Assasin Reborn
He was once a legendary swordsman. Now, he is a powerless young man fighting for a future he may never reach. But the man who destroyed his first life is....
He was once a legendary swordsman. Now, he is a powerless young man fighting for a future he may never reach. But the man who destroyed his first life is still alive. Sixty years ago, Byron Price was a name that commanded respect across battlefields. A legendary swordsman whose blade had survived countless battles, he believed there were few enemies he could not defeat. Until the night he was forced to choose between his sword and the woman he loved. He surrendered his weapon to save his wife. His reward was betrayal. And death. Six decades later, eighteen-year-old Jason Reed is struggling to survive in the powerful Kingdom of Rathen. Born into poverty, physically weak, and hopelessly behind his peers in cultivation, Jason has spent years chasing an almost impossible dream: earning a place at the prestigious Highspire Academy. But the Academy is a world where talent, strength, wealth, and noble blood determine who rises and who gets left behind. Jason has none of those advantages. What he does have is an older sister who refuses to give up on him, a determination that survives every humiliation, and increasingly disturbing visions of a life he cannot remember. A sword falling against stone. A woman screaming his name. A betrayal buried beneath sixty years of silence. As Jason fights to prove himself among gifted cultivators, powerful noble families, and dangerous rivals, strange fragments of the past begin to surface. What first appears to be an impossible dream slowly threatens everything he believes about himself. Yet the greatest danger isn't what Jason remembers. It's what others have spent decades ensuring the world forgets. Behind Rathen's celebrated heroes, military glory, and magnificent institutions lie secrets capable of shaking the kingdom itself. And somewhere within that powerful world stands an enemy whose ambitions have survived generations. To uncover the truth, Jason must rise from a boy who can barely control his own Qi into someone capable of challenging forces far beyond his strength. But every victory will demand a price. Every alliance will test his loyalty. And the closer he comes to the truth, the harder it becomes to distinguish justice from revenge. Because this time, defeating the enemy may not be enough. He must decide what kind of man he is willing to become. One life ended in betrayal. Another begins with a forgotten promise. This is Assassin Reborn.