Adrian Vale loses everything when his scheming fiancée strips him of his standing and orchestrates his humiliating banishment from their martial clan. Cast out into the desolate wild as an outcast, he stumbles across a supposedly worthless spirit creature known as the Abyssal Serpent. Instead of resigning himself to death, Adrian seals an ancient pact of blood with the tiny beast, discovering that its predatory hunger mirrors his own burning ambition.
Together, master and serpent feast on the cores of monstrous beasts, rapidly shattering cultivation bottlenecks that took grandmasters centuries to master. As Adrian's forbidden power surges, rumors of a terrifying dragon monarch shake the corrupt sects that once spat upon his name. With former mentors mobilizing armies to hunt him down, Adrian prepares to dismantle their aristocratic hierarchy and reclaim what was stolen.
