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Legacy of Fear

In 1832, in the remote village of Nougrihi near the ancient ruins of Mahishnati, the Yoro clan lives under the iron grip of centuries-old traditions. Superstition is law: rigid caste divisions, omens that dictate every decision, whispers of black magic, and ritual human sacrifices offered in secret groves to “appease the earth” and prevent famine. Fear is the true currency—fear of the gods, fear of the elders, fear of change. On a moonlit night, a boy named Kunal is born into this world. From the moment his piercing eyes open, the villagers sense something different. They whisper that this child will change everything. What they don’t know is that the prophecy is self-fulfilling—not because of destiny, but because Kunal’s mind refuses to accept the lies they live by. As a boy, Kunal watches the rituals in silence, memorizing every detail, every contradiction. The sacrifices never truly stop the droughts. The caste rules never bring justice. The fear never ends. His genius awakens early: an exceptional intellect that sees patterns, questions authority, and refuses to bow. Years later, as a young man, Kunal marries Siya—a woman as sharp and beautiful as she is loyal. Together they live in the shadow of the clan’s traditions, but Kunal’s mind is already working. He begins to study the world beyond the village: colonial engineers building canals and roads, magistrates investigating ritual killings, the slow spread of logic against superstition. He teaches himself engineering and detective methods—how to design irrigation systems that make sacrifices unnecessary, how to investigate “omens” and prove they are manipulations or coincidences. But every step he takes threatens the clan’s fragile order. Elders see him as dangerous. Lower-caste families see him as hope. Some accuse him of black magic. Others quietly follow him. Paranoia spreads like wildfire: villagers start doubting their own memories, questioning rituals they once accepted without thought, watching each other with suspicion. Kunal wants only one thing: a normal life with Siya, free from fear. Yet the deeper he digs into the clan’s “legacy,” the more he realizes it is not a curse from the gods—it is a cycle of collective trauma, guilt, and control. Breaking it means confronting the elders, exposing the lies, and risking everything: his family, his safety, his sanity. As the clan begins to fracture, Kunal must decide how far he is willing to go. Every revelation brings more danger. Every ally brings more betrayal. And every truth he uncovers forces him to look deeper into his own mind—because the greatest fear may not be the clan’s traditions… it may be what he himself becomes in the fight to destroy them. In Legacy of Fear, intellect becomes a weapon, doubt becomes a virus, and one man’s refusal to stay silent threatens to unravel an entire world built on lies. A gripping psychological thriller about genius, guilt, tradition, and the terrifying cost of truth.
MysticalK · 6.4k Views

Eternal Ascent

He died defending a world that wasn't ready. He woke up seven centuries earlier—in his sixteen-year-old body. Asuta Kirigaya has lived and died across 700 years of war. As the immortal kingdoms descended upon Earth, he became its last, desperate defender—and failed. His final memory is of a mountain peak stained with his blood, surrounded by the cultivators who hunted him across lifetimes. He opens his eyes in a high school classroom, to the sound of a teacher scolding him for falling asleep. The date is February 13, 2020. He has four years before history repeats itself. Four years before a wounded immortal from the Xi Kingdom crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him the dawn of cultivation—and an apocalypse that will drown the modern world in blood and spiritual fire. Armed with memories of techniques lost to time and a soul tempered in centuries of battle, Asuta holds one advantage: the Divine God Body Sutra, a forbidden scripture that builds a foundation capable of challenging gods. But in a world devoid of Qi, power must be clawed back from nothing—one purified muscle, one painstakingly crafted pill, one whispered secret at a time. As he navigates the fragile joys of a life he thought lost—his sharp-witted sister Ruri, his loyal friend Ken—shadowy organizations already sense the coming convergence. They hunt artifacts, hoard knowledge, and see Asuta not as a savior, but as a threat to be controlled or eliminated. Four years to rebuild a god's body. Four years to forge alliances in a world that doesn't believe. Four years to prevent the future he already lived. Time is the one enemy even an immortal can't outrun.
Emiliano_Martinez · 1.4k Views

The Demon Executioner

DING! [Welcome to Eyria] Ethan, known in his former life as Mesh, lived a hollow existence. Work. Sleep. Repeat. A life spent giving everything, and gaining nothing in return. Betrayed by the very people he trusted, his coworker and his boss, his life ended abruptly. Not with meaning… but with bitterness. Death, however, was not the end. He awakened in another world: Eyria. A land on the brink of collapse, where demons ruled the shadows of day and night, and humanity survived only by clinging to hope. Reborn as Ethan Cole, he entered a world already bleeding. There, he awakened a class unknown to Eyria. A hybrid class known as the 'Executioner'. It granted him overwhelming power, power designed to hunt demons without mercy. But that strength came at a cost. Each use carved away fragments of his humanity, replacing restraint with bloodlust, and reason with cold, lethal instinct. Still, Ethan made a vow. To erase demons from the face of Eyria. Yet as his power grows and his humanity fades, one question remains: Will Ethan become the shield that saves this world… or the blade that finally shatters it? Note: Schedule: 7 New chs/week - MC is Overpowered but it comes at a cost. Just like the synopsis described. - MC has strong ability but it isn't easily unlocked. - Romance comes later not immediately. - Chapter two has fast pacing. Tags: # Action #transmigration #romance #survival #academy #Dark #Adventure #War #System #Overpowered #Anti-Hero #Weak to Strong #Magic #Tragedy #thestrongsctingweak Cover picture is Ai Generated by me. Power stones and Golden Tickets is highly appreciated. Thanks. Discord: https://discord.gg/kTW5AuWfZ5
Don_isyzee · 256 Views

IRON & FROSTBURN

IRON & FROSTBURN IN A CITY WITHOUT A SUN, SILENCE IS THE ONLY SIN. Under the fractured sky of Sideris, where the "Tear" bleeds freezing blue light onto the cobblestones and acid rain dissolves the weak, the Church of the Pale Eye rules through fear and iron. They promise salvation, but they trade in agony. VALERIUS is their greatest weapon. Known as the Rune Eater, he is a mountain of a man encased in cursed Void Armor, a living prison that feeds on magic and burns his flesh with unceasing fire. He is the Church’s executioner, a man who has forgotten peace, existing only to silence the enemies of High Priest Lysander. He prays for death, but his armor will not let him die. ELARA is a mistake. Marked with the brand of the void, Ø, she is a flaw in the Church’s quest for the perfect human. A "Glitch" born in the Alchemy Halls, she possesses violet eyes that see the truth and a touch that does the impossible: it does not feed the magic; it kills it. When Valerius is sent to the deepest dungeon to erase this mistake, he finds not a monster, but a miracle. For the first time in a decade, when Elara touches his burning armor, the fire dies. The screaming runes turn to ice. The pain stops. Now, the executioner has become the protector. United by a desperate need, his for silence, hers for survival, they must flee into the chaotic, monster-infested streets of Sideris. But the Church will not let its favorite weapon and its most dangerous secret escape so easily. In a world made of rust, blood, and lies, Valerius and Elara will discover that the only way to break their chains is to burn the world down or freeze it into eternal silence. Iron bleeds. Frost burns. And the Gods are made of paper.
burmeser · 473 Views