Deep Water

The Republic of UFC is about to change. A catastrophic stock market collapse plunged the nation into a deep economic depression. The Zhao family’s fortune evaporated overnight, and all fingers pointed at Mei Zhao who had failed to foresee the collapse. Desperate to redeem herself and restore the family’s wealth, Mei vowed to use any means necessary to secure their return to power. But what she didn’t know was that her seemingly worthless husband, who she married out of obligation was the heir to a $90 trillion empire.

Luthando wakes up in the cramped shack he shares with his mother and younger sister, Ayanda. The chapter paints a vivid picture of Alexandra — the chaos, noise, dreams, and despair. He reflects on the promises of post-apartheid South Africa and the reality he’s living. He spends his day searching for jobs, printing CVs at an internet café he can barely afford, facing rejection after rejection. A small injustice — being dismissed rudely by a wealthy business owner — ignites something deep inside him.

When a reality-shattering tear swallows a Chicago subway platform, Raymond Vance awakens in Sector 404, a desolate, starless wasteland dominated by nightly monster waves. Every transmigrated human receives a basic Lord System to construct defensive outposts, but cosmic radiation corrupts Raymond’s system firmware. He gains the unique ability to build reality-bending fortifications and Eldritch weaponry without material resources—but at the direct cost of his own sanity. ​Forced into an active survival loop, Raymond must harvest resources and fresh water during the hostile daylight hours while defending his crumbling shelter against lethal mutant packs at night. Every territory upgrade drains his mental stability, triggering physical hallucinations, auditory torment, and manifestation of cosmic horrors in his peripheral vision. ​The stakes escalate rapidly when an organized army of level-five Ironclad Brutes blocks him into his sector. Rather than rushing his defenses, the brilliant Skull King initiates a strategic siege to starve him out. Trapped between a tightening military perimeter outside and his fraying mind within, Raymond is forced to adapt his system mechanics by sacrificing his own physical vitality and blood to reinforce his defenses. Dropping into critical sanity levels, Raymond must outsmart the giant army, conquer the shifting local terrain, and survive a forced arena teleportation to claim dominion over the entire valley.

Kiran, a young boy from the puppet state of Qingchang, a Hersen Empire colony, meets The Flame, a Phoenix creature, by chance, and this encounter will alter the course of his destiny. Kiran was unaware that the Phoenix was a myth. He is the mount of the White Sage Alaric, who passed away many years ago when engaged in a sky battle against the Warlock invader Emperor Hersen. When they first encountered each other, the dying Middle Phoenix had just broken free from the wizarding prison and was being ganged on by numerous Hersen Empire sorcerers. That night, when The Flame wouldn't move, fire benders, water benders, wind controllers, and even elemental controllers arrived in the sky and caused the sky to turn red. The Flame requests that Kiran use the 'Riding' technique, which unites the soul with her. Kiran completed the riding process without incident. Unfortunately, Kiran's memory of riding was erased by The Flame. Once The Flame determined his age was appropriate, he recalled everything. Kiran then basks in his glory after being identified as an illusionist, a clever youngster with magical abilities. The fact that Kiran was a student at the Magentum Institute in Shanggu City caused her to capture the interest of many individuals gradually. He matured till the Kingdom of Hersen thought Kiran could serve as an officer. When all the secrets are disclosed at once, Kiran is sought after. What is the upcoming story? You can read a narrative with an intriguing plot that features magic and legendary animals.

Picked from the gutter, he felt alive knowing at least he can get a drop of water to quench his dried throat not knowing the worst is about to befall him, this is no other person than Scandious. Scarlett who despised him with passion swore to make his life a living hell at all costs. For no just reason, he was Chased out of the house there and then, he realized what they had been saying is nothing but the truth "He's a cursed child". Determined to end his ill-fated life, he went to the mountain there he meet a man named Zack who saw the sadness in his eyes and took him in. One faithful morning he meet a young man who addressed him as the Crown Prince of the great Chankus empire bowing consecutively for him. Scandious walked away, calling him an insane man not ready to believe such lies, not somebody as poor and worthless as him. After much persistence, he gave it second thoughts and he was taken to the palace, seeing such a gigantic building frightened him the most. With time, he came to understand he was the Crown Prince which got him excited knowing his sad days are gone and replaced with joy. All this was cut short when a sudden attack was launched on him with a warning to leave the palace as soon as possible else he will be a dead man as if that wasn't enough, he discovered they tried murdering him three years ago. Who do you think is behind it and what's the King saying about it?

In years, he was just a psycho in others' eyes, but no one knew he was preparing for his revenge. Layers deep within riches of the corrupt state, a child's family met their own fate. Damien Steele is an impeccable man to decipher, spent on building his image as to what may seem. Foundations of principle finally penetrated by a cruel demise, will his heart conquer over his mind? Revenge. Extravagance. Twisted Ties and Ends. Will he prove to love her through any depth?

Leo was used like a doormat, beaten, and left to starve in a dirty shed by his rich wife and her wicked family. Left for dead, a mysterious midnight visitor saved him, giving him a second chance at life, super-sharp senses, and a fierce drive to survive. Now, he is back with a new face, deep pockets, and unmatched street smarts. Posing as a wealthy, untouchable poker player named Charlie, he is ready to take everything away from the people who ruined his life starting with the woman who called him trash.

Ethan Grey has lived his entire life as nothing. Born without a spiritual root at Skyward Academy — the world's most powerful cultivation institution — he was deemed a hollow, a defect, a boy the heavens forgot to gift. For six years he carried water, scrubbed floors, and watched disciples blaze with qi he would never touch. The Academy didn't even bother to hate him. It simply looked through him. But the night a dying elder presses a jade slip into Ethan's hand and warns him to trust no one — especially not the feared Lord Kael — everything Ethan thought he knew about himself begins to crack. Because Ethan is not hollow. He is empty. And empty, it turns out, is something far more dangerous. Hidden within the jade slip is the Forgotten Sutra — an ancient, erased cultivation method that operates not on elemental qi, but on void: the primordial silence beneath all energy, the space between heartbeats, the darkness before the first flame. It is the original path. The one the powerful buried on purpose. As Ethan awakens abilities no cultivation manual has ever described, he uncovers a conspiracy that runs deeper than one corrupt academy — a three-thousand-year-old crime committed by the world's greatest sects to keep mortals spiritually chained forever. He was supposed to be nothing. Instead, he may be the only person alive who can burn the whole system down.

"You used to say a piece of bread was worth more than my life, didn't you? Well, look at me now. I have everything, yet I would rather feed this to my guard dog than toss it to traitors like you. The world has changed, Cindy. In my world, you are not even worth the dust on my shoes." The apocalypse was not the end of everything. It was the beginning of the reckoning of sins. When the black meteor Khamul crashed into the continent of Eldoria, the world transformed into a living hell overnight. Axel Edward was betrayed by his girlfriend for a single piece of moldy bread and thrown into a horde of zombies to die. However, death instead awakened a miracle: the 100x Rebate System. The rule was simple. Give any resource to a woman chosen by the system, and receive a return up to a thousand times over in god-tier quality! Give away a sip of leftover water? Axel received an entire warehouse of pure mineral water. Give away a rusty kitchen knife? Axel received a steel-shattering laser vibration sword. Offer basic shelter? Axel received an invincible divine fortress. While the rest of the world shivered and starved in the dark, Axel was busy figuring out how to finish his fresh Wagyu beef and taking hot baths inside his grand palace. Alongside the goddesses who had sworn absolute loyalty to him, Axel would ascend to the highest throne. To those who betrayed him: prepare to beg for death. To the ruined world: bow down and worship your new ruler.

When the Divine Selection began, billions were sent to the Tutorial Island to prepare for the end of the world. Ryu, a normal youth, gets trapped in a bugged simulation loop that resets every single night for ten thousand years. After 100,000 days of slaughtering the same tutorial pigs and perfecting his basic movements, the system finally crashes and releases him into a world three years deep into the apocalypse. Now, the world sees a Level 1 Novice, but Ryu’s hidden health and strength stats have overflowed into the trillions, making him the ultimate anomaly in a world of struggling heroes.