From Daily Diligence to the Martial Emperor

In the twilight years of the Divine Dynasty, order crumbles and morality decays. Within the court, nine saints ascend the throne, factions clash, as one falls another rises. In the provinces, aristocratic families carve out fiefdoms, gangs and sects rise everywhere, using humans as ingredients for their insatiable desires. As the chaotic era approaches, the Medicine King preaches his doctrine, tyrannizing the world; even the dry bones in graves are resurrected. Star demons pose as saints to deceive the faithful, sacrificing an entire city to birth a true demon. Demons, martial artists, familiars. Amidst the fog, blades flash and shadows clash; human hearts are as sinister as ghosts, their burning desires reaching the heavens. Martial arts, spirit runes, deities. In their struggles, the sky falls, the earth ignites, and the very rules of reality are rewritten.

In this dark era when geniuses are buried in the streets and the just perish in the gutters, Chen Jue awakens the ultimate martial arts talent — 'Heaven Rewards the Diligent', ensuring that not a single drop of sweat is ever wasted. From the incomplete , he derives the star-shattering . From the ancient and mediocre , he evolves it into five elemental doppelgangers, capable of cleaving...