survival

"Why must I kneel before a fate I never chose?" "What is justice......when the circumstances of your birth are already a verdict?" "What is freedom......when the life inside you was written before you ever took a breath?" "If everything, every life, every death, every joy, every sadness ....was decided long before we were born…" "Then I would rather die as myself…" "Than be nothing more than ink on God's page." Some worlds are built on stone. This one is built on scripture. At Atrium Vaelith, the sacred text is not merely law — it is architecture. It is the air students breathe and the ground beneath their feet. They are taught that the universe bends to a God who never reveals Himself, yet governs every corner of existence through the kings and saints who speak in His name. Most accept this without question. Most were never given a reason not to. Mikhail is ten years old, and he remembers nothing. No origin. No family. No explanation for why his past feels like a room with every door sealed shut — only the same dream, returning each night: shapeless, dark, and soaked in blood he cannot name. He thought the questions were his alone to carry. Then the sacred text changed. Without warning. Without author. Two words, carved into scripture that had stood unaltered for centuries — pressed into ancient parchment as though they had always been there, waiting to be found: "He will come." No signature. Only silence. From that moment, Mikhail is no longer the one searching for answers. Something far older has begun to search for him. And it already knows his name. Children of the Silent God is the story of a boy at war with the very architecture of his existence — a world written before he arrived, and the terrible, beautiful cost of refusing to live inside someone else's sentence. He only ever wanted one thing: the truth. But some truths, once found, cannot be unknown. And some gods are silent for a reason.

“Heaven fears faith. Hell fears will. Existence fears Sadhana.” Ashan should have died. Instead, he wakes in a world that counts his sins. Here, Sadhana is not cultivation for power—it is judgment. A brutal path where every choice leaves weight behind, where souls are currency, and where survival itself is a crime recorded in an unseen ledger. Before he is allowed to live, Ashan is forced to face his past—through trials that strip away excuses, mercy, and lies. Those who break are erased. Those who endure move forward, carrying their guilt like chains. There are no chosen heroes. No divine systems. No second chances. Only consequence. To survive, Ashan must accept the sins that define him—and decide whether he will be crushed beneath them… or use them to carve a path that defies fate, gods, and the darkness growing inside his own heart. This is not a story about redemption. It is a story about what it costs to keep living. Author’s Note This story features an original cultivation framework called Sadhana, inspired by mythic and philosophical concepts rather than standard Xianxia tropes. Expect psychological trials, moral consequence, and a progression system rooted in endurance—not wish fulfillment Update Schedule New chapters every Wednesday & Saturday 9:00 PM (IST) Note: ROI is currently serializing on Royal Road, Tapas, and Patreon under the pen name A.S. Storyteller. Content Warning: This story contains strong language, profanity, and adult themes, including violence, psychological trauma, and moral ambiguity. Reader discretion is advised. Author Note – Important This novel is an original work written and owned by A.S. Storyteller (also known as ANURAG_SAHARAN). All rights are reserved by the author. Unauthorized copying, re-uploading, translation, or adaptation of this content without permission is strictly prohibited and will be acted upon under international copyright and DMCA law. If you wish to read ahead or support the series: - Patreon / Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/cw/A_S_Storyteller I appreciate genuine readers who support original authors. Thank you for respecting creative work and being part of this journey. — A.S. Storyteller / ANURAG_SAHARAN

A saga of gods, mortals, and the war against the End. When the old gods fade and new ones fracture, darkness finds its chance. Across forgotten villages and cursed lands, fractured faiths awaken—Slavic deities, Gods, angels, saints, witches, monks and hunters—each clinging to crumbling power as the Devil moves unseen. From broken forests to holy empires, scattered souls rise to resist the coming storm. Bound by fate, divided by belief, they must decide what to protect: their gods, their people… or something greater. Because in the end, when heaven falls and hell awakens— Only the last faith will stand.

Kael Viremont woke up to the stench of mold and a title that was basically a death warrant. He wasn’t the golden child or the brave war hero. He was the spare—the family embarrassment dumped on a rotting frontier estate that even the gods had given up on. He was left with nothing but starving people, hostile neighbors, and a "curse" that kept the locals whispering in the dark. The world expected him to roll over and die quietly. But they dragged the wrong man into this mess. Back in his old life, Kael didn’t pray for solutions; he engineered them. He doesn’t care about noble bloodlines or the "divine right" to rule. While the other lords are busy stabbing each other in the back for scraps of land, Kael is in the dirt. He’s fixing the plows. He’s organizing the workers. He’s turning a graveyard into a powerhouse by treating magic like a math problem that’s long overdue for a solution. But there’s a reason this land was abandoned. Something is buried deep under the Viremont soil—a secret that proves the world’s history is a lie. Now that Kael is digging, the powers that be are starting to notice. The shadows are moving, and the "miracles" are starting to bleed. Kael didn’t claw his way back from the dead just to survive a few seasons. He’s here to build something unshakeable. If the laws of reality don't like his plans, he’ll just have to break them and build something better.

A gamer wakes up inside his favorite game DESTINY as its most hated, cursed NPC—Kel von Rosenfeld. Doomed to die in the first arc, he now carries the knowledge of the entire game. To survive, he must defy destiny itself and rise from disgrace to absolute power.

Ethan Crowe walked out of prison after seven years with nothing to his name and nowhere to belong. The world he returned to was unrecognisable. Gates had torn open across the globe, monsters roamed beyond human control, and society now revolved around the Titled - people chosen by mysterious voices and granted supernatural powers that made them heroes, weapons, and rulers all at once. Ethan wasn’t one of them. Not at first. Lost, angry, and with no future worth chasing, Ethan was barely surviving when a voice finally spoke to him. "Your Title is… Lord Of Beasts." But something about his awakening was wrong. Instead of gaining power in the real world like every other Titled, Ethan awakened a System tied to the Tower Of Beasts - a brutal, game-like world he can only enter while asleep. Inside the Tower, Ethan must fight for survival against monstrous creatures, earning power through a system of skills, evolution, and beasts. As for the beasts he acquires there? They persist beyond his dreams... Registered as an E Rank Titled with only D Rank potential, Ethan should have been insignificant. Yet the Lord of Beasts cannot be measured by ordinary standards. As Ethan grows stronger at an impossible rate, his existence begins to ripple outward - drawing the attention of elite Titled, criminal syndicates, and forces lurking behind the Gates themselves. His past refuses to stay buried, his beasts grow more dangerous, and the truth behind his Title hints at something far more terrifying than anyone realises. In a world ruled by power, Ethan Crowe starts at the bottom. But as the Lord of Beasts, it’s only a matter of time before he climbs to the top! Feel free to reach out on Instagram/Discord: BerserkBaldy P.S. This is my WSA 2026 Entry - all support with powerstones and reviews is appreciated :) Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to real events, locations, or people are purely coincidental and not intended to portray anything.

He woke up in Konoha. That should’ve been a dream come true. Except… he’s not Naruto. He’s not a side character. He’s— Naruto’s mother. Uzumaki Kyūsei never asked to be reincarnated into the world of shinobi… let alone become the Nine-Tails’ jinchūriki and the future “sacrificial parent” of the protagonist. In a world where fate is already written, where heroes rise on the corpses of their loved ones— He refuses to die for someone else’s story. So what does he do? He avoids danger. Avoids the “chosen one.” Avoids Namikaze Kaoru—the girl who should become Naruto’s father. But fate isn’t something you can just walk away from. Because inside him lies the Nine-Tails. Around him, war is brewing. And unseen hands are already reshaping the shinobi world.  What starts as a lazy life of freeloading quickly spirals into something far more dangerous— a clash between destiny and defiance. And this time… The story won’t follow canon.

“Everything is loud, Zhi’er,” Xinyuan murmured, voice low. “It’s only quiet when you touch me.” °° In his past life, Shen Ran was a hitman forced into the underworld by crushing debt after borrowing money to pay for his mother’s cancer treatment. Even after years of bloodshed, it wasn’t enough. She died anyway. On the night of his final job, just as he thought he would finally be free, Shen Ran was betrayed and shot in the head by his own boss. He expected death. Instead, he woke up in the body of Lin Wenzhi. A minor, forgettable character in a guideverse BL novel he had read the night before. A cannon fodder. A B-rank guide who appeared only three times and died the third. In this world, rifts tear open the sky, monsters pour through, and humanity survives through Espers and Guides. But the story doesn’t end in salvation. It ends in destruction. Because the male lead, a Disaster-Class Esper, eventually loses control and wipes out the entire universe. Knowing this, Shen Ran makes a simple decision. As Lin Wenzhi, he will stay out of the plot, avoid the main characters drama, and live quietly for as long as possible. Eat. Sleep. Work less. Survive. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. During a compatibility test, Lin Wenzhi is matched with the most dangerous Esper alive. Shao Xinyuan. Compatibility: 107%. The original protagonist’s compatibility? 97%. Which should have been enough. But Shao Xinyuan doesn’t care. He chooses Lin Wenzhi. Now, the cannon fodder who wanted nothing to do with the story is bound to the man destined to destroy it. And worse, Shao Xinyuan isn’t letting him go. ***** Cover created by KiXxX

༺❘✦ Ryo thought moderating online fan drama about Llewellyn, the world's most famous hero, was the worst part of his job... What he didn't expect was the System deciding his online arguments counted as combat experience and dropping him into a magical apocalypse with Llewellyn himself! He also didn't expect the Internet to start shipping them! And he certainly didn't expect the System's idea of "combat partner" to involve an absurd amount of physical contact disguised as Healing Bonuses, shared body heat, Dungeon environments that look like dates, or being randomly teleported onto Llewellyn's lap! Llewellyn might be the strongest person on Earth, but he has no one to watch his back. Luckily for him, Ryo has had to deal with his unhinged online following for years… and he is more than willing to get his hands dirty in person. ━━━✦❘༻༺❘✦━━━ Content Note: The rating goes up as the story progresses! Expect mutual attraction, sexual tension, only one bed trope, and explicit scenes between consenting adults. ━━━✦❘༻༺❘✦━━━ Webnovel updates: Mon / Fri Early access is available on Patreon (20 chapters ahead and increasing), where I post consistently at least 3 times a week, normally on Tue/Thu/Sat. Thank you so much for your support! ━━━✦❘༻༺❘✦━━━ BL, Fantasy, System, Romance, M/M, Magic, Action, Character-driven, Feral Partnership, Idiots in Love, Getting Together, Slow Burn, Smut, Ropes, Humor, Banter, Dungeons, Distorted Realms, Magical Apocalypse, Internet Drama, VR Games, Elemental Cafés, a Penguin.

Died in the cold. Starved. Betrayed. Devoured by the very people he once trusted. In a world where humanity collapsed into chaos, kindness was a weakness-and he paid the price for it. But fate gave him something impossible. A second chance. He awakens 30 days before the apocalypse. This time, he knows what's coming: The freezing world. The rise of enhanced humans. The fall of civilization. And the moment the people closest to him chose survival... over him. But Jae-Min is no longer the same man. Cold. Calculated. Unforgiving. Armed with knowledge of the future, a growing spatial power, and unmatched precision as a sniper who never misses, he begins to prepare-not just to survive... But to dominate. As factions rise, monsters emerge, and the world descends into war, Jae-Min moves from the shadows-one step ahead, one bullet at a time. This time, he won't be the one abandoned. This time... he chooses who lives. Warning: This novel contains graphic violence, gore, explicit sexual content, psychological trauma, and mature themes intended for adult readers only.

What happens when a bored and hungry zombie woman who reads to fulfill her basic needs transmigrates into a dungeon apocalypse novel, the book that caused her accidental death? If she was a cannon fodder, it would have been better. Instead, she was the passerby who died after handing the female lead, the special ring- a great golden finger that ended the apocalypse. And she wasn't even mentioned by the female lead, who claimed all the credit for being the world's savior, forgetting her sacrifice. After understanding the situation and losing the ring, her first thought was to look for food and sleep. She doesn't want to be the hero of the world, she is kind to leave it for the female lead to hug all the glory. But the two men she saved randomly always hung around, unwilling to leave her alone, and a reborn female lead who kept staring at her with hatred. Update Time: Tuesdays and Fridays with two chapters each. (⁠〃ﾟ⁠3ﾟ⁠〃⁠)

In a massive,enigmatic complex,a thousand participants live under the watchful eye of a mysterious system.Only some of them hold a secret roles that determine survival and power within huge handicaps.As strategic minds clash and hidden agendas unfold, every choice could mean reward or election.welcome to the ultimate test where every participants are responsible for the management of the country. (Btw, This story will also be released on royal road as the name of ''Inside The System'' by Kamegu14(Me) )

Even if you’ve never watched The Walking Dead, you can still enjoy this story! 【Realistic Apocalypse + The Walking Dead Setting + Independent Protagonist】 【Base Building + Survival + Adventure | 】 After transmigrating into the world of The Walking Dead, she becomes the younger sister of Leah from the Reapers—someone who was supposed to die before even appearing in the story. Calista seems to have drawn the worst possible script… a doomed background character. But that’s fine. The situation is still salvageable. The first thing she does after waking up? Cling to the Reapers and secure their protection. While Rick’s group is still struggling with questions of morality and humanity, Calista is already rebuilding order through sheer force. The Governor dares to provoke her? Bombard him. The Whisperers? Erase them. The Commonwealth and CRM? Move aside. Rick stares at his shabby camp in confusion. “Why is everyone running to her side?” Negan flicks the blood off Lucille as the gates of Rock Fortress slowly open behind him. “Damn… because following her means you actually thrive.” Starting with the Reapers as her foundation, Calista rises from a winery stronghold to become a ruler of the apocalypse. From the United States… all the way to Europe. The original plot? Just a reference. From today onward, my territory will define the order of the new world. 【The protagonist is not a saint. She won’t follow or assist Rick’s group blindly. Their paths will cross, but she will build her own empire.】 (No system. Just the realistic rise of an ordinary person in the apocalypse.)

After watching Earth burn, Veneri, an immortal cursed with endless life, finally dies and wakes up in a world even more cruel than the one that killed him. Now reborn as Vastarael Richinaria, a prince of a famous dynasty, he’s thrust into the heart of Spheraphase, a realm broken by eternal wars, Epoch Cycles and the monstrous Krepsunas and gods. He should be powerful. He should be untouchable. But even here, happiness feels like a distant dream. Caught between ancient legacies, political warfare and a fate he's not sure he wants, Vastarael must decide: Will he rule with apathy... or become the destroyer of gods?

A world where waves of monsters descend every night... A world where only the strong can survive. Axel, a burned-out man from modern Earth, wakes up in a desolate wasteland with nothing but a strange “Harem Settlement System” with him. Given the power to build, command, and grow stronger, he sets off to carve out a safe haven in this broken world. But as his settlement grows, so does the number of beautiful and deadly women drawn under his blanket-ahem!-banner. Witness Axel's journey, rising to to the peak. From a simple, lone survivor to becoming the Wasteland Overlord. With the help of the loyal, dangerous, and irresistible thirsty harem girls!

In the dark alleys of 1920s Gyeongseong, a monster is born not of nature, but of human greed. Lee Kang, the "wailing tiger," is a failed experiment created by his own traitorous father. Every time he unleashes his beastly power, his bones shatter in agonizing pain. His only anchor is Yeon-hwa, a mute shaman girl who sacrifices her own life force to keep his soul from slipping into madness. To save the girl and crush the empire that turned him into a monster, Kang must rewrite the history of a failing nation. He will turn the streets of Gyeongseong into a sea of blood. "I will not die a failure. I will die a nightmare."

KILL SURGE is a dark isekai web novel built on a single, relentless engine: survival through violence that cannot ever fully stop. Mark is summoned into a dying world as a Slave Candidate, and the blessing he should have received fractures into a curse-and-boon loop. Any kill refills his body completely; any real lull in danger drains him toward death. The first arc is an escape through a fortress designed to contain summoned assets—ritual halls, anti-magic corridors, specialist barracks, bureaucratic record vaults, and sewage underworks—where every fight changes the board: routes open and close, keys upgrade, heat escalates, records are burned, and wounds persist as limitations even when his meters refill. Dialogue stays sharp and functional; lore is revealed through action—seals, brands, ledgers, protocols—never through speeches. As the series escalates across continents and institutions, Mark’s power does not “level up” from killing; it refines. He becomes cleaner, faster, more procedural—while an anti-cheese consequence accumulates: each refill subtly erodes cognitive control, compressing decision windows, dulling empathy, and twisting threat perception. The world’s corruption is not only a monster in the dark; it is rot embedded in systems that label people as assets. Mark’s answer is not salvation. It is enforcement.

In Liveria, a kingdom gilded in gold and loneliness, Princess Elsbeth moves like a shadow present, but never truly seen. Her life changes the moment a nameless black book slips into her hands, whispering of histories the world has tried to forget. The Eleventh Jester arrives in Liveria. Heir to a centuries-old curse, he wears laughter like a chain: an immortal fool who must speak only truth wrapped in riddles a joke or a mocking song, a son bearing the burden his mother could never escape. He cannot die yet each jest costs him something that feels very close to it. Two unseen souls, one hidden in silk, the other in bells, Cross paths.