Exiled as “heretic and trash” from Glory City, Nie Li bears a secret scar — not a curse, but a covenant. In another life he clawed through cultivation, only to find it was slavery in disguise. Now, reborn, he leads outcasts to rediscover the truth: what the world mocks as weakness is Heaven’s shield. With ink and scars, he forges tribes bound by memory instead of power, while Lady Ru’s ledgers and the Sacred Family’s chains test their survival. Prophecy whispers of a Seventh High Priest who will unite mankind — but enemies stir in shadow. Glory City plots, the Dark Guild tightens its grip, and even Heaven grows silent. Between fire and ink, faith and failure, Nie Li must guard a covenant older than empires — or watch it be buried once more.