The Relentless Will

A story of a villain, Veyron Kade — once Orion Vale, the man an entire civilization mobilized to kill — who wakes in a stranger's body after his own death, carrying two hundred and eighty-nine years of genius, cunning, and cruelty into a world that has no idea what it's just welcomed. With nothing but a borrowed name, six unnatural fingers, and a mind sharpened across two lifetimes, he sets out to claim power through patience, manipulation, and whatever warmth he can spend and discard along the way! Ruthless and without conscience, he holds nothing back once he's decided a life is worth spending to get what he wants. In a world of Rune Masters where cultivators bind the laws of nature into stones and burn them for strength, Veyron Kade starts at the very bottom, with the weakest rune there is, and means to climb over everyone who ever mistook his stillness for weakness.

# Mature Content Warning (18+): The following chapter includes graphic gore, extreme violence, torture, body horror, death, and disturbing imagery. These scenes may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.