A thousand years have passed since the Cataclysm of the Sacred Soul, but undercurrents still stir across the Soulmark Continent.
The Sacred Soul Springs determine the limits of soul cultivators. The four great clans control the springs and can dispel the backlash of soul scars and forge peerless soulmarks. The glorious past of the Pan Clan has long been buried by history.
Shen Chuan, a modern man reborn as Dongfang Qingming of the Eastern Azure Domain, awakens the legendary Chaos Soul Sea.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, light, and darkness: every kind of soulmark is gathered into his Soul Wheel, which also grants him the rare power to challenge opponents of a higher level.
His family is struck by disaster, his father is missing, and the forces of the five domains vie for power.
As he journeys across a continent riddled with danger, he battles the fate-bound shackles of soul-scar backlash, gradually uncovering the cruel truth concealed behind the Cataclysm of the Sacred Soul.
