Deng Youming, a gladiator slave at the bottom of the Xingyao Empire, accidentally awakened the ancient evil thoughts in a certain death situation. The seven major warlords in the empire are divided into one party. They appear to be loyal to the royal family, but in fact they have their own agendas. In order to seize the source of forbidden magic, the warlord of the East, Duke Fenn, launched a bloodbath in the slums of Star City. Deng Youming's adoptive mother died tragically in this massacre. Before she died, she gave him an obsidian pendant engraved with magic patterns - it was the secret she had hidden her whole life. The moment Deng Youming touched the pendant, a voice from the abyss sounded in his mind: "The contract has been made, are you willing to sacrifice your soul in exchange for the power to destroy everything?" In a moment of thought, Deng Youming put down the last of his kindness and chose the path of becoming a demon. Not only does he want to take revenge on the warlords, but he also wants to uncover the taboo truth hidden behind the thousand-year history of the empire. The ancient evil thoughts sleeping in the pendant are resurrecting step by step through his body, and the fate of the entire continent is sliding into the unknown abyss.
