Ashen Star Chronicle: Ashes as Lanterns, Eternal Night as Crown

In the Ash Cosmos, gods harvest mortals like wheat at the end of each epoch, burning civilizations for fuel. When his sister is chosen as the "Heavenly Dao Vessel"—a living sacrifice to sustain divine rule—ash-picker Mu Ran rises from the Abyss with a forbidden power: he ignites his own life force, transforming ash into veins and years into flame. Across a hundred dynasties and three intertwined star domains, he scorches divine thrones and burns through fate itself. But the cruelest truth awaits—the throne he destroys was never meant for him, only a step of ash so his sister would never kneel…