Weaver of Umbral Night

In the Sunstone Sect, where disciples cultivate the brilliant energy of the sun and fire, Li Chen is an anomaly. Born with the cursed Shadow Root, he is unable to absorb the world’s abundant light-aspected Qi, leaving him weak and ostracized. His life is one of scorn and ridicule in a world that worships the light. Condemned to the sect’s darkest corners, he stumbles upon a primordial artifact: the Heart of Eternal Night. Rather than gathering Qi, it teaches him a forbidden art—to weave shadows into his very soul. Li Chen will walk a path no one has walked for millennia, proving that in a world blinded by the sun, the greatest power comes from the darkness it casts.