The Azure Dragon Empire was the strongest of the Four Human Empires, with their military forces overwhelming the cities of the empire.
In the middle was the Imperial Capital, and to the east was the prestigious Ashbourne Duke Manor of one of the empire’s greatest noble families.
For more than a millennium, House Ashbourne had been defending the empire.
It belonged to Duke Arthur Ashbourne, a semi-divine realm sword saint known to all.
But He had already entered into the demi-god realm and become the strongest swordsman in the empire.
This things is not known to others
Arthur alone was aware of the families’ secret, but it was even more astounding.
The former emperor…
was still alive.
But Auther doesn’t know that his fifth son Andrew also knows about the secret of his and the royal family.
An 18-year-old young man sat on a wooden bed under an old maple tree in a quiet courtyard behind the manor.
His handsome face was indifferent and looked at the far distant mountains.
Andrew Ashbourne.
The second son of Duke’s second wife.
To all the people of the empire, he was the biggest letdown of House Ashbourne.
He was born with an unknown disease called Spirit Lock Disease and couldn’t grow.
All the famous healers, alchemists, saints, and doctors invited by his father came to the same conclusion.
All his meridians were closed.
He would stay a regular man all the days of his life.
Andrew smiled bitterly.
“Eighteen years…”
For eighteen years I’ve been reborn in this world, and I haven’t really seen it.
I have never been to another empire!
I have never ever stepped on the Forbidden Battlefield.
I have never left the capital!
His “disease” was his own jail.
At that moment, a voice he recognized sounded in his head.
Ding!
Daily Sign-In Successful.
Congratulations, Host.
Reward: Abyssal Devourer sword.
A wave of sound permeated the air.
Before him he saw a pitch-black sword.
Its blade was like a vacuum cleaner for light.
Just beholding it caused the space to warp around its perimeter.
Abyssal Devourer
1st Ranking: Supreme Divine Sword
Description:
The second mightiest sword that ever was.
It has the ability to consume all spiritual energy, blood lines, sword intent, laws, and even divine energy.
Andrew touched the hilt lightly before putting it in his system space.
“Another dangerous treasure.”
For the last fifteen years no one could have predicted that Andrew would be receiving such abundant blessings each day.
No one knew…
Whether the young man was crippled but hiding a secret that could shake the world.
Just then, underneath Ashbourne Manor, an old sword uncovered for a thousand years shook.
Its rusty blade made a slight shriek.
As though…
It had felt the coming of its eternal rival.
The old man in white stood high above the clouds, slowly opening his eyes.
He was irritated at the Azure Dragon Empire.
“For a moment…”
I felt the swirling of a great sword.
The aura faded away just as it had been activated.
The old man sighed.
It seems that I must have been aging, because my age was catching up with me.
In one sweeping of his sleeve, he disappeared into the endless sky.
He and no one else knew…
The world of the Three Domains was slowly shifting.