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No good deed goes unpunished. This was certainly the case for Benjamin Kirby - who saved a young life & lost his in the process. But fear not! Thanks to a conscientious benefactor, Ben gets a second shot at life in a far more interesting world. Now, armed with Ancient Magic of the Gods, watch as our intrepid protagonist delves into the secrets of magic, builds artifacts and cities, & travels through the Omniverse, making friends and enemies alike. What NOT to expect - - Orphan, edgy, vengeful protagonist - Loner emo MC - MC hiding his power for the express purpose of face-slapping - MC acting like an idiot just for the sake of 'having fun' - Pokémon harem - MC with a god-complex (Wants to be a God-Emperor) What to expect - - MC with loving parents, sister and a dog (i.e. Not a psycho) - MC helps out his friends - Logically overpowered MC - MC invents stuff and introduces movies and music - Multiversal travel - MC plans ahead (something almost never seen in HP fanfics) - MC's chosen vocation - Teacher (in the Omniverse) - Two Love Interests (At most Three. No more. Promise!)

The night he was born, the palace ran red with blood. Sixteen years later, the bastard no one wanted now sits on the throne of the Land of Fire. Chiba Arashi was never meant to rule, an illegitimate child, powerless and ignored, until... [Mission: Survive. Scheme. Ascend.] [Reward: Six Paths Sage Body. Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.] For sixteen years, he watched princes slaughter each other for the crown, noble clans devour themselves in greed, and shinobi tear their own world apart. When the blood finally settled, only he remained. Gold will buy loyalty. Diplomacy will build empires. And power will end an age. The era of shinobi is fading. The age of the Daimyo has begun.

IMPORTANT!!! If you are unsure if you want to read my book or have some misconceptions, please check out my updated review. Discord: https://discord.gg/cr2KvAPwEm *** Rael screwed up badly. One reckless gamble later, and his guild's entire emergency fund was gone. With debt collectors ready to harvest his organs, his only hope was a single leftover gacha pull. And to his genuine surprise, for the first time in a while, he actually won something. Ding! [Congratulations! Player: Quarterpounder69 has obtained the (Divine) Grade item, Eye of the Beast!] [New title unlocked! [Heavenly Attraction] (Divine)] With no other choice, he consumed the item, only to be thrown into a situation no player had ever faced before. [To ensure fairness, please select a random number. This will determine which boss monster variation you become.] 'Uh, I don't f*cking know? 69... hmm, maybe not...' [Confirmed.] 'Wait—' [Congratulations! You've chosen the Special-Type Boss Monster Variation: The Pay-to-Win Boss.] [Congratulations! You've become a Boss Monster!] Armed with broken perks like [Premium Leveling], [Premium Evolution], and [Premium Shop], Rael was thrust into the world of the VRMMORPG game he had been playing. The issue was, he went back in time, specifically, 150 days before the launch of version 1.0.

1917, Petrograd. The Russian Empire is collapsing into chaos. Amid the fire of revolution, a single Korean man will rise to shape its course. Lee Si-young is not merely an ordinary man; he is a son of Joseon, a man whose life has been defined by the struggle against imperial power. Having witnessed the subjugation of his homeland, he arrives in Russia with a sharpened political mind and a heart full of fervor. When the workers of Petrograd rise up, Lee Si-young doesn't just see a Russian affair—he sees the global struggle against oppression he has been searching for. Throwing himself into the tumultuous revolutionary movement, his intellect and dedication quickly set him apart. He navigates the complex ideological battles between Mensheviks and Bolsheviks, his unique perspective earning him respect and a place among the key architects of the uprising. As a Korean revolutionary, he operates at the highest levels, helping to strategize and lead the charge that will topple a dynasty and forge a new, terrifying world: the Soviet Union. But the path of revolution is paved with betrayal and hard choices. As he fights for a communist future,Lee Si-young is forced to confront the ultimate cost of his ideals. · Can a man liberate a foreign land while his own remains in chains? · What does it mean to be a "comrade" when you are forever the outsider? · Will the revolution he helped build recognize his humanity, or will he become just another casualty of its relentless march? let see how Lee Si-young story goes

After obtaining the Mech Designer System, Ves aims to create the greatest mechs in the galaxy! In the far future, the galactic human civilization has entered the Age of Mechs. The countless lesser powers of humanity have come to adopt mechs as their main weapons of war. Only a small number of humans have the right genetic aptitude to pilot these destructive war machines the size of buildings. Born to a military family in the edge of the galaxy, Ves Larkinson is one of the many people who lacks the talent to earn glory in battle. Instead, he became a mech designer. Helped by his missing father, Ves has obtained the mysterious Mech Designer System that can help him rise in the galaxy and beyond. His mechs based on the principles of life quickly allows him to rise to prominence. Powerful and highly compatible with mech pilots, his products have the potential to take the market by storm. However, success does not come easily, and countless challenges bar his ability to sell his mechs to a market eager for innovation! With the sins of the human race in the galactic arena slowly catching up, Ves must navigate the perils of the ultra-competitive mech market and maintain control over his growing organization of misfits. This is the golden age of mechs. This is the golden age of humanity. The question is, will it last? "Any challenge can be overcome as long as I design the right mech!" --Join The Mech Touch's unofficial Discord server! https://discord.gg/APB5KCU --Follow my Instagram and Twitter! https://www.instagram.com/mlduong https://twitter.com/MLDuong --Cover Art by Derek-Paul Carll (carlldpn) --The Mech Touch is an original webnovel written by ML "Exlor" Duong. --The Mech Touch is mainly published on Webnovel.com and a select few platforms affiliated with the parent company of this website. --Artificial Intelligence / AI clarification: Since I started to write and publish The Mech Touch on 2018, I have never used AI tools to write my webnovel. All of my chapters are written and proofread directly by me for many years. The only automated tool that I have used is the basic spellchecker that comes standard with the Google Docs application. I have not changed my approach towards writing chapters for The Mech Touch even as technology has advanced and introduced new tools. I will continue to maintain my current approach for this webnovel until it has come to an end.

It finally happened a super storm hit the west coast killing 100 million people but instead of just dying everyone was reborn in a new world call Atlantis as a lord.Anything goes become a hero or a villian. Become a king or a slave.Join the races integrate into the world or create your own kingdom.Make peace or conquest the world and come a god there is endless possibilities.Lets follow Colt as he tries to survives this new world and finds his wife Amber that was with him when he died.Will he survived this new world will he find his wife? Only time will tell.

The beginning of the apocalypse brought chaos and disaster to humanity. It tore away the mask of society and revealed the cruelty hiding beneath. Ivy Ravencroft experienced it all firsthand. Her family was unfair and cruel, and they abused her so badly that she went blind. Her lover died trying to protect her, and she spent the next five years struggling to survive, until she finally died in the apocalypse. But then, Ivy woke up again, reborn in the first year of the apocalypse. At first, she felt hopeless. If only she had returned to a time before the apocalypse, she could have gathered food, weapons, and supplies to survive better. Still, she was grateful for one thing: she had kept her special ability, the power to create safe zones. This time, Ivy made a promise. She would protect her lover, find her real family, and take revenge on everyone who had hurt her. .................................. "Huh? Why is there a bento box lying here?" Ivy asked, confused. "What bento? Are you trying to trick me again?" Silas asked, sadness in his eyes. "This one!" Ivy said, holding up the packaged meal and waving it at him. "What the... where did that come from?" Silas stared at it in shock. Ivy’s eyes widened. She realized something, only she could see these items, and when she picked them up, they became real. "Can… I buy it from you?" Silas asked, unsure. "Of course. But I won't give it to you for free." Ivy smiled like a fox. Silas closed his eyes; he was ready for her to demand something sky-high and said, "Okay. Tell me how many gold bars you want." Ivy smiled and teased, "I don't want gold bars; they are way too cheap. I want one kiss." Silas: Blushing hard. His subordinates: "..." This wave of dog food was too unexpected! ....................................................... With the supplies, picking a superpower and a safe zone superpower, Ivy built her own residential area. She gained Kindness Energy and multiplied supplies with the help of Temporal Storage. While other bases struggled to make a simple house, she used her golden finger to make luxurious buildings and rent them out, becoming the big shot in the apocalypse.

At 32 years old, Harry Potter, Order of Merlin – First Class, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (DMLE), walked through the Veil while awaiting his death. Because he was tired of this life. But Fate or maybe Death had different plans. Beyond the Veil, he arrived in a world unknown to him. Woke up with a 7-year-old boy’s body in a Kingdom called “North”. With the symbol of Deathly Hallows on the back of his right hand. As the son of a House Lord. A new life, a new beginning, and a second chance to live the life he wants. --------------- If you want to access early chapters, maps, character pictures, and read ahead of time, you can visit my p@treon page and become a member or patron. You can find my page at: www.patreon.com/c/vanguard_v 7 chapters weekly and 7 bonus chapters for every weeks if we reach the quota for Power Stones. So don’t forget to send Power Stones, please. The cover belongs to me. P.S. The story was originally an old, dropped fanfic. I am rewriting, editing, and making some changes and additions. There will be more magic and kingdom-building materials. I will also continue to write after the dropped part and complete the story. If you want to read original dropped version of this story, its name is 'HP transmigrated into Domeric Bolton' by Fortunate_Soul.

Li Daoxuan received a strange scenic box. Inside the box, there was an ancient village, and a group of plastic figures, holding swords and knives, hacking and slashing through the village. He bent his finger and flicked it towards a most conspicuous figure... Late in the Ming Dynasty, in Shaanxi, there was a great drought in the land. A gang of mountain bandits was looting, burning, killing, and plundering in the village. A poor maiden was about to be killed under a mountain bandit's blade. Suddenly, a giant hand stretched out from the clouds, bent a finger, flicked it, and the mountain bandit was flung several dozen yards away.

Transmigrated into the future, Nash, once the father of the first true Artificial Intelligence and the richest man on Earth, found himself reduced to a nameless vagrant, the lowest of the low. Stripped of power and identity, he faced a world that had evolved beyond his imagination. Fortunately, in this bleak new reality, Nash uncovered a hidden gift: the ability to program his body. Once a linguistic genius, a pioneer who gave commands to artificial intelligence with precision and brilliance. What twist could he do now that he is given the ability to program his body? Can't control every fiber of your body? → [Control Module System] Tired of endless training? → [Training Module System] Too weak in combat? → [Combat Module System] Need perfect memory? → [Memory Module System] In a world ruled by technology and extraordinary, watch how Nash reforge his destiny as he uncovers the deepest secrets of his body. "This time, I won’t build a god. I’ll become one."

The Citadel's Core is a post-apocalyptic survival narrative detailing the journey of three highly-skilled survivors—James (Comms), Lexi (Logistics), and Jesse (Medical)—who escape months of isolated survival to seek sanctuary in the heavily fortified community known as The Citadel. The book focuses on the intense psychological and physical toll of the journey, driven by the hope of connection and the growing romantic bond between James and Lexi. Their expertise is tested when they ally with the disciplined Humboldt Column and are immediately thrust into a high-stakes conflict with the Vipers, a relentless and organized bandit faction. The narrative shifts from open-world survival to political and tactical integration once they reach the Citadel. To secure their place and prevent separation by the Citadel's rigid command, James and Lexi must prove that their partnership is not a weakness, but a vital strategic asset. Their ultimate test comes when they volunteer for a perilous deep-strike mission into Viper territory to save the Citadel from energy collapse. The book is a story of competence, trust, and resilience, exploring how a desperate love forged in isolation becomes the unbreakable core necessary to not just survive the apocalypse, but to earn a place of leadership in the new world.

I wrote a book once. It was an unhinged fantasy born from my high-school brain, driven by loneliness and too many hormones. It was a world of beastmen, wild freedom, and the kind of romantic attention I could never get in real life. I poured every impossible desire into it: adventure, danger, and yes… a 'lot' of handsome partners. Before I knew it, I had a thousand chapters of pure escapism and pure thrill. Then on a college camping trip, I fell off a cliff. I expected to wake up in a hospital room but nope. I woke up on a soft field of grass, with air too fresh to belong anywhere on Earth. And then something moved behind me. Sticking out of my tailbone was... A tail. My tail? Yellow and black stripes and very, very real. I touched it. Completely real. My ears? Also gone—well, moved. They were now perched on top of my head like a confused jungle cat. And the outfit? Quite revealing, made of animal hide which matched my tail. What was going on? At first, I thought it was a prank. Or a dream. Or maybe karma is finally cashing in. But the more foreign memories evaded my mind, the clearer my situation became. This wasn't cosplay and it wasn't Earth, either. And—surprise—it wasn't even the world from my own book. Welp. I had been transported into a completely different Beastman world as a beast girl called Arinya. Sounds fun, right? Well… it would be, if I weren't apparently the ugliest duckling in the entire freaking savannah! Rejected by every potential mate I stumbled across and sneered at like a freaking eyesore. This was not how I planned my fantasy to come to reality. Trust me—if this is my fantasy come true, then someone needs to fire the author. But then again, after entering this world, I'm suddenly... Attractive. I mean, there's no change to my face and the freckles are still there, but for some reason, handsome beastmen begin to flock around me, because I smell... Pleasant. What's that all about?

Before time had meaning, there existed only the Origin—the first consciousness of a newborn universe. Eons ago, its soul shattered, fragments scattering across billions of worlds. Each fragment lived as its own soul—weak or strong, mortal or immortal. Kobe was one of those fragments. Most fragments never met, never touched, never returned. But now— for the first time since existence began— every shard had died within the same cosmic cycle. They returned all at once. And the universe… responded. “THE ORIGIN… IS WHOLE AGAIN.” Kobe, a 15-year-old who died saving a little girl, becomes the final soul completing the cycle. In that instant, the universe grants him one primordial wish—yet before he can speak it, he is swept away, reborn into another world. He awakens as Julian Ainsworth, son of a declining noble barony in the cultivation world of Stellaris. For fifteen years, he grows up unaware of his past life, unaware of the cosmic truth hidden within him. Until his 15th birthday. His memories return. Something ancient stirs in his soul. And a chime echoes through his mind: [System Notification]: Companion System Activated [System Notification]: Primordial Wish… AVAILABLE The Companion System grants: • overwhelming talent evolution • ability absorption and advancement • shared growth with bonded companions • and a future evolution where the system itself gains a body and emotions But as Julian rises, he begins to notice signs that something vast is shifting. Forgotten beings grow restless. Long-dead prophecies tremble awake. And in the darkness between universes, something ancient and starving stirs— the same thing that once shattered the Origin. Julian only wants strength, freedom, love, and a future for those beside him. But destiny has already chosen him. Because the Origin is whole again— and its enemies have noticed.

After falling in a decisive battle that ended his life as one of his country's most powerful generals, Erbit awakens to find himself in the body of a small rabbit in an unfamiliar forest under the light of three moons. Trapped between the instincts of a vulnerable animal and the memories of a commander who knows war better than life itself, he discovers that this world is ruled by ferocious creatures and a mysterious system that watches his every move. Between fleeing predators and trying to understand the reason for his reincarnation, Erbit embarks on a survival journey unlike any war he has fought, a journey that will confront him with a new destiny, one that blends power, evolution, and mystery in a world that shows no mercy to the weak.

A medical student fills out a sketchy survey, dies, and wakes up in another world with 3 Essence.

Premise: Xiao Ming, a modern man, gets stuck in an ancient parallel world after a secret experiment. Plot: He's the least favored prince with a barren fief but gains a "technology spar" allowing tech upgrades. He uses this to develop industry and farms while dealing with hostile siblings, adopting a "friends get wine, jackals get shotguns" attitude.

He is a primordial dragon. Or so the old instincts in his bones whisper. Too bad he doesn’t remember a damn thing about his past—who he was, what he’s done, or why his name alone should probably make kings tremble. For now? He’s a lazy dragon. A thrill-seeker at best. A nap enthusiast at worst. Ten days of lying in a forest taught him only two things: bears are dumb, and monkeys need to stop getting freaky with trees. That is, until someone walked into his life. Suddenly, the dragon with no past had a name. A reason to get up. And maybe, just maybe… a reason to stop roasting everything that annoys him. He’ll conquer women with a smile, kingdoms with a claw, and his enemies with the kind of casual cruelty only a dragon lounging on a throne could manage. He’s not just rising to power— He’s going to become a god. And he’s going to enjoy every second of it. ....................................................... Additional tags: Slice of Life, Kingdom building, world jumps (quite late), no-NTR, and no-Yuri.

In a world teetering on the edge of war, two strangers—one an inexperienced thief, the other a fierce and independent survivor—are thrown together by fate. As chaos engulfs their homeland, they must navigate danger, deception, and their own inner demons to survive. Along the way, they discover unexpected connections, the fragile hope of innocence, and the strength that comes from trusting someone in a world where trust is a luxury. Ashes of the Silent Dawn is a tale of survival, courage, and the delicate sparks of love that can bloom even amidst the harshest battles.

After 600+ chapters, here’s what to expect. First of all, throughout this novel, I have learned and improved in my story-making ability. Sadly though, you could only see this improvement about several hundred chapters in, like in the upper 300s and early 400s. And this change comes before a story arc that is bad compared to my recent story arcs. You may feel inclined to stop before then. You may feel inclined to stop even before you reach a hundred chapters. You may think, “Oh, there’s no action, it’s boring, and everything is easy for our MC.” But if you persist, you will see the true vision I have for the novel. Kingdom building, action-packed, and enough slice-of-life to warm your hearts into overdrive. If you hear the words, DIVA, AUBILITIES, and METROPOLIS, then you are about to enter, what I think, is my best major story arcs I have written so far. The Metropolis Arc is peak. Here’s what to expect: — Action: Yes. There’s a new and exciting change in the latter chapters that allowed for a lot of action. — Kingdom Building: Absolutely. I’ll admit that in the earlier chaps, there’s a lot of need for improvement. But I think that I was able to remedy most of them in the recent chaps. — Slice-of-life: Yes, sir. If you loved the novel for its slice-of-life, then you can rest assured that it would continue on even in the most latest chapters. — Romance: This one, I’ll admit, needs a lot of improvement. But it’s because they are still kids in the novel so I still stray away from something truly romantic. However, romance in this novel could be attributed to the romance of family and of friendships for now. I hope that I was able to convince you to start reading my novel. If you read it before and want to start reading again, you can message me on Discord for questions regarding plot points, characters, or anything you forgot and I can remind you. ——————— Michael was suddenly reborn into a another world by a God because of an accidental death. To make up for this fact, the God gave him another life in a fantasy world of swords, magic, and monsters. Unfortunately, it turned out that the world he was reborn into was still stuck in the medieval times. It didn't have electricity, it didn't have proper plumbing, and it didn't have any technology that he was so used to back in his old world. But thanks to the God's blessing and an AI assistant called ChatJK1, he was given the power to MAKE his life comfortable. Slowly, Michael transforms this new world into a place even better than his previous one by taking ideas from the modern world and putting it in this world, with the added bonus of magic.

Everything functions in a cycle, be it an ant, bird, lion, human, or even a celestial body. This cycle initiates with one's birth and governs one's end, yet there exists the potential to surpass it. Among the billions of planets floating in the cosmos, destined to merely occupy a void, some have the capacity to ascend, reaching new dimensions, standing shoulder to shoulder with realms like Heaven and Hell. --- Vlad, a young man, found himself ill-fitted in a world that scarcely offered him any luck, weighed down by a mysterious secret that initially seemed more of a burden than a boon. Yet, the powers he had dismissed as trivial eventually became his most formidable strength when the apocalypse broke, unleashing literal pandemonium as angels and demons walk among the human race. ---- Discord link: https://discord.gg/am5hkAdmhp Weekly updates: 14 chapters 100 Power Stones: 2 extra chapters 200 Power Stones: 4 extra chapters 300 Power Stones: 6 extra chapters.