deception

"A marriage decree, a bestowed wedding. She, a woman with no apparent talents, beauty, or virtues. He, a disgraced prince, bearing scars, disabilities, and serious ailments. Yet the world proclaims them a perfect match! Beneath the wedding banner, she smiles gently, her composure unwavering. Through countless trials, all she desires is peace in this life. Inside the wedding hall, a smile graces his lips, while his heart remains as cold as ice. Enduring all disgrace, he harbors the ambition to one day conquer the world. — He is my husband. To disparage him is to belittle me, to insult him is to insult me, to harm him is to harm me. If anyone dares to harm me, I will eliminate them! — I have no faith in the gods, nor do I seek mercy from the heavens. If she should lose her life, I will turn this world into hell, offering the mountains and rivers as a sacrifice for her. *In this story, both the man and woman wield formidable power. *She exudes serenity, while he harbors a shadowed heart. She possesses kindness, while he harbors darkness. Wicked individuals are dangerous, but sometimes, the kindness of others can be even more potent. *Though there may be many attractive men, remember that this story revolves around the relationship between one man and one woman."

In a near-future society obsessed with productivity, decisiveness is more than a virtue — it is monitored, measured, and legislated. The new Decisional Registry promises safety and social order by cataloguing anyone who hesitates “too long.” Employers cooperate. Schools comply. Families are encouraged to report “risk.” Jae-hwan never intended to become a symbol. He only wanted to give people a place to breathe — a small basement room where no one had to justify their silence or hurry their answers. But when his quiet gathering becomes a national controversy and the state turns hesitation into data, he is forced into the public eye as the unwilling “face” of resistance. Around him forms a movement with no name: sit-ins without slogans, conversations on trains and in laundromats, “traveling rooms” where people reclaim the right to uncertainty. While the registry grows with gentle, terrifying efficiency, Jae-hwan must choose between vanishing for safety or speaking for those who cannot. This is not a story about heroes who act fast. It is a story about those who don’t — and the cost of living in a world that fears them. Guys the chapter quality in the first 40 chapters is not quite good but I have made large changes in my writing style and narration so please read atleast till chapter 50 to make sure for good quality and give reviews.

*Warning: Mature Content Ahead* Blocks of rocks plummeted from the sky, mysteriously transforming into stone statues mere minutes later. These enigmatic monuments, known as the Sacred Statues, held an extraordinary power: they could transmute people's deepest fears into extraordinary abilities. Someone terrified of heights found himself soaring to dizzying altitudes, confronting his darkest dread. Another, afraid of isolation, became invisible, doomed to be ignored by all. A person fearful of public scrutiny began to radiate an intense, attention-grabbing glow. And one who dreaded demons found himself bound to that malevolent entity, his worst nightmare incarnate. In a world where terror becomes power, the boundaries between fear and strength are tested. Those who face their fears are granted extraordinary abilities, but at a steep price. For Jax, his greatest fear of souls becomes his darkest reality. To harness the power of the Sacred Statue, he must first conquer his terror and become the very thing he fears, a trial known as the First Trial. Only upon conquering their phobia could they wield their newfound abilities and earn the esteemed title of "Master." As the Sacred Statues continued to fall from the sky, a new era of transformation began. The weak discovered untapped strength, and the powerful became even more formidable, all thanks to the extraordinary gifts bestowed by the mysterious statues. Will Jax overcome his fear and unlock the secrets of the Sacred Statue, or will he succumb to the very terror that haunts him? Can he find a way to wield his newfound power without losing himself to the darkness? Dive into this gripping tale of self-discovery, transformation, and the true meaning of courage.

Aham Armstrong was born into power—but raised by loss. Orphaned at a young age and later adopted into the legendary Armstrong empire, Aham grows into a man determined to protect his parents’ legacy. When he marries Kelly, the woman he believes is his safe haven, he thinks he has finally won peace. He was wrong. Framed for massive financial crimes he never committed, Aham is arrested, disgraced, and thrown into prison as his empire collapses overnight. His wife vanishes. His name becomes poison. And the man pulling the strings—Don Pedro, a trusted family ally—steps silently into control of everything Aham once owned. Prison does not break Aham. It forges him. With the unexpected return of Clara, a brilliant lawyer from his forgotten past, Aham uncovers a conspiracy deeper than fraud—one rooted in murder, manipulation, and a decades-old betrayal that claimed his parents’ lives. As the truth emerges, a powerful shadow figure known as Jane Smith resurfaces, holding evidence capable of toppling empires across borders. But revenge is never simple. Kelly returns, wearing regret like a mask, while secretly carrying orders to finish what she started. Don Pedro grows desperate as his perfect plan begins to crack. And Aham must walk a razor’s edge—pretending to trust the woman who tried to kill him, while turning himself into bait to expose the monster behind it all. In a world where love is weaponized, loyalty is lethal, and power is taken—not given—Aham Armstrong must decide: Will he reclaim his legacy… or burn the empire down to reveal the truth? Because this time, survival isn’t enough. This time, the truth will own blood.

They erased his identity. They buried his past. But they forgot one thing—ghosts don’t stay dead forever. Ethan Cross was once the Agency’s invisible hand, a deep-cover spy whose existence was known to only three people. Until one mission in Prague went wrong. His team was slaughtered, his cover was blown, and the traitor inside the Agency pinned everything on him. Now, years later, the world knows him as Damian Voss—a low-profile security consultant in Berlin. But when a familiar symbol appears at a crime scene—a symbol only his dead teammates used—Ethan realizes the traitor is still out there. And this time, he’s pulling strings on a global scale. To uncover the truth, Ethan must reenter the shadow world he left behind: secret intelligence networks, mercenary corps, and phantom organizations like Specter Division—the same group that destroyed his life. But revenge comes with a price. The deeper he digs, the more Ethan realizes he’s not just hunting the traitor… He’s becoming the weapon they created. “In the world of spies, silence isn’t peace—it’s the sound before the kill.”

In the quiet town of Eldridge, where the mist from the nearby river lingers like a silent witness, a series of mysterious disappearances shakes the community. Detective Lucas Ward, a seasoned investigator haunted by his past failures, teams up with investigative journalist Emma Hale, whose instincts for uncovering hidden truths have made her both respected and feared. As they delve deeper, clues lead them between the eerie streets of the town and the bustling shadows of the city. Every secret they uncover reveals another layer of deception, and every ally may hide a dark motive. With time running out, Lucas and Emma must navigate a web of lies, confront their own demons, and chase whispers that could either save lives—or destroy them.

After dying in his old world, George is reborn into a strange new realm, a place where patience outweighs talent and magic exists—but only just. He grows cautiously under his foster parents, keeping his brilliance hidden to avoid the obligations and attention that once destroyed him. At the academy, he navigates friendships, rivalry, and the temptations of academic excellence, all while trying to remain unnoticed—until Elira, a sharp and calculating older student, begins to take an unusual interest in him. She recognizes his strategic mind and subtly pulls him into challenges that awaken his latent potential, forcing him to confront the tension between staying hidden and stepping into a world that may demand more than he’s willing to give. As George edges closer to understanding the mysteries and powers shaping this realm, he must decide whether to resist or let himself be drawn into paths that could change everything.

Foster Ambrose is a lie. He is a ghost wearing a dead man's skin, a policeman juggling a consultant's life, and the only soul in a gaslit, anachronistic city who remembers he wasn't supposed to exist. His only clues to his three violent deaths are a blood-stained notebook and a cheap compass that points towards the impossible. With a club of individuals from different walks of life, Foster battles entities that can conceal entire city blocks from memory and killers who wield words as weapons. But this is only the beginning. As the barrier between worlds thins, Foster's three deaths mark him as a key player in a game played by deities. To protect his brother and the city he now calls home, this lonely saviour must ascend from a pawn to power, and decide whether to build a bastion for the light, or become a god in his own right. The gate is not a door. The book is not a shield. The heart is the key. And he is the Lonely Saviour who must turn it.

When the heavens split, Xeris Vaeth is torn from his world and cast into another – one ruled by cultivation, strength, and the tyranny of righteousness. In this world, power defines truth and morality bends to survival. To most, cultivation is the path to greatness. To Xeris, it is a system to be understood… and surpassed. Creatures of essence and will, Myr embody the laws of this world – tools of power, and the proof of one’s worth. Cold, calculating, and unbound by virtue, Xeris seeks no glory, no god, and no moral justification. He seeks permanence. For what value has effort if it fades? What meaning has life if it must end? Power is truth. Understanding is freedom. Eternal Nihilism – the story of a man who pursues immortality not to escape death, but to give meaning to life itself.

Khanh, an orphan boy, struggles daily to survive on Tier 0—the darkest bottom of a nation ruthlessly divided by an oppressive caste system. His fate takes a dramatic turn when a mysterious old man appears and reveals a horrifying truth: Khanh's true identity is the last descendant of the "Extinct Clan," a legendary bloodline that once possessed millennia-old power before being eradicated in a dark conspiracy. The entire world he knows is merely a veil hiding earth-shattering secrets. From this point, an arduous and bloody journey begins. Khanh must learn to conceal his true identity to survive amidst enemy encirclement, all while secretly pursuing two great goals: protecting innocent commoners from lurking dangers and completely dismantling the unjust tiered system deeply rooted in the nation. To achieve this, he must not only fight using the power of Gods, Demons, Spirits, and Beasts—entities summoned through contracts—but also enter a far more complex and dangerous battlefield: the game of power. Khanh must wield, manipulate, and reshape the realms of economics, politics, and media. Every move on these fronts serves the ultimate purpose of controlling and harnessing the two most primal forces of all: belief (faith) and fear.

No one believes me...? Why? It's a false accusation though. I don't care anymore, believe what you want. I'm leaving. Seventeen-nearly eighteen-year-old Haruki Shimatsu is blamed for a false accusation that he never committed, hated by his family, friends, and his crush, he decides that there is no future left in his hometown. Will he survive on his own with his rapidly deteriorating mental health?

《Devil》 tells the story of Chi You, the protagonist shou, who was killed by someone and cultivated for revenge with the help of Feng Li, the protagonist gong. When Jiang Luo woke up, he transmigrated into the body of the cannon fodder that killed the protagonist shou. What’s even worse, he transmigrated at the time when the protagonist shou was already killed by the original body. At the funeral, Jiang Luo was pushed in front of the coffin. The deceased body of the protagonist shou in front of him was serene, with a smile at the corner of his lips. However, Jiang Luo knew that he had turned into a malicious spirit and was eyeing covetously at him. The more dangerous it was, the calmer Jiang Luo became. When his desire for survival reached the critical point, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and forced himself to cry. With his sincere emotion, he said: “Chi You, I love you so much. Please don’t leave me…” The chilliness around him smothered slightly. Author Wàng Sānshān, 望三山

They called him an angel. They are right. But angels aren't always kind. He was offered divine grace, shown a mother's love, and given a second chance. He weaponized the first, murdered the second, and is wasting the third. Some souls are not worth saving. And this is a chronicle of one.

When the proud and untouchable son of the Vard gods - Blue - defies divine law, the gods decide to teach him humility the hard way. But one mistake changes everything. Instead of the mortal realm, Blue is hurled into the enemy gods' dimension - a place dripping with danger, vengeance, and ancient hatred. The connection to his home is severed. Every ally is gone. And the ones who rule here would rather see him burn than breathe. Trapped in enemy territory, Blue must navigate deadly politics, intoxicating temptations, and a bitter rival whose dark eyes hide more than just hatred. The line between love and war blurs, and every choice could either save him... or seal his doom.

‘The Era of Babel has fallen. With it, comes the advent of a new calendar, marking the rise of a new world.’ Or so many believed, yet even after the Eastern Continental Crisi, where the continent fought together against one in twelve years of conflict, something continues to stir underneath the ashes. Three years after the fall of Ganzir, followed shortly by the self-detonation of Babel, the Eastern Continent breathes through the smoke of its own victory, blinded by the flags they fly. The Decade War ended with crumbling cheers, the Afterwar with silence; not satisfaction. Beneath the façade of words and beliefs, whispers spread of machines that still guard their dead city and of voices speaking through the static; assimilated, given a false-end. When a brief power blackout ripples along the Varkos Coalition’s eastern sectors, the whispers seemed to have spoke true.

At the elite Arisugawa Academy, Japan’s most prestigious school for the children of the wealthy and powerful, only the brightest, cunningest, and most ambitious survive. Among them is Hoshikawa Rin, a 17-year-old prodigy a reputation that precedes him. Handsome, wealthy, and endlessly composed, Rin is the perfect face of the academy—but appearances are only the beginning. Born into a family of global influence, Rin was raised amid corporate empires and silver-tongued negotiations. His father, a top CEO, taught him the art of strategy and business manipulation, while his mother, a masterful saleswoman and CEO in her own right, schooled him in the power of persuasion. His grandfather, a ln international martial arts champion and former corporate president, forged Rin into a skilled fighter capable of handling threats both physical and psychological. Now, Rin navigates a world steeped in deception, where almost every classmate is a rival, every smile hides a scheme, and betrayal is the currency of power. At Arisugawa Academy, games of manipulation, cunning, and intrigue are part of the curriculum, and Rin is both player and pawn in a high-stakes battlefield where failure means social ruin—or worse. .... if you're hooked, just add it to your library, bruh!!

When sixteen-year-old Mizu Arai transfers to a quiet rural village to live with her distant relatives, she expects boredom, not terror. The place is peaceful — too peaceful. The air always smells faintly of soil and tea, the villagers smile a little too wide, and the gardens bloom even when they shouldn’t. But beneath the charm of this remote town lies something ancient — something that remembers every life it touches. The villagers whisper about “the roots” that feed the land, about the gardens that never die, and about what happens when the earth itself begins to hunger. When her aunt vanishes one night and the house reappears as if nothing happened, Mizu begins to uncover the grotesque truth buried under the soil: the village is not alive — it’s awake. And it wants her to grow. As reality twists and time folds, Mizu must navigate the thin line between dream and decay, family and possession, self and soil. Each step deeper into the village pulls her closer to the truth of what she has become — and what the garden remembers. Because in this village, everything that dies takes root again. And the flowers that never bloom are the ones that never stop growing.