Introduction: The old gods are gone—shattered or imprisoned. The new gods rule with an iron fist, severing the branches of Yggdrasil and shackling the realms beneath their whim. Mortals are bound by a broken system, their growth stifled, their powers restrained.Or so the gods believed.A man awakens in the void, his reincarnation twisted by a will too stubborn to die. Trapped for eons, salvation comes in the form of a fleeting ally who perishes just as quickly, dumping him into a brutal world governed by game-like rules he barely understands.Hounded by creatures from the abyss, pushed by relentless system prompts, and haunted by whispers of a meddling deity, he’s thrust into a war for survival. Bloodthirsty factions, monstrous nightmares, and a broken system conspire to bury him before he can take his first real steps in this second life.Memories of a past self seep through the cracks, but he’s determined to define his own future—free from the gods’ chains and his own regrets. To survive, he’ll need to fight harder, grow faster, and defy cosmic forces bent on his destruction.Brutal combat. Harsh magic. One question: who’s really in control?...