Severum Kraitchild is the junior leader of the Venom Mountain Sect. His ability is respected by his peers and his potential is feared by the sect's many enemies. Two years after winning the Young Sovereign tournament, and fresh of victories for himself and his sect against a neighboring thralldom, he thinks he has found his place in the world: growing himself and the sect disciples until he takes leadership from his unscrupulous father, and bringing the sect glory and a good reputation after that. But fortune and calamity come hand in hand, from secret pacts and treachery. Sev has never found a problem he couldn't solve with a fight, but as he navigates the most turbulent times of his life he must learn to survive whatever the world of cultivation throws at him. Harder yet, he must figure out what he wants to do with his power as his beliefs and the world shift rapidly around him. Attempting to write in the Writathon, so pacing and details may be retconned at a moments notice. Will post chapter updates if such things occur.