Shen Can arrives in the Great Wilderness as the newly appointed Ancestral Temple Keeper of the Blazing Flame Tribe, his fragile constitution deemed suited only for the sacred duties of temple maintenance and ancestral rites. Armed with the legendary Simurgh Blade, he performs daily blood sacrifices from hunted Wild Beasts to honor his ancestors—until a shocking revelation: the lifespan of these creatures can be harvested and absorbed to unlock cultivation secrets.