survival

Thirty years ago, a child named Zero was rescued from a battlefield by the legendary Shadow Master, carrying within him the potential of six elemental powers (fire, water, wind, lightning, darkness, and light). Hidden from power full enemy who want his power, Zero’s destiny remained a secret… until now. In a world where strength defines survival, Zero stands unmatched before, but some of his power incomplete after the incident. Haunted by fragments of lost power and a mysterious past, he embarks on a journey to reclaim what was taken. Guided by an enigmatic mentor, he must train both body and soul, mastering not only the elements around him but the darkness within. From perilous islands ruled by demons to trials a top the colossal Tower, Zero will face enemies, unravel secrets, and confront the truths behind his powers. Each battle tests his resolve, each challenge shapes his path, and only by embracing his full potential can he hope to claim the power—and the identity—that is rightfully his. This is the story of Zero : a tale of loss, growth, and the awakening of a force no world has ever seen.

Selena Ward had been pacing for almost an hour, her hands shaking as she clutched the emergency report the nurse handed her. Her mother had collapsed again—only this time, she didn’t wake up. A doctor finally stepped out of the ICU. “Miss Ward… we need to operate immediately. She has internal bleeding. Without surgery, her chances are very low.” Selena swallowed, her voice barely a whisper. “H-how much?” The doctor hesitated. “A little over ten million naira.” Ten million. She didn’t even have ten thousand. Her legs felt weak. Her vision blurred. Ten million might as well have been a hundred billion. She had no relatives, no savings, and the landlord was already threatening to kick them out. “Please,” she begged, “can’t you do the surgery and I’ll pay later?” “We can’t. Hospital policy.” Selena felt her world collapsing in slow motion. She pressed her hand against her mouth and walked back to the hallway, tears burning her eyes. She didn’t notice the tall man standing at the far end of the corridor until she walked right past him and heard a deep, cold voice: “Miss Ward.” She froze. Slowly, she turned. The man approaching her looked out of place in the shabby hospital—tall, sharply dressed, and intimidatingly handsome. His aura alone made people step aside. He stopped in front of her, eyes unreadable. “Jace… Ariston?” she whispered. She had seen him once before—when she worked a small catering job at one of his company’s events. The billionaire CEO who people whispered about like he was some rumored storm. “Yes.” His tone was cool, controlled. “I heard your mother was admitted.” Selena frowned. “Why would you care?” “Because,” he said, slipping his hands into his pockets, “I came to offer you a deal.” Her heart raced. “What kind of deal?” “A marriage contract.” Selena almost laughed. Almost. But she was too tired, too broken. “Is this a joke?” “No,” he replied, voice dangerously calm. “I need a wife. Immediately.” She stared at him, not sure if the shock or confusion was stronger. Jace continued, expression sharp as glass. “My grandfather’s inheritance can only be claimed by a married heir. I need someone—someone with no ties, no scandals, no family interference.” Selena felt her stomach twist. “And why me?” His gaze slid down to her trembling hands, then back to her eyes. “Because you’re desperate enough to accept. And because I can offer you what you need.”

n the haunted realm of Dehls, where murders and supernatural horrors intertwine, one woman stands between chaos and truth: Fiona Hamilton, known by the nickname Lady Mystery. Fiona is no ordinary detective. With white hair, green eyes, and a cursed body scarred by tragedy, she serves under Dark Umbrella, a secret organization that investigates both mortal crimes and magical anomalies.

The Third Great Ninja War. A monstrous genius from Kirigakure, Yuki Yoru, emerges in a blaze of glory—defeating the Yellow Flash, slaying Shisui the Body Flicker, overpowering the Three Legendary Sannin, and crushing Konohagakure! "In terms of status and position, I am the Clan Head of the Yuki Clan, and Chief of the ANBU! In terms of contributions, I led Kirigakure to destroy Konoha, seizing untold resources and riches! Third Mizukage, you must be senile—to pass your title to Yagura instead of me?!"

Alwyn Edevane, a regressor who experienced thousands of rounds, was ultimately killed by the gods, this time forever... Or so he thought. He finds himself transmigrated inside the corpse of a young fallen noble, in a world where the God of Death does not reap the souls of the dead anymore, and corpses now turn into immortal abominations called Revenants. He wakes up in a remote and deadly area of the kingdom, and has to fight for his survival to return to civilization, while also investigating the mysterious circumstances of the death of the previous owner of that body. [CURRENT SCHEDULE: 14 new chs/week] [Updates at 18:00 CST]

Once, Serein was a Guide—devoted, loyal, and in love. She gave everything to her guild master, believing his promise of marriage when they reached the top. Instead, she was betrayed. Abandoned in an S-rank gate, left to be devoured by monsters while he escaped with another. But death was not her end. When she opens her eyes again, it’s the past. Before the guild. Before the lies. Before she became a Guide. This time, Serein swears to live quietly—an ordinary office job, lazy weekends, and a life far away from Hunters. She almost succeeded… until a single mistake exposed her powers. Now, every path she takes draws the gaze of S-rank Hunters. - Zane, her dangerous new neighbor, the cold guild master who believes Awakeners are more than weapons. - Kai, the reckless trainee who knows her secret. A foolish but brave soul. - Sylvan, the relentless CBAA officer who will never let her go. - Elias, the shining idol who dragged her into the spotlight. - And Deimos, the enigmatic crime lord of Maledictus, who sees in her a power worth possessing. Once a forsaken Guide, now the most hunted woman alive. Will Serein find the peace she craves, or be claimed as prey by the very Hunters she swore to escape?

In a world haunted by darkness, a single spark can rewrite fate itself. When shadows devour everything he ever knew, Raizen is left with nothing but grief - and a vow to hunt down and kill every Nyx. He shouldn't have been alive. But darkness made a mistake. Now, he'll burn the world to hunt it down. At his side stands Hikari, a mysterious girl with a blurry past and a dark fate she cannot escape - one that even she fears. From the ashes of loss to The Underworks, to the halls of Neoshima's Lotus Academy, and Vanguard duty - Raizen's surrounded by ruthless rivals, corrupt officials, adapting creatures and secrets sharp enough to kill. He must grow stronger - or die quietly. A story with battles of unimaginable scale. A world that still echoes from disaster. Awakened powers that break every limit. Some call it Eon - a power beyond fate, a force that can bend reality itself. But something far darker is waking inside of Raizen. Something not meant to protect life... But to end it. As the darkness spreads, only one truth remains: The journey has only just begun. Will Raizen's spark ignite a new dawn... Or vanish beneath eternal darkness? ⊰ 40K+ FREE WORDS BEFORE LOCK ⊱ A few words from the author: Hey there! Thanks for checking out Gilded Ashes! Raizen starts out broken... But he doesn't stay that way. Every chapter he grows sharper, faster, and more dangerous - until the world realizes it should've feared him from the start. Dive into the free chapters, at least. You have nothing to lose! Gilded Ashes is my Dream. So you can rest assured that I won't drop it until the very end! Also, make sure to check the pinned review! Feel free to comment your thoughts! I reply to every single one! Discord: sqair_ (server is in the works!) Instagram: sqair_wh ━━━━━⋅•⋅ ⊰∙∘ ☽ ✧ ☾ ∘∙⊱ ⋅•⋅━━━━━ 20 golden tickets = +1 bonus chapter 1000 coins gift = +1 bonus chapter! 5000 coins gift = +5 bonus chapters! Every gift fuels the fire - no matter how small, it means the world to me! ━━━━━⋅•⋅ ⊰∙∘ ☽ ✧ ☾ ∘∙⊱ ⋅•⋅━━━━━

Jenny Choi never expected her quiet life to collide with the ruthless world of billionaires, boardrooms, and generational feuds. One accidental night, one impossible twist of fate — and she becomes the secret wife of Dexter Li, the cold, controlled heir to one of the most powerful families in the city. But Dexter carries more scars than he shows. Drugged at a business event and almost destroyed by a rival, he hides his pain behind insomnia, nightmares, and an icy reputation. The only person who calms the storm inside him is the one woman he should never have touched… and the same woman he now refuses to let go.

Fifty years ago, the Abyss appeared in the world, and the world was never the same. From the Abyss emerged Magical Beasts with unimaginable strength and power that sought to prey on humans and destroy the human race. Yet, alongside the Abyss was a power to awaken a magical occupation that grants its bearers magical abilities, enabling them to fight back. Now, awakened humans with magical abilities are tasked with venturing deep into the Abyss to destroy it once and for all. But there is more to the Abyss than humanity knew. … … Thoren Starfall has been plagued by disease since his childhood. To save him from the Mana-Eating Worm, his parents took a high-interest loan when he was close to dying. When Thoren Starfall recovered from the disease, he awakened the weakest occupation: a Necromancer. As an Awakener, it is compulsory for him to venture into the Abyss, but with a useless occupation, his fate is already decided. Having lost their first daughter to the Abyss, the Starfall family fell into despair. Thoren, however, is different. While everyone calls his occupation useless, he believes otherwise. Hidden beneath his weak occupation lies an Ex-Rank talent, one that even he doesn’t fully understand. But first, he must venture into the Abyss and return in less than 14 days to protect his parents from becoming slaves.

Jareth, a young award-winning actor who fell from grace, awoke in Arkados, a world of magic. ‎ ‎Arkados was a magical world of mana, but faced a world-ending apocalypse after the invasion of Oblivium, a corruptive and wild energy. Nations were destroyed. Powerful sorcerers fell. The power system shattered. Horrors awakened. ‎ ‎Years have gone by. The world has gone through changes and is back on track. Mana has transformed and the ancient way of sorcery is no longer the path to the peak of power for Arkadians. A new way has appeared. ‎ ‎Even after all the reformations, the building block of the arcanist, the new age sorcerers, is still mana. ‎ ‎Luckily for Jareth, he awoke in the body of a super talented arcanist, but he has an oblivium spell source.

Thrown out, forgotten, and hollow inside... Ren thought his life had already ended. Until a black car stopped, and a stranger offered him shelter in a house that doesn’t feel alive… but watches. At night, something breathes beside him. Soft, familiar. Not human. And every morning, he wakes feeling less like himself- and more like the thing that loves him in the dark.

The beginning of the apocalypse brought chaos and disaster to humanity. It tore away the mask of society and revealed the cruelty hiding beneath. Ivy Ravencroft experienced it all firsthand. Her family was unfair and cruel, and they abused her so badly that she went blind. Her lover died trying to protect her, and she spent the next five years struggling to survive, until she finally died in the apocalypse. But then, Ivy woke up again, reborn in the first year of the apocalypse. At first, she felt hopeless. If only she had returned to a time before the apocalypse, she could have gathered food, weapons, and supplies to survive better. Still, she was grateful for one thing: she had kept her special ability, the power to create safe zones. This time, Ivy made a promise. She would protect her lover, find her real family, and take revenge on everyone who had hurt her. .................................. "Huh? Why is there a bento box lying here?" Ivy asked, confused. "What bento? Are you trying to trick me again?" Silas asked, sadness in his eyes. "This one!" Ivy said, holding up the packaged meal and waving it at him. "What the... where did that come from?" Silas stared at it in shock. Ivy’s eyes widened. She realized something, only she could see these items, and when she picked them up, they became real. "Can… I buy it from you?" Silas asked, unsure. "Of course. But I won't give it to you for free." Ivy smiled like a fox. Silas closed his eyes; he was ready for her to demand something sky-high and said, "Okay. Tell me how many gold bars you want." Ivy smiled and teased, "I don't want gold bars; they are way too cheap. I want one kiss." Silas: Blushing hard. His subordinates: "..." This wave of dog food was too unexpected! ....................................................... With the supplies, picking a superpower and a safe zone superpower, Ivy built her own residential area. She gained Kindness Energy and multiplied supplies with the help of Temporal Storage. While other bases struggled to make a simple house, she used her golden finger to make luxurious buildings and rent them out, becoming the big shot in the apocalypse.

When Heaven fell, the world was reborn in the ashes of the gods. From the fragments of that divine war came the Cosmic Souls—creation bound to mortal fate. Fifty thousand years later, Chu Feng awakens a soul that should not exist. A soul cracked, broken, and useless. Yet beneath its silence, something stirs. A forgotten sword spirit whispers his name. A divine mantra reshapes his destiny. And when his blood touches the old runes, the heavens remember the song they once feared.

[Warning! Contains Strong Violent, Gory & Explicit Scenes!] Daniel was a lazy teenager, just like most boys of his age. After graduating from high school, he spent his whole life doing nothing else other than playing video games, eating, sleeping and….. repeat! His whole life changed when the world fell to alien invasion. Those ugly-ass looking monsters came bearing gifts like chaos and destruction. He transformed from being a lazy boy to being a determined young man, after he lost his family to the whole invasion problem. This gave him what he had never had in his life— purpose. It led him on a dangerous journey to acquire power needed to put together whatever remained of his family. He was able to awaken a rare talent that gives him the power to grow his strength endlessly. As power corrupts the strong and changes even the toughest man. Daniel must now make a crucial decision, which is either to save the world with that power, or rule it!

When the world fell to the undead, Leon awoke as something worse. Neither man nor monster, his crystal pulsed with hunger—and every kill dragged him further from humanity. To survive, he must evolve. To evolve, he must devour. A monster forged by the world. But as his power grows, so does the question no one dares to ask— Is he humanity’s savior… or their doom?

“Life of a Woman” — She begins her life as a soft whisper in this world, a small girl with dreams too big for her tiny hands. Childhood brings moments of light—laughter, warmth, and the music of hope—but even early on, she learns that life can bruise as much as it blesses. As she grows, the innocence fades and the weight of womanhood settles onto her shoulders. She faces heartbreaks she never asked for, expectations she never chose, and responsibilities that arrive too soon. Some days she stands strong; other days she hides her tears behind quiet smiles. Yet every sorrow teaches her how to survive, and every joy teaches her why she should. Love enters her life like a gentle melody, and loss enters like a slow ache. She learns that being a woman means carrying both—light in one hand, pain in the other. Her heart stretches to love others, but often breaks in the silence of her own loneliness. Still, she keeps walking, because that is the rhythm of her life: fall, rise, repeat. With time, her laughter softens, her steps slow, and her story becomes a tapestry of everything she has lived—her sacrifices, her hidden grief, her quiet victories. And when her long journey finally comes to its natural, peaceful end, she returns to the earth with dignity. The world goes on, but her memory remains like a lingering melody—soft, aching, beautiful. A reminder that a woman’s life is never simple…

Reborn as Aegon Targaryen, the doomed son who would one day be called usurper, he swore to change his fate. In a court of dragons and daggers, where love turns to war and blood burns hotter than fire, Aegon must decide: will he follow the path of ruin... or forge a new age for House Targaryen? Disclaimer- All characters and lore belong to George R. R. Martin. I’m just the translator swinging my word-sword so English readers can enjoy the slaughter without the grammar crimes.

In a moment of smoke and swordsteel, Daemon Targaryen gains more than he bargained for: a son born in fire, bound from his first breath to a crimson hatchling. As whispers of succession coil through the court, the existence of a dragon-bonded bastard forces the royal family to confront a dangerous truth... Dragons obey no laws but their own.

Sienna thought her life had ended after the laboratory blew up, as it turned out, it was the beginning. Because she got transmigrated into an apocalypse novel! And yes, as the cannon fodder that didn't last a hundred days in the apocalypse. But Sienna refused to accept that fate. She would carve her own path—whether forged from iron, steel, or fire! And with a cheat system by her side, the transmigrated military doctor would rise, not with a scalpel this time around, but with a spear! ***** 50 Golden Tickets = 2 bonus chapters 100 Power Stones = 2 bonus chapters 1 Magic Castle = 5 extraordinary chapters!

A luxury-obsessed modern woman, Lavayla Kingsley, wakes up in a brutal beast world with nothing but her pajamas, her tote bag… and a mouthy system that roasts her more than it helps. At first, she was sure it was a dream — clinging to denial. But that illusion shatters the moment she stumbles across an abandoned beast baby in the forest… right as a monstrous python slithers in to make it a snack. Lavayla — who has only ever witnessed violence through a screen — does the most human thing possible: she panics, and saves the kid anyway, at the cost of her life. That one reckless, heroic, absolutely-what-were-you-thinking act binds her fate to the Beastworld forever… because the baby she rescued just so happens to be the nephew of one of the fiercest, most powerful, and most desired Beastmen on the continent. And now? That terrifying uncle wants to know who the strange human woman cradling his bloodline is. Now she’s stuck juggling a sarcastic survival system with questionable morals, a beastbaby who somehow counts as her “first mission,” territory wars, beastman politics, and man-eating creatures. But Lavayla Kingsley is nothing if not stubborn — and if the universe thinks dropping her into a savage world with no good food, no proper shelter, no shower, no proper clothing, no wifi, and no will to live is enough to break her? Hell fucking yes it is! Someone get her out of here, please!