a crack in the fortress

The Spirit Network, known as【Deep Sea】 connected five continents as human civilization surged forward; yet, they were oblivious to the impending eternal night. With the Extraordinary Awakening, the edifice was about to collapse. Flesh is weak and pitiful, how could one ascend? The story began when Gu Shen, an ordinary youth, received a ruler that bore the truth. He peeled back the corner of this extraordinary world, becoming the largest moth among the thousands that dashed into the flames. If winter is coming, I will climb against the steps, overturn the thrones of kings, shatter the crowns of falsehood, destroy the scepters of injustice. I will become humanity's last, Bright Barrier.

The world has entered an ice age, the Ice Apocalypse has come, and 95% of the human population on the planet has died! In the last life, Zhang Yi was killed by the people he helped because of his kindness. Reborn one month before the Ice Apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakened his space powers and started hoarding supplies crazily! Lack of supplies? He directly emptied a super shopping mall's warehouse worth tens of billions! Are you feeling uncomfortable? He built a super safe house worthy of a doomsday fortress!

A shy emo kid forms a magical contract with a knight from another world. All his life, Theo has dreamed about flying cities and magic diagrams. But when he's awake, his biggest problem is working up the courage to start his own emo band. At least until he stumbles into an arena straight out of his dreams where a knight is battling a dragon. The next thing Theo knows, he finds himself magically bound to the knight, Sir Zenith. Turns out Theo is a wizard, and Zenith is the familiar who serves him. This is the last thing Theo wants, but he doesn't have time to adjust. An army of demons is after him, and they might share a connection to his past. If he wants answers - and to survive - Theo will have to trust Zenith and find the strength to fight alongside him.

The war is over and peace has come. That's what people everywhere believed anyway. People never questioned the origins of present peace. They never cared of those who were sacrificed for it to be obtained. Well then, what happens when the sacrificial pawns of peace return? What do we do to restore it. But even more, what happens if they shatter all before them. Ryuga Xicor, a boy who was sealed in Netherworld for thousands of years returns. He had lost all in the far flung past. And now breaks free from his seals. He destroys all that blocks his path. But one question remains. Where did he get his power? More so, how did he become a living, cunning disaster? He was known as the kindest prodigy after all.

A mass transmigration to the Otherworld, becoming masters of Mobile Fortresses. Li Ziyu obtained the Skeleton Undead Mobile Fortress. Wherever my eyes look and my sword points, corpses pile like mountains and the Undead are a sea. All that I pass becomes my Undead territory. Those who submit will flourish; those who resist will perish. Until one day, Li Ziyu was surprised to discover that he had become the "White Calamity" spoken of by the Otherworld's Natives and Mobile Fortress Lords. Li Ziyu: What White Calamity? Nonsense, this is slander. In fact, I am a peace-loving person. Natives: That's not what you said when you were snatching skeletons from all over the place! Transmigrators: That's not what you said when you commanded hundreds of millions of Undead to chase us all over the place! Li Ziyu: Don't get caught up in the details. Let us, under the fair and just leadership of the Undead, build a great and beautiful world without strife, harmonious and full of love!

The stone went out from under his foot. No sound, no dust, only a hollow where the step had been, and a cold behind his breastbone that never left. Wick Tanner is eleven and small for his age, and his hands are already going brown from the tan-pits. He was born in the Reek, the tannery slums at the bottom of the hill, and he was never meant to be anything more than his father. A tanner. Downwind of the city and downstream of it, beneath the notice of the grey academy tower that has stood over his whole life. Then he carries a load of hides up to Karthal. Four academy boys corner him on a stair in the dark, and the world stops being there under his foot. He falls. The boys look once at the hole that nothing could have made, and they run. It is not magic. Magic shapes the world. Whatever woke in Wick unmakes it. The scholars of Karthal spend their lives pulling the world apart to learn how it was built, and they would pull him apart the same way to learn how he is broken. They are not the only ones who would come looking. Older things have been waiting a long time for a power like his. So a tanner's boy who cannot control what he is and cannot hide it begins the one climb that keeps him alive. He goes up, out of the Reek, staying a step ahead of everyone who wants to cage him or cut him open. He does not know what woke in him on that stair. By the time he understands it, putting it back will no longer be a choice he has. A slow-burn progression fantasy. A weak-to-strong underdog in a grounded world where power is licensed, ranked, and rationed, and the lowborn get none of it. Magic that has to be earned, not handed over on a system screen. Close third person, and a mystery that widens with every arc.

Doomsday Fortress: My Maid Legion and Survival System The world ended in ice. A sudden planetary freeze wiped out 95% of the population overnight. But Ethan Cross wasn’t one of them. He had already lived through this apocalypse— And died at the hands of the very people he once tried to save. Now, he's back. Reborn one month before the world goes cold. This time? No more mercy. No more kindness. Only vengeance, survival, and power. With his newly awakened Spatial Storage System, Ethan begins hoarding like hell: Clearing out billion-dollar megamalls, Looting military bunkers, And constructing the ultimate underground fortress, a steel-clad sanctuary against the end of the world. When others freeze and starve, Ethan thrives. And as civilization collapses, he won’t just survive— He’ll reign. With his maid legion, advanced tech, and unstoppable will, he’ll build a new empire in the ashes of the old.

Fortress of Shadows is an epic tale of survival, strategy, and unexpected alliances set against the backdrop of a besieged fortress. The story follows Commander Elyra, a seasoned leader tasked with defending the last stronghold of her people against a relentless enemy force determined to break their resistance. As the siege drags on, Elyra and her trusted advisors—Garret, a master tactician; Thorne, a battle-hardened warrior; and Lyra, a powerful mage—face an increasingly desperate situation. The enemy deploys new and devastating magical weapons, testing the fortress's defenses to their limits. Amidst the chaos, a mysterious messenger arrives with intelligence that hints at a shift in the enemy's strategy, leading to a high-stakes battle where Elyra's leadership is put to the ultimate test. However, the external threats are not the only dangers they face. Sabotage within the fortress reveals that betrayal lurks among their ranks, forcing Elyra and her team to root out traitors while maintaining the morale and unity of their people. Just as the situation grows dire, an unexpected opportunity arises: a faction within the enemy's own ranks seeks to overthrow their leadership and offers an alliance that could turn the tide of the war. Balancing trust and caution, Elyra negotiates this alliance, knowing that it could either save her people or lead them into a deadly trap. With newfound allies and the ever-present threat of betrayal, the defenders prepare for a final confrontation that will determine the fate of the fortress and the future of their world. *Fortress of Shadows* is a gripping narrative of resilience, loyalty, and the complex dynamics of war, where the line between friend and foe is blurred, and survival hinges on the ability to adapt to an ever-changing battlefield.

For a thousand years, humanity believed the heavens were sealed. The ancient war between mankind and the celestial races had long become nothing more than myth. Until the night the sky cracked. Arka, a boy from a forgotten town, loses everything when monsters emerge from a crimson fracture in the heavens. Hunted by masked figures and haunted by powers he cannot understand, he discovers a terrifying truth: The world beneath the sky is only the beginning. Beyond the clouds lies Celestia, a realm abandoned by history. A world of ancient kingdoms, fallen gods, sealed gates, and a war that was never truly over. And somewhere beyond the cracks in the heavens… something is waiting for him. As the boundary between worlds begins to collapse, Arka must uncover the secret behind the mysterious Fragment within him before the coming catastrophe consumes both heaven and earth. Because when the heavens crack… the world will never be the same again.

[Irresistible MC + Farming & Entrepreneurship + Strong Female Lead + Cute Baby + Love Rivalry + Farming System + Male Competition] Deng Yuyuan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel about a "pampered group darling" — as the biological mother of the vicious female villain. The female villain has a biased grandmother, a mooching uncle and his family, a blindly filial father, and a spineless mother. She was a small-time thief as a child. As an adult, she committed every kind of evil — constantly framing the female lead — and ultimately met a miserable end. The female lead is the only daughter in another family, doted on by her older brothers. The villain targeted her out of pure jealousy. And now, Deng Yuyuan has become that villain's cowardly mother — and the villain herself is currently just an ugly, wrinkly-faced infant. The blindly filial father loves his wife, but gives all the good things to his own mother. He says to his starving wife and daughter: "Xiao Yuan, come drink some water. I specially heated it for you." Deng Yuyuan looks at her own bony frame and her tiny child — and decides to get a divorce. Goodbye, useless husband. She's going to raise this little cub with an abundance of money and love. No way she'll go astray this time. Lost one husband, gained a crowd of suitors. A beautiful sent-down youth coveted by many — she knows some self-defense and burns the midnight oil studying. With the reinstatement of the college entrance exams, she takes her child toward a much wider world. Riding the wave of the times, Deng Yuyuan works her way up to become a gaming tycoon and a cutting-edge scientist... Except — why are so many men fighting to be her cub's stepfather?