THE RISING BASTARD SON - Chapter 1 - - - The Rising Bastard Son.

In her previous lifetime, they had married for five years. He meant everything to her, but she was thrown away like an old shoe.

After her rebirth, she gave him a divorce contract preemptively—

“Divorce after one year, the terms of the contract are as follows: husband and wife shall not share a room or bed. Intimacy forbidden?”

He raised his eyebrow.

Who knew that after she got drunk one day, leaning on the headboard, he rested his deep-set eyes on her. “You broke the contract, Mrs, Li.”

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“She was supposed to be silent. She chose chaos instead.”At thirteen, Lorraine vowed to a boy, “I’ll be your poison. I’ll be your blade in the shadows. I’ll live for you.”The catch? She was supposed to be mute and deaf.The bigger catch? He was a hostage prince with no power.Raised in a household where her father adored her perfect half-sister Elyse, Lorraine was thrown into a political marriage with Prince Leroy. Unfortunately, he liked Elyse too. Of course he did.Lorraine played the role of the forgotten wife, but still gave it all. Loyalty, time, and space. The Silent Crown, they called her. Fitting, really. No one expected anything from her. Especially not betrayal.He came back from the war with a mistress, who was a living shadow of his first love.That was Lorraine’s breaking point. Divorce? Not allowed. Staying? Not an option.So, she gave herself one month. One month before she vanished from Vaeloria, from the life that had chewed her up and smiled while doing it.But before she left?She wanted revenge.On the father who put her through hell.On the sister who took her place.On everyone who hurt her and laughed at her.And continuing with… an affair… with Leroy.Yes, you read that right. Lorraine started a secret affair with her own husband. In the shadows. As someone else. Masked. Daring. Desired.And for the first time in her life, she was powerful.He doesn’t know it’s her.And she doesn’t care to correct him.She’ll ruin him with pleasure.Then leave him with regret.That was the plan.The kingdom has no idea what’s coming. The Silent Crown has stopped waiting to be loved. Now, she wants war. And she’ll watch it all burn from the shadows.

Ash Crowner was your ordinary college student with little to nothing going on for him.He lives a carefree life with no worry for what is to come. But theres one thing he lives by: PAYBACK.He always gives back what he’s given, either twice as hard, or hotter than hell.However, his life takes a dark turn when he is lured to a secluded spot by his peers, leading to his tragic death.But they say where one thing ends, another begins.The curtains didn’t close there for Ash. He was judged and transmigrated into the most hated man in another world.A young king reviled by all. A man disgraced, hated by his wives, and ignored by his court.With an enigmatic system by his side, Ash now has to live a whole new life as someone else, all while kept on a leash by the higher powers—the judges, that dragged him into this new world.He has to earn his due respect, rebuild his image, and also unlock the mysteries surrounding him, including the unexplained death of the young king he transmigrated into.But among the many things he’s set on doing, two stand above the rest: repaying the suffering inflicted on him by the judges who brought him here, and avenging the untimely death caused by his peers in his previous life.Follow Ash as he claws his way from disgrace to glory, in a world where second chances come at a deadly price.

The Barren Continent, where martial arts are supreme, and strength is honored above all.The once-in-an-era prodigy, Ye Chen, came forth with the ancient and unparalleled divine technique. He cultivated his martial veins, survived the thunder tribulation, merged with the spirit blood of true beings, and shook the six harmonies and the eight desolations with his martial prowess. He roamed the myriad realms and heavens, fighting across the world with the secret realm of billions of stars that were eternal and undying!An endless trove of treasures, worlds of bizarre wonders, sects, ancient clans, fairies, witches, friendships and enmities, and heated battles—all of it was contained therein.