The Abyssal Warlord

Kael Veyr lived for combat. A martial artist who believed that strength was earned through struggle, he never feared a fight—even when the fight could cost him his life. When he confronts a group of armed robbers, a single mistake leaves him dead and wondering how different the outcome could have been if he had only understood his opponents better. He awakens not in an afterlife, but inside an egg. He has been reborn as a demon in the Abyss, a realm where strength is the only law and weakness is a death sentence. Demons are abandoned from birth, forced to hunt one another for survival, devouring soul cores to strengthen their bodies and evolve. Kael should have been nothing more than another insignificant Lesser Demon. Instead, he remembers. Armed with the instincts of a demon and the discipline of a martial artist, Kael begins his second life at the very bottom of the Abyss. He learns to wield his two inherited bloodlines—Ice and Gravity—while discovering that surviving a battle is nothing compared to understanding war. But the Abyss is only one of seven realms, each an entire universe governed by its own laws. Beyond it lies Heaven, where angels uphold an order that considers demons nothing more than corruption. Among them is another young warrior—a hero who begins just as weak as Kael, yet grows alongside him, repeatedly surpassing him only to be surpassed in return. Their rivalry will span centuries. Their battles will become legends. And eventually, their conflict will no longer be about who is stronger. It will be about which vision of existence deserves to survive. As kingdoms rise, civilizations fall, and the Seven Realms are dragged toward a war that threatens to tear apart the boundaries between them, Kael must decide what kind of demon he intends to become. A beast that survives. A king that conquers. Or the warlord whose name will one day make the Abyss itself remember. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Abyssal Warlord — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠