When Dead Leaves Fall

“Betrayal isn’t a knife in the back. It’s the poison in the blood you never see coming.”



Liang Chen was the prodigy of the Crimson Lotus Sect — loyal, gifted, and destined to rise.



Until everything crumbled.



Framed for the murder of the Grandmaster, betrayed by those he called family, he was condemned to death. And so, Liang died alone in a lotus pond, his soul cracked, crimson petals floating around his broken body.



And then... the world rewound.



Liang wakes up three centuries in the past, back when he was just an outer disciple, when he was weak, overlooked and forgotten. But this time, the world is different. There are quests, system prompts, even patch notes. A game-like structure overlays reality and Liang is the only one aware.



Armed with knowledge of the future, Liang Chen must defy fate and ascend towards the heavens or risk being sentenced to the same fate as he was before. This time, he’ll burn the heavens before he lets history repeat itself.