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Blood and Starlight - Part One : Ashes and Iron

In the smoke-choked slums of Ironhaven, seventeen-year-old Eli survives as a thief—stealing just enough to keep himself and his sickly younger friend Finn alive. In the Kingdom of Toren, magic is a death sentence, hunted by the brutal Inquisition. Eli has hidden his own magical gifts his whole life, afraid of being burned like so many others. When a desperate heist in a noble’s estate goes wrong, Eli is forced to use his magic to escape, exposing his powers and marking him as the Inquisition’s most wanted. With Finn’s life hanging in the balance, Eli is rescued by the Underground—a secret network that smuggles magic-users out of Toren and into the legendary Luminari Kingdom, where magic is celebrated, not feared. In exchange for passage, Eli agrees to carry a mysterious sealed cylinder across the war-torn Ashen Marches. But the cylinder is more than simple cargo—it’s the core component of a magical superweapon, designed by a radical faction within Luminari to annihilate Ironhaven and end the twenty-five-year war in a single, catastrophic strike. Guided by the hardened veteran Marcus and the sharp-witted border runner Nora, Eli navigates checkpoint patrols, burned villages, scavenger bands, and the haunted silence of the Marches. With each step east, he feels the cylinder’s ancient magic pulsing against his own—changing him, attuning him to powers older than the kingdoms at war. Upon reaching Luminara, the City of Light, Eli delivers the cylinder to Aldric Voss, a craftsman and ally within the resistance. There, he meets Vera Silver, an Academy instructor and political moderate working to stop the weapon’s completion. As Eli enters the Luminari Mage Academy to train his long-suppressed magic, he learns that his connection to the cylinder’s ancient core is unique—and may be the key to disrupting the weapon’s calibration before it can be fired. But the faction is watching. Councilor Renn, a political player with ambiguous loyalties, has taken notice of Eli’s unusual abilities. With the weapon’s activation scheduled in days, Eli must master his emerging powers, navigate Academy politics, and decide how far he’s willing to go to save the city he fled—and the people he left behind. Part One of Blood and Starlight is a story of survival and sacrifice, of stolen magic and secret wars, and of a boy from the ashes who must choose between the life he wanted and the destiny he carries.
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Special Agent Killer Transmigrates with Space and Becomes Unstoppable

Please note: The synopsis is inadequate, so please read the main text! Jiang Luoxue, a special agent from the 23rd century, was stunningly beautiful with impeccable marksmanship and outstanding medical and poison skills. While returning from a mission, she encountered a plane crash and transmigrated into the neglected legitimate daughter of a Minister's household in the Yunqi Dynasty. Upon arrival, she was drugged with a potent aphrodisiac and pursued by bandits. After a desperate fight to eliminate them, she fell off a cliff, believing she was going to die. Fortunately, she had a fortuitous encounter at the bottom of the cliff. Heh! Since she didn't die, it was time for others to face misfortune. She cursed her heartless father, beat her hypocritically kind and venomous stepmother, spanked the stepsister who stole her fiancé, emptied the family’s storerooms, and then ruined their reputations, ensuring they got a lifetime tour of prison. Ye Xuanchen, the Great General of the Yunqi Dynasty, was exceedingly handsome and skilled in martial arts. While fighting the enemy, he was ambushed and poisoned with the Fiery Charm Toxin. Every mid-month, his meridians would become turbulent, causing him intense pain. As someone who avoided women, he had to soak in the Ice Pool to alleviate his suffering. On this day, at the height of his internal struggle, facing a woman who fell from the sky, he mistook her for a spy sent by the enemy nation. The moment Jiang Luoxue saw the naked man in the water:
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GAME OF THRONES: AEGON THE AVENGER

Lightweight system) (Slow-heating) Aegon travels to the world of A Song of Ice and Fire and becomes Aegon Targaryen, who shares the same name. Good news: He possesses the bloodline of the Valyrian Dragon King and can ride dragons. Bad news: I didn't transmigrate into Aegon the Conqueror who conquered the Seven Kingdoms, nor into any of the Targaryen kings in history, but into "Little Aegon"—yes, the one who got smashed against a wall by the Mountain and had his head split open. To make matters worse, the Targaryen dynasty had already fallen, and a usurper had ascended the throne in King's Landing. He could only drag his broken body and rely on the system to stay alive as he fled to the Narrow Sea. Aegon thought he was getting a tragic and heartbreaking script, but what happened? Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in at the Valyrian Ruins and received 1 chance to win a prize. Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Golden Legendary item and obtained King Ghidorah (juvenile form). Aegon stared in astonishment at the grotesque three-headed beast on the system screen: "Wait... is this art style right?!" When the shadow of a three-headed dragon, obscuring the sky, swept across King's Landing, when the chaotic Seven Kingdoms were reunited under the dragon's wings, and when usurpers and traitors were reduced to ashes in the flames, the maesters who wrote the Targaryen Chronicles bestowed upon him the title "Aegon the Avenger" after Aegon the Conqueror.
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