Time's Ember: The Beast-Sealed Cage

When monstrous beasts shatter the walls of his sanctuary city, eighteen-year-old Jiang Nian faces a brutal truth: in this world, only awakened cultivators survive. But while others gain supernatural powers in their moment of desperation, Jiang Nian awakens nothing—except an impossible ability to rewind time at death's door. Orphaned once at ten and transported to this parallel world, he's found family again. Now, as civilization crumbles and ruthless factions vie for control amid the chaos, Jiang Nian must master his mysterious time-loop power to protect those he loves, uncover why humanity is…