THE SHADOW ASCENDANT :BOOK ONE-ABYSS REBORN

A child was born that even the gods feared. Not angel, Not demon, Not human.On the night of his birth, Heaven tried to erase him. The abyss called to him. And the woman who gave birth to him died protecting the secret sealed inside his soul.Years later, the Gates opened. Across the world, reality fractured as monstrous creatures poured from the abyss, destroying cities and pushing humanity to the edge of extinction. Civilization survived only because certain humans awakened celestial powers known as Essence, becoming Hunters capable of battling the horrors beyond the Gates. Strength became everything. The weak were abandoned.Gershion grew up hidden from the world, raised in isolation under the shadow of a secret older than the Gates themselves. When he finally enters Celestia Academy, the institution responsible for training humanity’s strongest Hunters, he hopes to awaken a powerful celestial rank and claim a place in a world ruled by strength.Instead, the Essence Crystal delivers an impossible result:ZERO.Branded worthless and pushed into the academy’s maintenance division, Gershion becomes invisible to everyone around him. But something inside him is beginning to awaken.A mysterious system beyond human understanding starts forcing his body through brutal trials, unlocking powers tied not to celestial light, but to shadow itself. As catastrophic Gates begin appearing across the world and creatures strong enough to slaughter entire Hunter squads emerge from the abyss, Gershion discovers the terrifying truth hidden beneath creation:The abyss was never the true enemy. The gods buried something far worse.And the child Heaven once feared is finally beginning to remember what he was born to b