Cheating Death

Alex was willing to do whatever it took to beat the tumors overwhelming his body.Even if it meant being frozen alive.And if his cortex got uploaded into a digital universe filled with countless worlds to explore until a cure could be found for his cancer, all the better.The last thing he expected was to wake up naked and alone in the bowels of an ancient ship filled with raiders carrying enough poison to kill an entire city!The choices he makes from that moment on will have profound consequences not only for his own fate, but for an entire realm as he faces down bloodthirsty pirates, ruthless cultivators, and fearsome demigods while taking his first steps along a path of power that might one day forge him into a cultivator strong enough to challenge the very heavens themselves!

Lucius is an average teenager dreaming of a career as a professional gamer. He is one of the lucky few selected to participate in Codename: Freedom, a new game that promises to push Virtual Reality to the ultimate level.Unbeknownst to him, the Game Developers were commissioned to design Freedom for the sole purpose of creating super soldiers in preparation for the coming war.With the pain dampeners turned off and an army of monsters waiting for him, will Lucius find a reason to push his body to the limit, or quit, giving up on his dream forever?