A Practical Guide to Evil - Vol 7 Chapter ex21: Interlude: Occidental IV

Glenn Hughes had spent most of his life confined to a hospital bed. Brilliant yet shackled by a cruel fate, he endured ten long years under the relentless weight of an unforgiving disease. Between medications, surgeries, and agonizing treatments, death had begun to seem less like an end and more like a mercy.But when he finally closed his eyes for the last time… rest did not come.The stench of sweat, dust, and blood was the first thing to greet him. Shackled, filthy, and drained of strength, his body was no longer his own. He was no longer in a hospital but in a cell. No longer a patient, but a prisoner.“What the… what the hell is this?”Glenn had been thrust into a world of steel and prana, reborn in the body of a condemned slave. Once a noble, now nothing more than a number among the damned.Yet, something was different. There was a reason he was still alive.Witness Glenn’s transformation as he is dragged through agony and ecstasy, suffering and desire, boundless pleasure and unrelenting torment—all while shouldering a burden so crushing that any other man would break.------------------------------------------------------------------------No netorare (NTR), no system, no incest, no consanguineous relationships.

The Apocalypse is in full swing. Defiled - powerful creatures corrupted by the Great Collision - prowled the lands in search of prey. Unfortunately for them, the human race had long since retreated behind the secure walls of the Sanctuary of Everlast. During one of his regular excursions outside the Sanctuary, Alden is separated from Celeste. - his childhood friend and crush. In that moment, he came to regret never summoning the courage to confess. Somehow managing to survive thanks to some trickery, Alden awakens as a mage. Instead of receiving a normal power, he gains the ability to decay. What’s more, during his ascension, he received a vision from his future self advising him not to trust the Asterons - celestial beings who had saved his race from inescapable doom. Normally... such a revelation wouldn’t faze Alden. However, there was only one major problem with the declaration, though. Celeste was bound with an Asteron. And not just any normal Asteron... She had made a pact with one of the Divine Sovereigns.

Earth’s top weapon specialist’s soul crossed over to an alternate world, merged with Rebirth Martial Emperor’s memories, cultivating Nine Dragons War Sovereign Technique, sweeping through all opposition with invincible might!

Able to refine medicine, capable of crafting weapons, and knows the art of inscription….

Being skilled in all professions is the way of kings!

– Description from Novelupdates

Below are some main characters of War Sovereign Soaring The Heavens:

A handsome young man with starlike eyes and steel formed brows, wearing violet usually. he’s kind to his family and friends, he’s decisive and pitiless to his enemies.

Duan Ling Tian has a soul that (presumably) can not be destroyed by individuals from the Cloud Continent. (change Cloud Continent to regardless of the name of the planet is called). He is known to be the primary person to use force below the Void Prying stage. Duan Ling Tian has reached the limit of natural talent. (In the later chapters, his current talent is close to rock bottom however he promotes his talent).

Has some titles, they are:

Duan Ru Feng is that the former genius of the Crimson Sky Kingdom WHO went missing. he’s the husband of and therefore the father of Duan Ling Tian. once inspects him he notices his father doesn’t have any origin energy and so thinks he’s a cripple. once his father leaves and gifts him powerful things he then suspects his initial premise was wrong and his father’s true strength immensely surpasses a Martial Emperor.

Duan Ling Tian saw her when get weapon materials, within the Chen family’s store. She had a chunk of paper that aforesaid can to sell body to get hold of mother’s burial. He gave her ten silver coins and he did not need her body. he saved her from Fang Chen. thus she aforesaid she needed to follow him.

Contrary to the standard head-on resistance of attacks that the majority defensive martial skills use, this defense martial talent stresses the employment of a weaker force to counter a stronger force. It’s supported cultivating the body till it’s very delicate and versatile, permitting the user to divert the attacks that land on their body elsewhere.

The first variety of the Nine Dragons War Sovereign Technique, the Spirit Serpent kind, it stressed regarding cultivating the physical body to be versatile sort of a spirit serpent….

The second variety of the Nine Dragons War Sovereign Technique, the Raging Python kind, it allowed Duan Ling Tian to temper his physical body with Origin Energy, possessing a fierce strength of a raging python, and an off-the-cuff swing of his arm was sort of a raging python swinging its tail.

Now, this third variety of the Nine Dragons War Sovereign Technique, the Wyrm Python kind, and its quintessence was the Quake Energy!

“Quake Energy isn’t a martial ability, it’s a lot of sensible than a martial skill….Because it is used with any martial ability, let alone the strength of my cultivation, it will bring about to a very terrific force.” Duan Ling Tian’s eyes squinted, and his hand that was coiled with Origin Energy ironed onto the cave wall.

- Description from fandom

In the wake of the first wave of shadow creatures, the world was plunged into ruin, a desolate yet enchanted wasteland. Humanity, driven underground, clung to survival while desperately plotting to reclaim their shattered world.But from the abyss of darkness, something miraculous stirred—a mysterious tree, shimmering with ancient power, appeared overnight. It chose only the strongest of heart, those with unbreakable will, gifting them extraordinary abilities. With these powers, humanity rose from the depths, waging war against the shadows.Yet beneath the surface of their heroic deeds lay a hidden rot. Corruption seeped into their ranks, and arrogance clouded their judgment. As their powers grew, so did the whispers of betrayal. The true battle may not be against the creatures lurking in the shadows—but against the darkness festering within their own hearts.A question lingers: When heroes fall, who will rise to take their place?