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The Broken Seals

In the kingdom of Aurelion, magic is not a gift—it is a discipline. Those who master it attend Crownspire Academy, where nobles train to protect the realm and a handful of commoners are admitted under constant scrutiny. Sorel Pax is one of them. A commoner with no lineage, no patron, and no tolerance for noble cruelty, they struggle to survive in an academy built to remind them they do not belong. Magic at Crownspire is taught as law: precise, controlled, limited. Push too far, and the body overburns. Break the rules, and you disappear. But as attacks shake the kingdom beyond the academy’s walls, rumors spread of a shadowy group known as the Reverent Ash—terrorists who believe magic was never meant to have limits. They claim the ancient gods were not destroyed, only buried, and that the Crown has been lying about the true nature of magic for centuries. When forbidden knowledge surfaces beneath the academy itself, Sorel begins to realize the rules they’ve been taught are incomplete—and possibly deliberate. The terrorists may be wrong about the gods, but they are right about one thing: the kingdom’s greatest weapon is also its greatest lie. Caught between a system that fears change and a movement willing to burn the world for truth, Sorel must decide how far they are willing to push reality—and what they’re willing to lose when it pushes back. Because magic always resists. And the world is closer to breaking than anyone admits.
MountR6 · 7.6k Views

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.
Gk1808 · 271.7k Views

The Echo of You in My Blood

He lost her because he took her love for granted. Eight years later, she returns—but this time, love is no longer free. .................... Isabelle loved him from the moment when she didn’t know the meaning of love. She never thought whom she loved him more than her life would betray her and when he betrayed her, he didn’t just leave—he destroyed her. She spends her months chasing him and by the time she realized, she had lost everything in this process, her confidence, her self -respect, her support. Adriano was man with confidence, money was something he flex just to attract attention, he had everything in his life, loving parents, pile of cash, endless attention and more important he had his girl – Isabelle but everything had changed when she stop chasing him and finally found her worth, he panicked. What he mistook for familiarity and desire turned out to be the only love that ever truly mattered to him. By the time he realized it, she was already gone. But the realization came so late that he can’t now reach her now-. Eight years later, they meet again. She had not the old innocent, fragile, stupid, crazy in love girl, she had changed ,she had become mature, she had grown crawls. As desire ignites again and old wounds bleed open, love turns dangerous, obsession turns desperate, and forgiveness becomes the hardest thing to give. What happen when after eight years when they finally meet again, whereas Adriano trying everything in his control to win over but her heart become cold as she doubt everyone around her including him. Will Adriano earn redemption and prove his love is real this time? Or is their story destined to end where it once shattered—forever apart?
Diya_D_7982 · 722 Views

Escaping the Rogue Evolution System

Enslaved for a million years and given a chance to redo it again. One day, a mysterious meteor from the stars fell in front of me, Aerus. Unbeknownst to me, it contained an alien Cube from another universe, one of which without magic but science. It controlled my body with the promise of power and evolution—a chance to overcome my missing magical talents. Unfortunately, I was unaware it got corrupted after passing through the barrier between universes. Through me, it had the perverted desire to create the ultimate evolutionary lifeform; something that could wield god magic and have an immortal body. For a million years, it controlled my mind to eat every living creature I could lay my eyes on... until we met the Void Whale. The System was powerless before the True God-like creature. When it opened its mouth, I was sucked in and everything became dark. After I opened my eyes again, it was the day before the System's destined arrival. “Time to redo everything and win.” This is my story. A story of how I escaped the Rogue Evolution System with the help of new friends and love interests. - - - - - Author's Note: - The start can be a bit slow but it's worth it, I promise. Read till chapter 8 before you decide on anything. - A toe-curling combination of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Eastern Cultivation. If you like any of these genres, you are in for a treat. - Harem? Likely as the story develops. - Smut? If the situation permits/requires it. - LGBT+? NONE. - Reading Chapter 0 in the Auxillary Volume is optional. Updates every day 10 AM GMT+8/UTC+8
Daoist_Little_Yun · 7.9k Views

The Architect's Debt

Title: The Architect’s Debt "I didn't buy your debt to set you free. I bought it to see how you'd look in a cage." In 2026 Mumbai, privacy is a myth and data is the only truth. Meher Khanna learns this the hard way when she signs away her life to save her mother. She expected a cold transaction; she didn’t expect Vedant Raizada. The Owner: Vedant is "The Architect," a man who views the world in blueprints and cold hard steel. He lives in a 16,000-square-foot penthouse that breathes through AI and security sensors. He has no room for emotions, yet he is obsessed with Meher’s defiance. He has made one vow: He will never touch her. Not until she asks. The Prisoner: Meher is a girl of cotton sarees and old-world heart trapped in a world of glass and biometric tracking. She refuses to be another "asset" on Vedant’s balance sheet. But in the silence of the mansion, every heartbeat she has is recorded, and every breath she takes is analyzed by the man watching her through the screens. The Secret: The Raizada mansion is beautiful, but it’s built on a graveyard of secrets. Vanya Raizada, Vedant’s sharp and enigmatic sister, knows the truth about the woman who occupied Meher’s room before her. As the "Ghost" in the servers begins to glitch the house's AI, Meher realizes that the Architect isn't just keeping her in—he’s keeping something else out. In a game of power where the air is thin and the tension is 180°C, Meher must decide: Will she find the flaw in the Architect’s design, or will she succumb to the luxury of his obsession?
Lyra_Wrts · 1.9k Views

Fragments in the Wall

When humanity faces extinction, what breaks first? our bodies, or our humanity? How much of ourselves are we willing to lose to stay alive? In 2104, The world has already ended, but its consequences haven’t. In the OctaCore: the last of humanity's shelters, resources are limited and the radiation is rising fast. Within two years, the surface will become unlivable. Long before that, the food will run out. The monsters that destroyed the world are still out there, but they’re no longer the worst threat. With the shelters on the brink, the council faces an impossible choice: Cull 80% of the population to preserve the remaining 20%, or Launch a suicidal mission into the wasteland to retrieve a supply shipment that could sustain humanity long enough to rebuild. A small team is chosen for the Hail Mary attempt. Memory-scarred survivors, soldiers who’ve already lost too much, and civilians carrying secrets they’d kill to protect—bound together by the thin hope that something out there might still be worth saving. Outside, they will face the world that once was: a ruined city haunted by monsters, nazis and the aftermath of choices no one wants to admit they made. What to Expect: 1. Morally questionable characters 2. No clear good or evil—only survival 3. Character-driven beginning → escalating high-stakes plot 4. Brutal worldbuilding 5. Mature themes (genocide, moral collapse, societal failure) 6. Gore, violent imagery, disturbing psychological content
zachelodeon · 41.9k Views

"Remorse and the Hydrangeas"

Plot Overview: Five years after fleeing the suffocating silence of Hazeldene Hall and its master, Julian Thorne, Elara Vance is summoned back by a cryptic letter. She returns to a house in active decay, consumed by the strange phenomenon known only as "the Dust," and to a man who has become a ghost in his own home. Julian, more granite than man, is a fortress of repressed grief, haunted by the devastating loss of his first wife and son—a tragedy that predated Elara and which he has meticulously entombed within himself. Their own shared history is marred by a second loss: the death of their unborn child, which precipitated Elara's flight and cemented Julian's retreat into emotional solitude. Their reunion is a battle of silent wills. Elara, armed with a newfound resilience, begins to gently challenge the neglect that plagues both the estate and its master. Through discovered journal fragments and a hidden portrait, she uncovers the brutal anatomy of Julian's long-buried trauma. The narrative unfolds not with dramatic confrontations, but through tense, quiet moments—a shared effort to patch a storm-damaged roof, a silent meal, a fleeting touch—that slowly fracture Julian's defenses. The central conflict is not whether they can rekindle a lost love, but whether they can jointly dismantle the fortresses they have each built around their grief. Julian must learn that love is not a failure of protection, but a shared burden. Elara must decide if the man emerging from the ruins of his past is worth the risk of a future heartbreak.
Jill_Yannia · 31.5k Views