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Not to fall into the cycle of reincarnation within the vast world, The heart transmits the Dao among humans. Willing to wield a sword to end myriad calamities, Exchange ruthlessness for a world of emotions!

The earth has entered the era of aura recovery, and human beings have started their supernatural awakening! Jiangnan suddenly awakened the strongest stall system. Potion? Detoxification soybeans? Lucky cherries? In short of supply! The world’s top gods, richest men, beautiful school girls, popular anchors, cold goddesses, and peak powers have all come to buy. Jiangnan: “I’m not interested in making billions of dollars! I just want to pit… Uh, my wish is for world peace!” If you like this, please support us through P at reon to read more chapters Pa tre on : https://www.pa tre on.c om/SystemTranslation

Chen Xiao, who is terminally ill, can't help but look back on his life. In his youth, he roamed the streets, drank heavily, surrounded by a group of dissolute friends. It wasn't until he was on his deathbed that he realized the person he failed the most in his life was his policewoman wife, who had always been waiting for him to turn back. When Chen Xiao opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find that he had been reborn into his younger self. This time, standing at the turning point of his life, Chen Xiao decides to turn over a new leaf.

After obtaining the God of Cookery System, Jiang Feng started with a food stall selling rice combo sets and became the Culinary God of China! "The stall is a hidden gem. Seriously." "I'll take one. I'm a food vlogger. I heard this rice combo set is amazing, so I'm here to review it." "Didn't you just say it wasn't worth detouring for 15 minutes to come here?" Was there even a need to ask if it was tasty? Even a fellow vendor had become a customer!

Chapters and Release: Release days: Everyday Release time: 3pm UTC Status: Unedited. (Will edit after main story conclusion. Specifically from the start.) *** Synopsis: A fifteen years-old schoolgirl comes across a woman who was handing out leaflets for a confidential competition. Unknown to her, the competition took her out of Earth and into another dimension where she has to struggle to find clues behind why multiple worlds are having to be destroyed. The competition forces her to meet unknown entities who are both, good and bad. Sometimes, they would work for her and other times, they would work against her. The universe she goes to, causes her endless suffering until she finally solves the issue and head back to Earth. But that too, is of uncertainty. *** (Prologue) The dream of a child, is to grow up. While the dream of an adult, is to become a kid again. The dream of a poor person, is to be so wealthy and powerful, that the whole city would know their names. While the dream of a businessman, is to get the time in a day to sit and talk to his family for a second. Meanwhile, the dream of a missing or abducted person, is to go back home, to their family. And the dream of a teenager, is to simply be able to survive everything they are going through. Sometimes, people don't even know which category they belong to and move the way life moves them. Sometimes, they find a new path which leads them to even more difficulty. And in other times, they accept the hard truth, and choose to die. Thinking about the number of things that could happen instead, made her feel even more guilty for not listening to the advice of never wandering off alone. Now, she is homesick with extreme pressure of trying to grow strong, surpressing her from different direction. A normal fifteen years-old schoolgirl, comes across an opportunity to escape the hateful life she was leading. But the question is, was it really worst compared to the new life she was living? The competition grants her the things she wanted, but did it not have her pay the price for her choice? But of course, her reply would be, "I just accidentally joined it. It's no big deal compared to Earth." They are told that the worlds are all just novels they had read back at Earth, but if it were really true, why are certain things not matching with what seemed to be true in the novel compared to its world? As reckless she was, she got summoned into a different dimension where it was clearly uncertain whether she would ever be able to return back to Earth, to her previous life. But the more she got closer to Earth, the more the route got covered in blades. Turns out, the only way back, is to sacrifice the things that made her happy, and go on harsh adventures across the entire universe, while suffering threats from powerful enemies coming from the competition. (Author's note: I plan on making things more emotionally intense in the future.)

At eighteen, Ethan Reyes is nothing. Born into poverty, abandoned by his father, and barely surviving with his overworked mother, Ethan lives a life where every day feels like a losing battle. Mocked by classmates, betrayed by his best friend, and dumped by the girl he trusted most, he becomes the boy everyone looks down on—the one destined to fail. But everything changes in a single night. With nothing but an old laptop and a restless mind, Ethan stumbles upon the world of money—stocks, cryptocurrency, and business. What others see as confusing chaos, he sees as patterns, logic… opportunity. And for the first time in his life— Ethan begins to think differently. Starting with just a few pesos earned from selling old books, he dives into the world of hustles, investments, and calculated risks. He fails. Learns. Adapts. Grows. Slowly, the poor boy everyone laughed at begins to rise—step by step, deal by deal. But success doesn’t come quietly. As Ethan builds his wealth and influence, he attracts enemies from powerful circles—people who don’t want someone like him to succeed. At the same time, his past comes back to haunt him, forcing him to confront betrayal, pride, and revenge. Yet unlike before, Ethan is no longer weak. He is smarter. Colder. More dangerous. And this time— He’s playing to win. From the streets to the stock market, from small hustles to building powerful companies, Ethan transforms into a man who doesn’t just chase success—he creates it. But in a world driven by money and power, one question remains: Will Ethan become the man he needed… or the monster the world created?

The Salon on Maple Street follows a quiet, introspective life unfolding inside a small hair salon where ordinary daily interactions gradually become a lens for exploring how a person relates to their own thoughts, meaning, and inner pressure. At the center is a narrator working in the salon alongside colleagues like Nina, a grounded and direct presence, Marcus, who constantly tries to systematize and over-interpret everything through absurd “departments,” and Gabriel, a calm, steady figure who often responds with brief, clarifying insight rather than explanation. What begins as simple observations of salon life slowly evolves into a deeply internal journey. Through everyday conversations with customers—complaints, uncertainties, regrets, and reflections—the narrator begins to notice patterns in their own mind: constant self-measurement, overthinking, rehearsing conversations, needing justification for choices, and trying to extract meaning from everything. Over time, these mental habits begin to soften. The narrator gradually stops: measuring their life against imagined standards rehearsing conversations before they happen turning every experience into meaning or self-analysis feeling the need to justify actions or emotions treating thoughts as problems to solve Instead, a quieter way of being emerges: presence without interpretation, experience without constant explanation, and ordinary life without the pressure to turn it into something more. The salon becomes a symbolic space where this transformation unfolds—less a physical setting and more a stable environment where change is noticed in subtle internal shifts rather than external events. As the story progresses, even the need for narrative itself begins to dissolve. Reflection becomes less frequent, then optional, then unnecessary. Meaning stops being something extracted and becomes something no longer required. Conversations remain simple. Silence stops needing filling. Life stops needing commentary. By the final chapters, the distinction between “story” and “life” fades. There is no dramatic resolution, no climactic ending—only a gradual release of the need to interpret, extend, or finalize experience. The conclusion is not an event, but a disappearance of effort: the effort to explain, to continue, to understand, and to turn living into something structured. What remains is ordinary life—unchanged, but no longer filtered through constant internal narration. In essence, The Salon on Maple Street is a meditative journey from over-interpretation to quiet presence, where the ultimate shift is not becoming someone new, but no longer needing to become anything else at all.

Novel Summary A geek addicted to games, almost kicked out of the house? No, this is the eve of the awakening of the stock god! The game guild leader called: "Don't quit the game! Come to work at my company tomorrow! You can slack off on your job and your salary will be paid as usual, and it won't interfere with your playing games!" Holy shit! The chairman is actually the chairman of a private equity fund? When the financial elites looked at this person who was parachuted in and couldn't even distinguish the K-line, their eyes were full of contempt. Next—— "Junk ST? Sorry, go all in!" - Ten daily limit ups in a row! Shocked the whole audience! "Bitcoin is going to rise? Short it! Short it to the death!" In an instant, hundreds of billions of short orders crashed the market, and the entire network went bankrupt! "Wall Street wants to short us? Haha, follow my instructions and raid their hometown!" He raised his arm and called for action, and domestic capital forces responded in droves, launching a joint attack on Wall Street! Wall Street is going crazy! The whole company was dumbfounded: "What the hell?! This guy is a newcomer? This is the stock god descending to earth!" From being despised by all to being flattered by all, the elites hugged their thighs and cried: "God of Stocks! Take us to fly!" New York Times headline: "Global markets crash! The devil from the East swings his death scythe" The chairman of Nasdaq begged for mercy overnight: "Please stop! Wall Street is going bankrupt!" Giving birth!" Facing the interview, Su Hao helplessly spread his hands and said: "There is no such thing as a stock god. It's just a sixth sense I developed by opening 999 boxes in the game..."

Jack was a 22-year-old young man and was a normal street thug who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Suddenly, he gained an ability to charm and make women obedient and loyal towards him. After being affected by this ability, Jack would receive their unconditional love and care. he grew up as an orphan, his only dream was to have a family of his own, and he also wanted to feel their love. Now, given this ability, he would create his own harem, form a big family, and have children of his own. He only dreamed of a normal and peaceful life, but later he realised that even for a peaceful life, he needed some power. Otherwise, that peace would not last long. After that, he took this whole Milford town under his control and his influence slowly spread across the country. he became an invisible hand that controls everything behind the scene. #no incest# #no ntr# lots of smut, r18 scenes will be available in this novel

Alice Howard's life hit rock bottom at the age of 35—she was framed by Mark, her trusted superior and lover, wrongfully accused of embezzlement, and her reputation was completely ruined. Eventually, she chose to take her own life. However, fate gave her a second chance: she was reborn and returned to the crucial moment at the age of 27 when she had just joined JPMorgan Chase. Burning with hatred for Mark and the board of directors, Alice launched a sophisticated revenge plan. She concealed her true intentions, maintaining a superficial relationship with Mark to gather evidence while befriending a new ally, Sarah, and using her memories from the future to climb the career ladder step by step in the workplace. Meanwhile, the appearance of Ryan, the CEO of a tech company, stirred up the situation—he could be either an ally or a new trap. Caught in the whirlpool of power, love, and betrayal, Alice must stay calm, unravel the layers of mysteries, and finally expose the truth in the showdown at the board meeting. But the path of revenge is not the end. When Ryan's true identity and deeper financial conspiracies come to light, a new storm is brewing...