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"If life is a cycle of waiting and loss, where even promises fade like dust, is it worth seeking meaning—or is surrender the only escape from the quicksands of fate?"

**"My power increases by 10% daily":** What if limitless power wasn't a gift, but a curse? Shigu, a mundane office worker, awakens to a terrifying reality: his strength increases by 10% or multiplies by 1.1x every single day. Within three years, he effortlessly shatters diamonds and tectonic plates—he's a god on a fragile planet. Boredom quickly becomes his greatest adversary. Nothing challenges him, nothing excites him. So, Shigu decides to create his own entertainment. He builds "Aethelgard," a hyper-realistic VR game where desperate players—like Ren, a crippled teenager seeking to walk again—can "change their destiny" by cultivating real-world powers. But Shigu's grand experiment soon spirals beyond imagination. Reality bleeds, magic ignites the modern world, and humanity is thrust onto the galactic stage as the target of terrifying alien empires and cosmic entities. As the universe threatens to unravel, Shigu, the bored puppet master, must decide: will he simply watch his intricate game unfold, or finally step into the fray and fulfill the destiny his unbounded power demands? Prepare for an epic journey where the line between game and reality blurs, and a single, infinitely powerful being orchestrates the fate of humanity... and the multiverse itself.

After his tragic death, a young man full of ambition awoke once more—not as a hero, but as the “trash young master” of the Wu Clan, a prestigious family renowned for producing countless geniuses. Realizing that the heavens had granted him a second chance, Wu Tian vowed not to waste his new life. He would rise from humiliation, reshape his destiny, and hold the entire world in the palm of his hand. Yet before he could even take his first step, trouble arrived. “Wu Tian, I’m here to cancel our engagement,” a girl said coldly, with not an ounce of regret in her voice. Not long after, another voice echoed through the clan hall: “From this moment onward, you are forbidden from setting foot in the Wu Clan… unless you are old and ready to be buried in the ancestral grounds, or you have reached the Nascent Soul realm!” Wu Tian froze. His new life hadn’t even begun, yet the world had already struck him mercilessly. He descended the mountain, spending the night in a small town to clear his mind—but the calm did not last long. A loud, piercing voice shattered the night outside the inn: “WU TIAN! COME OUT AND FACE ME! I’VE COME TO TAKE YOUR LIFE!” At the brink of destruction, one thing became painfully clear to Wu Tian: “This damn world doesn’t come with a tutorial.”

​Gravity is the first enemy. Time is the second. Gods are just variables he hasn’t solved yet. ​Dr. Elian Vance is not a hero. He is a fugitive, a thief, and a father running out of time. ​Once the leading mind of the Federation’s Stellar Engineering Corps, Elian sacrificed his career and his humanity to save his dying daughter, Alara. He stole the Horizon Seeker—a prototype starship—and the galaxy’s most advanced artificial intelligence, A.R.C., fleeing into the forbidden sectors of the universe to find a cure for the Galactic Phage eating away at his child's nervous system. ​He didn't find a cure. He found a gravity well. ​The Horizon Seeker lies broken in the ravine of an alien world where trees are made of iron, storms rain acid, and the atmospheric gravity crushes down at a lethal 8.5 Gs. ​Elian wakes up with a shattered body, a dying power suit, and a terrified realization: Alara is still alive. ​She is locked in the ship’s secure hold inside a heavy Cryo-Stasis pod. She has five years of battery life. But Elian? His suit has fourteen hours. If he dies, the pod eventually fails, and his seven-year-old daughter wakes up alone in a jungle of monsters. ​Leaving is impossible. The pod weighs five tons. Staying seems suicidal. But Elian Vance is an engineer. And he has a plan. ​Science Meets The Divine This world is ruled by beings who channel a mystical energy to split mountains and fly on swords. They view the universe through metaphors of dragons, phoenixes, and spiritual roots. ​Elian views it through A.R.C. To him, their "magic" is just an Unknown Isotope—a programmable, high-energy radiation. To him, a "Fireball Technique" is just inefficient Thermodynamics. To him, a "Flying Sword" is crude Magnetic Levitation. ​Armed with a supercomputer in his brain and a desperation that transcends fear, Elian begins a brutal process of survival. He doesn't meditate in caves to gain enlightenment. He uses the ship’s fabricator to build centrifuges, refining monster blood into genetic mutagens. He surgically breaks his own bones to weave them with carbon-lattice structures, turning himself into a biological tank capable of withstanding the crushing gravity. ​He becomes a monster of science in a world of fantasy. ​The Rise of the Iron Demon Trapped in the lethal jungle, Elian turns the wreckage of his ship into a fortress to guard Alara’s sleep. He subjugates the local giants not with charisma, but with the cold logic of leverage and superior firepower. ​But the light of his reactor pierces the dark jungle, attracting the eyes of the human sects who rule the skies. They see a grey-skinned demon occupying a sacred metal cave. They bring ancient spells, ancestral artifacts, and the arrogance of Immortals. ​Elian meets them with Railguns, Tesla Grids, and Chemical Warfare. ​As the conflict escalates, Elian uncovers the terrifying truth of this world. The barrier in the sky isn't natural. The gravity isn't random. This planet is a Penitentiary. ​The "Gods" living on the floating islands above aren't deities. They are Wardens. And they have the one thing Elian needs to save Alara: the key to the exit. ​He won't bow to the Heavens. He’s going to dismantle them, piece by piece. ​Genre: Hard Sci-Fi / Progression / Base Building / Dark Fantasy. Themes: Fatherhood, Transhumanism, Technology vs. Magic, The Horror of Survival.

When Roy found a rusted bronze clock, he thought it was worthless… until he pressed the hidden button. Time collapsed, the world vanished, and he was thrust into a place beyond physics and logic: > [Time Nexus] The ancient system within the clock awakened and declared: > [You are the new heir… Master of Time.] He could now slow enemies, speed himself, and replay deadly moments at will. But the true journey begins with the Eternal Eyes—eyes that plunge any being into an illusion of the universe’s birth and death… countless times. Power comes at a price. Ancient factions stir, eternal guardians awaken, and the system hides a secret yet to be revealed. In a world ruled by the strong, the Master of Time will forge his own path.

Luciferis, the youngest hero the world of Skiem had seen, was the last hope against Mikael, the Demon of Corrupting Light. After a fierce battle which rattled the very world they inhabited, Luciferis suddenly suffered from a heart attack. His body had given up just a step away from total victory. Desperation overtook him as he used a forbidden spell to reverse time. "This time. I'll win." Only... He didn't go back far enough. And, his old body? Gone, erased. Now he had to work with the body of Leonidas Van Orchel. A 14-year-old noble. Now forced to relearn everything down to the basics, and now he can't even use his techniques from his previous body. Will this body of Luciferis be enough to beat Mikael? Or will it be another glorious failure?

Long Tan, once a starving hunter at the edge of Meng Village, lived a life ruled by hunger, bullies, and winter cold. He had a pregnant wife, a young son, and no way to break out of poverty. Until the night his second son was born— [Ding Luck System Activated] Reward: Sun & Moon Refining Technique – Vol. 1 It wasn’t a cheat that made him instantly powerful. It was a path—slow, painful, and demanding. Under the scorching sun, Long Tan builds strength. Under the pale moon, he reforges his body. With every breath, he crawls from weakness toward power. To keep his family alive, he starts with simple, realistic steps: developing healing herbal bath-soap gathering rare herbs from the Blackwood Forest hunting stronger beasts as his strength grows trading with merchants for silver protecting the village from danger slowly stepping into the world of martial artists As he earns respect, fear, and enemies, Long Tan begins to do what no one in the region expects: he builds a household, then a family, and soon— the foundation of a future martial and cultivation clan. Corrupt officials want his wealth. Local clans want to steal his recipes. Martial artists want him dead. Beasts stalk the forest for his blood. And a thin-Qi kingdom is the last place anyone expects a cultivator to appear. But the Ding Luck System waits in silence, rewarding only true progress: Strength. Authority. Land. Family survival. Cultivation breakthroughs. Long Tan does not chase fate. He builds it brick by brick, bone by bone. From a starving hunter to a feared martial artist to the founder of a rising cultivation family— this is the story of a man who refused to bow to destiny, and instead forged his own.

They spat on his name. Called him trash. Left him to rot. Until the Heavenbreaker System awakened. Betrayed by blood. Cast out by kin. Lan An was supposed to die forgotten. But fate had other plans — and now, he’ll make them all kneel. With every enemy crushed, his strength grows. With every realm ascended, new goddesses, empresses, and proud cultivators fall into his orbit — drawn by the burning force inside him. This is not just a cultivation story. It’s a saga of vengeance, domination, and forbidden desire — where the weak rise to rule, and no beauty is beyond reach. Expect: – Relentless power progression – Ruthless revenge & jaw-dropping betrayals – Bold, unapologetic harem – Martial arts, mystic realms, and scorching intimacy If you’re craving a high-stakes cultivation ride where power is everything and desire knows no limits — start reading now. ‐--------‐------------------------------- Author's Note: From now on, I will be posting my stories on Royal Road under the nickname Kaishen Kid. Feel free to follow and support me there!

Two worlds that should be separate are now connected by something that should not exist. On Earth, Dani, an unemployed young man trapped in the emptiness of life, begins to see another world—a strange place with an unfamiliar language, ancient buildings, and a little girl who stares back at him in utter confusion. In Aurië, Neir, a child living in a world without magic, can suddenly hear a voice from another dimension—the voice of a man she has never even known, from a world she has never seen. They exchange senses, not bodies. There are no special powers, no clear reason. Just one big question: why is this happening? However, Aurië holds a deeper secret. People from other worlds have come here. Some died and were reborn with their past memories intact. Some were mysteriously transported, without knowing how they got there. A few became heroes, a few became tyrants, and some… are just trying to survive. Behind it all, the mysterious green pendant Neir found is not just a piece of jewelry. There is something inside it—something that has attracted the attention of the shadow thieves and those who are hiding the truth. The dimensional vibrations are growing increasingly unstable, and without realizing it, Dani and Neir have been swept into a vortex of conflict far greater than they ever imagined. As the secrets of the worlds begin to unravel, when they meet people who should not exist, and when powers begin to clash—Dani and Neir must face reality. Are they the victims of this chaos? Or are they,in fact, part of a larger game?

What if, one day, the clock began to tick backward? Call it a power, or a curse—but when you gain the ability to see beyond the veil, it becomes the Curse of the Clock. When a being slips through from another dimension, or an ancient legend awakens, or a dark spirit stirs, someone must hunt the intruder before the world drowns in chaos and the supernatural. It’s called the Devil’s Hour. In the city of Pendralice, the factions are divided—each marked by the symbol of its own bird and driven by its own beliefs. Sikakama arrives, searching for the legendary sword to become a knight, shaped by the story of her childhood, and soon crosses paths with the Raven Tower Division. Here, time controls everything. And no matter how much you think you hold power over it, you’re merely part of another tale woven by fate, in a world that has forgotten the meaning of a knight and the ideals they once stood for. Can you still become a hero… while the clock keeps ticking in reverse?

[CRITICAL ERROR: NARRATIVE COHESION COMPROMISED.] [SUBJECT: 'FATELESS'. STATUS: DISCONNECTED.] [INITIATING PROTOCOL: REINTEGRATION.] The Third Nightmare ended in victory, and the world forgot the price. But the Spell remembers. Four years after the cohort’s return, the Nightmare Spell begins to scream. It does not speak in runes of reward or punishment, but in errors. In a single instant, the Sovereigns, the Cohort, and key figures from history are torn from reality — not to a Nightmare, but to the Loom of Fate itself. Trapped in a void of severed golden strings, they must solve a puzzle: Who is the blurred figure appearing in all their historical records? The Loom of Fate is unraveling, and the only way to stitch it back together is to walk the path of the one being the Spell cannot control. Welcome to the archive of Lost from Light. Artwork by Ignoramoose.

Rain, a young healer goes on a mission with his friends the Crimson Owl guild, unknown to him that would be his last mission . His guild betrays him and leaves him to die in the dungeon. But fate has other plans for him . He awakened back in his world but with a different body and face after which he meets a mysterious girl who gifts him with powers beyond his comprehension . Now he doesn't just heal, he steals, copies and amplifies abilities as well . With this new power he sets on a journey of revenge against those that betrayed him. Add tags — Manipulation, psychological thrillers and Sadist.

Will died a nobody during Earth’s apocalypse talentless, unlucky, and powerless to protect the people he loved. But reincarnation has granted him a second life in a fantasy world eerily similar to a novel he once read. With a broken past and a supremacy system bound to his soul, Will refuses to live as fate dictates. He won’t bow to heroes, villains, gods, or destiny. He will shatter the script. He will rewrite the world. Will has now decided to overthrow the natural order and rebel. Not against the gods but the universal laws themselves. ---------------------- Stakes will be high, pace will be on the faster side. #R18 tag for 90% gore and 10% intimacy. #Harem means the other male leads have more than one wives, Weather MC will have a harem is not yet decided. A/N :- For starters, this is not my first novel, I won't repeat mistakes I made in the past, but do point out if you find anything annoying.

The world fell to ruin when the very weapons created to save humanity - the mutants - turned against their makers. In the ashes of endless war, a boy orphaned at eight was forged into the strongest Twilight, a soldier bread to destroy the monsters that stole everything from him. After years of bloodshed, he stood alone in the final war - victorious, broken, and hailed as the hope of mankind. But instead of gratitude, the world he saved condemned him, executed him at dawn for the power they feared. Yet death was not the end. It was the beginning. Awakening far from the battlefield, reborn with a new life and a new world, he must confront the mysteries behind his reincarnation, and the truth about the new world he was born in.

The young King Hayate, blessed with Angelic bloodline charm and a pure-hearted soul, is bound by a devastating secret: the Curse of Reflection. He physically and emotionally shares the pain of his Royal Guardian, Neshuda, a skilled stray and master of stealth. After an initial political victory, a new, cunning advisor, Lord Qalvetta, exploits this bond, driving Neshuda into a self-sacrificing exile to save Hayate from the curse's fatal reflected pain. Crippled by the agony of absolute abandonment, Hayate flees the Aurekawa Citadel to reunite with his Life Anchor. Now, the Broken Heart King and his exiled Shadow must fight a shadow war across the kingdom, using the very curse that threatens to kill them as a Lonely Compass to track each other. With the fate of the throne—and their forbidden love—hanging by a thread, they must gather unlikely allies, expose Qalvetta’s treason, and survive the terrifying realization that their unconditional devotion is both the source of their power and the weapon of their destruction.

Main Character Name- Kiyoshi Ishida → Reincarnation Name- Shujin Age- 16 (before reincarnation), reborn as a child. Characteristics- Cold-blooded, silent, genius, calculative, psychologically numb. Background- He studied Dark Psychology under his parents from the age of 6. After hearing about his parents' quarrel and realizing that their love for him was conditional, he lost all faith. At the age of 8, his parents were killed. He was adopted by the same gang that killed them. He became a tool, trained in martial arts and part-time jobs, and lived alone. He befriended Niyori (who was his friend). His friend, Aiko, fell in love with him without even knowing it. He died saving Aiko from a truck accident. He was born with great dark magic due to hatred, pain, and pressure. Reincarnated World Setting- World Name: Velgrith Type: A giant continent surrounded by oceans. Created by: 1 Planet-Level Goddess (Primordial Goddess) Elmyria 6 Elemental Gods (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Dark Magic) 1 Secret Universe-Level Goddess (Watcher) Human Kingdoms- East- Ironwood Kingdom (ruled by a human king) North- Sliverwood Kingdom (ruled by a human queen) West- Mistwood Kingdom (ruled by a human king) South- Flarewood Kingdom (ruled by a human king) Demon Empire Ruled by the Demon Lord at the center. Each human kingdom is infiltrated by a local demon lord; every human kingdom has some demon territory. Additional Plot- Two intangible gods (Lightning and Dark Magic) betrayed the Planet level goddess Elmyria. A hero was summoned 100 years ago to stop the demons. The hero won but went silent and is now using the demons to manipulate humans. History records him as a savior, but he is a secret villain. --- Main Themes True Justice and False Peace The Weight of Emotion and Memory Power used for Control and Freedom Revenge, Redemption, and Proof --- MC's New Role Reborn as a mysterious child to veteran adventurers. Trained in magic and martial arts, and shown love again. Can use ancient forbidden time magic and understands a power even gods cannot control. Eventually changes his name to Shujin ("Master/Ruler") and becomes the Darkness Lord. Unlike the previous hero, he doesn't want to be a puppet. Aims to create true justice, becoming cruel and fearsome.

A new world. A new reality. Something straight out of the novel huh? Well then, let's see what this new world have to offer? Shall i be a good guy?..... Meh. Lets just play it my way. Lets be a freaking villian.