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System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir
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Ethan Blackwood, once the overlooked son of a powerful family, is betrayed and left for dead by his own kin. In his final moments, a mysterious system activates within him, offering a second chance at life and power. Now reborn with abilities beyond imagination, Ethan embarks on a journey to reclaim his rightful place and exact vengeance on those who wronged him.
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Chapter 1
Chapter One: The Betrayal
Chapter One: The Betrayal
The rain didn’t fall gently that night—it slashed through the darkness like knives from the heavens, drenching the once-proud Blackwood Estate in icy sheets. Thunder cracked across the sky as if mourning what was about to happen.
Ethan Blackwood stood on his knees, chained, bloodied, and bruised, his breath shallow. The courtyard that once echoed with his childhood laughter now rang with nothing but silence and the cold stares of his own family.
His father, Alaric Blackwood—the head of the clan—stood before him with disappointment etched into every line of his stern face. Around him stood council elders, distant cousins, and his own elder brother, Marcus, whose smirk twisted like a knife in Ethan’s gut.
“You were never meant to inherit the Shadow Flame,” Alaric said, voice booming and heartless. “Your existence was… a mistake.”
Ethan tried to speak, but the blood on his lips made it impossible. Everything he thought he understood was crumbling before him. The whispers, the cold glares, the secrets—they all made sense now. He had been set up.
“You were born of a commoner,” Marcus added, stepping forward. “Mother always knew. Father just… tolerated you. But that ends tonight.”
Ethan’s eyes burned, not from pain—but betrayal. His own brother. His own blood.
“I trained harder than any of you,” Ethan managed to whisper through clenched teeth. “I earned my place.”
“But you were never chosen,” Marcus snapped. “And now… you’ll die forgotten.”
Without another word, Marcus raised his hand. A circle of crimson runes ignited beneath Ethan, binding his limbs with dark energy. The forbidden execution seal—used only on traitors.
“I’m not a traitor,” Ethan whispered, eyes locked on his father’s. “I’m your son…”
Alaric turned away.
That was all it took. The spell activated, erupting in a pillar of red light that swallowed Ethan whole. Pain seared through every nerve. It wasn’t death—it was worse. The seal didn’t kill instantly. It erased you—body, soul, and spirit.
But just as his vision blurred, and the world slipped into shadow, something strange happened.
Ding.
[Shadow Heir Detected.]
[Initiating System Reboot…]
A cold wind whooshed through his collapsing mind, and then…
[Welcome, Ethan Blackwood. You have been chosen by the Forgotten System.]
[Would you like to survive?]
Ethan’s soul, adrift in a sea of darkness, latched onto the voice. It echoed with calm, mechanical certainty—a system interface. He had heard legends of such things, but none had been seen for centuries.
Yes, he thought.
[Initializing… Uploading Host Memories… Reconstructing Body…]
He felt a jolt. Suddenly, he wasn’t in the courtyard anymore. He was lying on a cold stone floor in a dim, abandoned ruin. Moss clung to cracked pillars. The air was heavy with ancient energy.
He sat up, breathing hard. His wounds were gone.
“Where… am I?” he muttered.
[Location: Shadow Vault, Realm 0]
[Tutorial Mode Engaged.]
[Host has been Reborn.]
“What the hell is this?”
[System Objective: Reclaim your destiny. Level up. Surpass your enemies. Become the Shadow Sovereign.]
Ethan’s heart pounded in his chest. He had died. And yet… here he was. Reborn, in a realm forgotten by time, with a power no one else had.
He opened his hand. A glowing menu appeared in the air before him:
Name: Ethan Blackwood
Level: 1
Class: Shadow Heir
Affinity: Darkness, Flame
System Perks:
– Phantom Step (Active)
– Flame Veil (Locked)
– Sovereign’s Will (Locked)
A low growl echoed in the distance. Ethan stood, trembling slightly as he took in his surroundings. The vault was ancient—made for trials. He could feel it.
“Alright…” he muttered, eyes narrowing with purpose. “If I’ve been given a second chance, then I’ll use it. I’ll rise from the shadows.”
His fist clenched, shadows wrapping around his arm like a second skin.
“Marcus… Father… The entire Blackwood Clan. I’ll come back for all of you.”
From above, a massive beast dropped down—a wolf-like creature with glowing red eyes and bones laced with metal.
[Tutorial Enemy: Shadowfang Lv. 5 - Initiating Battle.]
Ethan didn’t flinch. “Let’s test what this system can really do.”
End of Chapter One
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System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir Chapter Thirty: Whispers of the Forgotten
The wind that swept across the Outer Reaches carried no scent, no warmth. It was an ancient wind, unbound by realm or season, a wind that remembered the First Breath and the last cry of gods long gone. Ethan stood at the edge of the Eclipsed Plateau, his cloak billowing behind him, his eyes fixed on the glowing fissure that split the sky like a bleeding scar."They say the Forgotten whisper from there," Mira said quietly, stepping beside him. Her breath turned to frost as it left her lips. "The ones who never made it through the Convergence. The ones trapped between memory and oblivion."Ethan nodded. The Eclipse Sigil on his palm shimmered dimly, pulsing not with power—but with unease. The fissure ahead was not merely a tear in space, but in memory. And memory, he had learned, could be more dangerous than any blade.Behind them, the Passage Corps waited in tight formation. Lio stood near the front, his face stoic. Aeris was not present—she had remained behind in Viredena to solidify
Last Updated : 2025-06-19System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir The Shattered Sigil
The winds howled through the spiraling ruins of Draventh Hollow, a place said to be cursed by the first mage-kings and abandoned long before the Convergence. Shards of ancient sigils floated mid-air, suspended by forces that defied time and gravity. The land here was jagged and bruised, like a memory too long buried suddenly unearthed.Ethan stood at the edge of the shattered leyfield, the Eclipse Sigil on his palm glowing erratically. It hadn’t responded like this since the day he sealed the Celestial Gate. Something was calling it—no, pulling it—from within the hollow.Behind him, Aeris surveyed the terrain through a pair of arcanic lenses. “There’s energy here I don’t recognize. Layered magic. Forbidden. Bound by regret.”Kael stepped forward, his sword humming faintly. “The passage corps reported flickers of Hollowed presence near the core. And not the healed kind. The old remnants. Echoes.”Mira, standing barefoot on the fractured ground, knelt and placed her palm against a float
Last Updated : 2025-06-19System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir Echoes of the First Flame
The stars over Eldrane shimmered with a subtle dissonance—a celestial hum that whispered of stories long buried and flames long extinguished. Ethan stood at the edge of the Concordant Spire, the highest point in the city rebuilt by unity. The sigil on his palm, dormant since the sealing of the Hollowed, pulsed again—faint but undeniable.Below, the city buzzed with life and change. Bridges of living crystal linked towers infused with Sylvan breath. Streams of song-light danced across the skies, a byproduct of Mira’s new harmonic wards. The passage to peace was far from simple, but hope had found a rhythm. And yet, Ethan’s eyes were fixed on the stars.“The First Flame calls again,” came a voice behind him. Aeris, cloaked in silver-stitched robes, joined him, her expression unreadable.“You’ve seen it too?” Ethan asked without turning.Aeris nodded. “Three nights now. The stars rearrange into the Ember Sigil. Something ancient stirs—older than Sovereigns, older than Dreamers.”Ethan to
Last Updated : 2025-06-19System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Origin Beckons
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Origin BeckonsThe world did not end in fire or silence—it paused, holding its breath for what came next.Ethan floated in the eye of the Spiral Plain. Around him, ley lines trembled, the Eclipse Sigil pulsed, and the Hollowed child stood at his side. Where once his veins thrummed with Shadowfire, now there was something older—quieter. A hum that resonated with the bones of the world."System," he whispered.[Recalibration complete. Core alignment stabilized. New designation: Origin Protocol Initiated.]His body cracked—not in pain, but in becoming. Memories flooded in—millennia of whispers, glimpses of Dreamers long before him, echoes of the first beings who shaped existence with word and will. He saw the birth of realms, the Sundering, the forging of the Eclipse Sigil by a nameless Weaver."I see it now," he murmured. "The system was never just code. It was memory. Legacy."The Hollowed child tilted its head. "Are you leaving?"Ethan looked down. "Not leavi
Last Updated : 2025-05-31System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir Chapter Twenty-Six: Shadows Beyond the Dawn
Chapter Twenty-Six: Shadows Beyond the DawnPeace, once earned, is never permanent. It must be tended like flame in a winter storm, fragile and flickering.Ethan stared into the rising city of Eldrane, where memory sculpted stone and the First Dreamer floated before him, draped in robes woven from constellations. Her presence trembled the ley lines beneath their feet."The gates were never meant to be singular," she said softly, the words settling into Ethan's bones like gravity. "The Celestial Gate was but one keyhole in the great lock of existence."Lio gripped his sword tighter, glancing at Ethan. "What does she mean?"Ethan exhaled slowly. "There are more gates. More doors that should never open."The First Dreamer nodded. "And some have begun to crack. Not through malice, but through imbalance. Magic once tethered to harmony now bleeds unbound. You sealed the convergence. But the echo of that act ripples outward."She raised her hand, and a tear in the air revealed another realm—
Last Updated : 2025-05-30System: Rebirth of the Shadow Heir Chapter Twenty-Five: Embers of the Afterlight
Peace is not the absence of struggle, but the quiet in which new echoes are born.The Celestial Gate had been sealed, the Dark Sovereign unmade, and the realms—fragmented for eons—were now stitched together by threads of hard-won unity. Yet, beneath the surface of triumph, a subtle unease stirred like ash beneath still-burning coals.Ethan walked through the Vale of Silence, a place untouched by war, nestled between the rising cliffs of Halrin and the mist-veiled shores of the Crescent Lake. Once forgotten, it now glowed faintly with reborn ley energy. Wildflowers unfamiliar even to Sylvan scholars bloomed in strange constellations, and birds sang songs no one remembered teaching them.He felt it—the residual hum of the Heartstone, though far from Orenth. It pulsed not with urgency, but with invitation. Something in the world had shifted. Or perhaps, awakened.He knelt and touched the earth. A flicker of memory—no, something else—brushed against his thoughts. A whisper not from the pa
Last Updated : 2025-05-26
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Honestly the book is quite good and I'm looking forward to MC's character development man.
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Adebayo Mahfouzah
The pain Ethan felt and his reawakening...... menn! I'm hooked......️
Ms.seductress
I’m still in chapter one and I can’t stop reading. I lovee love it
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It's a good book the character development is stunning and settings are good ...