In 2142, a tide of stellar energy sweeps across Earth. Civilization collapses, and ferocious beasts run rampant. Humanity retreats to underground cities, barely clinging to life in the wasteland.
At the lowest level of Underground City 1024, 18-year-old scavenger Lin Chen is declared a “stellar-energy insulator,” a useless cripple who cannot cultivate. During a scavenging mission, he is swallowed by an S-rank Gold-Eater Ant while trying to save a companion. As he teeters on the brink of death, the mysterious pendant left behind by his father resonates with his bloodline, awakening the “Infinite Furnace,” a supreme treasure from a higher-dimensional universe!
His useless constitution is completely remade, and the Gold-Eater Ant becomes his first stepping stone. From then on, with his heaven-defying ability to absorb 100% of all energy, he rises from humble beginnings, building forces, seizing resources, and battling powerful foes as he gradually uncovers the truth behind the Great Cataclysm: the disaster that destroyed the old world was actually a malicious purge from the depths of space.
With humanity's last hope resting on his shoulders, the youth who rose from the ashes will ignite a spreading flame and restore humanity's glory.
