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System: I save you so that you can cultivate immortals! Not for you to engage in scientific research! Tang Huan: Oh, do you have any new mech manufacturing drawings? System: No! No points for not cultivating immortals! You can’t buy pictures without points! Tang Huan: Well, I’ll go to cultivate immortals. Later, Tang Huanlang went too far and fell seriously injured at Tianyifeng. The kind-hearted peak master said: It is enough to promise life-saving grace. Tang Huan:……? ? ? How can a savior take the initiative to ask others to agree with him! Black Belly Man Sao Sword Repair Big Brother x Pseudo High Cold Real Technology House Big Long Legs Cannon Sister Su Shuang, Ji San Tang Sect, has not played before and does not affect the reading of the “text” Content tags: Traveling through time and space Immortal hero cultivation Sweet text Shuang text Search keywords: Protagonist: Tang Huan Supporting role: Mo Qingyi Others: Jisan, Tangmen, 1v1, he - Description from MTLNovel
[Introduction 1] The villain: “Go crazy! Why are you killing me?” Heavy responsibility: “Because I was killed by you in half a month.” Villain: “???” Before he died, the villain cried. He cried very aggrieved. He didn’t even recognize the neurosis in front of him. [Introduction 2] Compress the infinite time into a moment, anything can happen. Rising up in humbleness, walking in the gap of time, reversing billions of years of slavery. This is the story of an immortal man and his compatriots breaking free from the shackles of fate. - Description from MTLNovel
Ye Lingchen was a regular high schooler who struggled with exams and expectations from his parents.All that changed after he woke up from a strange dream and discovered that he had been granted the ‘Prodigy System’. His life changed from this point on. Reading a book allowed him to learn its content immediately. Listening to lectures granted instant understanding of the lesson. Observation of a technique imprinted knowledge of the technique used.Learning had never been so easy, and as the saying goes, knowledge is power. In this case, he now had access to a ton of unbridled power.What does it feel like to become a ‘prodigy’ overnight? Follow Ye Lingchen on this journey to discover the limitless possibilities…
Legend has it that there are immortals in this world! Chen Li: There may be, but there are more monsters and monsters! Once across the vast expanse, busy running around just to live, everyone is good at cultivating immortals, whoever sees the bones in the wilderness. [The work “Dawn Era” has been ordered by Wan Jun, the exquisite work “Chonglin Monitor Lizard”, quality assurance] QQ new group number: 792315181 (the old group has been killed) - Description from MTLNovel
While the blue light blossoms, the insignificant struggle at the bottom. He grasps the opportunity to change his fate and embarks on an unprecedented path…I will control my destiny, not Heaven!Perhaps he is naïve, or perhaps, is the start of a new epic journey!
Wang Lin is a very smart boy with loving parents. Although him and his parents are shunned by the rest of their relatives, his parents always held high hopes that he will one day become someone great. One day, Wang Lin suddenly gained the chance to walk the path of an immortal, but found that he only had mediocre talent at best. Watch Wang Lin as he breaks through his lack of talent and walks the path towards becoming a real immortal!
After dying from a strange terminal illness, Ling Lan was reborn into a world 10000 years into the future. Although she dearly wished she could just live a peaceful and uneventful life in her new healthy body, fate had other plans…Forced to disguise herself as a boy just so she could inherit her deceased father’s premium military benefits, Ling Lan’s journey to adulthood was full of challenges. After much difficulty, she finally turned sixteen when she could drop the charade. But before she could grasp her newfound freedom to get married and start her own family, a twist of fate results in her being thrown into the Federation’s top military boys’ school.With these twists of fate, Ling Lan had little choice but to walk further and further down a path of no return, one of cold and aloof dominance…
A demon phoenix cultivator died in the hands of his beloved and was merged with a young master with the same name. Their souls were fused and now, the new Feng Fei Yun is struggling to become stronger and survive in the human world. Will he meet his lover once again? Will they reconcile even though she is now a Goddess and he a mortal human? And what is the Spirit Vessel that took his soul to this world?
A young juvenile’s dantian was sealed since childhood. He can learn all elementary laws and master all martial art techniques. Various Kings strive to reach the heavens, new warlords rise together simultaneously, great races stand with thousands of numbers. From the moment that youth awakens, Everyone will shiver in his presence…….Humans unfair to ME, millions of corpses on the ground.HEAVEN IS AGAINST ME , MY FURY WILL BURN THE HEAVEN ITSELF…….
Before going to college, an ordinary high school student went to celebrate and got drunk. When he woke up, he found himself in a completely different world. There was a big sect, the approaching sect entrance examination, a slum where his body’s previous owner lived, and a shared memory about a missing young girl.When he got tangled in a fight with a few punks in this different world, he fell off a cliff and miraculously found himself still alive, with two more voices ringing inside his head. They were Sword Master and Saber Master. In the company of them, he continued to find out more about this whole new world. He took the sect entrance examination, entered the sect, met a strange man in black, and even participated in a major competition of the sect to have a chance to win over his peers! In this whole new world, he was born again and got to explore the fantastic martial world!
One day, the supreme villainess’s sleeping soul is bound to an unknown life form who calls itself the Cannon Fodder System. The lifeform requires her to act as various cannon fodders in various worlds, dying again and again in different inexplicable ways just so the story plot can progress. Shao Yin believes that every single character should be allowed a chance to live their own life, instead of becoming a stepping stone for the so-called protagonists. Hence, she does her best in each and every world. System: Please try your best to act your role as a cannon fodder. Shao Yin: Hm? Why would she do that? Is it not pleasing to hold money and power within her own hands? - Description from Novelupdates
Skyfire Avenue is a street that is 2048 meters long. There are 168 stores here, and each of the store owners is an extremely powerful adept. The Avenue does not permit any vehicles or any robots to pass through it, much less mecha. Even the patrolling police must move about on foot. This is because this is a street for pedestrians, a lane for nobles, hidden away within this high technology world. Lan Jue, the greatest of the mercenaries, code-named ‘Zeus’, has secluded himself here in Skyfire Avenue after the death of his wife. The name of his shop is “Zeus’ Jewelry Store”, and here in Skyfire Avenue, he has been given the title, Jewel Master.
Jiang He might have transmigrated to a world of Qi and martial arts, but the System that he got only provided him with… seeds.“Hold on, System. Aren’t these just… peas? Not only are they inedible, but I’m supposed to throw them far, far away?”
Catching arrows, running up walls, crushing boulders and bending metal, these are but petty parlour tricks in the eyes of a true martial artist. But where can a martial artist stand in an era of material pursuit?Join Wang Yu, the greatest martial genius the world has ever seen, as he takes on the gaming world of “Rebirth”, where dragons, demons and immortals are more than just legends.
Heaven has mysteriously collapsed. But wait, Jiang Chen, son of the Heavenly Emperor, unexpectedly reincarnated into the body of a despised young noble, thus embarking on the path of the underdog trouncing all comers. No one has the right to call himself a genius in front of Jiang Chen, as no one has a better understanding of the heavens than the son of the Heavenly Emperor. Genius? He who adheres to me shall ascend, those who oppose me can find solace in hell!
Ever met someone who started cultivating from his mother’s womb?He does not care for his image, willing to take all steps necessary to ensure his plans succeed!Watch Ling Tian, martial arts genius, who crossed from the modern world to the ancient times, bringing with him all his memories from his past self!A person with high comprehension talent, blessed with the gift of eloquence as well as a burning desire to be the best!Join us as we follow Ling Tian’s adventures in this new world has appeared in! Watch as he plays with the politics of the court and of the Great Families, and how he finds his allies which will help him to conquer this world!
What I want, the Heavens shall not lack! What I don’t want, had better not exist in the Heavens!” This is a story which originates between the Eighth and Ninth Mountains, the world in which the strong prey upon the weak. “My Name is Meng Hao! The Ninth Generation Demon Sealer, I shall seal the Heavens!! “
Growing up with eccentric materialist parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.
Gripes have their origins and debts have their creditors. We haven’t crossed each other in days past or present, nor formed any grudges. I am but duty-bound to carry this out, so apologies in advance!In his past life, Yang Chen was a gentle person who was oppressed for his whole life.Now that he’s reborn, he chose to become an executioner and severs ties and grudges with his executioner’s blade, killing all that climb onto the Immortal Executioner’s Platform!Heads will roll! Humans’ in the human realm, demons’ in the demon realm, devils’ in the devil realm and immortals’ in the immortal realm!
This is a strange and inexplicable world…Mountains, water, stones, flowers, grass, trees, wood, the Sun, moonlight, stars… All creation under the Heavens and Earths are sources of energy. In this world, there are all the classics from his previous world, but there is a new addition: The Law of Dao. Fang Zhengzhi was conflicted. I can obtain power from reading books? Should I read Tao Te Ching first? Or should I read The Art of Becoming Invisible? What about the Analects of Confucius or… The Golden Lotus? With The Law Of Dao as his foundation, can Fang Zhengzhi master the Dao of All Creation and open the gate of God?
Martial arts can be a master! After practicing martial arts to the realm of the god wheel, you can develop supernatural powers and become extraordinary! - Description from MTLNovel
On a certain day, Ye Zichen was dragged into a deities’ chat group. These deities liked to brag, and also liked to send red packets.Ever since then, Ye Zichen’s life has had unbelievable changes.The God of Fortune sent a red packet. I’m going snatch it! Wow, I got a large gold ingotTaibai Jinxing sent a red packet, I’m going to snatch it as well! Wow, I got a thousand years of cultivation.Super WeChat Red Envelope Group, with a swipe of my hands, I got them red packets.Stop messing around, I’m going to snatch red envelopes now!
The white bone is the most poisonous snake in the dark factory, and it is also a wicked way of being condemned by everyone. One day, I inadvertently encountered another kind of bright and colorful skin, a weak gentleman who seemed to be as gentle as a jade, but… Facts have proved that it is not necessarily the vase that looks good, but it may also be a catastrophe. Also known as “Let the poisonous snake fall in love, don’t you feel too embarrassed about the nature of the poisonous snake? 》 “If the viper is going to fall in love, I will give you my head” “A poisonous snake has the taste of first love when falling in love” “Good love is negative and negative becomes positive” Read the tips 1. Frozen indifferent little milk dog female protagonist VS natural cool, ruthless and hypocritical male protagonist 2. The heroine disguised as a man, practiced evil skills hard, and became a flat chest. She wanted to be brothers with the brightly colored snakes, but the brothers just wanted to force her to fall in love… - Description from MTLNovel
He’s the Wolf King on the battlefield, one that mastered peerless martial arts and the sophisticated art of medicine. He originally wanted to just live a peaceful life, but his wife who’s a CEO thought he’s a loser and wanted a divorce. The cold war between husband and wife began.Translator : Noodletown Translated Editor : Noodletown Translated
[‘Lightning Magic Primer’ has been consumed. Your understanding is very high.] [The 2nd Circle magic ‘Lightning Bolt’ has been acquired.] The unprecedented magician who will eat all the magic books of the world has appeared !
Just as a gamer found an overpowered skill book called ‘Item Upgrade’ in the hottest virtual reality role-playing game on Earth, something happened to the game’s system, causing his soul to leave his body and go to another dimension. Common sense dictates that he would be born anew then become the greatest overlord of this world by making use of his advanced knowledge. Not in this case! He was already dead. Only some fragments of his soul and that skill book managed to get into that dimension and merge with an ordinary common youngster called Bai Yunfei.This was the enormous Tianhun continent, where humans could be said to have no limits. There was a group of humans here who could cultivate the power of their own souls then control their bodies, the natural elements and even other people’s souls with that power! These special beings were called — soul cultivators. Come witness how the several fragments of the dead inter-dimensional traveler’s soul and that skill book, which was not governed by the laws of this plane, were going to help Bai Yunfei become a legendary soul cultivator and craftsman!
Following the advancement of soul technology, the humans of Douluo Continent conquered the ocean and discovered two new continents. After being hunted by spirit masters excessively, the soul beasts are nearly extinct. After countless years of lying dormant, the King of the Soul Beasts has awakened in the Great Star Dou Forest. It will lead its remaining clansmen in taking vengeance against humanity! Tang Wulin is determined to become a powerful Soul Master. However, when he awakened his martial soul, it was actually a… Incomparable talent. The battle of the Dragon King. The Legend of our Dragon King hereby begins.
Mu Yun Gui was the white moonlight of the male lead in a cultivation-based book. Mu Yun Gui didn’t herself know that she was a short-lived white moonlight, until one day, a junior sister who was the eldest lady from a prominent family came into her life and turned her life upside down. Her childhood sweetheart slowly got estranged from her and became close to the junior sister. In the end, he even abandoned her to save that junior sister. When Mu Yun Gui plunged into the deep sea, she saw a triumphant smile on the junior sister. At that time, she knew that the junior sister was a girl from a different world, and this world was a book. The cause of her cultivation stagnation was that the girl had robbed her luck. After the fall, Mu Yun Gui opened her eyes and found that she was not dead, but fell into an underground cave. In the cave, there was a ten-thousand-year-old ice block with a person inside it. Mu Yun Gi thought that this person also like her fell into the forbidden area, and out of good intentions, she unlocked the seal. Jiang Shao Cai was sealed in an ice block for ten thousand years. Suddenly one day, he was awakened by a girl. The girl was embarrassed, but still smiled at him and said, “Did you fall too? It’s okay, I will save you.” The girl didn’t know that the boy she saved was a legendary genius from ten thousand years ago, who was abandoned by the immortal world and fell into the dark. (Strong and optimistic white moonlight and the legendary genius who fell into the dust.) - Description from Novelupdates
According to legend: Demons can change into human beings, hide in the crowd, and choose people to devour. “I have drank the wind, swallowed the sand, and roamed the world under the clouds.” Dian Wei swallowed the gluttonous food in one gulp, and he became stronger again. He lifted the one-billion-pound meteor chain hammer in his hand, and his eyes were calm and distant. - Description from MTLNovel
After his transmigration to the cultivation world, Shen Tian discovers that he can see the fortuitous opportunities and their providence haloes of others. In order to rub off some of the luck from these opportune characters, Shen Tian proactively gets close to them. … Eventually, everyone realizes that no matter who it was, as long as they hang out with Shen Tian, they will gain lots of fortuitous opportunities! And there’s no exception to this rule! From then on, Shen Tian was labelled as the most popular lucky mascot in the cultivation world! Fairy Qing Yue: “I once followed my Senior Brother to the Kunlun Secret Realm in the West, and obtained the Sun And Moon Orb!” Princess Ling Long: “I once followed my Senior Brother to the Imperial Burial Valley in the Northern Sea, and both of us inherited skills from Emperor Dan!” Immortal Phoenix Queen: “Haha, what a bunch of fledglings! Do you know how he got his Dragon-Phoenix Immortal Form?”
Ryouma Takuma, a 39 year-old man with a hidden past, finds himself in a strange white room. There the gods tell him that he has died and that they are sending his soul to a different world; a world where magic exists. After living alone for three years his gamer soul loses common sense and starts toward crazy routes.Related SeriesThe Man Picked Up By the Gods (Reboot) (Spin-Off)
The man forsaken by the world, the man a slave to money and the man known as the legendary God of War in the highly popular MMORPG Continent of Magic. With the coming of age, he decides to say goodbye, but the feeble attempt to earn a little something for his time and effort ripples into an effect none could ever have imagined.Through a series of coincidences, his legendary avatar is sold for 3 billion won, bringing great joy to him, only to plunge him into despair at losing almost all of it to vicious loan sharks. With revelation of money through gaming, he rises from the abyss with new found resolve and steps forward into the new age of games led by the first ever Virtual Reality MMORPG, Royal Road.This is the legend of Lee Hyun on his path to becoming Emperor with only his family loving heart, his boundless desire for money, his unexpected mind, his diligently forged body and the talent of hard work backing him.
Roan who ran away 20 years ago from the rural village in the aim of becoming a Great General who will rule the world.However, all he got 20 years later was just a handful of money and a low position that is a 1st legion’s spearman.At the end, he becomes a cold corpse in the battlefield.But somehow, he came back in the past.“Alright. This time, I won’t become a Great General but a Monarch.”His previous life’s aim was becoming a Great General.But, he only became a spearman.This time, his life’s aim is becoming the Monarch.“Then I guess I’d become at least a general, right?”Roan who remembers what happened the 20 years.Now starts his unstoppable march in becoming a Monarch.
This was the era that belonged to various powerful bloodline warriors, the fervorous era where magic powers and warrior energies were the deciding factor of dominance! With endless ardour and unstoppable courage, a grassroot nobody could also shine and live like a boss!
This is the story of an orphan, Lu Shu. He is not any regular orphan, but a metahuman experiencing the changes in himself, his country and the world during the dawn of the magical era. Watch as Lu Shu embarks on a journey to hone his peculiar abilities together with his sister, the adorable and charismatic Lu Xiaoyu. Along the way, they’ll encounter supernatural events, obstacles and even the most powerful people in their country. How will Lu Shu make the best of his abilities and oust his never-ending list of rivals and opponents?
Xiao Luo and his girlfriend had been in love with each other for four years when she proposed a break up. Because of this, Xiao Luo sped his car in the night and ended up in a car accident. But it was a blessing in disguise as he unexpectedly fused with a high tech system that originated from a universe hundreds of billions of light years away. From this moment on, the entire world started to run amok.....
On the wedding night, she was tied to his bed.“Woman, you dare marry another man!”He was like a wolf as he devoured her until nothing was left.“So the person forcing me into bed was you! You beast in human skin!” She clenched her teeth as she pushed against the wall to stand out of the bed.She, a king from modern times, was reborn. All those that owed her had to pay blood debts.But this king of evildoers, she had obviously not seen him before. Yet, she had to repay him with her body every night……
“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to feel love, kinship, and friendship, and you’ll end up leading a lonely life until your death, unable to procreate, or to have any descendants.“From now onwards, everything related to happiness in the human world shall no longer be of your concern. Are you willing to accept this?”“Hahahaha, I’m already alone bereft of all support, my hopes dashed to pieces, shouldering only absolutely irreconcilable grudge and hatred, why would I disagree? Why would I not want it? I couldn’t ask for anything better!!”His sword sweeps across the Divine Continent for seven days and nights, moving 90,000 miles through the starry skies, unhindered.He slays saints and buddhas in Heaven, slaughters demons and devils in Hell, sweeping away all the grievances in his heart.
In a universe where the great experts can reincarnate, Yale Roanmad reincarnated with almost no memories of his past life and didn't know who he was.Despite the problem with his memories, Yale had obtained a strange legacy from his own past life the Last Wish System.Yale, who remembered the pain of dying, decided to turn strong to avoid suffering the same pain again. Moreover, he also decided to investigate his own past life to remember who he was.However, he didn't know that a Mysterious Expert, who knew a lot about him and his past life, was looking at him from the shadows.
In his past lifetime, he was an exceptional prodigy who practiced both medicine and martial arts. In this lifetime, on earth, he used his superb medical expertise and extreme martial arts achievements from his past lifetime to excel in the medical field and the ancient martial arts world. He moved his way towards the pinnacle! A fine youngster, who had been frequently looked down upon due to his poverty, had gone through the cold and warmth of this world to lament laughingly that life was merely so. However, he accidentally awakened the memory of his past lifetime. Since then, for three incarnations, he enjoyed prosperity.
The story is about a guy who was an expert fighting in close combat. After earning an enormous amount of money to live freely, he retires from the underground fighting club but because he ended up making many enemies, he ended up dying after he was betrayed by his boss. As a result he swears not be betrayed again… After dying, he regains consciousness but this time in the body of a young 18 year old boy which also has the same name. This young boy was beaten to death as he tried to save a random girl… The heavens gave me a second opportunity so I’m not going to let it happen a second time, I will not be betrayed again. This new life, I will use my iron blood as a sharp blade and I will defend myself and the important people to me. This is my world, in this world — I’m the King. - Description from Novelupdates
In a world of shallow-minded, materialistic mortals, what would one from humble beginnings – whose face had been stomped on, spat on, oppressed for the longest while by the arrogant, pampered upper echelons of society – do, when a mysterious application pops up on a brand new phone that was meant to be the birthday gift of an ungrateful girlfriend? What if the application takes the form of a chatroom where its occupants, bearing the names of mythical, fictional beings, start giving out ‘Red Packets’, all the while spouting nonsense?
Emperor Zi Yu used 5 strikes of his axe to split mountains and unify everyone underneath the heavens. He partitioned the land into 9 areas, thus establishing the Nine Cauldrons which eventually became known as the 9 prefectures. When Emperor Zi Yu died, disputes unceasingly arose One thousand years later, a once in a generation genius, Celestial Emperor Qing Ling was born. Able to split a one hundred meter river, equipped with his peerless martial prowess, he finally united the land under the heavens. However, once Celestial Emperor Qing Ling died, chaos once again shrouded the land. Another one thousand years passed and no one was able to consolidate the nation. From contemporary society, great Chinese Martial Artist Teng Qingshan, unexpectedly arrived into this world.
In ancient times, there existed giant spirits capable of supporting the heavens. With bodies as enormous as stars, they soared across the universe. Great clan leaders with mysterious blood running through their veins shattered the void and created new worlds. Ancient Qi Warriors crossed a river of stars to enlighten numerous mortal beings. For unknown reasons, an era silently came to an end, all realms were separated, ancient giant spirits disappeared one after another. Thousands of years later, young Nie Tian managed to travel back into ancient times with the help of a drop of blood…
In her past life, Jun MuYan had a hard life and died miserably. Her unborn child was ripped from her to be refined as an elixir, and even her own flesh was used as someone else’s stepping stone.In this arduous life, she has an outwardly cold, adorable Bao (treasure/baby) beside her. “Xiao Bao, that woman who wants to form a contract with the sacred beast is Mommy’s enemy.”Thus, the top sacred beast becomes Xiao Bao’s pet. “Xiao Bao, this God Musician’s inheritance is too powerful!”Tiny hands move, and the place of inheritance opens. Jun MuYan becomes the only successor of the God Musician.“Xiao Bao, this man is always pestering Mommy and doesn’t let go!”Xiao Bao immediately strikes to drive said man away… hey, you can’t be driven away!?You’re my father? What father? Can you even eat that?
Chen Mu, a good young man of the 21st century, traveled to the world of Xianxia, and brought a small assistant who could extract attributes from the aftermath of battle. In a mortal village, the villagers fight. “Physical Strength + 1” In the Xiuxian school, the disciple is fighting. “Fire Spirit Root + 1” “Repair + 1” “Fire Bomb + 1” … With little help from small assistants and personal hard work, Chen Mu originally wanted to live a long life in this peaceful world of cultivation. However, the world of immortality, which had been calm for a thousand years, was suddenly in chaos and disputes arose. So the little assistant changed… Become a great assistant! - Description from MTLNovel
The nuclear holocaust which caused the collapse of the Old Times on Earth should have wiped out all human life on the planet. Yes, the gods set up their beautiful Elysiums to provide sanctuaries for their chosen, but by all rights everyone outside the elysian lands should’ve perished long ago. Yet somehow, human life still managed to persist, even in the deadly, mutant-infested wastelands. Cloudhawk was a young scavenger who dreamed of being as free as the hawks in the skies, yet seemed destined to live out his life scrounging for scraps in the wasteland ruins. Fate, however, is ever-fickle. A chance meeting with a ragtag group of mercenaries changed the trajectory of his life, bringing him into a world with mutants and metahumans, demonhunters and godslayers, and even gods and demons. Cloudhawk would find his own place in a world that was far greater than he had imagined, find his own path between the zealous light of Sumeru and the whispering darkness of the Abyss… and one day, he would find that even gods may fall.
Chen Fan, the great cultivator, failed to transcend the Tribulation of Heaven: the final stage of his cultivation. Little did he know that this accident would bring him back to Earth and turn back time to five hundred years ago when he was just a teenager.‘I had once reached the precipice of power in the known universe and could look down on the ten thousand realms with pride; I was lonely nonetheless. I will not leave any regret nor anyone behind while I relive my past life this time around. ’Join Chen Fan as he relives his teenage years, righting the wrongs of the past as he punishes his unwitting old enemies.