The Ancient Genes

CLEANERS A Filipino Urban Fantasy Series Synopsis When the monsters are real, who protects the innocent? In the Philippines, an ancient evil hides behind human faces. Shapeshifters stalk the night, preying on families while wearing the masks of trusted neighbors. Most victims never see them coming. Those who do rarely survive to tell the tale. Denmar and Marden Santos are twin brothers whose lives changed forever in a single night. Now they're part of a secret organization that hunts creatures most people believe are just folklore. Armed with blessed weapons and trained by survivors like themselves, they must navigate a hidden war where enemies look exactly like allies. Where the helpful janitor might be feeding information to monsters. Where saving one life might require sacrificing another. Because when shapeshifters can be anyone, trust becomes the deadliest game of all. As an ancient power stirs and the supernatural underground prepares for war, the Santos twins face an impossible choice that will determine not just their survival, but the fate of everyone they're sworn to protect. In a world where monsters hide in plain sight, how do you know who the real enemy is? CLEANERS is a supernatural thriller that blends Filipino folklore with modern urban fantasy, exploring themes of family, loyalty, and the price of survival when the line between human and monster becomes impossible to draw.

He fell from power. He died in disgrace. But from the stars, he rose again. After five centuries of cultivation in a distant realm, Vaelin returns to Earth—stripped of his strength, but burning with purpose. Betrayed once in his past life and hunted in this one, he hides behind an ordinary job while secretly rebuilding his power. But Earth is not what it seems. Ancient forces stir. Hidden cultivators walk in silence. And revenge waits in the shadows. He may be mortal again—but the God of War never truly dies.

Gabriel Hale had nothing but clothes on his back and the girl he’d die for. Living on the merciless streets of Chicago, he became the city’s most elusive thief all to save his dying girlfriend, Vera. Every stolen wallet, every dangerous heist and every close call with death was worth it if it meant one day with her. When a shadowy organization offers him ten million dollars to steal the legendary Phoenix Heart artifact from the heavily guarded Siegel family vault, Gabriel knows it is suicide, but for Vera’s life-saving surgery, he would walk through hell itself. He never expected hell to follow him back. Betrayed, broken and left for dead after the ancient artifact fused with his soul, Gabriel awakens three days later to discover the cruelest truth. Vera was never sick. Every sacrifice, every crime and every drop of blood he had shed was all for a lie. Now, with the Phoenix Heart’s power burning through his veins, Gabriel will rise from the ashes of his former life. The streets that once crushed him will kneel. The city that forgot him will remember and the woman that shattered his heart will beg for the love she threw away. He was Gabriel, the nobody. Now, he will become Gabriel the Untouchable. The last heir of a forgotten empire and master of an ancient power that should have stayed buried.

Among them a boy with sharp eyes and untamed hair, no older than sixteen. Lin Dong. Whispers rise around him. “The failure of the Lin family…” “His father lost everything to Lin Langtian.” But Lin Dong says nothing. His jaw tightens, his fists curl. “I’ll make them remember my name.” The gong strikes. The test begins. One by one, disciples unleash their Yuan Power, glowing faintly with light. When Lin Dong steps forward silence. He places his palm on the stone pillar. Nothing. No glow. No tremor. Just cold stone. Laughter ripples through the crowd. Lin Langtian, his older cousin, smirks from afar already a martial prodigy, already chosen by the clan elders. But Lin Dong’s eyes don’t lower. There’s something burning behind them something feral. That night, he runs into the mountains, fists bleeding, shouting into the dark. “If the heavens won’t give me power, I’ll take it myself!” Lightning flashes and the earth trembles. From beneath the ancient roots, a strange stone talisman rises glowing with ancient runes. The air hums, trees bow, and the mountain itself seems to breathe. Lin Dong stares at it, breathless. The talisman pulses once… twice… then melts into his palm. His eyes widen his veins blaze with golden light. And somewhere, deep within the realm of spirits… something wakes up. “Finally… someone worthy.”

Jeremiah Mason, cursed with demonic power, is caught in a deadly struggle between Heaven and Hell. As the Insidious Covenant Church hunts for ancient artifacts to merge the four worlds, Jeremiah must choose between salvation and darkness. Training to master his abilities, he faces the enigmatic Micah and a world on the brink of destruction. With the fate of humanity in his hands, Jeremiah must harness his inner demons to fight—or risk becoming the very monster he's sworn to defeat. "In a battle for the world’s soul, Jeremiah is the key to its salvation or its doom.

Ignatius Valerist was supposed to die. But the forbidden blood of the 13th Sky God had other plans. Five centuries later, he awakens in a world where magic is dead, replaced by the hum of cold machinery. Reborn as a frail medical student in the corrupt city of Oakhaven, Ignatius finds himself surrounded by the descendants of those who betrayed him. They think they’ve won. They think science is supreme. They are wrong. Armed with ancient spells and modern medical precision, Ignatius will show this new world that technology is just a toy compared to the wrath of a Magus.

The Tribrid! Jace Robert, A prophesied young Teenager of The Ancient Pregan gods, Born Of Light and Darkness. King of the supernaturals and protector of the dimension. The Anihilators The Eradicators The Wendigos The Rampaging brutal hunters set on a journey to capture, Torment and Sacrifice the prophesied Tribrid in other to wreck havoc on the supernaturals. After the death of the First Tribrid... The Pregan god of Thunder Created a Being of Light and Darkness with the powers of the old gods( Olympians) The Child of War The Child of Doom The Ruler of the supernaturals The Master of the Golden wolf and the Demons Kingdoms. The Lord of all He is The Tribrid

Useless... Worthless... Nobody... These were the words Callum Shaw's ex used to describe him when justifying herself for sleeping with her boss while Callum attended his grandfather's funeral. As despair became replaced with rage, his grandfather's ring answered his call. Callum's latent potential for magic was awakened, and he swore to prove to the world his ex was wrong about him. However, being the heir of an ancient magical bloodline may bring more trouble than it is worth.

Humiliated and left crippled by his sect’s star disciple, Lin Feng embarked on a suicide mission to the Black Bone Valley. But at the precipice of death, fate intervened. Instead of an end, he discovered the forbidden legacy of Zhan Tianshu—the legendary Martial Emperor of old. Armed with an ancient meditation technique and the mysterious Yin-Yang Stone, Lin Feng rises to defy the heavens themselves. He was meant to die that day, yet he returned from the abyss. The Emperor has returned with a single purpose: Bloody revenge!

Betrayed. Abandoned. Left to die. Xuan Long, once a peerless prodigy of the Crimson Cloud Sect, was framed by his fiancée and brothers, tossed into the Abyss to rot. But instead of death, he awakens an ancient forbidden soul — a god of war sealed for ten thousand years. Now reborn, stronger, and darker, Xuan Long returns from the shadows to tear down the sect, reclaim his throne, and become the strongest under the heavens. But power has a price — and the path to vengeance may turn him into the very monster he once feared.