One Piece: I am Imu - Chapter 223: Alliances, Rejections, and Tournament Twists

“Let me tell you something honey, Revenge is the best dish served cold.’’****To her, betrayal was the most excruciating pain in the world—the kind that pierced her soul.The people she had loved with her entire heart had not only failed her, but ruthlessly deceived her.“How could you?” she had once cried, her voice shaking as she stared at the man she had chased like a madwoman. But he had already cheated on her—expecting a child with the very woman she despised with every fiber of her being.Her so-called “family ” was no better. The relatives she thought she could trust? They only wanted the inheritance meant for her and her little brother.The people who once smiled sweetly and flattered her? They were nowhere to be found when her glamorous and envious life crumbled to nothing.“I thought you all cared about me...” she whispered bitterly, watching as one by one, they all turned their backs on her when she needed them the most.In that devastating moment, everything became painfully clear. The bubble she had lived in popped and she finally saw their true faces.But....it was too late.Everything she had was gone, slipping through her fingers like sand in the wind.Except for him.Her former fiancé, the one man she had tried to ruin with every scheme she had planned, remained by her side until the end. He stood by her, even as she took her final breath.She had accepted her tragic fate—until something phenomenal happened. She woke up once again.Back to the past.Where nothing had happened yet.

Leo was going to awaken as an Aura Farmer.All he wanted was to become the strongest. You know, normal kids stuff.Yet, being the strongest doesn't come easy. As he finds himself thrown into a forgotten era to solve mysteries, passing its trials to furthermore become stronger than any being that had ever existed.Still, the battle for power doesn't end there. Thrown into a battle for influence and power, Leo finds himself battling against other Aura Farmers both internal and external. It also just happens to turn out...everyone wants him either alive or dead, as long as it benefits them.Have you ever seen countless dragons paint the azure skies?Have you ever seen a whole continent reduced to dust by the flick of a finger?Aura is magnificent. Aura is absolute. But for Leo, an adoptee of the notorious Atlantis Clan, Aura is also a death sentence. Carrying a mysterious legacy and the weight of a slaughtered clan, Leo must navigate a world of madness, ancient mysteries, and a hierarchy of power that would rather see him helpless than awakened.From mysterious trials to the heights of the Bastard Volume, follow Leo as he dives deep into the harrowing mysteries of the Aura System and the dark truth of humanity’s past.

Seo Tae Hyuk, jailed after being falsely accused.

Possessing the power of the demonic path, he follows a cultivation method that absorbs the essence of heaven and earth and seizes the spirit of all beings.Yet this power invites endless enmity, shunned by the heavenly way and despised by righteous sects. His sect is destroyed, and he barely escapes with his life.By chance, he acquires a mysterious blood mirror that opens a portal to an apocalyptic world overrun by zombies.On this world, he can freely sacrifice zombies without facing divine retribution; instead, he gains boundless merit and luck!Freed from the restraints of the heavenly way, his lifespan and cultivation soar to unimaginable heights, rivaling even the heavens.True demonic cultivation is not just the pinnacle of power—it is the path to defy fate and reshape destiny!