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Power of Runes

[WSA Entry 2025] Ash Burn was just an ordinary gamer—an orphan scraping by in the real world—until he accomplished the impossible: beating the hardest VR game ever created, Apocalypse Online. But instead of the promised riches, he’s thrown into another world—one eerily familiar. It doesn’t take long for Ash to realize where he is: the chaotic, doomed universe of Heaven’s Favorite: Wrath of Gods, a novel he once read. Worse, he’s not the protagonist or even a supporting character. He’s just an extra. Armed with fragmented knowledge of the future, an unyielding will to survive, and the secrets of the Runes—mysterious power coveted by gods and demons alike—Ash must outmaneuver a reckless hero, power-hungry angels, and an inevitable war that threatens to consume everything. But as he treads the fine line between altering fate and unleashing chaos, he begins to realize something chilling: the endgame may not be as simple as he thought. In a world where survival hinges on power and cunning, can an ordinary extra change the fate of an entire world, or will he become just another casualty of destiny? Was he ever just an extra to begin with? Note: The image on the cover is not mine. *** Extra Chapter: Minimum Rewards: 200 Power Stones = 1 extra chapter 100 Golden Tickets = 1 extra chapter Maximum Rewards: (weekly) 1000 Power Stones = 10 extra chapters 500 Golden Tickets = 10 extra chapters The [Min] rewards will apply normally, but if you reach the [Max] milestone, there will be a mass release the following week. Note: For more info, read A/N in Chapter 280: Enchantment or Chapter 300: Gift beyond time. Discord: https://discord.gg/nZUQaVmnPD
thelastparagon · 2.1m Views

The Ethereal Butcher: Sovereign of the Silent Void

The human body is a masterpiece of design. It is also the perfect prison. ​In a world where Cultivation is no longer about spirituality but biological warfare, the God-Emperor has achieved immortality by turning his subjects into living fuel cells. The "Imperial Sickness" isn't a plague—it’s a harvest. ​Li Wei was born a Prince, but he was raised as a specimen. Abandoned in the toxic depths of the Void-Pit, his heart was surgically replaced with a stone-cold artifact of death: The Dead Heart. ​Under the tutelage of the Surgical Wraith, Li Wei didn't learn to move mountains or split the sky. He learned something far more terrifying: ​He learned the exact tension of a vocal cord before it snaps. ​He learned how to hijack a nervous system with a single silver thread. ​He learned that every God, no matter how powerful, still has a Vagus Nerve that can be severed. ​Now, Li Wei has emerged from the Pit. He isn't here to lead a rebellion or claim a throne. He is here to perform a Total Systemic Excision. ​With a cracked porcelain mask, a mechanical companion with a fragmented soul, and a surgical register of 2,994 targets, the Butcher of the Void begins his final procedure. From the bone-chilling ruins of his home to the rotting gut of the Bone Gutter slums, he will cut through the Empire’s veins until he reaches the heart of the God-Emperor himself. ​"I am not a hero. I am the Surgeon. And this Empire is a terminal patient."
The_SilentGod · 11.3k Views

The Broken Halo

‘How cliché. I’ve read countless novels where the Hero is betrayed by their companions… but was I wrong to trust those who fought beside me for nearly six decades?’ ----- Betrayal. A word many live in fear of. A word some never expect… until it happens. A word that completely shatters one’s view of life. Just like any other heroic tale, Simon was the Hero of Earth, the one who defeated the Demon King and was about to end the war between races with his companions. Yet, in the end, he was betrayed by his own companions for reasons he never understood. Instead of finding death, Simon found rebirth. To his horror, he reincarnated as the very race he had devoted his entire life to exterminating… a race he despised, feared, and was disgusted by. Reborn as a demon infant within one of the most impoverished demon tribes, Simon found himself at the very bottom of a world he once sought to destroy. Fortunately, he was not entirely abandoned. His unique Seven Star Blessing, bestowed by his patron God, followed him through reincarnation. Armed with this Blessing and the Demonic Magic of his new race, Simon now harbors an ambition greater than ever before… to rise higher than he ever did as the Hero of Earth. To become a God. But the path forward is far from simple. Betrayals from those he would never expect. Endless trials and tribulations. And the lingering question of identity… Should he cling to his past as a human hero, or embrace his nature as a demon to survive? Can Simon abandon his hatred and live among demons? Or will he erase his past entirely and fully embrace his demonic nature? Will his thirst for revenge drag him deeper into darkness… Or will he rise above it? In the end… Will he be devoured… or will he devour all?
Anon22 · 321.7k Views