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Damian didn't escape the end of his world. He survived it. Reborn into the gilded cage of House Snow—a minor noble family on a backwater planet where magic is systematized and affinities are graded from F to SSS—he awakens with a shattered soul and the whispers of a forbidden power: the Monarch of Darkness System. In this world, he is Damian Snow, an unawakened, disappointing third son. But within him resides the cruel, calculating mind of a man who watched a planet die, fueled by a singular vow: to heal his soul, reclaim the devastating shadow affinity locked within it, and find the scattered companions who made his survival possible. Yet, his new home is no sanctuary. His stepmother's smile is as cold as her hidden magic, which reeks of necrotic light and a terrible secret tied to his mother's tomb. A world-spanning cult, the Shadow Vatican, moves in the shadows, perverting sacred light to craft an undead empire. Demons seep through rifts from dying worlds, and ancient powers slumber beneath the soil. Armed only with a child's body, a broken soul, and a System that brands him an unregistered anomaly, Damian must navigate a deadly game. He will manipulate arrogant heirs, unearth cursed relics hidden in filth, and trade bone-breaking pain for slivers of power. He will learn that to conquer the darkness without, he must first embrace the darkness within. This is the story of a Monarch's ascent from the ashes. It is a tale of ruthless action, bloody vengeance, twisted romance, and the faint, stubborn light of loyalty that refuses to be extinguished—even in the cruelest of hearts. Note: No AI used in the writing of this novel. Just pure fantasy brought to you to open your imaginations.

Living a normal life is boring, but I was happy with what I had. Even when I spent most of my life in regret and misery, I lived because I had someone that I loved dearly. And that said someone took my life... But fate had different plans for me... As if death wasn't enough for me. As if the gods were mocking me. I got reincarnated into a hardcore romance game that I used to play. That too when the prequel game that I played the most ended twenty-five years ago. A game where death is everyone's mistress. A game that people either liked or hated too much. Now reincarnated into the body of the Villainess's son. I became someone that I hated the most... "Hahaha..." I laughed at my own misery. As if that too wasn't enough, I also became the slave of someone else's desires. Now, one might say a mother is a mother even if the world sees her as a Villainess. But what if your mother is the very incarnation of evil? That your mother is the hurdle that you have to overcome? What if your mother is the very reason you might die? Gentleness and love are the last things one could expect from her. "Hahaha..." Again, a hollow laugh escaped my lips as the realization dawned on me. That I have been... Reincarnated As The Villainess's Son... =============================== [Discord link:- https://discord.gg/jNtu38eAnM]

"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war." The Imperium of Man endures as humanity's final fortress. Surrounded by Xenos, Chaos, Daemons, and Heretics: Mankind survives in a galaxy that knows only suffering. Then, everything changes. Beyond the Great Rift, a new face rises. Kaiser Weinstein, The Führer, The Second Primarch, has arrived. Bearing fragments of a civilization from strategy game: Interstellar Nations, he assimilates worlds, forges order from ruin, and sets his will upon a single goal: The restoration of humanity's golden age. And when the God-Emperor awakens from His eternal agony, he will look upon the galaxy and ask: "Is this still the world of Mankind?" - Fan fiction. TW : War, Blood, Politics

Reborn as a mortal, Lin Ye, a former Heaven General, abandons the path of glory to walk the forbidden Demon Path. With only his mind and centuries of knowledge, he manipulates the invisible ledger of the world, subtly bending fates without a single strike. Shadows stir, rivals watch, and the ledger itself quivers—one man’s quiet strategy may change the fate of all.

In the dim light they were a bright green. It felt like he was looking into the eyes of a feral cat. The planes of his face were hard but it didn’t take away the attractiveness of his full lips and straight nose. The man could’ve stepped out of a fashion magazine with his well proportioned silhouette. Xian has never slept with a man, but if this handsome alpha was his partner then it might be a bit bearable for him. He just had to get it over with. Time was ticking. “Saying sorry doesn’t cut it. You’re dismissed, I’ll find someone more worthy and respectful of my time.” The robotic voice came on. [Rewards: 100 coins + 5 charm points if he forgives you.] “Please…I really need the money. I’ll do anything you ask.” Xian’s voice was pleading. “Just give me a chance, it really wasn’t my intention to be late.” The man’s lips tipped at the corners and Xian prepared for the worst. The alpha walked closer to him and bent down, his scent of Cedar and smoke made Xian a bit light headed. His mouth was dangerously close to Xian’s ear. “Get on your knees and beg. Let’s see if you can make me change my mind.” *** On her birthday, a BL novelist makes a wish on a shooting star—to not wake up to her miserable life. Except she wakes up, but not in her body. She opens her eyes as a nameless, low-level omega actor at the bottom of the entertainment industry, signed to a company that profits from intimacy but discards the men who perform it. She has written stories like this before, but she has never imagined living inside it. The catch? Only she can see the game system tracking her every choice—Reputation, Risk, Obedience, Desire. Every role, every staged kiss, every flirtation affects her stats. Fail, and she loses contracts, influence, even safety. Succeed, and the rewards are intoxicating… and dangerous. Her first role comes from a movie director whose last film was a flop that destroyed his reputation. Desperate for redemption, he casts her because no one else will take the role. Then comes a fallen Idol, pushed into a BL role to rehabilitate his image after a scandal that refuses to fade. And finally, a mafia who enters acting not for fame, but a means of rebellion. Using queerness as a public rejection of the marriage arranged for him by his parents. Each man wants something different. Control. Safety. Unraveling. Caught between slave contracts, cameras, primal instincts, and carefully staged desire, she learns that BL is not a fantasy. That it is labor, leverage, and risk. The line between performance and feeling blurs, and her past life slips further from her grasp. She once believed love was something you could write your way into. Now she must decide whether disappearing was freedom, or just another role she was never meant to survive. And worse? The system won’t let her leave without a price.

“The boogeyman of Outer Gods, protector of Earth, humanity’s last stand—Miratheris’s son has returned.” I was drowning in sloth. The color of life had drained from my eyes, leaving only shades of grey. Doing anything felt like punishment. Looking for a job? A laughable idea. I did everything I could to stay disconnected from reality. Gambling. Drinking. Even suicidal stunts. Anything to escape the numbness that clawed at my mind for even a second. But everything comes at a cost. I abandoned my family. Broke the heart of the only woman who ever loved me. And wasted every damn day like it didn’t matter. I became the kind of man society throws out with the trash. But life didn’t spare me. Not even when I hit rock bottom. Deceived, shackled, and sold into another world— I spent the rest of my days as a slave. Forced to fight monsters ripped straight out of myth. At the very end, all I could do… was wish. Just one more chance. One shot to make things right. … Born a prodigy, Ashen Hart moved through life like a golden boy. What others worked for, he mastered with ease. At first, it felt like a blessing. The validation, pride, and accomplishment felt sweet. But even honey spoils when you’re drowning in it. The more success he tasted, the more hollow it all became. And when a mysterious power awakened within him, letting him see moments into the future— The world lost all color. And then all meaning… Nothing could surprise him. Nothing could move him. He spiraled. Ashen threw it all away—ambition, love, purpose— and embraced the slow death of apathy. But fate wasn’t done with him. Kidnapped by a shadowy organization and forced into a hidden war, he learned a truth: he wasn’t special. He was fodder. Cannon meat to delay the inevitable. But somewhere, buried beneath sloth and cynicism, the genius stirred. The apathy rotted away. And Ashen Hart, the failure, became Ashen Hart, the wretched. The unkillable. From a discarded pawn to the final hope of mankind. And when it was over—when even the gods had fallen— he was left alone. At his dying breath, the Earth’s spirit, Miratheris, answered his plea. She rewound time, giving him one last shot. But not without a price. She kept his memories intact… and delayed their return just enough so his younger self could bear the weight. Ashen’s second life begins now— and the monsters, both within and beyond, are about to learn what regret truly feels like. ═══⟲══════⟲══════⟲═══ All chapters are unlocked.

[TW; mature content; smut; grumpy x sunshine; hate-to-love] --------------- He’s sunshine. He’s a cold blade. They’re doomed from the start. --------------- Alex is the fated Crown Prince of Vellara. Handsome, idealistic, and an outstanding swordsman, all he wants is to run away from the throne and its suffocating duties. William is his soon-to-be Court Mage—a stubborn man with cold eyes, a sharp wit, and a past full of sorrow. Alex refuses to be bound to someone who slapped him in front of the entire court, yet his attempts to sabotage the Crown Pact come to nothing when the king sends them on a mission that may be a deadly trap. As court intrigues and assassination attempts force them closer than either expected, Alex and William find themselves entangled in a bond far deeper and forbidden. Will love bloom between a prince and a foreign commoner, or are they fated to be torn apart by duty and social rank?

After concluding her college education, Leona Nightshade returns to her hometown, West Grove, in time for her rigorous training to become Alpha of the Moonshadows. Her path crosses with Lucas Bloodclaw—the heir of a rival pack and a sworn enemy to her people. Sparks ignite between the two, throwing their beliefs into disarray as they try to grasp onto their separate realities while struggling with emerging emotions. When a new enemy born of ancient evil surfaces from the heart of the town, threatening to destroy everything they know and love, Leona and Lucas must find a way to make their respective clans overlook generations of conflict and work together, or risk losing everything.

In a modern world where AI advances at lightning speed… where AI is worshiped for its convenience, countless jobs have vanished, leaving many unemployed. Kael Mercer, an AI Architect who played a crucial role in developing the world’s leading artificial intelligence under Axion — the most powerful tech company in existence — finds himself suddenly discarded. Where does a man like him go next? He doesn’t have time to wonder as a strange message appears on his phone: [Do you want to play a game?] [Mission: 01] [Target: Fuck a woman before midnight.] [Reward: $10,000] Kael Mercer once wrote logic into the world. He taught machines to predict, to parse, to win. Now he’s being told to handle women instead. It should be absurd. It should be beneath him. Yet curiosity wins. What begins as a vulgar challenge soon becomes a study of power and desire — a game where every mission escalates in difficulty, wealth, and influence. Each success buys him more than money: it grants him access, reputation, control. Sexy, dangerous, and coldly calculated, the game teaches Kael how to turn lust into leverage — and leverage into domination. By the time the messages give him a name instead of an instruction, the prize is no longer simply cash. It’s power. It’s possession. And it’s the girl orchestrating everything behind the screen. Algorithm of Lust is a dark, thrilling story about a genius reprogrammed by desire, a corporate empire that plays god, and an obsessive mind that wants him remade in its image. ------- This book is purely a world of fiction, any similar name to reality is merely something for convenience’s sake.

She had everything the world could offer— wealth, power, respect, a loving family, and even the power of gods. Yet she threw it all away for an ancient gem. Now her son, Shade, carries the burden of her sins and the weight of her choice. Branded a monster, hunted by the world, and chased by lies woven into history, he follows the stories she once told him— searching for a man who may not exist, and an answer hidden behind a promise whispered once: 200 years till dawn.

At the heart of a wish lies an attempt at completion, a human desire to become our true and final selves. Wishes are fuelled by regrets and are bound eternally to the past, serving as approximations of what once was. We all experience regret and nostalgia, leading us to make wishes and find despair, but can we become our true selves despite this all? That's where the story of a girl who struggles to control her desires begins... Two souls sharing the same body and memory are living in Kyoto 2031. Tang-Ji Shizukesa, a girl who's grown up in her previous life with a hardcore passion for gaming, is now a bookworm in her new life who has no interest in video games. Along with her, Kazami and Hoyeon, the three childhood friends who separated 7 years ago due to an accident, have now been reunited again in a VRMMORPG game known as Dusk Protocol. The game has a unique combat system known as "Leere," a physical manifestation of an individual soul that can be conjured into deadly weapons. As Tang-Ji navigates this virtual world, she confronts the echoes of her past and the dissonance between her former self and her present identity. How will she cope with the rediscovery of a life she thought she left behind? How will Kazami and Hoyeon react to the new Tang-Ji? In a world where reality is malleable and death is just a click of a button away, the boundaries between past and present blur, forcing everyone to grapple with the truth of who they truly are. Disclaimer: This novel contains explicit language, violence, racism, and sexual scenes. There are also scenes that deal with various traumas, from physical to emotional to mental. (THE CHARACTERS’ CIRCUMSTANCES , TRAITS, AND BELIEFS IN THIS NOVEL ARE ALL BASED ON A TRUE STORY.)

[Updates; 4+ Chapters, Every Wednesday or Thursday] Aoshima is the kind of city that looks flawless from a distance-glass towers, perfect schools, and a future so bright it practically blinds you. But once the sun goes down, the city enforces a curfew with near-military seriousness... because nightfall doesn't just bring darkness. It brings instability. Takumi Kisaragi is a teenager with a stubborn streak and a missing piece in his life that refuses to stay buried: his father vanished, and the official story never felt finished. When a strange encounter cracks open the "safe" version of Aoshima, Takumi is pulled into a hidden layer of reality-one where Ghouls aren't myths, but phenomena that wear masks like warnings and move through the city's distortions like they own it.

In a distant past, the seven Ancestral Beasts clashed, and the blood they spilled rained onto the entire plane, infecting humans and animals alike, making them part of their powerful bloodlines. As a small village’s hunter, Liam was unaware of the consequences of that legendary battle. His sole goal was to become a cultivator to gain the strength and resources he needed to avenge his family. Yet, when Liam’s Ancestral Bloodline awakened, he uncovered a connection between his family’s killers and the Dragon King, a connection that could expand his revenge to the entire Kingdom. -------------------- Discord link: https://discord.gg/mefzf3aQJ8 Instagram: eocnovels X: @EoCNovels Cover artist: https://digitalrowye.com

Thrusted into an broken and tattered world by poverty and an unforgiving virus, she never expected to live very long as her late family hoped. Going from already bad to much worse, a radical group were intent on making her one of them, after her virus-curated supernatural powers. Could she truly live up to the expectations of her family while surviving the ever changing world?

[Global Awakening] + [Apocalypse] + [Multiple Disasters] + [AntiHero MC] + [Genius MC] + [Multiple Individuals Regress] + [Building a Force] + [Single Female Lead] + [Urban] February 28th, 2101. Nine ethereal figures descended from the sky. They called themselves the Apostles. As messengers of "God", tasked with the noble mission of testing humanity through the Ninety-Nine Era Ending Calamities, a cycle that every universe must go through. But... This was not the first time they appeared. It was their ninety-ninth reappearance. The first Era Ending Calamity, 30% of humanity died gruesomely. The second Era Ending Calamity, ghosts and demons wrecked the world. The third… fourth… Each one of them was as brutal as the last, and at the final Ninety-Ninth, only fifteen special individuals remained. These fifteen were the strongest awakeners in humanity. I, Zold Starks, was one of them. Our strengths were so great that we were calamities ourselves. But even then, the situation was hopeless. The survival rate for the Ninety-Ninth Era Ending Calamity was... 0%. At that moment, the Apostles spoke: "It is through the Undistinguishable that we live forward. It is through the Unknown that we fear what is beyond. It is through the Ultimate that we seek transcendence..." "God has spoken." "The Ninety-Ninth Era Ending Calamity..." Zold held his breath. "... is [Regression]." The instant they spoke-- Zold and the others vanished from the ruined world. === With one more chance... With a different, more powerful talent... Zold no longer thought about merely surviving. "Just you wait..." "I'll hunt each of you even if it's the last thing I'll do." This time, he'll kill the Apostles and their God!

Some call it safety. He calls it a cage. There are places where nothing ever changes. Where the same wheat grows. Where the same rain falls. Where boys become their fathers, and their fathers' fathers, until the names blur and the lives mean nothing. Lorin Elveth will not be one of them. The night he decides to leave, he breaks the only thing he has left—a friendship forged in childhood, shattered in the rain. But staying would mean something worse than loss. It would mean erasure. Beyond the fields lies a world he has only read about in books. A world of knights and kingdoms, of power and consequence, of stories that echo through centuries. A world where people matter. But the road is darker than any tale prepared him for. In the forests, something hunts. In the capital, something conspires. And somewhere between the village he abandoned and the future he craves, Lorin will discover what freedom truly costs. Because the world does not reward those who leave. It devours them. And when the old storyteller finishes writing, when the final word is inked and the page turns cold: will Lorin's name be remembered? Or will he become just another boy who walked into the dark and never came back? "The Dignity of Freedom" is a dark fantasy epic for those who loved Berserk's moral weight, Vinland Saga's brutal honesty, and The Name of the Wind's aching beauty. A story about ambition and sacrifice. About the lines we cross to matter.

Elementals, Enhancers, Beast Tamers, Artifact Nurturers – These four pathways define the magical world of Arcanists. But Finn, a former university student from earth, wakes up in a body treading a whole different path…A forbidden path: The path of a Soul Mage. Soul Mages are the ultimate parasites. They lack the ability to use magic themselves, but instead, wield the power to assimilate the mana-saturated souls of the dead. From every Great Arcanist that once lived, to every Calamity Beast, to every Mythic Grade Spirit Artifact… So long as they were dead, they were simply chaotic souls waiting to be claimed. ​But this kind of power does not come without cost. Madness, frenzy, mania, innate wills and primal desires of assimilated souls threaten to drive Soul Mages to total corrosion. In this new world, ​Finn finds himself thrown into the deep end, waking up as a Vessel already housing a full Parade of Chaotic Souls. Now, his body is a battlefield. The souls demand immediate payment, stacking Soul Debts that steal his senses, his consciousness, and his very humanity. ​But yet… it is this same overwhelming corrosion that causes the ultimate truth and uniqueness of his soul to surface…

Warning: This book contains a large number of very hot adult scenes!(18+ ONLY) *PLEASE DON'T READ IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO INTENSE INTIMATE SCENES* "Say you're ours." Nicholas's hand tightened around my throat....not choking, just holding, reminding me who owned every breath I took. His silver eyes burned into mine, relentless and demanding. "Say it, Lilith." "I'm yours," I whispered, and the words tasted like surrender and salvation all at once. "Louder." Sebastian's voice was dark silk behind me, his massive body pressed against my back, his hands bruising my hips. "We want to hear you scream it." Before I could answer, Sebastian slammed into me from behind, filling me so completely I saw stars. The stretch, the fullness, the overwhelming sensation of being claimed....it stole every thought from my mind. "I'm....." I tried to speak, but then Nicholas was lifting my leg, positioning himself, and suddenly he was pushing inside me from the front, and I was being taken by both of them at once. Too much. Too full. Too intense. "Breathe," Nicholas commanded against my lips, but breathing was impossible when they were both moving, finding a rhythm that had me trembling violently between them. "I'm yours!" The confession finally tore from my throat as Lucian's mouth found that sensitive spot on my neck, teeth scraping, threatening to mark me permanently. "I'm yours, I'm yours, I'm yours...." "Good girl," all three of them growled in unison. "Now prove it." Lilith Thorne is drowning. Her father.....Beta of Shadowmere Pack....was murdered six months ago. Her mother overdosed on wolfsbane and lies comatose. Her boyfriend found his true mate and threw her away like garbage. And she's wolfless.....a reject in wolf society, unable to shift, worthless and invisible. With eviction looming and hospital bills crushing her, Lilith makes a desperate choice: enter the Rite, an ancient ritual where unmated Alphas can claim women for one night in exchange for gold. But she's not paired with just any Alphas. She's chosen by Lucian, Sebastian, and Nicholas Blackwood.....the Cursed Alpha Kings. Triplets cursed by the Moon Goddess to find their true mate before they turn 26, or lose themselves to their wolves forever. They have three months left. What starts as a transaction becomes an obsession. The moment they touch her, their curse quiets. Their wolves recognize something in her. And they can't let her go. But Lilith is not what she seems. She's the last daughter of the most powerful witch bloodline in existence, her magic suppressed since birth. And when that magic awakens, it will change everything. When she finally learns the truth....that breaking their curse means taking it upon herself....Lilith makes a choice that will change everything. She sacrifices herself to save them, dying in their arms while they scream her name. But death isn't the end. It's only the beginning. And when she rises from the ashes, marked by death and wielding powers she never imagined, she won't be the same broken girl who walked into the Rite. She'll be something far more dangerous. Their mate. Their queen. Their salvation. Or their destruction. Part 1: THE CLAIMING How far would you fall for three kings who worship you like a religion and claim you like a conquest? Part 2: THE RESURRECTION How dark would you become to reclaim what death stole from you? The Mating Ritual is a dark paranormal romance featuring possessive alphas, intense sexual content, a strong but broken heroine discovering her power, found family, fated mates, and a love so consuming it transcends death itself.

*I owe nothing in relation to Naruto. Born within a warring nation, grown within the harsh reality, and groomed—forcibly—as the man of steel. Is he a human or a monster? Both, perhaps. Nevertheless, the man treads forth. His name is Akashi, the leader of the world’s shadow… Akatsuki.