A Matriarchal World: Sacrificed to the Demon Lord from the Start

On the Cangxuan Continent, women reign supreme.

Women wield the authority of spiritual power, commanding the Divine Envoy Hall and the world's order. Men are born with their spiritual power suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, reduced to dependents. Everyone knows that this ancient system, passed down through the ages, is a massive seal holding back the Void Devourers.

Shen Qingxuan, an archaeology graduate student who transmigrated here, became a sacrifice offered up by his family. But by chance, he uncovered the truth of his fate: he was the thirtieth-thousand reincarnation of Xiao Jin, an ancient swordsmith.

Beneath the divine rule of women, undercurrents run deep. Beichen, a former Divine Envoy, uses the Star-Guarding Sword to weave a web of puppets, branding and controlling countless people against their will. Feng Ge, a former High Divine Envoy, lurks in the shadows, stirring the situation with fabricated evidence and forcing the entire old world to reveal its hand. Yun Qianshang, the Primordial Lord of the Nine Heavens, lies in a deep slumber, while her dreamwalking consciousness quietly unravels the seal she gave her life to build.

Ji Yuelong, the Deputy Commander of the Demon Suppression Bureau, turns her back on the divine regime her family has upheld for generations. She renounces her divine post and takes up the Soul-Slaying Sword against the old order.

Soldiers guarding Yanhui Pass, branded assassins seeking redemption, sinners who hold the craft of sealing, and undercover agents moving in secret... Countless people struggling against their lot gather on the Path of Defying Fate.

What they seek to overthrow has never been the ancient seal, but the oppression that flourished in its name.

They defy the Heavenly Dao's constraints with reversed spiritual power, and trace the ancient truth through broken bones and sword scars. As the signal tower at Fallen Star Abyss rumbles, and the slumbering Primordial Lord is about to open her eyes, Shen Qingxuan and Ji Yuelong head west with their twin swords. They must stop the Void from swallowing the land, and build a new world from the ruins, where everyone can cultivate, regardless of gender.