Stormborn Ascendant: A LitRPG Apocalypse Adventure

They measure mana in drops. Tyler wields an ocean.

Tyler Thorn worked all his life to rise above the hand he'd been given. His reward? Constant agony and six figures of medical debt.

Now humanity has been abducted to the multiverse, and he wakes up in the midst of alien ruins, barely able to stand and faced with a swarm of vicious monsters. He must accept a Curse just to survive—forever sealing his magic within his body and rendering most forms of power completely inaccessible to him. But with the upside of an enormous mana pool, Tyler finds himself thriving—even if it’s only with the force of his relentless physical might.

After all, most humans can barely train for an hour a day before their mana runs dry. With the potential for a body that never tires and a mind that never dulls, combined with the near-infinite pool of magical energy coursing through his veins...

Tyler will grow faster than the legends about him can form.

An action-packed blend of LitRPG Apocalypse and Isekai, featuring a weak-to-strong protagonist and a cultivation-heavy magic system. Perfect for fans of Road to Mastery, Defiance of the Fall, and Unbound.

©2025 K. H. Nulls (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Third time’s still a charm.

I’ve read this book on Royal Road, kindle, and now in audio and it is just as good the third time around. Something really sticks out about this series. Big fan of what K.H. Nulls is bringing to the genre. Worth your time in my opinion. Enjoy a rich and new take on LitRpg with more than a splash of cultivation. A genuine pleasure to read.

A 90-100% off purchase only

Everything about this book is done so oddly. I won’t say it’s bad but it’s definitely not good. 52% of the book is introspection and magic system exposition but it’s barely anything explained. In other words, it’s a whole bunch about nothing because you really don’t learn as much you think you would from 4 hours of it. That 52% wasted should have been summarized portions that detailed and highlighted specific elements of the story/plot preferably before exact moments their relevant like some anime death flagging a character by suddenly showing their past during a life or death battle. But that’s if there was a story or plot. There’s no real plot until nearly 1 hour left in the story. Where a character not even mentioned or really alluded to until the end becomes the main antagonist of this arc? Book? I don’t know but overall a lot time spent on nothing an MC who barely has a personality outside of the trope of his existence and circumstances. Most characters are introduced are all tropes with no substance and feel like an obligation to be in the story than actually being something the author wanted in the story.

Lastly the audio, the only thing great about this book and still misses the mark. The audio volume is not mixed properly the narration volume vs the dialogue volume are painfully adverse. The narration is practically whispering but when there’s dialogue it feels like someone is yelling your ear. Found myself turning the volume up and down throughout most of the story where there is dialogue.

2.5/5 stars but 2/5 on here since I can’t do the half…I think idk I just feel like I lost a lot of free time reading this so 2/5 will suffice.

Summary is explicitly incorrect

he is stranded on an island (inexplicably) spends essentially 7 months training every waking moment with his nigh inexhaustible mana supply, compared to the supposed hour a day that everyone else can do at that time...
when he gets back to civilization he is barely a hair above average in a "backwater" area.
also the whole might makes right cultivator style behavior just felt way too abrupt and forced.
literally is just weak until the last 10 minutes of the book at which point he goes sudden god mode for the storyline.