The blackened skies rumbled above the Demon Province as a storm approached—one born not from nature, but from fate.
Riku stood alone on the highest tower of the Crimson Moon Fortress, gazing down at the swirling battlefields beyond the mountains. His black robes fluttered in the wind, his crimson Sharingan eyes glowing like dying embers.
Below, his sworn warriors trained in silence. Around him, silence reigned. But within, a war raged.
Moments ago, he had received message by reading the mind of spy using yamanaka clan technique.
" The Demon Lord is under ambush near the Feng mountain . Blade school has prepared ambush their ."
Riku's fists clenched behind his back.
He knew what this meant.
The Blade school —mysterious organization, master of a thousand blades, wielder of forbidden martial scripts—was the only enemy the Demon Lord truly feared. If the Demon Lord fell, the cult would be thrown into chaos.
And in that chaos… Riku could rise.
Two options lay before him.
Path One: Save the Demon Lord and have favourable impression in front of him .
Path Two: Wait. Let the Blade school master wound the Demon Lord, if not kill him. With the Lord gone or incapacitated, the Cult would have no choice but to rally around Riku—the young prodigy, the warrior who had already slain a council elder. The System quest would be fulfilled. And then…
The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan would awaken.
And with the fusion of his Sage Body—earned through brutal training and ancient bloodline refinement—he would evolve further… into the Rinnegan.
The ultimate eye.
A power that could reshape the world.
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Riku's hand hovered near the hilt of his sword. The air around him crackled with suppressed energy.
The System's interface flickered into view.
System Quest – "Ascend as Demon Cult Leader"
Objective: Inherit the Demon Throne through power and legacy.
Reward: Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan unlocked.
Bonus Fusion: Combine with Sage Body → Unlock Rinnegan.
Status: 80% Complete
Hint: The throne becomes vacant… when the old ruler falls.
Riku exhaled slowly.
It was all too perfect. The timing, the setup, the opportunity.
He remembered the original novel—the one he had read in his past life before reincarnating. In it, the protagonist only became the true force of change after inheriting the cult. His power surged, and the world could no longer contain him.
"But I'm not just following the novel," Riku whispered, eyes narrowing. "I am rewriting it."
He thought of the Demon Lord—not a kind man, but a cunning man who used his own son to suppress six main clans .
"Is that worth saving?" Riku muttered.
Then again, the Lord had no blood ties to him. No reason to trust him fully. And now, with the Blade school unleashed, Riku suspected the attack wasn't just coincidental.
He sensed a deeper game—a ploy to test him.
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"Lord Riku," came a voice from the doorway.
Then a girl walked up and said that lord is about to go .
And then She vanished.
Riku turned again toward the storm-covered horizon.
In the swirling chaos of clouds, he imagined the battlefield—blades clashing, qi screaming, and the figure of the Demon Lord holding back the Blade school with torn flesh and burning eyes.
Demon lord is weak compared to them , he not mercy of blade master in novel, he would have died that day.
If he saved him , he would have to wait to demon lord descend from his position .
The System quest would remain incomplete. And the Rinnegan… just a distant dream.
He opened his hand and stared at his fingers. Power coiled within them—untapped, raw, divine.
He didn't reincarnate to become a hero of balance.
He came to rewrite destiny.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed crimson and twisted—three tomoe fused into a spinning pinwheel.
System Alert:
You have chosen to follow "Path of Ascendancy"
Consequence: The Demon Lord will suffer critical injuries and you will ambush him to put him in coma .
Result: You will be declared Acting Cult Leader by emergency decree.
Reward: Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan unlocked
A new alert blinked.
He chosed the path and redraw destiny -
he said. "This is just the beginning of my true path."
As he turned toward the inner sanctum, where the Cult's ancient throne awaited, the wind whispered around him like a chorus of ghosts.
In the distance, the battle would end.
The Demon Lord would survive—but barely.
And by the time he awoke, Riku would already wear the crown.