Calamity Strikes: My Devouring Comes at a Cost

Disaster struck as the dimensional barrier between the Dust Realm and the Dream Ruins shattered. Nightmare Beasts ran rampant, illusions sprang up everywhere, and the apocalypse descended upon the world without warning. High school student Xia Mo awakened the ability to Devour All Things of the Ruins, allowing him to absorb Nightmare Beasts' cores and seize their power. But power never comes free. Every time he devoured a core, it left a permanent mark of corruption. Frenzied hallucinations haunted him, and the shackles of mutation and downfall hung over him at every moment. Together with five companions, he formed the Six-Pointed Star Squad and entered the perilous Dream Ruins. They would have to fight an endless stream of uncanny creatures and disasters, while also confronting the web of fate woven from human greed and the cycle of reincarnation. Killing could not end the darkness, and destruction could not bring peace. With the power to devour in his hands and the curse of corruption marks upon him, the young man could only hold fast to his true self, wield balance as his blade, and protect what remained of ordinary life in this world.