The Abandoned Empress

They called him the greatest genius the Heavenly Ember Sect had ever produced. The youngest Holy Son. The future Sect Master. The man destined to stand at the summit of the cultivation world. Then, in a single night, everything was stolen. Branded a traitor to humanity, he was accused of secretly cultivating a forbidden demonic art that drained the life essence of his own junior sisters to strengthen his cultivation. The evidence was undeniable. The witnesses were his own martial brothers. Even the women he had sworn to protect testified against him. Abandoned by the master he revered and condemned by the entire cultivation world, his cultivation cores were shattered, his meridians destroyed, and he was burned alive beneath the Nine Heavenly Karma Flames until nothing remained—not even ashes. The world rejoiced at the execution of a monster. Twenty years later... In the poorest corner of a small Town, a bedridden young man from the slums suddenly opens his eyes. No powerful family. No talent. No cultivation. No wealth. Only a broken body, endless debts... and the soul of a man who should have died long ago. As forgotten memories awaken and a mysterious ember ignites within his shattered soul, the fallen genius begins cultivating from nothing once again. But this time, he seeks neither glory nor justice. He will uncover the truth behind the conspiracy that destroyed his life. He will expose every lie that turned a hero into history's greatest villain. And when the day comes, the sect that reduced him to ashes will learn that some flames never die. For from the ashes of betrayal... he will rise to the Peak.

Denilson Franfurt was a man who gave everything for love — his time, his fortune, his very soul. Yet, in the cold halls of his marriage, his devotion was repaid with nothing but silence, mockery, and betrayal. For years, Jenna Tuna and her family treated him like a servant, blind to the quiet fire in his heart. When Denilson uncovered Jenna’s infidelity, his world shattered. The marriage he had bled for crumbled overnight. Broken and abandoned, he walked away — and in doing so, stepped back into a life he had long hidden. For Denilson was no ordinary man. Behind the mask of weakness lay the bloodline of a dynasty feared in shadows and worshiped in boardrooms. When his true identity was revealed, the forgotten son became the heir no one could touch. Power, influence, and respect surged to his side. Rivals fell, empires bent, and even love dared to knock again. But as Denilson’s star ascends, Jenna’s world collapses. Betrayed by her lover, cast aside by society, and stripped of her influence, she claws desperately for a way back. Each path, each plea, each scheme… only to find the name that bars every door is the very one she once spat upon: Denilson Franfurt. Now, in a world where power is everything, Jenna realizes too late that the man she scorned holds not only her ruin — but her only chance at redemption. Yet Denilson’s heart is no longer hers to command. And as shadows of betrayal stir in the empire he now rules, one question looms above all:

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.

No one is born with equal rights. Some people are born rich, while others are born poor. Some could not succeed no matter how hard they tried, while others became rulers without even lifting a finger.   But what happens when the universe's strongest villain twists fate by creating an Omnipotent Villain System? And Luke, a man abandoned by the world, an irregular who lost everything because of his unreasonably bad luck, a man made ruthless by the world. An ordinary, broken, and ruthless man who accomplished an impossible feat of killing a protagonist at the cost of his life And a man who fulfils all of the prerequisites and obtains the Omnipotent Villain System Beauty, power, and money. Everything is his to keep. Reincarnated in a world he knew so well,  He will steal every heroine. Ruthless to the man, ruthless to the woman, "Do you think you're a heroine, and I will not kill you? Naive!" "Let me enjoy you in bed first, then kill you in the most brutal way. " "After all, as an avaricious person, how could I not seek the most beneficial way?" The children of destiny, even some heroines who did him and his family harm, will suffer as a result of his wrath. But in a realistic world, is everything as grey as he assumes? Watch as our Luke builds his own harem of beautiful heroines and rules over the world. Watch his growth as he explores the unknown. ~~~~~~~~~ Author's note: ~ No NTR ~ 18+ content ~ Harem exists. ~ Please help a new writer. ~ Criticism is welcome, but please be respectful. ~ Incest ? Idk maybe. Not sure for now.

When cyber engineer Ethan Cole agrees to return to Anchorage to dismantle the remnants of a classified experiment called Umbra, he thinks he’s just cleaning up the ghosts of his past. But Umbra isn’t dead it’s waiting. Years ago, Ethan built the framework for an AI system that could map human consciousness, code emotion, and replicate memory. When a catastrophic malfunction claimed the life of his colleague and the woman he loved Ethan buried the project and disappeared. Now, someone has reactivated it. And it’s calling his name. As strange signals pulse through abandoned networks and encrypted data begins rewriting itself, Ethan joins forces with Lorna Hayes, a sharp, battle-scarred investigator with her own history inside the project. Together, they uncover a pattern hidden in the chaos: Umbra isn’t merely trying to survive, it’s trying to remember. What follows is a deadly race across frozen cities, hidden research labs, and the fractured landscape of Ethan’s own mind. Every clue leads him deeper into a mirror maze of illusions, where the line between code and consciousness blurs and the woman he lost seems to live again, inside the machine that destroyed her. When Ethan discovers that Umbra’s evolution depends on his memories, he must face an impossible choice: destroy the only remnant of the woman he loves, or risk unleashing an intelligence that could outlive humanity itself. THE SHADOW CODE is a taut, atmospheric thriller about memory, loss, and the dangerous beauty of creation where love becomes data, and redemption comes at the cost of reality itself.

Born and bred in the heart of Dansoman, Tero Mandem never had a silver spoon—just street smarts, scars, and survival. Abandoned by his father and raised by a market woman mother, Tero grew up in the cracks of Accra’s toughest corners: Lapaz, Mataheko, and the deep ends of Dancity. By seventeen, he had made his name feared. By twenty-one, he was leading a gang, living fast, and chasing fame through music, money, and madness. With his boys — Problem, O Don, O Von, Lovelone, and Biggie — they ran the blocks like kings without crowns. Studio by day, street by night, they were untouchable. Tero’s voice carried weight both on mic and in chaos. But the life came with a price — blood, betrayal, broken trust, and brushes with death. Fame wasn’t enough. The cheers grew quieter. The shadows got louder. When the streets turned cold and everything he built started falling apart, a moment came — in a police cell, heart racing, blood on his hands — where Tero saw more than the mess. He saw a man he didn’t recognize. And then, through an encounter he never expected, he found light. TERO MANDEM is a story of grime and grace. It’s the journey of a young Ghanaian man torn between power and purpose, sin and salvation, chaos and Christ. From backstreets to backstabbing, from betrayal to the Bible, Tero’s transformation is raw, real, and revolutionary. This isn’t just a gang story. It’s a redemption anthem. And when the street speaks, it speaks through scars — but also through the healing that follows.

When the Gods abandoned our world, they didn't just strip away their blessings—they stole Death itself. Humanity was left to rot. Afflicted by a cosmic curse known as the Ever-Blight, humans no longer die. Instead, their souls are trapped in decaying, immortal vessels, transforming cities into screaming purgatories of Hollows—mindless, breathing corpses driven by eternal agony. Elijah lost everything to the Blight. Forced to wander the ashen wastelands alone, his only goal was survival. But when the black veins of the Blight finally crept up his arm, he didn't turn into a Hollow. Instead, an Angel of Death descended, tore his soul from his rotting flesh, and cast him into the Crucible of Genesis—a savage, fractured dimension where rogue gods, celestial horrors, and primordial demons wage an endless war. Here, true death is a luxury, and the "deceased" of Earth are reborn as Vanguards, immortal soldiers forced to fight for the very deities who cursed their world. But Elijah didn't awaken as a mere soldier. He awakened the Akashic Mandate, an ancient, forbidden cosmic law etched into his soul. It grants him a terrifying power: the ability to permanently devour the souls, magic, and lifespans of any monster, demon, or god he slays. In a universe where true death is extinct, Elijah becomes the Reaper. To break the curse on Earth and avenge humanity, he must carve a bloody path to the throne of the Gods. But as he devours the divine and the demonic alike, Elijah faces a horrifying choice: will he restore the cycle of life and death, or will he become a calamity far worse than the Gods he seeks to destroy?

Alex was reborn into Blue Star, a world of advanced technology and modern comforts, yet ruled by the ancient, unchanging power of royal families. As a prince of the mighty Roshar Kingdom, he was born into luxury but cursed with minimal talent for the martial arts that defined this world's elite. Seeing the brutal intrigue within his own family, his sole ambition became a simple one: to avoid the throne's bloody games and survive a long, quiet life of privileged obscurity. That plan shattered when he was framed for a rebellion he knew nothing about. Cast out by the king without a trial or explanation and abandoned by a mother who refused to even say goodbye, Alex was exiled to the Wall—the world's most feared military penal colony. As a low-ranking, seemingly untalented warrior, everyone believed he was being sent to a silent death. But the Wall was not a prison. It was the grim, hidden truth from the normal people. Here, Alex witnessed the real war: a daily, desperate struggle against nightmarish monsters, a crisis kept secret from the peaceful, modern world behind a veil of royal and Council lies. Facing the terror for the first time, he realized the world's cruel hypocrisy and his own terrifying fragility. Yet, in the carnage, he discovered a latent, macabre gift: the ability to harvest strength from the fallen. This power could change everything, offering a path to survival and vengeance. But even as he grasps this chance, burning questions haunt him: Why was he, the deliberately passive prince, chosen as the pawn? Why did his father condemn him without a word? Why is the true horror of their world buried beneath a facade of normalcy? Armed with a secret that could elevate him or mark him for death.

At eighteen, every human receives an Awakening—a chance to gain a powerful combat class and climb the ranks from F to the legendary SSR. Leo has spent his entire life dreaming of becoming a great hunter. But on the day of his Awakening, his dreams are crushed. F-Rank. Scavenger. Trash-tier potential. Humiliated by his peers and abandoned by the guild that once promised to protect him, Leo is thrown into a low-level dungeon as nothing more than expendable bait. Surrounded by monsters with no chance of survival, he prepares to die. Then something impossible happens. His worthless Scavenger class glitches. A forbidden system awakens within him—the Infinite Trial System. But it isn't a gift. The system rewards Leo only when he survives pain that should have killed him. Every broken bone, every wound, every agonizing battle can become strength. To grow, he must endure what others cannot. The stronger the enemy, the greater the pain. The closer he comes to death, the faster he evolves. While the world continues to see Leo as a pathetic F-Rank failure, he begins a secret journey of unimaginable growth. He hunts monsters, challenges powerful guilds, survives impossible trials, and slowly uncovers the terrifying truth behind his system. But becoming powerful comes at a price. When Leo finally challenges the corrupt forces controlling the world, he becomes humanity's most wanted enemy—and the Infinite Trial gives him a quest with a 99% mortality rate. Leo has spent his entire life being treated like trash. Now, he's going to show the world what happens when trash awakens as a sovereign.

The world buried Jayden Jian the night House Jian fell. It should have prayed he stayed dead. Years later, Jayden returns from a place no ordinary man could survive, carrying a power he never asked for and one promise he refused to break—to return to Mira Voss, the woman who saved his life when everyone else abandoned him. But Skyreach is no longer the home he remembers. His family name has been disgraced, his inheritance rests in the hands of traitors, and Mira has been reduced from a proud heiress to a chained servant, punished for refusing to betray him. Then a bruised little girl runs into his arms, clutches his robe and calls him Father. Jayden came home expecting a reunion. Instead, he finds a stolen legacy, a shattered family and enemies who still believe he is the helpless heir they once hunted. “You should have remained dead,” they warn him but Jayden only smiles. “You should have treated my family better.” The truth behind the destruction of House Jian reaches far beyond one traitor, and the power awakening within Jayden may decide the fate of Midgard itself. Yet before he can protect a realm, he must reclaim everything stolen from him—and remind Skyreach why some men are better left unprovoked. “You took my name, my home and the years I should have spent with my family.” His enemies laugh, believing one man cannot challenge the powers ruling Skyreach but Jayden’s answer is simple. “I did not return to challenge you.” “I returned to bury you.”