Controlling

For three years, Julian Cross played the perfect, obedient house husband, swallowing every insult from his entitled wife and her venomous family just to pay off his dead father's debts. His reward? A stack of divorce papers thrown in his face on their anniversary, and a mocking laugh as she walked out the door with a billionaire trust-fund kid. "Sign the papers, you useless parasite," she sneered, looking down at him like he was garbage. "You're a broke deadbeat, Julian. You'll never amount to anything." Julian didn't argue. He didn't beg. He just looked at the glowing blue screen only he could see, and chose Option 2. CRACK. He slapped her across the face, signed the papers, and walked out into the night. [Ding! Choice confirmed. Reward: $10,000,000,000 in liquid cash, God-Level Medical Skills, and a 30% controlling stake in her new boyfriend's company.] Now, the "trash" ex-husband is buying out their country club just to evict them on the spot. He’s pulling dying billionaires back from the brink of death to build an untouchable empire, and ruthlessly crushing the arrogant elites who thought they could step on him. "You thought I was a stray dog you could just kick around?" Julian whispered, looking down at his ruined ex-wife and her bankrupt new boyfriend as they begged on their knees. "You forgot one thing about stray dogs. We bite."

Damon Sterling died knowing exactly who betrayed him. His parents were murdered. His family was destroyed. His brothers were slaughtered. And when humanity finally faced extinction, Damon died alone after watching the world he failed to protect collapse around him. Then he opened his eyes. Three days before the apocalypse. His enemies are still alive. His brothers are still breathing. His parents' killers haven't made their move yet. And Damon remembers everything. This time, he won't waste a second grieving. He'll gather the men who once died for him, drain every resource he can get his hands on, build an impregnable sanctuary, awaken an army of Divine Tattoo Envoys, and destroy every traitor before they can betray him. But Damon has returned with something more terrifying than his memories. A mysterious mark between his brows. A mark capable of copying the powers of other Divine Tattoo Envoys, controlling objects with telekinesis, and absorbing the energy of the world itself. Unfortunately, his nine forbidden tattoos are too powerful for his body to awaken safely. So Damon has two days to prepare. Two days to build an army. Two days to settle his debts. Two days to become something the coming apocalypse cannot kill. The world thinks it has three days before the end. Damon Sterling knows it has three days before his empire begins.

Nathan has spent the last five years trying to leave his past behind. Once an elite operative of The Oath, a secret organization controlling world events from the shadows, he walked away, seeking peace. But one night, he wakes up in a bloodstained room with no memory of the last 48 hours—only to find himself branded as a terrorist and the target of a nationwide manhunt. On the run and unsure if he truly committed the crime, Nathan turns to Riley, a skilled underground hacker, for help. As they dig deeper, they uncover a terrifying truth—his memories have been altered. Clues left behind by Elias Graves reveal that Nathan once broke his unbreakable oath to the organization, but someone wiped his mind to keep him from remembering why. The conspiracy leads to Julian, Nathan’s former best friend, who is orchestrating a global web of deception built on manufactured threats and lies. Determined to uncover the truth, Nathan infiltrates The Oath’s headquarters for a final confrontation with Julian. But the shocking revelation leaves him shattered—Nathan wasn’t framed. He willingly took part in the crime but later chose to erase his own memory to escape the unbearable guilt. A recorded message from his past self forces him to face a critical decision: Expose Julian and bring down The Oath, risking global chaos. Take control of The Oath and become the very thing he once fought against. No matter what he chooses, the cost is high. If he exposes The Oath, the world is thrown into instability, and he is forever hunted. If he takes over, he sacrifices his own ideals, embracing the power he once rejected. In the end, as Nathan looks at his reflection, he sees Julian staring back—proof that the cycle never truly ended.

THE DEVIL'S LEDGER Rafael Duro was once a billionaire entrepreneur with everything: wealth, influence, and a company he built from nothing. Then a carefully orchestrated betrayal destroyed it all. Framed by falsified records and abandoned by those he trusted most, Rafael loses his business, fortune, and reputation. Standing on a rooftop with nothing left to live for, he encounters a mysterious supernatural system that claims he owes a debt. Choosing survival over surrender, he begins completing dangerous tasks that slowly rebuild his life. Lara Quinn, Rafael’s former assistant, accepts a job at Harrington Group, the company led by Cole Harrington, the man responsible for Rafael’s downfall. Secretly investigating the conspiracy that ruined him, she is drawn back into Rafael’s orbit when both become unwilling participants in the same strange system. Bound together by forces they do not understand, they must work side by side despite old wounds and unresolved feelings. As Rafael rises again, a ruthless player named Dominic Farrell begins murdering others to gain power. After Rafael’s closest friend is killed, the battle becomes personal. While Lara risks everything gathering evidence from inside Harrington’s company, their partnership evolves into a second chance at love. The truth proves even darker than expected. Harrington engineered Rafael’s collapse to make him a candidate for the ancient system controlling their lives. When Lara discovers she may have a deeper connection to it than anyone imagined, both must confront questions of free will, trust, and destiny. Faced with an impossible choice between power and love, Rafael refuses both options and forges a third path. Justice is served, empires are rebuilt, and together they create a future that finally belongs to them.

For three long years, Leo Sterling lived a nightmare. He slept only four hours a night, worked three exhausting delivery jobs, and starved himself just to fund his girlfriend Chloe’s luxury college life. He thought she loved him. But on their anniversary, he walked into the city’s most expensive restaurant soaking wet, carrying a cheap silver promise ring, only to find Chloe sitting on the lap of Julian Vance, a wealthy real estate billionaire. They did not just break his heart, they destroyed his dignity. Chloe mocked his poverty and threw his hard-earned ring into a boiling bowl of soup. Julian ordered his brutal thugs to drag Leo into a dark, freezing alley to break his bones and leave him for dead in the mud. But as the freezing rain washed away his blood, the extreme trauma cracked a thick wall in Leo’s mind, shattering a five-year case of amnesia. He is not a penniless orphan. He is not a useless delivery driver. He is the Supreme Sovereign of the Dragon Vanguard, the most powerful military and financial ruler in the nation, commanding millions of elite troops and controlling half the country’s wealth. Now, the king has awakened. Twelve identical luxury sedans are roaring into the dark alley, and the elite military commanders are kneeling in the dirt before a broken delivery boy. Leo is back, but he does not want quick revenge. He wants to watch Chloe and Julian climb to the absolute peak of their greedy dreams before he pulls the rug and makes them drop into pure despair. When the grand gala arrives and the spotlight locks onto the poor delivery boy, the entire high society will tremble.

What happens when fate itself spites you? Well for Dante Ackerman that was death! Having lived a life full of adversity and injustice,the emergence of the apocalypse had brought him hope of a better life,of controlling his fate….until he ended up on the claws of a zombie king! Just when he was about to die time and space suddenly froze as an ancient voice echoed in his head. [Activation requirements for the quest ‘’Last Bastion of Hope’’ has been met. Champion has been spited by Fate and has been cast to oblivious ruin. Your chance at redemption is here!] [Calculating parameters…….parameters calculated] [Randomly allocating battle class to Champion…random allocation impossible] [Manual allocation initiated……] [Allocation successful, you have been allocated the battle class Divine mechanic!] [Do you accept your quest?] ‘’Yes I do.’’ [Congratulations Champion……welcome to the BLACK GEAR SYSTEM] Reincarnated into his past self and armed with the knowledge of the future, Dante Ackerman vows to seize control of his fate—no matter the cost. But power never goes unnoticed. Harnessing the might of the Black Gear System, he battles both new and ancient enemies beyond his wildest imaginations unknowingly becoming embroiled in an ancient war of epic proportions on his quest to wrest control of his fate from the universe! Fate has been corrupted! The gods have gone silent,the realms are collapsing and the VERY survival of the universe rests on the shoulder of one young man as he navigates his path in a world where fate once betrayed him. ‘’Since the Fates have decided to abandon me I’ll engineer mine!’’ This…is the Advent of the Divine Mechanic!

At eighteen, every human receives an Awakening—a chance to gain a powerful combat class and climb the ranks from F to the legendary SSR. Leo has spent his entire life dreaming of becoming a great hunter. But on the day of his Awakening, his dreams are crushed. F-Rank. Scavenger. Trash-tier potential. Humiliated by his peers and abandoned by the guild that once promised to protect him, Leo is thrown into a low-level dungeon as nothing more than expendable bait. Surrounded by monsters with no chance of survival, he prepares to die. Then something impossible happens. His worthless Scavenger class glitches. A forbidden system awakens within him—the Infinite Trial System. But it isn't a gift. The system rewards Leo only when he survives pain that should have killed him. Every broken bone, every wound, every agonizing battle can become strength. To grow, he must endure what others cannot. The stronger the enemy, the greater the pain. The closer he comes to death, the faster he evolves. While the world continues to see Leo as a pathetic F-Rank failure, he begins a secret journey of unimaginable growth. He hunts monsters, challenges powerful guilds, survives impossible trials, and slowly uncovers the terrifying truth behind his system. But becoming powerful comes at a price. When Leo finally challenges the corrupt forces controlling the world, he becomes humanity's most wanted enemy—and the Infinite Trial gives him a quest with a 99% mortality rate. Leo has spent his entire life being treated like trash. Now, he's going to show the world what happens when trash awakens as a sovereign.

Connor Waratah, once heir to the powerful Waratah empire, lives a humble life in Melbourne after being cast out by his family, falsely branded a thief, and abandoned when he needed them most. When the family’s loyal retainer, Jimmy Coolabah, arrives to bring him back, Connor rejects the offer, unwilling to forgive their betrayal. Later, at his wife Kirra’s wealthy Kuranda family gathering, Connor makes a desperate public plea for a loan to save the struggling Billabong Elder Care and Children’s Home—the orphanage where he was raised. His appeal is met with ridicule, insults, and humiliation, leading to his ejection from the event. Kirra, furious over the embarrassment, demands that if Connor wants to redeem himself, he must secure a lucrative property deal her family has long been denied. But when Connor returns to the care home to confess his failure, he discovers a mysterious $2 million donation, medical supplies, and toys for the children—courtesy of Jimmy Coolabah. Jimmy also presents him with two staggering gifts: a rare black card with unlimited funds and full ownership of Jarrah Properties, the very company controlling the building Kirra needs. Though Connor refuses the wealth outright, he realizes he now has the power to help both the care home and his wife. Keeping his fortune and new position a secret, Connor visits Jarrah Properties, enduring cruel treatment from an old enemy before revealing to the company president that he is the new owner. Connor orders that Kirra’s family be given fair access to properties without ever knowing his involvement. Determined to restore the orphanage, protect his wife’s pride, and quietly outmaneuver those who wronged him, Connor begins using his hidden influence to change their lives—on his own terms.

From the gutter to the absolute apex of global power. Ethan Vance was destined for greatness as the brilliant heir to a logistics empire. But a ruthless financial conspiracy drives his father’s business into bankruptcy, destroying his family. Desperate to pay for his father’s life saving dialysis, Ethan takes a low level security job at Vanguard Corporation. Every day is humiliation. Corporate elites treat him like furniture, while his opportunistic ex-girlfriend mocks him for losing his fortune. Ethan has reached the bottom. Then, a freak electrostatic accident changes everything. Ethan awakens the Infinite Wealth & Ascension System, a cosmic interface built on one truth: capital is compressed energy. By acquiring, spending, and leveraging wealth, Ethan earns System Experience Points. He can use them to upgrade physical attributes, unlock god-tier combat abilities, and access forbidden medical techniques. Through The Eye of Discernment, Ethan discovers a terrifying secret: Old Master Vanguard, the billionaire patriarch, isn’t dying from pneumonia. He is being slowly assassinated by an exotic, undetectable alien neurotoxin. Ethan confronts the icy CEO, Victoria Vanguard. His ultimatum is simple: let him treat her grandfather, or bury him within forty-eight hours. After engineering a medical miracle, Ethan earns Victoria’s trust and forms an alliance with the legendary “Ice Queen of Commerce.” Using his initial system capital, Ethan launches a shadow venture firm. As his wealth reaches billions, he discovers his father’s downfall was no accident. It was an ordered strike by the Four Great Ancient Families, hidden syndicates controlling global finance and the supernatural underworld. To survive, Ethan must buy rival industries, build a system-enhanced private army, master forbidden powers, and navigate his slow burning partnership with Victoria. He will not stop until those who crushed him kneel and he becomes the undisputed shadow sovereign of the world.