Santa Ladder Climbing

[Fairy CEO falls in love with me] Village farmer fortuitously gains a spiritual cultivation inheritance, defying odds all the way and climbing to the pinnacle of life!

Danny Ketch, a 19-year-old college dropout, dreams of dominating Overdrive Online, the ultimate VR racing game. But with zero skills and a crippling debt to ruthless loan sharks, his future looks bleak. Given 24 hours to repay or face deadly consequences, Danny’s last-ditch effort leads to an encounter with Cane, a mysterious AI that hijacks his virtual car. Suddenly, Danny’s a racing prodigy, climbing the leaderboard at breakneck speed. But as their victories pile up, dark secrets about the game’s creators emerge. With both the virtual and real worlds at stake, Danny must decide to uncover the truth or keep racing toward destruction.

Alice Howard's life hit rock bottom at the age of 35—she was framed by Mark, her trusted superior and lover, wrongfully accused of embezzlement, and her reputation was completely ruined. Eventually, she chose to take her own life. However, fate gave her a second chance: she was reborn and returned to the crucial moment at the age of 27 when she had just joined JPMorgan Chase. Burning with hatred for Mark and the board of directors, Alice launched a sophisticated revenge plan. She concealed her true intentions, maintaining a superficial relationship with Mark to gather evidence while befriending a new ally, Sarah, and using her memories from the future to climb the career ladder step by step in the workplace. Meanwhile, the appearance of Ryan, the CEO of a tech company, stirred up the situation—he could be either an ally or a new trap. Caught in the whirlpool of power, love, and betrayal, Alice must stay calm, unravel the layers of mysteries, and finally expose the truth in the showdown at the board meeting. But the path of revenge is not the end. When Ryan's true identity and deeper financial conspiracies come to light, a new storm is brewing...

Mysteriously transported to an unforgiving world of monsters and magic with no special powers or divine favor of his own, Eric must use nothing but his strength and determination to climb his way up from nothing.

Having a high IQ is a gift. And having high EQ? High emotional intelligence and a broken family is a recipe for disaster. But that was the past— The new Auren, born in a rural village, now has not one but two summoning crests etched on his hands. But wait! Everyone is a summoner? A wooden toy, sickle, straw basket, clay pot, wool blanket—this is their summon? They’re just ordinary, everyday things! Oh, those are the bottom-feeders. The nobles have all the fancy animals and fantasy creatures. So, what will he get? He may have been born the son of the lowest knight, but that will not be his destiny. You call all these summons useless? Watch me as I build the most advanced city in this backwards world— And climb the social ladder like a GOAT!

**Mature Content Warning** This novel contains morally bankrupt decisions, unapologetically villainous behavior, corporate warfare, system abuse, woman-stealing, protagonist-trampling, psychological manipulation, and occasional spicy entanglements—some consensual, others complicated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where megacorporations rule like feudal dynasties and cultivation is under corporate rule, Vincent Cornelius wakes up in a silk-sheeted bed beside a suspiciously curvy woman. Reincarnated into the body of a doomed CEO fated to be a "villain's father". Vincent quickly realizes he's a disposable background character— the kind destined to be humiliated, ruined, and killed so that his pathetic son, can become a stepping stone for some arrogant, heaven-defying, cliché cultivation protagonist. Unfortunately for fate, Vincent didn’t reincarnate to play along. He reincarnated to ruin protagonists for profit. Armed with the Corporate Villain Expansion System, every cruel scheme, humiliating press leak, or market manipulation against protagonist nets him Villain Points—and every time he crushes a “fated encounter,” his Luck Points rise. Turn the protagonist into a drugie? +400 VP + 50 LP Reduce the mercenary king to a job of a small security guard? +500 VP +100 LP Cause chaos in a protagonist's harem—emotional betrayal, internal sabotage, or seduction ? +1,000 VP +200 LP As his mid sized logistics corporation moves towards becoming a corporate megaforce, Vincent must climb the cultivation ladder, weaponize capitalism, and outwit Fate itself—one bankrupt protagonist at a time. The world wants him humbled. The story wants him deleted. But Vincent Cornelius is here to rewrite the script. He’s about to prove that in this world, the real golden finger is a hostile takeover. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer (Filed Personally by Vincent Cornelius): If, by some cosmic accident, any names, corporations, or highly sensitive trade empires mentioned in this story resemble real-world entities—rest assured, it’s entirely coincidental. I am far too busy conquering fictional markets to bother with actual ones. No offense is intended. No lawsuits, either. Unless you’re a protagonist. In which case… file away. I'll be waiting—with a better lawyer and a hostile takeover plan. This is fiction. Relax. Or invest.

In a future where virtual reality games dictate real-world status, Jin Wei—a low-ranking outcast—uncovers a long-buried combat system: the Blood Code, a path so violent and unbalanced it was wiped from the game’s servers. Now branded a glitch and hunted by players, guilds, and developers alike, Jin must rise from the lowest level using a fighting style that shouldn’t exist. But this isn't just about climbing the leaderboard—it’s about avenging the death of his older brother, who vanished inside the same game years ago.

"Devouring Lifespan to grow stronger!!" When Ricky Stormwind—a washed-up office worker—drank himself to death, he expected eternal nothingness. Instead, he awoke in a new world… as a mosquito. Weak as an ant. Fragile as a piece of paper. Prey to everything. But this world is no ordinary one. Magic, monsters, and powerful beings dominate the land, with ruthless forces waging war for supremacy. And Ricky? He possesses a terrifying ability—he can drain lifespan from any living creature and use it to evolve. A single bite can grant him hours. A feast?..... Years!! Now, in a forest filled with predators and beside a village on the brink of destruction, Ricky must climb the evolutionary ladder—from insignificant pest to a calamity that could devour the world itself. But when his first real meal triggers a mass sacrifice, the world mistakes him for a rising Demon Lord. Bounties are placed on his head. Armies march to hunt him down. And lurking in the shadows, a forbidden power calls to him, promising a path beyond mere survival—one that could reshape reality itself. In a world where everything is prey to something greater, something horrendous… he will rise to become the apex. https://discord.gg/egZYREvZbD

He was the last to log out. While 98% of humanity refused The Calling, Kenji Tanaka embraced it. He spent nearly three centuries grinding in a solo tutorial dungeon, becoming an unrivaled Berserker Lord. When he finally returned, he was a Level 786 regressor in a world where the "strongest" Hunter is a mere Level 122. But the home he returned to is broken, ruled by the very systems he mastered. His family struggles under the thumb of arrogant, low-level Guilds. Stripped of his legend and hiding his apocalyptic power, Kenji must navigate a new kind of game—one of corporate espionage, shadow politics, and quiet conquest. He has the power to shatter mountains, but his greatest weapon might be the lie that he's just another average Returner. This isn't a story about climbing a tower; it's about building an empire from the shadows to protect the only thing he has left

Betrayed by love. Crushed by poverty. Left bleeding in an alley by the rich elite. Jayden Cole was once a rich kid like every lucky child in Cloudbridge City—until his father was accused of a crime he didn't commit, had his properties stripped, and was jailed. Jayden ended up as a mere delivery boy with a broken past, just trying to make ends meet and take care of his girlfriend—who later betrayed him with the son of the man who accused his father. On the day he experienced the most shocking betrayal of his life, as if that wasn't enough, he was beaten half-dead—and that was when the Infinite Wealth System awakened within him. [System Activation Complete!] [Congratulations, Jayden Cole. You have been chosen as the Host of the Infinite Wealth System.] [Now let’s fix your miserable life!] Thus, the Infinite Wealth System changed his life. The system tasked him with completing many challenging missions—some that could even threaten his life or land him in grave trouble—but the rewards were mighty! [Task #002: Buy the most expensive item in a luxury store. Pay in cash. Say, ‘Keep the change.’] [Reward: 1 Million Dollars!] --- [Task #004: Slap your troublesome landlord with a rent receipt and say, ‘I just bought your building.’] [Reward: 5 Million Dollars!] ------- [Task #005: Take a beautiful rich lady you never knew to a 5-star hotel and spend one week with her. You must nut her twice or more!] [Reward: 20 Million Dollars!] --- [Task #007: Attend a luxury auction. Outbid a billionaire on a Rolex and walk away without collecting it.] [Reward: 15 Million Dollars!] --- As the world’s most dangerous and outrageous missions begin piling up—from dismantling corporations to outwitting billionaires’ most important workers and daughters—one thing becomes clear: Jayden won’t just climb the ladder of success. He’ll set fire to it and build his own throne at the top. Power. Vengeance. Wealth. Women. And one man bold enough to claim them all. . . Join our Discord server for more discussions and exciting topics! https://discord.gg/xpyyYXZM

Syura adalah seorang pemuda biasa yang menjalani hidup tanpa masalah berarti. Hari-harinya diisi dengan kegiatan santai, terutama bermain game RPG favoritnya. Hidupnya nyaris sempurna-bebas stres, tanpa drama, dan tanpa tujuan besar. Namun, semuanya berubah gara-gara satu permintaan sederhana dari orang tuanya: "Beli bahan makanan." Syura menolak-karena jelas, itu buang-buang waktu gaming! Tapi pada akhirnya, dia tetap pergi dengan malas-malasan. Perjalanan pergi lancar. Tapi saat pulang, takdir konyol menantinya. Di sebuah apartemen lantai 15, seorang ibu sedang menyiram tanaman. Tak disangka, dua ekor kucing liar mulai berkelahi tepat di sebelah vas bunga besar. Satu dorongan-dan vas itu melayang jatuh ke bawah. Dan di momen paling "tidak beruntung" dalam sejarah manusia... Syura sedang berjalan tepat di bawahnya. Sebuah "bonk" keras, kegelapan, dan rumah sakit-lalu... kematian. Namun kematian bukanlah akhir bagi Syura.

Zenith's journey to the top of the magic school continues, but as she climbs the latter of the school she is trust into a war after she dis overs an ancient vault that contains forbidden knowledge.

Around the world towers have spawned in each countinent, then a boy wakes up in class and with his friend they get a class and an element but something amazing happens will they climb the tower or be kiled in the earlier levels

Lucien Vael was born without a spiritual root, abandoned by his noble clan, and thrown into the wild to die. Shattered, exiled, and declared a mistake by the heavens, he crawled through darkness—until he found something the world had buried and forgotten: the Codex of Sin. While others cultivate light and order, Lucien forges power from wrath, envy, greed, sloth, lust, gluttony, and pride. The path of sin doesn’t ask for permission. It takes. Now, armed with a system that evolves through emotion, corruption, and raw will, Lucien won’t seek revenge—he’ll reshape the world. One sin at a time. The righteous fear him. The heavens want him dead. But the broken worship him. He won’t just climb the ladder of power. He’ll burn it down. And from the ashes, a new sovereign will rise—one the heavens never wanted born.

Na noite de 4 de abril de 2015, às 23h50, Miriam Frontez, 36 anos, foi encontrada em chamas no quintal de casa — se debatendo, gritando, até virar carvão humano. A perícia concluiu: combustão humana espontânea. Soa como fantasia, né? Mas Santas Graças tem um histórico estranho. Aquela não foi a primeira vez que alguém virou churrasco do nada. A polícia travou. A cidade engoliu seco. E a família — rica, poderosa e desesperada — resolveu buscar outro tipo de resposta. Foi aí que me chamaram. Karen e Kenny Frontez, filhos de Miriam e Juan Frontez. Crianças quebradas de um jeito que dinheiro não conserta. Só a verdade. E eu? Bom, eu só queria pagar o aluguel. Mas depois de alguns dias naquela cidade maldita… a coisa mudou de figura. Eu sou o Detetive Dude. E estes são os meus relatos sobre o infernal caso de Santas Graças.

I died and woke up as an ant. Not a queen, not a mutant, just your average, squishable bug. But with a broken skill system and a dangerously curious mind, I’ve started evolving faster than the hive can handle. Magic? Check. Strategy? Working on it. World domination? …Maybe. I’m just one ant in a monstrous underground world, but if I keep climbing, I might become something this world’s never seen: A Tyrant.

"They called me a fool for protecting them. A heretic for defying Zeus. A traitor for believing in humanity. So be it. I’ll become the monster they fear... and the god they can never kill." Cain was once a prodigy in a vibrant world of magic, a defender of the weak, and a sworn enemy of tyranny. When the oppressive hand of Zeus descended upon his world, Cain stood against the divine, rallying humans, elves, and beasts alike in rebellion. He fought—not just for survival, but for freedom. And they betrayed him for it. Friends. Companions. The very people whose lives he had saved. All turned on him the moment Zeus extended his divine favor. Stabbed in the back, broken in spirit, and forced to watch his world crumble to ash, Cain's final act was a curse—one spoken with soul-rending fury. "Even if it costs me my soul, I will burn your heavens down." But the soul of Cain did not vanish. It fell… into the Abyss. There, in the endless void beyond death, a relic stirred: the God Gem of Annihilus, the fallen deity of the Primordial Void, a being so ancient it was feared even by the gods themselves. And in Cain, it found a host unlike any other—an outcast soul twisted by betrayal, burning with vengeance, and capable of bearing the impossible. Reborn in a fractured realm where gods rule through stolen faith, Cain awakens in the God Gem World—a plane forged from the last breath of dying divinity. Here, mortals bond with god gems to wield impossible power, hunt great beasts, and feed the divine cycle. But Cain is different. He is not bound to a single god gem. He is synced with all of them. Because he bears the SSS-Rank Void God Gem of Annihilus, he possesses total affinity—he can fuse with any god gem, devour beast skills, merge destructive elements, and wield forgotten relics left behind by dead gods. Where others are chosen by the divine, Cain is the one chosen by the void. As he climbs the power ladder of this god-infested world, Cain uncovers the chilling truth: it wasn’t just Zeus who destroyed his world. It was the New Gods, birthed from the slaughter of the old, who fed on the dying faith of his realm like parasites. They took everything from him. Now, he's come to take everything from them. Worlds will fall. Gods will scream. Faith will bleed. And at the center of it all, the Gem God shall rise.

“Is it not enough that I was born with nothing?! That I have nothing?! That... I am nothing...?" I truly thought that if I did the right thing, if I stood up, if I reached out, and if I cared, maybe the Tower would listen. That maybe doing what was right could still matter, even for someone like me. But that was a stupid mistake. The Tower doesn’t listen to someone without power. I can cry. I can scream. I can probably even bleed. But unless I have something the Tower wants, the world would never hear me. So what if I, a NONE who have NOTHING, shall climb the Tower meant for those who have SOMETHING? None Shall Climb. —-------— Note: The author is a complete newbie and this is my first time writing a first-person POV. Thus if I dare request, don't expect this as such a grand story.

You know the story of Santa and his eight reindeer. But this about a real man who owned eight reindeer who loved celebrating Christmas in his town, much like everyone else in the town. One day a group of hunters came and wanted the deer, but the old man refused to give them to them. Most of the men accepted this after hearing the old man's story of how he got them. But two of the men were greedy and wanted the deer. But things went side ways and all the old man and his deer were killed, all but one. Blitzen, the favorite of the old man had snuck away before the men came and returned to find his master and surrogate brothers dead. Consumed by the rage and anger of not being there to help them, he went after the men. He got his revenge and now guards his home fiercely. 10 years later a paranormal groups comes to investigate the home place, not knowing what lurks in the woods outside of the cabin and barn that once housed the old man and his reindeer. Will they survive the night?

The boredom of mortals leads to simple consequences, but what chaos could the boredom of a powerful being unleash? When forces dare to tamper with destiny, disrupt order, and strip all beings of their fundamental rights, will they succeed? Or will the restless curiosity of one particular entity stand in their way? In the endless Void, a tower emerges—a monolithic structure said to grant unimaginable power to those bold enough to climb it. Each floor tests the strength, intellect, and resolve of those who enter, pushing them to their limits and beyond. "Tell me, mortals," speaks the enigmatic voice that echoes through the tower, "what role will you play in this grand festival of ambition?" As they ascend, the challengers must confront the price of their desires. Will they rise to greatness or succumb to the impossible trials ahead? And what of the entity watching from above—are they merely an observer, or the one pulling the strings? The tower calls. The festival begins. Dare to climb?

Cauã Maranhão, a 37-year-old doctor from the Lower Amazon - Santarém, Pará - grew up between riverbanks and enchantments. The son of an Indigenous father and a riverside mother, he was raised in a community where life was woven between the visible and the invisible, between human medicine and the whispers of the dead. Since birth, he has carried the sensitivity to see and feel what others ignore. Little by little, he learned to balance two worlds - the physical and the spiritual - with a quiet sense of duty, never romanticizing the burden of being a bridge. Now living in Belém for the past four years, he splits his time between providing medical care to vulnerable communities and investigating supernatural phenomena that accumulate in the forgotten corners of the city. But nothing prepares him for the return of death's voices when he steps inside the old Santa Casa de Misericórdia - a deactivated hospital where children still cry out for help. And it is there that he meets Michel W. Lacerda - a criminal lawyer, elegant, skeptical, and haunted for as long as he can remember. Michel tries to control what he doesn't understand with sarcasm, medication, and distance. But upon meeting Cauã, he realizes that what he's always tried to silence may, in fact, need to be heard. There is something about the doctor - his steady presence, his peculiar way of existing in the world, his silences heavy with meaning - that draws Michel in and disarms him. Together, they embark on an investigation that involves entities trapped between worlds, forgotten rituals, and the marks left behind by lives cut short. As they uncover the past of Santa Casa, an unexpected bond begins to form between them. Cauã tries to maintain focus and boundaries - he's always needed structure to avoid losing himself to chaos - but Michel is not the kind to accept closed doors for long.

Every year, every eighteen-year-old faces the Tower’s brutal Tutorial—a test that strips away privilege and leaves only skill and willpower. Abel, a street-smart teen from Dallas, isn’t fighting for glory. He’s climbing the Tower to escape the slums and protect his seventeen-year-old twin siblings. But the Tower is more than monsters and traps. Rival Hunters, legendary sponsors, and deadly politics wait on every floor. In a world where everyone starts equal but only the relentless rise, Abel must risk everything for his family—and discover what he’s truly willing to become.

Decades ago, the First Tower appeared, seemingly endless and infested with vile creatures. People who entered and came back were called Climbers, humanity’s first hope against the Tower. They were guided by the System, A mysterious Interface that allows Climbers to level up and gain supernatural abilities known as Gifts. After ascending to the Final Floor, known as the Final Achievement, the Tower vanished. …and peace returned Until now. A new Tower has appeared. But this one different—Twisted, and reeking a scent of death and decay, filled with unusual perplexing creatures. There is no system. No guidance. This time power is not given but manifested from their deepest desires. And this time. They’re not climbing up. They’re falling down.

They called it The Rot. An insidious plague that crept into every corner of Santa Catha, dragging the lives of its people into ruin. Fear and despair ruled the hearts of those who had not yet succumbed, as the sickness slipped through the streets like the shadow of an eclipse—slow, relentless, and suffocating. Yet the faith of the townspeople endured, upheld by the king’s promise: the arrival of brave doctors who would pull them back from the brink of damnation. But with each passing day, the line between hope and resignation blurred, as Santa Catha sank deeper into a desperate struggle against the darkness that devoured and rotted its people from within.

"You will fall," Avalon a twenty five year old woman got a job with an agency looking into the crime rate and the Mafia that running rampant, She got up the ladder. Happy at where she is, going to work and then coming back to her apartment, but there is one mission that takes a toll on her. She is sent to infiltrate the mafia without getting killed in the process, "Hey Damien are you..." "Isn't she a part of them?" In the mission, she got shot and abandoned. But the strangers that were there helped her and seemed to be on her side of things,

El Alma del Vampiro, la nueva novela de Kristen Yong y la primera entrega de la Trilogía Sangre Oscura, nos transporta a Alexandria, un mundo que ha caído bajo el férreo dominio del Señor del Acero, padre de todos los vampiros. Y aun en una tierra envenenada por la conquista, tres reinos han logrado sobrevivir al casi total exterminio de su especie—aunque a un alto precio. Una tregua frágil, forjada a través del sacrificio, fue concebida para durar generaciones. Pero años más tarde, algo cambiaría el rumbo de la historia. Dos almas—una corrompida, la otra inmortal—amenazarán el destino de Alexandria cuando una conspiración, impulsada por la revelación de los Oscuralma, desate una nueva guerra santa, un amor imposible y el fin de una era. Ver el futuro es una cosa—cambiarlo, es algo completamente distinto.

En la Ciudad Santa de Nikaryon, todos los hombres nacen destinados a convertirse en guerreros, y Fulkan Ahimsa no es la excepción. Sin embargo, es tras la misteriosa desaparición de su madre -una poderosa Guardiana que le entrenó para obtener la fuerza que hoy en día carga- que Fulkan tendrá que ofrecerse como aspirante a la brutal Prueba del Gremio; una serie de desafíos a los que sólo los más fuertes o astutos sobreviven. Atrapado entonces entre traiciones, rivalidades e incluso amores, el joven deberá de aprender a controlar su propio poder durmiente, antes de que esté despierte y acabe por consumirlo, junto a todo lo que ama.

‘Humans fear the unknown.’ That was the first thing Yul saw when he opened his eyes. After being lost in the darkness, the god of death finally smiled upon him. And so, he made a deal with the devil. Now, he wakes in the Tower of Hell, climbing the Stairs of Judgement with only his name and a past even he can’t remember. With each step, he becomes the vessel that fuels its madness. Beyond the boundary, where logic bends and fate twists, survival is the only testament of power. As the Red Hour strikes, Yul navigates this cruel paradise—one built on treacherous lies, unwritten rules, and fragile alliances. To live, Yul must survive using every card he holds. For what tempts you into oblivion… may already be standing right in front of him.

In a world shattered by a devastating meteor shower, nature has turned hostile. The skies bled strange lights, wild life mutated into horrors, and humanity awakened to supernatural powers in a desperate bid for survival. Cities became fortresses, and the awakened, powerful humans were the military might of every nation. But not everyone was gifted. Riven, an F-ranked Awakened, is a Cleaner — the lowest rung on the ladder. His job? Scrape up monster guts, salvage what’s valuable, and stay out of the way. His life is simple, thankless, and dangerous in the shadows of real heroes. That is, until the day he cuts open the corpse of a grotesque chitinous behemoth… and finds a strange cocoon pulsing with life. One thing led to another it later hatched because of his blood. And she stepped out. And let's say she ended up making him a monster... and a father... A father of a massive colony.

When his father is killed and his family threatened by a lunatic god king, Arthur is forced to climb the cave of kings in search of supreme power, before the people he loves die...