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Stripped of his blood meridians, young lad Lu Ming suffered all kinds of humiliating demise and was deemed useless. One day, he gained access to the Supreme Shrine by chance and went on a glorious, odds-defying path with a reborn supreme blood meridian. The myriad paths of the Dragon Emperor were birthed by cultivating the True War Dragon Technique, devouring countless living beings, connecting all blood meridians under the skies, and traveling through and defeating heroes from all Nine Skies and Ten Lands.

Tian Long, an orphan without much of a life in both his thirty year long life and lifespan! To him, a single opportunity was displayed to transmigrate into another world with his Death Book! "What's this? Is this the body of a three year old? Davis? Is this my name from now on?" Finding himself possessing a small child, he becomes inwardly conflicted before he faces the truth and his reality! Young Davis finds himself as the legal heir, the Crown Prince of the Loret Empire in the Grand Sea Continent, becoming a powerful cultivator in a short time... However, is that all? Follow his journey as Young Davis becomes a full fledged death's advocate while embodying into the Divine Emperor of Death in the world of cultivation! "Mn? The route to become the Emperor is a given? Nah, I still don't want it..." "Oh? I'm courting death you say? Unfortunately for you, death is already my woman..." ======= Almost 200,000 words (Around 170 Chapters) available for free! What to expect (Updated June 2026) : -Male protagonist who is trying to find who he is in the beginning and increasingly becomes level-headed and ruthless to enemies. Divine Emperor of Death is his calamity title the world gave him and not his personality, so don’t expect MC to be utterly black-hearted here. -Growth style from young to old, a epic adventure that takes itself seriously as the chapter and volumes advances -Harem. Slow-burn romance for the first two hundred chapters and it increases in pace once MC takes on second wife. Harem is treated extremely important here with their own personalities and flaws. No trophy wives. MC doesn’t abandon harem members to go off on a solo adventure. -Character-driven story with long-term growth. MC makes a few mistakes in the beginning and works to rectify. -Logical cultivation system with nearly no mistakes in terms of power leveling battles. -Unique blend of many types of architecture and eastern fantasy, but mostly latter since this is a cultivation novel. -Quick battles, no-nonsense approach to most enemies, and epic battles, tribulations and actions with lasting consequences. -Magical beast, calamities, strange lifeforms and locations. -The main character is not overpowered at the beginning, he'll have to climb his way up. And his treasure is simply dangerous to use, which makes it extremely challenging for him to survive. -Growth arc, adventure arcs, revenge arcs, romance arcs, epic tribulation arcs, family arcs and many more. -Regular updates (2 chapters/day) + bonus chapters and mass releases when possible ======= Some words from author: English isn't my main language, so please bear with it if you found some mistakes. The first few hundred chapters do have grammar mistakes since I was a beginner at that time. Please bear with me until the grammar and the content gets fleshed out. This is an epic (long form story) instead of a quick wish-fulfillment novel as we follow the story of Davis from the start, so it's bound to be slow but steady. There are epic moments at certain points which my readers have praised repeatedly. Also, the [best harem novel] in the entire Webnovel according to my readers in Discord. ======= Want to see more official art of the story and discuss the story with others? Join the Discord! Discord and support links https://discord.gg/xcqXR6p https://www.patreon.com/stardust_breaker == Power Stones Ranking (Updated : 29th September 2022) 16th so far Golden Ticket Ranking: 11th so far

An ultimate warrior, the one and only Alchemy Emperor, Ling Han, had died in his quest to achieve godhood. Ten thousands years later, and he, with the "Invincible Heaven Scroll", was reborn in the body of a young man with the same name. From then on, winds and clouds moved, as he set himself against uncountable geniuses of this new era. His path of becoming a legend has begun once more. At all eras, and underneath the heavens, I am the strongest!

She conspires and provokes the most powerful young master in Beijing! They sign a contract and with his every call, she has to go anywhere and do anything his bidding. When their contract ends, she smirks and said, “I’ll take the money and you can leave. We don’t owe each other anything.” He is Young Master Ya who rules Beijing. He controls the business empire during the day, and he is the strongest king at night. He is cold and women are merely playthings to him. With his power, the women he has eyes on have never been willing to leave him, yet she is an exception. She loves money, like all the previous women, but she is never shy of showing her greed. And he never realizes that he will ever grow a heart for such a promiscuous and cheap woman… He points a gun straight at her heart. “Die with me, or accept my love—which one do you choose?” She pouts and turns around, before she pushes an adorable child into his arms. “Here, there’s your answer.”

This is a legend of a young hero rising against the heavens, trampling on deities, fighting against the masses, exterminating demons, annihilating gods, and fighting all the way to be the unparalleled Sword Emperor! "This world is destined to tremble under my feet!"

Eight hundred years ago, a legendary man passed away. Zhang Ruochen, the son of Emperor Ming, was killed by his fiancée, Princess Chi Yao. Then, eight hundred years after his death, he came back, only to find that the one who had killed him had already unified Kunlun's Field and built the First Central Empire, and was now known as Empress Chi Yao... Empress Chi Yao—Her Majesty governed the mortal world and enjoyed prestige in all directions as well as an eternal life. Zhang Ruochen stood outside of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, looking at the statue of Empress Chi Yao, and the flames of hatred burned in his heart. “After I practice for 13 years, I shall send the empress to her doom!”

This is the era where people prioritize science and Martial Dao. After the great disaster, the human race discovered the Ancient Zenith civilization. They entered the Age of Great Cultivation and began their journey to colonize the Kunlun Realm! This is a time of crisis for humankind and many ambitious powerhouses walk among them! Chu Yunfan obtained the inheritance of the Alchemy Emperor from the Ancient Zenith civilization and the Godhead of a level-9 supreme being. How will he make his mark in such an epoch? You’re a genius? Excuse me, I’m the genius! You’ve got resources? I’ll defeat you with my medicinal pills. Inheritance? The supreme inheritance is right in my head! Our path is an endless dimension! This is the third fantasy novel that Xiao Chen poured his heart into since ‘Soaring the Great Wasteland’ and ‘Martial God Space’. This is a whole new era. This is the Age of Great Cultivation!

With the strongest physique in heaven and earth was reborn in a small family, with the strongest overwhelming hegemony body, mysterious and powerful golden divine pupils, from then on a road to kill all kinds of geniuses, evil, whether it is a natural genius, or a supreme evil, in front of Qin Chuan is unbeatable, proud of the world, only I! There are unearthly demons, heavenly geniuses, ten thousand year old devils, heavenly giants, but also the most beautiful people, fairies, red powder withered bones, snake scorpion beauty

After crossing into another world, he became an impostor City Lord, with a domain spanning five hundred miles and a sister who was a national beauty. He also had to revitalize a family that was teetering on the brink of collapse. As a college junior, Lanling felt overwhelmed by the pressure. Endowed with the power of Yao Xing, he could directly devour others' cultivation and claim it as his own. And his sole mission in crossing into this other world was: to destroy it! From City Lord of Tianshui, to the queen's husband, to the World-Ending Demon Emperor, he eventually became the king of the entire world! … Note: I've been in the industry for 12 years, published over a hundred books, and this is my eighth book, all of which are completed. With previous works like 《Nine Yang Sword Saint》 and "Mech Battle Emperor" being bestsellers with tens of thousands of subscriptions, you can read with confidence.

Yun Luofeng, el genio de la Escuela Médica de Huaxia, murió a causa de un accidente y su alma se unió a la inútil Señorita Mayor del Patrimonio General en el continente Longxia. Esta basura no solo no tenía talento en las artes literarias y las artes marciales, sino que también tenía un gran pecho sin cerebro, arrogante y obstinada. No era suficiente para ella tener un prometido perfecto como el Príncipe Heredero. De hecho, ella arrebató a la fuerza a un niño bonito en público, lo que llevó al Príncipe Heredero a anular su compromiso. Sin embargo, el desperdicio no pudo resistir este impacto, por lo que en realidad se ahorcó para terminar con su vida. Al abrir los ojos de nuevo, ya no era la anterior señorita mayor inútil. Con un contrato con el Código de Dios Médico, la posesión de un espacio vegetal espiritual y manos milagrosas que pueden devolver la vida a los muertos, ¡sus habilidades médicas asombrarán al mundo! Desde la realeza y los nobles en la parte superior hasta los comerciantes y las familias antiguas e influyentes de abajo, todos competirán para ganarse su favor. ¿Incluso Su Alteza el Príncipe Heredero, que previamente rompió el compromiso, llamó a la puerta con el deseo de reconciliarse? Al respecto, cierto hombre misterioso finalmente no pudo soportarlo más y proclamó: “¡Quien se atreva a venir y acosar a mi mujer, que venga pero no regrese nunca!”.