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In the dead of winter, beneath a bleak sky, a lone child flees through a vast, snow-covered forest, chased by men whose swords gleam with deadly intent. His breath is ragged, his steps faltering, but he doesn’t dare slow down. With every crunch of snow beneath armored boots drawing closer, the child knows he’s running out of time. When a single misstep sends him tumbling to the frozen ground, all seems lost. His pursuers close in, their blades raised, ready to strike. But something stirs in the shadows of the forest, something ancient, something watching. The chase may have ended, but the story is just beginning.

Mon\Thu - 2 new chapters. Reality is not as stable as it seems. There are moments—brief, unnoticed—when something shifts. A sound feels wrong. A memory doesn’t sit right. A second lasts longer than it should. Most people ignore it. Juson can’t. After a series of subtle disturbances begins to follow him, fragments of something buried start to resurface—memories he doesn’t remember losing. And at the center of it all— his son. As the line between perception and reality begins to blur, Juson is pulled toward a hidden existence shaped by entities known as Omizans—individuals who can influence the mind through forces no one else can see. But the deeper he looks… the more one question begins to take form— Were these memories taken from him… or did he choose to forget them?

Rhea got what she wanted. Ling finally learned the truth. And he left. The revenge she spent era planning is over… but the victory feels hollow now that the only person she ever truly wanted is gone. Because somewhere between the lies, the hatred, and the endless power games, Rhea fell in love with the man she was supposed to destroy. Now they’re trapped between unfinished feelings and generations of hatred their families never buried. But neither of them was ever good at letting go. Especially not Ling. Especially not Rhea. And obsession has a way of turning enemies back into something far more dangerous. To understand why they can’t breathe near each other now… you need to witness the madness that started it all. First part of Novel "He Ruled Until He Became Mine" >>>>>>>> Note: The cover art for this novel is my original work. Do not repost or use without permission. Cover Illustration [Stranger02]. All rights reserved.

Synopsis: The Bastion of the Twelve (The Final Descent) ​The Bastion of the Twelve is a metaphysical epic tracing the journey of Haoran and Yuxiao as they lead a sanctuary of outcasts through the Forbidden Deep. The Archive, a divine machine of absolute order, treats their existence as a "narrative error" that must be corrected through total erasure. ​The heart of the story lies in the sanctuary’s Metallurgical Metamorphosis, where the city’s physical shell transforms through periodic elements to counter divine protocols. From the Tellurium Logic-Engines to the Thorium Nuclear Hearts, each transformation is a desperate attempt to stay written on the page of existence. ​The Tragedy of the Twin-Logic ​The core conflict is not just between the sanctuary and the Archive, but within the "Lattice of Will" that binds Haoran and Yuxiao. To protect the refugees, they must merge their souls into the city’s core, becoming the very syntax that holds the world together. However, the Archive’s final protocol—the Absolute Paradox—is designed to turn the two pillars of the sanctuary against one another. ​The Climax: The 5,000th Gate ​As the sanctuary reaches the final threshold of the 5,000th chapter, the Archive forces a "Resolution." The divine logic dictates that for the refugees to transition into a new, safe universe, the "Authors" of the rebellion—Haoran and Yuxiao—must be purged to balance the cosmic scales. ​The story concludes in a devastating Zero-Sum Strike: ​The Final Betrayal: Under the weight of the Archive’s corruption, the two protagonists are forced into a terminal duel. Their powers, which once resonated in perfect harmony, become polar opposites—one of absolute density and the other of absolute void. ​The Mutual Sacrifice: Realizing that the only way to break the Archive’s cycle is to leave the narrative entirely, they choose to kill each other simultaneously. By dying at each other’s hands, they create a "Logical Void" that the Creator God cannot fill. ​The Legacy: Their blood fuels the final transformation of the sanctuary into a Trans-Finite Realm, a world without a master. The refugees survive, but the book closes on the image of Haoran and Yuxiao’s armor drifting in the deep, locked in a final, lethal embrace. ​The book ends not with a victory, but with a Final Punctuation—the protagonists become the martyrs of their own story, ensuring that while they perish, their words remain unerasable.

Alone and desperate to get out of debt, Ava begins to work odd jobs to keep herself afloat. She calls her gift for singing a silly talent and uses it to earn small cash at local bars. But a simple song from her was able to put Leon Prescott to sleep in seconds. Leon is old, wealthy and has insomnia. He walked into the bar that night hoping to spend the money he didn’t need on girls who needed it. Ava was the lucky girl of the night. She sang to him, he fell asleep immediately. Something that never happened. He needed her, he had to find her but she was gone. Destined to meet again, Ava is handed a contract. Move into Leon’s mansion as a live-in personal assistant and sing him to bed every night and get a hefty pay. The desperation caved in and killed her independence. She accepted, thus walking into a life of love, pain, and war.

Aoshima is a city that sells perfection: clean streets, bright futures, strict rules. But the curfew exists for a reason. After dark, reality starts to slip, and things that shouldn’t exist begin to move through the cracks. Takumi Kisaragi is a student with a quiet, stubborn edge who’s been noticing those cracks for years. When a sudden incident drags him into the Vanguard Institute, he learns the truth: “Ghouls” aren’t myths, they’re distortions given shape, and only certain people can even perceive them. As Takumi’s resonance draws attention he doesn’t understand, he’s forced to train, survive, and figure out why the city’s hidden threats seem to be circling him in particular—while trust inside the Institute becomes just as dangerous as what waits outside. I am the author of this story and I am also posting it on Royal Road under the username InkyPaws.

Relic Rebirth: Path of the Devourer follows Kael, a boy who dies saving a little girl and is reborn in a world where relic-based power defines status, survival, and identity. Unlike everyone around him, Kael possesses an ability that does not conform to the world’s power system. His strength cannot be measured, classified, or explained, and its use begins to awaken ancient forces hidden beneath the foundations of the world itself. Brought to Ember Hold, a fortress that trains the powerful while concealing dangerous secrets, Kael becomes entangled in a growing conflict tied to buried prison routes, forbidden records, and intelligent entities that recognize him before humans understand what he is. As the truth unfolds, it becomes clear that Kael is not merely an anomaly, but a fragment of a sealed and catastrophic totality known as the Devourer. Amid escalating institutional fear, hidden faction interference, and the threat of losing himself to the hunger within, Kael must navigate survival, loyalty, and identity alongside Unit 17, the team that becomes his strongest human anchor. The story explores power, containment, memory, and the struggle to remain human in the face of a destiny linked to destruction, completion, and the possible return of something the world was built to keep buried.

“Hey, everyone's used to main characters transmigrating into cool guys or extras with hidden potential... But the rotten corpse of some lowlife hustler? Seriously?” He ended his previous life on a high note... But he never expected to be chosen as a Champion and sentenced to a new life. Just as he never expected to wake up in a filthy grave, in the most dangerous place in the world. Following a forgotten dream, he steps onto a path to become a living legend... and the darkest star this world has ever seen. “Hey, what do I even call you?” “Me? Nobody... You may know me as Mr. Nobody.” “…” “And yeah, one more thing… Don’t talk sh*t about cats.”

In a single heartbeat, a futuristic operative dies and a god rises in a savage new world. Kael Voss, elite soldier from high-tech Earth, is violently ripped through a wormhole and hurled naked into Elyria, a brutal Stone Age realm where strength is the only law, fertility is sacred, and the most powerful male claims everything. Armed with advanced nanites the primitives mistake for divine magic, Kael slaughters three bloodthirsty orcs within minutes of arrival and claims the stunning Lira, a voluptuous beauty betrayed and offered as sacrifice by her own cowardly clan. Now, with a worshipful queen kneeling at his side and an untamed world sprawling before him, Kael begins his relentless ascent. He will become Chief. He will forge a harem of devoted, fertile women from every race: human, elf, beastkin, and beyond. He will build a thriving empire beneath the ancient standing stones and transform those who once abandoned Lira into loyal followers or willing companions. Power. Conquest. Empire. Desire. In Elyria, the strongest takes everything, and Kael Voss will claim it all. Zero to god king. One brutal rise fueled by strength, passion, and absolute dominion. A raw isekai harem adventure packed with action, growth, and primal conquest. ******* Want to stay ahead of the story? If you don’t want to wait for updates, you can read ahead on Patreon. Get 5 chapters early for Reborn Sovereign and From Beta to Billionaire, plus 2 chapters early for Zombie Apocalypse Harem. You’ll also unlock exclusive series like Love Rewritten, Reborn Business Emperor (2 completed volumes), Shadows of Dominion (2 volumes), and Hero’s Slave Harem (Vol. 1). Bonus content includes preview images for every chapter and NSFW character reference art. Read everything here: https://www.patreon.com/Alaric_Lock (18+ only) ******* Disclaimer: This novel is intended for mature audiences only (18+). It contains explicit sexual content, heavy breeding themes, domination/submission, public claiming, harem elements, and dark power fantasy. The protagonist is intentionally cold, narcissistic, and ruthless. This story does not reflect real-life values or relationships. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Tags: R-18 | Smut • Harem • Breeding • Conquest • Power Fantasy LitRPG Elements (Nanites as Magic) • Primal Dark Fantasy • Dominant Male Lead & Submissive Female Leads • Multiple Races (Human, Orc, Elf, Lizardfolk, Minotaur) • Public Claiming • Size Difference • Possessive Romance • Revenge • Empire Building No NTR • Netori

They called the Abyss a place where even gods disappeared. Across kingdoms and ruined lands, hunters chase whispers of an unknown existence tied to vanishings, distortions, and something darker than death itself. Meanwhile, a silent traveler walks alone through the world with no memory of who he truly is. He does not know why animals avoid him. Why the forest grows quiet around him. Why people feel something wrong before he even speaks. And he does not know the most terrifying truth of all— The being the world fears may already be walking among them. As strange forces begin noticing his existence, reality itself starts reacting in ways it cannot explain. Hunters close in. Ancient powers awaken. And somewhere beyond the edges of the known world, something waits for him to remember. But the human body he walks in is only a vessel. And if what sleeps inside it fully awakens— the world may not survive it. Nihilfire Reborn: God on a Vessel — A dark atmospheric fantasy about identity, restrained destruction, and a presence the world was never meant to contain.

Every "Diver" gets 96 hours on Earth before the Black Thirst disease drags them back... Back to Thirstfall—a brutal otherworld where a ruthless system called Ocean's Law decides who lives, who dies, and who gets erased. Most Divers break within a year. Dryden Sands lasted ten. He clawed from nothing to Rank-A with a class everyone called trash. He mapped hidden dungeons, cracked the system's blind spots, and survived things that shouldn't be survivable. Then the person he trusted most killed his family and took everything. Including his life. But dying triggered something—a relic fused to his soul that no one was supposed to find. It didn't save him. It reset him. Same world. Same body. Directly to Day one, when everything started. He knows where every secret is buried. Every trap. Every traitor. But his body is Rank-F, his new class is rated SSS, his time is bleeding out, and the system has already flagged him as something that shouldn't exist. In Thirstfall, the ocean doesn't just drown the weak. It hunts who shouldn't belong anymore. -------------- #No harem. #No romance plot armor. #Mostly survival.

To escape a poisonous snake, Milo Hartley must beg a lion to save him. “Milo, crawl here. Show him who you belong to!” _Nero Hartley “Well, stay still. Be a big boy, for once. Tell him who you will choose.” _Salvatore Portello, looking at Milo, who sat on his lap, his large hand gripping Milo’s hip possessively. *** Milo is cursed. Since he was seven years old, he has seen the exact day people will die. After his family died in an accident he predicted, he was sold to the Hartley family as an omen of bad luck. For thirteen years, he lived as a toy for the sadistic Nero Hartley, enduring constant humiliation. Now, Nero is trading him to Salvatore Portello, a ruthless Mafia boss who just killed his own uncle to take the throne. To escape Nero’s obsession, Milo risks everything. He kneels before Salvatore and begs for protection. Milo doesn’t know which is more dangerous: the snake or the lion. But now, both have claimed him. One with a dark obsession, the other with a lethal protection. ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ What to expect: -R18+ -Graphic violence and humiliation in the early chapters and recur throughout the story. -Sweet and dark romance between our leads. -Kink: BDSM play mostly consensual. -Smut, explicit adult content that is part to the plot.

“You have seven days, Damon. Kill Seraphina Vale…or I will.” Those words came from De Luca, Damon’s father, cold and threatening. Damon De Luca has lived his entire life by two rules -never hesitate and never fall in love. As the heir to a powerful empire built on secrets, he has never questioned his father’s orders…until now. While trying to silence Seraphina Vale, he gets trapped by her charm, something unquestionable builds and emotions ignite. But a scandal splits them apart. Betrayed, humiliated, and stripped of everything she worked for, Seraphina makes a dangerous decision to survive—she aligns herself with Damon’s most dangerous rival. Now she’s playing a deadly game that could get her killed. Damon finds out and is faced with a difficult choice. Letting her live was his first mistake, but falling for her was his biggest one. Now, with a deadline hanging over her head, Damon is forced into an impossible choice—kill the girl he can’t stop thinking about…or betray everything he was raised to be. As tension builds and secrets begin to unravel, lines blur between love and revenge, loyalty and survival. Every choice closes in with its own consequences. Who will pay the price of love, betrayal, survival and secrets?

after a desperate attempt to refine the "Eternal Life Gu" ended in a cosmic explosion that shook the foundations of the Gu World, our dear Venerable Fang Yuan finds himself face-to-face with a mysterious entity called the "Weaver" in an infinite void. In a legendary game of chess, Fang Yuan seizes a second chance at life—but not in his old world. He is cast into a world shrouded in mist, inhabited by steam engines, and ruled by seven Orthodox Gods. A world where Beyonders walk a thin line between absolute power and raging madness. With his signature cunning and his ruthless nature, Fang Yuan enters this new world with a mortal body but a supreme ambition. Will he submit to the laws of "Mystery" and madness, or will he shatter fate once again to become a High-Sequence Beyonder? "If Eternal Life is a reality in this world, then let the world prepare for the rebirth of the Love Venerable." ### **Author’s Note: Read Before Proceeding** 1.I am writing this primarily for my own entertainment. 2.English is my second language. I originally wrote this chapter in my native tongue and then translated it into English with minor adjustments. 3.I haven't finished reading *Lord of the Mysteries* yet (I'm currently in Volume 2), so don't expect frequent updates. 4.I don't care much for your opinion. If you want to give it 1 star, go ahead. You’re welcome to tell me what I’m doing wrong, but don’t come here to insult me just because it’s not to your taste.

After reincarnating multiple times over several centuries, Klaus has finally returned 50 years into the apocalypse that descended on Earth, bringing with it the infamous spiritual Qi. He is a paragon, a being so powerful that the heavens want nothing more than to kill him. He doesn’t play by the rules, and he most certainly doesn’t care what the heavens think. He just wanted to live his life, make money, and keep a smile on his mother’s face. However, when memories of his past incarnations began to resurface, he was forced to resume the life of a paragon once more. Maybe for the last time. Read along as we explore the amazing and twisted lives he has lived and how they will shape his current incarnation as Klaus Hanson, the Last Paragon. ==================== 50 Power Stones = 1 Bonus Chapters 100 Power Stones = 2 Bonus Chapters 200 Power Stones = 3 Bonus Chapters 500 Power Stones = 4 Bonus Chapters ==================== Join The Discord Server: https://discord.gg/wFptfB9Sgv

Hi guys Im the writer of this "The fallen emperor" lite novel. I english is not better so i write all in hindi in my physical notebook so i only use AI to translate the words and adjust some diloges etc... so pleas support me so i can provide you best indian style cultivation world with some unexpected system. This lite lovel is inspired from lots of novels and manga so you may found some tiny similarities.it is reach in culture , martial art , weapons , elements etc...

In a parallel dimension, the DNK, negative versions of the Nextgen Kids Next Door, struggle to live in a dark, miserable world where friendship means little. The DNK was reformed to fight crime and protect people, but many of its operatives lack passion for the art. However, as intergalactic dictators and dimensional cataclysms threaten their world, can these toxic groups of friends turn their feelings around and grow closer to face the greater evils of the Negaverse? This story is a parallel series to the main Nextgen Series, where the adventures of the DNK mirror those of the KND. As with all Gameverse stories, there are numerous crossovers that are uniquely integrated in a single, cohesive universe. Most crossovers in question are disconnected to their canon backgrounds, so knowing them is not vital. Unlike with the main series, much of the storytelling will be written in a fast-paced or summary style. However, the character interactions and intense situations are given the proper focus to bring the best out of our Negatives! The first 20 chapters are recommended prereading for the Seven Lights Saga, as these characters will have a side-plot in that story.

SURVIVAL IS ONLY THE BEGINNING... Seo-hee, an 18 year old girl, got trapped in a deadly game along with her entire class of Grade 3, Section A. Can they clear the trials and survive the game or lose themselves as the 'Death Hour' approaches? When their true nature unrevealed, will they be consumed by their own hate and selfishness? In this glitched universe, surviving is only the start... Unedited version - may contain errors. © All right reserved.

They say that 90 percent of the world's oceans have been unexplored, due to just how much floor there is to cover. Imagine a world where, instead of deep trenches of water, our oceans were filled with forests—endless forests—where the further you go, the stranger, and larger the creatures become. The air growing thicker, and heavier, with the stinging sharpness of ozone; trees that stretch into the stratosphere, or bottomless muddy quagmires that are so deep that the bodies claimed can never be discovered; deer the size of whales, or bigger still, with an anomalous number of legs; the oppressive daytime darkness, never ending, due to the boundless appetite of the trees. Who knows what untold methods of ravenous mutilation might be discovered in the great beyond; or what unfathomable treasures lurk just beyond the shadow's edge. We find ourselves marooned in little islands of flat plain in the midst of miles and endless miles of oppressive wooded wilderness. Do not let the sunlight fool you. There is nothing keeping the terrors of the depths from venturing into the light.

Alternative Tittle: The Second Male Lead’s POV (in an Otome World) ────────────────────────── Starting a forbidden relationship with the duke’s daughter was the most reckless thing Lucian had ever done in his life. Up until now, his only risks were hunting rare saplings from dangerous places. Now, he was breaking the nobles’ rules. And it backfired, horribly. Not once, not twice, not thrice but multiple times. He almost died once, lost a few friends, fled his homeland, and then almost died again, but here he was, not really learning. "So dumb," the devil voice in his head whispered in disdain, "How more idiotic can you get?" "As far as idiocy goes deep," Lucian answered, accepting the new path of his life, "And it goes deep. And wide." Goal: get wealthy and powerful enough to afford more idiocy Current arsenal: blood, sweat, tears, and pure wits Start point: gardener End point: unknown ────────────────────────── THE CHARACTERS DO NOT BEGIN AS YANDERE, BUT THEY WILL SLOWLY FALL DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE AS THE STORY PROGRESSES. REMEMBER, THEY ARE PEOPLE FIRST, STEREOTYPES SECOND. TAGS: #twistedMC #manipulativeMC #YANDERExYANDERE #NO-NTR #loyalMC #loyalFL #insaneFL #evilFL #forbidden-love #you-can't-f‎ix-her-FL #NO-SYSTEM #pirates #secret-organization-building #territorymanagement #obsessive-love #comedy #conspiracy #businessman #moneymaking #mystery #Adult #Mature #extra TRIGGER WARNINGS: ROMANCE, Lovers to Enemies to ???, toxic love, conscious grooming, unreliable narration, trauma, self-aware hypocrisy, narcissism, superior complex, emotional manipulation, abuse