
by ry0300
One choice was enough to change two worlds. When a classroom is forced into an impossible decision, one student willingly chooses death to save everyone else. Forgotten by the world he left behind, he awakens in the Netherworld a kingdom ruled by the King. There are no blessings. No cheat skills. No level system. Instead, he must survive brutal trials under the King's Black Knight before climbing the hierarchy of the Seven Thrones, each preserving an ancient martial doctrine forged through centuries of war. Every lesson teaches more than strength it teaches the burden of leadership, sacrifice, and the responsibility required to one day stand upon the highest throne. While his classmates are celebrated as heroes in another world, he is forged into something entirely different. Yet the Netherworld is not the realm of evil humanity believes it to be. It is the final fortress standing between creation and an ancient force older than death itself. To inherit the Throne of the Netherworld, strength alone will never be enough. A throne is not inherited. It is earned.
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| 1 | Chapter 1: The Choice | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 2: The Place Beyond Death | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 3: The City Beyond the Gates | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 4: The Palace's Judgment | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 5: The King Who Waited | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 6: The Weight of a Crown | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 7: The Burden of Kings | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 8: The Seven Thrones | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 9: The First Lesson | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 10: Strength | 0 |
| 11 | Interlude I: The Other Side | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 11: The Blacksmith's Lesson | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 12: The Edge of Death | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 13: The Knight Without a Name | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 14: How to Lose | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 15: The Unbeaten | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 16: Where Fear Is Born | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 17: Instinct | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 18: The Longest Night | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 19: The Choice II | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 20: Acknowledgment | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 21: The Record of the Worthy | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 22: The Crimson Domain | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 23 – The Crimson Doctrine | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 24: Standing | — |
| 26 | Chapter 25: The Crimson Step | — |
| 27 | Chapter 26: The First Disciple | — |
| 28 | Chapter 27: The Breath Between Steps | — |
| 29 | Chapter 28: The Weight of Balance | — |
| 30 | Chapter 29: The Art of Falling | — |
| 31 | Chapter 30: The Rhythm of the Body | — |
| 32 | Chapter 31: The Art of Stopping | — |
| 33 | Chapter 32: The First Strike | — |
| 34 | Chapter 33: The Space Between Strikes | — |
| 35 | Chapter 34: The Weight Behind the Fist | — |
| 36 | Chapter 35: The Distance Between Us | — |
| 37 | Chapter 36: The Crimson Gaze | — |
| 38 | Chapter 37: The Knight Who Returned | — |
| 39 | Chapter 38: The First Awakening | — |
| 40 | Chapter 39: The Will of the Living Throne | — |
| 41 | Chapter 40: 11.11 | — |