Contract Marriage

"Ah, Ethan." Marcus drawled, his voice dripping with condescension. "The prodigal son, crawling back for scraps." Ethan's face burned with shock and anger. "You're...you're behind this?" Ethan stuttered. Marcus chuckled, strolling closer. "I wanted to see if you'd learned your lesson. Are you still groveling in poverty, or have you managed to scrape together a semblance of dignity?" "You're like a dog, Ethan," Marcus sneered. "A dog that runs back to its master, tail wagging, hoping for a pitiful bone. You think you deserve better? You think you're worthy of our family's name?" "I don't need your approval or your family's name," Ethan declared, meeting Marcus's gaze. "I'll make my own way." What happens when an illegitimate son is disowned by his family on his wedding day, his wife abandons him and their three months old daughter after a year of marriage, and an accident which claimed his life occurs on the day he finds out a job interview he rushed for was a sham orchestrated by his own stepbrother.. But that's only where things gets interesting. «Ding! Greetings Host, I am Eminence, your companion towards fortune..» «Ding! For every living being you save, you get a $10,000 reward!» «Ding! For every successful roasting, you get a $10,000 reward!» «Ding! the system has seen your determination, and therefore you have been granted the skill: Unbreakable Will.» Ethan smirks.. "It has begun!" FROM ASHES TO EMINENCE

"You again?" Sarah’s cousin sneered. "Did you crawl here on all fours, or did they finally give lapdogs valet service?" "He’s not even a real husband," her aunt scoffed. "Just a walking charity case with no bark, no bite, and no balls." Everyone laughed. Michael Thompson just stood there—torn shirt, bruised face, holding a cracked phone and a hospital bill he couldn’t pay. It was their anniversary. His wife didn’t answer his calls. His mother was dying in a hallway. And he had exactly $7.83 in his bank account. But then… the black cars pulled up. The woman in a designer suit bowed to him. And everything changed. "Forgive our delay, Young Master Sterling," she said, handing him a black card with no limit. "Shall we pay the hospital… or purchase it?" Turns out, Michael isn’t just some loser son-in-law. He’s the sole heir to a QUADRILLIONAIRE dynasty—one powerful enough to make world leaders blink and billionaires beg.

🔥 Blurb > In the Holy Domains, your worth is measured by what you kill and what you eat. Zack Tennyson was worth nothing—until he killed the wrong bug and hacked the system. Now the boy mocked as “Stab-Ass Fatso” is evolving faster than anyone expected. But power brings attention. And in a world where the strong eat the weak, Zack’s about to find out what it really means to survive. --- 📖 Synopsis The story opens with a sky-splitting aerial battle—Zack, older and blazing with crimson wings, going head-to-head against a Dragon-Type Guardian. As they clash, he breaks the fourth wall, taunting the reader with, “Let me tell you how it all began…” Flashback to the desert wasteland of the Holy Domains, where Zack is just another hungry nobody. Spirit Points rule all, and Zack has none. His days are spent scavenging trash and devouring mutant bugs like Carbee for even the tiniest point—only to be met with failure after failure. Until one day, he kills a glowing blue Carbee, something far beyond his level. It changes everything. His system begins a hidden “mod installation,” and Zack finally feels power stir inside him. But power doesn't erase pain. At school, he's hated for a past accident involving his crush, Samantha McPherson—a betrayal that still haunts him. Home isn’t any better. Rent is overdue. Food is gone. His sister is out hunting deep in the Domains. And the system starts demanding brutal daily quests that threaten to break him if he refuses. And yet... something is changing. The mod is installing. The boy they laughed at is becoming something else. Not a hero. Not a monster. Something in between.

Betrayed. Abandoned. Left to die. Xuan Long, once a peerless prodigy of the Crimson Cloud Sect, was framed by his fiancée and brothers, tossed into the Abyss to rot. But instead of death, he awakens an ancient forbidden soul — a god of war sealed for ten thousand years. Now reborn, stronger, and darker, Xuan Long returns from the shadows to tear down the sect, reclaim his throne, and become the strongest under the heavens. But power has a price — and the path to vengeance may turn him into the very monster he once feared.

Kasai Tadahisa, a handsome yet ordinary Japanese engineer who lived somewhere in Tokyo, died of overwork, and got reincarnated as a trashy third prince of Thaloria Kingdom, Third Prince Cain Vailtair Thaloria, in a mediavel world filled with knights and witches. However, he finds out he has a System that lets him access all modern blueprints from his previous life. He finds himself exiled by his father Alexander Cain Thaloria to the distant Frostmark Province, neglected by corrupt, negligent officials, and often overrun by wild shadow beasts and raiders from neighboring kingdoms. Will he take advantage of his System and turn the situation around?

For Damien, life was perfect. He was married to his high school sweetheart and about to make a breakthrough in the research that he had spent the last three years working on. Although their marriage was an hidden one, he had always done his best to support his wife while working hard in the dark. Despite being an orphan, Damien had crawled his way to this point and there was nothing more he wanted. However, in just one night, everything Damien had considered dear seemed to have changed. Was being a Movie Queen enough reason for a divorce or did he just never know his wife well? Damien Storne knows what it feels like to be at the very bottom and now, he's determined to climb to the very top!

Lucas Reid always dreamed of living a happy life, especially as the live-in son-in-law of the Wright family. He thought marrying Ava Wright, a member of the influential Wright clan, would be his ticket to happiness. But things took a turn for the worse after Lord Wright, the man who set up the marriage, passed away. His in-laws only made his situation more difficult. With nothing to his name and only his wife to lean on, Ethan felt like he had hit rock bottom. Just when he was about to throw in the towel, he stumbled upon a shocking revelation: he wasn't just the son of a billionaire; he was the sole heir to a massive fortune. Now, he's determined to make those who wronged him pay. But it’s not straightforward when he learns that his family isn’t who he thought they were—they’ve been pulling the strings all along. Will he find justice, or will his own demons take over? The only way to find out is to dive into the story!

Luc is a man who has the nickname of the useless son-in-law of the Crowwel family, his presence is like annoying trash for the big family. During his time as the son-in-law of the Crowwel family, his life was full of insults, one day he found out his true identity which is the son of the richest man in his country! Luc rose to be stronger and began a plan of revenge on anyone who had ever destroyed his life.

"Young master, your father just stopped breathing..." "I'm afraid things have gone so wrong Master... The family's company has just been sold illegally..." ****************************** ****************************** After losing his father, Trevor Billions' world crumbles further when he discovers he's inherited nothing but debt and despair. With his marriage on shaky ground, he toiled tirelessly to make ends meet, only to be met with cruelty and disdain by his beloved wife and her family. Despite that, he labored morning and night to put a smile on Ellen's face, promising never to leave, but on her birthday, a shocking betrayal forces him to sign away his freedom. As he hits rock bottom, a mysterious document hidden by his father reveals a stunning truth, catapulting Trevor into a whirlwind of unexpected adventures and discoveries. With his life turned upside down, could he rise from the ashes and conquer the demons that haunt him?

In the underworld of ruthless power and unforgiving loyalty, I made an oath that would bind me for life—a blood oath sealed by vengeance, desire, and a woman who became my most dangerous weakness. They call me a monster, a king in a kingdom built on violence and fear. But I never asked for this life. I only wanted to survive. Then she walked into my world—fiery, untamed, and brimming with secrets. Our bond was meant to be temporary. A flash marriage. A simple alliance in a world where trust is a currency no one dares to spend. But with her, everything changed. The Mafia doesn’t forgive, and neither do I. She’ll learn that soon enough as I drag her through a storm of betrayal, bloodshed, and passion she never expected. Our marriage may have been a lie, but my hunger for her is very real. Now, we’re both trapped by an oath we can't escape, each step we take pulling us deeper into a world that only one of us will survive. And in the end, the savage honor I live by might just be the death of us both.