Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king - Chapter 2: Small men have great shadows()

He became a teacher at the best magic academy in the empire.
….For being mistaken for someone else.

Betrayed by those he empowered. Slain at the peak of his reign. Reborn into a world unworthy of him.Tian Mo was once a supreme cultivator, a dark sovereign who ruled with absolute might and terrifying intellect. After a million years of conquest, his closest allies turned on him, stripping him of everything. But fate offered no rest. Reincarnated into modern-day Earth, he awakens in a weak mortal body—yet his memories, ambition, and ruthlessness remain untouched.In this strange new world of technology and fragile peace, Tian Mo finds new prey. With the Primordial Chaos Demonic Evil Physique and the forbidden Divine Sins Emperor Technique, he begins building his empire from the shadows. He manipulates the system, devours the corrupt, and topples the powerful—not out of justice, but vengeance... and the endless hunger for power.There are no heroes in this tale. Only a monster reborn—and the world that will burn beneath his feet.

[Limitless Evolution Pathways have been enabled!][You have entered the Axiom Pathway][Reincarnation Axiom has been awakened!]After failing to become a God in his first life, Sett used his Axiom of Reincarnation to bring himself and his harem into the cycle of reincarnation. But due to some wild luck, instead of being reborn as a normal man, he was reborn as a mummy within a Tomb![You have become a Mummy in the Cryptwalker Pathway!][Tomb Raiders are going to hunt you!]As death begins with life, so does life begin with death!Who says a mummy can’t live passionately, that they cannot taste life as much as a living being can!Sett, the mummy, wanted to live more exuberantly than anyone else. Women, wealth, status, and strength. He wanted it all and more—he wanted to transcend mortality itself.And he will not let anything stop him.—Tombs, Tomb Raiders, incredibly deep and unique magic, ancient deserts, forgotten inheritances, Gods, a harem of princesses and queens, and an ambitious and capable main character.This story has it all and more to offer. I assure you it is a worthy choose.Ride along, the journey of an Emperor’s second coming awaits you.Warning—Villainous mc, romance and a harem that will actually be good. Add well timed smut, too. No Ntr, no r+pe.Wow, so many good promises, right?Yes, good execution too. So what are you acting like a loser and waiting for?

A 29 year old civil employment exam student wakes up in a blank white room and meets a baby angel. This baby angel informs him that he died in his sleep due to heart disease like his father and grandfather. Remembering his mom and their last conversation he says that he will take on a series of life and death tests that the baby angel offers him. From this point on he must put his life on the line and fight in the stage called ‘Arena’. And Every time he clears a test he will gain abilities and weapons to increase his strength. All to clear the tests and get his life back. This is his story of his fights in the ‘Arena’.