Tenet of the Undying
Nathan Gregg
From Amazon-bestselling author Nathan Gregg comes a fantasy tale blending western fantasy with eastern magic and martial arts. Ren - a veteran warrior who died in a dead land only to be enslaved as a Goddess's unkillable pet warrior - escapes through a portal to a world ruled by sects and cultivators and mana arts, where might makes right. Free for the first time, he intends to keep his freedom at all costs - even if he must serve yet another master and master a strange new power (his 'tenet') before it kills him a final time. For fans of progression fantasy, cultivation, world-hopping, and characters who never say die.
Progression: Cultivation progression in a world ruled by sects, cultivators, and mana arts where might makes right. Ren, a death-cheating veteran warrior freed from a Goddess's service, must climb the local cultivation ladder from outsider novice upward while mastering his strange personal power - his 'tenet' (an Undying-type ability tied to his repeated resurrections) - before it kills him a final time. Structured sect-based advancement with mana-arts mastery is central, confirmed by the author's 'for fans of progression fantasy, cultivation' positioning and reviewer notes on cultivation-series structure and the coming Immortal Emperor confrontation.
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