survival

Erdan Kernt was just your average, lazy, overthinking, (slightly) dirty-minded guy trying to enjoy his favorite isekai anime in peace. Next thing he knows, he’s standing in a glowing magic circle, surrounded by robed weirdos calling him “Hero” and begging him to save their world. Classic. But Erdan isn’t your typical isekai protagonist. He doesn’t want a harem, doesn’t want overpowered abilities, and definitely doesn’t want to leave his bed (unless food’s involved). What he does get is a sharp-eyed servant with a broken past, a book that won’t shut up, and a pile of expectations from people he barely trusts. Now, between mysterious cults, shady allies, and a kingdom that sees him more as a tool than a savior, Erdan has to figure out whether surviving this world means becoming the “hero” they want, or just stubbornly being himself. Welcome to another world where nothing goes the way it’s supposed to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author's Note: I'll be publishing a chapter each Wednesday. Sometimes it might be delayed because of school or, you know, life stuff, so just a heads up. There will also be the occasional chapter in third person, so it won't only be in the perspective of our protag. I’ll probably go back and mess with earlier chapters now and then, fixing typos, making things sound less dumb, or just changing stuff if someone points out something weird. The story itself won’t change, but how I write it might. Basically, even after I post a chapter, I kinda see it as “Work In Progress” until the whole book is finished. Anyway, feedback, comments, reviews, whatever—you’re awesome if you leave any of that. This is my first real shot at a webnovel (without fully AI generated slop), so I’m just winging it and hoping to get better as I go. Thanks for reading! NanPan

It all started with a dirty little secret. Freshly arrived on the Douluo Continent, I made the "mistake" of overhearing the truth: the famous Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang, is no genius—he is a plagiarizing fraud. To silence me, he tried to kill me. Big mistake. On the brink of death, my Martial Soul, the Scarecrow, awakened its true demonic form, dragging me back from hell with a second Martial Soul in hand. Now, I am no longer prey; I am the puppeteer of souls. Yu Xiaogang? I will make the world see your hypocrisy as I twist you into the most despised Evil Soul Master in history. Tang San? Your precious disciple will fall with you, transformed into public enemy number one. As the Demon Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, I will rewrite fate. Death is too merciful a gift for you two... prepare for a fate worse than hell. Thank you for the support, friends. If you want to read more chapters in advance, go to my Patreon. Read 20 Chapters In Advance: patreon.com/Bankai10

"Pain is better than sleep. Sleep is the cousin of death." Erik Soren didn't just die in an avalanche; he was harvested. Dragged from the peaks of the living world, he wakes up in chains on the black waters of Niflheim: a frozen hell where the ocean is filled with teeth and the air is cold enough to snap iron. But This isn't a prison. It's a Trial of Ascension. While others panic, freeze, and beg for mercy, Erik does what he has always done: he calculates. - The Problem: A body temperature dropping toward zero. -The Solution: Tearing the freezing heart out of a siren and eating it raw to steal its warmth. - The Variable: A ruthless System that rewards the strong and culls the weak. To Erik, the other prisoners aren't people; they are assets or liabilities. He will shatter a noble's legs for a pair of warm boots and use a terrified healer as bait to lure out a killer. He is the coldest thing in the ice. [System Initiated. Objective: Survive.]

Cyrus Rei King thought he knew the world of Pokémon—cute creatures, epic battles, and trainers chasing dreams. He was wrong. In a reality thirty times the size of Earth, Pokémon aren’t just pocket-sized pets—they’re colossal beings, and the rules are far harsher than anyone realizes. If a Pokémon isn’t connected to a Poké Ball… it doesn’t faint. It dies. Armed with sharp sarcasm, a biting sense of humor, and his trusty Ditto companion—disguised as everything from a jacket to a nightly pillow—Cyrus navigates dangerous creatures, brutal battles, and a reality that makes the “cute” Pokémon games look like a children’s cartoon. Along the way, he must figure out not just how to survive—but how to make sense of a world where the stakes are life, death, and everything in between.

After conquering the Murim world as a figure feared by every sect, the Heavenly Demon meets his end at the peak of his final battle — or so he believes. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a foreign world filled with magic, monsters, and races he has never known. In this world, strength is not measured by breathing techniques or bodily cultivation, but by spells, elements, and spirit contracts. To the sorcerers, his body is nothing more than “a powerless human without mana.” But for the Heavenly Demon, new rules are nothing more than obstacles waiting to be broken. As he struggles to understand the laws of this new world, he uncovers a darker truth: the beings called “demons” here are not devils, but the remnants of an ancient race once driven to extinction — and their existence is now bound to the fate of the world. Feared by nobles, hunted by the church, yet seen as a final hope by the oppressed, the Heavenly Demon is forced to choose: to become a mindless butcher, or the blade that determines the direction of this world.

Dugu Feng thought he had won the reincarnation lottery. As the grandnephew of the famous Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo, he expected a life of luxury, handed-out Immortal Herbs, and Spirit Bones. Reality was a poisonous slap in the face. The Dugu family is in a civil war: the Snake Faction versus the Poison Faction. And to his misfortune, his "dear" granduncle is on the opposing side. Instead of gifts, Dugu Feng faces a death sentence. But fate dealt him an ace up his sleeve: an Ancestral Pearl capable of refining any toxin into pure power. Tang San wants the Immortal Herbs? Too bad, they are already mine. The Douluo Continent despises poison masters? Soon, they will kneel before them. From the shadows, Dugu Feng will pull the strings. The entire continent is his chessboard, and even Titled Douluos are just his pawns. Thank you for the support, friends. If you want to read more chapters in advance, go to my Patreon. Read 20 Chapters In Advance: patreon.com/Bankai10

Jamie, a hardened ex-con, has spent years in a Texas prison, thriving as a shot-caller amidst brutal violence until a savage gang attack by a vengeful rival ends his life. Reborn as Aethelwulf, a young Saxon warrior in the chaotic, post-Roman Britain of ~455 CE, he’s thrust into a savage world of warring tribes, blood-soaked raids, and treacherous alliances. Will he wield his prison-honed cunning to carve out a legacy in this unforgiving land, or will he bleed out like a forgotten hog, lost to history.

What happens when the Naruto world collides with the Ope Ope no Mi—without sea or Seastone weaknesses—and a Saiyan physique? My name is Bai Xing. I was gaming when I transmigrated, awakened a mysterious system, and gained the Operation-Operation Fruit plus a Saiyan body—powerful, but stamina-consuming. Main Quest: Survive until the end of Naruto Shippuden. Rewards: Stay and receive a legal black card with 1 billion in liquid assets, or Obtain peak-level strength and freely travel to another world. For most people, either is a win. But after returning to a chaotic real world, there’s only one answer: Change worlds and survive. My goal? Not Hokage. Not legend. “I just want to be a qualified chūnin.”

Mount Taftan is waking up after 700,000 years. But volcanoes don't measure their own pressure with millimeter precision. When volcanologist Zara Rezai discovers the mountain is responding to human decisions, a covert organization intercepts her before she can publish. They call themselves the Registry. They've been containing dimensional breaches since 2000 BCE. And they've just confirmed what the angels mentioned about in holy book that humanity was not the first civilization on Earth. It was the replacement. Earth's previous civilization was sealed away for scorching the planet. Now their prison is failing, gates are opening worldwide, and beings with centa-millenials of patience are returning. But they're not invading. They're litigating. And their case is simple: "Humanity does the same crimes we were sealed for. Why are you still free?" Zara must investigate. Even if the answer destroys everything.

Neva and Rhett—two young souls—find their heartstrings woven in love. But just as passion and peace begin to bloom, fate intervenes. Bleak, haunting circumstances scatter blades across their romance, threatening to tear them apart. Ishmael—a man with a heart of thorns—yearns to mend the wound of losing Neva. And in the end, rays of love and joy filter through the clouds of horror that darken his world—as Neva appears before him once more. Twisted fate entangles them all, revealing the Game of Sphere, as misery scorches their souls. A concealed life beyond turns its pages—one after another—gathering sin and virtue, tragedy and fortune, strength and frailty, creation, love... and hate. Illusion is where we live—in the garden of Eden before the fall of man. Illusion is serenity—an evermore sanguine of love. The vision of paradise in the New Earth sows hope deep in the soul. The delusory pleasures of this world ignite the flames that burn in oceans of fire. Illusive Eden is rapture. Illusive Eden is tragedy. The fall of man—even now bleeds red. The whisper whirls the dawn of a man—he who pretends to be the hero. --- The girl who once vowed to be his forever Now forbids him to ever appear. She refuses to recognize him, Disregarding all he ever was. He vows to protect her. Yet he is the terrifying truth she prays is a lie. He trips her, rips her apart— He's the living tragedy looming over her life. He once was her Elayne, now her hiraeth. He is the villain—pretending to be the hero. --- The Lord is the way— Steady through the wilderness. The King is the truth— Burning through the lies. The Father is the life— Breathing spirit into dust. She kneels before the Ruler, The God who shaped galaxies— He has called her a poet. Her tongue shall be anointed. Her poetry shall be the rivers of His word. She will scatter seeds in broken fields, And He will send the sun. He will send the rain. He will draw the roots down deep. He yields to the Ruler, The God of blazing holiness— He has called him a soldier. His fists shall be unclenched. The sword of the Spirit rests in his grip. He will shield the sower of the seeds, As storms rise against the harvest. His strength will be not his own, But drawn from the marrow of grace. This faith shall shake the mountains, For He has conquered the filth of the flesh. This flame will cleanse the shadows. For He has defeated the darkness. This love shall live on for eternity, For He has overcome the mortal world.

A simple day turned into a misunderstanding that changed James Bellini’s life forever and sent him down a path walked only by those who define the era of the mafia. A path filled with bodies, with blood painting the roads where he stepped… with a twist… he is just pretending. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and out of nowhere, he became the Don of the Bellini family, the feared underworld figure who rules over everybody. A position that tests his sanity, his morality, and the last shred of humanity left in him… and maybe, just maybe, the road ahead will turn the acting, the pretending, into something dark… something that will push him to the abyss, where all he finds is death.

​I didn't walk down the aisle. I walked into an execution. ​To save my father’s crumbling empire and pay a blood debt I didn't owe, I became the ultimate sacrifice. When my sister Kiara "conveniently" ended up in a coma following a mysterious accident, the veil was forced onto my head. I wasn't just the replacement bride; I was the collateral. ​I traded my life for a wedding ring, bound to Andrew Rossi—a man who carves his legacy in bone and rules this city with a heart of cold flint. ​I expected a marriage of silence and a gilded cage. I expected to be a ghost in his bed, a mere name on a contract. Instead, I found a predator who tracks my every breath with a dark, terrifying hunger. Andrew doesn’t just want my presence; he wants my absolute surrender. ​He knows I’m not the woman he was promised. He knows my family sold me to the devil to keep their hands clean. ​In the shadows of our forced union, the line between duty and danger begins to bleed. His touch is a brand I can’t wash off, and his gaze is a war I’m losing. I married the monster to save my blood, but as the secrets of my sister's accident emerge, I realize the most lethal thing in this house isn't the Rossi name. ​It’s the fact that I’m starting to crave the man who owns me.

After the fall of the old world, humanity survives behind fortified Safe Zones protected by Ruin-marked heroes. Beyond the walls lie the wastes, where monsters roam, resources are scarce, and survival belongs to the ruthless. Ruin marks grant supernatural abilities that grow stronger through use, shaping both people and the world around them. While cities worship power as protection, those outside the walls live under it, hunted by monsters and ignored by those meant to defend them. Chapters 1-10 are more of an introduction and background arc; the story truly begins after :) Cover is AI - also I'm lazy, so it probably gets dropped, don't waste anything on me... unless I get past 30+ chapters, then I'm probably committed... idk

Through a twist of fate and cruel misfortune, Paul awakens in the body of his own ancestor, trapped in a world marching toward war. Forced into the ranks of the Nazi elite, he must walk a razor’s edge, outwardly loyal, secretly reshaping history and trying to stop the inevitable tragedy. From the reality of war, to ruthless officers, glittering parties, every choice could mean death. Can Paul use this second life to reshape history, or will fate deal him a cruel hand once again?

"I just wanted the pain to stop. What's so wrong with that?!" Year 1956 Ren Blackwood, a teenage boy with a failing body, suffered through his torturous existence. The doctors told him to fight. His family whispered false hope. But he knew the truth—there was no miracle waiting for him. So he made a choice. He pulled the plug. But death didn’t bring peace. It brought something far worse. Instead, he awakens in The Wretched Vale, a horrific world where agony has no end. Where lost souls wander endlessly, trapped in never-ending cycles of suffering. Here, pain is eternal—and no one can escape. While those around him became broken by torment, Ren refused to give in. Every death took pieces of him, both physically and mentally, as his humanity slipped further and further from his grasp. To survive, Ren must face the horrors of this afterlife, confronting the darkest parts of himself. Can he find a way to escape this endless cycle of death, or will he be lost to it forever? In a world where suffering is unrelenting, can a soul truly break free—or does it become one with the torment?

Transmigrated into Dragon Ball, becoming the weak Namekian, Dende. I met Frieza right at the start, and one wrong move meant death! Fortunately, I obtained a system that rewarded me with power for saving lives. …Zarbon, don't die yet, I'll save you! Alright, Zarbon, you're okay! Now… dare to harm my people, go to hell! …“Frieza, don’t die yet, let me save you! I'll give you a chance to act cool.” “Frieza, you're useless even with the chance.” …“Cell Games? Then let's have some fun.” …Training? That's great! You have to get stronger for me, best if you're on the verge of death, don't worry, I'm here! Do I fear you getting stronger? If you don't get stronger, how will I get stronger?

Getting hit by a truck? Fine. But reincarnated with the weakest mana core? Seriously? Whatever. This will have to do. Now, I just need to find a way to make this so-called worthless affinity work. Once I’ve mastered it, I’ll hunt down the one who wanted me dead from the very beginning. I don’t care how powerful they are…I will fight for my right to live. Sword-mage? Yeah… that has a nice ring to it. Features: Underdog grind to greatness Smart, strategic MC (male) Sword-magic hybrid combat Kingdom building Elves, beastkin, and mages Beast taming [dragons, snakes,turtles, lizards, koi fish and toads] magical tools Hard magic system with rules survival… a bit of harem Twin female lead (sister) Story’s Pacing : moderate

When a forbidden pact is broken, the spirits awaken and they demand a price. But what begins as a test of loyalty spirals into a dark game of power, pleasure, and sacrifice.

KINDLY JOIN THE DISCORD FOR ALL NOVEL RELATED INFO. ****** [Warning: Mature] [R18+] What happens when a normal office worker is reincarnated into a brand new world. Option [A]: Instant riches, wealthy life? Option [B]: Gain childhood sweet heart? Instant romantic adventure? Option [C]: Dragged into political battles between his new siblings in a noble household? After losing his life to a yandere's obsession, Adrian awakens in a new bizarre world, a brutal, yet strange landscape overrun by breathtakingly powerful supernatural women. From elegant elven women to stunning demonesses, these breathtaking beings are unable to bear male children of their own, making human men the most coveted, and hunted resource. Fortunately for Adrian, he wasn't stranded without a helping hand. Gaining an unbelievable ability after his transmigration, he now tries his best to survive and adapt in this new world. Notice: This book won't feature Yaoi, but it has R18+, Mature, Survival, Romance, Magic, e.t.c Recommended for both male and female readers. https://discord.gg/YH5dgD7zy

When his younger sister is chosen by the Goddess of Light, she is declared a future Saint—and blinded forever for a cause she never chose. Taken by the Church, her life is no longer her own. Aren is powerless to stop it. A commoner. Unable to use mana. Worthless by the world’s standards. So he chooses another path. With nothing but relentless training, sharpened steel, and sheer will, Aren forges himself into something the world never intended him to be. Not a hero. Not a martyr. His goal is simple: enter the Human Academy, stand beside his sister again, and protect her—no matter what stands in his way. This is not a tale of destiny or divine favor. This is the story of a boy who refuses to die for someone else’s ideals—and decides to become strong enough to defy them.