Year 2035. The game that rewrote reality.

Glory Lords: Arcane War isn’t just the most immersive VR ever created —
it becomes the world itself.

Nations collapse into rankings.
Power becomes law.
And players become gods.

For most, it’s a game.

For Ethan Parker, it’s the end of everything.

One reckless night in Las Vegas,
he gambles on the only Legendary artifact in existence—

the Stone of Glory.

He loses.

And that single loss costs him his future.

When the game merges with reality,
the man who wins it — Griffin Musk — rises as the ruler of a new world.

Ethan, once the #1 player on Earth,
is stripped of everything.

His account.
His power.
His freedom.

Broken. Tortured. Discarded.

Until—

he wakes up at the beginning.

This time, he remembers everything.

This time… he plays to win.

And this time—

the game breaks its own rules for him.

He gains what no one else in the world possesses:

A private territory.
A system no one can access.
And the only true Legendary unit in existence—

a Green Dragon that evolves, thinks, and grows stronger with him.

Not a pet.
Not a summon.

A force capable of rewriting the world itself.

As Ethan rises faster than anyone in history,
the world begins to notice.

Governments.
Militaries.
Corporations.
Hidden powers in the dark.

And Griffin Musk.

But Ethan isn’t here for revenge alone.

He’s here to take back the future.

And this time—

he won’t lose.

He hadn't expected the guardian's strength to be this insane. The attack hadn't even fully landed yet, and Ethan's chest was already being crushed by the pressure. The air around him caved downward like it was buckling under a massive weight, and even the transparent lightning on his body got forced lower, like it was being pressed into his skin.


Ethan adjusted his breathing and took one step back.


Then he raised his hand and threw a punch.


The moment his fist drove forward, every strand of transparent lightning in his body snapped toward his knuckles. At the same time, the guardian's descending power slammed into range. Their forces collided head-on in the center of the clearing.


A visible shockwave detonated between fist and fist.


The air boomed—deep, rolling thunder that rattled the whole arena. Light swallowed everything. If the impact had been even a notch stronger, it felt like the world itself would've been shaken loose.


Chapter 1223 - The Guardian Falls Once