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Ren Lei is the fourth son of a minor noble family and the son of a concubine to boot. Being born a cripple, the only thing he has is beauty; beauty that caused him much suffering growing up in a house where no-one loved him. As if that wasn't enough, he was about to be sold off in a political marriage to a woman who had everything he didn't, the Princess of the Ether Cloud City, full of not only beauty but with immense talent in profound cultivation. Refusing to submit to his fate, as a final act of rebellion, in a desperate bit to retake what little control he had over his own life, he chooses to consume poison and commit suicide. However, the fates are not so kind to those that would try to change it. He survives but suffers from a strange condition that causes his soul to separate from his body. As he slowly loses the constrains of a physical body, he is forced to look at himself more closely and recognise who he truly is. Not only must he struggle against the destiny devised for him but also his true nature: a calamity whose howl will wipe the slate of an era clean, ushering in a new dark age. [Cover not owned by me, contact me if you want it taken down.]

Peter Edward Elliot was a typical loser you would find in every single college campus on earth. Nothing much to look at, lacking in athleticism and below average, even in academics. Only two things motivated him to get out of his bed every day: not starving to death and Elizabeth, the love of his life. Well... it was better to put it as a one-sided crush. Everyone knew the lady had no interest in him. One day, by coincidence, he ends up walking into a bar and finds Elizabeth drinking there with her friends, overhearing her talking about how much of a loser he was in the process. Of course, it wasn’t like he wasn’t self-aware, but hearing her talk like that, he felt something inside of him shatter. That night, he drank and drank until he didn’t have any money left. As he was walking home in a drunken stupor, he ends up losing awareness of his surroundings and dies after being hit by a car. But of course, he doesn’t truly die. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in an entirely different world: a world that was overrun with zombies. Vowing to be better in this life than in the previous, he works tirelessly to better himself and survive in the zombie apocalypse. However, after surviving for nearly 3 years, he gets overwhelmed by zombies while searching for food and dies once more. But in his dying moments... Ting! [Conditions fulfilled, awakening the Apex Slayer System.]