Lio Aetos is a young aristocrat and heir apparent to a legendary sect, a prodigious talent born and bred for glory.

Solus is a slave, a lost patrician from the fallen city of Rome with nothing to his name.

On all sides, dark forces gather. A demon horde sweeps across the West, leaving nothing but salt and ash in its wake. In the great city of Olympia, Tyrants fight under an empty throne, waging war beneath The Storm That Never Ceases. Deadly assassins and immortal cultivators hide in the shadows.

To stand against the Tyrants, against the Heavens, is madness. Certain death awaits.

Yet – the path to power is one wrought with ruinous tribulation.

Lio and Solus accept the challenge.

Fight, survive, adapt, and rely only on yourself.That is Derek’s creed, and what's gotten him through the System Integration on Earth.Everything changed when the System came. Cute bunnies and beautiful butterflies became savage killing machines. Then the Invaders arrived with a single goal: to obtain ownership of this new habitable planet.War has raged ever since.None of this mattered much to Derek, aside from making living a little more perilous. He mostly kept to himself. He was the weird guy who owned a cabin that occasionally came into town for a drink and light conversation. After System Integration, that didn’t change much—he only got stronger.After years of fighting monsters and Invaders alone, he’s become quite adept at surviving. Who needs others to get in the way or worry about?Until one day, Derek goes against his better judgement. He decides to lend some help on a mission that doesn’t seem too hard… He should have stuck to being alone…