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I, David_okafor, am the author of this story and I am cross-posting it to Royal Road under the username David. K. As darkness spreads, the forces of good scramble to preserve what little order remains. But salvation doesn’t come from the righteous. It comes from a fallen one. Once a son of Lucifer and cast down during the battle of Armageddon, he was spared destruction and granted a second chance—not for redemption, but for duty. With his divine powers bound in celestial chains, he must earn back fragments of his former strength by protecting the very world he once sought to destroy. Now, Earth’s only hope is a being neither fully good nor truly evil. A force untamed. A soul unhinged. 2 chapters per day Bonus chapters will be given based on the number of power stones donated by the end of the week. Vote with power stones Give reviews, suggestions, and encouragement in the comment box Happy reading!

What Lives Beneath the Veil --- She smiles. You trust her. That is your first mistake. Your last mistake is breathing. --- THE PREMISE Every monster wears a mask. The most dangerous ones wear innocence. Princess Liora Veyne is born without a soul. No one notices. Not her family. Not her kingdom. Not the countless victims who will one day die smiling because she told them everything would be fine. She learns early: the world trusts a sweet face. So she gives them one. Eyes wide. Voice soft. Smile gentle. The perfect princess. The harmless girl. The last thing you will ever see. Behind the mask: centuries of blood. --- THE CURSE Her 101st victim does not die quietly. He dies cursing. No lover will ever satisfy you. You will crave endlessly—always hungry, never full. Every person who touches you will become your next sacrifice. The curse does not break her. It perfects her. Now she hunts differently. Not with violence. With seduction. Every willing body becomes a ritual. Every night of pleasure becomes a countdown to death. She traps them with charm, consumes them with hunger, and adds their power to her own. The craving never stops. Neither does she. --- THE CYCLE Across centuries, they come. Heroes. Warriors. Chosen ones. They gather their allies. They forge their weapons. They believe—foolishly, beautifully—that this time will be different. It is never different. She defeats them all. Not in battle. In trust. She learns their names. Their hopes. Their weaknesses. She becomes whatever they need—a friend, a lover, a savior—and destroys them when they are too broken to fight back. Their bodies fuel her immortality. Their screams become her lullaby. And the mask never slips. --- THE HORROR She watches kingdoms burn. Empires crumble. Stars die. She adapts. Evolves. Wears new faces in every era. Medieval castles. Industrial cities. Digital worlds. The future. The mask changes. The hunger does not. She is immortal. Insatiable. Unstoppable. And no one knows. Not the heroes who die trying to stop her. Not the families who weep at her "tragic" funerals. Not the world that calls her good. The veil has never lifted. It never will. --- THE TRUTH This is not a story about redemption. The villainess does not learn to love. The curse does not break. The heroes do not win. This is a story about failure. Eternal, absolute, hopeless failure. Every hero falls. Every lover dies. Every attempt to stop her makes her stronger. The cycle has no end. The hunger has no cure. The mask has no crack. She walks among you now. She smiles at you now. And you will never, ever know. --- "She has been wearing the veil for a thousand years. You will never see what lives beneath." --- End of Synopsis CONTENT WARNING: This series contains explicit sexual violence, human sacrifice, psychological torture, murder of innocent characters (including children and family members), ritualistic killing, and extreme horror. No character is safe. Read at your own risk.

What if love never looked the same way twice? In this world, love does not follow rules. It does not knock before it enters. It does not wait for the right time, the right person, or the right circumstances. It simply ...arrives. Sometimes loudly. Sometimes in a whisper so soft you almost miss it. A Thousand Ways to Love is a collection of stories that dare to ask.... what does love really look like? It looks like two strangers sharing one umbrella in the rain and realizing they never want to walk alone again. It looks like a boy who lied to his professor just to spend one hour in a library with a girl who reads devastating books and won't admit she cried. It looks like first glances and last chances. Like missed calls and midnight conversations. Like the person you didn't choose but somehow couldn't live without. Every volume is a new story. Every chapter is a new heartbeat. Every love is different messy and beautiful and completely, unapologetically real. Some will make you hold your chest and wonder how words can hurt so sweetly. Some will make you look at the person beside you and think oh. It's you. It was always you. This is not just a romance collection. This is every kind of love you have ever felt, ever feared, ever wanted. Welcome to A Thousand Ways to Love. Your story is in here somewhere. I promise.

Clay gained a memory that suggests he reincarnated as a minor villain in a unique blend of Eastern and Western fantasy. He ran away and refused his fate, losing the Ultimate Villain System. For choosing his own destiny, he was instead given an incomplete Harem Pampering System as a compensation that enhances his strength as long as he is spoiled by the members of his harem. He used it on his maids, as they are the ones who naturally serve him daily. However, what happens when each of his maids turn out to be Final Villainesses connected to the fate he ran away from? And what if they could hear his thoughts because of the system defect? And now, running away from his fate, he had unknowingly taken a path far worse than he was originally meant to be.

She was once untouchable—the golden girl everyone admired. But one night of betrayal shattered everything, and the man she ruined? He became the Alpha CEO everyone feared. Now, years later, fate has trapped her in the ultimate nightmare: he’s her husband… and he’s married her for revenge. Cold, calculating, and impossibly powerful, he knows all her secrets—and he won’t hesitate to make her pay for every misstep. But revenge is never simple. As their fiery arguments turn into stolen glances, and punishments into forbidden desires, she realizes that the man she betrayed… may be the only one who can ever truly see her. With a past full of mistakes and a future tangled in passion, she must navigate betrayal, power, and temptation—before love consumes them both. Enemies, lovers, and everything in between—how far will she go to survive… and how far will he go to claim her?

What happens when you're the most precious daughter of a Mafia kingpin one moment, and the next, you find yourself in an underworld black market, about to be auctioned off like cattle to a bunch of dangerous Dons like your father? This was the situation Lucrezia found herself. Born in a crime world that was against her personal values, she finds herself learning to accept things she never believed would be normal for her. By day, she was a surgeon, saving lives with good hands and a disciplined heart but by night, she was the daughter of the most feared Mafia Don in Montoverra, a city ruled by violence and blood-stained power. However, everything shatters the night her father is executed in their mansion. The Alexandro estate is betrayed and destroyed, sending the underworld into chaos and being the only child of the mafia king, Lucrezia is captured. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the black market her father once controlled, thrown onto an auction stage like property. Just when she is almost sold to an old man thrice her age, "Two hundred million dollars!" Someone bids an outrageously high price for her, breaking the black market's records. She barely sees the buyer right there, only a pair of dark eyes trained on her and she is quickly brought to a mansion, twice the size of her father's estate. No one in Montoverra had an estate bigger than her father's so who was this mysterious man? She had expected torture, degradation and death but Instead, she finds something worse. Her captor is Maverick Vale—the new Don and godfather of the criminal world… But also the boy her father once adopted...only he no longer served her– he owned her. Now trapped inside the enemy’s mansion, Lucrezia must survive the man who bought her while uncovering the truth behind her father’s assassination. Because in this world, love is a weakness… And the most dangerous thing a Don can desire… Is the daughter of a past mafia king, whose blood lies in his hands.

She was never meant to be there. One wrong step, one desperate decision… and she ends up on a stage where people don’t bid on art—but on people. When the final price is called, the room goes silent. Because the man who bought her… isn’t just powerful. He’s dangerous. Cold. Untouchable. Feared. And now, she belongs to him. That same night, he takes her away—not with cruelty, but with a control that’s far more terrifying. He doesn’t force her. He doesn’t need to. Because the way he looks at her… makes it impossible to run. But the deeper she falls into his world, the more she realizes—She wasn’t chosen by accident. And the man who bought her? He has no intention of ever letting her go.

For years, Jensen endured abuse in silence. The beatings, humiliation and powerlessness of having everything you work for taken away... He experienced it all. Until the day something inside him finally broke and that day, he awakened. Not just one path... but three. Body, Mind and Creation. Gifted with terrifying talent and a heart already hardened by suffering, Jensen quickly realizes that talent alone is not enough in a world ruled by strength. Survival demands more than power. It demands cruelty. His path takes a dark turn when he stumbles upon an ancient inheritance — the Legacy of the Primal Vampyres, one of the most feared races ever, erased by the universe itself. Blood becomes his weapon. Space bends at his will. Minds shatter beneath his gaze. As Jensen uncovers the buried truth of a fallen civilization and the sealed history of the Primal Races, he begins to understand something far more dangerous: The universe maintains balance. And he was never meant to exist. Hunted by fate, envied by geniuses, and feared by allies, Jensen walks a path without redemption. This is not the story of a hero. This is the rise of something far worse. Follow Jensen as he climbs from the lowest rank of mortals toward the absolute peak... even if the world must burn for him to reach it. (A.N: Yes, there are a ton of crazy stuff going on in here I plan to make him as evil as possible)

Seungho Jeon was a corporate analyst who lived by numbers until a delivery truck turned him into the third prince of the Demonic Cult. While the original protagonist, Cheon Yeo-woon, receives futuristic nanomachines to become a hero, Seungho is bound to the Demonic Orthodoxy Inversion System (DOIS)—an ancient, sentient artifact that feeds on moral decay and broken bonds. To survive the cutthroat succession war, he must utilize Nanomachine Infection Parasitism to bridge the gap between his occult corruption and Yeo-woon's high-tech evolution. In a world of qi and martial honor, Seungho is a virus in human skin, treating the cult's hierarchy like a hostile takeover where the only dividend is survival. He isn't here to win the throne fairly; he's here to ensure that when the "Heavenly Demon" finally rises, he owns the soul of the god.

At the age of eighteen, every human is forced into a Trial World where their fate is decided. Rise above destiny, and you become an elite revered by all. Fail, and you are reduced to nothing more than a servant in a world ruled by power. Li Chang’an was given a doomed life from the very beginning. Reincarnated into a weak and dying body, surrounded by enemies and destined for failure, he should have been forgotten like countless others. But everything changes the moment he awakens the Limitless Ascension System. Every skill he learns evolves. Every technique he touches transcends its limits. Every battle pushes him beyond what should be possible. While others climb step by step, he breaks through boundaries endlessly. From a powerless nobody to a being that stands above worlds, Li Chang’an begins a path of endless ascension. Yet, the higher he rises, the more he realizes— The Trials are not meant to create heroes. They are meant to control them. And this time, someone has appeared who refuses to be controlled.

Novel Synopsis Born without the ability to cultivate, Xiao Chen is treated as less than human. With blocked meridians and a missing dantian, he is abandoned by the world and forced to beg on the streets with his little sister, Xiao Mei. But when Xiao Mei dies from hunger in his arms, Xiao Chen's grief turns into hatred. On a lonely mountain peak, he buries the only family he has left and curses the heavens for their cruelty. He swears that if he is ever given the power, he will one day tear Heaven itself apart. That same night, something falls from the sky. An ancient existence known as the Imperial Dragon Origin chooses Xiao Chen as its new host. For the first time in his life, the boy who could not cultivate is given a chance. A chance to recreate his dantian. A chance to walk the path of cultivation. A chance to rise against the very heavens that abandoned him. But as Xiao Chen grows stronger, he slowly discovers terrifying truths hidden within his bloodline, the true reason his dantian was removed, and the secret behind the so-called Heavens themselves. In a world where talent rules all, can a broken boy armed with nothing but hatred, willpower, and the Imperial Dragon Origin truly defy fate? Or will he be crushed beneath the very heavens he swore to destroy?

[Mature Content] [18+ Only] [Smut] **** “Nathan…” Maddison murmured sweetly, her voice soft, almost playful. “Ashley’s been clinging to you over that mating ceremony lately… doesn’t it exhaust you?” “Baby…” Nathan’s voice dropped, low and rough, laced with disdain. “Let’s not waste our time talking about someone so irrelevant while we’re enjoying ourselves.” A cold smirk tugged at his lips. “You know those promises I made to her meant nothing.” His tone turned darker, almost amused. “I said them just to watch her hope… just so I could rip it away from her tomorrow.” His gaze hardened. “I want her to stand there and watch it happen—watch with her own eyes who would become my Luna.” His hand slid around Maddison’s waist, pulling her firmly against him, possessive and certain. “It was always you. Only you.” A flicker of anger crossed his face, sharp and unforgiving. “I’ll make her regret the day she was born. If that disgusting woman she calls a mother hadn’t switched you at the hospital, none of this would’ve happened. You—the true Alpha’s daughter—wouldn’t have wasted eighteen years suffering while that impostor lived in your place.” He let out a quiet scoff, thick with contempt. “If things had been right from the start, you would’ve grown up beside me… as my future bride.” Nathan brushed Maddison’s hair aside, his voice dropping into something darker, colder. “All we’re doing now… is correcting a mistake.” His lips curved faintly. “She can drown in her misery while the entire pack turns its back on her…” His grip on Maddison tightened slightly. “…and you take the place that’s always been yours.” *** After Ashley was exposed as the fake Alpha’s daughter, her world collapsed overnight. The people who once adored her turned cold, one by one—including Nathan, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. He didn’t just abandon her; he played along, pretending to go through with the mating ceremony, only to use it as a stage to humiliate her and publicly claim Maddison—the true Alpha’s daughter—as his mate. It was his way of proving that without her title, Ashley was nothing. They expected her to stay. To bow her head, accept the blame, and atone for a “sin” that was never hers. But they forgot how far they had pushed her. After enduring Maddison’s cruelty and torture, Ashley chose to run. She left everything behind and, in time, found someone else—someone far removed from the life that had broken her. By the time Nathan realized the truth of his own feelings, that it had always been Ashley, it was already too late. She had entered a contract marriage with the Monster Duke, and Nathan even took part in sending her to someone else's bed. Nathan thought she would regret it. Thought she would come back. But he was wrong, and regret drowned him. Now, he wanted her back and would do anything to make it happen, but would Ashley's husband allow it?

In a world where kingdoms rise on pride and heroes are worshipped as legends, one man walks a different path—not to conquer, not to rule, but to erase. Michael Varkhal is not a savior, nor a tyrant seeking a throne. He is something far worse—a man born from betrayal, shaped by cruelty, and driven by a single, merciless truth: the world that created him deserves to be destroyed. Once, he was human. Once, he believed. But the same society that preached honor branded him and his kin as traitors, slaughtered his family, and buried the truth beneath power and lies. What remained was not a victim… but a force of reckoning. With a mind sharper than any blade and a will that bends even monsters, Michael does not wage war like kings or heroes. He whispers. He manipulates. He turns allies into enemies and cities into graveyards—watching as pride, greed, and fear consume humanity from within. Entire guilds slaughter each other. Nations crumble without ever knowing his name. At his side walks a group of broken souls—each bound not by loyalty, but by shared ruin. Together, they move toward one inevitable destination: the heart of power itself. But among the countless lives he has shattered stands one who refuses to break—Yelena. A woman who has every reason to hate him, for he is the one who burned her homeland, who turned her world into ash, who stole everything she once held dear. Yet, despite her hatred, she remains bound to him… because to Michael, she is not just another victim. She is the only thing in this collapsing world he refuses to destroy. Not out of mercy— But obsession. As ancient forces stir and the mysterious Children of the Abyss emerge from the shadows, the world begins to realize a terrifying truth— This is not a story about stopping a villain. This is the story of a villain who cannot be stopped. Because Michael Varkhal does not seek victory. He seeks annihilation.

Accept the eternal suffering, or to break heaven itself? "I died again then again and again. They called me villain, called me evil, as i was just a stepping stone in their path to heavens. But why should I accept it? Why not i became the monster they called me, why not i became the evil the fear, why not become a real villan!" In a world where the fate system decides who lives and who dies, Zhao yang was never meant to win. He was trapped as a tutorial villain, killed by fated children again and again, he existed only to make them stronger. But when corruption becomes his only path to freedom, he takes it without hesitation. Between being Heaven's puppet while forging his own fate, Zhao yang has made his choice. Even if it means dragging every fated one into darkness with him. ---------- Not trying to waste your time so I will give you a little info here. This is cultivation world where both mc and other chosen one have system. Growth in mc's thinking, change in his behaviour. First pov used ( 80%) and third pov (20%). He believes in gender and age equality.

Zakra had everything money could buy. He was young, wealthy, and successful, yet he felt nothing but an endless, suffocating boredom. His only escape was history. He spent his days reading about Alexander the Great and Napoleon, constantly wondering what it would feel like to be them. What does it feel like to conquer nations? What does it feel like to rule the world? Be careful what you wish for. One afternoon, just seconds after stepping out of a café, a blinding white light consumed his city. A nuclear strike ended his boring life in an instant. But death was not the end. Zakra opens his eyes to find himself in a strange new world, inhabiting the body of a Tyrant Emperor on the brink of destruction. He is surrounded by enemies, magic, and political intrigue. Will he build a massive Harem and Conquerd the world? Hell yeah, he will baby! you will find, harem, war, narsistic character, politic, long time ago before forsaken starfall

Ah! Reincarnation! A second chance at life, it's a perfect opportunity isn't it? Wrong Between a disability that makes him so weak that his parents want to abandon him in the street, a war building up, and not even knowing which world he's in, Jeremy would say you're wrong. Reincarnating is an horrible experience. And he STILL doesn't know in which world he's in! _______ Kiiiind of slow burn, of course in the world of naruto but the protagonist will take some time to figure that out. Pretty dark too. Doing this story to train my writing.

Webnovel Power Stone Ranking Results as of April 19, 2026! TOP 65! I’ll release one additional chapter tomorrow. Thank you for voting, dear readers! Please vote for this novel again this week for more bonus chapters! Have a great day and stay safe, everyone! ^_^ WebNovel Spirity Awards 2026 First Entry Book Link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/34709131300072805 W E B N O V E L webnovel.com its about a man who just wants to teach students and disciples and yet inexplicably lots of goddesses and fairies and beautiful maidens enter his life in the most unexpected fashion. ^_^ better and longer synopsis: Lin Feng had a simple dream. Fall in love, get married, maybe have a couple of kids, and complain about life like a normal person. Reality disagreed. At twenty-five, he had confessed to one hundred girls and been rejected by every single one. “Sorry, you’re a good guy, but…” “You’re more like a brother to me…” “I think you deserve someone better.” He had heard every variation. Every excuse. Every polite rejection that stabbed just as sharply as a blunt knife. By the end of it, Lin Feng no longer feared failure. He expected it. After a night of drowning his sorrows, he woke up in a cultivation world. And somehow… he became a teacher again. “Mentor Lin Feng, could you guide me?” Lin Feng stood frozen. Because surrounding him were not ordinary women, but goddesses, fairies, and proud maidens whose beauty could topple kingdoms. He looked up at the heavens, his expression complicated. “…Are you messing with me?” He clenched his fist. “No. I didn’t come here for romance.” “I just want to teach.” The heavens, however… Had other plans. Update Schedule Daily Updates: One chapter per day Power Stone Ranking Goals Top 100: Additional 1 chapter (release weekend) Top 50: Additional 2 chapters (release weekend) Top 25: Additional 3 chapters (release weekend) Top 10: Additional 4 chapters (release weekend) Top 1: Additional 5 chapters (release weekend) Please note that any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, real world events, or locales is purely coincidental and unintentional. The characters, places, and incidents portrayed in this work of fiction are products of the author's imagination. Discord: https://discord.gg/mXMRjzF I used AI-generated images for my characters. If any of them resemble known female characters from anime or fiction, please contact me privately on Discord and I'll replace said images. No copyright infringement is intended. Thank you!

"If you want to kill me, you’ll have to survive me first." On one side, we have Cilian Vane. He is an Alpha to the core, and not just an Alpha. He is a fox-eyed bastard who plays chess with people's lives with a smile. And then on the other side, we have Ren Pierce. He is an Omega slave from a fallen mafia family, and now he has one goal: to live long enough to drive a knife through Cillian’s heart. One wants to tease his captive to death. The other wants to strangle his 'master' to death. In this violent relationship between a lethal Alpha and a defiant Omega, the air is thick with pheromones and hatred. In a house where every 'kind' gesture is a trap, only one will come out on top. What will prevail? Is it love, or hate?

"Caged bird, who wishes to fly high, are you awake?" "Ugh… Where?" I mumbled, the words violently tearing from my throat as searing pain rippled through my veins. "Don't scream, little bird. You have no need for a voice now that I'm here." Once a proud young man, his past stripped away and his true name lost, Evernight awakens in a world where divine light hides an endless void of despair. In this twisted realm of power, monsters, and forgotten gods, survival demands sacrifice. Humanity is a weakness. Mercy is a death sentence. To rise in this hellscape, Evernight must abandon the man he once was and embrace the only two paths that remain. Order. Or Decay. Angelic Ascension follows the tale of Evernight, a Pseudo Deity who has been forced into an ongoing war between two deities fighting for supremacy. But as he travels further, he begins to realise it isn't so simple as one side is bad and the other good. Both are corrupted to the brink, and as he fights for the freedom of all angels under Order's Tyranny. A single thought begins to pollute his mind to destroy the infection before it infects everything good in this world of terror.