The Chosen of Time

Death was supposed to be the end. For twenty years, he rotted in a hospital bed. No family. No money. No hope. When the machines flatline and the doctors give up, the universe has other plans. Time itself stops. A forgotten System awakens, binding him to the rarest existence in all creation: The Authority of Time. His Talent ignores every law of the world. A swordsman can only learn sword skills. A mage can only learn spells. But him? If he acquires a skill, regardless of its class or origin, he can master it. The only currency he must pay? His own lifespan. Every skill costs days. Every legendary technique costs years. Every divine ability costs centuries. Now, the terminally ill boy who had nothing to live for controls the one resource every human desires. But that is only the beginning. Every three days, the Authority tears him from reality and throws him into a dying world. Fantasy kingdoms. Cultivation sects. Apocalyptic wastelands. Sci-fi empires. He must uncover the hidden root cause of each timeline's collapse. Sometimes, the Demon Lord is innocent. Sometimes, the Hero is the true villain.