Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king - Chapter 1009: Old acquaitances(2)

Ye Qingli is the daughter of an Imperial Businessman’s first wife, wealthy and overbearing. But because of her mother’s early funeral, she suffered utter oppression and abuse under the hands of her stepmother. On the eve of her marriage, she died tragically in the hands of her stepsister and her own fiance!

It begins on the mountain.

With the glint of a knife, a flash of steel in the hands of a sworn brother. A betrayal.

Stabbed and pushed down the mountain, Zi Chen lied within the red-stained snow, left to die.

This is where it begins; he is given life by lightning,
baptized by thunder.

Those who had once betrayed him should all suffer in his cruel revenge.

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“Modret, you are the only one that can save the gods from their crisis!”Modret, a legendary gamer known for beating impossibly difficult titles, finally clears Celestial Descent after six relentless months.But just as the victory screen flashes… the world around him collapses.He awakens in an unfamiliar realm — not the game world, but a terrifyingly real universe unlike anything he’s ever seen.A world so brutal, so unfathomably difficult, it makes Celestial Descent feel like a tutorial.Blessed—or cursed—with seven divine draws, Modret receives ancient relics, a mythical bloodline, and a forbidden system: the Cosmic Shadow System.His mission is absolute:Save the gods from extinction.But the world doesn't want to be saved.The gods aren’t what they seem.And Modret’s very existence may be the spark that dooms them all.Because in a world this cruel…Maybe the true calamity isn’t coming—Maybe it just arrived.Power Tags & Tropes:Transmigration • System • OP MC • Cosmic Evolution • Harem • Succubus • Elf • Angel • Vampire • Fox Girls • Dragon Girls • Monster Girls • Slaves • Princesses • Yandere • Primordial War • Divine Realms • Righteous Characters • No Incest • No Rape • No Yuri • No NTR • Death • Demon Lords • Mana

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