Collared Slave, Sage Awakening

Humiliated on the Demon-Slaying Terrace, Half-Demon Lucian Lowe, a mining slave for 12 years under the Heavenly Court’s iron collar, is ordered by his uncle, Golden-Winged Roc: “Kneel and beg.” Lucian shatters it and vows, “One year from now, on the Demon-Slaying Terrace, we settle it.” Can his “worthless” staff crush prodigies?