Dan_Ryder

This is the story of a young noble devil within the Xertzul Abyss. Spoiled and dotted on since birth, James is your typical arrogant young master. He bullies and beats anyone he can find with the help of his butler Azon. His good days come to end though when he unlocks a useless Dao and is labeled as trash by his devil clan. With his fall from grace, James has to learn the value of hard work and effort if he ever wants to find his place within the heartless Abyss.

This is a true weak to strong story focusing on an evil protagonist. James has no moral compass and is riddled with character flaws that are fixed by his character development. If you want to skip Volume 1's character progression start reading at chapter 69 it is a full recap that allows you to start reading Volume 2.

This novel has logical character and strength development while the MC is given very little plot armor to help him along his path. In fact, most of the time the plot actively works against the mc.

Volume 2:

Seeing no further prospects under the protection of his clan Soulless (James) heads out alone in the cold dark Abyss. More mature themes are explored as the Soulless comes of age as an adult. His hopes, focus, and drive change as he matures through adulthood learning to stand on his own two feet. Mc starts to grow a little OP.

Volume 3:

Soulless embarks on a quest to the Western Frontier to create his own fief. By now the Mc is Op & Evil Incarnate.

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Devil's Rise

I surmised I had not tempered enough sword qi to be able to use a new waveform attack. The way this technique evolve was through tempering. Once you had generated enough sword qi you could then learn a new waveform and breakthrough.

Earth Splitting and Earth Shattering were the limits for me.

I redoubled my efforts the next week by mastering Earth Shattering and perfecting Earth Splitting. Earth Splitting was no longer second fiddle to my Earth Shattering. After a while, I found I could no longer improve my sword qi. Only through battle could my sword qi be tempered further.

It was time for me to head out and find a worthy opponent to temper my blade!

Maiden Dancing Under The Autumn Leaves