In a world governed by the strict, color-coded hierarchy of Totem wielders, sixteen-year-old high school sophomore Lux Orcus is considered a sub-human anomaly. Plagued by a mysterious, debilitating sickness, he is ruthlessly tormented by the academy’s elite—led by the sadistic Davon Sungate—simply for receiving a kind glance from the student council prodigy, Fedora Raizen. But when a brutal, orchestrated ambush ends with Lux being kicked off a forbidden northern cliff, the death sentence intended to erase him awakens something ancient, dark, and catastrophic. At the bottom of the abyss, Lux discovers he carries the forbidden bloodline of Hades, the first son of Orcus the Great. Reborn through a torturous baptism in a subterranean pool of primordial fluid, his shattered body is rebuilt with terrifying physical density. More than a mere wielder, Lux awakens a legendary Named Totem—the Silver Ankh—an anomaly that completely bypasses the standard metric crystals and harbors two ancient, pilot souls within his subconscious: "Death" and "Grey". Hiding behind an oni mask as the mysterious "Young Master Sheol," Lux enters a high-stakes underworld war caught between the tyrannical Sungate Family, the defensive Raizen Alliance, and a rogue trio of S-class fugitives who take him under their wing. To survive, Lux must endure a brutal, face-melting training arc to master his absolute death-law manipulation. From social degradation to the grand stage of the City-Wide Awakening Tournament, the weakling who once choked on mud rises to trample the hypocritical elite, delivering ruthless, satisfying face-slaps to everyone who engineered his downfall. The age of the Nether Sovereign has begun.

In the neon-drenched spires of Lystria, magic isn't a gift—it’s a utility. Controlled by the Circuit Crown, the Aether Grid powers everything from kitchen lights to the minds of the elite. Elion Vale was a nobody, a "Null-born" scrap-worker until a brutal assault left him for dead with a skull full of illegal crystal-tech shards. He didn't die. He synced. Now, Elion can see the code of reality. He can hack the thoughts of kings, rewrite the laws of physics, and weaponize the very network that enslaves his people. But the Grid is a living, ancient entity, and it wants its new host to shed his skin. As Elion rises from the gutters to challenge the gods of technology, he faces a terrifying cost: for every miracle he performs, a piece of his memory—and his love for the girl he died to save—is deleted forever.