Peerless Battle Spirit

“You're not a nobody,” Victor Moon said, his silver eyes unreadable. “You're the man gods once feared.” Banished from divine memory and stripped of celestial might, Marcus Steele walks among mortals in plain clothes and quiet patience. Bound by an ancient marriage contract, he arrives in Manhattan—a city of supernatural elites—to claim his betrothed. But Diana Sterling, the ice-cold CEO of Sterling Industries, publicly humiliates him, mocking his appearance, status, and power. She doesn’t know who she’s mocking. None of them do. “Take your money,” Diana sneers, hurling a check worth millions. “We're not equals. You don’t belong in my world.” She’s wrong. When shadow demons strike, Marcus reveals a glimpse of the war god he once was—effortlessly annihilating threats, catching the attention of Sarah Moon, heiress to the most feared family in the supernatural underworld. “Marcus,” Sarah whispers, fierce and elegant, “I want you to be my partner.” As Manhattan’s elites scramble to earn his favor, old enemies emerge from the shadows, desperate to keep Marcus from reclaiming his throne. But with each battle, his power returns—and so do his memories. “Tell your master,” Marcus says, standing over broken assassins, “that some wars aren’t worth starting.” They wanted a pawn. They mocked a drifter. They awoke a god. Now, Marcus Steele is done pretending.

In a world where cultivation is the sacred path of body and soul, Lin Cang possesses neither. He awakens in the body of a young man with no meridians, no dantian, and no soul-sea—yet he lives. Shunned by the natural laws of heaven and earth, unable to walk the orthodox path, Lin Cang discovers a different way: the Dao of Form. Through mysterious patterns and ancient blueprints only he can perceive, he begins to reshape his own body—piece by piece, refinement by refinement—into something the world has never seen. In a realm of righteous sects, blade-wielding prodigies, and soul-bound cultivators, Lin Cang must conceal the truth of his existence while carving out his own legend. But the more he transforms, the more a question begins to stir: if he was never truly human to begin with, what will he become by the end? A tale of identity, power, and reinvention, The Puppet Dao blends classical cultivation adventure with a unique journey of self-crafted evolution. The path to immortality is written in flesh and spirit—but Lin Cang will write his in wood, will, and wonder.

[System Warning] [User has sustained critical damage.] [New Quest Available – Slay the Void Reaper.] [Reward: A Breath of Life.] [Penalty: Death.] [In order to initiate the quest, please call upon the System.] The world ended the day the sky ripped open. Monsters poured through the cracks, and humanity was brought to the edge of extinction. Cities burned, governments collapsed, and those who survived had to make a choice—become hunters or become prey. Then came the ones who weren’t human. Wielding powers beyond comprehension, they tore through the chaos like gods walking among mortals. And then came the System. It turned survival into a game, offering power to Levi. He rejected it once and paid the price. Now, every battle, every kill, every level-up pulls him further from the man he used to be. The stronger he becomes, the more he wonders—is he still fighting for survival? Or is he just another monster, shaped by the very thing that destroyed his world? [New Quest Available] [Eliminate the survivors in the Safe Zone.] [Reward: +3 Levels, Skill: Phantom Step] How much of his humanity is left to lose?