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Min-jun is a simple, relaxed, and a bit confused boy from Busan. He does not have huge life goals, but he really wants to leave his fighting parents and move to the United Kingdom for a job. When his visa gets rejected, he feels completely lost. To pass the time, he follows his best friend, Ji-hoon, to the busy city of Seoul. ​Everything changes when Min-jun meets Seo-yeon at a wedding. Seo-yeon is a smart, successful, and confident girl working at an IT company. Min-jun falls in love with her at first sight. They quickly become close friends, but there is a problem: Seo-yeon only sees him as a buddy. She wants a mature, well-settled man. To make things worse, her arrogant office senior, Jae-hyun, is also trying to win her heart while constantly making fun of Min-jun. ​When Min-jun finally gathers the courage to confess his feelings, Seo-yeon rejects him, leaving his heart completely broken. ​But just when Min-jun gives up and prepares to leave for the UK after his visa finally gets approved, a chaotic, wild, and funny chase through the streets of Seoul changes everything. Will Seo-yeon realize her true feelings before Min-jun boards his flight? ​"From Soul to the UK" is a sweet, funny, and emotional story about growing up, fighting for love, and finding out that sometimes, the perfect person is the one who simply makes you laugh.

Before Feng Yi ascended the throne, no one wanted to marry this prince who lacked presence and was out of favor. After his ascension, the harem was filled with the daughters of high-ranking court officials. They were an eyesore to look at and vexing to deal with. He felt that even favoring them would defile his own dragon body. He decided to choose a woman with a fiery, arrogant, domineering, and jealous nature to enter the palace, to cast all this "trash" into the Cold Palace on his behalf. Song Yunzhao had transmigrated to ancient times for fourteen years, all the while laying low and just trying to get by. She was just waiting for the plot to begin, then she would transform into a villainess—arrogant, domineering, fiery, and jealous—so that she would be rejected from the selection and could then choose a husband to live a carefree and happy life with. Later, Song Yunzhao watched as His Majesty smiled at her with immense indulgence and said, "Zhaozhao, come here." Song Yunzhao immediately felt that something was terribly wrong, a chill running up from the soles of her feet. The damned Emperor wore a gentle expression, but his eyes were as cold as ice; he clearly wanted to use her as his blade!

In her past life, Tang Mo accidentally lost her own Space Jade Pendant when the apocalypse began, losing her biggest golden finger. Afterwards, her superpower training went awry, she lost her loved ones, suffered from ostracization, and utterly ruined the good hand she was dealt, ultimately dying at the mouths of mutant beasts. Opening her eyes again, Tang Mo was reborn one week before the start of the apocalypse. None of the tragedies has happened yet! How will she seize the opportunity and walk her own path to becoming a powerful figure in the apocalypse?

After accidentally falling off a cliff, Faye Yardley finds herself transmigrated into a male-oriented sea survival novel she had read. Not wanting to become the cannon fodder character who shares her name, and determined to ensure her brother survives, she resolves to clear this sea survival game and leave the game world alive.

1. You can claim a daily basic stipend. 2. Every bonus comes with extra rewards. From then on, Chen Xiao devoted himself to work—grinding for money and building his fortune—while also expanding side businesses and spending lavishly.

The renowned powerhouse of the Space-Time Administration Bureau, Sister Yun, frantically accumulated points for an early retirement. After accepting a mission for a supporting female character's counterattack, she made the male and female leads cry with anger! Sister Yun's famous quote: A supporting female character who doesn't make the male and female leads cry with anger is not worthy of retiring~ The First World: The Humble and Long-Suffering Wife of a Bygone Era After transmigrating into the role of the original, long-suffering wife, she not only broke up the officially designated couple but also stole the male and female leads' Golden Finger, making a fortune by hoarding goods. The Second World: The Fair, Rich, and Beautiful Fake Heiress of a Bygone Era Tragically Becomes Cannon Fodder As the beautiful-as-a-flower cannon fodder fake heiress, after latching onto the supporting male lead, she lived a delightful life~ The Third World: The Devoted Supporting Female Character in a Historical Era Novel After transmigrating into the role of a hopelessly devoted supporting female character, she had a change of personality, dumped the heartless male lead, returned to the city to flirt with the supporting male lead, and found it so satisfying~

Married to Mason Crawford for two years, Summer Thorne became the city's notorious jinx. As the legitimate Mrs. Crawford, she could only watch helplessly as her own family went bankrupt and her father was convicted, with no one willing to lend a hand. Mason Crawford looked at her coldly: "Summer Thorne, do you think anyone in Valois would dare to help you if I didn't give the word?" Everyone watched her hit dead ends everywhere, bruised and battered, standing by with cold indifference. Until that snowy night in the deep mountains, she was tricked by others and left to walk alone in the snow, when a man on horseback galloped over, pulled her onto his steed, and wrapped her in his embrace. * The first time they met, she lit a cigarette for him; The next time they met, he said, "Miss Thorne, how much are you planning to spend to buy me?" Timothy York, a gentleman from a prestigious family—upright, dignified, aloof, and noble, a man who had never made a single misstep, praised by everyone in Valois. Yet, on that one day, Summer Thorne was photographed leaving Timothy York's residence early in the morning. The entire city was in an uproar. The most unattainable flower of Valois had actually stolen another man's wife! * Everyone said Summer Thorne was a master of seduction, but they received Timothy York's four-word reply— "I initiated it." The wind rose in Sombren Forest, and snow fell into his arms. From the very beginning, it was he who initiated it.

To cope with the fierce competition between the various Cosmoses, the top-tier gods of the prime Cosmos to which Blue Star belongs, inspired from an unknown source, organized a Lord Competition that spans the entire Cosmos. With the spirituality of intelligent lifeforms as the core, supplemented by the power of a world, they are cast into the chaos outside the Cosmos. The power of chaos is transformed into a sanctuary, and the intelligent lifeforms become the masters of these small worlds, known as Lords. Then, using the connection between the intelligent lifeforms and the prime world as a guide, these newly created small worlds are drawn into the prime Cosmos. Then, through the competition, powerful Lords are selected. The eliminated Lords will have the connection to their territories severed and will be sent back to their original worlds. A portion of their territories will be given as rewards to the powerful Lords, while another portion is absorbed by the prime Cosmos, taken by the gods, or becomes a new planet in the Cosmos. The competition will continue until the participating Lords become gods, only then will they be able to leave the competition. An unknown amount of time has passed, and another competition is about to begin. Lin Yu, with his god-tier talent, drew a World Tree Seed from the novice benefits, creating a World Tree Territory and bringing new changes to this Cosmos.

Great Wei, the seventh year of the Jianyán era. The vast world is revitalized, and ancient Demon Fiends, long since sealed, begin to awaken. The Emperor practices Alchemy in pursuit of immortality, the ancient dynasty heads towards its end, and the flames of war ignite across the land. Fang Yue transmigrates and awakens the Talent [Divine-level Talent]. [Divine-level Talent: For every day that passes, your Talent increases by one point]. [Talent +10: One in ten]. [Talent +100: One in a hundred]. [Talent +1000: One in a thousand]. [Talent +10000: One in ten thousand].