theories of the self

Strong? Handsome? Savage? Badass? It's all about the intelligence quotient, my friend. ———— PS: Mutation shouldn't be mistaken for enlightenment.

"I've destroyed your face. Let's see how you'll seduce men now!" "I want to pluck all your hair too. Let's see how you'll seduce other married men!" The woman screamed while she cut off Mei Shu's hair. She then directly stabbed the scissors into her head and put an end to her pitiful life. Mei Shu had already been bedridden for over ten years. Her face was practically unrecognizable. Her four younger brothers were either injured, crippled, sick, or barely alive. This was all thanks to the woman next to her bed. Many years ago, Mei Shu's mother died in a car accident. Not long after that, her stepmother moved in with her stepsister, Mei Mu. Mei Shu's stepmother found a way to send Mei Shu to the countryside. After that, Mei Shu's stepmother and stepsister slowly took over all the Mei family's possessions. When Mei Shu was about to turn eighteen, they brought her home. The only reason they did that was to acquire the inheritance her mother left behind. After that, they kept plotting and scheming against her. They sowed discord between Mei Shu and her four younger brothers. Until the day Mei Shu died in the hospital, her brothers still had no idea she wasn't the one who started the fire that ruined their lives. After dying, Mei Shu refused to move on. She reincarnated to the time she was seventeen with her own system. She wanted to change her fate and rescue her brothers! In their previous lifetime, she and her brothers treated each other like enemies. In this lifetime... "Mei Shu, I'll do anything you tell me to," her first brother said. "Who dares to bully my sister?" Her second brother asked. "Mei Shu belongs to me!" Her third brother exclaimed. "Do you wish to marry my sister? Let's see if you have what it takes!" Her fourth brother uttered. [System: Quest completed! You'll be rewarded with a husband!"

"Thanks for the invite, I'm in New York, just got off the plane." Du Wei realized he had traveled through time. Having no choice, he had to resume his old trade and opened a psychological consultation clinic, but the patients seeking psychological advice were all a bit strange... Note: This book is set in the Soul Summoning Universe.

"Hot Noodles request to add you as a friend." An inexplicable friend request, a non-existent contact. Claiming to be a message from herself in the future, intimately knowledgeable about her past. Fang Xiaocao was utterly numb. Hot Noodles: Danger, do not go home tonight. "Is this some kind of joke?" Staring at the WeChat message, Fang Xiaocao rolled her eyes and opened the anti-theft door. Hot Noodles: At midnight, when the knocking starts, don't turn on the light if you don't want to die. In the early morning: 00:00:00 Fang Xiaocao was woken by the knocking sound. She was just about to turn on the bedside lamp when she remembered that bizarre message. She pulled back her hand and stayed put until dawn, only to know her neighbor next door, a woman living alone just like her was murdered at midnight... Fang Xiaocao was suddenly covered in a cold sweat. Hot Noodles: To celebrate our narrow escape from death, go to the flea market before three in the afternoon, stall number 7, and buy the seventh inkstone on the left-hand side. The seller's bottom price is 80, but the inkstone is worth 8 million. After last night's ordeal, Fang Xiaocao inexplicably chose to believe. She successfully bought an inkstone for a hundred dollars, and later discover it was indeed a imperial inkstone from the Qing Qianlong era, worthing 8 million! Fang Xiaocao stood there, dumbfounded! Following the message's instructions, she bought a second-hand car. But little did she know, the guidance was linking her into a series of events that dragged out a murder case and a fortune worth two small goals. Who on earth sent her the messages? It's really her future self? Or it's some kind of bizarre game?

“Three hours. One life. She logged in as her perfect self—and the game won’t let her go.” Sarya Iska is invisible—ignored by everyone at work, mocked by her peers, and alone except for her pigeon. Life hasn’t been kind, and love feels like a game she’ll never win. Until a mysterious package arrives at her door: a VR console, a set of goggles, and a note that says only one thing: “Play safe.” What she discovers is more than a game—it’s a world where she can be **Valeris**, a powerful, beautiful warrior rising from zero to legend. Every battle, every quest, every victory in the virtual realm makes her feel alive… in ways that strangely bleed into her real life. As she levels up, earns coins, and builds companions, Sarya finds herself caught in a dangerous, thrilling loop of romance, adventure, and temptation. But the game has rules—and one wrong move could wipe her progress forever. Three hours. One life. Endless possibilities. Will Sarya stay in the shadows of reality… or claim the power, love, and desire she’s always dreamed of?

Judul asli: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (人渣反派自救系统) Judul Inggris: The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System Penulis: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Genre: Danmei, xianxia, transmigrasi, fantasi, romansa, komedi, satire Sinopsis Shen Yuan adalah pembaca novel xianxia bergenre harem yang menurutnya penuh plot kacau dan karakter tidak masuk akal. Setelah meninggal secara mendadak, ia justru bereinkarnasi ke dalam novel tersebut. Masalahnya, ia bukan menjadi tokoh utama. Ia masuk ke tubuh Shen Qingqiu, guru antagonis yang dalam cerita asli memperlakukan muridnya dengan kejam. Murid itu adalah Luo Binghe, protagonis yang kelak akan menjadi penguasa iblis terkuat dan membalas dendam dengan menyiksa Shen Qingqiu sampai mati. Untuk menghindari takdir tragis itu, Shen Qingqiu berusaha mengubah alur dengan memperlakukan Luo Binghe lebih baik. Namun setiap tindakannya diawasi oleh sebuah “Sistem” yang memaksanya tetap mengikuti garis besar plot. Upayanya untuk menyelamatkan diri justru menciptakan perubahan tak terduga. Luo Binghe tumbuh menjadi sosok yang sangat kuat, emosional, dan terobsesi pada gurunya. Di balik nuansa komedi dan parodi terhadap novel harem, kisah ini berkembang menjadi cerita tentang takdir, pilihan, trauma, serta hubungan kompleks antara guru dan murid yang melampaui batas dunia manusia dan iblis.

The Grand Duke of the Empire has one ambition: to be the ultimate villain of all eras. But why is it that every villainous scheme he concocts ends up backfiring? He tries to poison the Crown Prince. Ends up healing said Prince's chronic illness and earns himself a loyal follower. He tries to steal the Grand General's new woman. Ends up rescuing a captive slave and earns himself a nominal fiancée. He tries to take over the church. Ends up culling a demon cult and earns himself a holy army. He tries to destroy the world. Ends up saving it.

Leo and Deo were lover gods that have been in love with each ever since they were created, and they had lived different lifetime together with no changes to their heart desires. Maybe they could have been changes to their heart desires if they didn't shared one heart, which means whatever happen to one happens to other. However, Leo was a god with a demonic side and a good side which are the souls of his powers. The demonic side of Leo is called Fawrus, and the good side of him is called Fawmus, and they are both what owns his shared powers. Leo's demonic side, which was Fawrus, sought to end Deo to make Leo powerful and have revenge on Deo for what Deo done to him . Fawrus felt that the death of Deo is what will make Leo achieve his true purpose and greatness, and in the process, he will release Lucifer from hell to unleash hell on Earth as intended. However, Leo's good side, which was Fawmus, has to do everything in his powers to save Deo, since he loved Deo and wanted to stop Fawrus, which is the only way to put an end to the hell that will be unleash on Earth. Leo himself will have to give up everything including his life to save Deo from his demonic self, and make sure she is safe for all eternity.

Gusto ni Yman magkaroon ng mahika na makapag pagaling ng may sakit. Para mapagaling ang ina na may karamdaman. Kaya sobrang saya niya dahil ang naka display sa status Job niya ay Healer. Ngunit ang nakalagay sa skill section na magic spell, ay lowest D rank Healing Magic or Self Healing Magic? Unang araw ng mission ng grupo ni Yman sa loob ng itim na butas, kasama ang pinakamagandang transfer student na si Maena. Hanggang saan si Yman dalhin ng kanyang self healing magic? Ano ang naghihintay sa kanila sa loob ng itim na butas? Magtagumpay kaya sila sa kanilang misyon? O di kaya.....

Getting to the point, “Proud Immortal Demon Way” is an incomparably long, golden finger against the heavens, harem greater than three digits, and with characters and scenes and a protagonist that even girls would like sort of cool cultivation novel. It’s the year’s best stallion novel, bar none! This book’s male protagonist, Luo Binghe, doesn’t walk the path of the lofty or the path of the waste but still manages to take thousands of readers in the literary network by storm, influencing countless YY novels thereafter. He walks a pitch-black path. But before he was painted black, he walked a bitter path. Afterwards, the deep reader Shen Yuan was immersed in contents documenting infinite slaughter, making the summary before the end of the book seem very brief. Luo Binghe was born and immediately abandoned by his parents, wrapped in white cloth, and put in a wood basin set into the water. After nine cold days, it was only because the fishermen in the river picked him up that he didn’t freeze to death in his early childhood. Because he floated among the ice floes and it was the season of ice and many waters, he was given his current name. He wandered the streets in his youth, starving, never wearing enough to be warm, having a gray childhood. A washerwoman working for a large family pitied the child and with no children at her knees, adopted him and treated him as her real son. The mother and son lived in bitter poverty, suffering the bullying of the wealthy. Under such unhealthy growing conditions since childhood, Luo Binghe’s character after being blackened only grows more twisted, full of grievances, with thousands of knives set to kill in his heart. What a good root buried here for a twisted character, Shen Yuan thought with a small laugh at his mouth. Just for a lukewarm bowl of porridge, he endured the beating of a noble son only to still be a step late, unable to rush home to let his mother eat a mouthful before she died. In a coincidental opportunity, Luo Binghe was selected by the number one cultivation sect in the world at the time, apprenticing under ‘Xiu Ya Sword’ Shen Qingqiu. He thought he was finally on the right track, but unexpectedly Shen Qingqiu is fair on the outside, foul on the inside; the absolute worst sort of character. He is jealous of Luo Binghe’s unparalleled talent, his heart always under siege to outperform his own disciples in cultivation, always taunting and bringing along others in ridiculing him. He only cultivated for a few years but it was already a heart-aching endeavor full of blood and tears. It was difficult for Luo Binghe to reach sixteen years of age, finally encountering the cultivation world’s grand ceremonial Immortal Assembly Conference held every three years. In this Immortal Assembly Conference, Luo Binghe was schemed against by Shen Qingqiu and fell into the cracks between the Demon Realm and the Human Realm – an endless abyss. As everyone knows, this is the true beginning of the story! DISCLAIMER: This story is not mine, I did not wrote or own this, I really just want to share it to everybody. I am not the translator either. If you have means to support the author please do so. You can find this novel at novelusb.com PS. the cover photo are also not mine. Belongs to Mr. Google