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The True-Fire Ascendant

The skies burned for seven days. Rivers boiled. Mountains cracked and fell. Shadows swept across the land like a living tide, consuming all that dared to live. Creatures that can only be described as incarnates that would make even nightmares tremble invaded from a land unknown. Everything they touched would decay out of existence. In that age of ruin, heroes rose only to be swallowed. Kingdoms and Empires fell one by one. Humanity stood at the edge of extinction. And then, when the last dawn dimmed beneath the Hollow Sovereign’s Shroud, something impossible happened. Heroes awakened not with magic or an all powerful sword, but with Concepts. They grasped the very truths of the world: Flame as Will. Water as Memory. Steel as Resolve. Light as Judgement. Darkness as Silence. Powers beyond elements. Powers that decay could not touch. Powers that could fight the invaders on equal terms. With Concept born strength, humanity pushed back the tide. With the Elemental Primordial Beings sacrificing themselves, the incarnates were sealed back to the Abyss from which they came from. - Hundreds watched as my turn came. The ancestral pyre burned in the center of the chamber steady, bright, unyielding. My sister’s flames had danced with joy. My brother’s had flickered with gentle warmth. Mine did nothing. Whispers stirred. Doubt followed. “The Ashencrest are doomed to fall this generation” I stepped forward anyway. “Place your hand into the flame,” the ceremony master said. I obeyed. The world fell away. A spark ignited in the void. Not red. Not gold. White. Flame without heat, without smoke. Fire stripped to its purest meaning. True Fire. It wrapped around my arm and into my core, a dragon shaped blaze roaring silently through my veins. The pyre behind me erupted, flames spiraling upward in a brilliant white coil. The fire warped and constricted until it took shape of our family’s Primordial Ancestral Beast, The Celestial Serpent. Gasps filled the hall. “A new concept of fire…?” “No, it’s more than that…” “True Fire… it’s actually…!” “…just like the legends.” But I couldn’t hear them. All I felt was the truth burning in my chest: A new True Concept hero had been born.
Brandon_Ta · 19.8k Views

I Became A Side Character Fated To Suffer

“ARGHHHH! "This wasn’t in the script, god damn it!” she roared, clutching her hair hard enough it looked like she might tear it out. “Script?” the man echoed, confused. “What script?” “The script of the novel I read before dying." “….” A row of invisible question marks practically floated over the man’s face as he stared at the woman’s ragged, half-manic figure. “Wait,” he said slowly, realization dawning. “You mean this… this is part of a novel?” “Exactly.” He swallowed and pointed hesitantly.“Then that guy who is lying over there with a sword in his ass." "Is he also one of you...A reader?” The woman turned her head. Not far away, a man lay upside down, body twitching and twerking shadily, the sword lodged at an angle no sane anatomy should allow. “Oh, him?” she said casually. “He is the developer of the game." “…Developer?Didn't you say that is a novel world?” Before he could process that, another shrill scream ripped through the air. Both of them turned sharply. A man was pinned to the ground several meters away, a spear driven clean through his right eye and buried deep into the earth beneath him. His body twitched once as tried grab the spear. "Comrade,can you help The man beside her sighed.“Let me guess...he is a player ?” “Nah,” she replied. “Hacker.” “Hacker…” He ran a hand down his face. “Damn it. How many more people are there with golden fingers?” “I remember a regressor,” she muttered. “As for the other one… I don’t remember.” Her gaze shifted. The purple-haired man stood a short distance away, completely unharmed and clothes unscathed. His expression was quite relaxed as if this entire scene had nothing to do with him. “Leave that aside,” she said, eyes narrowing. “Let’s talk about you.” The man beside her nodded vigorously. “Yeah. How the hell can you toy with them so easily while we’re beaten to shit?” He stared at the purple-haired man. “What’s your golden finger?” The purple-haired man froze. Then— He burst out laughing. “Golden finger?” He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye. “Pfftt…” He laughed harder, shoulders shaking. “Golden finger, you say?” He shook his head. “Sorry to disappoint you.” He looked at them, grin widening. “Unlike you all, what I received wasn’t any golden finger.” He paused a bit and then mumbled. “Rathed It was a big, shiny golden middle finger that meant to make me suffer in the script but it's okay." "I broke it off and drilled into the person responsible for all this."
Mohitkumar · 8.1k Views

The Legend of the Constellar King

Xerxez Herzthroven is the central protagonist of the story, known by the titles "King of Kings" and the "Tactician of the Void". The son of King Cerceux and Queen Xurien, his birth was heralded by a celestial prophecy from the Constellar King Orion, who foretold that Xerxez would be the one to "connect the stars" and bring peace to the nation of Thallerion. After his parents were slaughtered during a brutal invasion by the Moonatorian Fire-Ursa King, the infant Xerxez was whisked away to the Wendlock Forest. Raised in hiding, he returned as an adult to lead a revolutionary movement, ultimately reclaiming his throne by slaying the "Bear" King Hedromus in a high-stakes blood-pact duel. As the chosen vessel for the Orion entity, Xerxez possesses the rare talent of weaving spirit energy into physical weapons, allowing him to manifest swords, spears, and a powerful celestial dagger capable of weakening other entities. Uniquely, his powers also incorporate advanced technology, such as a digital interface used to scan spiritual "affinities" and virtual screens for tactical calculations. Xerxez is a figure of profound sorrow, having lost both of his wives—Perlend (the Phoenix princess) and Maviel (the Thartherus warrior-princess)—to celestial curses and political assassinations. These losses have fueled his protective instincts toward his two sons, Pheozen and Maximus, who are themselves critical vessels for ancient cosmic powers. Beyond his duties as a mortal king, Xerxez must navigate a prehistoric galactic war involving 88 Celestial Guardians. He is tasked with protecting Earth, the "last living world," from the Anti-Life entity, a parasitic universal force that seeks to devour all existence.
Israel_P_Villareal · 56.1k Views

Celestial 'War God' Return

============== #Small_Harem #No_Netore #Some_Netori #No_Yuri #No_Rape #No_S3X_Clone ============== [First synopsis] In the distant future, the universe faced a great danger from a terrifying being with immeasurable power. Tang Xiao, his master, and all the cultivators of that era worked together to defeat the creature, but it was still too powerful for them. They managed to stop the creature at a huge cost, but they failed to kill it. All the cultivators who participated in the fight died, and only Tang Xiao and his master managed to survive. Tang Xiao sealed the creature using an artifact and sent it into outer space, but he knew that the creature would return one day in the future. Therefore, Tang Xiao made the most drastic choice by using his Primordial Divine Ark to travel back in time to change their future. Tang Xiao had prepared everything carefully to avoid changing too many past events, but fate said otherwise, and his decision to travel back in time altered many things and unintentionally created several other universes, better known as a multiverse. [Second synopsis] At first, Tang Xiao's life was joyful and peaceful, but everything changed when he was five years old. His parents were murdered before his eyes, leaving only him and his big sister, Tang Yin. When he was 17 years old, Tang Xiao was framed by several people. One of them was the person he really trusted, and he was forced to spend 7 years in prison. These people did not let Tang Xiao out of prison, and they sent several people to kill him the day before his release. However, Tang Xiao was fortunate because his future self saved him, but the events of that day changed his life and mindset completely, and he used everything in his arsenal to take revenge on his enemies. ============== This novel still features dual cultivation, but Tang Xiao doesn't focus solely on dual cultivation, and manual cultivation is his main focus, along with several other things, such as martial arts, etc.
JosieGan · 371.8k Views

Rizzmaster: The Adventures of Bob

SYNOPSIS | Initially an ‘Average Joe’, or thoroughly mediocre person, Bob, born with F- grade genetic potential had an epiphany that day when he read in his science textbook that "The goal of all living things was to reproduce". Stumbling upon Epigenetics, a Theory which states that every organism can alter its genetic potential as a result of their own actions and in the right environmental conditions, Bob begins to study and train in order to improve his Genetic Quality, in order to become a genetic success and attain Immortality. One day he picks up a manual entitled “The Art of Rizz, Vol. 1” dropped by a grandfather who is seeking a disciple to pass on his teachings, and so begins Bob’s Adventures as he embarks on the path of becoming a Grand Rizzmaster, and achieving Immortality with endless achievements, the most important one being to achieve Evolutionary success and to ensure his DNA is passed on successfully. Read and follow along with the Adventures of Bob in this unique ‘Coming’-of-age Tale and get ready for a ‘Wild Ride’. And no! Not… necessarily the one you’re now thinking of now… ! (Get that mind out of the gutter :P!!!) Rating: PG Parental Guidance recommended ___ • Any and all terms and ‘epiphanies’ in this work are intended as satire for comedic effect and should not be taken seriously. • All characters, places and events are fictional unless otherwise stated. • The aim is to Entertain. Enjoy ! ✨ • Read and you won't regret* *Disclaimer: 50% probability.
nightskynear · 304.3k Views