Ruthless

Betrayed and murdered by his wife, Sarah, and half-brother, Marcus, Victor St. Claire dies watching his family legacy burn. But death is merely a reset. Instead of the end, he wakes up five years in the past with the Business Emperor System, a lethal interface that turns net worth and influence into power. Armed with future knowledge and cold-blooded skills like The Eye of Greed, Victor begins a calculated descent into revenge. But as he navigates a forced marriage and social ruin to protect his mother, the timeline begins to shift. To survive, Victor must build a shadow empire and prove he is the ultimate predator.

“Oh Richard, you can never be anything reasonable in life. You’ll die of cancer, and you’ll be forgotten.” Amelia spat, eyeing Richard gravely. Ding! [You have activated the Ultra Billionaire System] [You have been chosen as the new host. You have been completely cured of cancer.] *************** Richard thought his life would end when he was diagnosed with cancer and given a few months to live. His wife, Amelia, refused to help him with money for chemotherapy, and worse, Richard found her in bed with another man. When everything seemed to be going wrong, he activated the Ultra Billionaire System. With the help of the system, Richard was cured, and he returned for vengeance.

A dying man. A forgotten god. A world on the brink. When Ethan Sylvester’s final breath faded in a dungeon, his soul was claimed by the will of an ancient immortal—the last God of Space and Time. With the immortal’s broken system and fragments of divine power, Ethan inherits techniques capable of splitting stars and shattering worlds. But power always comes with a price. And the gods who once destroyed civilizations… are watching. His enemies think he’s still weak. They’re about to learn A god never dies. This novel “Monarch of Space and Time” is written by me, NIGHTENGALE3. I am also the same author uploading it on RoyalRoad.com (Profile: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/837538/fictions) for wider audience reach.

Ethan Cole thought his life had ended. After betrayal from the one he loved the most with his boss, after losing his job and facing public humilation from people he called friends, he only had one wish on his lips. To become strong enough for his life not to be controlled by the detects of the rich and powerful. And when it seemed like this wish would never be accomplished. A powerful stranger with a roll of authority stepped before him. "Prince Ethan Collard! This's no scam, your bloodline estate awaits you!"

Set in a slightly futuristic world, a man whose legends of warfare and victory spread through the world. When Damien Murdock, the Lord of the empire’s military forces and next in line to the throne ends the terror of the rival empires and nations, he decides to retire and live a normal life. A life that includes the woman of his dreams. A woman he can spend the rest of his life with. Damien finds all that he searches for and more, but a year of peace was all he would get when his own wife betrays his trust with an affair and the past enemies of the kingdom come back for revenge. What will the invincible lord of war do when his heart has been shattered? Will he crumble in the face of heartbreak, or will he rise in the face of it all and defeat the ones who oppose him?

Benjamin Hart was heartlessly murdered in cold blood by his wife, Serena Marcelline. She neglected her sick daughter, fighting to reinforce her career as the city mayor, while she was knowingly losing her family. Aria, her daughter died out of her own negligence . She eliminated her husband clean, as divorcing him would be scandalous to her career, choosing another wealthy man over his him. But unbeknownst to her, her ex- husband who she thought was dead was never dead. He was given a second chance, and he returned, reincarnated as the supreme Lord, the most powerful being in the world.

Ken was born with shattered spiritual roots a defect worse than death in a world ruled by cultivation. Mocked as trash. Beaten like a servant. Used as a stepping stone by so-called geniuses. But within a cracked jade pendant left by his murdered mother lies an ancient immortal scripture a cultivation method erased from history, forbidden by the Heavenly Dao itself. When Ken awakens the Heavenfall Spiritual Root, a power that devours destiny itself, the balance of the nine heavens begins to shift.

In a world governed by the Soul-Code, your worth is determined by the rarity of the skill you manifest at sixteen. Vaxien Valerost manifests Rhythmic Respiration—a skill so common it is used by literal infants to stay alive. Labeled a Glitch and cast out by the elite Aurelian Academy, Vaxien is left for dead in the Shadow-Wastes. But Vaxien’s skill isn't a dead end; it is the foundation. He awakens the Nexus-Forge, a forbidden interface that allows him to dismantle trash skills and synthesize them into God-Tier Primaries. While the world’s elite rely on their stagnant, high-rank abilities, Vaxien is evolving. One breath at a time, he isn't just playing the game, he’s rewriting the source code of reality.

“Don’t make a scene, Marcus.” Sophia’s eyes, always so cold, flicked over him as if he were an unwanted stain. “A Saintess can’t be sullied by a man like you. Keep your distance.” For three years, Marcus Steel was a ghost in his own marriage. His wife, worshipped for her holy power, never let him near—not even a touch, not a night together. Yet every gathering, she let Alexander—her so-called ‘brother,’ his former best friend—rest his head in her lap, her hand stroking his hair, their laughter intimate and careless for the world to see. “Does it ever bother you?” Marcus whispered one night, desperation thick in his voice. “That you give him what you never gave me?” Sophia only smiled, distant as ever. “Alexander needs me. You… you’re just my duty.” When the earthquake shattered the banquet hall, Marcus reached for her through the falling debris. “Sophia! Please! Just take my hand—help me!” But her golden barrier was already around Alexander. She didn’t even look at Marcus as he screamed, “I’m your husband! Don’t leave me—” “I can’t save everyone,” she said, voice like ice. “Alex is injured. I promised to protect him.” As rubble crushed his body and hope faded, something ancient awoke in Marcus. Flames danced in his blood, power surging from the pain, the betrayal. From the ashes of humiliation and heartbreak, a dragon roared to life. Marcus Steel is dead. The Dragon King rises—and the Saintess will beg for mercy she never showed.

Useless, broken, ordinary, worthless--these were the tags etched on Damien Hale's back by the people meant to be his family. Margaret Reed, his mother-in-law, and Victoria Reed, his own wife, mocked and humiliated him, dismissed as a mere stay-at-home son-in-law. But what no one knew was that he was far from ordinary. Behind the dirty apron and quiet smile was a man with unimaginable power, a man who gave up glory for anonymity and a family... until the day everything collapses. When Vanessa engages with her ex—the charming, manipulative Sebastian— in public, Damien becomes nothing more than a roadblock standing in the way of her “perfect future.” The insults grow bolder, the humiliation more public, and his dying marriage turns into battlefield. But when the Reeds push too far… Ethan finally snaps. As enemies rise and secrets unravel, Vanessa realizes too late that... the husband they bullied, is the king they should have feared. And now he was awake, the world would bleed before he bows again.