Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack - Chapter 533 - 513: Who is the person behind the scenes? (25)

After years of exile, Marcus is coming back home. A powerful mage with few equals, Marcus lives in a world full of monsters and powerful adepts, many of which have bad histories with him. But he has not come back to pursue vengeance or start a fight. All Marcus wants to do is reconnect with old friends, build himself a house, and maybe train a successor or two.Alas, the world didn’t stop just because Marcus went into exile, and not everyone is content to let go of old grievances. Strange things are happening in the world at large, too, hinting at a looming disaster of unknown nature. Still, where there is a will, there is a way.If nothing else, Marcus has a lot of magical power to throw at problems.+++Zenith of Sorcery is set in its own original setting and isn’t related to Mother of Learning… beyond being written by the same person, of course. This is a more classical fantasy story than my previous one, with a lower level of technology and stuff like elves and dwarves, but it has a lot of worldbuilding effort put into it and its own complex magical system. The story has significant xianxia influences, but isn’t meant to be a xianxia story.For those of you not familiar with my previous work, I write relatively slowly. I intend to publish chapters at the rate of one chapter every three or four weeks, subject to further delays as life intervenes.

I traverse along the pathway of darkness and imagination…

Ha Si-heon is a brilliant but obsessive Wall Street financier who has built an immense fortune driven by a fear of financial insecurity. After enduring a tragic childhood, losing his mother, and navigating financial ruin with his father during South Korea’s 1997 financial crisis, Si-heon immigrates to the U.S. He fulfills his father’s wish by becoming a doctor but finds himself drawn to the lucrative world of Wall Street.At a top hedge fund, Si-heon leverages his medical expertise to dominate biotech investments, thanks to an unusual ability to predict successful FDA drug approvals. He amasses wealth quickly, yet struggles with a pathological fear of spending money. His relentless pursuit of profit takes a dark turn when he’s diagnosed with idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease (iMCD), a rare, life-threatening immune disorder with no cure. His condition worsens despite aggressive chemotherapy, as the lack of research funding for this “orphan disease” leaves him without options.Just as Si-heon faces death, he miraculously awakens to find himself transported 10 years back in time, to the beginning of his career on Wall Street. Realizing he has a second chance, Si-heon is determined to not only reclaim his wealth but also amass enough money to fund a cure for iMCD. The story explores themes of greed, ambition, mortality, and redemption, as Si-heon seeks not just to survive but to redefine the meaning of his life.

If 'Jujutsu Kaisen' and 'John Wick' f**ked, then had a baby, this would probably be it:Detached mass Murder experimenting on deaths?Yandere himouto who'd threaten her father and do background murders for her brother?A Divine Wolf who jokes about blending people and cannibalism?This is the package.___________________“The first time I felt the particles, I thought I was going insane.”Naturally, as the heir to a fading Yakuza empire, Ken Kurosawa knew violence. But nothing prepared him for the day he awoke to a world only he could see. Strange, shimmering particles floated in the air, whispering secrets of the unseen. When he reached out… the world bent to his will.At first, he used this power—Kami-Jutsu, he found it to be—to protect his family. A masked figure in a shadow-cloaked hood, he slaughtered his father’s rivals in the dead of night, their blood staining Tokyo’s underbelly. But with each kill, the particles grew louder.Now, as ancient factions hunt him and a prophecy unfolds, Ken must master his godlike abilities before something apocalyptic emerge from the depths of the underworld.The Yakuza’s son will learn: some truths are deadlier than bullets.