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Shadow Throne

Disclaimer: “This story contains violence, death, and mature themes including loss of family members and political conspiracy. Reader discretion advised.” --- They sealed it for a reason. He is the reason. The Assessment was supposed to end him. The clan had a plan for Zǐ Ruì. Seventeen years in the outer quarters. No legacy. No training. No future. A formal deadline to awaken an Earth Brand or disappear quietly. The Array had other ideas. It didn't reject him. It shattered trying to read him. NULL THRONE. Sealed by the First Emperor. Year Zero. A thousand years ago. Seven inheritors across all of history. None of them died naturally. Every single cause of death: classified. The system tried to measure him. It couldn't. "Combat scale: 1 to 10,000. All living beings fall within this range." "Result: THIS SCALE DOES NOT APPLY." "You are not on the scale." "You are what the scale was built beneath." In the world below the living world, something has been waiting. Ancient. Patient. Counting the years. When Zǐ Ruì's mark activated, it stopped counting. But something else felt it too. A faction that has existed since before the sky cracked. Embedded. Invisible. Inside clans, councils, compounds. They have spent a thousand years making sure this power never wakes up. They have spent a thousand years killing everyone who carries it. They are already moving. Zǐ Ruì's father died three months ago. Eastern gate. Voidfang Beast attack. That is the official record. His father had identified one of them the week before he died. He never got the chance to tell anyone. There are seven seats. Six are still empty. Six other people in the world are carrying this mark right now. They don't know what they are. They don't know they're being hunted. Neither did he. Until today. He has no clan backing. No legacy technique. No developed abilities. A secondhand blade. Three copper coins. One day as an Awakened. And a mark on his hand that made a thousand-year-old monster kneel without being asked. The enemy has been preparing for a thousand years. He has been preparing for seventeen. The difference is — they knew what they were preparing for. He didn't. He still won. They didn't seal the NULL THRONE because it was weak. They sealed it because they couldn't stop it. They still can't.
FearlessFear · 898 Views

Balancer of the Lingqi Sea

In the bustling maritime city of Kota Serunai (Serunai City), where the intricate currents of trade, nature, and heritage weave the fate of its people, the sea is more than a highway—it is a living force. For centuries, the Hukum Ombak (Law of the Tides) maintained balance between human ambition and the ocean’s untamed power. But now, the tides themselves are in revolt. Hai Cheng, a young master of the Arus Dagang (Trade Current), can sense the pulse of the sea through jade beads and ancient Suanpan (abacus) arrays. He understands currents, trade, and numbers better than anyone—but the natural balance is slipping beyond calculation. When a mysterious Grand Lingqi Furnace erupts beneath the harbor, it awakens a legendary guardian: the spectral Harimau Ombak (Tide Tiger). Amid the chaos, Yue Lan, a protector of the Arus Alam (Natural Current), emerges from the mangrove shrines, wielding ancient Batik Lingkar (Batik Arrays) and secrets of the unseen Orang Selindung (Veiled Folk). Together, they must navigate treacherous waters: industrial ambition, rogue Lingqi experiments, and mythic beings that guard the sea itself. But the true threat is the enigmatic Silent Admiral, a visionary who believes nature is inefficient and that the sea can—and must—be controlled. His Grand Furnace Network threatens not only the currents but the very heart of the Straits. Hai Cheng must reconcile three streams of power—trade, nature, and heritage (Arus Dagang, Arus Alam, and Arus Warisan)—to prevent catastrophe. To do so, he will challenge ancient pacts, awaken mythical guardians, and confront a philosophical enemy who sees balance as weakness. In a world where tides carry whispers of centuries-old secrets, where every wave may harbor a guardian, and every current may turn against you, one young man must rise to become the Penjaga Selat (Guardian of the Strait). A mythic, high-octane sea-fantasy webnovel, blending Malay, Hokkien, and Peranakan culture into an epic saga of power, legacy, and the living ocean.
AceStarus_AzNur · 4.6k Views

My Inner Thought is Exposed! The Villain Family Defy Their Fate!

Yun Wanqing transmigrated into a book and became the pitiful and short-lived cannon fodder sister of the vicious female supporting character in the story. Thinking about the tragic fate awaiting her family, Yun Wanqing cried out in her heart. "Mother, you kindly took in the cousin, yet she covets my father and wants to become his concubine. Soon, she will harm you to death~" "Father, you were set up by the female protagonist, and after your death, your head was displayed on the enemy’s city wall to be scorched by the sun, becoming Da Wu Country’s shame~" "Elder sister is the female protagonist, but her fortune is taken away, turning her into a vicious female supporting character. Later, she is abandoned by her fiancé and tortured to death by the female protagonist’s suitors~" "Elder brother, a virtuous and noble gentleman, is betrayed by friends, ending up blind, deaf, and fighting with dogs for food in the streets~" "Second brother, a demonic prodigy, loses his memory overnight, is picked up by the female protagonist, and becomes her lapdog, helping her kill Seventh Uncle and his beloved. Ultimately, his beloved dies in his arms, and he draws his sword to kill himself." "As for me, well, I was shot through the heart by ten thousand arrows along with Seventh Uncle!!!" Later, Yun Wanqing astonishingly discovers that the family’s character settings have collapsed. Mother dealt with the cousin in advance, father wasn’t killed, elder sister married the Emperor and became his only beloved in the harem. Elder brother was the first to betray his friend, second brother married his beloved, and even Seventh Uncle wasn’t a major antagonist, but instead became the most sought-after eligible bachelor among the noble women in the capital. As for her, she was cherished and pampered by the entire family. Yun Wanqing was baffled, how did the whole villainous family change their fate against the heavens? The plot has collapsed way too absurdly, hasn’t it? Did she transmigrate into a fake book?
Cloud Spirit · 1.6m Views

Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!

This is a bizarre and mysterious world filled with various sinister cultivation methods. Once a person begins to cultivate, they will either undergo mild changes in appearance and temperament, descend into madness, or become a great elixir for evil beings to consume... Duan Yun, having transmigrated into this world, unexpectedly comes across a supreme elixir cultivation manual, the 'True Explanation of the Jade Sword.' To his surprise, he is a one-in-a-million cultivation genius who, unwittingly, transforms the manual into something extraordinary. Guided by the Jade Sword, he is able to pierce through everything. Later, as his mastery over various methods grows, Duan Yun, carrying the philosophy of 'the enlightened benefit the world,' never keeps secrets and spreads martial arts across the land. Who would have thought... "Duan the Demon misled me! He said this technique enhances yin and yang, but now I can only squat to pee, boo hoo..." "It was the Demon who taught me this 'Seven Parts Returning Qi'. Instead of blessing me, it brought disaster—I either get killed or step in dung. The fortune-teller said I've lost seventy percent of my luck." "Don't trust a word of what Demon Duan says! The fairy of the Myriad Wonders Palace was supposed to ascend the whole palace to the heavens, but in one night, she was possessed and turned into a demoness, all due to that old demon Duan's handiwork!" ... Duan Yun finds this incomprehensible. All he did was practice martial arts, spread techniques, and occasionally emulate the laws of nature, so how did he become notorious as a demon? This is slander! The same techniques cause no issues for me, so the problem lies with you all, not me!
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