Fate was never kind to Shen. Born with a soul weapon so broken it defied classification, he was deemed worthless from the startΓÇörejected by society, mocked by peers, and ultimately barred from the Golden Ascension Gate, the only path to cultivation. While others moved on, building lives within the roles fate had assigned them, Shen remained behind. Alone beneath the heavens, he spent years after years striking at the gate with nothing but his fractured sword and unyielding will. Ridiculed, ...