Decisive

Noah Vale was framed, erased, and killed by the people he loved and trusted the most. He wakes up ten years earlier with his memories intact and a system that exposes future betrayals. Every trap he avoids creates new enemies, and every choice tightens the net. This time, survival is not enough. The system that killed him is watching, and the next betrayal will be fatal.

Ethan Cole is a broke accountant crushed by inherited debt, a stolen career, and a fiancée who leaves him for a billionaire heir. Framed for embezzlement by his own CEO, publicly beaten by loan sharks, and stripped of his home, Ethan reaches his lowest point and attempts suicide. Instead of dying, he awakens the Infinite Cashback System ... an entity that converts every loss, humiliation, and injury into wealth, skill, or power, the magnitude of the reward matching the depth of the loss. What starts as quiet survival becomes empire-building, as Ethan anonymously buys out the people who destroyed him. As his fortune grows, so does the scale of his enemies: corporate rivals, hidden martial clans, ancient cultivators, and secret rulers who have controlled Earth from the shadows for centuries. Guided by Luna, the System's evolving AI, Ethan discovers his suffering was never random ... his parents' deaths, his humiliations, even the System itself were engineered as part of a cosmic selection process to produce the next Universal Administrator. As Earth is revealed to be a mere "beginner planet" in a vast interstellar hierarchy, Ethan must decide whether to become a tool of that system or dismantle it entirely ... using the very power his losses created to free countless worlds from the cycle of exploitation that shaped him.

A dying man. A forgotten god. A world on the brink. When Ethan Sylvester’s final breath faded in a dungeon, his soul was claimed by the will of an ancient immortal—the last God of Space and Time. With the immortal’s broken system and fragments of divine power, Ethan inherits techniques capable of splitting stars and shattering worlds. But power always comes with a price. And the gods who once destroyed civilizations… are watching. His enemies think he’s still weak. They’re about to learn A god never dies. This novel “Monarch of Space and Time” is written by me, NIGHTENGALE3. I am also the same author uploading it on RoyalRoad.com (Profile: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/837538/fictions) for wider audience reach.

To the Dawson family, Ethan Cole is the ultimate disgrace—a broke, useless son-in-law whose only value is doing chores and staying out of sight. For three years, they humiliated him publicly and privately, never imagining he could fight back. But the night a mysterious stranger addresses Ethan as “Young Master”, everything changes. Because the man they mocked is no ordinary nobody. He is the missing heir of a hidden global empire. And now his enemies know he’s alive. Ethan Cole once belonged to the powerful Cole Dominion, a dynasty feared in business, politics, and the underground world. But after a brutal betrayal that nearly cost him his life, Ethan vanished. He walked away from unimaginable power, choosing instead to live a quiet life with Mia Dawson—the one woman who loved him without knowing who he truly was. To protect her, Ethan hid everything: his training, his wealth, his past, and the enemies hunting him. But after being exposed during the Dawson corporate gala, Ethan’s peaceful life collapses. Trained operatives raid their home. Mia watches, horrified, as Ethan defeats them with lethal skill she never knew he possessed. The attack forces her to confront the truth: her “ordinary” husband is someone extraordinary—and dangerously so. As reinforcements close in, Ethan is thrust back into a world he abandoned. Old rivals seek revenge. Loyal protectors return. And Mia struggles to reconcile the man she married with the legacy he carries. With the Dawson family panicking and enemies closing in, Ethan must reclaim the identity he hid—before those coming for him destroy everything he loves. This is the rise of the man they underestimated. The son-in-law they humiliated. The heir they should’ve feared. And Ethan Cole is done running.

When Zane Veil, a forgotten foster kid turned street survivor, is pulled into the world’s most powerful secret empire, he inherits more than fortune. He inherits enemies. From poison in the boardroom to bombs in the night, every move is a gamble against billionaires, spies, and a centuries-old cabal. To claim the Veritas Protocol is to hold the keys to the world, if it doesn’t destroy him first.

In a world where your worth is measured by your talent and violence is the supreme power. Jett was talentless. He was used, humiliated, betrayed by the only people he trusted — and then discarded like trash. Then he died. But death wasn't the end for Jettai Ghalkhan. It was the beginning. [Congratulations, you are dead!]

In a world governed by the Soul-Code, your worth is determined by the rarity of the skill you manifest at sixteen. Vaxien Valerost manifests Rhythmic Respiration—a skill so common it is used by literal infants to stay alive. Labeled a Glitch and cast out by the elite Aurelian Academy, Vaxien is left for dead in the Shadow-Wastes. But Vaxien’s skill isn't a dead end; it is the foundation. He awakens the Nexus-Forge, a forbidden interface that allows him to dismantle trash skills and synthesize them into God-Tier Primaries. While the world’s elite rely on their stagnant, high-rank abilities, Vaxien is evolving. One breath at a time, he isn't just playing the game, he’s rewriting the source code of reality.

Gray Adams grew up with nothing but long shifts and calloused hands. After losing his last job and facing eviction, he thought his life was over. Then, on a rain-soaked night, a voice echoed in his mind: [Welcome to the Great Fortune System.] That single message changed everything. The System offered missions tied to money, ambition, and discipline—rewarding him for smart investments, confidence, and courage. As Gray climbed from broke laborer to rising entrepreneur, he discovered that real power demanded more than wealth. When success tempts corruption and rivals try to destroy him, Gray must choose between becoming another ruthless billionaire or staying true to himself

Cole Walker thought he was finished. Fired from his job, betrayed by his wife, and mocked by her wealthy lover, he was the laughingstock of Dallas. But when a mysterious “ding” sounded in his head, everything changed. The Wealth System had chosen him. With $100 billion at his fingertips and unimaginable rewards for every mission, Cole was about to rise higher than anyone dared dream. From being called trash to building an empire that shakes the world, every betrayal will be answered, and every humiliation repaid in full.

Following planetary disruption, three factions based on virtues were formed by people who awakened with special powers. Forming alliance, they exploited the common people, and ruled over Lysbia. These factions were superior to the commonality living outside the capitol hill and they governed the entire Lysbia from the capitol hill, where they withheld the wealth of Lysbia to themselves, suppressing the rights of its vulgar citizens and regulating population through financial restraint and starvation, thereby enforcing a survival game. Ethan Hills, a commoner, lost his job and about to be homeless based on an act of betrayal by the people he trusted. And having no hopes of surviving in the dystopian society, during the night, a system activated in his head, granting him multiple powers if he accomplishes every task it presented before him and level up. He quickly discovered that the majority of his task, brought forth by this resurgent system, revolved around the confines of the Capitol Hill. While undertaking his quest to reach Capitol Hill, Ethan becomes aware of the intricate oppression that governs the territory, extending its influence over the surrounding population. To establish harmony and fairness, he must harmonize with the existing system while maintaining a strong bond with his loyal companion, Isabell Wells, where what seems to be a hopeless situation soon turned out to be an adventurous moment to witness. "System activated! ...host capacity optimal, user friendly." ...[Installation process initializing...] The moment has come for Ethan to ascend and make his decisive choice.