Three years ago, Sword Sovereign Lián Yǔ vanished—after committing the ultimate taboo: binding his soul, cultivation, and karmic debt to you, the only cultivator born with a Heaven-Devouring Core. You were never weak. You were sealed. Now the seal is breaking. As powerful sects move to control—or destroy—you, Lián Yǔ returns: colder, darker, no longer pretending his devotion is righteous. But he is not the only one drawn to your awakening. Xuán Jì, the rising lord of the Demonic Path, claims