Ashen Ascension: The Divided Flame - Chapter 30: Hunting The Hunters II

Cheng Zhu, a young and accomplished individual, stumbled upon a question online: 'If you had the chance to be reborn and go back to the past, would you take it?'As someone recognized in his circle for having the most 'spirit', Cheng Zhu scoffed at the thousands of comments from people wishing for rebirth.He responded with a simple 'No', alongside a screenshot of his impressive bank balance.But in the next moment... he was reborn!

Frascoia Continent… Various races like Celestials, Demons, Humans, Monsters, Elves, Dwarves, and so on occupied this continent.

Humans and the other races lived on the mainland of the continent while the Celestials and Demons lived in Heaven and Purgatory, respectively.

Within the Demons, a prodigy named Azaroth rose quickly, even by demons' standards, to the point of being dubbed a Demon God. There was only one person above him within the demons: The Great Demon Venerable, the Demons' Supreme Godfather.

Azaroth's extraordinary talent never had the chance to blossom to its full potential; a terrible calamity struck him down and he died soon after. But was this calamity just misfortune or was it hiding an opportunity for him?

Near his deathbed, he prepared for his future ascent to achieve his lofty goal.

Millions of years had passed after Demon God Azaroth's demise and now a young aristocrat called Edwin Rhodes came across a mysterious cave.

To the world, Isabella Harrington is nothing special--quiet and easy to forget despite her wealthy background. After her parents died ten years ago, her inheritance fell under her uncle's control. Even her marriage was perfectly planned by them.But Isabella was far from being anyone's pawn.Behind her calm smile and flawless disguise hides a fiercer and more ruthless side. She would do anything to take back everything that was stolen from her, even if it meant attaching herself to her family's rival.Enter Kaelian Veyron, the young master of the powerful Veyron family and president of Phoenix Corporation. He's the man every woman dreams of marrying.Cold, calculating, and devastatingly handsome, he easily tops the nation's “most desired” men lists even after an accident left him blind.No one, however, imagined that the 'ordinary' Harrington heiress would pursue him so relentlessly that she boldly moved in next door, sent him flirty texts, and removed all obstacles from his path, and even confessed her feelings in public.Everyone waited for her to be rejected and humiliated.Unexpectedly, Kaelian surprises them all by taking Isabella as his wife....He thought her feelings for him were fleeting, and he should get rid of her early.But later, he realized, she had already stolen his heart.Now, he can’t let her go.

Leo died like an idiot and got a second chance in a world that doesn't tolerate idiots. Dropped onto forbidden Oni territory, he's forced into a death hunt where survival should be impossible, but his body adapts through violence, pain, and sheer refusal to stay dead.One brutal victory earns him gold, status, and the attention of Iori, a warrior prodigy who's never tasted defeat. Now, traveling a continent where strength is law and gods play with mortals like pieces on a board.Leo faces a simple question: how strong can you become when dying just makes you harder to kill?