Reborn: Evolving From Nothing

Betrayed by his fiancée for a mysterious crystal, cultivation genius Samuel was murdered. His soul was trapped inside the very crystal he died for, forced to train for a thousand years. Now, he's been reborn in a modern world with a brutal mission: get strong, fast, or the crystal will erase his soul for good. To gain the power he needs, he'll have to use his ancient knowledge to conquer this new world's wealth and technology.

"Greediness comes with a price. It will bear the fruit of vengeance." As John Percy survives the murder attempt by his in-laws, he swears vengeance. He will do everything to take the life they took away from him. Along came the Grim Reaper of the AI Industry, Hyalou Jean Porter. She assured the O'Briens will feel the highest scale of the pain of suffering, an offer that John Percy can't seem to refuse. But the offer has a price of its own.

Lucas Graham's life unraveled on his eleventh birthday when his father returned home with a mistress in his hand and her child at his beckon. The reason? Lucas's inability to awaken his innate gifts. Cast out from his family, he endured a harsh existence, clinging to the love of his only remaining kin—his mother. Years later, everything changes. Lucas awakens not with one or two but five extraordinary abilities that rival old legends. Yet, instead of reclaiming his lost title, he and his mother choose a quiet life in a remote town, shielding themselves from the past. But fate is relentless. The mistress resurfaces, sending assassins to end Lucas and his mother. The assassins succeed in taking the mother's life, but Lucas survives. Now fueled by a burning desire for vengeance, he vows to make them pay for his mother's death, even if it means reducing the city to ashes.

When he opened his eyes he found himself in the world of the game, he created himself. Except, in a talent-less villain's body, Neo. Witness, the journey of a low-rank villain to the peak of the world...

This is a fantasy story that avoids almost all cliches and has Antihero MC with a dark world setting. - - - Volume 1: 28 years old man James Carter dies from overwork and is reborn into a new world filled with fantasy and magic while retaining the memories of his past life. James, now Jake, who always wished to escape his dull and miserable life, has been given a chance to turn over a new leaf and start from scratch in a new world. Follow this journey of Jake Hill, will he be able to live the life he always dreamt of? — — Content Warning: This novel contains many dark and R-18 elements, like human trafficking, slavery, gore, torture, psychological trauma, and many uncomfortable concepts, readers' discretion is advised. — — A/N: This is not a romance story; MC is not a goody-two-shoes, nor he is chaotic evil. The story is a seinen type where the world doesn't revolve around MC; politics is heavy in this story; This story doesn't contain fan-service nor this is a wish-fulfillment. MC will be OP but not the strongest.

After being killed at the last level, Lucius suddenly woke up and found the recovery system in his body. Lucius restarts the game from the lowest level, then becomes the 'chosen one' who is taken to the Central Control Tower. Ever since arriving at the Central Control Tower, one fact was known: all players were guinea pigs of virtual game worlds created by the elite. Lucius must find a way to escape the virtual game world and destroy the system that will make the virtual game world a reality. How to free himself and all the players from the virtual game world that trapped them? How did Lucius' way and journey destroy the 'main' system in the real world? Under the rule of Dominic, the general manager—the virtual game character controller, their lives are at stake. *** [SYSTEM HAS OFFICIALLY ACTIVE] [WELCOME TO THE CENTER OF THE TOWER, PLAYERS 018! YOU ARE CHOSEN TO BE PART OF THE GAME!] [YOU NEED TO COMPLETE GAME CASES AND COLLECT POINTS LEVELS, STAT, AND SKILLS] [5%... 15%... 35%.... 47%... 67%... 77%... 89%... 100%] [SYNCHRONIZATION COMPLETED!] [YOU HAVE ENTERED A NEW CHAPTER OF THE GAME]

After being reborn in the body of a failed young man, Hansen brings with him the experience and power from his previous life. In a world ruled by money and power, he must navigate the underworld, face dangerous enemies, and build his own influence. With his intelligence and abilities, he does not merely survive—he is determined to conquer everything.

"If you've any conscience left in you, you'll understand that you deserve this." The prison doors closed behind him with those final words. Ethan Carvendish was the true heir of the Carvendish family, yet his existence was treated as nothing more than a stain that needed to be erased. "You're nothing but a criminal!" His father discarded him without hesitation. "I regret giving birth to you. I wish Charlie was my biological son!" His mother chose an adopted son over her own flesh and blood. "Charlie is my only brother, not a disgusting parasite like you." His sister looked at him with nothing but disgust. "It's just three years in prison. Charlie is delicate, unlike you." The woman he loved stood beside his adopted brother, forged evidence, framed him, and watched silently as he was condemned for a crime he never committed. For three years, he rotted in prison for someone's crime, while they celebrated his fall. The prison did not break him, it awakened him. Now Ethan has returned, not as the discarded heir… But as the Shadow Tyrant. A name whispered in fear. A power no one can control. A ruler the elite world cannot defy. "Son… We were wrong." The parents who abandoned him now kneel before him. "Ethan, sister regrets everything… please come back…" The sister who once saw him as nothing but a disgrace now begging for his attention. "Ethan… please give me another chance…" The woman who once sent him to prison crawls to his feet. But the Ethan Carvendish they betrayed died behind those prison walls, the one who returned is coldhearted. As the world trembles before the Shadow Tyrant, only one question remains. Will Ethan Carvendish reclaim everything that was stolen from him… or will shadow tyrant destroy them all without mercy?

Kai Wang died a loser–beaten to death in an underground fight while he watched his girlfriend kiss his killer. Kai gets a second chance at life–but it comes with a price written in blood. Granted by a mysterious system run by seven faceless beings. Now reborn with power he must fight his way back to the top while completing missions for his faceless masters. He must save his dying mother, destroy those who betray him, and become the unstoppable figure no one expected. But every mission pulls him deeper into darkness and one question remains–will he save his soul or lose it chasing power?

In the gleaming sky-city of Celestara, the elite discard anything unwanted without remorse,broken tools, faded finery, even people. To Xander, a scrappy orphan from the shadowed under-rings, those castoffs are treasures worth fighting for. His mentor, old Harlan, always warned: stay low and stay alive. When Harlan is murdered by a masked killer, Xander is framed and condemned. He's thrown into the Void,a vast, toxic chasm of endless refuse where the fallen never return. Xander wakes amid choking fumes and grotesque “junkwraiths”: hulking monsters of rusted metal, rotting fabric, and seething decay. As the beasts close in, a battle-hardened woman named Veyra saves him. She fights with a “Remnant Blade”, a weapon born from a cherished relic, its power drawn from the soul of what was lost. Xander bonds with his own Remnant,twin bracers that let him reshape discarded junk into deadly tools. He joins the Exiles, a band of survivors hunting wraiths in the depths, clinging to dreams of escape. Driven by vengeance, Xander vows to climb the poisoned layers of the Void, expose the true killer, and make Celestara's highborn pay,proving the trash they threw away can rise to shatter their world.