The Forsaken Sovereign
On his seventeenth birthday, Lloyd Veyr, a master swordsman in a world of spiritual cultivators, faces the ultimate test: his awakening. But when the sacred crystal declares him 'Hollowborn'—a man....
On his seventeenth birthday, Lloyd Veyr, a master swordsman in a world of spiritual cultivators, faces the ultimate test: his awakening. But when the sacred crystal declares him 'Hollowborn'—a man without a spiritual core, unfit to inherit his noble house—his future shatters. Disgraced and disowned, Lloyd is cast out, unaware that the crystal briefly revealed a forbidden, ancient pattern within him, a secret that Magister Voss, the imperial examiner, is desperate to keep hidden. As whispers of his failure turn to a silent death sentence, Lloyd must confront a truth far more dangerous than his perceived weakness. What power truly lies dormant within the Hollowborn heir, and what will happen if it awakens?