Shen Yu was sincerely in love. For that person’s sake, Shen Yu ignored his illness-ridden body and plotted to overthrow the tyrant. It was only after Shen Yu died that he learned the truth. He was a character in a book, and the man he loved only viewed him as a stand-in for the protagonist. To pave the way for that couple’s happiness, Shen Yu lost everything.
After he was reborn, the sickly Shen Yu was so done with that.
As for that man, whoever wanted him could have him.
Shen Yu took his half-brother’s place and became the male concubine of the tyrant. The tyrant didn’t like men anyway, and Shen Yu didn’t have... more>> much time left. Since he was going to die, he might as well go to the palace to sit around and wait for death.
After entering the harem of the tyrant everyone feared, Shen Yu ate and drank without a care in the world.
The tyrant, with long black hair on his shoulders and crimson eyes, didn’t hide his hostility. He grabbed Shen Yu by the neck. “You’re not afraid to die?”
Shen “Just get it over with” Yu felt a little excited. “Are you going to kill me now?”
Tyrant: “? ? ? ? ?”
Shen Yu entered the palace expecting to die, but he waited and waited and waited. In the end, the officials petitioned to make him the empress, and the tyrant cured his deadly illness.
Shen Yu: “…”
Shou: jumps frantically up and down on the gong’s bottom line but never dies
Gong: all he can do with the shou is lower his bottom line again and again
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This is a continuation of a translation by foxaholic which has not been updated since January. I'm gonna attempt to continue the series because I love the story.
Link for Chapter 1-88: https://www.foxaholic.com/novel/the-sickly-beauty-substitute-called-it-quits

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When Lang Yuan transmigrated into his new world, he was suddenly brought into trouble because of an egg. He accidentally created a Blood Bond to the egg and is now treating him as its mother. Unaware of its origin, Lang Yuan carried the egg as his own child until he met its original father!... more>>

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Status: Main story completed + Extras ongoing
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Returning with accolades after securing victory for his empire, Great General Ning Wei is faced with the arduous task of dealing with the imperial court and its petty schemes. As frustration over his situation mounts, the prestigious Yan household offers an unexpectedly favorable alliance.... more>>

Ning Wei finds himself intrigued by the young head of his newly-allied household, Yan Yixuan. But Yan Yixuan’s words seem to have hidden meanings and his behavior with Ning Wei too indulgent for an ally. After schemes are concocted and hurdles passed, will the great general finally find the answers he seeks from the one who waylaid him?
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While establishing the pact between their households—

Yan Yixuan: I will protect and support your household for you. Any injustice done unto you will be as if done unto me, and any favors you owe will now be mine to repay. Do you agree that you will show me the same regard?

Ning Wei: ……

Why does it sound like a marriage vow?! No, he's thinking too much.

Ning Wei: Yes, I agree.

Yan Yixuan smiles brilliantly as if having obtained something priceless.

Ning Wei, inwardly: Why do I feel like I just signed over my soul? I must be imagining things again…

Yan Yixuan, inwardly: I can finally be close to my Ah-Ning! Let’s see who will dare to bully him now.

The other court officials: We don’t dare, we don’t dare!

Soon, the entire capital is flooded with the news of their flamboyant courting (the oblivious Ning Wei: Our flamboyant what?!) and then blinded with their shameless displays of affection (the smitten Ning Wei: I’ve been corrupted by a certain irresistible little fox).

The bullied officials: If that demon of a duke told us his intentions earlier, would we have offended the general?! Great General, forgive our insolence!

Ning Wei, looks at his lover: Did you do something for me behind my back again?

Yan Yixuan: *smiles innocently*

Ning Wei, chuckles and rubs his head affectionately: Cheeky little fox. <<less

Ophelia Heide couldn't wait to become a new advisor for the Moon Castle and take her father's place! Well...... more>>

That was until she was saved by Leo, a fairy who protected the Galaxy Kingdom. To pay off her debt to him, she was stuck with the task of reuniting the two sides after the capricious kings had a war over... something. Not knowing where to start, she accidentally found her heart captured by the couple's daughter, Princess Koharu, but neither girl ever thought they would flirt with the boundaries of time and history to fight for their love.

Unfortunately, things weren't easy for Leo either as he worked to save the couple, unlocking the secrets of the kingdoms' administrations in the process. What he didn't expect was to find himself falling for an elusive messenger named Sinclair throughout it all, but would his heart allow them to come in?

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Notes:
-In case you're here for some specific tags and/or representation, some only appear much later in the story or apply to the side couples. The tags, justifications, and some warnings are now listed in the glossary under "Cheat Sheets".
-Content warnings are included at the beginnings of chapters if needed, though most chapters only have a language warning.
-This story is also available on Webnovel under the same title. All chapters have been uploaded there, and they will all eventually be posted here via daily updates. The formatting may be different (chapter lengths, italics, etc.), but the content has been left intact.
-The cover art does not belong to me. If you are the owner and wish to have it taken down, please contact me, and I will gladly remove it. <<less

Yan BarCarran has never felt at home. She’s an orphan among her extended family, a spacer among the ground dwellers while at school, and a one-in-a-million oddity born with the ability to use the God-given power. Still, at least at the Academy, an elite theological school where those with the power are sent to train, she knows where she stands. Her peaceful life falls apart when she receives her apprenticeship invitation at graduation.... more>>

Aymon Sandreas is the de facto leader of the Empire. He commands hundreds of powerful starships and keeps order among the planets under his rule. He’s also getting older, and the time has come for him to choose apprentices, one of whom will eventually become his chosen successor. He picks three students: the spiritual and talented Yan, the mysterious and troubled Kino, and the impulsive and striving Sid.

Now in the dead center of politics, Yan faces danger from would-be assassins and political rivals. If she doesn’t learn well enough and fast enough, she’ll die before she ever has a chance to make a difference. Between her fellow apprentices, the reformed criminal tasked with teaching her survival, and even her powerful master, Yan isn’t sure who to trust in this dangerous new world.

Sometimes, the right choice is the hardest thing to see. <<less

Carla Clarke- the disowned daughter of the Duke of Southern Wicsey- finds herself in the middle of an ancient prophecy to bring the 'Race of Myn' from extinction back to life. Doing so would tear the world to the ground, run over with the brutish titans of prehistoric eras. Failure to do so might spell doom for Carla's royal ambitions, leaving her to dwell in mediocrity for the rest of her life.... more>>

Join Carla in her female-only fantasy world as she embarks on a quest for glory, for gold, and for the fate of her ambitions.

Complete! Thanks to everyone who followed as it was being posted! No promises but I'm not 100% done with this setting yet, look out for more in the future! <<less

In 2035 a 22-year-old boy named Kleinn lives in Berlin. After the release of the latest virtual reality model with the game The Price Of The Crown attached, he, a great lover and pro-player of strategic games decide to buy the whole bundle. Arrived at home, after having assembled everything, start the game. What our dear Kleinn still does not know is that it is not a "simple game" ...... more>>

Publication: trying 1 chapter per month. <<less

This story is just slave fantasy smut with a species of insectoid nobles. Egg impregnation and BDSM will be a mainstay, the plot will develop... more>> to what I feel is hot, and male x male coupling will happen. <<less

〈Hello, Handsome Stranger!〉... more>>

Your voice is 〈A Whisper in the Night〉, your 〈Sweet Fragrance〉 a memory I am unable to forget. You are my good 〈Brother〉, my 〈Study Companion〉, my 〈Safe Haven〉, 〈Heaven‘s Gift〉 to me.

Maybe it was 〈Love at Second Sight〉 that brought us together. 〈The Next Natural Step〉 would be our 〈Two Confessions〉 and to 〈Make It Legal〉 at last. From the 〈First Time〉 we met, to our 〈Anniversary〉 or to our 〈Wedding Night〉, I want to 〈Treasure Every Day〉 with you and tell you 〈Welcome Home〉 when you return in the evening.

〈A Bowl of Rice〉 and 〈Ten Pieces of Gold〉 are the same to me as long as they‘re shared with you. I want to go through the 〈Good Times〉 and the bad times with you. I 〈Dare〉 you to 〈Fight for It〉 if we are ever about to lose hope. It‘s just like an 〈Adventure〉 that the two of us will only be able to pass together.

If you have to 〈Walk Alone〉 for a stretch of this path, then I will be 〈Waiting for You〉 at the finish line whether it‘s for 〈Five Days〉 or 〈Twenty-five Years〉, not caring if we move 〈Into a Palace〉 or live in a 〈Lonely Hut〉. I would only be 〈Brokenhearted〉 if you weren‘t with me at the end.

So please, 〈Promise Yourself to Me〉 because among all the men of this world, I am unable to choose anyone but you.

A Collection of 30 Gay Romance Short Stories <<less

Hi, my name is -ERROR-[Life] and I am a -ERROR-[Overpower] ! Yes, you've heard right ! I am -ERROR-[Life], the -ERROR- [One responsible for your and this story's development] ! Join me and my -ERROR-[Victims] now in this -ERROR-[Accursed] and long -ERROR-[Job] of mine... more>>

Discord channel: https://discord.gg/fD9RX5zjSt <<less

Sent by her adoptive father to a prestigious school where young women are trained to become living works of art, Marrow is determined to become the first magical sculptress the Empire has ever known. Before her seventeenth birthday, she must present a contract of patronage signed by a wealthy sponsor to guarantee repayment of her debts. In spite of her burgeoning renown, no one will make her an offer.... more>>

Just days before her chance at fame and fortune vanishes forever, Marrow meets a mysterious benefactor whose patronage has but one condition — one that will hurl Marrow completely unprepared into a realm of ruthless sabotage, harrowing revelations, and tortuous court intrigue. <<less

When his husband Sang Yu returns from war unscathed, Ru Shen is relieved. But at the same time, his old insecurities well up and disturb their passionate reunion, even threatening to end their relationship altogether.
Three words from Sang Yu would suffice to turn things around but he feels unable to say them. Now, he will need to explain the doubts and insight he kept to himself for years to make sure that his most important person will stay with him.... more>>

A story for aromanticism spectrum awareness week. <<less

Yun Ying, an ordinary girl who was born in the interstellar era where the earth has become a dead planet, traveled to another world, and returned to the ancient times when the world was young and rich in resources. With the most advanced chips and space as her golden fingers, she not only has to survive in the strange world, but also strives to achieve her goals, living like a salted fish. But because of her encounter with a clingy man, her life has undergone earth-shaking changes.... more>>

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Shadow Guard A : Wangye, Wangfei is going out to meet with her brother.
Certain Wangye : What? How dare she met with that man?!

Shadow Guard B : Wangye, Wangfei is leaving the city with her brother.
Certain Wangye : What? Did they think I'm dead?! Chase!

Shadow Guard C : Wangye, Wangfei said if you keep bothering her, you are not allowed to enter her bedchamber in the future.
Certain Wangye : What?! Wife, you can't bully your husband like this! <<less

Vyga just broke up with her boyfriend. Her second chance at life is questionable…. as she has now woken up in the world of a popular love simulation game called ‘My Prince Lover’.... more>>

It’s easy. Win the guy, win the family’s hearts, win in a war with enemy country and yeah……
Or at least that’s what she thought how it was gonna be.

The Prince might’ve been a heartthrob on the computer screens, but it turns out there’s someone much more lovely, far more different than her dear Prince lover who steals her heart. <<less

REVENGES, PLANET WAR, POLITICS, AND ... LOVE.... more>>

WARNING: SCI-FI FANTASY WITH GORE SCENES. SLOW PACED STORY.

After being at the very end of the Goldinian Solar System for so long and being exiled by other immortals, Planet Silverian suddenly gained a new energy, the extremely powerful dark energy. Flerix then used this opportunity to take control of the Metal Galaxy. However, the birth of Keira, a Crossbreed, hindered his ambitions, so Xyon was forced to hide the girl on Planet Earth.

The secrets about the universe and herself were revealed after she tried to find out who was the culprit who had messed up her life. A Blackerian she met once, lead her to another untold story about space and time.

Could Keira accept the fact that she was a Crossbreed and cursed by the universe? <<less

14-year-old Sasanoyou Aosagi comes from a family of opium farmers on the impoverished island of Nagekomi. After years of blight and never-ending raids by pirates, her family finally decided to sell their most useless daughter to the brothels. "Useless" — they called her — because she would often run off to the harbormaster's office to read books instead of laboring in the poppy fields like her diligent brothers and sisters.... more>>

"Useless", however, is a matter of perspective. Although Aosagi might be plain, dull, and unattractive like dried table salt, the Madam of a particularly shady pleasure house is interested in hiring a cheap yet literate peasant girl. The red light district of Nagekomi is a garden of fraud and false flowers, and who can think of a better use of a calligraphy pen than to embellish a few love letters with lies?

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This novel is R-15 with mature themes. Despite the setting, no sexual content directly occurs with the protagonist (she is obviously underage), although the threat or potential risk of future prostitution is an element of the plot. Readers should be advised about the uncomfortable subject matter. <<less

Under the rule of emperor Xia, the empire had prospered. But intricate political intrigue had dragged the royal family into the abyss, only to be remembered by history as a vile lineage. Princess Xia Qing Yun stood in the heart of this darkness. But her body had been burnt to ashes by past hatred and web of machinations.. now only her resentment remains. By the heaven’s will, she was given a second chance to inhabit a new vessel. The grandson of her archenemy, the weak unfavoured prince Xian Kang Yun.... more>>

A tale of identity spanning generations. A personal debate and exploration on existential. A quest to reclaim a missing past whilst surviving the mysterious future.

======= Author notes:=====

This is my first attempt writing a novel and english is not my first language.

Updates could be irregular since it takes a long time for me to plan and execute the writing.

Any feedback will be appreciated and much love in advance for even giving this novel a chance! <<less

Medical Examiner Geun Namkyu is fresh out of school and has just closed his tenth case. Suddenly his brother goes missing and while the police look for him, the abductor is sending Namkyu pieces of him.... more>>

He is trying to keep it together but it is getting beyond difficult when every single one of the cases that lands on Namkyu 's table has a piece of Jinyoung's body.

Detective Lee does his absolute best to find the killer that is messing up his station before a lot of people end up dead but every time he gets a clue , he meets a dead end. Worst of all the clues lead to Geun Namkyu

The question becomes is the killer causing a distraction so they can finish their puzzle of body parts or are they trying to send a message <<less

"And from his heart grew a red, red rose, and from his heart a briar..."... more>>

Laurel can make the flowers bloom—what a useless talent. It's never helped him while he was an orphan confined to toil in the muck and murk of the imperial army, until the emperor's peerless granddaughter snatches him up as a chess piece of her own.

A tool. A scholar. The youngest court official. Under Li Qiuyue's tutelage, Laurel blooms into the coldest flower of His Majesty's court.

There's a way to use his useless talent after all. It's just thoroughly horrible. <<less

This year's harvest festival will be one for the Blackstone history books.

a great battle of the lifetimes for the possession of the soul stone throughout all the immortals and gods. but nobody could achieve it until now, not even the emperor himself, but a young man named Arata was able to achieve ,He became the unspeakable" great grand master of the divine cult, who is known by the name of the" master of the death strings ".
Arata has been facing all kinds of obstacles coming in his way to kill him and own the legendary soul stone.
Arata Shinya trusts his elder brother Hachiro ( the great dragon general of heaven ),these two stunning brothers are known all over the heavens and other realms,... more>> but Hachiro is under the control of his cunning witch mother who uses dark arts, and wants his son to be just like her due to the hatred .by using her ways she has been using innocent Hachiro to betray him several times Arata lost his beloved mother and his loved once ,he suffers an unbearable pain throughout his lifetime but even after all this pain he mastered the new cultivation by possessing the soul stone, and he even gained a new title of the divine grand master of the divine cult of the righteous clan. but not even once as he felt angered at his brother for the great respect and brotherly love for hachiro ,, even when Hachiro tried to kill him twice to posses the soul stone. Arata kind knew that it's not his brothers doing but someone else. all he thinks about is ,how to reunite with his older brother hachrio.
meanwhile, Ayane the girl is in love with her master yet she works for her master as his bodyguard. but the fear of losing him, I just can't imagine. ayane has hidden her feelings for him there are some memories that hold her from confessing to him, ayane has been waiting for him , for a long time ." one day my master will realize my love for him, until then I will wait "is what ayane hopes for.
will Arata be able to get back his brother to normal? and save him from the cunning mother of his ? will he be able to love Ayane?

sorry if there are grammatical mistakes , iam working without an editor so please bear with him . <<less

She is married to a handsome Prince, but her father-in-law is a Dark Lord.

'Do you want to see the Heaven? If yes, then hold my hand and I will show what Heaven looks like.'... more>>

Lee Seo Jin is the great General of the Goryeo Dynasty of ancient Korea. Under his leadership, many territories of the Korean Peninsula were unified. He is the most respected person after the Great King of Goryeo, King Saejo.

Ae-Ra is an 18-year-old girl who is a Courtesan (Gisaeng) in the Courtesan House of the Capital. She was taught to entertain the men from a young age, due to which her life was limited within the four walls of an entertainment house. However, when Lee Seo Jin brought her to his residence, she felt the Touch of Heaven in her miserable life. 

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"'Ae-Ra means Love'," Lee Seo Jin pronounced while gazing into the eyes of Ae-Ra, who was astonished to know the meaning of her name. 

"How could my mother give such a name to me? The word 'Love' never existed in my life," Ae-Ra took a deep sigh and lowered her eyes. 

"Are you sure that Love never existed in your life, Ae-Ra? Are you sure you don't trust men?" Seo Jin asked. 

"Yes, General Lee. I do not believe in love, neither do I trust men," Ae-Ra asserted. Her eyes were filled with tears, recalling her past days. 

"What about me? Do you trust me?" Seo Jin was curious.

"I do not trust General Lee either," Ae-Ra blurted out.

"Ae-Ra, not every man is bad. If I would be, then by now, you would have been on my bed," Seo Jin affirmed. 

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