Divine Blood Burns the Heavens

Divine Blood Burns the Heavens is an Eastern fantasy novel by Qu Yue, a contracted author on Chuangshi Chinese Network. Serialization began there in November 2014 and ran simultaneously on multiple reading platforms; it is now complete, with more than nine hundred chapters and millions of characters (word counts vary by site). The story is set in a primeval age: the gods once lorded over the sky, their divine powers spanning heaven and earth, and when the savage beasts roared, mountains and rivers overturned—that was the most glorious age of human bloodlines. Yet billions of years passed, and the gods fell one by one like meteors; divine blood grew ever thinner, mortals could no longer manifest divine powers, and the primeval age faded into a lost legend. The youth Chen Feng perishes in the Prisoner Spirit River and should have been scattered to oblivion, yet in extremity he comes back from death; the long-dormant blood of the gods within him awakens, divine powers pour forth one after another, and he returns to the world in breathtaking form. From then on blood and slaughter sweep the eight wastes, hidden currents stir among the factions, and he stands smiling, proud beneath the heavens. The work advances along the main thread of bloodline awakening, through segments such as blood exchange, comprehension of divine powers, trials of gods and demons, contests on the rankings, and factional strife, depicting the protagonist's rise against adversity amid repeated sieges and desperate straits. It also creates characters such as the straightforward "big simpleton," the quirky "little witch," and the serene, uncontentious Bai Liu, sketching a cruel yet magnificent primeval world of cultivation.