humanity. The lifeless are humanity’s original divine bodies. Beyond the Black Abyss, the myriad races have already laid a vast net, intent on refining all of humanity into nourishment. This time, he will use his lifeless body to devour the myriad races, shatter the shackles, and forge an eternal divine stele for humanity.
