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Murim Psychopathfantasyreincarnation

Author: revengerscans1|Status: Completed

11K10

When he tried to return to the virtual reality he loved, the place he logged into was the real Murim. A rare psychopath, dropped into the martial world by the Grim Reaper's mistake. In a Murim filled with righteous sects, evil cults, and warriors who follow codes of honor, a psychopath operates by rules that none of them understand. His lack of empathy is not a weakness in the martial world -- it is a weapon. While other martial artists hesitate before killing, agonize over moral dilemmas, and waste energy on guilt, the psychopath acts with perfect efficiency. His combat style is ruthlessly pragmatic, his alliances are purely transactional, and his survival instincts are sharper than any blade. But the Murim changes people, even psychopaths. As he navigates the martial world's complex politics and forms connections he never expected, the man without emotions begins to discover fragments of humanity he thought he lacked. The Grim Reaper's mistake may not have been dropping him into Murim -- it may have been giving a psychopath the one environment where even the coldest heart can learn to feel.

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My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Earlyfantasyromance

Author: Can One Reach Nirvana|Status: Completed

11K10

After fresh rain in the empty mountains, Li Xiang brandishes his self-made High-Density Chopping Knife and strikes down a bamboo with a single cut. His life is simple, rural, and peaceful -- exactly the way he wants it. Then a system notification appears: 'Apocalypse System activated. Time until apocalypse: 10 years.' Ten years is both an eternity and no time at all. While the world continues in blissful ignorance, Li Xiang begins preparations. The system provides missions, rewards, and upgrades designed for the post-apocalypse, and Li Xiang uses the decade head start to transform himself from a rural nobody into the most prepared human on Earth. As the countdown ticks and the apocalypse draws closer, Li Xiang's preparations attract attention. Government agencies, military organizations, and other system holders who activated later begin to notice the anomaly: a man whose readiness exceeds all reasonable explanation. The rural loner who started chopping bamboo becomes the most sought-after survival expert in the world, and the system that arrived early may be the key to saving humanity -- if anyone will listen to a man who has been preparing for a disaster that has not happened yet.

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My Fiancé's Scandals Never End, So I Married His Uncle Insteadromanceslice of life

Author: Heaven-Praying Fox|Status: Completed

4.0K10

Celia Sterling, heiress of the Sterling Conglomerate, is dazzlingly beautiful, charming, proud, and haughty. In this world, only Kian Sterling can be her master. So when her fiance's endless scandals finally push her past her breaking point, Celia makes a choice that shocks the entire family: she marries the uncle instead. The uncle is everything the fiance is not -- disciplined, powerful, and utterly uninterested in the petty dramas that consume the younger generation. His acceptance of Celia is not out of love but out of strategic calculation, and Celia's decision is not out of affection but out of the determination to marry someone worthy of the Sterling name. What begins as a marriage of mutual convenience becomes something neither anticipated. As Celia navigates her new position as the uncle's wife, the ex-fiance realizes the magnitude of his loss. The woman he took for granted is now married to the one man in the family he cannot challenge. The uncle, who married Celia expecting a business partner, discovers a wife whose fierce pride and sharp intelligence match his own. The scandal-ridden fiance's loss becomes the uncle's unexpected gain, and Celia proves that the best revenge for a cheating partner is marrying above their station.

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My Last Wish Is to open a Restaurant with Miss Villainesscomedyfantasy

Author: ViciousThing|Status: Completed

15K10

Theo Roost wakes up in the world of his favorite game, but there is one fatal problem: the hero, Ahlia, never appears. Without a savior, the game's world is doomed to fall to the forces of darkness. The game's villainess, however, is very much alive -- and she is the only person who seems to notice that the world is ending. Theo's last wish is simple: open a restaurant. In a world falling apart, the absurdity of this goal is matched only by its sincerity. He does not want to be a hero. He does not want to save the world. He wants to cook good food and share it with people who need comfort. The villainess, intrigued by the one man who is not trying to kill her or recruit her, becomes his unlikely business partner. As the restaurant grows from a desperate dream into a community gathering place, it becomes a beacon of hope in a world without its hero. The villainess discovers that the warmth of a good meal and the company of someone who sees her as a person rather than a villain heals wounds that power never could. Theo's last wish may not save the world, but it saves the people in it -- and sometimes that is enough.

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My Martial Arts Level Never Dropsfantasyeastern

Author: Mars Hot Pot|Status: Completed

5.4K10

By a stroke of luck, Qin Fang arrives in a strange world, almost becoming a refugee forced into rebellion right from the start. Fortunately, he comes with a Golden Finger: Practice does not make perfect -- practice prevents decline. In this world, martial arts skills degrade over time if not constantly trained, forcing warriors to spend half their waking hours maintaining what they have learned. Qin Fang's ability means his skills never drop. The implications are staggering. While other martial artists divide their time between training and living, Qin Fang can invest all his energy into advancement. Every technique he learns is permanent. Every level he reaches is locked in. The compounding advantage means that over time, Qin Fang pulls ahead of everyone who started at the same level, simply because they are running in place while he is climbing. As Qin Fang's permanent skill accumulation makes him the most consistently advancing martial artist in the world, the forces that control the martial hierarchy take notice. A fighter whose level never drops is a systemic anomaly, and the powers that profit from the constant training cycle see Qin Fang as a threat to their business model. The refugee who arrived with nothing must protect his unique ability from those who would exploit it while proving that the most valuable martial artist is the one whose skills are always ready.

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My Scheming Little Devilromanceslice of life

Author: East Midi|Status: Completed

1.9K10

He adores her to the very core, sparing nothing, even risking his own life, all to provide a lifelong sanctuary for her and their child. She loves him as if he were life itself, desiring nothing more than to be by his side through every storm and every calm. Their love story is not gentle -- it is fierce, strategic, and built on a foundation of mutual scheming that outsiders mistake for manipulation. He is a man of calculated moves and hidden resources, building an empire from shadows while the world sees only a modest facade. She is his equal partner in every scheme, her intelligence complementing his ambition and her charm disarming the enemies he targets. Together, they are the most dangerous couple in their circle -- not because of their power but because of their coordination. As their schemes grow more ambitious and the enemies they face more formidable, the little devil's cleverness becomes the key to their survival. Every trap she sets, every bluff she makes, and every strategic sacrifice she engineers keeps their family safe and their empire growing. The man who adores her and the little devil who schemes for him prove that the strongest partnerships are built not on blind trust but on the shared understanding that love sometimes requires a plan.

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My Step-Daughters Are The Villainessesfantasyharem

Author: Rumlake|Status: Completed

9.0K10

In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' That was Ulrich's thought when he decided to adopt the three villainesses as daughters of his House, despite knowing they were destined to destroy everything he built. The three girls -- each a villainess in her own story, each carrying powers that terrify the nobility -- were supposed to be executed. Ulrich saved them instead. The adoption shocks the kingdom. Why would a respected nobleman take in three girls that the world has condemned? The answer is strategy: Ulrich knows the future, and he knows that these villainesses, if guided properly, can become the greatest assets the world has ever seen. His parenting approach is unconventional -- equal parts discipline, understanding, and the kind of tough love that villainesses never received from the families that abandoned them. As the three step-daughters grow under Ulrich's guidance, they transform from feared outcasts into formidable young women whose loyalty to their adoptive father is absolute. The kingdom that wanted them dead watches in astonishment as the villainesses become protectors, leaders, and the most powerful sisters in the realm. Ulrich's gamble proves that the best way to defuse a villainess is not to destroy her but to give her something worth being good for.

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My Swordsmanship Has No Upper Limitfantasyeastern

Author: Mountain River Ghost God|Status: Completed

15K10

In the Cultivation Realm, all techniques have realm distinctions -- from Initiation through Insight, Refinement, Proficiency, and beyond. Each realm represents years of dedicated practice, and most cultivators spend their entire lives trying to reach the next level. One swordsman discovers that his swordsmanship has no upper limit. The discovery is accidental. During a routine training session, his blade moves faster than should be possible, cutting through materials that should be impervious to his level. The technique does not stop evolving. Each swing refines itself, each cut improves upon the last, and the swordsman's mastery grows without the constraints that bind every other cultivator in the realm. As his unlimited swordsmanship attracts attention from sects, empires, and entities that fear a blade with no ceiling, the swordsman discovers that his ability is connected to an ancient lineage that was erased from history. The cultivators who want to control him, the empires that want to weaponize him, and the cosmic entities that want to limit him all face the same problem: a swordsman whose art has no upper limit cannot be contained, predicted, or defeated by conventional means.

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Nine Heavens Martial Emperorfantasyaction

Author: Demon Feather|Status: Completed

13K10

A genius youth, to avenge the theft of his bloodline, fuses with a soul from beyond the domains and embarks on a heaven-defying path of cultivation. The fusion grants him abilities that transcend the boundaries of the nine heavens, using the sun and moon as stepping stones and the stars as targets. The stolen bloodline was everything -- his family's legacy, his cultivation foundation, and his birthright. The thieves who took it believed they had eliminated the last threat to their power. Instead, they created something far more dangerous: a cultivator fueled not just by talent but by righteous fury and enhanced by a soul that carries knowledge from beyond the known realms. As the youth climbs through the nine heavens, each level presenting challenges that would destroy lesser cultivators, he systematically dismantles the empire built on his stolen bloodline. The fusion with the otherworldly soul evolves with each breakthrough, granting him techniques that the nine heavens have never witnessed. The genius who was robbed of everything uses the theft as fuel for a cultivation journey that will redefine what it means to be a Martial Emperor.

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Obtaining Top Art on Family's Extermination Nightfantasyromance

Author: Destitute Little Purity|Status: Completed

2.4K10

Fang Shuwen transmigrated to a martial arts world and weathered nineteen years of hardship, trying his utmost yet never achieving great success. He managed only a middling existence in a world that rewards the exceptional and discards the mediocre. Then, on the night his family is exterminated by a rival sect, something awakens inside him. The extermination that should have ended his bloodline instead triggers the activation of a top-tier martial art -- a technique so powerful and so forbidden that it was sealed inside the Fang family's bloodline generations ago. The art requires the ultimate catalyst to unlock: the complete destruction of the family it was meant to protect. In the ashes of his murdered relatives, Fang Shuwen discovers the power that nineteen years of mediocrity concealed. Armed with the top art and consumed by a fury that nineteen years of patience has refined, Fang Shuwen begins his revenge. The rival sect that exterminated his family discovers that they did not eliminate a threat -- they awakened one. The mediocre martial artist who never amounted to anything becomes the most dangerous cultivator in the region, and the art obtained on the worst night of his life becomes the instrument of a reckoning that shakes the entire martial world.

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Parallel World Light Novelistotherdark and gritty

Author: _CulturedOne_|Status: Completed

5.2K10

In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'Author, are you actually a demon? My eyes are swollen and it's all your fault!' Haruto was just an ordinary high schooler trying to survive after his father's business collapsed and his family fell into debt. Then he discovers that the light novels he writes have the power to influence a parallel world -- every story he publishes creates real events in a dimension that mirrors his imagination. The parallel world takes his fiction literally. Heroes rise from his character descriptions. Villains manifest from his antagonists. Wars erupt from his plot conflicts. And the readers in the parallel world -- beings who exist because Haruto wrote them into existence -- worship the 'Author' as a god while simultaneously cursing him for the tragedies he inflicts on their lives. As Haruto's stories grow more complex and the parallel world's consequences become more severe, he must navigate the impossible responsibility of a creator whose imagination has real victims. The light novelist who wrote for fun discovers that storytelling is the most powerful weapon in existence, and the parallel world's inhabitants are demanding a better author. The ordinary high schooler must become the kind of writer whose stories save worlds rather than destroy them.

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Private Miracle Doctorromanceslice of life

Author: Make me famous|Status: Completed

9.7K10

Zhang Yang's life changes because of his client Tang Xueyao. What starts as a routine medical consultation becomes the catalyst for a series of encounters that transform an ordinary practitioner into the most sought-after healer in the city. His methods are unconventional, his results are miraculous, and his reputation grows faster than any medical board can regulate. As Zhang Yang's miracle cures attract attention, he encounters a charming widow, a stunning campus belle, and a popular female star -- each seeking his unique medical expertise. His practice becomes the intersection of medicine, mystery, and relationships that blur the line between doctor and confidant. But miracle healing attracts more than grateful patients. Rival practitioners, pharmaceutical interests, and medical organizations that view Zhang Yang as a threat to their authority begin to target him. The private miracle doctor must navigate the politics of modern medicine while protecting the patients who depend on him and the women who have come to rely on his presence in their lives. In a world where medicine is a business, Zhang Yang practices it as an art.

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Reincarnated as a Side Character: The Villainess is Obsessed With Mefantasyreincarnation

Author: BgDaddy|Status: Completed

1.6K10

After a sudden death, Oliver is reincarnated into the world of a novel he once read -- a dystopian realm where humans awaken magic and battle monstrous puppets. But he is not the hero, not the villain, and not even a named character. He is a side character, destined to appear in one scene and die in the next. The problem is the villainess. In the original novel, she was obsessed with the hero. In this altered timeline, something has changed -- the villainess's obsession has shifted to Oliver, the insignificant side character who should not matter. Her fixation is terrifying, her power is overwhelming, and her attention is the last thing a man trying to survive unnoticed wants. As Oliver navigates a novel's world with a villainess fixated on him, he discovers that his side character status is both a curse and a blessing. The hero does not notice him. The plot does not include him. And the villainess who should be fighting the hero is instead building a life around a man who was never meant to be more than background noise. The side character who wanted to be invisible becomes the center of a story that was never supposed to include him.

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Rise of the Nameless Heirfantasyreincarnation

Author: Dhuble_E|Status: Completed

4.6K10

He lived a mediocre life, trapped in the simulation of everyday mundanity. The world killed his dreams, hurt his innocence, but he moved on just fine, settling into the comfortable numbness of average existence. Then the truth shattered everything: he is the heir to a dynasty he never knew existed, and the mediocrity that defined his life was engineered to hide him from enemies who would kill him on sight. The nameless heir is thrust into a world of power, politics, and danger that his mundane life never prepared him for. The family that hid him is fractured, the enemies that hunted him are closing in, and the inheritance he never asked for carries responsibilities that would crush most people. But the mediocrity that was supposed to be his prison became his training ground -- years of navigating a world that did not value him taught him resilience, observation, and the kind of quiet strength that flashy power cannot match. As the nameless heir rises from obscurity to authority, he proves that the best leaders are not born into power but forged in its absence. The dynasty that hid him discovers that the heir they concealed was the one they needed all along, and the enemies who assumed the heir was eliminated learn the hardest lesson: you cannot kill what you cannot see, and the nameless will always rise.

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SS Awakening: My Monster Merging System!actionadventure

Author: MidnightWolfe|Status: Completed

9.3K10

In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'Ding! Fusing 20x Lower Demons + 1x Demon Queen = Primordial Demonic Succubus (Boss!)' The world changed the moment Ascension Mountain descended on Earth. Those who entered its dungeons gained power, and those who stayed behind became prey. Most hunters fight monsters one at a time. One hunter discovers he can merge them. The Monster Merging System allows him to combine defeated creatures into entirely new entities that are exponentially more powerful than their components. Twenty weak demons and one queen become a boss-tier entity. A dozen wolves and a dragon become something the world has never seen. The merging creates combinations that break the established hierarchy of monsters. As his merged creations grow in power and variety, the hunter becomes the most formidable creature collector in existence. But the merged monsters are not just weapons -- they are sentient beings with their own personalities, and managing a roster of boss-tier entities requires diplomatic skills that combat training never covered. The SS Awakener who merges monsters must balance power with responsibility, ensuring that the most dangerous collection of creatures in the world remains under control.

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Started with a 10,000x Multiplier in a Game Worldfantasyreincarnation

Author: Plot_muse|Status: Completed

13K10

Dante Vanguard died at the absolute peak. He was stabbed in the back by his blood-brother Silas just moments after conquering the hardest raid in gaming history. The betrayal was surgical, the motive was greed, and the death was permanent. When Dante opens his eyes, he is back in the game world -- not at the peak, but at the very beginning, with a 10,000x multiplier on every action. The multiplier turns every experience gain, every skill improvement, and every stat increase into a compounding explosion of power. While other players grind for incremental improvements, Dante's progression is a rocket launch. A single monster kill gives him the equivalent of months of normal gameplay. A basic quest completion provides rewards that endgame players would envy. As Dante uses his multiplier to climb from zero to the peak in record time, he sets his sights on the brother who betrayed him. Silas, now sitting on the throne Dante built, has no idea that the man he killed has returned with the most broken advantage in the game's history. The 10,000x multiplier is not just a tool for growth -- it is a weapon of vengeance, and Dante intends to use every multiplied point to take back what was stolen.

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System of Cheats: Starting with a Trading Cheatfantasyharem

Author: Dark_Crow1111|Status: Completed

4.6K10

In the depths of despair, when Liam could no longer afford his college tuition and his future seemed to be slipping away, a mysterious System suddenly activated. The System of Cheats offers not combat power or magical abilities but something far more practical: a trading cheat that guarantees profitable transactions. The trading cheat provides Liam with perfect market information -- knowing exactly when to buy, when to sell, and what assets are about to explode in value. Starting with pocket change, Liam begins to trade his way from poverty to wealth with a consistency that defies market logic. Every transaction is profitable. Every investment doubles. The college student who could not afford ramen becomes a financial powerhouse. As Liam's wealth grows, the System of Cheats reveals additional cheat modules -- each one more powerful than the last. Trading was just the foundation. The system is designed to elevate its user from nothing to everything, one cheat at a time. But the system's generosity has a purpose, and the wealth it accumulates is preparation for a challenge that money alone cannot solve. The richest man the system created must eventually face a problem that even infinite wealth cannot buy his way out of.

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After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empressfantasyromance

Author: Amalynnee|Status: Completed

5.3K10

Upon crossing dimensions, Shen Han not only became a top-tier alpha in an ABO world but also awakened fire elemental abilities. This earthling was instantly bewildered -- something from another dimension should not be this powerful. The ABO world he arrives in is ruled by an Empress whose iron grip on power is matched only by her icy demeanor and her refusal to take a mate. Shen Han's arrival disrupts every political calculation the Empress has made. His alpha presence is overwhelming, his fire abilities are unprecedented, and the mate bond that activates between them is the one variable the Empress cannot control. The woman who swore she would never submit to an alpha finds herself drawn to a man from another dimension whose very existence challenges everything her world believes about ABO dynamics. As the Empress struggles with the bond and the political fallout of being linked to an outsider, Shen Han must navigate a world where his alpha status puts him at the center of a power struggle he never asked for. The cross-dimensional traveler who marked the Empress discovers that the ABO world's politics are far more dangerous than any fire elemental threat, and the bond he accidentally activated may be the key to saving or destroying an empire.

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After the True Heiress Travels Backromanceslice of life

Author: Lake Mirror|Status: Completed

4.4K10

In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'The Fake Heiress Turns Out to be the Real Big Shot' is the hottest recommendation. But what happens when the true heiress travels back in time to before the switch? The answer is simple: she marries the fake heiress's fiance's father and becomes the man's mother-in-law, giving her ex-fiance the beating of his life from the position of family authority. The true heiress's time travel is not about reclaiming her name -- it is about restructuring the entire power dynamic. By marrying into the family at a higher level, she gains authority over everyone who wronged her, including the man who was supposed to be her fiance but chose the fake heiress instead. As the true heiress settles into her new role as the family matriarch, the fake heiress and the blind fiance discover that the woman they dismissed has become the one person they cannot challenge. The true heiress who traveled back did not just change her own fate -- she rewrote the entire family hierarchy, placing herself at the top where she always belonged.

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Alpha's Lost Luna Returns With His Twinsfantasyromance

Author: AlexisDee|Status: Completed

14K10

In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'Mommy! Daddy's new mate said she's having a baby. Does that mean he won't want us anymore?' little Colin cries, clinging to his mother's legs. 'Mommy! That rude lady said Daddy doesn't love us!' The twins' words are daggers that cut deeper than any enemy's claws. Their mother -- the Alpha's lost Luna -- left the pack years ago, carrying secrets and children that the Alpha never knew existed. The Luna's return is not a reunion -- it is a confrontation. She brings the twins to the pack not for reconciliation but for recognition. The children deserve to know their father, and the Alpha who lost his Luna must face the consequences of the choices that drove her away. But the Alpha has a new mate, the pack has moved on, and the Luna's return threatens to unravel everything. The twins, fierce and protective of their mother, refuse to accept the new mate's authority. The Alpha is torn between the family he built and the family he lost. And the Luna, who left to protect her children, discovers that the pack she abandoned may be the one place where her twins can truly belong.

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