It isn’t easy to be the hero, especially when you carry the weight of a thousand worlds.   After losing everything to war — from his family to his homeland — a military facility recruited Mark at a young age. He tried his best and looked to the future, hoping for happiness in a peaceful and simple life.  Everything changed when he met Vysla, the damned sanguinexus that tricked him into a trap, awakening his latent bloodlust. As he embraced it, Mark threaded the same path he feared—  A path that would lead him to disaster: against the gods, against his people, and against a murderous time-walking doppelgänger out for his head. Mark was never afraid, no matter how great the threat, because they were merely stepping stones for him in the grand scheme of things.  Join Mark as he voyages worlds, battling threats and growing strong, until he reaches the apex in search of peace — or meets desolation. A REWRITE  —[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]