The Live Chapter 1

My name is Joe Mzalendo. Mine country is Credonia, a third-world country. Born and raised here, I loved my country just like every other patriotic citizen. As I grew up, all I ever wanted was a good degree and a good job with the government. All that I looked forward to so that I could help others and see to it that things went the right way. I had a dream of transforming my country through fighting and nipping Corruption by the roots. I thought getting in was the right move and the only way to make a change. In the end, I was all wrong. I found myself imprisoned by powers I couldn't control and forces I could not break. Without options, I watched people suffer as I did nothing. It was a stab through my heart. I had to live with the knife through my heart and in pain. It was either that and try to help those I could or die. I not only walked with death but saw it most of the time. It was then that I learned; some things are better done from a distance. I learnt never to put out a conflagration from inside a blazing house.

If you had amazing intellect and memory you'd think that you'd be revered and worshipped by many right? Wrong! That was the case for Levi who was born with astronomically insane mental abilities but fate played a cruel game on him by giving him a frail and weak body to house his mind. Thus, in this world of Arcane Energy, brute strength and destructive magical abilities are what is valued thereby making Levi's gift a curse rather than a gift. But a mysterious event turns Levi's fate for the better when a gate suddenly opens right when he was about to perform the Awakening ritual and he wakes up with a mysterious system that allows him to use his mental strength to build his physical strength and magic. From the weak, Arcane-less boy who couldn't live up to his parents reputation, Levi with this new found talent is able to Evolve Infinitely. He embarks on a journey to get stronger and rescue his family, but what happens when gods, monsters, and otherworldly civilizations all stake their claim on Earth? When faced with endless dimensions and infinite trial, what truly matters? Power? Talent? Or the unyielding human spirit?

🏆 ["Silver Prize" and "New Rising Star" in System Activated of "Meganovel Biannual Writing Contest"] 🏆Transmigrating into a cultivation world, Wushu Shengli found himself in an outer disciple’s body! With his trash cultivation talent, he feared that he wouldn’t live long in a world filled with young masters, hidden powerhouses, and immortal gods who could overturn the world! Fortunately, his golden finger arrived in time! [Cultivation Sign-In System has integrated into the host’s soul!] -Ding! [Since it’s the host’s first sign-in, the host will receive a random Supreme Grade reward!] -Ding! [Sign-in Complete! Host receives Supreme Cultivation Talent!] After receiving an unrivaled cultivation talent, Shengli truly felt invincible in the cultivation world! Cultivation resources? Just sign-in! Receive a thousand-year-old spiritual vein! Cultivation technique? Just sign-in! Receive the inheritance of a sword immortal! Cultivation physique? Just sign-in! Receive an Immortal Body Physique! Young masters? Just sign-in! Receive a Face-Slapping Manual 101! Jade beauties? Sorry, women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword! “I become invincible after signing in!”

Ten years ago, Bran Navine lost everything in a single night. His mother died under suspicious circumstances, his father turned his back on him, and the only family he had left was cast out and left to survive on the streets. Alongside his younger sister, Christine, and their only protector, Aunt Francine, Bran learned what it meant to live with nothing while powerful enemies erased their existence from the world. But Bran refused to remain powerless. He vanished into the shadows and spent a decade building himself into something no one could control. War made him stronger, strategy made him feared, and bloodshed made his name known across battlefields as the “King of the South,” a commander who never lost and never forgave. Now, the war is over, and Bran has finally returned home. What should have been a peaceful reunion turns into disaster when Christine is taken and sold into an underground slave auction controlled by the powerful Elara Quin and the influential Reed family of Heartless. Aunt Francine, the woman who raised them after their downfall, is left broken after trying to protect them alone.

"Look into my eyes and say you never knew me." Vincent's voice was laced with pain as he spoke. And without a single change in her facial expression, Elizabeth went ahead to say it. "I can never know a pig in human form." She didn't spare the words that pierced through his heart. This is the story of Vincent, a young student once floating in fame until the eventual death of his father. All the properties of his father were taken away by his evil uncle and he was made to live in the street. And as though that was not enough, he caught his girlfriend cheating on him publicly with the school's billionaire prince, Richard, swearing that she never knew him. Vincent had his heart broken and when he thought that it was all over, fate beamed a bright light on him. It turned out that his father had seen the future and left the biggest consortium in the city in his name. He was no longer the poor student who would beg and do odd jobs just for a meal, he was now the most powerful person in the city. And all his enemies crumbling on their knees.

In the shimmering metropolis of Oakhaven, the elite live in glass towers while the "trash" survives in the soot below. Lucian Veyne is the king of that trash. To the world, he is a nameless scavenger, a beggar who collects aluminum cans and fixes broken phones in rain-slicked alleys. But Lucian has a secret: He owns the city’s darkness. Ten years ago, the Vale Family—owners of the city’s largest pharmaceutical empire—let his mother die on the hospital steps because she was "worthless." Since that day, Lucian hasn’t been looking for a job; he’s been building a system. Through the "Debt Web" (micro-loans to the desperate) and the "Whisper Network" (an army of invisible homeless spies), Lucian has quietly tethered every corrupt politician, crooked cop, and greedy CEO to his thumb. When Seraphina Vale, the arrogant heiress of the empire that killed his mother, publicly humiliates him, she triggers the final phase of his plan. She thinks she’s crushing a beggar. She doesn’t realize she’s just declared war on the man who already holds the keys to her father’s vault.

Seven years prior, Anderson Campbell was the son of a thriving businessman, wielding a significant part of Lightharbor city’s economic lifeline. Every woman aspired to marry him, and Lauren Harris was no exception. But disaster struck. Anderson was sabotaged, and his company went bankrupt, burying him under massive debts. He became destitute, without a home, forced to live at his wife’s family residence as a son-in-law. From that point, he was known as the “useless” son-in-law of the Harris family, enduring their scorn and disdain. His constant engagement with his computer only further distanced him from them. Then one day, while enduring scorn at a café for using free Wi-Fi, his computer screen suddenly lit up: “Greetings, Host Anderson. I am the All-Powerful Reform System, here to assist. Please accept your first reward, a black card with a total asset of xxxxxx million dollars!” Now with money in his grasp, everything seemed possible. Anderson began his quest to uncover those who had wronged him, to exact revenge on those who had looked down upon him. They would soon regret!

For years, Kellan swallowed his pride to live under his wife's family roof, mocked and dismissed, treated like nothing. He told himself it was worth it because he loved Vivian. Then she proved him wrong in the cruelest way possible. She kisses another man right in front of him. Insults him in front of everyone who ever looked down on him. Stands by laughing as her lover throws money in his face like he's a beggar. Kellan says nothing. He simply walks away. What none of them know is that the "worthless son-in-law" they've spent years humiliating is actually the missing heir to a fortune that could swallow their family whole, and he's done hiding. One by one, everything Vivian's family built starts to crumble. And when a woman who wants nothing from him but the truth walks into his life, Vivian realizes the husband she destroyed might be the one man she'll never get back. He was never as weak as they thought. Now they're about to find out just how strong he really is.

Ethan Cole has spent his entire life being treated like dirt—an orphan, a nobody, the kind of person people look right through. But the ultimate betrayal comes from Vanessa, the girl he gave everything to, only for her to use and discard him like he was nothing. Just when he thinks life can’t get any worse, a shocking truth is revealed: he was never meant to live in poverty because he is the rightful heir to the Aurelius fortune, the son of the powerful Magnus Aurelius. Now, armed with his true identity and the resources of the Aurelius Group at his fingertips, Ethan is ready to make everyone who looked down on him pay. But as he steps into the world that was stolen from him, he realizes that his enemies who separated him from his father never left and are ready to strike again. With betrayals at every turn and secrets more dangerous than he imagined, Ethan must fight to claim what is his. But power comes at a price. Will he survive long enough to take revenge? Or will the past swallow him whole before he gets the chance?

"When Damian is ostracized by his wife's family for being poor, he sets out on a path to success, becoming wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. He decides to go back to his family which he had left because of his undying love for his wife with the help of his uncle, and fortunately for him, his family accepts him back. Fate plays a game on him and he gets to reunite with his wife whom his family had betrothed him to but he refuses then. He decides that this is his opportunity to start his revenge against his ex-wife. He made a promise that when he became rich he was going to take revenge on her. He gets married to his new wife in the process and many other events happen. Rebecca had realized her mistake and was hell-bent on destroying Damian. Now that she found out he was rich, she wanted him for herself. She suddenly started acting like a maniac and had an evil plan. Will her plan succeed? Will Damian and his new wife get to live together in peace or will Rebecca destroy everything?