Ascension of the Sovereign
In a world where mana reshaped Earth, power is the only law—and the Seven Monarchs rule unchallenged. Cultivators rise, rifts open to realms of chaos, and beasts walk among men. In this world, Renka Muzan was born with nothing.
An orphan, Muzan believed magic beasts stole his family. At White Leaf Academy, he was famous, admired, and dreamed of a future alongside the girl he secretly loved. But on the day of the Awakening Ceremony, everything shattered. The machine declared him worthless, unable to awaken any ability, and the world that once cheered for him turned its back.
Bullied, discarded, and left alone, Muzan made a choice—to end it all. Stepping into a deadly rift to let the beasts devour him, he found, in his final breath, that he did not want to die. In that moment, the Sovereign System awoke within him, flooding him with the flames of power and the thunder of vengeance.
A system that the Monarchs once feared.
A system that should not exist.
Haunted by fragments of a forgotten past, Muzan learns of the father who once shook the world as the hidden Eighth Monarch before being betrayed by those he trusted. With the cold guidance of the chaos dragon Veldora and the playful spirit of the crimson dragon Varan, Muzan begins his ruthless path toward power, carving through rifts and enemies with his black katana and crimson daggers.
At the Ability Cultivators Institution, where the truly strong gather, the Monarchs take notice. They seek to control him, to bind him before he can rise. But Muzan has no intention of bowing. One by one, those who seek to chain him will fall. The Monarchs will learn that a Sovereign cannot be controlled.
Because Muzan will not kneel.
He will ascend.
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