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The Mad Jester

In the smog choked streets of Blackhaven, where the sun sets like a dying match and every citizen slams their doors at the first chime of the clock tower, the night belongs to monsters. Vampires glide through the alleys collecting blood taxes. Werewolves prowl the rooftops. And no one dares step outside after dark. By day, Adrian Vale is the last man anyone would suspect of danger. He is a strikingly handsome, soft spoken perfume seller whose modest shop offers fragile comfort in delicate vials of lavender and rose. His customers breathe in his scents and leave believing life might still be bearable. But when the seventh chime fades, Adrian vanishes. In his place rises the Mad Harlequin. He is a porcelain masked jester with a grin frozen in jagged madness and silver bells whispering at every step. In his coat he carries perfumes no mortal should wield. These fragrances do not merely seduce the senses. They seize the mind. One breath turns terror into blind devotion. Loyalty becomes betrayal. And the deepest secrets turn into weapons. His goal is mercilessly simple. He wants to become the most powerful man in the kingdom. More powerful than King Leopold III. More powerful than vampire lord Silas Valerius. More powerful than werewolf alpha Ragnar Grimclaw. And more powerful than every politician and tycoon who believes they rule the city. To the Harlequin every living soul is an enemy to be perfumed into submission. Yet the deadliest war is not fought in the streets. It rages inside his own head. Every night the mask whispers in his skull. You are not the shopkeeper. You never were. You were born to burn their thrones and dance in the ashes. A dark psychological thriller of scent, manipulation, and fractured identity. Once you inhale the first note you may never remember who you were. Are you ready to smell the truth?
LORD_Mario · 3k Views

Logging 10,000 Years into the Future: the Battlefield arc

Welcome, fellow readers. Here is the complete Battlefield arc and and some chapters from the following arc, 50+ novel chapters in English. This is a personal work posted on webnovel.com only. This is not yet another "raw MTL" version (raw MTL means unedited, automatic, hard-to-read Machine TransLation). Enjoy :) LAST UPDATE, February 22nd: The webnovel is still on hiatus, the manhua has entered the second half of this Battlefield arc. Manhua chapter #297 is web-novel chapter #565 Star Chief Elder. There are 664 web-novel chapters in Chinese on faloo, this novel isn't completed, it has been on hiatus for 2+ years with very rare updates and nothing new since may 2025. The current pace is 2 manhua chapters per week, and 1 manhua chap represents oughly 2 novel chaps. There are 100 novel chapters left, It means 50 more manhua chapters, which might last 25 weeks (6 months). Where should you start reading? Probably at chapter #530 (the beginning of this arc). If you've read the manhua, check the table below to find out where you're at in the novel. The Battlefield arc begins with webnovel chapter #530 and ends with webnovel chapter #579. Here is a table of the latest manhua chapters and the corresponding webnovel chapters: Publication date - Manhua chapter > Webnovel chapter Feb 21nd - ch. #297 > novel ch. #565 "Chief Star Elder ..." Feb 24th - ch. #298 > novel ch. #567 "Twenty Years Old..." Mar 1st - ch. #299 > novel ch. #568 "Unprecedented Monster" Mar 4th - ch. #300 > novel ch. #571 "Stellar Dao's Dark Side..." Mar. 7th - ch. #301 > novel ch. #572 "... The Battle..." See "Where to read? Manhua vs Webnovel, chapters comparison" Chapters 293 to 297 of the manhua felt rushed, as if the team wanted to get rid of that project asap, almost parodic. The webnovel is more detailed than the manhua, there are also interesting differences between both, so you can anyway start from the first chapter of this arc (webnovel chapter #530). With usually two manhua chapters published per week (and a drawing quality which unfortunately drastically decreased over the years), it might take around 1 or 2 months for the manhua to reach the end of this arc. As I stated above, each manhua chapter used to cover at least two novel chapters, but lately the pace was slower. This arc starts with webnovel chapter #530 "The Battlefield is open!" (manhua chapter #278) and it ends with webnovel chapter #569 "Saya's Fate". Another journey begins for Lu Sheng. You can find other English versions online, but beware, they are mostly if not all raw MTL translations. Note that Sheng will only definitely leave the battlefield region in chapter 592 "Out of the battlefield". Logging into the Future is initially a Chinese webnovel which has unfortunately been on hiatus for a while, which might explain the slow pace of the manhua lately: chapter 663 was posted on faloo.com in March 2025. See https://wap.faloo.com/1129789.html Here is an abstract for the manhua from mangaupdates.com: 300 years after mutated beasts ravaged the world, humanity began to lose ground, with only martial arts as their last line of defense. Lu Sheng mysteriously gains the power to journey 10,000 years into the future, only to find humanity has disappeared. However, he acquires the culminated martial arts wisdom to fight back against these monsters, honing his skills to the pinnacle. Armed with this new-found knowledge, can Lu Sheng emerge as the final beacon of hope for humanity's survival? Note that there is another English version posted by Transcedence on this site, webnovel.com, it is a hard to read raw MTL version but it is almost complete; 11 chapters are missing though, in the middle of the Alien Battlefield arc, right where the manhua is currently at.
dhoogee · 63.2k Views

Information to Mastery: Points Store System

He lost both of his parents due to a bank heist at the age of 14. Due to his young age, he joined an orphanage, but it turned out to be secretly owned by a group of gangsters. He was exploited together with the other children in the orphanage, before finally, at the age of 16, he joined the gang, being valued for his intelligence. Working for the gang as an accountant in charge of the income of the gang, he used all the money that he earned to purchase books on accounting. He wanted to study, gain real skills, and see if he could join a legitimate company as an accountant. …. Who would have expected that due to his effort, one night, just as he was done reading, a holographic screen popped up in front of his eyes. [System binding... Binding completed.] [System activating... Activation completed.] [Welcome to the Information to Mastery: Points Store System, Michael Santos.] [Experience full. You have acquired beginner level accounting skills. +1 SP.] He would have never thought that this was going to change his life completely. As long as he acquired information on a particular field, and studied it, the system could allow him to master the skills, even without doing physical practice. [Experience full. Level up. Accounting skills upgraded to intermediate level. +10 SP.] …. But that was not the craziest point. Using the store points that he received by acquiring skills, he could purchase anything from the store. [Used 10 SP to acquire 100% shares of Riverside Hotel.]
Alan_Wafula · 552.7k Views

100X Return System: My Talent Awakening Becomes a God-Level Cheat

A catastrophic storm, a three year coma, and a world that evolved without him. When Aegon woke up he was no longer a boy, but an eighteen-year old youth in a world ruled by the Abyss. His old life was gone, replaced by high-tech society where "Talent" and "Magic" dictated one's right to live. His sister, Maureen had sacrificed everything to keep him alive, even striking a deal with the devil; a high-level Farmer named Reynold of Whispers. But Reynold didn't want money; he wanted Maureen. Mocked for Awakening the "trash-tier" [F-Rank] talent, Aegon is seen as nothing more than a burden to others. They didn't know that a cold mechanical chime had already rewritten his destiny. [Ding! 100X Return System Initialized!] [Ding! Detection: Host has obtained F-Rank Talent] [System Multiplier Engaged… 100X Enhancement Completed!] [Congratulations! Your Talent has evolved into: SSS-Rank Void Sovereign!] While others struggle to find a single Return Stone to escape the Abyss, Aegon can fold the entire dimension to his will. While they fear monsters lurking in the dark, Aegon warps them into oblivion. Saving his sister from Reynold's scheme is only the beginning. The Abyss is not just a dungeon, but a gateway to infinite worlds, ancient races, and the secret of the 100X System itself. Aegon will enter the Abyss to bring his relative home, but he will stay to show the universe that space itself has a new master. "The Abyss has no exit? Fool. I am the exit.” - Aegon Zoldyck
Deerenix · 10.6k Views

The Academy’s Misunderstood Monster

Kenzie Anderson was a genius theory professor on Earth, a man who preferred equations over people and a quiet life over recognition. His life ends abruptly when he dies saving a stray cat from an oncoming truck… only to discover that the cat was actually the god of another world. As a reward, he is reincarnated into the fantasy world of Avalon, the very setting of a web novel he once read. Unfortunately, it is not a peaceful world. It is a story of heroes, demons, wars, and catastrophic battles… and the plot is still unfinished. Reborn as a frail orphan named Yorio, he resolves to avoid danger at all costs. His goal is simple: live quietly, stay out of the main story, graduate from the prestigious Astraea Combat Academy, earn a stable job, and support the orphan siblings who believe in him. He has no interest in glory. No desire to become strong. No intention of meeting the protagonist, Cedric, the destined hero who will one day fight the Demon God. Yorio wants only one role: A background character who survives. But from the moment he enters the academy, everything goes wrong. His natural blank expression is mistaken for terrifying composure. His awkward silence is interpreted as cold confidence. His attempts to avoid fights look like deliberate restraint. His accidents appear as flawless techniques. When a training automaton is destroyed after he trips, rumors spread that he defeated it instantly. When the academy’s strongest third-year challenges him, a series of mishaps leaves the senior unconscious — convincing everyone that Yorio possesses overwhelming hidden power. Soon, whispers echo through the academy: • The orphan who survived an impossible disaster • The boy who defeated Rank #1 without effort • The emotionless prodigy • The monster hiding his true strength In reality, Yorio is weak. Painfully weak. Until the day he awakens a mysterious ability: The Pain Ascension System The more injured he becomes, the stronger he grows. Broken bones grant immense strength. Severe wounds unleash terrifying power. Near death transforms him into something monstrous. But the pain is real. The risk of death is constant. And once he heals, the power fades. To survive the brutal academy — and the catastrophic future he knows is coming — Yorio must endure suffering he never wanted, all while being feared as a monster he never meant to become. Meanwhile, the true protagonist, powerful nobles, secret organizations, and even inhuman forces begin to take interest in the mysterious boy who insists he is weak… yet leaves destruction in his wake. In a world that mistakes fear for strength and silence for menace, Yorio walks a dangerous path between obscurity and legend. Because sometimes, the most terrifying monster… …is simply the one who refuses to be the hero.
THE_V1S1ON · 2.5k Views

The Five Path Chronicles

In the vast cultivation world known as the Grand Aether World, power decides destiny. Born into a declining branch of the once-glorious Valen clan, Ren Valen lives a quiet and overlooked life in the clan’s outer district. At fourteen, his future is determined during the Spiritual Root Assessment — and the result is disastrous. Five weak spiritual roots. No dominant element. A path considered impossible. Declared talentless and assigned to the lowest tier of resources, Ren becomes invisible in the eyes of the clan. But what no one sees is that something ancient has awakened within him. A fragment of forgotten knowledge begins guiding his cultivation — not along one path like every other cultivator, but along five paths simultaneously. While the world believes him to be slow and insignificant, Ren patiently builds a foundation unlike any other. Meridians open. Hidden laws resonate. The dormant Overlord Evolution Physique quietly begins to stir. Above the mortal world, powerful beings watch. The Domain Lord who oversees the continent has already noticed an anomaly. Heaven itself prepares harsher tribulations for those who defy its balance. As ancient bloodlines awaken, hidden empires stir, and destiny-marked geniuses begin to rise across the five continents, Ren walks a dangerous road that no cultivator has ever survived before. A road where five incompatible paths must become one. If he succeeds, he may surpass the limits of heaven. If he fails, the world itself may erase him. One boy. Five paths. A destiny that heaven cannot predict.
onlyone0001 · 9.3k Views