At eight years old, he underwent the spiritual aptitude test, and a crimson glow lit up the sky. He was an unprecedented fire-element genius, yet the clan leader and Celestial Master conspired against him, branding him a "harbinger of disaster," crippling his cultivation, and burying him alive in a coffin. Red candles blazed as the wedding banquet rang with celebration, and the entire clan rejoiced at his death.
His eyes opened inside the coffin, but another soul now inhabited his body. The one who awoke was the will of an ancient Great Emperor who had lived through endless eons and ruled over countless worlds! Bearing a sky-high grudge and supreme imperial might, he returned in a blaze that burned the world at the red wedding feast, leaving everyone aghast.
From that moment on, Yan Xiao was dead. The one who survived was a ruthless debt collector. Rising from humble beginnings, he started with a bandit stronghold, gathered minor clans, crushed gangs, and rebuilt his power step by step under the name "Yanchu." Armed with an Emperor's Art, he overcame the strong despite his weakness, breaking through his limits amid one fortuitous encounter and deadly peril after another, and stirring the winds and clouds of the Wasteland.
This is a blood-red imperial path that will burn the Eight Wastelands to ash. Anyone who bears him a grudge will be repaid a hundredfold! See how a Great Emperor rekindles the world-burning flames from humble beginnings in this borderland of another world, settles old blood debts, and reshapes the universe!