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The Reincarnated Overlord: Vengeance in the Eternal Abyss
Betrayed by those he trusted most, Kael, the Eternal Overlord, falls in a fiery siege, his enemies celebrating his demise. Yet, the abyss grants him a second chance—a reincarnation into a cursed body with immense untapped potential. Stripped of his former power and navigating a fragmented memory, Kael must reclaim his throne, uncover the truth behind his betrayal, and face a sinister force manipulating events from the shadows.
In a land where loyalty can be bought, alliances are honorless, and betrayal waits around every corner, Kael must now tread a dangerous journey toward glory. Armed with knowledge from his past and a accursed power that is also threatening his very being, can he rise again to become an even greater ruler than before?
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Chapter: Chapter 38: The Trial Beneath Shadows
Chapter 38: The Trial Beneath ShadowsThe voice echoed not in the air but inside their minds—cold, ancient, and saturated with authority. It wasn’t a greeting. It was a decree. The obsidian chamber shuddered in response, as if reality itself bent under the will behind that voice.Kael’s eyes flickered with caution. This was no ordinary trial. This… felt designed for them.Crimson glyphs spiraled along the blackened walls, pulsating with an eerie rhythm. A colossal emblem, etched into the ground beneath their feet, began to glow—an Abyssal sigil of unknown origin.Elias unsheathed his blade instinctively. “This wasn’t in the original trial script. What the hell did we trigger?”Kael stepped forward slowly, eyes scanning the shifting patterns of the glyphs. “Something buried beneath the city. Something… watching. Listening.”Evelyn’s hand trembled, but she kept her voice steady. “It knew we’d come. That voice—it knew our names.”The walls cracked open with a hiss, revealing three toweri
Last Updated: 2025-05-04
Chapter: Chapter 37: Throne of the Forgotten Gate
Chapter 37: Throne of the Forgotten GateKael’s instincts screamed, but his body moved before his mind could form thought.Evelyn’s scream echoed through the ruined valley, twisting through the cracked stone and dead winds of Lysander like a song from the end of time.The Specter stood motionless, watching Kael with an unreadable expression.“She’s unlocked it,” Kael muttered.“The Throne of Null,” the Specter said softly. “History always echoes.”Kael’s gaze sharpened. “What do you know of it?”The Specter didn’t answer directly. “She is the Gatekeeper’s heir. Her blood was never meant to remain dormant. You woke a storm.”Kael narrowed his eyes. “I am the storm.”But the Specter didn’t flinch. “You are the match. She is the wildfire.”A tremor ran beneath their feet. Low at first. Then louder—like the groaning of an ancient beast waking beneath the world.Kael pivoted, cloak billowing as he descended into the catacombs. Each step was a choice—one that pulled him further away from th
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Chapter: Chapter 36: The Shadow Crown
Chapter 36: The Shadow CrownKael’s breath was slow and even, but his mind was calculating thousands of variables per second.The remains of the Echoblade’s duel shimmered like fading starlight in the ruins of Lysander. Evelyn stood beside him, eyes fixed where ink had once screamed into the void.Malek broke the silence, knuckles pale around his staff. “What was that thing?”“A reminder,” Kael replied. “That this world hates those who rewrite their fate.”“But you didn’t just rewrite your fate,” Evelyn said, her voice cautious. “You challenged the world’s equilibrium.”Kael turned to her. “And now, the world will challenge me back.”Meanwhile: The Phantom Pact UnfoldsIn the undercrypts of the Ardentis ancestral monastery, silence was broken by the slow peel of shifting walls. The sigils of the deep bloodline pulsed awake—old spells woven by the Empire’s original founders, buried when Kael’s father declared them too dangerous to use.James stood before the awakening shrine. The seer
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Chapter: Chapter 35: The Phantom Heir and the Serpent's Pact
Chapter 35: The Phantom Heir and the Serpent’s PactThe wind at the summit of Lysander’s ruins had changed.Where once there was silence and stillness, now a pressure loomed—unseen, crawling under the skin of those attuned to power. Birds avoided the sky. The air stank of disruption.Kael Ardentis stood before the cracked steps of the throne, his cloak dancing in the static air. Behind him, Evelyn’s form glowed faintly—still resonating from the dual-script convergence. Her veins pulsed with borrowed fragments of truth and storm.Malek said nothing. His silence was respect. Or fear.Kael’s gaze swept the horizon, calm but calculating.“They’ll come soon,” he murmured.“Who?” Evelyn asked, drawing her robe tight. Her new senses prickled. It felt as though her mind stood on a knife’s edge.Kael didn’t answer immediately.Instead, he lifted a silver pendant from beneath his shirt—a glyph carved into it, subtle and precise.A symbol of the old Empire. But altered. The lines were rewritten.
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Chapter: Chapter 34: A Script of Shadows
Chapter 34: A Script of ShadowsThe silence that followed Kael’s pact wasn’t comforting.It was alive—buzzing like a hive of unseen whispers—yet absolutely still, as though reality itself was holding its breath.Kael blinked.One moment he was seated on the shattered throne, his mind humming with the aftershock of communion.The next, he stood on a floating platform of black stone suspended in a vast, starless expanse. There was no sky. No ground. No horizon.Only floating glyphs, spiraling endlessly like fragments of a shattered book.And in the center of them all——was a single scroll.No ink. No parchment. Just raw cosmic intent.The Script of Null Genesis.Kael reached toward it.But before his fingers touched the surface, a ripple exploded through the void. The glyphs flared, orbiting faster, then violently halted. From the scroll emerged another hand—identical to his own.And a voice, calm and old, whispered:“What will you rewrite, Kael Ardentis?”Rebirth of ChainsThe moment K
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Chapter: Chapter 33: Beneath the Mouth of the Aby5
Chapter 33: Beneath the Mouth of the AbyssThe sky had no stars.Just a swirling void above them, thunderless lightning coiling like serpents, and fire without heat burning through the rift left by the shattered dome.Kael stood at the center of it all, robes torn, arm marked with the complete Third Sigil now glowing faintly in intervals—like a heartbeat.Beside him, Malek was still breathing hard, his mind only now crawling its way back to coherence. But Kael… Kael had never looked calmer.More dangerous.The Third Chain had not just accepted him—it had fused with him.And something else… something ancient had stirred.He didn’t have long.“Malek,” Kael said coldly. “Look at the sky.”The swordsman obeyed.And regretted it instantly.In the rift, amidst the smoke and writhing stars, a shape slithered—too massive to be comprehended, its body coiled around space itself.And just below it, embedded in nothingness, was a mouth.A perfect circle. Lips of black stone. Teeth like mirrored f
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The Godhood Algorithm
In a world that is defined by power, Lance stands out as the only enigma-nap, with no visible aim and a razor-sharp tongue. This lazy, sharp-tongued orphan, however, hides under the indifferent face a very sharp mind and single terrifying thought: 'Can I become a god?'
He transforms that rather weird obsession into an obstinate path for becoming the controller of the very texture of society. Thus, in walking such cunning schemes, he really very well plans the things in a manner that all those who will be caught in the web don't know how they got entrapped. Ranging from the shadowy syndicates to ancient bloodlines vying for supremacy, everyone is just another piece on his board.
Evelyn, heiress to a legacy now crumbling, has her own fights. Mysteriously, both parents vanished in relation to a top-secret research project. The thing preventing total destruction of the family's an ancient curse: utter ruin to any that lay a hand upon this bloodline-the protection has already started to fade. In a fateful meet with Lance, Evelyn would acquire an artifact capable of giving unimaginable superhuman powers. But one condition binds their uneasy alliance: equivalent exchange.
Such were destined to forge alliances as well as betray and cut secret deals, and in such noise, Lance discovers the buried legacy of his own blod, a legacy that perhaps holds the key to his grand ambition towards godhood. Bloodlines are unveiled, as underground superhuman races come to light, and as secret organizations revealed their own conspiracy towards ascendencion. Lance sacrifices pawns in a larger game that only he can see in every moves.
Even gods bleed.
Will Lance maneuvers his enemies to rise to the throne of immortality or will his cold calculations be trumped by love, betrayal, and the unraveling secrets of his past?.
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Chapter: Chapter 59: Weaving the Web
Chapter 59 – Weaving the Web Lance was shadowing the deserted lanes of the neutral trade zone, and his face revealed nothing. The winding stone pathway lay in the fuzzy glow of a few street lanterns, while in his mind everything was in sharp focus. They thought they had put him to a test: the Ouroboros Syndicate. They believed they had the upper hand. They were wrong. Evelyn matched his stride, her presence silent but charged with unspoken thoughts. Vex and Selena trailed behind, their usual playful banter absent. Elias, ever the observer, kept to the shadows, ensuring they weren’t being followed. When they finally reached the safe house, Lance wasted no time. “Status?” he asked, his voice calm but commanding. Elias stepped forward, adjusting the communication device in his ear. “Everything’s in motion. The moment you walked out of that fortress, the Syndicate’s eyes were glued to you. They’re trying to analyze your next move.” Lance smirked. “Good. Let them try.” Se
Last Updated: 2025-03-15
Chapter: Chapter 58: A Game of Shadows
Chapter 58 – A Game of Shadows A storm brewed on the horizon—not in the skies, but in the undercurrents of power shifting between forces unseen. Lance sat in a dimly lit chamber beneath the outpost, his fingers drumming lightly against the armrest of his chair. Across from him, Evelyn stood with her arms crossed, her eyes cold but intrigued. Vex and Selena were lounging nearby, their usual air of amusement masking their keen attention. Elias, ever the strategist, leaned against the wall, his arms folded. The game had begun, and now, they were waiting for the first move. And it came sooner than expected. A hooded figure entered the chamber, his movements smooth, unhurried. A trained operative—someone sent by the Ouroboros Syndicate to test their ‘control’ over Lance. The man bowed slightly. “Lady Evelyn. Lord Lance. The Syndicate extends an invitation.” Lance smirked. Here we go. Invitation to the Spider’s Lair Evelyn played her part flawlessly. She narrowed her eyes
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Chapter: Chapter 57: The Art of Deception
Chapter 57 – The Art of Deception The night over Lysander’s ruins was still, but the storm was already brewing. Lance stood at the center of the old sanctuary, his hands clasped behind his back, deep in thought. The others had dispersed to prepare for the plan. It would take precision—flawless execution. A single misstep, and they wouldn’t just be hunted. They’d be *eradicated*. But that was what made it thrilling. He smirked to himself. Let’s see who plays into my hands first. Two days later, the plan was in motion. The first step? Making the world believe there was a rift between Lance and Evelyn. Rumors spread fast. Faster when you let them. Word began circulating in the underground networks—Evelyn Delacroix had finally decided to claim her place among the elite once more. And her first act? Bringing Lance under her control. “Think they’ll take the bait?” Kiera asked, walking beside him. They were in the heart of a bustling trade outpost hidden within the mountai
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Chapter: Chapter 56: The Beginning of the Power Struggle
Chapter 56 – The Beginning of the Power Struggle Amid an eerie silence stood the ruined city of Lysander, with its ancient buildings now draped in the dim light of the crescent moon. Below the dark ceiling of the sanctuary, the group gathered silently, somberly observing the canvas-like weight the revelation lay there for them upon.The Ouroboros Syndicate was watching. Not just watching—targeting Lance. To most, this would be a reason to retreat. To reconsider their approach. But to Lance? It was an opportunity. Elias sighed, rubbing his temples. “So, let me get this straight. The Warden Council—basically the law enforcers of the supernatural world—are keeping an eye on us. The Ashen Society—powerful elites who think they can control everything—are aware of you. And now, the Ouroboros Syndicate—the people who don’t just acquire power but own it—have taken an interest in you?” Selena chuckled. “Sounds about right.” Evelyn didn’t share in the amusement. Her arms remai
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Chapter: Chapter 55: The Calm Before the Storm
Chapter 55 – The Calm Before the StormThe ruins of Lysander stretched in eerie silence as Lance and his group followed Evelyn, Selena, and Vex to a more secure location. Their footsteps echoed faintly against cracked stone, a reminder of the city’s ancient past. Lance observed the others closely. Evelyn moved with measured precision, her sharp gaze scanning their surroundings. Selena, ever the enigma, seemed relaxed—too relaxed. And Vex? His brooding silence spoke volumes. Something was wrong. Lance had learned to read between the lines, to notice the subtle tells that betrayed unease. His mind worked rapidly, piecing together possibilities. They weren’t just here for a reunion. They were here because something had forced their hand. And Lance would find out what. After several minutes, they reached an abandoned structure with remnants of intricate carvings on its walls. The roof had partially collapsed, leaving an open view of the night sky above. Despite its worn stat
Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Chapter: Chapter 54: Shifting Tides
Chapter 54 – Shifting TidesThe atmosphere inside the ruined city of Lysander had changed. Even though Lucien had vanished, his final words still lingered in the air, like an ominous echo that refused to fade. "Enjoy your victory, Lance. You won’t be celebrating for long."Kiera exhaled, tucking her dagger away. “So, are we just going to ignore that part, or…?” Elias stretched his arms, rolling his shoulders. “Eh. I say we enjoy the win for a few minutes before worrying about the next impending disaster.” Lance remained quiet. His fingers absentmindedly tapped against the artifact hidden beneath his coat. Something was coming. He could feel it in his bones. Lucien’s words hadn’t been a mere bluff. Lance had made too much noise—his name would soon spread through the right circles, attracting attention he wasn’t ready for yet. Or perhaps, he mused, they weren’t ready for me. Still, he needed to prepare. Kiera’s gaze was sharp as she studied him. “You’ve been quiet.”
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