Back in the Late Antiquity Era, the protagonist meets his untimely demise. But Heaven and Earth always leaves a way out, his new cultivation journey begins anew on the path of reclaiming his former strength and defying Fate.... more>>

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This is a story about a native cultivator of the Gu world. He lived in the era of/before Spectral Soul Demon Venerable (two venerable eras before the main RI plot). He suffered the rise of the demon venerable, barely able to make his arrangements before his death. He manages to rebirth, but doesn't everything go as planned. The story starts off in an isolated small word (grotto heaven), until the MC can grow and reclaim his former glory, before surpassing it. (long way, he was already rank 8 before) The MC has a pragmatic worldview, aligned with what you would expect from someone living hundreds of years in that kind of hostile environment. He doesn't shy away from immoral acts if it benefits him. The MC bears close resemblance to Fang Yuan in this regard, but his goal is not eternal life.

One of my aims was to showcase the later introduced cultivation rules into the mortal cultivation (dao marks, attainment etc.) and explore novel scenarios within this highly technical cultivation environment. <<less

Light and Dark, StarBreakers and Demons,
Battling for their survival, and their beliefs.
Follow Yuri, our young adamant Starbreaker as she fights Demons, and unravels... more>> appalling secrets, all for her quest to seek the sacred Land of Light, where miracles reside. <<less

When darkness visited their little world, everyone was forced to make sacrifices. But was it really his love for his people that forced the Chief to sacrifice the childhood of a little boy? Everyone had to make a sacrifice in whatever version of justice or revenge they wanted. But was it fear or opportunity that led to the blood bath within the Minyama? Who is really in control and who is just a pawn.... more>>

When his mother was murdered a few days after he survived an attempt on his life, proclaimed future leader of the Martial world Ben together with the mysterious newcomer Anopa roamed the world in search of answers. With the masked men as their only leads they were riding on their grief and need for revenge.

They were accompanied by the healer Talia, Ben's betrothed Nora and Nora's soulmate Dante. Every step closer to the truth is a step closer to their doom. Join them on their journey as they try to uncover who's coming after them and their people.

Darkness unleashed the Unforgotten to wipe out the Martial World forcing our naïve but deceitful heros to search for the masked men before they are erased from existence. Everyone had to make sacrifices in pursuit for answers and survival.

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Cover image by Steven Shan (2023).
A Tale of the Jade Road.
Updates Sundays AEST.
[Cross-posting to Wattpad and Royal Road.]
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What to expect:... more>> /> - Intrigue and politics
- Daoist references
- Discussions of mental health, some horror and gore elements
- Strong but not OP characters
- A super slowburn female x female romance
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"Do you understand how I could hurt you? I don't think you realise-"
"I don't. I really don't. I can't think of anything worse than what has already happened."
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The demon hunter, Miss Fén, has been called to save a town from the hundred-year scourge of a vengeful ghost. But things are certainly not what they seem and this initially simple-looking job becomes a saga of intrigue, from a little village to the highest realms of power.
When they discover that both she and the 'ghost' have been betrayed by the same person, how will they take their revenge?
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The Tales of the Jade Road are a collection of stories set in the same universe, a historical East Asian-inspired fantasy world where the East and the West are linked by a long trading route, the Jade Road. Other Tales include: I'm really not the Saviour!, Eitsu's Nine Lives, and Ginseng and Yew. <<less

After years of torture and torment in the most brutal prison in the Five Planes, the famous 600-year-old Demon Shepherd escaped along with several prisoners, taking advantage of a mysterious incident. However, the trackers that had been implanted in his body, Ka and Ba, caused him to be pursued everywhere he went.... more>>

His plight got a lot worse when he stumbled upon a Key that the Heavenly Union seemed to desperately want. The bounty on his head skyrocketed; the whole world was after him.

His life turned into a nightmare. He couldn't even shit in peace, let alone cultivate.

And now, they have finally cornered him.

Fortunately, he knows a Yantra, and his only chance to escape death is by... killing himself.

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[TRANSMIGRATION - WEAK TO STRONG - VILLAINOUS MC]

This is a xianxia-inspired series. Dark series, to be more specific, like Reverend Insanity and some other works that have not been translated yet or got canceled and disappeared.

If you like RI, you should like this. I hope so.

*Also, the premise of the cultivation system is taken from RI. <<less

[Re-write of "I Became The Staff God"]
Set in a Murim world, this is a Xianxia series.
The protagonist is named Zen, he is a 15 year old boy who is currently a low-ranked member of the blood cult (Check chapter 0). One night, after he fell to sleep, he is met by an unusually warm sensation, he wakes up to find that his room, in fact, his entire cult has been set on fire!... more>>

I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com! Check it out there as well! It will receive updates as the same as here, sometimes, I might post there a few hours earlier. <<less

The Five Kingdoms have long maintained an uneasy peace, but whispers of a forgotten power are stirring in the shadows. When the Floating Leaf, a... more>> haven of serenity amidst the clouds, is attacked, aging martial arts master Sorah becomes entangled in a conflict that spans realms. Haunted by his past and burdened by the enigmatic Sage Curse, Sorah must unravel the mysteries of the Five Legendary Dances of the Titan Avatars, confront his inner demons, and ultimately choose between vengeance and redemption.
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Read more chapters and support the story at:
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Vincent had a weird nightmare.... more>>

Humanity was destroyed.
The city he called home burned to the ground, his home blew up, and his loved ones died one by one before his eyes as he watched in crippling desperation, knowing one day it would be his turn.
When the nightmare truly ended, he opened his eyes to the bottom of the sea and a world that he knew nothing about.
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Even though the MC is literally chased by the time, there will be many slices of life, tons of world-building, and interaction with many different characters. The burn will slow as our main character, Vincent, searches for his family and friends in a System world that is brimming with monsters wanting to take a sweet bite from his flesh and time.
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This book’s main goal is to build a mysterious System world where to require anything–stats, skills, food, or even a little bit of underwear— you need to sacrifice something dear to you, your own limited lifespan. Also, I want to write interesting characters and build a culture built upon this ‘Time is all’ mechanic.
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There will be stats but also the cultivation mechanics.
The system actively manipulates its inhabitants instead of only giving out free power and being done with it.
Our protagonist, Vincent, is a young man in his early twenties, also an ex-college-freshman with many regrets and errors, but he understands those facts too late.

***I am planning to release daily until it is chapter ten, then two times a week schedule (Monday-Friday)

*** The first ten chapters are short, but later chapters will be much longer. (2700~ words)

I'm new to writing the world in my mind, so I appreciate your feedback and comments in advance. Thank you!

Hope you enjoy the ride! <<less

Namike Heiner, an ordinary person who couldn't dream, was able to dream once, not knowing the consequences that could occur.... more>>

This story is based on a prompt I got from Chat GPT, so some bits may have holes, but I hope you can bear with it. <<less

Wang Xue was known as the Bloody Monarch in his previous life. Known to slaughter anyone he didn't like and capable of killing an innocent child on a whim.... more>>

He was disconnected from everyone, no lover nor friend; he was alone throughout his life.

When he died in the Cataclysm that he prepared to trap the people that wanted to kill him, no one mourned his death.

With him setting off the Cataclysm, the Wheel of Reincarnation was broken, and no one should've been able to get another chance in life.

But his soul found its way to the body of the deceased young man, called Wang Jia.

This is the tale of the one who had fallen from above and started anew in life. Will he regain his name as the Bloodbath Monarch, or will he become a hero for the people?

Well, one thing is for sure is that Wang Xue follows his own path.

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P.S this novel is not for those who does not like killing. This is a story of a guy who is kind of insane and follows his own thought process in dealing with things. I think I was in a phase when I wrote the concept for this.

Note: There is overarching plot, but this is just a feel good story I wrote when I was young and just wanted to get back to simple things. Tell me if you liked it. <<less

A System Apocalypse changes the Earth.... more>>

A Threat of extermination looms over Humanity.

A Hero returns from killing a Demon Lord.

“Whoever said being a Returnee Hero is easy was full of shit!”

Leonidas Paendrag spent five years in another world to defeat the Demon Lord and his literal armies of Hell, only for the final battle to send him back to Earth unexpectedly. Denied the rest he desperately wanted, Leonidas is instead thrust into a world of emerging fantasy races, warring human factions, and a dysfunctional family more intent on killing each other than the monsters roaming the planet.

With royal elven politics, dungeon raids, area bosses, human doomsday cults, rogue US military holdouts, and hostile fantasy races mixing together into a nightmare cocktail of bullshit; Leonidas must use all his accrued knowledge, skill, and experience as the Hero to cultivate, grow stronger, and forge his own place in a post-System Incursion Earth.

And in the process, figure out why the System keeps calling him a ‘Cataclysm’ and painting a target on his back.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
+ LitRPG System Screens of extremely high quality
+ Weak to Overpowered MC with detailed Cultivation
+ Anti-Hero MC with a code and an IQ above room temperature (F)
+ Sword & Sorcery MC that kicks a whole lotta ass
+ Dark truths of a post-societal collapse Humanity
+ Fantasy races emerging on Earth and meeting normies
+ Politics, Romance, and Action Galore
+ Slow Burn Plot with expansive World Building (Action starts up heavily at Chapter 15+)
+ Dungeon Dives and Really Big Chests™️

There are no advances chapters on Patreon. <<less

Reincarnated into a new world after a fierce battle, Huey, who had grown up significantly, never knew he was given a second chance at life. When in need of money because of his mother’s hospital bills, he takes a dangerous job to help hunt those monsters four times a month by acting as a decoy for the adventurers in dungeons. But one day, he is heavily injured by a giant monster and remembers his past life as a "Great Magic Swordsman, Dylan." With his old memories flooding back at him like a tidal wave, Huey finally has a chance to wander the new world to become the greatest Magic Swordsman.... more>>

And this time, he plans to get rich and free his dear mother from her illness, giving her the best life ever. And also maybe... Just maybe, he could achieve what he couldn't in his past life. <<less

Even the gods will come to fear divine retribution.

Lysette Barenete's life should have ended the night inquisitors annihilated her village. But an act of divine intervention gave her a second chance. Now reborn as a Godslayer, Lysette has a new goal - revenge against those who took everything from her.

To avenge her family, she will first need to gain far more power through study, training, and undertaking missions for her new patron. But her actions quickly attract the attention of allies and enemies alike, all interested in this new Cultivator. With new friends at her side, Lysette will form a faction to challenge the gods themselves.
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Note: This story contains LGBTQ Relationships, Characters, and Themes. This is tagged 'mature', but there will be no explicit sexual content in this work. Reader discretion is still advised. <<less

Lost her family and her world, betrayed by her best friend and other deities, burning with anger, betrayal, and hatred in her heart, she ultimately... more>> killed everyone who aimed to slay her. However, after countless transmigrations and reincarnations, yet another rebirth occurred just before her life ended, as she wished for everlasting peace. When she regains consciousness, she finds herself regressed to when she was a fetus. <<less

tribulations and adversities. The path to the Dao is complex and dangerous, countless die while trying to ascend to the Heavens, but those few who... more>> persist on this path are destined for greatness. Long Ming was a simple peasant who didn't even know about the existence of cultivators, until he took the initial step on this path and needed to face all the dangers and tribulations that came his way. <<less

What impact will one soul leave on the Physio-Ethereal Universe?
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An Original
- My Passion Project -

Climb the ranks and stand atop the world. Only one hunter can become the ultimate!
Stuck under a mountain of debt, Ike can only dream of the world of hunters. Ranks, power, and the System are out of his reach, until the day he awakens a Unique skill. Equipped with the power of lightning, Ike must break out of the slums and overturn the hierarchy of the System in order to fulfil his dream of becoming the ultimate hunter. Harvesting the skills of monsters, he turns against the world's logic.... more>>

"Slumrats can only reach Rank 2!" "You need to be rich and purchase good skills if you want to advance!"
Refusing the way of the world. Overturning the heavens. Watch Ike overcome everything against him, and climb to become the strongest hunter!

Slowburn fantasy. LitRPG System Xianxia/Cultivation. Look forward to an adventure like Duolo Dalu, A Will Eternal or I Shall Seal the Heavens!

What to expect:
Hunting
Hunting... for skills
Cultivation
Slow Burn Fantasy
LitRPG system with skills, ranks, and levels
Weak-to-strong protagonist
Intriguing Western Fantasy setting <<less

Everything was at peace, but one day, the mysterious Entity Maya greeted the earth. It was a formless voice that couldn't be seen or heard.... more>> This was known as a spell. This spell randomly selected people, bringing them onto a world full of adventure and cultivation. Humans, who thought they were alone in the universe, were greeted by humans themselves, all with different abilities, power systems, and worlds. <<less

After the success of the last Game Series, The Immortal Emperor Kathur'Ta had decided to launch another great game for the higher worlds to enjoy.... more>>

The next games were called: Worldbound Warriors: The Great Reincarnation. A thousand unsuspecting creatures were transported into ten worlds vastly different from their own, to compete until one man was left standing.

Xie Jing woke up expecting to find himself in his hospital bed, but what he saw was a dangerous world teeming with vicious monsters that he had never seen before. His bleak but simple life was instantly replaced for one riddled with dangers, excitement, and cultivation.

Followed by a small demon who was filming everything about his life for all the higher worlds to see, ninety-nine other players in the same world who were aiming for his life, and forced to undertake a dangerous infiltration mission by the demonic sect he found himself in, Xie Jing must quickly adapt to his newfound reality, or succumb to the multitude of dangers that sought to take his life. <<less

Alex was a bullied high-school student with high sense of morality and a guy who believed in having a firm heart due to his martial art heritage. One day after being beaten unconscious at school he suddenly wakes up to find himself in a mysterious library, but before he could digest his situation, a woman he had never met before reincarnated him into a world of swords and magic.... more>>

Fifteen years after his reincarnation he visits the great kingdom of Lancia to reunite with his comrade and childhood friend. However, things quickly fall out of place as he meets an old enemy who had apparently 'reformed' and became a good person after their last encounter including the crown prince of the kingdom itself.

This is ignoring the Ascenders in the shadows...! What are their goals and how is he related to them?

What is to happen in this tale of Hidden Dragons and ACTUAL Dragons? Guess it's all in Alex's hands... <<less

Good has never won over evil. At least for the people of Saint.... more>>

Now fate has pitied and spun its wheel, dragging a stranger into their lands.

A villain who stood at the pinnacle of evil. When all hope is lost, you remove a thorn with a thorn and Fate hurled the biggest, boldest thorn it could find at the people of Saint.

"Ric."

[Immortality is a myth and not at the same time. Ric’s journey is going to prove this concept.]

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Magic system: Pactomancy - The Art of Mystic Contracts.

Color Code: Enigmatic Indigo

Pactomancy is a profound magical discipline that revolves around forging mystical contracts to harness and manipulate arcane forces. Practitioners, known as Oatbinders, establish pacts with otherworldly entities, ancient spirits, attributes, concepts, animals or even elements of the magical realm.

What you can expect:-

1. "Anti Hero"
2. Overpowered --> to weak --> to unkillable MC.
3. Healer fighter Demon Healer!
4. Quirky MC giving reality checks.
5. Unique magic system.
6. Immersing characters. 7. Fast pace (Well, faster than TS The System. <<less

As Evelyn's monsters swell in size, so does her strength.... more>>

Left for dead after a wilderness encounter, Evelyn awakens a week later, memories not solely her own.

The world grapples with an onslaught of monsters, pushing humanity into subterranean refuge.

Despite the System offering a glimmer of hope, humanity struggles against the onslaught of calamitous creatures.

Armed with nothing but a juvenile horned serpent, Evelyn teeters on the brink of expulsion from the academy, risking her only shot at becoming a Classed Cultivator.

Yet, when all was hopeless, Evelyn’s newly awakened trait allows her to meld her abilities with her monsters. Forging a symbiotic bond of growth.

Just how potent can this bond become? Evelyn needed strength, and fast. For monsters lurking aboveground weren't the sole threat to her life.

What to expect:
1) A System that fuses LitRPG, Cultivation and Skills.
2) This is a weak to strong story and Protagonist needs to sharpen her skills instead of just making numbers go up.
3) Combat, power ups, unique skill merges and eventually powerful bonded monsters. <<less

In a world where deception reigns supreme, there exists a stark contrast between the perceived image of ninjas and their true essence. While the false ninjas cloak themselves in shadows, relying on flashy techniques and swift strikes, they are ultimately fragile, their offense outweighing their defense.... more>>

The false ninjas, despite their mastery over formidable powers like the Susano'o, falter under the weight of betrayal and ambushes. Meanwhile, the true masters of the ninja realm transcend the limitations of flesh, wielding their strength to shatter even the mightiest foes.
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Upto 20 Advanced chapters available on Patreon:-
patreon.com/ShadySmuggler <<less

Truck-kun is once again clowning around. Another victim has fallen and it is time for a new story in the world of mighty immortal cultivators.... more>> There's only one issue that's being raised. What does the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Maul, have to do with all of this?
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English is not my native language, so please, feel free to comment and notify me about any inconsistencies with the language or the word use.
Appreciate all of you for reading this story! <<less

Zelsys Newman, Founder of the Newman Sect. ... more>>

Egotistical. Violent. Righteous to a fault.

Bringer of change, destroyer of tyrants.

Awaken, Conquering One, the Wanderer Unchained.

Discord: https://discord.gg/KPggKZzfx4 <<less