Under The Oak Tree Riftan Pov

The last strand of patience I had snapped into shreds when she chose her ex-lover’s son over our dying daughter. Now she paraded around smiling, flaunting him like a trophy, while I was left with nothing but the cold, lifeless body of my child. This wasn’t about hurt anymore. It wasn’t even about pain. She’d stolen a soul from me — and she would feel every atom of what I felt, and more. “I want a divorce.” “That’s not happening. You and I are in this together,” she screeched, eyes boring into mine, searching for the man who always bent to her will. “You will sign the papers,” I said, every word a quiet stone. “Make me!” I stepped closer. My hand closed at her throat — delicate, trembling under my grip — and forced her to meet me. “Sign the papers,” I whispered, voice low and cold. “Or I’ll make you suffer so that even our daughter hears your screams from six feet under.”

At Zenith Integration Academy, power determines everything. The gifted are worshipped. The talented become heroes. The weak are forgotten. Noah Vale belongs to the lowest rank of all — F-Class. Mocked by his classmates, dismissed by his teachers, and kept at careful arm's length by the girl he's loved since childhood, Noah is treated as proof that some people just aren't worth the effort. No one knows that the ranking system calling him worthless was never built to measure what he actually is. Earth already lost. The Korrathi Dominion conquered the planet in three days, and humanity now lives under alien rule, sorted, ranked, and kept exactly where it's told to stay. While the Dominion believes its occupation is settled and permanent, an ancient power buried inside Noah is starting to wake up. The Korrathi believe they've already won. The scientists hunting for Earth's last great secret believe they already know what they're looking for. They're both wrong. Because the lowest-ranked student in the academy was never a charity case. He was built to decide whether Earth deserves to keep existing at all.

In a realm of elemental magic, sacred martial arts, and soul-bound systems, Kael has always been an outcast—no lineage, no strength, no future. But when he discovers a forgotten pendant buried beneath his childhood home, everything changes. The artifact awakens a system forged in ancient blood magic, unlocking not only hidden abilities, but a buried legacy tied to his missing parents and a war long erased from history. As Kael trains under unlikely allies—an exiled swordswoman and a cryptic mage—he begins to unravel the truth behind the Lost Sigil: a seal that binds the monstrous Wyrmbound beneath the earth… and a curse written into Kael’s very bones. Now hunted by factions who fear what he might become, Kael must walk through visions of a shattered past, wield new powers that defy understanding, and face the rising threat of the Rift—a wound in reality that dreams of waking. Will he rise as a healer, a warrior, or a vessel of the end? Legacy of the Lost Sigil is a thrilling blend of system fantasy, soul-deep magic, and ancestral secrets—for fans of hidden bloodlines, sentient artifacts, and high-stakes transformation.

The Demon Emperor was never defeated. He chose to lose. Three thousand years ago, Aren Veyl sacrificed everything—his empire, his reputation, his people—to save the world from a threat no one else could see. History branded him a monster. The Hero King, once his closest friend, became the world’s savior. Now Aren has returned, full power intact, to a world that still fears his name. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy under a false identity, he is ranked a C-class student—mediocre by modern standards. But the ranking crystal cannot measure what he truly is. It cannot measure the power that once shaped reality itself. As Aren navigates academy life, protects demon communities from persecution, and uncovers the conspiracy that rewrote history, he must confront the question that defines him: After three thousand years as the villain, can the Demon Emperor become something else?

Caelan Ashborne was once destined for greatness until his mother’s mysterious death erased his name, his future, and his place among the elites. Forced to live under a false identity, he endured humiliation in silence, believing love and family were his final refuge. Then his daughter was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Before Caelan could fight for her life, his wife betrayed him. She demanded a divorce, publicly abandoned him, and returned to the powerful man she had always loved , declaring Caelan and his dying child a burden no longer worth carrying. Cut off from medical access, mocked by society, and crushed by a world ruled by power and privilege, Caelan reaches the edge of despair. That is when the system awakens. Cold , Ruthless and deadly. It does not save the innocent, it rewards the decisive. To protect his daughter, Caelan must rise through blood, judgment, and sacrifice… and become something the world never intended him to be. The system chose him. Now the world will pay.

Lucas Johnson was nothing more than a poor, overlooked student. He was mocked, humiliated, and used as a pawn by the wealthy elite. But everything changed the day he inherited his family’s vast empire. Overnight, the bullied became untouchable, armed with wealth, power, and a burning desire for vindication. Yet, freedom and fortune came at a cost. Lucas quickly discovers that his university rivals aren’t the only enemies plotting against him. Betrayal lurks in the most unexpected places. Amongst his friends, lovers, and even his own family harbor secrets that could destroy him. To survive, Lucas must scale through a treacherous world of corporate warfare, social power plays, and family conspiracies. He’ll need brains, strategy, and a ruthless streak he never knew he had to outwit those who underestimated him—and reclaim what was always rightfully his. In a world where status defines survival, Lucas must rise—or be crushed under the weight of his inheritance.

Strategos Ryker Alden was Apex-ranked — the System's #1 human, the man who held the eastern Anchor Points single-handedly. Then the Collapse hit, his own command marked him for elimination, and the world watched their war god die. Six months later, he's alive. Level 1. Unranked. Forgotten by name, hunted by instinct because the officers who buried him know a truth no one else does: the Collapse wasn't random. It was timed. Engineered. And Ryker was the only man capable of stopping it. Now, under a stolen name, he's rebuilding from nothing while the faction that killed him consolidates a war he was born to win. Every Skill he reclaims, every Anchor Point he takes back, brings him closer to the men who erased him and to a truth about who gave the order that will burn the last thing he trusts to the ground.

Earth has been chosen for the Universal Trial. Overnight, every human awakens with a System and is forced to participate in a deadly game where worlds compete for the right to ascend to the Higher Realm. But something goes terribly wrong. The Systems become corrupted, turning countless humans into bloodthirsty zombies. Monstrous Rifts tear open across the planet, while terrifying creatures emerge from deadly Dungeons. For Owen, survival isn't his only concern. His sick mother and younger sister are still out there, and he'll do anything to reach them. Then he discovers something impossible. While everyone else receives the Universal Trial System, Owen receives something completely different. The Origin System. A mysterious System with 100% compatibility—one that can defy the rules of the Trial. But power comes with a price. As humanity struggles to survive, powerful factions rise, secrets surrounding the Systems begin to surface, and Owen realizes that Earth is only one of countless worlds participating in the Trial. There are civilizations that have been evolving under the System for thousands of years. And some of them are far stronger than humanity. To protect the people he loves, Owen must grow stronger, uncover the truth behind the corrupted Systems, and discover why the Origin System chose him. Because the Universal Trial has only just begun.

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?

Lord Tharn Zon original World is long dead, and he is the sole survivor. His World died after five years under the influence of the Hooded Mage, because he sucked the Magic of the World to increase his Magic. On his quest for revenge, Tharn visited several Worlds, always trying to stop the Hooded Mage from destroying them, but failing to catch him every single time. Then, Tharn Zon opens a portal to a Magical World, only two years after the Hooded Mage's arrival. A young girl, a Mage student, is summoning a Magical Being to be her Familiar, and she mistakenly thinks that Lord Tharn Zon will be hers. In this Magical World, he must find allies to help him track the Hooded Mage and stop him once and for all. If he succeeds this time or not, will only depend on him and his friends. *Note: In the side stories of one or two chapters, I will be visiting the Worlds I created in my previous stories, and some new ones, that I intend to use in future stories.*