Alternate Universe

The world isn’t what it seems. A young man who survives the end of his species embarks on a journey to uncover the truth of the world. What will he encounter on his journey? Will it lead to a happy ending or eternal damnation?

The god is dead, but its memory is hungry. Three thousand years ago, the god Tharos fell. Today, his fossilized remains—the Lorn Expanse—serve as the lifeblood of an empire. In the shadow of the Ribs of Lorn, the Empire of the Spine mines god-bone and harvests aetherich to power a civilization of brass and gears. But for those who toil in the dust, the cost of progress is madness. Kael is a survivor of the bone mines, forever changed by a catastrophic collapse in Chamber 19. While others died from the weight of divine essence, Kael woke with the "hum" in his blood. He now hears the frequencies of the dead god and tastes memories trapped in the dust—a gift that feels more like a slow-acting poison. He wants only to survive the grueling life of a scavenger, hiding the resonance that marks him as different. Everything changes when he encounters Ilara, a woman whose voice carries a power that shouldn't exist. She is a Vessel, capable of singing raw god-bone into life, and she is being hunted by the Empire’s mechanical enforcers. The Empire has spent centuries trying to stabilize divine energy, but Kael and Ilara represent something they cannot control: a living connection to a waking god. As the "Thrice-Born" prophecy stirs and the ground beneath the salt flats vibrates with a terrifying new rhythm, the two must flee toward the heart of the god’s corpse. In a world where technology is fueled by the sacred and bone-tech determines the hierarchy of man, Kael and Ilara must decide if they are the harbingers of a new era or the final echoes of a dying god's scream. https://www.royalroad.com/profile/869094/fictions

I was born the third son of the empire's most powerful bloodline, destined to be nothing. No magic, no talent. Just a weakling, a stain on my family's name. My older brothers awakened powers that could shape kingdoms, while I was mocked, ignored, and treated as disposable, and in my family, weakness isn't forgiven. In my awakening ceremony, I nearly died, but the magic system changed my life forever! 'Forbidden System Detected. Condition Met: Host on Brink of Death. Initializing Evolution Protocol…' A power long sealed within the royal bloodline chose me, the powerless one. A system that feeds on my pain, breaks the limits of my body and soul, and evolves me beyond what this world allows. No magic? It will create one. No talent? It will forge one. No future? It will build one. I will become the one whom they have never seen coming!

Mercy is a luxury when currency of survival is lifespan. Crackle . . . hiss . . . boom . . . rain falls on corpses. The storey opens on the mountain of the dead - the last battlefield of the human race. Li Wei, who is a broken man under the curse of accelerated ageing, stands among the ruins of the Ancient God. His shaking hands hold a divine artefact - The Eye of Judgement. His body decays. His breath comes out in broken gasps - huff, cough, splat. And then… betrayal. The only family he's ever had - his sister, Li Xue - looks coldly on as she drives the dagger deeper into his chest. Thud… hiss… crackle… She calls him "nothing but an adopted mistake." A man named Yang Xun, brilliantly like an idol of deceit, thanks him mockingly. That's when Li Wei realises - the world doesn't reward love. It rewards survival. When he dies, something ancient is roused inside The Eye of Judgement. And when he opens his eyes again - it's 2025, the day the god forsaken game, LYTABern, descends upon Earth.

In a world where humanity teeters on the edge of extinction, survival is no longer guaranteed—it is earned. Jake never asked to be reborn. Thrust into a vast, war-torn world where alien races, demonic beasts, and dungeon-born horrors dominate most of the land, he quickly learns one brutal truth: power is everything. Those who awaken rise above the rest as elite mech pilots and super soldiers. Those who don’t are left behind… or forgotten. Born into the lowest-ranked Region F—a place mocked as the “Region of Bad Luck”—Jake stands at the very bottom of a merciless hierarchy. Orphaned by a Kaiju attack and surviving on borrowed time, his future hangs on a single moment: the Awakening. With no talent, no backing, and no guarantee of survival, Jake must defy the odds in a system rigged against him..

“They should cut your hands off before the next ceremony. Why let trash touch the Awakening Stone?” Dante Moretti is the disgrace of Saint Lucian Academy. In a world where power decides status, wealth, and survival, Dante is worse than weak—he is nothing. The Awakening Stone doesn’t glow for him. The examiners laugh behind his back. Students spit insults every time he walks through the halls. “Even stray dogs have instincts,” Renzo Cavalli sneers. “But you? You were born useless.” Every day, Dante endures the humiliation in silence. Being shoved into lockers. Having food dumped over his head. Listening as students compare him to worms beneath their shoes. Because if he quits the academy, his little sister Lucia loses her chance at a future. Then the sky splits open. Monsters descend upon the city, slaughtering everything in sight. Lucia fights to protect innocent people, but a D-rank Blightbearer tears through her defenses and lunges for her heart. Without thinking, Dante steps in front of her. The claw punches through his chest. Blood spills across the road. And the world changes. His blood rises into the air. A forbidden voice echoes inside his skull— [Mother System activated.] When Dante opens his eyes again, they burn gold. The monsters freeze. The air trembles. And the boy everyone called worthless smiles for the first time in years. “You spent your whole lives looking down on me,” he whispers. “Now learn what it feels like to kneel.” Three D-rank monsters disappear from existence in a storm of crimson light. Now the same academy that mocked him fears him. The same elites who treated him like dirt suddenly want his loyalty. But Dante hasn’t forgotten the laughter. And this time… the weakest boy in the world is no longer asking for acceptance.

A map that can erase nations. A man who can rewrite existence with a pen. And a world teetering on the edge of oblivion. Sael Corin, a discredited mapmaker, holds a power no one should wield, the Null Atlas. Every stroke of his hand redraws reality, erasing cities, bloodlines, and memories. Nations hunt him. Rebels need him. And the atlas is beginning to write itself. In a high-fantasy world where ink is stronger than swords, Sael must navigate moral peril, political intrigue, and a sentient map that refuses to obey. Every chapter could change the world forever… and the question is, will he survive what he creates?

He failed magic school. Now he's repeating it... for eternity. Trapped in a time loop at a prestigious academy, Elian has centuries to master every spell, solve every secret, and become the perfect mage. But the headmaster guards this eternal prison. The girl he loves forgets him every reset. And the academy's greatest secret is about to break free. To escape the loop, he must graduate. But passing his finals might doom the world.

In the broken continent of Averis, glory is currency—and humiliation is a death sentence. Max Partey was born in chains. Beaten in the alleys of Freeport, sold between masters, and forgotten by the world, he is nothing more than another slave waiting to die. Until the night the System awakens within him. It offers power. Not for heroism. Not for mercy. But for revenge. Every injustice he endures fuels his strength. Every humiliation becomes Glory Points, and the chains that once bound him become his deadliest weapon. As Max rises from the slums to the grand arenas of Auravale and the war-torn kingdoms beyond, he gathers unlikely allies—an exiled strategist, a silver-tongued diplomat, and a warrior who fights like a storm in chains. But power always attracts monsters. A ruthless noble named Veylan Corvaris is climbing toward godhood, feeding on the same System that fuels Max. Kingdoms crumble, Rift Beasts pour into the world, and the truth behind the System threatens to shatter everything. Because the voice guiding Max…might not be a god. It might be himself. And to save the world, the man who rose through glory may have to destroy the very power that made him unstoppable.

He woke up in a city that doesn’t forget—but he remembers nothing. With a name that isn’t his, hunted by ghosts that wear familiar faces, and a past stitched into someone else’s war, Ethan Vale must navigate Echelon City’s labyrinth of lies to reclaim who he is. But the truth may be the deadliest weapon in a world built on deception. In the game of Lazarus, the first one to remember dies.