A Yawn in the Abyss

Shen Mo has spent fifteen years as the Umbral Mist Sect's most spectacular disappointment. Poisoned by a jealous clan elder as a child, his meridians are a withered mess, and his greatest ambition is finding a quiet patch of moss for an afternoon nap. But when a midnight chase forces him into the cursed Whispering Hollows, he accidentally swallows a mysterious black bead to keep it from his pursuers. He awakens not to death, but to an eerie, shadowy realm where time crawls, guided by Huan Meilan - a seductive, centuries-old demonic enchantress. She offers him a devilish bargain: master her forbidden arts in the time-dilated void, and he will have the power to sleep in peace forever. Armed with decades of grueling, secret training, Shen Mo returns to the waking world with a lazy yawn and horrifying martial prowess. During the sect's Zenith Trials, the crowd watches in stunned silence as he shatters the top seed's legendary sword using only a wooden branch he picked up on the way. Yet, as he casually slaps the arrogance out of the elite, he uncovers the chilling truth behind his childhood poisoning. The elder didn't cripple him out of jealousy, but to mask Shen Mo's aura from a world-devouring calamity. By restoring his genius, has Shen Mo just doomed them all?