Paragon

Auric Cain is a D-Tier in a world broken by The System and the Gateborn hordes it brought. Surviving another day is challenge enough, let alone attempting an Ascension Gate — something he isn't even permitted to try. When he finally takes matters into his own hands, the chain of events he triggers could reshape Reality itself — unless he can find a way to stop what he's set in motion.

Auric Cain proved himself and thwarted Salvo's plan — but something went terribly wrong in the aftermath. The System itself is unraveling: entropic Gateborn roam unchecked, freak anomalies multiply, and something terrible approaches from the distance, leaving only shattered remnants of reality in its wake. With Salvo gone and no one left to stand beside him, Auric must delve deeper into the System's inner workings than anyone ever has before.

Auric Cain saved Earth — and dragged himself and the Prophet into a purgatorial abyss in the process. They both survived, landing on a hostile alien world no human has ever seen, where Auric is apparently on the menu. The Prophet has taken root and grown into a fearsome new form. Strange rot consumes the world's jungles. And bone towers hide unknown secrets. Auric must make allies in a world without humans and master new powers where the System's rules have completely changed.

Barely surviving the collapse of an entire planet, Auric and West escape to the only place available — a world frozen out of time, where gravity is inconsistent, ancient guardians slumber, and System secrets wait to be uncovered. A former friend, now transformed and scarred by this makeshift prison, shares their predicament. Together they must break the world's locks, master a new Path, and unravel the identity of the Administrator — if they hope to ever go home.