In the realm of Aerthos, where the cultivation of aetherial energy dictates one's destiny, a world teeters on the brink of a prophesied cataclysm.
The Dragon Scourge, an ancient and malevolent force, stirs from its slumber, threatening to consume all life. Amidst this coming darkness, a young man named Kaelen Vorlag lives a life of quiet desperation. Born with a 'shattered' cultivation core, he is deemed a pariah a 'coreless' without a future. His family, a once-proud lineage of Dragon-forgers, has fallen into disgrace, their legacy a forgotten whisper.
Kaelen's fate, however, is not what it seems. During a desperate attempt to find a cure for his affliction, he stumbles upon a forgotten artifact: a crimson, pulsating crystal known as the
'Bloodforge Heart.'
This relic, imbued with the raw, untamed essence of a primordial dragon, fuses with his being, shattering the limitations of his broken core and replacing it with a cultivation system unlike any other. He can no longer cultivate aetherial energy in the traditional sense. Instead, he cultivates blood itself, absorbing the life force of mythical beasts and powerful warriors to forge a new path to power.
As the Dragon Scourge begins its reign of terror, Kaelen must navigate a world that scoffs at his unorthodox methods, all while a powerful and enigmatic woman, Lyra Malakor, a renowned Aether-Knight of the Dragon Covenant, begins to take notice of his unique abilities. Their destinies intertwine as they uncover a conspiracy that reaches to the highest echelons of power and realize that the prophecy of the Dragon Scourge might be a twisted tale, a lie designed to mask a far greater truth.
Kaelen, the coreless pariah, is not just a cultivator; he is the key to stopping the coming annihilation, but he must first master the blood-forged power that threatens to consume him from within.
" The story start here"