“Sierra, you're about to break through to the Martial Emperor realm!”

Adrian Leaf smiled with pure joy as he spoke to Sierra Rae, the woman he loved most. Once she reached that level, they could finally marry.

But just as those words left his mouth, a sharp sword stabbed clean through his back and out his chest.

At the same time, Sierra Rae kicked him hard in the gut.

He crashed to the ground, coughing blood. Gritting his teeth, he turned around—

The one who ambushed him was his sworn brother, Lucian Anteros.

His brother.

His beloved woman.

They joined hands to kill him!

Adrian’s heart twisted. The pain was sharp and complete.

Before him, the two stood smirking, cold and pleased.

“You two traitorous bastards! Listen well—unless I’m truly dead and gone, if there’s a next life, I swear I’ll make you pay!”

His body collapsed. Consciousness slipping.

……

“Adrian, you dare disrespect me? I’m your father’s wife!”

A sultry voice rang by his ear.

He opened his eyes. A half-naked young woman lay beside him, her curves obvious. Any ordinary man would’ve lost control.

But not him. He was the once-invincible Martial Emperor of the Divine Realm, the Eternal Emperor.

He'd faced all kinds of temptations—none moved him.

Only Sierra Rae had touched his heart.

Thinking of her, a cold rage surged in his eyes.

Still, he forced himself calm. He'd been given another chance at life.

But who was he now? Where was this place?

Just then, countless memories flooded his head—

“At ten, he awakened his Martial Soul—the fastest ever in Longyun City! A true prodigy!”

“Adrian was ambushed outside the city, his dantian shattered. His martial path ended.”

“The family head went into the Qinshan Mountains seeking a cure, but never returned. Rumors say he died there…”

After the memories settled, he sighed.

He’d been reborn... into a crippled youth.

Before he could dwell on it, footsteps rushed from outside—

“Bang!”

The door was kicked open!

A figure charged in and struck him square in the forehead.

Still dizzy from memory fusion, Adrian’s vision went black.

……

“This worthless brat dared lay hands on his stepmother—he’s an animal!”

“His father risked his life for him, and this is how he repays it? Filthy scum.”

“Shows what a pretty face hides—pure evil underneath!”In the dark, a flood of angry voices pounded in Adrian Leaf's ears. A bucket of icy cold water slammed into his face, yanking him awake.

He opened his eyes and scanned the surroundings. He was in a courtyard, tied to a stone pillar, surrounded by dozens of people. All of them glared at him with disgust, some even pointing at him and cursing out loud.

Putting the pieces together with the memory he’d just absorbed, Adrian understood the situation.

He’d been reborn, his soul of the Emperor Eternal now inhabiting the body of a boy with the same name, living a hundred years later on Tianlong Continent.

This new Adrian was once the pride of the Leaf Clan in Longyun City. At just ten, he'd broken through to the Warrior Realm and awakened his Martial Soul—crowned as the city’s top prodigy. Everyone used to flatter him.

But a year ago, during a trip with his fiancée, they were ambushed. He stood up to protect her, got his Dantian shattered, and fell from genius to cripple overnight. His adoptive father, Stephen Leaf, poured clan resources into trying to heal him, all in vain.

Half a year ago, rumors spread about a Divine Cloud Herb in the Qingshan Mountains that could rebuild a Dantian. Stephen went in alone—and never came back.

Since that day, Adrian’s standing in the clan plummeted. Those once eager to please him turned to mocking and insults. His fiancée even broke off the engagement.

Just last night, he was drugged in his room and passed out.

That’s when Adrian Leaf—the true Adrian—returned, reborn as Emperor Eternal.

And after that? The setup happened. Him and his stepmother Lillian Collins in bed. The trap was clear. All meant to destroy him.

Now that the two souls had merged, this boy’s past was his past. His revenge would be his too.

“Adrian Leaf,” he murmured to himself. “From now on, you and I are one. Anyone who lays a hand on you is laying a hand on me. And I’ll make each one pay.”

The voice of a sharp-eyed middle-aged man cut through the crowd. "Adrian, what you’ve done with your stepmother—by clan law, that’s worthy of death!"

Adrian turned to stare at the speaker. From memory, that was Drummond Leaf, the seventh elder of the clan.

He was also the one who had broken into Adrian’s room the night before.

After Stephen vanished, Drummond had taken up with Lillian. Adrian had known it for a long time, but with no evidence and his cultivation ruined, no one would've believed him.

Last night’s scene was their doing. A trap. Their goal? Kill him.

The crowd started shouting.

“Kill this beast!”

“He’s disgraced the Leaf Clan!”

“Stephen disappeared seeking a cure for him, only for this disgrace to happen... Heaven would not forgive it!”