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In a world shattered by the Rupture, where heaven split and let the horrors of divinity spill onto Earth, humanity clings to its last hope: a hero named Luther. Forged by genius and guilt, draped in prophecy and lies, he is worshipped as Eden’s savior the slayer of Akuma, the Shield of the Last Citadel, the deliverance they prayed for. But behind the golden stage lights and hymns, Luther is fracturing. Haunted by memories he was never meant to have, stalked by a woman who should be dead, and whispered to by a boy he cannot remember, Luther begins to see through the story written for him. As the gods who made him the cold Prophet Zero and the brilliant, unhinged Mr. P play their games of power and guilt, Luther stumbles closer to the truth: he was never made to save. He was made to end. And when he remembers who… the world will burn. LUTHER: The Hero Who Burned the World (Book One) is a dark, cinematic science-fantasy epic about identity, guilt, and the cost of playing god

In the poison‑choked wreckage of a once‑blue Earth, every breath is rationed, traded, or stolen. Only a scattered few known as Bonders can share their souls with relics steeped in trauma and distill clean air from memory itself. Nineteen‑year‑old Erno Linx carries the last keepsake of his mother: a cracked, war‑era gas mask that whispers with her fading voice. Each time Erno draws on the mask’s power he carves a pocket of purified wind, but the price is a vertigo of grief—he must relive her final breath, suffocating moments. Whispers speak of the White Ring, a glittering citadel where oxygen flows like water and the sky shines the color of forgotten mornings. Erno sets out across the Gray ruins and into the Red Wastes to reach it, hunting hope while hope hunts him. Harvesters flay memories for profit, the Black Lung Guild traffics in bottled anguish, and a phantom called Bleak stitches children’s dying breaths into weapons of song. Allies are no easier to trust: a time‑fracturing street fighter who counts loyalty in seconds, a medic whose sterile pendant is erasing her humanity, a wandering bard whose laughter splinters into fear. Their motives orbit Erno like moons—bright on one side, shadowed on the other. Why do some bonds awaken on the brink of death while others devour their wielders whole? What secret did Erno’s mother seal inside the mask before she fell? And if the White Ring truly is an oasis, why does its oxygen taste faintly of ash? To uncover the truth, Erno must decide whether to shoulder the burden of every memory he purifies or break the chain and watch the world choke in silence.

In the neon-drenched slums of Jiangbei City, life is cheap and hope is rarer than sunlight. Wei Lingxu’s world explodes literally when a covert strike annihilates his family and scatters him among the city’s gutters. Hunted by triad enforcers, corporate assassins, and shadowy sects, he ekes out an existence on scraps and whispered warnings: “The Core… it’s yours… don’t let them.” Left for dead in a storm-soaked alley, Wei’s last heartbeat cracks open a cosmic doorway. The Void Core, an otherworldly artifact forged at reality’s edge, fuses with his soul and awakens the Omni Providence Matrix, a sentient cultivation system that charts infinite pathways of power…and unfathomable peril. Now, Wei’s very existence echoes across countless realms, alerting the Devourers: primeval predators who feast on fate itself. As the city’s underworld and clandestine sects vie for control of the Core, Wei must ascend the Path of Void, enduring life-shattering trials that grant him reality-bending abilities at the expense of his humanity: [Fractured Ember: Ignite void-laced strikes and glimpse alternate lifelines Echoing Rift: Phase through steel and weaponize sound itself Annihilation Flux: Unleash void blasts that drain foes’ willpower Astral Crucible: Forge soul-weapons and rewrite minor truths Nexus Convergence: Merge allies’ powers and pierce cosmic veils Transcendent Lattice: Reconstruct shattered realms and summon stellar storms Sovereign Apex (…and beyond): Reshape existence if his soul survives the cost] Between brutal street skirmishes, sect betrayals, and cataclysmic battles on floating citadels, Wei must uncover the hidden secrets of his bloodline and the true purpose behind his father’s final message. With each tier he conquers, the Devourers grow bolder, and the line between savior and destroyer blurs. In a universe where gods are forged in suffering, can a broken orphan ascend to become the Sovereign of the Infinite Void… or will he be the first to fall in a war that transcends every reality?

{Acquire 10 Ayer Progression until completion 10%} Stopped at a corner of a tree, as it bled, a sensation of heat embraced him wholly, and sweat poured out like fountains. 'Gasp! ...All this quest...and...I'm still at level 1. 'This has got to be a joke. I got a system, a cheat. He ripped his clothes in thin layers with his bare hands and mouth to make a bandage that covers the gaping hole of his chopped-off arm. 'Open...Character Stats! ' His eyes were on edge; he squinted and moved his palms outwards, his palms forming liquid water into the shape of a ball, which condensed—"Pop!"—forming layer upon layer of panels of text that vaguely reflected his image. HP: 3/10 Qin Xin, M /Grafted Being\ Lvl. I Stats: ↓ Severe Bleeding, Exhausted V Mind: 07/20 Stamina: 03/15 RP: 10 STR: 10 INT: 17 DEF: 03 AGI↓: X Wild Card: |Survivor|4| Inventory: [Ayer X1][][][][][][][][][] ↓Expand 'Raise 10 of my health.' Forcing himself out of the edge of slumbering, he awoke to a sight of the system raising his health. It increased his capacity for health, not added health. The thought that it would heal his body in some way made him tear up—a complete failure. 'Curses! - The level five of exhaustion, it seems—'I...can't...run...anymore...' The comforting heat that made him secrete sweat all over his body cools him down, and his eyes seal themselves. This can't be happening. It hasn't even been a year, yet now I'm about to die on this stupid quest. In a second his chopped-off arm bled, reducing his health to 1. "{Death Awaits}," the system says. 1 For the first time, it was truly fun while I still had it 0 |Survivor| Blood all over burst outwards, not a single piece of excess innard or skeleton left. After it, a skeletal hand molded out of nowhere; slowly but surely, it started to put together a skeleton body. Veins loomed through the skeletal hand, producing a skinless being. Bit by bit, it started to take the shape of a colorless skin all the way from bottom to top. The face appeared without an eye; it formed something inside as the skin colors developed, and lastly, eyes appeared. The being falls to the ground, kneeling at the pond of blood. He cries and then begins, 'I fucking lived! ' said while tears flowed through his eyes.

In a world scarred by war and oppressive regimes, the once-proud Twelfth Legion lies shattered. Disarmed and humiliated under the tyrannical General Besa, General Mervin Kapapi ("The Iron Resolve") and his remaining soldiers plot to reclaim their honor and weapons, offering their services to a treacherous Governor in a desperate gambit. Meanwhile, the Legion's spirit endures through its scattered remnants. Survivors Kael and Lira, escaping a massacre by the fanatical Void Sect, are entrusted by enigmatic forest tribes with a dangerous weapon: a mysterious obsidian seed pulsating with latent power. Simultaneously, Captain Elias Varek is blackmailed by the Governor into a mission to the cursed Deadzone, where he uncovers a horrifying plot: the Governor is excavating the Twelfth Legion's own fallen soldiers to weaponize them into an undead army. Branded traitors and relentlessly pursued, Elias and allies like the fierce Kaela navigate treacherous landscapes—from the Citadel's hidden passages to war-torn battlefields. They face betrayals like the turncoat warlord Veymar, deadly assassins like the aether-wielding Chameleon (whose actions hint at a conspiracy linked to the Legion's fall on the Twelfth of June), and terrifying forces like the Unseen Hand cabal of void mages. Each encounter reveals fragments of a larger, darker threat, symbolized by the cryptic message "Eclipsed." As the exiled remnants of the Twelfth, now led by figures like Kael Veyne, battle usurpers and unearth ancient secrets within a buried Aetherian ship, Elias and his comrades fight desperate last stands against overwhelming enemies like the warlord Garrik. Their survival hinges on resilience, unexpected alliances (including the formidable Witch of the Wilds), and timely reinforcements, most crucially the Seventh Legion. The Unbroken Legion is a gritty epic of resilience against annihilation. It follows soldiers stripped of everything but their resolve as they fight to reclaim their honor, expose necromantic plots, confront ancient powers, and uncover the truth behind the betrayal that shattered them, proving that even a broken legion can be reforged in the fires of defiance.

In an era once ravaged by war, pride, and bloodline, four formidable kings broke the cycle of division and forged unity—establishing the B Empire, a colossal alliance uniting the East (Asya), West (Amerck), North (Arct), and South (Afrik). A century has passed since that unification. The dream of harmony lives on… yet so do its shadows. Suspended above the fractured territories, the ethereal capital of La Mer radiates—a marvel of magitek and memory, sustained by ancient seals and protected by the enigmatic Voices of Order. Within its luminous walls, humans, beastkin, hybrids, elementals, and long-forgotten races coexist in a fragile equilibrium. But peace was never meant to last. Beneath the Empire’s shining façade, dormant enemies awaken, forbidden forces resurface, and the scars of history begin to bleed anew. Across scorched deserts, enchanted ruins, frozen frontiers, and submerged cities, a new generation rises—each marked by fate, haunted by legacy, or driven by an unrelenting hunger for change. They may not yet be heroes… but they have been chosen. Among them: • Solla, an orphan from East Asya with a hidden power and an unshakable desire to find her place in the world. • Doniglao and Ariane, centaurian twins from the wild plains, caught between duty and rebellion. • Van Staden, a fugitive prince from the South, fleeing royal chains to forge his own path. • Nate, a tiger-blooded warrior from the Wild Tribes, determined to reclaim a future denied by war and social hierarchy. • Suthra, a silent water-blade wielder, quietly steering through uncertainty with grief and unwavering resolve. • Eula, a rogue hunter bearing secrets, scars, and unmatched aim. • Mr. Wills, a wordless woodborne drifter burdened with dangerous knowledge and an even more dangerous heart. Tested by ancient rites, watched by unseen forces, and torn by lingering allegiances, these thirty-one candidates are bound into ten unpredictable teams to face the Empire’s final challenge: to survive not only the trials ahead… but each other. As bonds fray and destinies collide, one question echoes through the marble halls of the Citadel: Will they honor the legacy of the Four Kings… or break it, and build a new empire from the ashes of the old?

Humanity clasps onto life inside six colossal citadels, protected only by their alliances and combative technology. The rest of the world is a living nightmare — home to harrowing cacodemons that infest, mutate, and destroy anything they touch. Among the many broken by the apocalypse, one particular salary woman forced to unleash the darkness in her heart, the part of herself she buried as a child — the part that likes to hurt things — now needs to keep it under wraps lest she ends up harming her loved ones or herself.

Simma, who was once an outcast, never expected much from life. He thought he would continue being a rag for the Singriths who treated and trained him like a slave, with the intent to exploit and turn him into one of their Daylight Warriors, compelled to serve them with his life. But fate had said otherwise, and his determination to free himself paid off, though causing him someone he had cared about. Simma, who once thought that he was good at fighting, thinking that he had learned very much from the Singriths, now sees that he was a weakling. In the world of his own kind, he has to train, fight, and also look into himself in order to make a better version of himself, He had to become an Azren, go through series of training, defend the citadel and the great city, help maintain the system and slay Singriths ,Soulnexers, and demons as to level up to the next ranks. Only to realize that he had reincarnated but had no memories at all, since he had reincarnated into a child, and his Azrax (this is the energy that lives in everyone; it is what channels one’s power)—a part of his Azrax called The Within Beast—was something else: the hardest to tame and toughest to obey his commands. He now had to go through the pain, the suffering of finding out his past life, and also coping in the world he finds himself in. And as he was just digging, he made a discovery that was very tangible, that would change the whole system. He found out that... Read to know.

Kael, once a rising warrior destined for the Grand Order, had his dreams shattered when Vespera, a ruthless Vampire Monarch, turned him into a vampire to spite his mentor, Lord Alaric. Unable to kill him out of respect for Alaric, the alliance of Castle Lords exiled Kael to a remote citadel on the edge of their domain a forgotten stronghold of a deceased lord. Now an outcast, Kael struggles to adapt to his new vampiric nature, feeding alongside Vespera and loathing every moment. Though he can no longer become the strongest human, he resolves to become the strongest vampire. Surrounded by suspicion and danger, Kael must confront conspiracies, defend his territory, and prepare for an inevitable clash with Vampires and the darkness within himself.

The air in the secluded passage crackled with a tension that was both palpable and suffocating. Arin, her back pressed against the cold stone wall, watched as Roan stalked towards her, his eyes burning with a mixture of rage and a chillingly possessiveness. It had been months since he had cast her aside, months since his words had shattered her world, yet the memory of his rejection remained as sharp as shattered glass. He had found her alone, a rare moment of solitude in the bustling citadel, and he had seized the opportunity to confront her. Jealousy, a venomous and unfamiliar serpent, coiled within him, fueled by the sight of her arrival alongside Alpha Zayan. Though he would never admit it, the unexpected image of her with anyone, talk more an Alpha gnawed at his pride, a stark reminder of his judgment. "So," he began, his voice a low, menacing growl, "the whore returns." Arin's chin lifted, her eyes flashing with a defiant fire. She refused to cower before him, to allow him the satisfaction of seeing her break. "I came with Alpha Zayan," she corrected, her voice steady, "at his invitation." Roan scoffed, his lips curling into a sneer. "An invitation," he echoed, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "How convenient. I suppose you've been… entertaining him in exchange for his protection?" He stepped closer, his imposing figure casting a long, intimidating shadow over her. "You always were good at selling yourself, weren’t you? First me, then whoever else was willing to take you." He watched her, his eyes filled with a cruel satisfaction, as if he expected her to crumble beneath his insults. He wanted to see her break, to see her reduced to the trembling, humiliated woman he had left behind. But Arin had changed. The pain of his rejection had forged a resilience within her, a strength she never knew she possessed. She had learned to value her own worth, to define herself outside of his judgment. A slow, deliberate smile spread across her lips, a smile that held no warmth, only a chillingly detached amusement. "I would rather be a whore in a cheap bar," she said, her voice laced with a quiet contempt, "than be your whore, King Roan." His eyes widened, a flicker of surprise momentarily breaking through his mask of arrogance. He had expected tears, pleas, perhaps even a desperate attempt to defend her honor. He had not expected defiance.

In the vast world of Valoria, where enchanted forests, crystalline mountains, and floating citadels pulse with Aether Energy, Elian Valorian, a reincarnated strategist from Earth, rules a struggling kingdom. Armed with the Faith System, he transforms the belief of his followers into gold, Aether crystals, and powerful artifacts to fuel his empire-building dreams. But in a land torn by rival kingdoms, ancient species, and demonic Voidspawn, Elian must navigate treacherous politics and lead his forces in relentless battles. As his legend grows, so do his enemies, threatening to shatter the fragile trust of his people. Can Elian forge an empire to unite Valoria, or will betrayal and chaos bring his kingdom to ruin?

Three thousand years ago, the gods and goddesses died, and the world died with them. Since that day, no prayer has been answered, no miracle has come. Humanity survives in a broken world filled with ash and silence inside the Citadels. While the outside of the walls had become terriifying world called the Grave Realm. The world ruled not by light or law, but by fear, monsters, and the powerful few who possess poweerful Relics, which is ancient fragments of divine power left behind by the gods themselves. Elian is a slum-born outcast. He has no family that he know of, no future, and nothing to his name but desperation. In a world where strength is the only thing that mattered, there is only one way for someone like him to rise and get live that resembles a human life. By stepping into the Grave plaaces outside the walls where forgotten Relics sleep, and where death waits behind every shadow. But when Elian is cast into this cursed place, he discovers something no one was meant to find-a dormant Relic unlike any other. A spark of power that shouldn’t exist. A flame that whispers of a long-dead god. Unknowingly, Elian becomes the bearer of something forbidden and ancient, and also divine. But power comes with a price, and the deeper he goes, the more he realizes: The gods may be dead… …but their secrets are not. And some are still waiting to be awakened.

In this post apocalyptic world full of death, danger, and disasters, humanity has been forced to live in large walled off citadels. In the face of overwhelming power, and calamities only the "Pathseekers", those that have been granted a "Path" are to able learn supernatural powers to protect humanity. Liam Mason found himself reincarnated as Lucian Vanarik in a small mining town in the Lotus Citadel, called Backridge as an orphan. Life as an orphan is already a fight for survival. But Lucian believed that although hard, life is at least peaceful. That is until he got entangled in the dangerous world of Pathseekers.

Synopsis: The Order of Shadows and the Legacy of the Shadow Child In the somber kingdom of Lysareth, threatened by a blight of wilting and a deadly insomnia known as "The Unveiling," a ten-year-old orphan named Etan Luwin struggles to find his place. Abandoned at the enigmatic Shadow Gate with a mysterious mark on his left palm, Etan was recruited by the cold and strict Order of Shadows, a brotherhood of spy-mages who view him as a mere tool for his innate abilities to manipulate shadows. Under the tutelage of Master Alaric, Etan masters stealth, the whispers of darkness, and illusions, though each use of his powers brings him closer to the paranoia of the "Echo of the Dark Night," the whispers of the minor demons imprisoned within his mark. Etan's life takes a dark turn when, accidentally, his mark reacts to an ancient parchment, revealing a symbol identical to his own and a chilling connection to the Draining Machine, a legendary artifact threatening to consume the kingdom's life force. This machine is the centerpiece of Veylan Mordrake's plan, the Archon of Shadows, a noble demon obsessed with resurrecting his deceased wife, Elandra, by breaking ancient pacts that maintain the balance between life and death. Now, Etan, the "Shadow Child," must infiltrate Nymorgath, the twisted underground citadel of the Shadow Court, to steal the fragments of the "Umbral Heart" –the Draining Machine's blueprints– guarded by treacherous heroes. Only by mastering his own darkness and the dangerous whispers of his mark can Etan unravel the legacy of his abandonment and prevent Lysareth from being consumed, left... abandoned to death.

In a world where the ancient war between werewolves and vampires has escalated to apocalyptic levels, the werewolf citadel stands on the brink of collapse. Klaus, a fiercely loyal yet restless Beta, is tormented by the incompetence of his Alpha, Malzan, who refuses to see the encroaching doom brought by the rise of Moloch, the terrifying new vampire warlord. Provinces are falling. Pack leaders are vanishing. And worse — Klaus is bound by fate to Moloch’s daughter, Nejire, the lethal and devastatingly beautiful general leading the vampire armies. As love, lust, and loyalty pull Klaus in different directions, he must decide where his allegiance truly lies: to his people, to his heart, or to the dark fire that burns between him and his greatest enemy.

In his previous life, Jag Arclight was a shut-in gamer who lived and breathed strategy games—especially Tower Defense. On a stormy night, a freak accident during a tournament finale transported his soul into the very world he obsessed over. He awakens in a body not his own. His new identity? Prince Jag of Stormwatch Citadel—a legendary but crumbling stronghold perched atop the edge of the Whispering Range. Known as the Last Bastion, Stormwatch is the final line of defense against the tide of darkness swelling from the East. The Kingdom is already on the brink, and Jag has been summoned on Day One with a cruel decree: "Defend Stormwatch, or perish with it." Armed with a mysterious Defense Command System, Jag must now construct towers, deploy units, unlock hidden talents, and make life-or-death decisions as waves of monsters, warbands, and horrors descend upon him. But this is no longer a game. There are no restarts. Every loss is real. Every life counts. Worse yet, the System doesn’t reward idleness. It issues brutal tasks that come with a single warning: Failure = Execution.

The world remembers him only in whispers. In stories meant to frighten children. In scriptures sealed behind church vaults. In the charred ruins of cities that dared to stand tall. They call him many things. The Lord of Endless Midnight. The Sovereign of Ashes. The Demon of the Last Light. No one speaks the name he once bore. No one remembers the man. His throne sits atop a black citadel built where no grass grows. No birds sing above it. No stars shine above its towers. The land around it decays — not because he wills it, but because the gods themselves turned their eyes away from him. He does not speak. He does not smile. He does not sleep. Only once in a while, when the flames of war flicker low, he dreams — and the world trembles. In those dreams, there is no blood. Only a woman’s laughter, soft and warm. A child running through wildflowers. A fire in a hearth that smells like safety. Faces blurred by time, yet never truly forgotten. He wakes. He feels nothing. And so he marches again. The world believes he seeks conquest. That he wishes to drown the continent in darkness. But that is not the truth. The truth is worse. He is not here to rule. He is here to erase. To burn the world that betrayed him, not out of hatred… but because it no longer deserves to exist. He tried to protect it once. He begged. He bled. He trusted. And for that, they fed him to the flame — and made him need the darkness. It was not always like this. He was not always this. He once had a name. He once had a family. He once had a friend who called him brother. They are gone now. He remains. Not Kael Viremont, the Duke of the Western Vale. No. That man died in chains of ash and blood. What remains now… ...is a silence the gods cannot bear to hear. Let the world scream his name in fear. Let them curse the night he fell. Let them pray to empty heavens. For the last light is long gone. And its scream has only just begun.

When the Eternal Night fell, the world was swallowed by storms, abyssal rifts, and cosmic horrors. Humanity’s final hope lay in those who awakened mysterious "Systems", each granting unique paths to power: Beast Tamers, Shadow Assassins, Titan Knights, and more. At the very top stood Ye Ling, the sole SSS-Rank "Technologia" user. With the power to devour, analyze, and evolve any technology — from alien cores to mutant biotech — Ye Ling seizes a colossal Mobile Citadel buried beneath a ruined research base. Forging a moving fortress armed with evolving tech and unstoppable weapons, he leads a desperate eastward march across a frozen, monster-infested wasteland. Facing rival system users and endless cosmic threats, Ye Ling alone dares to turn the apocalypse into his forge.

When the heavens collapsed, he laughed. When the gods wept, he slapped them. And when the world begged for balance, he brought chaos wrapped in harmony. Born with a Divine System that rewards him not for strength—but for disrupting the status quo, Tianming begins his journey as a mere cultivator with a heretical thought: > “What if music and silence… were lovers, not rivals?” In a realm torn between the celestial harmonies of the Holy Music Goddess Aria and the void-born doctrines of the Goddess of Silence, Nihila, Tianming rises as the bridge—and the weapon—between both. Armed with the Echoing Silence Blade, forged from their own divine essences, Tianming builds more than kingdoms: He builds a paradox empire—where fallen angels compose opera, battle monks farm floating citadels, and divine entities argue over who gets to warm his bed... or destroy him. But as he gathers a harem of goddesses, forges divine cultivation paths, and face-slaps arrogant immortals, a forgotten terror awakens: > The Goddess of Unheard Screams—a being erased from all history—has heard the first note of her return. Now Tianming must navigate divine politics, cultural warfare, and sensual sabotage—all while growing stronger through irony, disruption… and laughter. --- Genre: Xianxia | Fantasy | Cultivation | Comedy | Harem | Empire-Building | Martial Arts | Mythical Romance Tags: Overpowered MC, Face-Slapping, System, Gods, Divine Harem, Kingdoms & Empires, Magic, Immortality, Humor --- Would you like a shorter promotional blurb for platform banners, or a longer version that introduces the main heroines and system mechanics in more detail?

As a former weapons manufacturer, what would you do if you slept for a hundreds years and woke up to a dystopian world where most technology has been destroyed, and the remnants are monopolized by a ruling church? That's right! You'd make guns, fight your enemies, build an army, and create your own kingdom. After a centuries of cryogenic sleep, Sizwe awakens to find the world he knew gone. In its place is a post-apocalyptic dystopia where the Citadel of the Eternal Remnant, a powerful church, controls all remaining technology. To the believers, the Citadel is a savior, but to the heretics, it is a tyrant. With his extensive knowledge of technology, Sizwe embarks on a mission to restore the old world and build his own kingdom, even if it means challenging the might of the church.

In a world shrouded in perpetual winter and haunted by ancient evils, Valerius is a man forged from ice and regret. A former battlemage from a fallen kingdom, he now wanders as a mercenary, his only companion the immense and dangerous power known as the Eternal Blizzard—the ability to manifest the cold will of winter into deadly weapons and sentient constructs. Haunted by the ghost of his lost queen, Isolde, and the kingdom he failed to protect, Valerius has encased his heart in ice, his services sold to the highest bidder, his purpose reduced to a cold, transactional survival. His latest contract leads him to the remote, terror-stricken village of Oakhaven, a tiny flicker of warmth besieged by grotesque creatures crawling from the frozen mountains. What begins as a straightforward extermination job quickly unravels, revealing a far more sinister and intelligent force at play. His investigation leads him to the heart of a cursed, ancient fortress where he confronts a powerful Lich and a profane codex—a sentient book of immense power that whispers promises of godhood. In a desperate act, Valerius seals the book's power but at a catastrophic cost: the complete loss of his own magic. Stripped of his power and his very identity, Valerius is left broken and vulnerable. Forced into a state of dependency, he is cared for by Elara, Oakhaven’s compassionate healer, whose simple kindness and unwavering belief in his humanity threaten to breach the icy walls he has built around his soul. Her gift of a simple "memory stone," meant to hold a single good memory, becomes a powerful symbol of his internal conflict—the choice between the cold solitude of his past and the fragile warmth of a potential future. When it becomes clear that the book was merely a prisoner and the true source of the mountain’s corruption remains, Valerius must make a choice. No longer a mercenary fulfilling a contract, he embarks on a personal crusade to finish what he started, driven by the echoes of his past failure. Without his magic, he must venture back into the mountain, this time into a newly-revealed, even older prison known as the Citadel. Relying solely on his wits, experience, and sheer endurance, he must navigate deadly traps and overcome ancient, tragic guardians. He confronts automated sentinels, evades a monstrous, eternally suffering warden, and walks the "Bridge of a Thousand Sorrows"—a psychic gauntlet designed to shatter the soul by amplifying a traveler's own grief and regret. Echo of the Eternal Storm is a dark fantasy epic that chronicles a fallen hero's brutal quest for atonement. It is a story about the nature of strength, questioning whether true power lies in the ability to command winter's fury or in the resilience of the human spirit to endure unimaginable suffering, confront its own ghosts, and choose connection over solitude, even at the greatest possible cost.

In a world scarred by the 'Great Sundering' and plagued by the insidious Void Blight, Kael lives a brutal existence, fiercely protecting his small settlement, Haven. When the ruthless warlord Ragnar attacks, abducting Kael's sister, Elara, Kael is pushed to the brink. In a desperate, agonizing transformation, he awakens the 'Apex Protocol,' a primal system that unleashes monstrous power, turning him into a terrifying force of nature. Haunted by Elara's scream and battling the Protocol's feral whispers, Kael embarks on a relentless quest through the desolate Dustlands. He navigates treacherous landscapes, confronts mutated horrors, and clashes with Ragnar's relentless raiders, all while struggling to retain his humanity. Along the way, he forms a tense alliance with the Ash Runners, a band of rebels fighting Ragnar's tyranny. Their journey leads them to the Iron Citadel, Ragnar's formidable stronghold, where Kael discovers Ragnar's horrifying connection to the Void Blight – a sentient, malevolent entity. As Kael confronts Ragnar in a cataclysmic battle, he uncovers the Apex Protocol's true purpose: an ancient countermeasure against the Blight. Faced with the ultimate choice, Kael must fully embrace the monstrous power within to sever the Blight's core, risking his very soul to save his sister and the dying world. The novel culminates in a brutal victory, leaving Kael as the 'Silent Guardian,' forever walking the line between man and beast, a beacon of hope in a world slowly healing.

Veinborn Protocol Book One of the Glyphbound War In a city ruled by blood and illusion, one forbidden bond could unravel the last law holding the shadows at bay. Kael Drayce is a smuggler, a runner of illegal tech, and an expert at not asking questions. But when he accepts a job cracking a sealed vault beneath the vampire Citadel, he unleashes something he was never meant to see—**Vireya Nocturne**, an exiled vampire queen of the extinct Primeclade. Sealed for over a century beneath glyph-coded stone, Vireya awakens into a future she doesn’t recognize and a city that wants her erased. Her resurrection triggers an ancient bond between her and Kael—one written in blood, older than any Protocol, and powerful enough to rewrite the Masquerade. Now Kael is mutating, hunted, and haunted by visions of a past not his own. Vireya, still bound by secrets and betrayals, must navigate a world that turned her into a myth—and decide whether Kael is her jailer, her savior… or her weapon. Together, they must outrun Protocol enforcers, decode blood-marked ruins, and survive a bounty placed on them by Clades who fear what they could become. Because the bond between them is not just illegal. It’s alive. And it’s waking up.

A Young boy abandoned, orphaned, broken, lives in the slums of a ruined kingdom...... one Day he's caught in a magical explosion and was presumed Dead.... but instead of being buried he was transported to the floating citadel of hidden monarch an immortal, Ancient, sorcerer king who has outlived his own heir's the monarch senses and saw deep, untapped magical potential in the boy and chooses him as his successor him in *Elemental Magic *swordsmanship *Enchanted Crafting *Summoning and sealing Art's *Royal diplomacy and dark secrets but the kingdom is dying, rebellions are brewing and forgotten god's are waking. the boy must rise to Unite the realms or see everything he's learned turned to ash

Once, he was Erion of the Shattered Citadel—a hero who felled tyrants and drank starlight. Now, he scrubs espresso machines in a dimly lit Brooklyn café, his sword arm trembling at the hiss of steam. The portal that spat him here left him with nothing but a name tag, panic attacks, and a recurring nightmare of a black dog chewing through the threads of time. But when a grad student named Lila starts asking questions about the "weirdly medieval" scars on his hands, Erion’s carefully constructed lie of normalcy begins to crumble. The real world has no use for knights... until the cracks in his sanity start leaking monsters even coffee can’t fix.

Rayan Holt was born powerless in a world ruled by magic, aura, and celestial gifts. In a society where even children conjure flames before they walk, he couldn’t even light a spell-lamp. He wanted nothing more than a quiet life far from the chaos of mages, monsters, and mana-fueled politics. Then, he died. And woke up at five years old. Again and again, death resets his life, each time returning him to childhood with all his memories intact. He doesn't know why it happens—or how to stop it. All he knows is that the world he calls home is on the brink of collapse. A monstrous invasion is coming. And only the most elite know the truth: the multiverse is real—and it’s fracturing. Now hunted, haunted, and hurtling toward a destiny far larger than he ever imagined, Rayan will forge a path across realms where myth, technology, and time collide. From magical academies to superpowered metropolises, from deep dwarven forges to floating elven citadels, he’ll uncover secrets ancient and cosmic—while desperately trying to survive long enough to understand his curse. But even as he grows stronger, he remains bound by one unbreakable truth: He can only go back. And never forward.

Meet Diane, a young girl who is connected to the stars, she embarks on a journey to a Sky Citadel where she learns to weave and break shadow curses that threatens to destroy her world.

After an unknown error during a game update Aelithys and many other players were transported into a new world, Arm with the knowledge and weapons of the game Aelithys decide to restart his reign over the world

Vale logs into Chaos Realm, the world’s deadliest MMORPG secretly controlled by Thunder Corp—a ruthless tech conglomerate plotting to merge the game with reality and rule a digitized society. When he accidentally triggers God Mode—admin powers locked behind levels—he becomes the corporation’s target. Now, he must grind through chaotic floating citadels, unlock forbidden abilities, and rally players to sabotage the company’s doomsday server. With Thunder Corp deleting players in real life for defiance and reality pixelating into chaos, Vale’s race to full admin control could save humanity… or make him the final bug in their code.

In the ravaged kingdom of Eryndor, where scorched fields and shattered villages bear the scars of an ancient curse, Lord Magnus Varik, alpha of the Virek werewolf clan, stands on the precipice of destiny and damnation. Haunted by the primal curse pulsing through his blood—a legacy of his savage father, Darius Varik—Magnus battles to protect his crumbling empire from an unrelenting tide of supernatural horror. Under a blood-red moon, a new threat emerges: Isabella, a southern noblewoman whose beguiling human facade masks a vampiric commander with silver eyes and a deadly secret. Leading a relentless vampire legion, she razes Magnus’s lands—her enigmatic shifts between mortal and monster sowing chaos and dread. As flames consume his estate and the screams of his people echo through the Blackthorn Woods, Magnus uncovers a chilling truth buried in his father’s journals: Isabella seeks the Key of Destruction—a relic born in the shadows of the Old War, capable of unmaking the world itself. The curse within Magnus, tied to the First Beast’s mark, is both his greatest weapon and his deepest torment, threatening to unleash the monster he has long fought to chain. With his loyal lieutenant Kiera, the cautious human advisor Jakob, and the exiled sorcerer Elyon, Magnus sets out on a perilous quest to confront Isabella and uncover the secrets of the Key. Their journey leads them toward the Forbidden Citadel—a living fortress where time distorts, and ancient evils lie in wait, hungry and watching. Caught between duty and the seductive pull of his curse, Magnus must navigate a treacherous web of betrayal, sacrifice, and forbidden power. Isabella’s motives—whether to destroy him or awaken something darker—remain shrouded, her link to the mysterious Suldari clan hinting at a far deeper game. As the werewolf pack, hidden in the wilds, begins to stir at his call, Magnus faces a harrowing choice: Embrace the beast within to save his kingdom... or lose everything to the darkness he swore to defy. In a world where every howl heralds bloodshed, and every shadow hides a fang, Shadow Ascendancy is a sprawling epic of: Primal fury Unbreakable resolve And the cost of power A saga that will unfold across centuries, where the line between man and beast blurs beneath the moon’s merciless gaze.