Commonplace: From Ordinary to Bastard Villainess

Immediately after Gu Changge realized he had transgressed into a fantasy world, the world’s protagonist, and fortune’s chosen, vowed to take revenge on him. Envied by all, he not only has the female lead head over heels for him but he’s also treated as a distinguished guest wherever he goes. Fortunately, Gu Changge’s prestige and power are superior to everyone else’s, so shouldn’t it be easy to trample on a mere fortune’s chosen? Hold on… There’s a system dedicated to milking and harvesting from the protagonist? Gu Changge smirked. “Seems like even Fate wants me to fulfill my destiny as the Villain of this world!”

Kim Gwang-seob, the investment expert from the Yeouido Shoe Shop. Reborn as the second son of the Daehung Group’s owner family! *** You can support me at patreon.com/inkbound

[Not a wish-fulfillment novel + mundane daily life + lighthearted and humorous + no female lead + no angst + a survivalist protagonist] Enter at your own risk. This is a novel about immortality told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, leaves its small realm, and enters a great world of cultivation, experiencing the era of vigorous development, the golden age of prosperity, the era of the collapse of rules, the era of dark turmoil, and the era of utter desolation... Chen Xun transmigrated to the vast and boundless world of cultivation, awakened the Longevity System, and was even given a longevity spirit beast as a companion. I, Chen Xun, have no interest in fighting and killing, nor do I want to provoke anyone. I just want to take Lao Niu to see the world's splendor. In a moment of inattention, he revealed the three machetes at his waist, and in another moment of inattention, he revealed his sixteen-pack abs. He slowly put on the bandit's hood, revealing a sinister smile: "I, Chen Xun, and Lao Niu are the most reasonable people." The entire universe trembled; he had... he had put it on. A Qi Refining stage fireball technique was suddenly activated, as if amplified thousands or tens of thousands of times, with endless karmic fire burning the sky and all living beings being annihilated... "Although you are very strong, you are not strong enough to make me use my third axe." —Nicholas, the notorious bandit, Chen Xun.

Song Yu’an was a veterinary student in Sydney—until she woke up face-down in a cricket jar. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty. With a very expensive cricket named “Great General” squished under her palm. The cricket’s owner? Zhu Zhanji, the Imperial Grandson. Sixteen years old. Arrogant. Temperamental. And absolutely obsessed with his prized fighter cricket. “You’re treating her,” he announces, pointing at his sick cricket. “Fine,” Yu’an says. “But stop yelling. And stop shoving her in your sleeve. And get a bigger jar.” “You don’t give orders to me.” “Then find yourself another vet.” She’s a straight-talking, no-nonsense veterinarian from the 21st century. He’s a royal heir who’s never been told “no” in his life. They argue about crickets. They argue about cats. They argue about everything. But somewhere between the honey-water feedings and the late-night arguments, the Imperial Grandson starts looking at her differently. “You’re only treating my crickets from now on.” “Says who?” Says the man who’s about to lose his heart to the one person who won’t bow to him.

When the Apocalypse struck, tearing reality into countless dimensions and awakening Leveling Systems, a young man rose, armed with a unique affinity for time and shadow. He is not just a survivor; he is the Chrono‑Shadow Keeper, the one who bends paradoxes to evolve without limit and guards the borders between worlds.

Clover’s life was supposed to be normal—until the day an ancient book chose her. Betrayed by love and dragged into a hidden world of witches, demons, and forgotten prophecies, Clover discovers that the mysterious Book of Evil has marked her as the key to a war that could destroy both worlds. Now hunted by dark forces and bound to a dangerous man who knows more about her fate than he is willing to say, Clover must uncover the truth behind her bloodline before the power inside her awakens completely. But the deeper she falls into this cursed world, the more terrifying the truth becomes— She was never meant to survive. She was meant to rule. And when the Book of Evil opens… the world will burn.

Lili and Luca are inseparable, but the air shifts when Luca’s brother arrives. His gaze is a silent command, and despite the warnings screaming in her head, Luca, who knows Lili's every laugh but cannot see the secret she’s starting to hide.

Man is the spirit of all things, and gu are the refined fragments of the Great Dao. The ambition which blooms with the spring's morning breeze withers at the call of autumn's night. The accumulation of five hundred years - triumphs and failures - will be naught but ash with dawn's first light. The rising of the sun bathes the mountains in golden flame, but 'tis sunset upon the demon's time. The demonic overlord, Fang Yuan, is cornered by his enemies after word gets out that he refined the Spring Autumn Cicada - a gu worm rumored to be capable of having a chance at sending one back in time but demands a terrifying price in return - the user's entire existence! With no hope of escape, in desperation, Fang Yuan uses the Spring Autumn Cicada which miraculously lives up to its name and sends him back in time. And now, he's back in Gu Yue Village as a fifteen-year-old ready to use his knowledge of the future to conquer the world... but there's something wrong. Something is quite different this time around. What's with this new notification that keeps popping up in his view? It calls itself 'The Goody Two-Shoes System.' It also starts giving him quests to complete. "Help Fang Zheng gain his confidence back!" - get a Green Copper Relic Gu! "Help your friends refine their gu worms!" - have your aptitude raised by 2%! All of these rewards and quests before him, why are they trying to convert this demonic overlord to the path of righteousness? And aren't some of these quests kind of... sus? Why does marrying Bai Ning Bing give him an immortal gu? Whatever, anything for benefits! This is a fanfiction based on Gu Zhen Re's work 'Reverend Insanity' known in Chinese as 蛊真人 or 'Gu Taoist Master'. I don't own the rights to the original work. 'Gu' in the context of this story are mystical insects that have various powers and are the basis of the world's cultivation system.