Destiny in Cinders

Eonsagowhendestinywasfirstforged,empiresformedthroughconquestoftherealmwithimpressivesteedsandgleaminghalberds.Heavenlysectsrosetoprominenceandmaintainedordereddominionovertherealm,usheringinaharmoniouscelestialmelodytoallcornersoftherealm.Inthepresent,calamitiescontinuetobrew.Thesplendorousgloryofthepastcontinuestogetchippedaway,reducingeverythingtowitheredruins.Asthesectsgrowrestlesswithambition,whoislefttoworryaboutthewellbeingofall?Asthewealthyandpowerfulindulgeindebauchery,whowilltendtothecommonfolk’sgrievances?DesperatepleasfortheHeavenstosparetheremainsofone’schildripplethroughtearsofblood.Theprofoundworkingsoffatestressestheworldtoitslimits,sparkingbeaconsthatheraldthequellingofchaos.Severtheprocessionsoffateontheheavenwardpath.Asingleswordstrikeshallrendallinthisgloom-infestedworld,reducingeverythingtocinders!SynopsisFirst,AnJingsoldhimselftoademoniccultformedicinetohealhismother.Then,hefoundanunlikelyally:adisembodiedvoicecomingfromwithinarustysword.Thedemoniccultwasuptosomething,butneitherofthemquiteknewwhat.Well,it’snotlikethedynastyofGrandChenismuchbetteroffthantheHeavenlyDemonCultanyway,withallthecorruptioninitsranks.Butthecult’splansarefarfrominnocent.They’renotraisingandtraininguschildrenofdisasterforfree.Thefragmentedmemoriesfromhispastlifehadwipedthenaiveteinhimcleanforhimtoknowthatthedemoniccultwasnotacharity.Enteraworldravagedbyfiendsinthedistantpastandmountainsofunendingsnowinthepresent,aworldofwarringnationsandsects,theworldofVoidEmbrace.Withhissword-soulcompanion’shelp,AnJingisabletoslipintoanotherworldentirely:aworldofqicultivationwithadvancedtechnologiesandsoullesscorporationsthattrytowipeoutthecompetitionbyanymeansnecessary.HowdoIkeepgettingwrappedupinallthis?First,there’sthedemoniccultinVoidEmbraceandtheritualthatunsealedtheheavenlyfiends.AndjustasIwaspeacefullyshoppingatablackmarketinSkysource,amechanizedbattalionofcultivatorsuper-soldierscrashedthroughtheconcreteabove,blastingawayateverythingwiththeirspirit-beamguns!SomethingwastrulyupwithAnJing’scelestiallifearc,thedestinywhichtheHeavenshadforceduponhisstory,onethatsentsparksflyingnomatterwherehewentandwhathedid.Willheharnessthesparkandbecomeabeaconoflightforthetwoworlds?Orwillastraysparkeventuallysethimandeverythingaroundhimalightandleavenothingbutsmoulderingcindersinitswake?