As Connor slept through his death, he finds himself waking up in the Red Hot Lounge. A bar just outside the gates of Hell with a view of Heaven's stair way. Welcomed by the lounge's host, a demon named Skar, Connor is given a deal he can't refuse. In exchange for signing away his body for protection in the Lounge, Connor cannot enter Heaven or Hell. His body meanwhile becomes the body of an artificial soul, Korpse. A monstrosity formed from living dead flesh, sent to consume those that threaten Connor's widowing fiancée Lillith. A cult attempting to start doomsday. With Connor watching in Horror as his body slaughters Lillith's kidnappers. Korpse gets to work stopping the world's end.