rebirth

"It's time you should be reborn," Joshua sighed at that. "Not until my wish is granted." The person grunted at hearing the same thing. "You are not in a position to bargain, human; you should go, which means you should.” Joshua rolled his eyes. "You are not meeting him in this life." "Then I am content watching him from here." Another sigh escaped from the person. "It doesn't work that way. I am done prolonging your rebirth; it's time." "Let me meet him once, only once. I will get my way around him." The guy rolled his eyes. "He doesn't want to." "That will change with the meeting, trust me." "Same old, same old, cocky, overconfident." Joshua chuckled at that. "I know him better than he knows himself." A long sigh left the guy. "It's going to be hard, and the road to his way will never be easy." Joshua leaned back, a content smile left from him. "With him, it was never easy. I tasted it before, and I am ready for everything, but I want him. My yearning for him will never change, my craving for him is stronger than before, the urge to have him is multiplied, and the desire has reached its peak. This time, the hunger I am feeling is like never before, the longing is ripping something in me, and the ache is different, burning me with passion. With a resolute voice, Joshua spoke. I want him, and I always will.”

Throughout history, the fate of nations was forged not by armies alone, but by those chosen by the gods—the ones who earned the trust of legendary Pokémon. Emperor Augustus Drayke, riding the mighty Rayquaza, swept across the continent in his bid to unite the fractured lands under one banner. The clash of ideologies between Leonhart Graves and Victor Ashbane drew forth the twin dragons, Reshiram and Zekrom, as they waged a war of belief—truth against ideals. Marshal Rowan Vance, champion of the frontier, mounted his Zebstrika and struck deep into enemy territory, crushing the Hunnic remnants in one thunderous assault. With the luck and light of Victini on his side, King Thaddeus the Bold never lost a single campaign, his name etched into history as a flawless commander. In the age of machines, Elias Kael, founder of the New Draconian Republic, forged an unbreakable pact with the Black Rayquaza—defeating invaders and securing a seat at the table of the Five Great Powers. Now, in an age of peace, the divine beasts slumber. But in this world of calm, who will be the next to earn a god’s favor?

Revenge is, by all means, one of the most guaranteed things to happen when a warlord with dragon blood in his veins and ether at his side is betrayed, poisoned, and reduced not to death but to decades of obliterating pain as his ether channels burn from his very soul. Only one remained. One channel, thin and fragile around his heart, survived long enough for him to endure, to wait, to plan, to manipulate, and, eventually, to return to the world with one clear purpose: to burn down the nation of the traitor who thought he had erased him for good. But then came a fortune teller at a street stall. And with the fortune teller came a dare Arik accepted for fun, a spread of cards drawn with no real expectation beyond momentary amusement. Instead, he found something far more dangerous than revenge waiting for him. His mate. A story of rebirth, revenge, enemies-to-allies-to-lovers, political ruin, ether, and the deeply unfortunate reality that the one person tied to Arik’s fate may be the very last person he should ever want. — Warnings, disclaimers, cries for help… call them whatever you want. This is the third book set in the same universe, but it can be read on its own. The world will be fully presented, so nobody needs to do homework before stepping into the chaos. For anyone curious, the first two books are: Bound by the Mark of Lies Shadow Unit Scandal: The Commander’s Omega This universe is ABO dragged directly into etherpunk, political fantasy, violence, bad coping mechanisms, and my ongoing inability to let powerful people make emotionally healthy decisions. There will be violence. There will be gore. There will be smut. There will also be vengeance, terrible restraint, worse impulses, emotional damage, and at least one man reacting to fate like it personally insulted his bloodline. Good luck.

My life took yet another turn when my mind was broken into dust. I was mended by a veritable miracle that granted my Damon to get back. Number four was now the whole new version of him. Our life, as perfect as it seems, showed me cruelty when three of my cubs died. Pack had lost something. Destiny took us apart only to get together in the new way of life.

:::: In the middle of a RE-WRITE :::: :::: original chapters will stay up as i update however you many find the re-written chapters dont match up with the original :::: :::: Chapters 1-30 have already been re-written :::: On January 1st, 1973, a girl is reborn into East Texas—carrying the full knowledge of a life that ended in 2025, when she was murdered in a classmate’s arson fire. She remembers everything… but the memories have no emotional weight. No grief. No nostalgia. No “I miss my mom.” Just facts, skills, and a terrifying calm. Her name is Noelle—raised by Jolene Buyers, a fiercely determined mother who refuses to let her brilliant daughter become a social casualty like the boys in town who get labeled “weird” and then trapped. Jolene builds Noelle’s life like a fortress: college classes, piano, dance, extracurriculars, and the kind of structured pressure that makes prodegies… and creates ticking clocks. Then 1985 hits. Jolene dies in a car crash— and George Cooper learns he has a daughter. Noelle moves into the Cooper household under an ironclad contract George already signed earlier that year—forcing the family to maintain the exact academic pipeline Jolene engineered. Mary is horrified: not because George cheated (he didn’t—this happened before their marriage), but because the town will still call Noelle what it always calls girls like her — bastard. And worse? Noelle is smarter than Sheldon, and she can pass for perfect in public. By the time the Pilot rolls around, Noelle has become the Cooper family’s “perfect problem”: • Sheldon finally has an intellectual equal who doesn’t cater to him. • Missy finally has a sister who sees her and chooses her. • Georgie gains an older sibling who respects hustle and teaches leverage. • George gains a second chance he doesn’t know how to earn. • Mary gains a living contradiction to her identity as “Sheldon’s protector.” • Meemaw gains a partner in crime—turning pattern recognition into profit. Together, Noelle + Meemaw gamble their way into legitimacy: two thriving gyms, a third location in progress, and a plan to rescue a drowning legacy family restaurant—all while Noelle builds her own future: cheer captain, nutrition certification, and a “sanitized-for-Bedford” debut novel that might survive the Baptist gatekeepers. In Medford, Texas, everyone believes the Cooper family is predictable. Noelle doesn’t. She’s the constant that changes the entire equation.

Seraphina Hale, the ruthless and brilliant CEO of Hale Couture, dies after being betrayed and poisoned by her fiancé, Aiden Voss, who conspires with her rivals to steal her empire. But in the void after death, she's granted a second chance-reborn as her 18-year-old self with all the memories and sharp intelligence of the woman she once was. Determined to rebuild her fashion empire smarter and colder than before, she prepares to rewrite her future.

In her past life, Su Yaoguang bought Xiao Yanci, supported his education, and helped him rise to great heights. She became his wife. Everyone praised him for never abandoning the farm girl who funded his rise. Su Yaoguang also believed she had found a good man. Unexpectedly, when she was seriously ill, she saw Xiao Yanci bring his first love and a child who resembled them both to her bedside. "Dad, mom, when will this person die?" the child asked, holding Xiao Yanci's hand. Xiao Yanci responded, "Soon, just wait a bit longer." That was the moment she realized: she had wasted her entire life on the wrong man. Returning to the age of fifteen, Su Yaoguang pointed at the bloody young boy: "I want him." In her past life, no matter what she gave Xiao Yanci, she only received a cold expression. This time, the young boy, like a wolf cub, dropped his guard; everything Sister gifted was the best. Sweet as milk. Devoted beyond reason. He melted her completely. Until one day, the young boy took a high position. Not wanting history to repeat itself, Su Yaoguang packed her things and slipped away at night, only to run into a man as noble and unattainable as a deity. "I've heard you call us siblings everywhere. Good sister, shouldn't we change what we call each other?"

An elderly rural grandmother is reborn to the time before her wedding. Unable to part with her filial children, she has no choice but to reform her husband who is hot-tempered, blindly filial, but truly dotes on their children. An elderly rural grandfather is reborn back to the time before his matchmaking meeting. His goal in this life is to dote on his wife, spoil their children, dote on his wife some more, and dote on his wife......

"You should get up from where you fell down. Wifey, don't you want to hold your head high and show off in front of them in this life?" the man whispered close to the woman's ear, his tone full of temptation. "Are you really that kind?" The woman took a wary step back, completely unwilling to fall for it: "Those people aren't just anybody. Aren't they your dearest parents and siblings?" "Wifey, I am clear on who is close to me and who is distant. From now on, you and the children are the ones dearest to me." A pained look flashed in the man's eyes; it took him a lifetime and a painful price to finally understand—if he himself doesn't know how to fiercely protect his own wife and children, how can he expect others to hold them in any regard? This is actually a story where both the male and female leads are reborn, one after the other, and the male lead, after learning from his painful experience, ultimately undergoes a Cultivation to become a "loyal dog." With a spatial dimension and a superpower, see how Gu Nuan Nuan brings her mother along for a magnificent reversal in this life!

In her past life, Tang Mo accidentally lost her own Space Jade Pendant when the apocalypse began, losing her biggest golden finger. Afterwards, her superpower training went awry, she lost her loved ones, suffered from ostracization, and utterly ruined the good hand she was dealt, ultimately dying at the mouths of mutant beasts. Opening her eyes again, Tang Mo was reborn one week before the start of the apocalypse. None of the tragedies has happened yet! How will she seize the opportunity and walk her own path to becoming a powerful figure in the apocalypse?

Mo Xiaoman is reborn! Still from a humble background, still disliked by certain people, then let it be as they wish: we will not interfere with each other and shall each live our own peaceful lives! The wrong paths once taken must be avoided, the hardships once inflicted upon me shall never come near again. Hmm, a debt of gratitude from my past life can now be repaid!

Reborn into the past, Zhao Nuanyue is no longer willing to be morally blackmailed by her so-called relatives and be a puppet at their mercy. She will use her own abilities to protect her younger brother and personally take revenge for her past life. Her benefactor from her past life is in a coma, and she voluntarily becomes a bride to ward off bad luck, becoming his wife. What was a solo fight transforms into a tag-team takedown, crushing those cruel, malicious bitches and scumbags from her past life! That man: "Whoever bullies you, I'll kill them!" That woman: "No need. Just dote on me. I'll take care of trashing the scum myself!"

Seraphina Sterling never would have thought that the man she loved for five years would ultimately take her and her son's lives for another woman and their children. Justin Hale: Seraphina Sterling, marrying you was just a means to legitimately take over the Sterling Family; loving you was just to get your bone marrow for my Fern; doting on you was just to take your son's kidney for my Fiona! Faye Sterling: Sister, this is the only value in your and your son's existence. Without you and your son, how could my mother and I possibly survive? Seraphina Sterling watched with her own eyes as her newborn son had a kidney forcibly taken from him, lying on the operating table like a broken rag doll, as tears of blood streamed from her eyes: Justin Hale, Faye Sterling, I will never let you go, even if I become a vengeful ghost! Unexpectedly, she was reborn, returning to the very year she was kicked out of the Sterling Family! In this life, she will trample Justin Hale under her feet and push him into hell! She will crush Faye Sterling into dust. She will shatter their hopes, crush their dignity, and corrupt their souls, using their blood as a sacrifice for her child! But what's the deal with this arrogant, narcissistic, and tsundere man who embodies wealth, power, and good looks? Why on earth is he so insistent on getting a marriage certificate with her!

In her previous life, she had misjudged people, mistaking enemies for kin. It wasn't until her body sank to the ocean floor that she had a sudden realization. Reborn seven years earlier, she grasped the Water-Repelling Pearl in hand, navigating unimpeded through lakes and oceans, ready to gather endless treasures. She vowed to carve out her own realm in the marine and collectibles industries. Before the conspiracies could even begin, she strategized every move. She would settle all past grievances—what was being a wealthy heiress? She would be the wealthiest of them all!

At the end of a Dynasty filled with Demons and rampant Martial Artists, Lin Xuankong has unfortunately transmigrated to this era, becoming a poor and sickly old man. However, with the help of the system Life Plate, his Talent and Comprehension grow stronger the longer he lives. And his much younger wife is a martial master... "That iron ball used to be Zhang Wu's knife. I squeezed it a couple of times, and it ended up like this! " said his wife. "I hope you can teach me some Cultivation Techniques. As for the reward..." said Lin eagerly.

Chen Wanqing is over eighteen and still unmarried. One day, her grandmother comes to visit, wanting to give the marriage painstakingly arranged for her to her younger cousin, and her cousin's fiancé to her. Sisters swapping fiancés—if word got out, it would be a huge laughingstock. Chen Wanqing firmly refuses! Her younger cousin, furious and desperate, confronts her: "In your last life, you took a winding path for half your life before finally choosing him. Now, I'm letting you two be a loving couple ten years earlier. What are you hesitating for!" Chen Wanqing: "!" * The difference in Zhao Jing's life, from being a commoner to enjoying a prosperous official career and leaving his name in history, was just one Chen Wanqing. * Younger cousin: "What about Zhao Jing's bad luck? What about his life full of hardships? How is it that after marrying my older cousin, he has risen rapidly and enjoys a prosperous official career?" I'm totally freaking out! Could it be that I was reborn just to bring them together sooner!

Nascent Soul True Monarch Song Wan Ning, only after a tragic death did she realize she was just a villainous side character! Her childhood sweetheart of a hundred years forced her into the demonic path for the sake of the female lead, a disciple who "transmigrated" from another world. Her doted-upon eldest disciple, the "male lead," personally ground her bones to dust. In the end, they even joined forces to slaughter her entire family. Given a second chance, the Three Lives Mirror tells her that if she wants to live, she must redeem herself and earn the favor of the male and female leads. Song Wan Ning smiled gently. Redeem myself? Since when does a villainous side character need redemption? A villainous side character who knows the plot—how is that any different from a wolf entering a flock of sheep? * The Medicine King Sect's legacy is only for the female lead and not for her? Song Wan Ning directly shattered the legacy's divine sense until its soul dissipated, and then she scattered the ashes of the thousand-plus spirit tablets in the Medicine King Sect! The divine beast acknowledges the male lead as its master but not her? Song Wan Ning directly skinned the divine beast and pulled its tendons, stripping away its bloodline! Without its divine bloodline, what's a divine beast but a piece of crap! The sect favors the childhood sweetheart and the male and female leads? Song Wan Ning gave a soul-snatching smile. Then she'll just have the entire sect erased from the Seven Major Sects and Four Great Clans! Everyone says she's gone mad. What's so bad about being mad? You see, when she goes mad, don't the others behave themselves?

In her past life, she was a wildly popular award-winning actress, yet she ended up with her family ruined and its members dead, while she herself was burned alive. After her rebirth, she is determined to change her destiny, not only to protect her second and third sisters, but also to uncover the truth behind the deaths of her father and brother. Returning to her twenty-two-year-old self, the once timid and terrible actress, Stella Lockwood, undergoes a drastic change in personality. Someone wants to slander her? She strikes back immediately. Someone wants to shelve her career? She makes a spectacular comeback. The scumbag from her past life wants to toy with her feelings again? Sorry, but this girl is already in a flash marriage... In her past life, there was a "despicable" mogul who was always trying to break her and the scumbag up. In this life, the mogul uses "shameless" tactics to force her into marriage. The scumbag rushes to her door, yelling furiously: "Stella Lockwood, how could you marry my youngest uncle?" The mogul, with a cold expression, immediately reprimands him: "Where are your manners? Address her as your aunt." Later on, she discovers that the mogul is actually the man she has been longing for... He says with a smile: "All along, you have been the one I cherish most in my heart. It was true when we were children, and it's even more so now."

As a member of a beast-taming clan, Ye Jingcheng has the opportunity to exchange contribution points for beasts. To everyone's surprise, he chooses a wounded fox among all the available beasts, which people believe won't make it. However, only Ye knows that the mysterious Jade Book inside his body can save the fox's life.