In a future ravaged by biological warfare and dimensional collapse, humanity survives only in fortified megacities ruled by genetic corporations. Every citizen is tested at age seventeen—if their genes can fuse with a core beast, they are elevated into the ranks of the Ascendants, superhuman warriors who defend civilization from mutated horrors outside the walls. If not, they're cast into the bio-mines and extermination zones—forgotten, expendable.

Kael Riven is a known Null—a gene reject. Destined for the Pits, he faces his final Genetic Trial with no expectations. But when he touches the Gene Stone, the impossible happens. Instead of fusing with a beast, Kael awakens a dormant genome no one has seen in centuries—one marked by a spiraling symbol and an alien pulse of power. His result doesn’t match any database.

His genome isn’t part of the known hierarchy.

It overwrites it.

Branded an anomaly and imprisoned by the very system that once ignored him, Kael discovers his gene is not a mutation—it is an ancient Overlord Gene, a relic from the First War, capable of rewriting the rules of evolution itself. As he struggles to survive secret experiments, deadly trials, and the growing voice inside his own DNA, Kael realizes his power doesn’t come from control.

It comes from dominion.

Now, hunted by genetic enforcers, feared by the elite, and haunted by forgotten memories of a war that predates history, Kael must learn to master a gene that was never meant to be awakened—and uncover the truth behind the Overlords who once ruled the world.

The age of ranking is over.

The age of ascendancy has begun.

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PS:- While writing the chapters I took help of chat gpt for correcting the spelling mistakes and to properly arrange the sentences. Thanks for understanding.

Dr. Elira Vex kept her hood low as she hurried through the dark alleys of Virellis Prime. This part of the city smelled like rust and chemicals. Puddles on the ground hissed when drops hit them. No one came here anymore.


She was supposed to be in GenCore, working, protected. Instead, she was now running from the very place she'd served for years. She had helped Kael escape, and now they wanted her dead.


Kael Riven. The boy who awakened the Spiral.


She clutched the small metal shard he had given her. It was warm, pulsing softly. The Spiral symbol glowed faintly through the wrapping. It almost felt alive.


"You weren't supposed to exist," she whispered.


But Kael had. And everything had changed.


She reached an old tunnel entrance, part of an abandoned train system. She slipped inside and turned on a device that blocked GenCore's scanners. Finally, she could rest. A little.


Elira wasn't someone who believed in myths or destiny. She believed in genes, in logic, in science. That's what made her good at her job.


But the Spiral didn't follow science. It rewrote it.


Kael was proof that something older and more powerful had been hidden from the world. And now, it was awake again.


A message played. Director Korr's face appeared, cold and angry.


> "Dr. Elira Vex. You are wanted for treason and helping a dangerous subject escape. Surrender immediately or you will be eliminated."


Soon, GenCore's Reclaimer soldiers would be searching the entire city. They didn't care about questions. They were trained to erase problems. Quietly.


She looked at the shard in her hand again.


"Kael, I hope you're ready for what's coming," she whispered.


Because she might not be able to help him much longer. 


But there was still one thing she could try.


She needed to find the only person she knew who had ever repaired a Spiral.


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Chapter 14 - Chapter 14: Running With Secrets