Death should have been the end.

Caelum Veylor, the silent mind behind countless war victories, was betrayed by the very commanders he uplifted. Left to burn alive in a collapsing strategy chamber, he carved a forbidden sigil into the floor—an ancient ritual meant to anchor his soul to existence through sheer will alone.

He refused to die to incompetence.

The ritual worked… imperfectly.

Caelum awakens in a foreign world, inhabiting the frail and dying body of a disgraced noble child—also named Caelum Veylor—who perished during the entrance exam of Ashthorne Dominion Academy, the deadliest academy in the Syldros Empire.

But something unnatural has taken root inside him.

A Sigil that is not a Sigil.
A thread that should not exist.

A Proto-Sigil, born from a soul damaged during forced reincarnation, capable of devouring essence, stealing memories, mutating through anomalies, and interacting with reality on a conceptual level.

The empire fears forbidden sigils.
The Academy hides cosmic secrets.
Ancient beings stir beneath the ground.
The noble houses sharpen their knives.

And in this world of politics, corruption, and annihilation, Caelum wears the perfect mask—quiet, polite, weak, harmless.

Underestimating him becomes the empire’s greatest mistake.

With genius sharpened by death, a soul held together with stolen threads, and a destiny tied to a sleeping Transcendent corpse beneath the Academy, Caelum begins his ascent.

He does not want revenge.
He does not seek redemption.

He seeks perfection.
And he will break this world apart to achieve it.

When a villain builds himself into a god, who can stop him?

Ashthorne Dominion Academy has 3 identities:


A research lab for forbidden sigils and anomalies.


Headmaster Serath Vengeance — Reality-bending presence


Kael Dravos — Brutal combat instructor


Lysandra Vale — Arcane genius, morally grey


Artheon the Bound — Half-mad, chained Forbidden instructor


BASIC ACADEMY OVERVIEW