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In the Imperial Court, love is a liability and power is the only currency that matters. Seraphine Vale learned this too late in her first life, ending her days at the bottom of a lake on the orders of her husband, the cold and calculating Duke Dorian Ashveil. When she wakes up 365 days before her execution, Seraphine realizes she has been given a second chance—not just to live, but to destroy. Armed with the knowledge of every political scandal, every secret mistress, and every betrayal yet to happen, she begins a lethal game of social chess. She transforms from a docile puppet into a sharp-witted strategist, quietly aligning herself with Dorian’s rivals while maintaining the facade of a devoted spouse. However, the "butterfly effect" is real. As Seraphine changes the timeline, Dorian’s indifference turns into a dark, suffocating obsession. He becomes captivated by the new fire in her eyes, unaware that the woman sharing his bed is the architect of his ruin. As the anniversary of her death approaches, Seraphine must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting loyalties and a traitorous heart that threatens to forget the coldness of the water for the warmth of his flame.

(SI/No Meta/OCxNaruto endgame/full "reconstruction" of the entire franchise through Shippuden and Boruto) Bronze Winner – Webnovel Fanfic Fiesta! I died in the wrong forest…and woke up in Konoha, in the body of a girl. I was an anxious second-grader bleeding out in the woods. In this one I open my eyes in a hospital bed, as “Sylvie” – an orphan with no clan, no past, and a body that feels strangely more right than what I left behind. The village calls me just another stray, but one loud blond boy with whisker marks decides otherwise. I become Naruto’s first real friend...and, when Team 7 forms, the kunoichi standing where Sakura would have been. This is Naruto’s tale of never giving up. It’s also mine: the boy who died once, became a girl, and refused to let anyone face their nightmares alone. And in a village built on shadows and used to treating children as tools: staying together is a war of its own. [2026 Release Schedule: 1-2 chapters from Mon-Thurs (@8gmt and 14gmt), 2-3 chapters Fri-Sun (@8gmt, 14gmt, and 19gmt)] NIDARS theme song by me: https://on.soundcloud.com/XOtDcWuWry1im7aSyO

Additional Book Tags; Physicological, Cunning male lead, Game elements, gods, Anti hero, Suspense, Large World, Gaslighting. Synopsis At the end of it all, Dssal was the one who built Pantheon. "My felicitations to the Nameless God." The world would proclaim, if he'd lived long enough to hear it. December 24th, 2026 marked the start of everything: the day he stepped into Pantheon. Not as some chosen god, unfortunately —that chance was barely there. Pantheon was a cosmic horror game, one in which Dssal entered as cannon fodder, burdened with the miserable title of "Feeble Wanderer." Matter of fact assuming Alice wasn’t a regressor, there would be no story to tell today. After all, she'd failed ninety nine times until her current and last run. To the world continuum, a regressor was nothing special. A divine war among the Eight High Gods broke containment, and their chaos inevitably spilled from Cosmos into the real world. Earth could only survive if this impossible game was cleared—a matter of life and death of a version of the game which hadn't been cleared even without the war. Dssals predicament was almost impossible. Possibility only remained because to balance cause and effect Dssal was offered something different. The Eight High wields the power of manifestation, hence a new law emerged—one bound by a broken loophole: The User's Manual. Fallacy When inside Pantheon, by the Eight High's will, if developers and players alike believes Dssal (the creator) possessed something, the system would code it real—according to the manual. Falsehood could literally become a weapon. Dssal grinned when he heard it. This wasn't a power fantasy. This was the story of how the weakest Arcane Bearer alive lies, cheats, and claws his way through survival long enough to turn the end of the world into leverage. This is the story of How To Use A World's Apocalypse. --- A/N: The main story fully begins at chapter 11 btw and a full written volume of 101 chapters is already available hence do believe in this unrivalled authors consistency XD

Lydia Martin, a Null scentless and powerless defect in a world of dominant werewolves. Sold by her pack to settle a debt, she becomes the property of Damien Blackwood, a billionaire Alpha shrouded in terrifying rumors. He hasn’t shifted in a decade, and his winter cold eyes hold a secret more dangerous than his reputation. Damien didn’t buy her for submission. He bought her for her silence. As his personal lab assistant, Lydia handles the cursed serum that keeps his monstrous transformation at bay. But when her latent Omega power, a force that can calm or command any wolf awakens, their transactional hellscape ignites. Now, the man who owns her needs her to survive, and the pack that discarded her wants her dead. In a war between ancient curses and stolen power, Lydia must choose to either break the Alpha who bought her or save the man who might be her fated mate.

I rose to the throne through slaughter, bringing death across countless realms, I am a God who slaughters pantheons, an ancient evil that seeps into the material world. I am a demon, a void-born who walks between worlds.

Evan has carried the weight of Elara’s death like a shadow over his soul. A sketchbook becomes both his refuge and his curse, a place where her memory lingers too vividly. When his parents push him toward therapy, Evan expects judgment and hollow advice—but he doesn’t expect Riley, a wild, unpredictable presence who challenges everything Evan thought he knew about healing. Between grief, anger, and reluctant hope, Evan must confront the past that haunts him and face a future that might just surprise him.

Trust me, this is not your regular repititive smut romance; When Benjamin Mark dies a lonely virgin after a lifetime of work and illness, mischievous gods grant him a steamy second chance in the fantasy world of Elyndor. Reborn with a handsome new body, infinite stamina, and a cheeky System designed to help him “enjoy life,” Benjamin stumbles into the hidden paradise of Verdant Spire—an ancient forest enclave inhabited solely by fierce, voluptuous Amazon warriors. These proud women, who normally venture out only to seek temporary mates, have never allowed a man to live among them… until now. Rescued and claimed by the passionate scout Sara, Benjamin quickly discovers that his arrival is seen as a divine gift. With the System unlocking tantalizing new abilities with every intimate encounter, he becomes the cherished center of an eager, all-female tribe—from attentive warriors to the commanding Queen herself. In a village where strength, beauty, and desire rule, one reincarnated man is about to fulfill every unspoken regret of his past life… one breathless night at a time. A sinful isekai harem fantasy of reincarnation, endless stamina, and the ultimate male wish-fulfillment. There's some Yuri in some chapters. I made sure to tag the chapters where I suddenly add some trope. The bonus chapters are where I dive deeper into some plots, and exploring world building, without slowing down the main story. Skip it if you only want Benjamin's journey, because there you might find flashbacks of other characters and history, which could include gore, NTR for other characters, or other things concerning the world building. Readers who skip bonuses still get the exclusive pure harem/power fantasy ride, while those who read them, who like the entire plot above smut, get richer side stories. I repeat, do not spend coins on bonus chapters if you only want Benjamin's journey and power fantasy. If you want a whole epic saga, then dive into the bonuses too and enjoy the story. Core harem (Amazons who love/claim the MC, fairies like Clay who confess, sluts who abandon old lives for him) stays 100% loyal—no desires elsewhere, and no cheating. That's the promise I made. If you're looking for 100% exclusive loyalty from the actual love interests, it's all there—no worries. I appreciate the support from everyone enjoying the ride!

I gave six years of my life to a man who promised me forever only to be betrayed on the eve of our wedding. Cast out by my own family, pregnant and unwanted, I thought I had lost everything. But when the shadows closed in, another man appeared one who swore to protect me even if it cost him his life. He’s dangerous, infuriating, and nothing like the prince I once dreamed of. Yet every time he bleeds for me, every time he stands between me and the world, I start to wonder— Did I truly lose everything that night… or did I find something far more powerful? Now Jethro wants me back, my family calls me a disgrace, and the child I carry has become a prize everyone is willing to fight for. They think I’m broken. Disposable. Helpless. But they’re about to learn... I may have been betrayed, but I refuse to be destroyed.

In ancient Mesopotamia, where empires are carved into stone and gods shape the fate of men, a new power begins to rise. Naram-Sin, heir to the first empire in history, walks a path between man and god… between order and destruction. As civilizations clash, monsters build kingdoms, and demons whisper temptation, one truth becomes clear: The world does not need a hero. It needs ruler…and the ruler was the first tyrant ever known in history .

Wish thought that if she ever got a second chance at life, she would at least wake up in a better story. A spoiled princess. A doomed villainess on the path to redemption. A heroine adored by powerful husbands. Anything would have been fine. That's how stories were supposed to work. Instead, fate—and whatever twisted cosmic editor writes destinies—casts her in the one role she should never have been reborn into: the fat, ugly, unwanted maiden chosen for sacrifice. She awakens in a body mocked by her tribe, pitied by her parents, and avoided by every man. In a world where beast forms define worth, hers is a joke—a puff-fluff fox, a useless cotton cloud that couldn't frighten a butterfly. Worse still, she is the doomed extra whose sole purpose was to die during the Mating Moon Ritual—her death the trigger that allowed the real female lead, a beautiful, weak princess, to earn the devotion of the four almighty beast deities. The Wind Deity—hot-headed, wild, and dangerously unpredictable. The Solar Deity—arrogant, playful, and impossibly radiant. The Sky Deity—silent, calm, and shrouded in mystery. The Night Deity—cold, calculating, and merciless. Except Wish doesn't die. And her survival breaks everything. The plot stutters. Events twist. Characters act wrong. The world itself seems to notice her refusal to disappear—and begins trying to correct the mistake. Now hunted by fate and trapped in a society where beauty is worshipped, mating marks define destiny, and the weak are meant to be sacrificed, Wish is given one impossible condition for survival: She must derail the story completely. The only way to do that is to draw the attention of the four beings the world revolves around—creatures meant to be untouchable, distant, and divine. One is bound to her by a ritual that should have killed her. One meets her with hostility instead of fate. One sees her existence as a threat that must be erased. One should be incapable of feeling anything at all. They were never meant to notice her. The story was never meant to let her live. So how is she supposed to survive a world that measures worth by beauty and power, when she is fat, unwanted, powerless—and armed with nothing but a useless fluffy fox? Can she break the story that wants her dead? Or will she die exactly as the plot demands?

“I Wished for Power… But Woke Up as a Delicate Dark Elf Boy in the Deepest Hell Dungeon, And the First Monster Ate My ARM! (Weak to God-Class Revenge Grind Starts NOW!)” Kurosawa Shizuka was a fragile femboy who hated his reflection—which was soft and pretty, and utterly weak. One desperate night, he whispered a wish for real strength and it was answered with the ultimate troll. Reborn as a cave-born dark elf boy in the Labyrinth of Armageddon’s Level 490, he starts at Level 1 with trash stats with a dead dark elf rotting beside him. But a mysterious old man dumped him with two broken unique skills: [Comprehension] and [Consumer]. He had nothing else. His first fight is with a big lizard that nearly kills him, gaining Poison Fangs, Poison Claws, and Night Vision while tasting pure rotten-egg regret. But the real nightmare hits when a Level 100 Armageddon Cat strolls in, and casually rips off his arm like it’s a chicken wing… and eats it right in front of him. Now one-armed, bleeding out, and burning with pure hatred, Adam (his new “True Name”) swears vengeance: “I will eat YOU too… and take everything!” From pathetic Level 1 weakling to devouring god-slayer destined to kill Satan himself, this is the brutal, no-holds-barred survival grind where every bite makes him stronger… or breaks him forever. Will he evolve into a monster beyond imagination? Or become just another forgotten corpse in the dark dungeon? If you love Solo Leveling’s “only I level up” system + Kumo Desu ga’s spider-eat-or-be-eaten desperation + raw rage-fueled revenge… you NEED to read this!

This story is all about a guy who is having an identity crisis because of his template. And he's in marvel, so...have fun reading. ... Author's Note: This is my own version of marvel, like an au. I've never read any comics, but I do love the marvel movies. As for any marvel series, I only watched Loki, and Moon Knight. Yep, big fan of those two. English isn't my first language, and about the Political Science Student stuff, that's a fact. So, I'm like really busy, the grading system in my country is like...well. But anyways, I write in my free time. Question is, do I have a whole ass chunk of chapters at my disposal? Nope. Am I going to keep writing? Maybe. This is sort of me practicing on how to focus on one thing. I have problems with like, focusing on stuff. I want it done, but my mind just wanders off. So expect that once you read this, it might take even a year for me just to update this.

Deep inside the Western Ghats, something is wrong. Villagers whisper about strange things happening in the forest. People go in... and return different. When three strangers arrive for completely different reasons - urban planning, wildlife research, and supervision - none of them expect the forest to be anything more than quiet wilderness. But the deeper they go, the more unsettling the forest becomes. Some places are not meant to be disturbed. And some forests do not welcome visitors.

WARNING :There will be adult scenes such as violence or sexual content. "Love? How foolish. It's all just a lie. There's no such thing as love, and it was created only to make foolish people like you believe." That's what a woman, the daughter of a notorious mafia boss, believed. There was no such thing as love in her dictionary of life, until a man came along and destroyed that dictionary. "Then let me show you something more interesting than love, ginger." Dominic Lawrence, a billionaire and the number one mafia boss in Dormania, fell in love with the daughter of another mafia family, Valeria Scarlett. A woman who had a reputation as the Angel of Death's lover because of her cruelty. Despite that, she was trapped in an arranged marriage with a man she didn't know at all. At least that's what she thought at the time. Because in reality, she had forgotten about him. Despite being constantly rejected, the mafia boss never backed down. He would do anything to get her. "You belong to me, ginger. From the first time I saw you. And if I can't have you, then no one can." -His Arranged Obsession- He chose her long before the contract was signed

Ahkun was never meant to enter the Aniverse. Born on Luminara, a hidden star planet steeped in secrecy, he is a solitary prodigy of black magic, his only companions a world of anime and games that sharpened his mind with strategy. But everything changes when he is pulled into the Aniverse, a multiverse created by the vanished God Kenzo Prime. Six Sister Planets send their strongest representatives to compete, each wielding unique powers amplified by Soul Tokens — mystical fragments that enhance strength, intelligence, and magical prowess. The reward? To become the next Prime, ruler of all worlds. As an outsider, Ahkun’s black magic and cunning make him unpredictable. Yet the Aniverse conceals a hidden purpose: Kenzo designed it to find a vessel strong enough to host his brother Nobu’s fading consciousness — a godlike power no ordinary being could contain. In a battlefield of strategy, power, and forbidden magic, Ahkun must collect Soul Tokens, survive deadly planetary trials, outwit formidable rivals, and uncover the truth that the greatest danger may not be the Aniverse itself, but the gods who shaped it.

In a world of warriors where gods and mighty warriors exist An orphan boy is born into this cycle and he aspires to becoming the strongest of warriors 'A JUSTICE'. He encounters various cruel wars with friends and warmates What faith awaits Huji on his journey on the battlefield.

An actor with a system that allows him to don on infinite number of identities. --- Carter Hayes, a method actor of the 21st century died while saving a kidnapped girl from a gang of criminals. Instead of heaven or hell, his soul was snatched to the Prime World, a realm that governs over countless smaller dimensions. He became an expendable for a minor faction called Cyber Runner. This multiverse, however, had another plan for him. At the moment of arrival, he had awakened the Infinite Skin System. [HOST FOUND] [INFINITE SKIN SYSTEM ACTIVATED] [ELDRITCH KNIGHT ACQUIRED] [ELDRITCH KNIGHT: THE KILLER OF TERROR] Carter was thrown into a world full of monsters. But he had no worries, with Eldritch Knight, he leveled the entire horror world. Then he jumped dimensions. There was an endless amount of dimensions in Prime World. Dimension of the Mystic Arts. Dimension of Medieval Adventurers. Dimension of Futuristic Dystopian. Dimemsion of Magical Fairy Tales. And many more. Carter stood on top of them all with his smooth face with no characteristic. He smiled and picked a dimesion he liked. His hand casted over his face, changing his appearance and powers. "The world is my stage. The people are characters on a script. The skins are my roles. I have more names than there are stars. I have more titles than there are worlds. I am the Blank Space, Lord of Destiny, the Wandering Sage. I am Insidius, the Third Wind, and Devourer of Flesh. My sword is the Prisoner. My wand is the Light-Bearer. My knife is the Dark-Chaser. I am the First Man, the Tragic One, and Truth-Seeker. I am Carter Hayes."

The veil is weakened and modern Japan is now swarming with demons that can't be killed with conventional weapons. Luckily the existence of sorcerers within the country gave the country a fighting chance until a certain boy got thrown in the crossfire. Reno Enma awakened with a system that had been the reason for his family's death. Born to a fallen demon king, he became pariah in the eyes of both demons and guild leaders alike, he progresses and discovers abilities that might tie to humanity's survival in the end. Will he eventually become the problem or the solution? ________________________________ Note: As a fervent fan of anime, this books' themes are derived from Solo leveling and Jujutsu kaisen. Other themes inspired within are from other novels. If you're also a fan of the aforementioned anime then this is a novel worthy of your time. PS: There will be some bad languages and some explicit scenes.