Riven Cole has broken Classes, survived Skillbreakers, and learned that the Prime System has been hiding more than anyone imagined.
But none of that prepares him for the truth about his father.
A damaged research file left behind by Elias Cole points toward Hollow Crown, a forbidden dungeon deep inside the Broken Wilds. Every expedition sent there has failed. Every official record has been buried. And whatever Elias discovered inside was dangerous enough to make the Prime System erase the trail.
Riven goes anyway.
What he finds beneath Hollow Crown changes everything.
Dungeons are not random monster nests.
They are infrastructure.
Living systems built to reshape worlds, generate creatures, control Aether, and bring entire civilizations under the Prime System’s influence.
And Hollow Crown is no longer obeying.
Its Core is damaged. Its ruler has become corrupted. Intelligent creatures are trapped inside its territory. Guild forces are closing in. Refugees are searching for somewhere safe to live.
Then Hollow Crown recognizes Riven.
UNBOUND AUTHORITY DETECTED
CLAIM DUNGEON?
Riven came looking for answers about his father.
Instead, he becomes the first human in modern history to take control of a dungeon.
Now he has territory.
Resources.
Creatures under his protection.
People depending on him.
And enemies who believe no Classless man should be allowed to possess that kind of power.
But Hollow Crown is hiding one more secret.
A World Gate.
Someone passed through it recently.
Someone carrying the same Genesis resonance as Riven.
And the trace belongs to a man who should have been dead for twelve years.
ZERO-CLASS ASCENDANT: DUNGEON LORD is Book Three of the Zero-Class Ascendant series, a Science Fiction LitRPG and progression fantasy adventure packed with dungeon conquest, settlement building, tactical combat, System mysteries, intelligent monsters, evolving abilities, political conflict, hidden technology, and a Classless protagonist who is no longer fighting simply to survive.
Now he has something worth defending.