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Shen Qinglan was a retired top assassin. She had only one wish: to live a life of leisure until her end. Little did she know, fate had other plans. On a sunny, cloudless summer day, lightning struck her down. - Upon waking up, she found herself in a different world. She was in a small village and was considered a foolish girl. She had initially planned to live as a carefree fool, but her family had too many mouths to feed, and there was never enough food to go around. - The first time they crossed paths, he approached her and greeted her, but she ignored him. The second time they met, he was her landlord, and he asked, “Miss, want to be friends?” She nodded and agreed. Delighted, he gave her a house and money, claiming it was to help a friend in need. The third time they met, he brought her a gift. Then, the fourth, fifth, and sixth times... Every time she saw him, she received a new gift.

Lu Jingzhi, a bigshot who reached the highest level, transmigrated. As soon as the game started, she found herself in a cottage with three family members. Lu Jingzhi clenched her fists tightly. She wanted to rise! She was a tri-elemental mutant who had control over space and an endless supply of food. Why did she have to starve herself to death in a valley? However... Something was wrong with her mother. What? Did her mother reincarnate? Was she a noble consort in her previous lifetime? There was something wrong with her older sister. What? Was she a female CEO who transmigrated from the future? There was something wrong with her younger sister. What? She also transmigrated here... Lu Jingzhi was overjoyed... If they worked together as a family, the days of eating hot pot and living in a villa wouldn't be too far away! They started hunting, farming, making fruit jam, growing chilis, and opening a tea store... Life was constantly getting better.

The world was attacked by wild beasts. Only those that fled survived settling on the unattacked part of the world. Building strong fortresses, walls and armies. After many years of settling, they discovered that they had changes in their lives with out physical ones; stronger, extremely wise! Physical ones appear in their off-springs like eye color change. Making factions to make good use of their abilities; the rulers'faction (strong), cultivators'faction (both but surpassing none) and the bwarts'(wise). Over years, there were many other factions due to intermarriages; archers, purposive and cleansed hearts. The rulers' faction took over the country dominating it as they were the strongest. They committed all crimes as they oppressed the others. Until, they eliminated the cleansed hearts as they were threats to Them framing them for treason. Arthur Zane the only hidden surviver of the cleansed hearts strives to survive and seek revenge for the death of his parents. Will he succeed in the cruel world of the rulers'?

In a world where abilities decide everything, one student starts at the bottom. But not everything is as it seems. And some abilities… break the system from within.

He was a genius city planner. Then a disgraced shut-in. Then a baby in a goblin hut. When Takumi dies a stupid death (instant ramen, no joke), he expects oblivion. Instead, he’s reborn as a helpless human child in a tribe of goblins. No powers. No skills. No cheat stats. Survival should be impossible. But he’s got one thing going for him: a brain full of strategy games, city-building know-how, and an absolutely ridiculous talent for bluffing. When adventurers attack his goblin family, he fakes being a legendary curse-bearer—and lives. Now, with monsters hunted and hated across the land, Takumi sets out to build a nation where they can finally live in peace. No magic. No sword. No chosen one status. Just lies, heart, and urban development. The goblins call him “Soft-Skin.” The world may soon call him king.

This book is a new look on Heaven, Hell and Death. Ashlin is an archangel in Heaven's army yet when she is kidnapped by Layton (King of Hell) she gain a taste of the other side. The once pure soul was no longer able to look at Heaven as simply........... Perfect. Join her on a of love, laughter, attitude and pain. Allow me to carry you on a journey where you'll forget what has been taught and embrace what lies ahead. Preview Sleep refused to stay as the movement of chains met my ears, the air around me became still slowly suffocating me. Coughing, my eyes open to be met with electrifying green orbs, I quickly reached for my sword to find it missing. Looking up at the taller man he held my sword in his grasp. The silver blade that once held a shine was now bronze with rust. "I see the big man still doesn't want me to touch heavenly things" he dropped the sword to the floor. "Who are you, vile creature?" My voice held poison. "You don't recognize me?" I raised an eyebrow. "Well you aren't Jesus so no" he let out a dark chuckle. "I didn't know he made angels with sarcasm now" I struggle to get up from the bed as chains were wrapped around my body. "over time you learn to insult people by being polite. Just look in the mirror your whole existence is an insult to me" he near my bed side a physcopathic smile on his face. "It seems your father knows how to pick them. Fiesty, warrior and untouched? Mhmm he sure knows how to pick them" he ran a finger across my chest. The cloth burns away at his touch leaving a line exposing my breast. Narrowing my eyes at him, I try to extend my wings but stayed in their place. "Are you done yet?" "Master was right. No shame at all, he'll surely enjoy you, little angel, my name's Cleus, but you can just call me Death" with a wink a black circle appeared. Cleus walked through, the chains rattled and turned before I was also going through the black circle. Chains, it was never an accessory we hand the pleasure of wearing but humans did wether it was mental or physical they wore it. Some with their head held high others allowed it to drag them down. For me, it was uncomfortable and it would be much appreciated if they didn't exist at all. We soon entered Hell, the kingdom of damned souls, who enjoyed sins to the fullest in the mortal world, now here they are for eternity, maybe theyll learn to enjoy the torture as much as they once enjoyed sins. We enter a room that smelt of death and desperation.  It looked like one of the jail cells on earth, Cleus pushed me in and closed the gate. My face comforted the floor with it's warmth, as the chains tighten around my body. Coughing a scream left my lips, bones felt broken and I felt forsaken what have I done to meet this misfortune. I soon lost consciousness.

Ryan was once a global threat. From nothing, he built an international underground network that operated beyond borders. Governments, military factions, powerful businessmen, and hidden elites all tried to eliminate him—but none could reach him. His strength came from precision, planning, and control, never relying on force alone. During his rise, Ryan uncovered a hidden martial method and a jade pendant—remnants of something unknown. Years of experimentation pushed his body beyond human limits, but the path he created remained incomplete. It did not save him. A single mistake exposed his location. This time, they did not act separately. Governments, military forces, and powerful interests moved together—not to capture him, but to erase him. A bomb leveled an entire town, taking thousands of lives with it. Ryan died in the blast. He woke again. Not as a king, but as a fifteen-year-old mining slave in an unfamiliar world. A world ruled by nobles, where power defines law. His new body was weak, starved, and barely holding together. His family had been framed, stripped of their land, and forced into slavery. This was not a second chance. It was a worse beginning. Before, he rose from nothing. Now, he starts with less than nothing—no strength, no resources, no escape. He ruled the world once. Now he’s a starving slave—can he rise again?

Taking place in the same universe as ZX:The Miscreants, Baron Protea Asylum: Grounded follows the harrowing experiences of patients trapped in a mysterious mental health facility where reality, memory, and time itself become unreliable. When Matthew Winters finds himself accused of brutal violence he can't remember committing, he begins to question everything about his treatment, his medication, and the true nature of his "illness." Meanwhile, siblings Gwen and Glenn Keene discover a key secret that they use to relive shared events over and over, each iteration revealing new horrors about the facility and the secrets hidden within its walls, and within themselves. As mysterious silver-blue marks appear on their skin and hallucinations blur the line between madness and reality, the patients must uncover the truth about their situation before time runs out. What are the pills really doing? Who is the dripping boy that haunts Matthew's visions? And why does the facility seem determined to keep certain memories locked away?

In a world ruled by the Kith, a species defined by their ability to transform their physiology into metallic alloys or harness raw elemental energy, society is governed by the strength of one’s bloodline. Most members of the Kith species at Valis Academy possess skin that shimmers with reflective chrome and pulses with high frequency electrical discharge. Vane is an anomaly within his species. He is the last of the Monolith Grade, an ancient architectural bloodline thought to be extinct. While others of his kind reflect the world around them, Vane’s power manifests as a light eating, ink like void. He is a predator of light in a world of mirrors. Following the slaughter of his companions by the Bylaws, malevolent entities that stand above the Kith, Vane is integrated into Valis Academy by General Kaine. Alongside his guide Nora, Vane must navigate the politics of his species while masking a power capable of unmaking the very foundations of their civilization.

After dying mid-scheme, legendary duchess Marguerite awakens as Seraphina von Ashgrave—broke, titled, and surrounded by cats. With charm, violence, and a very fat feline CFO, she builds an empire of clubs, brothels, and whispered secrets—collecting beautiful, morally flexible men along the way. She’s not here to save the world. She’s here to own it. And redecorate it in velvet and sin.