Ashes Of Dream

Two thousand years ago, the gods shattered the world. The sky burned into ash. Time fractured. Humanity survived by retreating behind massive Citadels while beyond reality lay the Grave Realms—forgotten dimensions once ruled by the gods, now filled with monsters, ancient relics, and horrors buried beneath history itself. Elian was born a commoner in the slums, where survival meant risking death in the Ashbond Trial. In his first life, he survived, obtained a mysterious Relic known as the Sleeping Ember, and found four companions who became his family. Seven months later, all of them were slaughtered during a forbidden expedition into the Grave Realm. Then Elian woke up on the morning before the Trial. Armed with fragmented memories of the future, he enters his second life determined to grow stronger, save those he lost, and avoid the disasters he already knows are coming. But every change he makes pushes the future further away from what he remembers. Monsters awaken too early. Long-buried secrets surface. And something deep within the Grave Realms has begun to notice him. Because regression was never supposed to happen. And every time Elian rewrites fate, something else awakens with him. Ashes of Dream is a dark fantasy progression novel featuring regression, ancient gods, relic-based powers, dangerous expeditions, cosmic horror, political intrigue, memory corruption, and a long-form mystery spanning multiple timelines. --- This is my first attempt writing in English. Constructive criticism will be appreciated. :)