Leveling Up

Drax was betrayed by his wife and his soul swapped with a useless son-in-law. What happens when he's stuck in his new world?

🏆["Silver Medal" in "The Most Popular Novel" of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022" ]🏆 Chen Ming was transmigrated into a cultivation world with a super cheat gaming system. He will soar through heaven while living his life as he pleased!

When the revolutionary VR game “Eden Online" launches, millions log in to chase glory, then the logout button turns red. Jayden Cross, a broke high-school gamer, wakes to find himself inside a digital world where death means deletion. A voice whispers in his head: [Survival System Activated. Level up by outlasting others.] As monsters and players slaughter each other, Jayden discovers his “System” evolves by absorbing fallen data, and it’s slowly changing him. With Luna, a silver-haired hacker searching for her missing brother, and Eli, a timid strategist, Jayden fights through Eden’s deadly zones to confront the hidden Game Master. But the truth waiting in the Core Tower is worse than death: Eden was never just a game. It’s a human-mind experiment, and Jayden himself is part of the code. When the world collapses, Jayden sacrifices everything to free the survivors. A year later, as society rebuilds, the line between digital and real begins to blur again, vanished people, glowing eyes, whispers of Eden’s return, and from the static, a familiar voice calls: [System Online. Welcome back, Host.] Now hunted by those who fear him and haunted by the girl he lost, Jayden must face the reborn system spreading through the real world, and the terrible truth that to save humanity, he might have to become the very thing he swore to destroy.

In 2152, Earth’s mega-cities enjoy fragile peace powered by advanced solar tech. That ends when a rogue comet swarm strikes the sun, triggering the "Eclipse Harvest". An ancient alien signal hidden in the sun’s core. It awakens massive harvest drones, shadowy machines from a forgotten invasion, which descend to harvest human minds and sustain their failing empire. The twist is merciless: the harvest creates "Echo Loops," reality fractures where death rewinds time. Survivors relive horrors repeatedly, "leveling up" only by solving deadly puzzles or winning impossible fights. Each reset mutates the body,granting enhanced strength, foresight, or reflexes— but erodes sanity. Death is not final; it’s transformation at a brutal cost. Cyrus Woods, a scarred ex-military scout, awakens in a loop after his convoy is destroyed. His rare "Anchor Gene" lets him remember resets clearly, making him a reluctant leader. From the start he builds a core team: - Carrie Thompson, brilliant engineer , drone hacker. - Riley Harlan, loyal mechanic and driver with skills - Mara Delgado, precise sniper and scout. - Tomas Murphy, young tech apprentice They soon meet Vaughn Keller, a lone scout with a pre-war dampener—until her devastating betrayal: she’s a deep-cover agent for warlord McLaren Hayes, feeding intel and setting traps that cost lives across loops before her double game is exposed. They also confront Celine Rivera, a scientist hiding hybrid origins and wavering loyalties. The story spans warped zones: phasing ruins, hidden bunkers, glowing wastelands, floating harvester ships. Factions rise—drone worshippers vs. rebels. Cyrus learns the sun is an alien farm construct. Loops reveal echo wars, betrayals (Vaughn’s, Celine’s, McLaren’s immortality pact), evolving creatures, memory storms, trapped armies. Hundreds of chapters deliver relentless action, cliffhangers, gruesome deaths followed by changed returns, and moral fractures. Twists include Cyrus as an alien rebel echo.

Immersed in the cosmic tapestry of rebirth, Zephyra, our resilient protagonist, weaves through death's embrace, embracing myriad memories. Emerging in the pages of her masterful novel, she intertwines with the shattered spirit of a sleep-deprived businesswoman, haunted by both insomnia and psychological wounds. As fate unfolds, Zephyra seizes a serendipitous moment—arriving just before the Eldoria system ushers souls to an otherworldly realm, where becoming Lords is the coveted destiny. Armed with a potent system companion, she embarks on a gripping odyssey, a tale of ambition, intrigue, and ascent, determined to conquer the celestial hierarchy and etch her name atop a world where power reigns supreme.

In a world where extraordinary abilities—known only as Gifts—exist beyond scientific explanation, those who possess them are called the Gifteds. But human greed knows no bounds. Scientists began experimenting on Gifteds, amplifying their powers and even creating abilities in those born without them, resulting in monstrous creations known as the Abominables. The last group to receive powers artificially, without natural or scientific origin, became the Cursed. Neil knows the pain of being Cursed firsthand. Traumatized by the consequences of his own abilities, he struggles with their destructive potential. Yet, after facing countless trials and deadly encounters, he learns to accept his curse as a gift. Alongside his trusted comrades—each Cursed or Abominable—Neil fights for supremacy, recognition, and a chance at belonging. But the truth behind their world is far greater than they ever imagined, and the path ahead is treacherous. Their journey will test them in ways they could never foresee—and survival is far from guaranteed.

What would happen if you got a book that would tell the fate of your life until your death? Of course, we will try to change that fate. Lin Feng changed his destiny from a mortal to a god with the Book of Life and Death. But unfortunately, when Lin Feng entered the realm of the gods, an absolutely terrifying crisis occurred. “No matter how secretive the enemy's schemes and monstrous plans of the ancient gods are, I am the only one who will know the future developments! With the book of life and death, whatever choice I make right now, will affect the future!"

The fight over the inheritance ring between rich families leads to bloodshed. The Reims family, which has the strongest ring, becomes the leader of a rich family. However, some wealthy families wanted more, so they tried to bring down the Reims family. A power struggle begins to occur, the rich heirs try to get all the heir rings, hoping to become number one. Who will win the throne?

They killed my family. Stole my empire. Forced me to marry their daughter as a "peace offering." For three years, I played the worthless son-in-law; beaten, humiliated, spat on by my wife's family. They called me a coward who abandoned the Chens during the massacre. They don't know the truth: I was drugged, framed, and left to rot. On the night my wife signed our divorce papers, her brother left me bleeding in an alley to die. That's when IT awakened; the Ancestral Blood System, a Chen family legacy that activates only when the heir loses everything. But this system doesn't give free power. It demands SACRIFICE. Want money? Trade your memories. Want strength? Endure torture that breaks your soul. Want revenge? Lose the ability to feel joy. Every victory costs a piece of my humanity. Every choice drags me closer to becoming a monster. The five families who butchered my bloodline think I'm still that pathetic son-in-law. They're about to learn what happens when a caged lion breaks free. My mother-in-law mocked me? I'll buy her company and make her beg. My wife's new fiancé tried to kill me? He's the mastermind behind my family's murder and he has a system too. The world thinks the Chen Empire is dead? Watch me build something even gods will fear. But here's the problem: The more I use this power, the more it corrupts my soul. At 100% corruption, the system consumes me and unleashes an ancient demon that will end the world.

After the mysterious crash of a spaceship in an unknown world, Larry Parker reluctantly accepts an unknown destiny in order to live. And now he must learn to live with it as he embarks on a series of quests, facing difficult challenges to see that this destiny is fulfilled and his life preserved.