Ash falls over a shattered world, choked by the absolute reign of the Blood Demon Emperor. Rivers run red, cities lie in ruins, and the final resistance has crumbled into dust. It is a complete, brutal defeat with no hope of recovery. But a dying prayer for salvation twists the fabric of time, offering a second chance that is far from a holy blessing.

The legendary "genius hero" wakes up not in his own past, but inside the body of Christian, a useless, black-sheep outcast of the notorious House of Dark Demons. This sudden twist turns the typical reincarnation manhwa setup upside down, especially with the cosmic clock ticking down a mere five years before the exact same apocalypse wipes out humanity again. Survival demands that this former savior abandon his old morals. He has to play dirty, seize control of his villainous new clan, and climb the bloody ranks to become the next emperor. Can a fallen hero conquer his own dark lineage to stop the end times, or is he doomed to fail twice?

action, fantasy, reincarnation, regression, dark fantasy, clan warfare, genius protagonist, anti-hero, survival, kingdom building

Also known as: The Genius Outcast of a Noble Dark Clan, 암흑명가의 천재 망나니가 되었다.