Bloodstained Zhaoning: A Reborn Revenge

Snow sealed the city, and blood stained the frozen lake. Shen Zhaoning, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, ultimately died at the hands of Crown Prince Xiao Chengyan, the man he had trusted with everything.

At twenty-one, in the prime of his life, he took seventeen knife wounds. His wholehearted loyalty was repaid with a blade through the heart. Xiao Chengyan, whom he had treated like a brother and cared for with all his heart, stepped over his corpse, secured the position of heir to the throne, and destroyed his entire family.

The Duke of Zhenguo died in battle under a cloud of injustice. His loving mother took her own life to preserve her honor. The century-old ducal house fell in a single day, and its loyal family was branded as traitors who had colluded with the enemy.

Xiao Chengyan claimed the empire, concealing his ruthless determination to root out every last enemy beneath a mask of benevolence.

As death drew near, Shen Zhaoning was consumed by hatred. He hated himself for failing to see through people, hated the villains’ treacherous ambition, and most of all hated that his entire family had been dragged down with him.

Then his soul returned, and he was sent back to the days before tragedy struck.

He shed the innocence of youth and buried every ounce of affection. All that remained in his eyes was ice and murderous intent.

In this life, he would no longer be the fool others could manipulate, nor the stepping stone Xiao Chengyan used to ascend the throne.

The warmth he had once given, he would now take back in full. The suffering he had once endured, he would now repay many times over.

Xiao Chengyan, what you owe me and the entire Shen family, I will make you pay for step by step. You will be ruined and disgraced, and you will pay for every drop of blood.