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Gilded Rot: Leveling With Runes in a Dying World

In the Kingdom of Aurelias, gold does not rust—it rots. Long ago, the Sun Gods blessed this land with 'Eternal Light'. Now, that light has turned into a tumor that infects everything. Grand palaces are filled with gold-armored knights who have lost their minds, and the wilderness is overgrown with beautiful flowers rooting atop dragon carcasses. Kaelen awakens in this ruined world, not as a chosen hero, but as a 'Grave Walker'—the lowest class tasked with dragging corpses into incineration pits. Without memories, without weapons, and armed only with a rusty shovel. The only thing distinguishing him from the corpses he drags is the blood-red text floating in his retina: [SYSTEM INITIALIZED] [Current Humanity: 15/100] [Harvest Runes to Stave off the Hollow.] This System offers him a chance at survival. By killing monsters and absorbing 'Runes'—their soul remnants—Kaelen can grow stronger. However, in the world of Aurelias, power is not a free gift. Every time Kaelen increases his Strength attribute, his muscles tear and reshape painfully. Every point in Intelligence brings him maddening whispers from Outer Gods seeking to take over his body. Guided by the head of a mute nun hanging at his waist, Kaelen must climb from the deepest sewers of Aurelias to the Summit Throne shrouded in golden mist. He has no intention of saving this world. He only wants to know why he was sent to this beautiful hell—and if the 'God' who created this System is laughing at his suffering. When sanity is currency, how much are you willing to pay to become a God?
Vorlagh · 1k Views

Unclassifiable Mage: The Failed Heir’s Rivalry

Serenya Arclight was born into greatness — but was branded as a failure. As the youngest daughter of one of the Four Great Archmage families, she was expected to inherit a legendary command of elemental sorcery. Instead, her spells fizzled, backfired, or broke apart, earning her the title of the failed heir. In the academy’s history books, her role was already written, to become a laughingstock, a cautionary tale, and a shadow to be compared against her gifted sister. But when an ordinary woman from another world awakens in Serenya’s body, the story begins to unravel. At Arclight Academy of Sorcery, Serenya discovers she can wield a strange, “unclassifiable” magic that doesn’t bend to fire, water, wind, or earth. Instead, her spells warp the rules of magic itself — silencing flames, rewriting duels, and threatening to upend the very system that the noble families have ruled for centuries. Her greatest rival is Celestia Dawncrest, the radiant prodigy of the Dawncrest family, one of the best archmage families. Perfect, brilliant, and beloved, Celestia embodies everything Serenya is not. As whispers spread through the academy — of curses, forbidden powers, and a “failure” who refuses to fail — Serenya must fight to carve her own place in a world that has already cast her aside. Rivalries will deepen, alliances will form, and secrets buried in the void between elements will rise again. For her, this is no longer the story of a failed heir. It is the tale of the girl who dared to shatter magic itself. Expectations: Female MC but with Shonen Elements
talesofheaven · 125 Views

The Villainess’s Playbook: Conquering All Male Leads

"A villainess script? Please, I was born to be the Main Character."   Charlotte, an elite hacker, accidentally triggers a transcendent [Otome System] and is thrust into the multiverse. Her role? The notorious villainess, the cannon fodder destined for a gory end.   The system's directive is simple: Make every male lead fall hopelessly in love with her and dismantle the original protagonist.   From a framed idol trainee to a disgraced werewolf outcast, she uses her genius intellect and lethal charm to hard-hack the plot of every world she enters.   "I’m going to flip the script and change the ending."   Whether it's the cold, repressed CEO, the fiery younger idol, the obsessive Werewolf King, or the two-faced screen legend — they all lose their minds for her.   (The obsessive CEO): "Don't you dare look at anyone else. You are the only one I see!"   (The Alpha King): "You can't flee my territory. Your blood? It belongs to me."   Just as the male leads' affection levels max out, the system demands a final choice. Will she… AUTHOR'S NOTE Daily Drops: 9 AM & 9 PM (UTC+8) The Promise: 16 Immersive Worlds | Exclusive Bonus Chapters for EVERY Male Lead! Join Charlotte and let the heart-hunting begin! ************************************ Title: Quick update on the schedule! Hi everyone! First of all, a huge thank you for all the love you've shown Charlotte’s journey! To make sure the story is synced up across all platforms and everyone’s on the same chapter, I’m going to tweak the update schedule for a short while. The Temporary Plan: Starting today, I’ll be posting once a day at 9:00 PM (UTC+8). This is just a quick fix while I get the other platforms caught up. As soon as everything is back in sync, I’ll jump straight back to our original double-update routine: 9:00 AM & 9:00 PM (UTC+8) Thanks so much for your patience while I expand our Villainess's empire! Stay tuned—the revenge is only just beginning. Warmly, [Joew]
Joew · 22.3k Views

Demon Anomaly System

Blurb: He was once mindless trash. Vermin. An Imp. No name, no purpose. No future. He was supposed to die in the Maw like the rest. Mindless, crawling meat for something stronger to chew on. But something broke. A spark buried itself inside him... something ancient, older than Hell itself. Now he can see. He can think. He can Evolve. Hell doesn't know it yet, but the bottom just stood up. And he's hungry. Synopsis: The lowest demon in Hell. An imp without thought, spawned from filth, born for slaughter. Then he devoured a glitched system shard, something that shouldn’t exist in Hell. It gave him thought. It gave him power. It gave him the chance to evolve. Crawling through a realm of endless death and rot, he forced open a path to Earth. But in the year 2125, Earth isn’t what it once was. A hundred years ago, the Convergence shattered reality. Dimensions merged and the Dungeons fell. Civilization ended. Now, after a century of struggle, the Five Kings rule what's left, each carving out their own empires with overwhelming power. Like the Beast Taming King, who controls what was once Africa. His lands teem with monsters. Users flock to farm his dungeons, capturing beasts, gather rare materials...if they can survive, and don't forget to pay tribute. Or the Undead King, who holds what was once Europe and Russia in an iron grip. Endless legions of the dead serve him, his people loyal and fanatical. Behind an iron mask, he enforces absolute authority. A tyrant, loved by his people, living or dead. Everywhere, system users chase their own power. Shards grant anything from petty stats to world-shaking destinies. Everyone sees themselves as the hero, the protagonist of their own story. All of this is maintained and guided through the Network, a system-spanning infrastructure no human can escape. It ranks, registers, and controls. But not everywhere. Beyond the king's territories lie the Freelands, lawless zones they can’t or won’t hold. Here, gangs and corporations carve up ground while dimensional rifts swallow entire city blocks, wild dungeons drop without warning, and violence is the only law. He shouldn’t even exist in the Network. He’s not human. But his shard is corrupted...tainted. He slips through its firewalls, unregistered, unranked and free. Consuming the life and identity of Wohan Seo-jin, a system user and gang boss on the drowned coast of what was once Korea, he takes everything: his face, his memories, his men. Now he owns a foothold in the human world. And he plans to keep it. Survival isn’t enough. There is too much to want, too much to take for his own. System users, demons, dimensional races, even gods, he’ll push past every limit, evolve beyond every threat, and claim everything he desires...no matter the cost. #Litrpg #DarkFantasy #Grimdark #ProgressionFantasy #Post-apocalyptic
ValdenePatriarch · 121.7k Views

Cultivation And Wandering Spirit

“A little journey to the dark side may be just what I needed right now.” “I’ve learned the hard way that a woman is the only creature who can build a man’s world and ruin it—make him feel like he isn’t worth anything. But there is a darker side to that devotion. That, as it happens, is the oldest mistake in history: to think you can drag a snake home with milk and bread. And too late, you realize that you weren’t taming the sting out of its belly—only keeping it alive long enough for the strike. You sacrifice your life to her, and when the time is right—she sinks her fangs deep into the core of the heart that beat for her." Though I learned the lesson of my life, it was already too late. I don’t regret the decisions I made throughout this exciting life of mine, yet I feel deeply sad knowing that the one I believed would be the light in my dark world was actually the one who darkened it even more. How ironic. — — Why the heck am I even doing this… I’m just a rich boy of the 21st century. I was once a gang leader who had died pitifully after being betrayed by my own best friend, who colluded with my enemy gang and stabbed me in the back. Even though I was bored with my life and had no regrets—because there was no excitement in it—the Almighty sent me to this exciting world. I wanted to reach the peak of the endless Dao just because it was cool and thrilling… but why,but why—why the fuck does Heaven have to make things harder and harder for me? Fuck Heaven. (Our main cahracter have some personality disorder something like dual personalitu but yet it's not like dual personality... you can say some of his screw's are loose..he sometimes acts like a mature and smart persons and sometimes acts like a foolish child) *** The first few chapters of this novel focus on world-building, background information, and setting the foundation for the story. They may feel slow or uneventful to some readers, as the real conflicts and core plot begin after these initial chapters. Veteran readers who are experienced with cultivation novels and are familiar with common tropes may choose to skim or skip the early chapters if they wish. However, readers who enjoy gradual immersion and detailed setups may find these chapters helpful for understanding the world and characters later on
MrAxiom · 3.9k Views