When He Fell from the Altar

A sudden meteorite impact changed the course of tens of millions of lives. Ye Jue, at the very center of the disaster, was undoubtedly its greatest victim. His powerful dual abilities mutated into useless ones, his once agile limbs became severely stiff, and radioactive substances affected his appearance, senses, and mental strength, reducing him to an ordinary person.

He had only one option left: repeat a year and retire in peace.

But the review board rejected his application.

Their reasoning was that this young executive had a long record of misconduct. During his tenure, he had offended countless organizations and alliances, repeatedly defied his superiors and reported them to higher-ups; undermined candidates and befriended ability users with bad records, making his loyalties unclear; gotten into a vicious fight with the brother he'd known for ten years over a man; and stabbed a valuable experimental subject during a major experiment. The people he'd offended could circle the globe twice...

Everyone was talking, worried about what would become of him for the rest of his life.

But, to everyone's surprise, he remained calm. He resigned without a fuss and vanished from public view. A year later, he was discovered living quietly at an ordinary school for ability users, working as an unremarkable librarian.

The ability-user criminals he'd once punished and the organizations that had long held grudges against him came to see how miserable he had become. Instead...

His top-ranking former superior, whose promotion he'd held up, was rolling up his sleeves and quietly helping him organize books.

The unruly ability user with a bad record stopped by to take out his trash.

The newly appointed candidate he'd once undermined had given up a place at an elite school and transferred here just to persuade him to return to work.

The experimental subject he'd stabbed would rather be put on display than miss the chance to see him.

And the brother he'd once fought was pinning him against a cabinet, acting intimately and coaxing him with a dark, unreadable gaze. "...Could you not see that person?"

Ye Jue calmly pulled his hand away. "You've got the wrong person."

Then he glanced out the window, a careless smile hidden in the corner of his eye. "Tsk, more filth showing up at my door."

He seemed even more impossible to mess with than before!!!

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After the disaster, Ye Jue fell from his pedestal.

His name and glory slowly faded into history, but memories didn't disappear. The people who had crossed paths with him hadn't forgotten his kindness, and they came to his side one after another, pledging to stay with him for life.

Ye Jue propped his elbow on the desk and kept reading. "I'll think about it."

1v1. The love interest is the brother who spent ten years with the protagonist.

Composed, calm, emotionally steady, with a passion for punishing evil and a heart stronger than steel, the protagonist Ye Jue × a domineering, fiercely protective attack who bites down and never lets go, Shen Sui.

[Reader's guide:] 1. No changing love interests, no splitting or reversing the pairing. 2. The protagonist isn't the villain the outside world claims he is. He's a natural savior and doesn't like competing for things. 4. His lost appearance and dual abilities will gradually return. 4. Everyone is drawn to him, and everyone loves him (and some might not be human?). 5. A wish-fulfillment story about hitting rock bottom and fighting back.

Theme: Even in adversity, a strong person can turn the tables.