Ashbone: The Record of Burning Heaven
"Your existence is a plague, Jin’er. But your marrow... that is a treasure."
For eighteen years, Lin Jin was locked away, labeled a "Living Coffin." His body naturally emitted a corrosive poison that rotted everything he touched. He lived in agony, believing his family was searching for a cure.
He was wrong.
On the day he thought he would be saved, his father drove a hollow spike into his spine.
The truth? He was never a son. He was livestock. A vessel raised solely to harvest his rare "Corrosion Marrow" to fuel his genius brother’s cultivation.
Drained, betrayed, and left to die in a collapsing dungeon, Lin Jin heard a voice echo from the empty hollow of his bones. An ancient, forbidden entity that had been sleeping within him all along.
[They stole your blood? Then take their lives. They broke your bones? Then crush their heavens.]
The chains shattered. The poison didn't disappear—it evolved.
Lin Jin rose from the ashes. He no longer cultivated Spirit Qi. He cultivated Ruin.
Everyone thought he was trash. Until he turned their legendary swords into rust and their bodies into dust.
When power corrodes the soul, survival becomes a choice.
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Chapter: Chapter 35: The Road of BonesThe distance between White River City and the Heavenly Sword Mountain was three hundred miles of winding mountain roads and dense forests. Usually, it was a scenic route filled with chirping birds and flowing streams. Now, it was a scar. Lin Jin walked down the center of the road. He moved with a steady, relentless rhythm. He didn't rush. Step. Grass turned grey. Step. Trees shed their leaves in a sudden, dry shower. Step. Insects fell from the air, mid-flight, their tiny bodies calcified into dust. From high above, if one looked down, they would see a line of death cutting through the vibrant green forest—a grey road that was slowly expanding. "Boring," the Entity yawned. "They are taking too long. Where is the army? Where are the traps?" "They are waiting," Lin Jin said, his violet eyes scanning the ridge ahead. "They want to fight me on their terms." H
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Chapter: Chapter 34: The Vault of White RiverThe steel doors of the White River Treasury were three feet thick, inscribed with the highest-grade defensive runes the Heavenly Sword Sect could afford. They were designed to withstand a siege engine. "Open it," Lin Jin commanded, dropping Branch Master Han onto the cold stone floor. Han, coughing and clutching his bruised throat, scrambled to his knees. He pulled out a complex jade key. "I... I need to disable the blood lock first, or the self-destruct mechanism will—" "Too slow." Lin Jin stepped forward. He placed his pale hand flat against the center of the massive steel door. Ashbone Art: Violet Domain - Atomization. He didn't rot it. He didn't rust it. He simply deleted the bonds holding the metal together. VZZZTT. A hole the size of a man appeared silently in the thick steel. The metal didn't melt; it vanished into fine, grey powder that drifted to the floor like snow. Han stared, his mo
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Chapter: Chapter 33: The Siege of White RiverWhite River City.It was the jewel of the Northern Province. Its walls were fifty feet high, constructed from white granite reinforced with steel plates. The banner of the Heavenly Sword Sect flew from every tower, snapping proudly in the wind.Inside, the city was bustling. Merchants hawked Spirit Herbs, smiths hammered High-Grade steel, and disciples patrolled the streets with their chins held high. Here, the Heavenly Sword Sect was law. They were the emperors.At the South Gate, a long line of travelers waited to pay the entrance tax."Next!" a guard captain barked, slapping his spear against his shield. "Two silver coins! Move it, peasant!"A figure stepped forward from the back of the line.The crowd instinctively parted. The air around this person felt... cold. Heavy.He wore a hooded grey robe that seemed to blur the light around him. His skin, visible under the hood, was the color of pale marble, veined with faint, pulsing violet lines.He stopped in front of the captain."Ent
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Chapter: Chapter 32: The Pillar of SilenceThe burning wreckage of the flagship crackled. That was the only sound. Two hundred Heavenly Sword Sect disciples stood frozen, their weapons shaking in their hands. They watched the grey-robed figure snap the neck of a Spirit Ocean Enforcer as if he were breaking a dry twig. "Monster..." one disciple whimpered, backing away. "He's not human!" "Hold the line!" Enforcer Boulder roared from his floating stone disk. His face was pale, but his duty bound him. "He is just one man! Form the Earth-Lock Array! Bury him!" "One man?" Lin Jin looked up. His violet eyes pulsed. He stepped off the burning ship onto the solid ground. "I am an extinction event." He slammed his foot down. Ashbone Art: Violet Domain - Expansion. WHOOSH. A wave of translucent purple light rippled out from his boot, covering a radius of five hundred meters instantly. The disciples caught in the wave didn't scr
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Chapter: Chapter 31: The Star That Rose from HellThe Surface. Edge of the Iron-Wind Canyon. The sun was high and bright, mocking the darkness below. Three days had passed since Lin Jin fell. The Heavenly Sword Sect had turned the canyon edge into a fortress. Four flying warships hovered in the sky, their cannons aimed at the abyss. A "Spirit-Sealing Formation" manned by two hundred disciples covered the perimeter. Enforcer Li stood on the deck of the lead flagship, sipping tea. "No movement for seventy-two hours," Enforcer Li said, looking at the scanners. "The magnetic interference from the canyon is gone. The readings are flat." "He’s dead," Enforcer Boulder grunted, crossing his massive arms. "Even a Spirit Ocean expert would be shredded by the winds or eaten by the beasts at the bottom. We are wasting time guarding a grave." "The Sect Master wants the body," Enforcer Li reminded him. "Or at least the bone. That boy’s skeleton broke Elder Zhang’s arm. It is a treasure.
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Chapter: Chapter 30: The Titan's BloodThe heat was absolute. As Lin Jin sailed through the air, the radiation from the Titan Heart stripped the moisture from his eyes. The Shroud of Silent Dust tightened around him, turning rigid as iron to protect its master from being vaporized. THUD. Lin Jin landed on one of the massive anchor chains suspending the Core. The link was the size of a carriage. It burned his boots, hissing as the Ashbone density fought the thermal energy. Below him lay the abyss of green fog. Above him, the shattered window of the Gear King’s palace. And directly in front of him was the Heart. A sphere of pulsing blue star-metal, cracked with veins of blinding light. The thump-thump sound was deafening here, vibrating his very teeth. "Open it," the Entity commanded, its voice trembling with a hunger that bordered on madness. "Crack the egg." Lin Jin drew the Blackbone Greatsword. The obsidian blade, usually cold and hungry, screamed as it sensed the energy in front of it. "This is going to be loud
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