Ashes of the Star Forge

In a broken galaxy ruled by corporations and hidden monsters… one boy is born with nothing. No power. No Qi. No augs. No family left to protect him. Just dust, pain, and bright blue eyes that refuse to die. Khar-9 — a red hell where the weak are crushed and forgotten. Lian Yu keeps smiling. He jokes with broken miners, shares his last scrap of food, and guards his crippled uncle like the only light in the dark. They live quietly. They hide. They survive. Until one silent night… someone comes. Something worse. Harlan past life comes back to hunt him Butchers Harlan Voss in the cruelest way—slow, savage, unstoppable. Tears out his heart. Takes his eyes. Leaves the old man’s body ruined on the floor, a message written in blood. Lian couldn't do anything, just standing there and watching. The boy who laughed every day… breaks. From that moment, everything changes. Born with nothing. Now burning with rage. He will lie, steal, and bleed to escape the planet. He will force his way into the greatest martial academy in the stars. They will test him and say he has no talent. He will prove them wrong—with fists, will, and secrets he was never meant to find. He will grow stronger than any aug, purer than any machine. He will hunt the people that took his uncle’s heart… and he will rip its world apart. One day, the galaxy will fear the name whispered in the dark.