True Essence

He can make a billion dollars business go bankrupt with a single phone call. He is the heir of the richest family. But he also faces problems

The dying star pulsed, it’s heart on the verge of collapse. Twelve figures, cloaked in unimaginable power, stood amidst its final throes. On one side, six beings (the angels) blazed with light so intense, it dwarfed the star's dying brilliance. Across from them, five figures (the demons)exuded a chilling darkness, a black hole's silent hunger, their very presence accelerating the star's demise. And in the center of this cosmic ballet of light and shadow, stood Reaper. He seemed to absorb the dying star's essence, his form cloaked in a darkness deeper than any of the others, a living embodiment of the star's final, terrible scream. But then, the things discussed were by no means simple, the fate of the world was resting on their soundless star toppling discussion. The intensity of the conversation loomed above the star like an omen of death, accelerating it's death even further. Suddenly, the figure in the middle broke the sacred rule, yelling in a language that speaks for all, his voice was like the rushing of a mighty wind. I Reaper, will dethrone and destroy that God, make him pay for neglecting us all and if you don't join me, you will all suffer the same fate. The faces of the angels and demons -a vortex of light and darkness- went grim as they moved to strike down the tyrannical being. But before they could, Reaper, the demon of death and chaos was gone. Our story...begins here.

Following planetary disruption, three factions based on virtues were formed by people who awakened with special powers. Forming alliance, they exploited the common people, and ruled over Lysbia. These factions were superior to the commonality living outside the capitol hill and they governed the entire Lysbia from the capitol hill, where they withheld the wealth of Lysbia to themselves, suppressing the rights of its vulgar citizens and regulating population through financial restraint and starvation, thereby enforcing a survival game. Ethan Hills, a commoner, lost his job and about to be homeless based on an act of betrayal by the people he trusted. And having no hopes of surviving in the dystopian society, during the night, a system activated in his head, granting him multiple powers if he accomplishes every task it presented before him and level up. He quickly discovered that the majority of his task, brought forth by this resurgent system, revolved around the confines of the Capitol Hill. While undertaking his quest to reach Capitol Hill, Ethan becomes aware of the intricate oppression that governs the territory, extending its influence over the surrounding population. To establish harmony and fairness, he must harmonize with the existing system while maintaining a strong bond with his loyal companion, Isabell Wells, where what seems to be a hopeless situation soon turned out to be an adventurous moment to witness. "System activated! ...host capacity optimal, user friendly." ...[Installation process initializing...] The moment has come for Ethan to ascend and make his decisive choice.

🏆[No.3 "Best Face-slapping" of "Leap To The Top" Contest]🏆 Derek Brook, married to the daughter of the Reid's but lives majority of his life as a slave. Life becomes tiring the day he got so frustrated and decided to seek for a job from his hostile mother in law. However, things take a new turn when he got more than hostility in that same day. Read rise of the sole heir to learn about the new turn.

In the Xuanhuang world, the sky had shattered centuries ago, leaving behind the "Celestial Fracture" that poisoned the world's energy and constrained the path of cultivation. Lin Feng, a weak and ailing mine slave, was accidentally struck by a mysterious stone from a meteorite. This stone turned out to be a "Heaven's Core Shard"—a fragment of the broken sky—that fused with his soul and granted him eyes capable of "Deconstructing All Laws." With his newfound ability, he saw the world not as a mystery, but as a collection of puzzles that could be taken apart and reassembled. From the lowliest kicking technique to forgotten ancient legacies, he could comprehend the essence of everything. However, this power made him a target for many factions: orthodox sects seeking to exploit him, wicked cultivators wanting to steal his soul core, and ancient beings awakened from slumber as he began to "repair" the damaged sky. His journey was not just one to become the strongest, but also to become the "Heavenly Repairman." Each step he took transformed the world, creating new cultivation arts, revolutionary artifacts, and ultimately, posing the ultimate question: should the shattered sky be restored to its original state, or reassembled into something entirely new?

In 2081, five-year-old twins Aaron and Anya Lockwood are forced to flee as their parents’ secret neuroscience lab goes up in flames. Moments before the end, their parents inject them with the final fragment of a groundbreaking invention, Neuroid, a neural implant capable of recording not just memory, communication through mind link but the very essence of consciousness. Separated to survive, the twins grow up in different worlds. Aaron becomes Kael Vale, a hardened ex-Marine buried under years of trauma and silence. Anya becomes Lyra Thompson, a rising neuroscientist unknowingly working to resurrect the very technology that tore their family apart. Twenty-five years later, Kael hears a voice no one should know: his real name. As echoes of their past resurface through dream bleeds and shared memories, the twins are drawn back into a corporate war for control over human minds. But Neuroid is more than tech, it’s legacy. And somewhere inside the system, their parents are still alive… in pieces. To survive, Kael must find Lyra and reunite to resist the ghosts inside them, and decide whether to weaponize memory or heal from it. In a world where minds can be mapped, sold, and rewritten, what does it mean to remember who you really are?

In a world where power decides everything and the strong stand above all, the Yuehua Palace of the Godly Realm once reigned without equal… until the day it was forcefully taken over by the Chiyaan Empire. Crown Prince Li Kaien could do nothing but watch as everything he had ever known collapsed before his eyes, his people slaughtered, his parents captured, and his bloodline suppressed by forces far beyond him. Driven by rage and desperation, he made a fatal mistake in a final act of resistance, but in return, he was broken completely, his power sealed, his body ruined, and his fate all but decided within the hands of his enemies. At the brink of death, the ancient wolf spirit within him, Moonfang, sacrificed everything, shattering its own essence to tear him away from certain death and cast him into a lower realm, a place where the flow of qi is weak, and strength is nothing like what he once knew. Now stranded in an unfamiliar world, with his cultivation shattered and his spirit fractured, Li Kaien is left with only one path forward… to find the scattered fragments of Moonfang, restore what was lost, and rise once again from nothing.

When the Prom Queen is drugged into bowel distress, her best friend suggests a rather absurd solution, blantantly ignoring their moral responsibility. Tade is banished from home because of his unusual familiarisation with human beings, into the regularly polluted lake of Badagry.Deola only needed to relieve herself but what she gets in return is a intoxicating obsession from the mysterious, secretive but helpful young man, an entanglement she never bargained for.This is a classic read of intriguing mystery and uncertain affection between two distinctly parallel existences, a taboo that must never be spoken of.

After the death of his parents, Ryker was adopted by his grandmother who lived on the suburban streets in the city. At age 27, Ryker got a job as a house boy with one of the richest families in the City. He was humiliated by everyone and treated like garbage and a nobody to the world, even his girlfriend who he loved so much, cheated on him. Little did he know that the only possession he had ever since he was a kid was the connection to a realization that he was not who he thought he was.  After 20 years of suffering, Ryker finally became the Billionaire he was meant to be. However opposition came and through that, he was able to discover hidden secrets and truths about his parent’s death.

In a world where magic is measured, controlled, and bound to the very essence of life, Lucas awakens in a body that is not his own. Transplanted into the life of a prodigious mage, he must navigate the elite halls of Eldoria Academy, where every spell is a test, and every friend may conceal a secret. Under the watchful guidance of Elera, his childhood friend and a prodigy in her own right, Lucas begins to unravel the mysteries of Aether, the lifeblood of magic itself. Yet the deeper he delves into its secrets the tiers, the cores, and the forces that shape reality the heavier the responsibility grows. Beyond the academy, threads of intrigue tighten. Mira, a brilliant researcher, has crossed the line between discovery and danger, and the shadowy figures who orchestrated her disappearance are watching. Among them, the truth of Lucas’s existence is known, and their plans threaten to upend everything he believes about himself. As allies clash, secrets unravel, and the weight of Aether presses down, Lucas must confront a question no mage has ever faced: can a soul borrowed from another world wield power without losing itself? This is a tale of magic, identity, and the fragile line between destiny and choice.