Demon King Ascension System

Betrayed, abandoned, and branded a criminal, Adrian Kane lost everything, the empire he commanded, the woman he loved, and the very name that once struck fear and respect across nations. For three years, he rotted behind prison walls, shunned even by Elena Frost, the wife who turned her back on him. But the man the world condemned is no ordinary outcast. Beneath the scars of betrayal lies the truth: Adrian is no fallen convict, he is a Five-Star General, the nation’s deadliest weapon, hidden in plain sight. Now released, he reemerges into a world that no longer recognizes him. Enemies circle in the shadows. Old allies question his loyalty. And Elena, the woman who once shattered his heart, stands torn between the lies she believed and the truth bleeding before her eyes. As assassins strike and secrets ignite in fire and blood, Adrian is thrust into a war that will either reclaim his honor or consume him whole. But in this battlefield of betrayal and desire, Elena becomes more than his weakness, she is his greatest vulnerability. And when a masked enemy steps from the shadows, exposing Adrian’s true identity in the most brutal way possible, one question burns hotter than the flames surrounding them: Can a man who’s already lost everything protect the one woman he cannot let go, or will she become the weapon that finally destroys him?

Ren Hoshino is sixteen, an orphan, and the first person in the district's records to show no mana at all. After a public failure that leaves him laughed at and spat on, he stumbles on a dying old man with a glowing red core in his mouth. He swallows it. Now a voice lives in his head, and it wants him strong. To earn a second chance, Ren has made a deal that means death if he fails.

In a world where the dead refuse to rest, the living fear what lurks beyond the veil. For centuries, humanity believed all spirits(ghosts) were vengeful, mindless entities seeking destruction. But the truth is far more terrifying—some spirits exist to devour, corrupt, and break the boundaries between life and death. Others, bound by fate, offer unimaginable power to those they deem worthy. Arman never wanted to be a hero. Struggling with social anxiety, he preferred to keep his head down, avoid trouble, and live a life that meant nothing to anyone but himself. But everything changed the day he became bound to a force beyond comprehension. Now, with an ancient spirit entwined with his very soul, he’s dragged into a hidden war waged in the shadows—a battle between those who harness the power of the dead and those who twist it into something monstrous. As ancient forces awaken and the boundaries between the worlds fracture, Arman faces an impossible truth: the power within him is both a gift and a curse, one that could consume him if he fails to control it. With enemies lurking in every shadow and unseen forces pulling the strings, he must uncover the origins of his power, the forgotten secrets of the past, and the role he is destined to play in a war that has raged for centuries. Because if he fails—if he breaks—this war won’t just claim his soul. It will unravel reality itself. A journey of power, fate, and the unseen begins… but can a boy who fears even simple conversations truly rise to become the strongest Spiritbound?

Ethan Cross is an ordinary food delivery rider struggling to survive in a city where money and power rule everything. His life changes forever when he risks his own to save a dying stranger from a violent assassination. Before taking his last breath, the old man slips a mysterious black ring onto Ethan's finger and calls him the "last heir." Within hours, Ethan becomes the prime suspect in the old man's murder. He loses his job, his reputation, and every trace of the ordinary life he once knew as powerful forces begin erasing his existence. When the ancient ring awakens, it leads him to a hidden vault beneath the city, where an artificial intelligence named Astra reveals a shocking truth: Ethan is the last surviving heir to the Dominion, a secret empire destroyed by betrayal twenty years ago. Now hunted by the ruthless Five Great Families, Ethan must complete the Seven Bloodline Trials to reclaim his family's legacy and uncover the truth behind its downfall. But every answer leads to a darker conspiracy, every ally hides dangerous secrets, and one of the people responsible for his family's destruction is still alive and closer than Ethan could ever imagine. To survive, he must become more than an heir. He must become a ruler.

Deyvok Rhamelis is a social pariah with the world's most useless System: Recycle. Labeled a failure, he begins scavenging in the city dumps, only to discover that his ability can transmute scrap into legendary materials. As he quietly builds an empire of rare artifacts, the world's military powers unknowingly rely on his refuse, setting the stage for a global scandal.

Four years ago, Shen Yuan disappeared without a trace. Everyone on the Tianxuan Continent believed the insignificant young cultivator had met his end. They were wrong. Shen Yuan had fallen into the Celestial Expanse, a world where four mortal years could become a thousand years of bloodshed, cultivation, and survival. For a thousand years, he fought his way from the bottom. He faced immortal beasts, crossed forbidden lands, battled countless experts, and climbed realms no ordinary cultivator could even imagine. Eventually, the insignificant ant became the legendary Starfall Celestial Venerable. Then, at the height of his power, Shen Yuan was betrayed. An unexpected ambush left him on the brink of death. But instead of dying, he opened his eyes to the world he had left behind. The Tianxuan Continent. Four years after his disappearance. His cultivation is gone. His body is young again. But his memories of a thousand years remain. And so does his hatred. Everyone sees a young man who has returned from nowhere. No one realizes that behind those eyes is a Celestial Venerable who has already walked through a thousand years of war. Shen Yuan has only one goal now. Regain his strength. Return to the Celestial Expanse. Find the people who betrayed him. And this time, he will not stop until his sword reaches the person responsible. They thought they had killed him once. They have no idea what they have unleashed by giving him a second chance. The heavens may have taken a thousand years from him. Now Shen Yuan intends to take everything back.

In CALEB'S ASCENSION TO POWER, nobody can be trusted because the more you look, the less you see. Caleb was a Billionaire from the richest family in the city but in his quest for true love, he decided to live in disguise as a poor man working in another city. He met Jenny who he married thinking she was the right one for him until he caught her sleeping with his boss who did it to humiliate him. She divorced him and in anger, he decided to go back to his real identity but unknown to Jenny, he had been the one secretly helping her to grow her business but she discovered it too late but she was ready to do anything to win him back. The night before Caleb returned to his family, he received a cryptic text from an unknown person warning him not to trust anyone in his family. Caleb returned home to discover there was a conspiracy against his life within his family and also a power tussle for the family company. On his first return, he was shot in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. Caleb returned from the hospital a changed person who refused to be fooled by the sweetness of the people around him including his father. Journey with us in CALEB'S ASCENSION TO POWER as he uncovers the conspiracies behind him and the people who want him dead.

Ba Bel was the leader of the Dark Sect, titled the Demon Emperor, who possessed an ancient book called the Nine Transformations of the Demon Book, a relic left by a previous Demon Emperor. Because news spread that Ba Bel possessed the unrivaled Nine Transformations of the Demon Book, Ba Bel was besieged by eight other Emperors. The purpose of the siege was to seize the Nine Transformations of the Demon Book. In the midst of the ongoing battle, Ba Bel was betrayed by a disciple whom he had saved and raised since childhood. Ba Bel was stabbed directly in the back by the disciple he had raised as his own son. Even in his final moments before death, he never imagined his beloved disciple would betray him for nothing more than the Nine Transformations of the Demon Book. Ba Bel died filled with regret and rage in his mind, until a miracle occurred; he returned to his childhood, to the moment he met a master from the White Sect. Can Ba Bel change his destiny now that he has a second chance at life? Can Ba Bel once again become the Demon Emperor in his second life?

In the current world, all that Hakim wished to achieve was survival, for everything had changed one day, and monsters began to roam the Earth, causing havoc left and right. Setting out on his own, he was unaware of what he would face in the outside world. It all happened before he could react, and from an abandoned neighborhood, he had stumbled across something that wasn't from Earth to begin with. Whether it was an alien or something else, he had no idea, but from that encounter, something about him changed. He could no longer come out during the day time. He could no longer eat normal food. And now, all he had was the desire to consume human flesh to survive. [Quest Received] [You have three days left till you die!] [Consume human flesh to replenish your body!] The Demon must do whatever it takes to survive in the new world.

Portals to astral worlds are opened for people of scarlet rain world to enter. Who has done it, why has it occured, what lies beyond it, nobody has a clue. The only thing people are sure of are the rewards and penalties they get upon surviving in the Astral worlds. Lucas Astaroth, a normal teen from a middle class family having a loving mother and a caring twin sister, always dreamt of exploring these worlds. Surviving in these astral worlds, he chances upon a few secrets of the universe. To ascend meant to break realms and it may bring upon calamity not only on him but also his loved ones. Will the Calamitous Ascension of the realm breaker, Lucas, succeed? Or will he perish along the way? ...... [Cover is mine. I own the full copyright.]