Lord Shadow

Seventeen years of humiliation. One night of blood. And a legacy that should have stayed buried. Axton Vail thought he was nothing a powerless mistake in a world ruled by cultivation. Until his own family chained him to an altar to harvest his blood. The ritual failed. The seal broke. And the last heir of the Immortal War God woke up. Now, with god-killing power burning through his veins and enemies closing in from every shadow, Axton faces an impossible choice: become the monster they always feared he was, or find a way to stay human while the world tears itself apart trying to end him. In a city where power is everything and blood determines destiny, one boy will learn that the deadliest weapon isn't cultivation it's a war god who refuses to kneel. The hunt has begun. And this time, the prey has teeth.

He gave her the world. She gave him a prison sentence. To the public, he was just a supportive husband, quietly helping his wife build a corporate empire from the ground up. Nobody knew the truth: he was the world's most feared shadow asset, a retired titan who had traded a life of blood and secrets for quiet domestic bliss. But greed knows no loyalty. On the eve of the company's multi-billion-dollar public offering, his wife colludes with the city's powerful elite. Seeking absolute control, she frames him for a string of horrific crimes, casting him away into a maximum-security black site. They thought they destroyed a helpless man. Instead, they just unlocked the cage of a sleeping monster. Now, the chains are off, the old alliances are awakening, and those who orchestrated his downfall are about to learn the true price of betrayal.

Jay was the shadow behind the world’s brightest stars. Armed with a psychological framework known as the "Vulnerability and Value System," he could turn a nobody into a god, and a king into a beggar. Betrayed by his mentor and erased from the world, Jay was left with zero dollars and a burning thirst for vengeance. Now, starting from the literal gutter, Jay is building a new empire. His first asset? A janitor with a golden voice and a dark past. His first soldier? A disgraced journalist with a vendetta. But as Jay claws his way back to the top of the entertainment industry, he discovers his former agency is just the bottom rung of a terrifying global cabal that treats human beings as literal stocks. To win, Jay must become the most ruthless architect the world has ever seen. The market is open. And Jay is about to short-sell the world.

Richard Williams was the man who had everything, brilliance, wealth, and a family that should have been his pride. Until the night of his daughter’s third birthday, when his wife’s family branded him a fraud, stripped him of dignity, and sent him to prison for crimes he did not commit. But Richard was no ordinary billionaire. Behind the walls of betrayal, he had hidden empires, untraceable fortunes, and a mind sharper than any blade. Now free, masked by a new identity, Richard returns. Not as the man they destroyed, but as the shadow they never saw coming. His wife has taken another man’s arm, his daughter has been taught to despise him, and the vultures of society have moved on. He has returned for vengeance, redemption, and the one thing money can’t buy his daughter.

The story is a dark, urban-dystopian fantasy following Matteo, a haunted assassin armed with a mysterious relic known only as the Confessor’s Blade. In a city where Syndicate operatives and supernatural Wraiths have a hold. Matteo wages a war against corruption, violence, and the shadows of his own past. Every step is a test of his skill and speed, and of his conscience. The relic guides him, enhancing his reflexes and intuition. Alongside him, a hooded, figure appears, offering cryptic counsel and subtle aid, hinting at divine forces shaping Matteo’s path. As Matteo fights through Syndicate lieutenants, monstrous Wraiths, and colossal shadow creatures, the story explores the weight of personal guilt, the cost of vengeance, and the choices that define one’s soul. Each battle is as much internal as external—forcing Matteo to confront his sins while saving innocents.

Aren was born with nothing. No family, no talent and no future. In a world where monsters rule the wilderness and strength determines worth, he survives as a gravekeeper in the slums, burying the forgotten dead while enduring the scorn of the living. When a hunting expedition leaves him behind as bait for a monstrous Shadow Wolf, Aren expects to die. Instead, he awakens an ancient power, a power that allows him to absorb the abilities of monsters and evolve beyond human limits. With every Beast Core he devours, he inherits fragments of forbidden memories. Memories that reveal a terrifying truth. That monsters are not humanity's greatest enemy. As darkness spreads across the world and ancient secrets awaken, Aren must rise from a ridiculed nobody to humanity's last hope. To save the world, he must become the very thing everyone fears. The Monster Slayer.

From being a nobody—a live-in husband, slapped for clean floors, bankrupted and humiliated, watched while his family was almost destroyed—Adrian Cole had nothing. Until the fire. Until the Alchemist Ledger, a system that escaped from hell appeared. Now, every dying soul is a number, every death a payout. Touch the dying, see their fate, and earn real money. A balance sheet of life and death. But the more he lets fall, the louder Shadow grows—the whispering, vengeful voice of all those ferried souls, demanding justice. Adrian must choose: watch the world die for profit and face an unstoppable darkness… or save the helpless and watch himself age from within, powerless and broke. Every choice costs. Every choice shapes him. What kind of man will he become?

In the heart of New Verona City — a decaying metropolis built on drugs, debt, and deceit — Luca Marino, a streetwise orphan with a sharp mind and a sharper temper, dreams of escaping the slums. But when his brother is murdered by the powerful Valente crime family, Luca’s life spirals into the dark underbelly of organized crime. To survive, he enters the same world that killed his brother, starting at the bottom as a debt collector in a gang-ridden neighborhood. Ruthless yet calculating, Luca quickly learns that loyalty is an illusion and mercy is weakness. Guided by Don Emilio Valente, a charismatic but aging mafia lord, Luca becomes both a protégé and a potential threat. As he rises through the ranks — from street hustler to enforcer to mastermind — Luca forges uneasy alliances, manipulates rival families, and builds a syndicate that answers to no one. But every throne made of concrete is drenched in blood. When love, betrayal, and ambition collide, Luca must decide: is he building an empire… or digging his own grave? “Concrete Thrones” is a gritty tale of survival, deception, and the hunger for dominance — a modern mafia epic where every move could mean power, or death.

Elena is betrothed to Alejandro when she was three years old and Alejandro was five years old.Elena’s father Capello is an Italian businessman who imports cars.Sanchez Alejandro’s father is a drug lord who runs the central Genoa cartel.Capello was unable to pay the debts he owed Sanchez; given the friendship between them Capello offered to bethrot his daughter to Alejandro in exchange for the debt owed. As Elena grew up she saw Alejandro as a mean person and couldn't fall in love with him but rather fell in love with Dino, his step brother. Dino is the son of Alejandro’s mother when she had an affair with Sanchez’s bodyguard two years after giving birth to Alejandro. Dino grew up to be an actor, but only had a brief acting stint and he left it for setting up a security outfit,where they hire bodyguards to influential personalities.As a black belt holder in martial arts he was able to protect Elena from Alejandro’s oppression.Dino’s father was killed by Sanchez for having affair with his wife.

"She is mad, she is chaos, she is the devil. And you must pacify her, Lord Ares." Crown Princess— or as she prefers, Queen Maximillia Eurydice was the nightmare of her very own nation. In the young age, she had harvested multiple achievements with the bargain of her soldiers' lives and became the continent's number one military kingdom. And on the Queen's twenty-third birthday, she is to find herself a King, and thus, came the event that would test all men in the Kingdom. From nobles to commonfolk— all men with no rings in their hand would be required to join. The King Selection. An event the Queen had conducted to find the fittest of fit. An event that sounds pleasant and prestigious to the ears, but rather another game of death and pain. The Queen has prepared games for everyone. And one must survive to be hailed King. She was confident was no one would become King— but greed did her no good, for once Hell had altered her fate and placed one tiny miscalculation on her feats. A mysterious lad of no noble status, and rather a devious criminal who once stole from the Royal Family, beheld triumphant. A wyvern slayer, and now her king.