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The Sect has suffered a calamity, and with the responsibility thrust upon him in a crisis, Lu Qian obtains the methods of Cultivation from the Sect Leader's Ring. The urgent task at hand is to find a Spirit Vein to settle his elder and younger martial sisters who fled with him, reopen the Mountain Gate, and establish the Sect for Cultivation!

In a world ruled by elemental power, a boy is born with a forbidden vein that should not exist. Hunted by the government and feared by society, Tomora must survive a cruel world that chooses peace over justice. As ancient powers awaken and humanity reveals its true nature, he is forced to decide whether this world deserves to be saved or erased.

Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 80 books ranging from contemporary romance to paranormal. With over four million copies sold, she's been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable son, naked cat, and two dogs. For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com Welcome to Seaside Oregon, where star sightings are as common as Malibu. It's Hollywood's biggest known secret, the place where rockstars and actors alike go to get away from it all, only now that filming has started on what's said to be the newest blockbuster hit, it's getting harder and harder to get some privacy. Capture: All Dani wants to do is survive the summer on set as Lincoln Green's newest assistant. The only problem? She's a selective mute and the guy won't stop talking or flirting. Keep: Zane "Saint" Andrews is known for a lot of things, mainly his music and sexual appetites, when he stops in Seaside for a much-needed break, he latches onto Fallon, a girl he thinks could be his new muse. What happens when she finds out that the sexy superstar hasn't actually ever had sex? Steal: Ex-boyband member Will just got assigned to represent his ex-girlfriend and ex-love Angelica Greene. Babysitting an actress that high maintenance wasn't part of the plan but he's her only hope, and when they start to blur the line between love and hate, they realize that maybe the past can't just stay there, not when there's so much left to explore in the present.

In the ancient realm of Tianzhou, spiritual energy once flowed through the world like rivers in the sky. Great sects rose, immortal cultivators battled across mountains, and beasts guarded forgotten ruins. But after a catastrophe called The Shattering of Heaven’s Gate, most of the world’s spirit veins dried up, leaving cultivation to slowly die. In a poor mountain village lives Lin Yue, a quiet seventeen-year-old boy mocked for having a broken spiritual core, which means he can’t cultivate like everyone else. While working in the forest one night, he falls into a hidden cave beneath an ancient withered tree. There, he finds a black jade ring containing the soul of a long-dead cultivator known as Master Xuan, once feared as the “Heaven-Severing Sage.” Master Xuan reveals a secret: Lin Yue’s core is not broken—it is sealed. Inside him lies the Last Spirit Vein, a fragment of the world’s original heavenly energy. If awakened, it could restore cultivation to the realm… or destroy it completely. To unlock his power, Lin Yue must enter the cultivation world, join the Azure Cloud Sect, survive rival disciples, secret assassins, demon beasts, and ancient trials, and uncover who caused the fall of Heaven’s Gate. But the deeper he goes, the more he learns that the great sects are hiding the truth: the world’s spiritual energy did not vanish naturally—it was stolen. Now hunted by powerful elders, shadow clans, and a mysterious masked woman who seems to know his destiny, Lin Yue must choose whether to save the cultivation world… or burn it down and rebuild it from nothing.

Omegas are forbidden in Azure Cloud Sect. Yet one appears under the winter plum tree… and his scent awakens something dangerous in Lan Xiyue. Lan Xiyue, the cold heir of the sect, has followed every rule—until he meets Ruo Han, a mysterious omega with a past wrapped in secrets and a spiritual presence that shouldn’t exist. The moment their hands touch, a forbidden bond sparks to life. Now the Elders want Ruo Han dead. The heavens seem to stir. And Lan Xiyue will break every rule to keep the omega who should never have entered the sect. A hidden identity. A dangerous fate. A bond even the heavens cannot stop.

To the outside world, Kinar is just an ordinary assistant pharmacist working at a small, rundown drugstore in a quiet corner of Nismara City. However, she harbors a lethal secret: her fingertips possess the rare power to close fatal wounds and cure illnesses that baffle modern medicine. ​But this power is a curse, not a gift. Every time Kinar manipulates life energy to heal someone, the physical agony transfers to her own body, leaving behind permanent, dark vein-like marks on her wrists. She lives in constant hiding, knowing that if her secret is exposed, she will be hunted by The Aegis—a ruthless underground syndicate that exploits supernatural humans in their pursuit of immortality. ​Her quiet life shatters on a stormy night when she finds a man bleeding out in the alley behind her shop. He isn't just anyone; he is the city's top mercenary, currently on the run from The Aegis. Kinar's split-second decision to save him changes her fate forever. Now, running is no longer an option.

In the distant cosmos hills a genius scholar on earth on his way to noble prize awards get into an accident that claims his life. while all the circumstances feels like it's a dream as it seems to pass life a fleeting moment for him whilst in reality a century is already far spent. He wake up to find to find he had trasended to to an unfamiliar yet familiar place called vaelor where his consciousness is etched with the "hills"of this world but unlike other mcs he had read of in his time on earth he doesn't breakthrough with Earth's advanced technology but sets on a different course of action that destiny has in stall for him.obstacles definetely comes up his path more than it had ever been in his rise on earth. But the question is how would he navigate this new responsibilities his about to

Velora is loud, crowded, and alive but Waza exists on its edges, watching, listening, choosing silence over chaos. In a city where names carry weight and power hides beneath concrete and neon, something ancient stirs inside him. A hum in his veins. A crack in the walls of reality. A force sealed too early… and now awakening. As the line between observer and participant shatters, Waza is pulled into a hidden struggle beneath the city one where identity is currency, wisdom is survival, and power does not ask for permission. This is not a story about becoming strong. It is a story about becoming wiser and deciding what kind of monster, guardian, or ghost you will be when the city finally looks back.

Lavinia is just an ordinary student at her school She spends most of her time rioting and fighting. Until one day she stumbled upon a photo album containing all her pictures And even images from the future explain what her life will be like, and even how it will end. To her surprise, her life ended not as she had dreamed. Her life ended with her husband's betrayal and death at the hands of her childhood friend. To decide to change destiny As events progress and escalate, Lavinia discovers that all the changes she makes to improve her future are reflected in her present.

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"