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As a young lady from a very humble beginning, after marrying her crush, a man of her dreams, Ishtar thought that life was smoothly moving exactly how she calculated, not until another woman _ the true love of her husband resurfaced. And now, once a calm way of life, filled with a beautiful love story and legit wealth, along the way became a tough game of survival for her. When hush life tides kicked her out of her marriage with a three days old new-born _ all the way to finding herself become an assassin when she's left with amnesia and she cannot remember how she got hurt, only heavens were to have her back.

In a world where the sun has become an ancient legend, and the earth is plunged into darkness filled with nightmarish creatures, survival is an everyday battle between life and death. Everyone who enters the Sacred Land on the day of their coming of age receives a single chance to obtain supernatural power. Among all possible rewards, the most desirable is considered to be a powerful ancient heritage that grants incredible physical strength, invulnerability, and other legendary abilities. Fire, on the other hand, is considered an ordinary and even mediocre power. Li Wei, who has transmigrated into this body from the Blue Star, faces a choice. When two options appear before him — the ability to control flames or the rarest “Perfect Physique” — he, without hesitation, chooses the second. At that very moment, a wave of ridicule and contempt from the entire school crashes down on him. “Choosing the most useless physique instead of fire? This guy has definitely gone crazy!” “Haha, what an idiot! Now he’s just a piece of useless meat!” “The dumbest choice in the history of mankind!” After all, in a world where the sun disappeared hundreds of years ago, the “Perfect Physique,” which was once considered the strongest, has lost all its value. Without sunlight, it has turned into a joke. Everyone is sure that Li Wei has made a fatal mistake and doomed himself to a miserable existence. However, no one knows one important secret. Li Wei did not come from this world. And his knowledge is completely different. What if the “most useless” choice actually turns out to be the strongest?

After The Cataclysm, the world was no longer the same. Dungeons appeared across the globe, releasing monsters that pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. That was until the Summoners awakened. Humans capable of using mana and summoning monsters became the new protectors of society, and slowly a new world was built. But this new world was ruthless. Strength determined status and Talent decided the future. The powerful ruled, while the weak were left behind. Clans rose to dominance, academies trained future summoners, and rankers became symbols of power in every city. In this world where only the awakened matter, Verso who was rejected by mana is forced to carve his own path with his Mysterious Evolution System.

Since the death of his parents in the war, Reynold mindset changed as he vowed to get into the riders Academy. His mission is to graduate at the academy and begin his journey to solve the mystery behind his parents death and reclaim his family property.

Rebirth + Era + 1960's - Femine + System Space + Military + Powerful Male protogonist At seventy-eight years old, she died with nothing but regret. Only at the end of her life did she learn the cruel truth— the world she had struggled through was nothing more than a novel. And she… was cannon fodder. Her father, once a Squad leader, was falsely branded a traitor and executed. Her three brilliant elder brothers were crushed one by one, stepping stones for the novel’s so-called “female lead.” Her family’s blood paved the road to the heroine’s glory. She could only watch helplessly as the heroine’s family prospered while hers was destroyed. Powerless. Broken. Too late. But fate was not finished with her. A falling flowerpot ended her life— and opened her eyes once more. 1958. She is thirteen years old again. Her parents are alive. Her brothers are alive. Everything has not yet begun. In the turbulent 1960s era, she awakens with memories of her previous life and an unexpected System Space that grants her resources and hidden advantages. This time, she will not be cannon fodder. She will not allow her family to be sacrificed. She will not let the so-called heroine step on their corpses to rise. Amid famine, political storms, and the shifting tides of the era, she quietly builds strength, gathers supplies within her mysterious space, and protects her family step by step. And standing in the shadows of the military compound is a powerful, sharp-eyed man— a future commander whose destiny was never meant to intertwine with hers. In her previous life, he stood at the peak of power. In this life, he watches her change everything. This time— She will become the author of her own fate. (Original) PS-: The Story is taking place in the parallel world, so although the historical events are same, characters are fiction.

**This book is participating in the Webnovel Spirit Awards for the first time. please do check it out there.** One night. One betrayal. One ruthless savior. In a single night, Evelyn Meyers went from the city’s Golden Heiress to a homeless outcast. Her fiancé didn’t just break her heart, he shattered her world. Framed by her best friend and waking up in the bed of a cold-blooded stranger, Evelyn’s nightmare was only beginning. Her grandmother is dead. Her father is behind bars. And the only man who can save her is the one she should fear most. "Sign the contract, Evelyn. Become my wife, and I will give you the heads of everyone who wronged you." The deal is simple: Vengeance in exchange for her freedom. He offers her a throne built on the ruins of her enemies,. He is ruthless. He is possessive. And he is the only one who can help her burn the world down. But as Evelyn navigates the path of revenge, she discovers that her husband’s love might be more dangerous than her enemies’ hate.

During the Chunin Exams, a mysterious live stream hijacks all screens, revealing two impossible lives of Naruto Uzumaki. In one world, the despised Jinchuriki rose to become Hokage through unshakable will and talk-no-jutsu. In another, a calculating Naruto, aware of his origins from the start, single-handedly revived the Uzumaki clan—not for Konoha's sake, but for its eventual reckoning. The revelations send shockwaves through the afterlife and the living: Tobirama: "This boy was born evil! And he dares to court Tsunade?!" Hashirama: "Tobirama... we're dead. And I'm more concerned about the 'reckoning'." Madara: "Black Zetsu, explain. Now. Or disintegrate." Kushina: "That's my boy! The Uzumaki will rise again!" Minato: "So... my son is leading a clan revival. Am I a Senju now?" Kaguya: "The logic of this mortal's ambition... I comprehend. But why am I involved?" (This is a translated work ) ……. The journey continues right now for our Jade Dragons! For just $6/month, you can step into the advanced chapters and never face a cliffhanger again. Gain instant access to 50+ chapters immediately, support the story you love, and help decide its course. Become a Jade Dragon: patreon.com/J_Dragon

Discord link :- https://discord.gg/6tPfX3d7Pe Life. People say it has meaning. Purpose. Some grand reason you’re supposed to figure out before it’s over. Honestly? I think that’s bullshit. Some people are born strong. Some are born lucky. And some of us are born just… there. Not special enough to matter. Not useless enough to disappear. I tried. I really did. School. Family. Dreams. Didn’t work out. So I ran. From expectations. From people. From myself. And somehow, I ended up here. Inside a game I used to play. The Hero Chronicles. Famous for being unfair. Famous for being impossible. And now I’m part of it. Not as the chosen hero. Not as someone important. Just Leo von Celestial. The human Domain's failure. And the worst part? I've got 40 days until the Path Awakening. The same trial that killed the original Leo in the game. Now it’s my turn.

Synopsis of "The Heir's Redemption Sophia Walker never expected her life to take such a dramatic turn when she walked into Hunt Enterprises as Alexander Hunt’s new assistant. Known as the "Ice King" of Manhattan, Alexander is as ruthless as he is powerful, running his business empire with an iron fist and a heart encased in ice. But beneath his cold exterior lies a man haunted by secrets—secrets that could destroy everything he’s built if they come to light. Sophia is determined to prove herself in the cutthroat world of corporate finance, but she quickly finds herself drawn into a world of intrigue, power, and forbidden desire. Despite the growing tension between them, Sophia can’t ignore the undeniable chemistry that sparks every time she’s near Alexander. As they work together to protect his company from a looming threat, their professional relationship begins to blur into something much more personal. But when a rival from Alexander’s past, his so-called "white moonlight," reappears, Sophia is thrust into a world of hidden identities and buried secrets. As Alexander’s dark past comes to light, Sophia must decide if she can trust the man she’s fallen for—or if his secrets will destroy them both. In a tale of power, passion, and redemption, "The Heir's Redemption" explores the fine line between love and betrayal, and the lengths one will go to protect the things—and people—they hold dear. Can Alexander redeem himself and win Sophia’s trust, or will his past sins cost him everything? GIVE YOUR RATING AND REVIEW FOR MY BOOK !

When Roots Resist A Short Novel Chapter One: Departure Before dawn had decided to arrive, Youssef pulled on his worn leather bag, eased the front door shut behind him, and stepped into the cold morning air of the village. Ain Ez-Zeitoun was still asleep. The ancient olive tree stretched its branches toward the dark sky, wide and wordless, the way a person reaches toward someone leaving. He carried little: two shirts, a spare pair of trousers, a fold of banknotes saved over two hard years, and a photograph of his parents on their wedding day, quietly taken from its wooden frame on the wall. The photograph weighed more than everything else. His mother appeared in the hallway, placed her palm on his cheek for one long moment, then walked back into the dark without a word. He did not turn around. He knew that if he turned, he would never reach anywhere worth reaching. Chapter Two: The City Does Not Wait The city received him with noise and complete indifference. Streets full to their edges, faces moving without seeing one another, sounds layered over sounds. No one noticed he had arrived. No one needed to. Instead of letting that emptiness crack him open, Youssef chose to treat it as a starting line. He found Room Number Seven on the third floor of a grey building: an iron bed that groaned, a window facing another wall, a ceiling fan turning slowly as though tired of living. The rent took half of what he owned. But it was his. After eight days of quiet rejections, a construction foreman looked him over and said: "Six in the morning, tomorrow." He worked hard under a merciless sun, one thought turning in his mind like a prayer: One day, I will build a house of my own. Chapter Three: Fatima Fatima had arrived four months before him. She left her village at dawn with a plastic bag and a decision made in the dark, escaping a father whose commands were loud and whose listening was absent. When he announced she was to marry a man she had never chosen, she walked out before the house woke up. She found work at a textile factory, a safe room with a kind landlady, and began rebuilding herself with steady hands and a fear kept hidden behind her smile. She met Youssef at the factory gate one Tuesday morning. He smiled shyly and said: "The road is long for those who walk it alone." She replied without thinking: "But more honest." Six months later they married in Room Number Seven with two candles, two witnesses, and a small cake. Her laughter that night filled the room in a way no candle could match. Chapter Four: The Hard Seasons The years that followed were not gentle. When the construction site shut down, four weeks passed with no income. Some evenings the table held only bread and oil and two people who refused to stop believing in tomorrow. Neither complained. Each found in the other enough to carry the next day. One afternoon Youssef found a lost child crying alone and spent two hours walking him safely home. When the mother offered money, he refused. "I work for my dignity, not reward." Fatima listened that night and said: "You have no idea how wealthy you truly are." Chapter Five: What They Built Three years on, Youssef had a motorcycle for deliveries and had mastered appliance repair at evening school. Fatima supervised the sewing floor and guided younger women who arrived carrying the same fear she once swallowed alone. Room Number Seven gave way to a small apartment with a tree-lined window, their own key, a warm kitchen every Friday, and a daughter named Mariam.

In her past life, Elaine was the most overlooked she-wolf of the pack. She gave her whole heart to her scumbag fiancé, only to have her rare Lunar Goddess bloodline drained dry by him and his scheming accomplice, her two-faced stepsister Lena, before being pushed off a cliff to a brutal, agonizing death. With her last breath, she learned the earth-shattering truth: the cold, supreme Alpha King of the wolf pack, Alphard — the man she never dared to even get close to — had razed the entire traitor clan to the ground to avenge her. In the end, he held her broken remains in his arms, and perished in the raging flames without hesitation. When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn at her 18th birthday ceremony — the very day she confessed to the scumbag Brian and was mocked and humiliated by the entire pack. This time, she cast aside her love-blind naivety. In front of the whole pack, she kicked Brian away without a second glance, her voice sharp and cold: "What makes you think you're even worthy of me?" She turned on her heel, walked straight to Alpha King Alphard, who sat on the throne with frigid, unreadable eyes. She stood on her tiptoes, grabbed his tie, and spoke with a bold, unflinching smirk: "Alpha King, want to marry me? I'll help you secure your throne, you help me get revenge on the ones who wronged me. A win-win deal, no loss for you." The entire pack fell into a stunned uproar! Everyone waited to see her torn apart by the ruthless Alpha King, who had never let any woman get within three feet of him. But to everyone's shock, the aloof, unapproachable Alpha King reached out, wrapping his arm firmly around her waist. His scarlet wolf eyes blazed with rabid, obsessive possessiveness, his voice deep and gravelly: "Fine. But once we're married, there's no leaving. Ever." From that day on, the wolf pack had a treasure that the Alpha King held in the palm of his hand, guarded with his life. The scumbag ex came crawling back, begging for a second chance? The Alpha King snapped his arm without mercy, a low, dangerous growl rumbling in his chest: "You dare touch what's mine?" Her stepsister tried to set her up with underhanded, cowardly tricks? The Alpha King ruined her reputation in front of the entire pack, condemning her to never rise again. Anyone dared to mock Elaine for her "lowly bloodline"? The Alpha King announced to the whole pack in a thunderous voice: "She is my one and only Fated Mate, the future Luna Queen of this pack. Anyone who dares to defy this will die." Late at night, Elaine looked at the man who caged her in his arms, refusing to let go even in his sleep. She couldn't help but whisper: "Alpha King, why are you so good to me?" The man lowered his head, pressing a soft, reverent kiss to her scent gland. In his eyes was three hundred years of hidden, burning love and all-consuming obsession: "Because from the moment you were born, you were always meant to be mine. Only mine."

Adam's life was a living hell, which finally ends when he is killed by his enemy, John. But this is not the end for Adam; rather, it is a new beginning. He travels back in time to the exact point where everything started—the time he left college. However, this time is different. He has received a 'System' that grants him the power to 'copy and paste,' allowing him to duplicate any object and paste it into the real world. From here begins Adam's ultimate revenge against John and his family. Alongside his vengeance, Adam uses his power to build his own massive business empire, which becomes so wealthy that it even funds the government.

Disgraced. Exposed. Marked for punishment. On the night of the full moon, Ivy Richardson is dragged before the vampire clan—her crime laid bare, her fate decided by blood, spectacle… and survival. One forbidden mistake with a human has turned her into prey among her own kind. But beneath her fear, something ancient is waking, something the clan buried long ago… and should have never let rise again. Then she meets Seraphina. Cold. Beautiful. Untouchable. The only one who shows her kindness in a house built on cruelty. But Seraphina didn’t come to save her. She came for revenge. Tied to a brother’s death… and a truth Ivy doesn’t even know she’s hiding. As punishment turns to power, and secrets begin to bleed into the open, Ivy is forced into a deadly game where trust is a weapon—and the one person pulling her closer might be the one who destroys her. Because in a world of monsters, love isn’t salvation. It’s the most dangerous betrayal of all.

“I’ll just be overpowered “ that’s the cockiest statement someone ever made. Ken decided that he would always be the strongest, so even after taking down 29 gunmen alone and getting shot finally, he stood against the gods and forced his transmigration. Out of rage and spite, the gods gave him a basic system, nothing special and even then, in this demon filled extremely hardcore world, Ken said. “I’ll just be overpowered” And somehow that statement is turned to a fact

Lin Yue died exhausted in a modern kitchen, chasing a dream that would never come. She wakes up in ancient China—in the body of a "useless" farm wife despised by her husband's family. Weak. Slow. A disappointment. But Lin Yue isn't the same girl anymore. She's a trained chef with years of experience. And she knows exactly what she's capable of. When her cold husband tastes her cooking for the first time, everything changes. When she saves the magistrate's son in front of the entire market, the village takes notice. They thought she was worthless. They were wrong. In a world where ancient customs and modern changes collide...

‘Family is everything,’ those were the last words Seraphine’s father had said to her right before his death, and that same delirious mindset was what she had up until… Family showed her just how much they could be everything. She never expected to be betrayed by everyone she cared about, but she also never expected death to feel like a bad punchline—much less to wake up in the body of a spoiled, despised omega wolf from the very novel she’d just read before her death. Overnight, she’s gone from an ordinary girl fighting to get back her fortune to becoming an infamous villainess, despised by nobles, hunted by enemies, and marked for ruin. Now trapped in that doomed role, Seraphine has only one goal: survive long enough to find her way back home. But survival is a cruel game when every path is entangled with danger, desire, and betrayal. It is trickier than she imagined and every step she takes is shadowed by the four male leads—all dangerously captivating and all pulling her deeper into a story she was never meant to star in. —Worst still, the body she’s claimed belongs to the same woman who they were made to believe had killed their sister in cold blood! So now, if she can’t outwit the enemies her new identity has earned and resist the magnetic pull of these men, Seraphine may lose more than her way home—she may lose herself entirely. And to top it all, the four men she was never meant to love—the story’s male leads—are drawn to her in ways that feel as perilous as they are irresistible. Three promises ruin. The other whispers salvation. …they could break her. And in the darkness of their world, she may not know which end she truly desires. And lest we forget, she has people she ought to get back to in her world. People that should be repaid for hurting her… for humiliating her. For killing her… And vengeance is too sweet to pass up on. So she must return. – “Go on all fours and crawl to us,’’ Azriel, the oldest quadruplet ordered, and even though my knees wobbled, showing just how much power he had over me, I still refused to budge. My nails dug into the palm of my hand until it drew blood and I chewed on my lower lip as I spat; “No.” “What did you just say? Did you just defile our orders?” Luca, the second son growled, his eyes flashing with contempt as he dragged them from the crown of my head to the toes of my filthy feet. I shuddered. “I said no.” I gritted out, ignoring my very visible trembling, “…meaning that you can all go and fuck yourselves!’’ *** CONTENT WARNING: This book contains a high level of triggers and explicit scenes of abuse, Graphic violence and murder, explicit and graphic sexual activities, strong language and dark, obsessive romance. Readers discretion advised.

Aurora Waters was overwhelmed with despair when she faced the truth about her family. She had been born into a family of villains. Even worse, her family had an unhealthy obsession with faking their identities. They took “Fake it till you make it” so seriously that it usually ended with them getting killed! Her oldest brother pretended to be a CEO just to mess with the female lead, but that backfired when the male lead showed up and threw him out. Her second brother? He was an obsessive lover who pretended to be a wealthy second-generation heir—until the real heir ended his life. Her third sister? She faked being an heiress to manipulate the second male lead but ended up being killed by him. Her fourth sister? She faked an illness to attract the third male lead’s attention, only to die from a real one. Her mother? She put on a facade of being a kind and loving mom but ultimately met her end at the hands of the male lead. Her father? He pretended to be a powerful tycoon but lost his job and was drowned by the second male lead. And Aurora? She planned to impersonate the daughter of the richest man alive, but if things went the way they always did in her family, she’d probably meet her end by accidentally falling down the stairs. However, there was one glimmer of hope in this nightmare: she had a 100% rebate system that rewarded her for spending money on her family! [Beep! You bought an eraser worth 1 dollar for your eldest brother! 2 dollars have been credited to your bank account!] [Beep! You bought a candy worth 1 dollar for your second brother! 2 dollars have been credited to your bank account!] Aurora’s eyes sparkled as an idea took shape. She began spending on her family like crazy to rake in cash. [Beep! You gave a bun worth 20 dollars to your childhood crush! 100 dollars has been credited to your bank account!] Aurora: …! That’s walking money! What Aurora didn't expect, though, was that she would end up becoming one of the technology big shots herself, in the end.

《MY DAZZLING NEW LIFE WITH MY NEW HUSBAND》 Xue Guiying dies by his own hand. Born an illegitimate Omega into a family that treated him as a burden and a bargaining chip, he spent his first life enduring every cruelty they had to offer. When they finally found a use for him, it was the worst possible one: an arranged marriage to a man who broke him completely over five years. Abused, assaulted, and stripped of all dignity, Guiying chose the only exit he believed was left to him. Then he wakes up five years earlier, whole in body if not in spirit, with the full weight of everything he remembers. Before his family can lock him into the same fate, Guiying walks into a civil affairs bureau and marries the first willing stranger he finds. That stranger turns out to be Liu Liuxian, scion of the most powerful family in China and a top-class Alpha who is, apparently, just as eager to escape an arranged marriage of his own. What follows is a marriage neither of them planned and both of them slowly begin to want. Behind Liuxian's cold exterior is a man of quiet, unexpected gentleness. For Guiying, learning to receive warmth without flinching is its own kind of battle. He did not come back to fall in love. He came back to win. Yet somehow, both things begin to happen at once. Because while Guiying is falling, he is also methodically dismantling everyone who destroyed his first life. And his former husband, unwilling to accept Guiying's new life, is making that task considerably more dangerous. In the end, every person who wronged Xue Guiying meets the ruin they deserve, and he finds himself standing in a life that is finally, entirely his own, with a man beside him who chose him back. This time, he does not have to die to be free.

[Warning: Rated +18] [Taboo Elements] Tags: Harem, No NTR Ezra’s life ended with a mobster’s bullet, forty grand clutched in his sweaty palms on a gritty Earth dock. But death was just the beginning. His soul transmigrated into a baby boy in a steamy, matriarchal world, he’s now eighteen and navigating a society where voluptuous women wield superhuman powers and men are mere playthings, weakened by radiation and the deadly Fade a condition sparking violent madness. With his sharp wit and rebellious streak, Ezra refuses to be another docile male. ___ Author’s Note: Some readers might find the beginning a bit slow, but hang in there, it gets worth it, I promise! While the story will include plenty of smut scenes, they’re meant to complement the plot, not distract from it. Bear with me, my writing might not always be perfect, but I’ll always give it my best.

On the day Aria Vale was meant to be chosen, she was publicly abandoned in front of everyone she knew. Her fiancé walked in—with another woman by his side. In that moment, something inside her broke cleanly—and did not repair the same way again. Because Aria Vale was not the kind of woman who stayed destroyed. She was the kind who learned how to rebuild herself into something they could no longer control.