Synopsis

LucianAldenwasagenius—anintrovertedmindobsessedwithscience,technology,andstrategy.Bornintopoverty,hislifewascutshortbytheenvyofarichheir.Butdeathwasnottheend.

Reincarnatedintoawar-tornworldofcultivation,wherepowerfulbeingswieldastral,abyssal,andchaoticenergies,LucianisrebornasSylas,thesonofanoblehouseinalow-tierkingdom.Yet,unlikeothersblessedwithelementalaffinities,hepossessesonlypureenergy—aforceconsideredweakandunpromising.

Refusingtoacceptfate’sverdict,Sylasturnstotheonethingthatalwayssethimapart—hisintelligence.Iftraditionalcultivationwon’tgranthimpower,he’llforgehisownpath,reinventingtheveryfoundationofcultivationitself.

Butinaworldwhereabyssalslurkintheshadows,asurashungerforslaughter,andkingdomswageendlesswar,canaforsakengeniuscarvehisnameintohistory?Orwillhebeswallowedbythechaosthatrulesthisunforgivingworld?

Onethingiscertain—Sylasdoesnotforget,andhedoesnotforgive.