Refining Dust to Shake Heaven and Earth

Before the Pattern-Testing Stele, nine glorious Dao patterns flashed and vanished, leaving Lu Yan branded a “half-patterned waste.” No one knew that his true tenth secret pattern was etched deep within his soul. The shattered divine artifact in his arms, the Riverheart Seal, concealed the shocking truth for him, but gave him only ten years. In the Dust Refining Realm, Dao patterns determine one’s standing. Heisha Sect follows ancient precepts and hunts down those with unusual patterns, while the Pattern Devouring Hall lurks in the shadows, plundering the Dao patterns of ordinary people. A body bearing ten patterns consumes vast amounts of energy. Lu Que traces the origins of his cultivation techniques, learns through alchemy and artifact crafting, and breaks formations, traveling across the Four Regions under a secret identity. Starting as a menial worker in the Scripture Pavilion, he crosses the frozen wastes of the Northern Region and braves the myriad formations of the Western Region. Though born in the mire, he will shake the Dust Cage that has imprisoned the world for countless ages.