Buried alive. Forgotten by the world. Cursed to refine death itself.

Rin Xie clawed his way out of his own grave with nothing but broken nails, shattered bones, and a core pulsing with rot. In a world where the heavens punish the wicked with celestial fire, where death cultivators are hunted like beasts, Rin awakens with a forbidden path—one that feeds on pain, suffering, and the ashes of the dead.

He cannot heal. He cannot forget. But every wound, every betrayal, every death he witnesses becomes fuel for his ascension.

Under a crimson eclipse, he walks through battlefields where spirits still scream. In deserts of bone, he consumes lotus flowers blooming from despair. He learns techniques the heavens sealed away in fear—Soul Wither Pulse, Requiem Bloom, Grief Reclamation.

But the deeper he dives into death, the less human he becomes.

He no longer cries for the fallen.
He no longer prays for peace.
He begins to wonder—what kind of death should he become?

In a world where power devours morality, Rin Xie will either become the end of all things...
Or something worse.