Prince Ethan was never meant to exist.
Born a bastard of the Frost Empire, his very blood was a stain the royal family sought to erase. Hated. Tortured.
Forgotten. Even the Emperor, his own grandfather, denied him, as though Ethan were nothing more than a mistake that refused to die.
Crippled by a frail body and deemed talentless, Ethan was treated as less than human.
But what they failed to break… was his will.
On the day of his coming of age, he was granted a territory—The Crimson Castle.
A frozen wasteland drowning in blood, where war never ceased, resources were scarce, and death was inevitable.
A burial ground disguised as a gift.
The empire expected him to refuse.
Instead, Ethan smiled, and asked for something far worse.
“I want sovereignty.”
A death sentence.
And Ethan accepted it willingly.
Because to him, there were only two endings: rise… or die forgotten.
But fate had other plans.
[Congratulations! You have awakened the Legendary Bloodline — Apex Devouring Bloodline.]
[Congratulations! You have acquired the trait — Absolute Defence.]
[Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Snow.]
Power answered his defiance.
What was meant to be his grave became his throne.
With a mind sharpened by suffering and a will that refused to kneel, Ethan begins his ascent, one carved through blood, conquest, and absolute control.
Yet the deeper he climbs, the more the truth unravels.
A past life buried in darkness.
Enemies that transcend empires.
A bloodline that was never meant to exist.
Revenge against his family was only the beginning.
Because this time… Ethan isn’t just hunting those who wronged him.
He’s coming for everything.
No harem.