Province

In a modern province teetering between rapid development and ancient mystery, bizarre deaths and unexplainable phenomena plague the shadows. When conventional law enforcement fails to bring justice, a covert unit is formed under the radar of official policy: the Unseen Files Division, a team tasked with solving the supernatural crimes no one else dares to touch. Leading the team is Mu Shenyu, once a top-tier CID investigator, now demoted to chasing petty thieves after a traumatic case involving ancient cursed swords and a vanished partner. Haunted by his past and literally sensitive to spirits due to his “ghost-born” fate, Mu is reluctantly pulled back into the paranormal when a string of grotesque murders points to an ancient force waking beneath the city’s surface. Alongside him is the fierce and hot-blooded fighter Nicco Li, a former Sanshou champion with zero patience for red tape—or ghosts. They are joined by a hacker-turned-government slave, a cold sniper with secrets, a clueless but mysterious rookie, and a perverted yet brilliant coroner. Together, they dive into chilling legends brought to life—vengeful female ghosts, cursed iron relics, and zombified monsters masked by folklore. But not every “monster” is inhuman. Not every ally is clean. And not every case will end with closure. The truth behind the supernatural is darker than myth—because sometimes, the real horror… wears a human face.

They feared a warlord. They summoned a legend. What they got… was a nap. In the sleepy village of Zhenbei, Gao Mingyu has one ambition: doing absolutely nothing. Nicknamed Fat Master Ming, he is a round-bellied hermit of snacks, snoozes, and sarcastic wisdom. But beneath the soft exterior, thick glasses, and unmatched laziness lies a secret—he is the last wielder of the long-lost Slumbering Tiger System, a mysterious cultivation path powered by rest, food, and sheer indifference. He once saved a province. Not that he remembers. But when celestial cranes block out the sun and an icy beauty from the Cloudborne Sect, Li Xuan, descends demanding aid against a world-ending threat, Mingyu’s peaceful life under the plum tree collapses faster than his bamboo mat during snack time. The seal on his arm awakens. The heavens stir. The System whispers. And the realms watch as the Indolent Slayer, a man too lazy to court the women he admires, is called to battle demons, ancient conspiracies, and his greatest enemy: effort. With the sharp-tongued Li Xuan by his side (and possibly in his heart), Mingyu is forced into a world of spiraling sect drama, legendary monsters, and sleeping dragons—literally. But the true question remains: Can a man who fights best in his dreams save the world… while still making it to lunch on time?

A new work from the author of 'Astral Pet Store', welcome to enjoy it! ———— In chaotic times, one seeks survival; in prosperous times, one seeks fame. Despite being weathered by the vicissitudes of life, the Great Yu Dynasty still found itself in an era of prosperity. In the northwest, a youth trekked nine thousand miles on foot, slaying the Great Demon alone to compete for a lifetime of glory. In Long Lake, an unmatched Grandmaster hurried to the mortal realm to establish a sect, leaving his name to be revered for a hundred generations. In the imperial capital, a saintly figure spread his teachings far and wide, with followers throughout Qingzhou, his legacy lasting forever. Yet within Qingzhou City, in the compound of a family with a long military heritage, there was a child who never engaged in serious pursuits, instead spending his days playing chess, painting, fishing, and playing the zither. Years later— …… When the sword rose, dragon smoke stretched for three thousand miles, and a single strike wiped out the cities of nine provinces! Among all the laws of the world, only I, have entered the path. …… 【Light-Hearted Humor】【Martial Path Panel】【Art Master】【Scheming】

In a small, prosperous town called Orrinshire, in the Western Province of the Eisenblut Empire, lives a young woman who is unaware of the great burden that lies on her shoulders. The peaceful life in the town seemed to limit her, until one day she decided to step out of the house and leave Orrinshire, seeking the meaning of the call of destiny that burned in her heart. Little does she know that her journey will become a story that echoes through the ages, filled with magical encounters, unexpected dangers, and ancient secrets waiting to be uncovered. In this adventure worthy of a Thousand Years of history, she will discover the true power within herself and a destiny greater than anyone's imagination.

Duke Jiu Qiansui, Du Gu Wu, was forced to marry the rejected woman Feng Bailin due to illness, causing an uproar in the court. The princes came to "congratulate": Although Feng Bailin is ugly, incompetent, and from a declining family, she does not fear his reputation of being a wife-killer and impotent, and even conveniently lets him be a cheap father. Worthy of congratulations. Du Gu Wu, thinking of the talentless, unattractive, and unvirtuous woman, coldly said: After one year, I will divorce. One year later, Du Gu Wu booked the largest restaurant in the world, invited friends to prepare for the divorce. Unexpectedly, the restaurant owner directly offered three days for free, saying it was to celebrate the divorce. When the first beauty who was mingling with heroes from all roads burped, she said: "You think I'm after his body, I just crave his imperial fortune." After Duke Jiu Qiansui was divorced, In the first month, a plague swept the whole city, and the medical deity appeared, it was actually Feng Bailin. In the second month, famine was everywhere in the country, the richest man provided disaster relief, once again it was Feng Bailin. In the third month, an alliance of nine dynasties besieged the city, and ten thousand beasts defended it, it was still Feng Bailin. In a certain month, Duke Jiu Qiansui traveled across the nine provinces and eight wildernesses to pursue his wife: Ancestor, please let me marry in. The two cute children said in unison: Father King, you have to wait in line!

Fang Mo was once hailed as the Medical Saint, a brilliant scientist and doctor who developed a vaccine for cancer and gave everything to humanity. But in return, he received betrayal from his wife, condemnation from the world, and a death sentence. With dignity in his heart and hatred in his veins, he died vowing to live as a demon in his next life. Reborn in the Yun Han Empire as Fang Ye, a disgraced young prince of the Southern Zhou Province, he wakes to find himself mocked, poisoned, and moments from death once again. But this time, Fang Mo no longer lives to serve others; he lives for himself. With the memories of his past life, he sets out to carve a path of vengeance, cultivation, and power. In a world of immortal sects, ancient bloodlines, and divine beasts, the fallen saint must master cultivation and grow stronger before his enemies kill him. Heaven itself may tremble before the demon he becomes. This is the tale of a man who died a saint but will ascend as a demon.

Once feared across the heavens, Vareth, the Demon King of Eternal Night, was slain by the united might of the righteous. His soul was sealed, his name cursed, and the world rejoiced. But fate is a strange thing. Reincarnated into the broken body of a failed sect master in the weakest sect on the continent, Vareth awakens in a crumbling ruin with nothing but a single disciple, no resources, and a mysterious Sect System whispering promises of domination. His goal? Rebuild the Twilight Shadow Sect from the ashes. His method? Recruit the desperate, the outcasts, and the fallen geniuses of the world—one by one. His doctrine? Power through control, loyalty through fear, and absolute rule through manipulation masked as salvation. Yet, every time he sets a dark plan into motion—something unexpectedly good happens. He “rescues” a dying girl to use her rare talent... and ends up saving an entire lost cultivation art. He “forces” a body refiner to obey... and heals a cursed bloodline. He crushes an enemy sect out of vengeance... and unites a war-torn province. The world sees a miracle-working hero rising from the ruins. Only his disciples know the truth. Their master is no savior… he’s the devil with a Sect badge. With an ever-growing band of unwanted prodigies—a sarcastic alchemy genius, a lunatic beast tamer, a disgraced music cultivator, and more—Shen Mo will turn the weakest sect into the most feared force in the world. He doesn’t want fame. He doesn’t want followers. He wants control. He wants the world on its knees. And somehow, the heavens keep rewarding him for it.

Naryecheong, a national secret agency that protects humans from disasters and misfortunes caused by evil spirits. In attempting to recruit a successor, Naryecheong’s chief exorcist, Yoon Taehee, searches for a ‘gwijae’, someone who has the ability to see and hear ghosts. One day, Yoon Taehee, while hiding his identity and going undercover, meets a suspicious boy at a high school in a small town in the province… “By the way, how old are you, friend?”

Annabel Willows lived a happy life as the most loved daughter, amongst the 3 daughters of Don Willow, the richest businessman in their province. But been the beloved daughter sparked jealousy amongst her sisters, Samantha and Caroline, which slowly deepened into hatred. Annabel’s golden world crumbles when her father suffers a stroke and their family business plunges into bankruptcy. To save her father’s legacy she is cornered into marrying the First son of the powerful Emerson’s family. But on her wedding day, the cruel truth is unveiled as Annabel realized she wasn’t getting married to the heir but to the reclusive third son, Reynold Emerson, who is feared for his ruthless nature and rumored to be a flesh eating monster. Annabel’s world sink further as she discovered, she bears an uncanny resemblance to Reynolds’ deceased wife. Slowly, she realized her family plot to sell her out as a replacement for Reynold late wife. Betrayed by her family, trapped in an unknown world where no one truly cares, Annabel must now fight for her identity, her rights and her sanity. Will this twisted union be the end of her — or the start of something even darker than love?

An immortal Demon King named Rael Alzareth, who has conquered the world and defeated all opponents including the Heroine, feels bored and empty with his eternal life without challenges. He decides to end his reign and reincarnates as an ordinary human, abandoning all his powers for a peaceful life. In his new life, he becomes Yu Zhen, the eldest son of a humble but honorable family in the Eastern Province. He grows up with the love of his family and lives a quiet life without any great ambitions—though he is still very talented in cultivation. Unexpectedly, he is matched with a noble girl named Lan Yueran, who turns out to be the reincarnation of the heroine who once fought him to the death when he was still the Demon King. However, neither of them remembers their past.

In a war-torn empire where power corrupts absolutely, seven broken warlords branded as monsters must defy their past to forge a future worth redeeming. Once feared as "The Ghost Tigers"—Zhang Wei’s brutal enforcers—Kalima Chileshe (Hellfire Incarnate), John Mwanabeti (The Golden Fist), and their brothers-in-arms unleashed devastation across the Jade Expanse. Kalima’s flames razed villages. Chisangalalo Zulu’s breath poisoned rivers. Vincent Kabonde twisted flesh into abominations. But when the warlord they served turns their affinities against their own families, they shatter their chains, becoming hunted outcasts with blood on their hands and empires on their trail. Haunted by the ashes of Frost Moon Province—a genocide Kalima can never undo—the Ghost Tigers are consumed by a desperate chase: to escape their sins, control their cursed gifts, and find a peace that feels forever out of reach. Their only anchors are the love of spouses they were forced to abandon: - Kalima’s healer wife, Mei Lin, whose faith in his humanity is fading. - John’s fierce swordsmith wife, **Hana, imprisoned for defying Zhang Wei. - Zulu’s herbalist wife, **Lihua**, dying from the toxins he once weaponized. Their quest leads them to the **"Breath of Heaven"**—an ancient philosophy teaching control over their destructive affinities. With this fragile hope, they unite with rebels and clans to build **"The Sanctuary"** in the poisoned Mourning Moss Swamp, transforming their powers into tools of healing: - Kalima’s fire now warms forges. - Zulu’s breath purifies blighted land. - Vincent’s bone-warping mends wounds. But Zhang Wei’s vengeance is relentless. He creates monstrous Serpent’s Teeth" soldiers and poisons the empire’s wells, blaming the Ghost Tigers. Facing annihilation, they make a final stand—not with fire and fury, but with irrefutable truth. Risking everything, they expose Zhang Wei’s atrocities to the Imperial Court, culminating in a celestial aurora over the capital—a beacon of their restraint and redemption. In the aftermath, the Ghost Tigers achieve the impossible: Reunite with their spouses against all odds. Cleanse the land they once poisoned. Build a sanctuary where affinity-bearers and refugees find hope. Force the empire to acknowledge their humanity. Years later, the Ghost Tigers stand not as warlords or monsters, but as guardians of the Sanctuary—a thriving city born from ashes. Kalima and Mei Lin heal beneath blossom trees where infernos once roared. John and Hana teach children to forge swords into plowshares. Vincent and Jia mend broken bones and broken pasts. Their scars remain, but their measure is finally taken in lives saved, not lives erased. "We chased shadows... and found our light not in hiding, but in building this." — Kalima Chileshe, Sanctuary Dawn

They call him Ghost. A name whispered in fear across warzones, black markets, and underworld circles. To the world, he's a phantom—a faceless mercenary who leaves no trace but bodies in his wake. To his enemies, he’s a death sentence. To his brothers-in-arms in Graveyard, he’s family. But to himself... he's a haunted man searching for a past stolen in gunfire and smoke. After a flawless mission deep in the Eastern Province, Ghost returns to the hidden forest base he's called home for sixteen years. Yet the victory is short-lived. His foster father, the commander delivers an unexpected order: "That was your last mission." Now, Ghost—real name Miles Sterling—must step out of the shadows of war and into a world he’s never known. Guided only by a scarred letter, a fading memory, and the voice of a woman he hasn’t seen since the day everything was taken from him. But war forged more than his body and name. Behind the mask, behind the scars, Miles has another secret. One he’s kept hidden even from his brothers in arms. He’s not just a weapon. He’s a ghost with a fortune—a hidden empire he built in silence, across borders and black markets, forged in strategy and blood. A man of many names, and many shadows. Beneath the bullets, tattoos, and silence lies a truth buried in ashes. And Ghost is about to dig it up—one letter, one enemy, one memory at a time.

Goi, a lone swordsman, wanders the rugged provinces of all Gaya, wielding twin blades of bronze and steel. Haunted by an untold past, he forges his own path—confronting uncanny omens and supernatural beings that haunt his road. But what he seeks is not victory, nor vengeance—only balance. Within his chest rage the Seven Emotions, and with every encounter, he edges closer to mastering them.

On her birthday, Lydia’s body was overtaken by a spirit, and her soul was transported to another world. Awakening as the wife of Qhah-el, the fifth imperial prince, she found herself embroiled in a battle for the throne. While Qhah-el defends the borders, Lydia was supposed to improve the neglected province entrusted to them. However, the previous owner of the body neglected her job, leaving Lydia despised by the people. Armed with knowledge that could better the province, and blessed with a crappy system dependent on her husband’s affection, will Lydia choose to stay and turn the tides in her favor? Or will she execute her grand escape plan and forge a new path for herself?

When Caelum Valenhart dies in the modern world, he wakes up in the body of a disgraced noble in a medieval empire. No magic. No cheat skills. No swordsmanship. In a world where nobles rule through blood and blade, Caelum builds power with coin and contracts. He feeds starving provinces, manipulates markets, buys loyalty, and rewrites the rules of nobility—one deal at a time. But the higher he rises, the more enemies take notice. Can he build an empire of silver in a world that only respects steel? Or will kings, knights, and priests crush the one man who dares to challenge them without ever lifting a sword? Money is his weapon. The realm is his market. The throne? Negotiable.

For a thousand years, the Empire of Verdun has ruled in peace and prosperity, rising from the ashes of the Great War to become the strongest force the world has ever known. But history has a way of circling back—and now, something ancient, something long buried, is beginning to stir. Forgotten secrets are resurfacing. Strange forces are gathering in the shadows. And the empire’s golden age may soon come crashing down. In the midst of this looming storm, a boy awakens in a desolate forest—alone, wounded, and with no memory of who he is. He has no name, no past to cling to—only questions that lead to more mysteries. Taken in by strangers, he begins to piece together a world on the brink of change: rulers tightening their grip, unrest brewing in the outer provinces, and whispers of powers that defy even the empire’s might. But the boy is different. Something in him doesn’t belong to this era. Something ancient moves beneath his skin—something the world has forgotten, but will soon remember. As rebellion simmers and old powers reawaken, the nameless boy stands at the heart of it all. His fate, and the fate of Verdun, are bound together. He must uncover the truth of who he is... before the empire’s final hour strikes. One thing is certain—the world of Verdun will never be the same again. And neither will he. {Disclaimer - I've used third party for translation purposes as english is my third language, thank you for understanding.}

They say long ago, Bathala and the other gods walked the archipelago. Not in temples. Not in dreams. But on the soil, barefoot, bloodstained, breathing. They ruled not with mercy, but with memory. Each river bore their voice. Each mountain, their wrath. Offerings were made. Oaths were broken. Kingdoms rose and rotted in their name. Then came the silence. A silence too heavy, too sudden. Like a scream swallowed by the sea. The old names were buried. The sigils burned. And the gods... forgotten. But the islands remember. Beneath the fields, something still breathes. In the farthest provinces where the stars shine brightest, the old blood still stirs. Children vanish on moonless nights. Creatures crawl from the mangroves with bone in their teeth. And in the silence between lightning and thunder, some swear they hear voices. Ancient, mournful, waiting to be worshipped again. And on nights when the stars vanish, the old blood rises again. Maybe the gods never left. Gone, they are not, but only hidden behind the faces of men. Written by: Cadlaon Copyrights2025

In a small province form Mountain Province called Bangaan. Something is happening, something that is not right. Benjo was weak and pale, full of anger while his opponent Clyde is making fun of him. Benjo was about to deliver a heavy blow at Clyde when suddenly, his arm emmit yellow fiery blazing aura, startling the audience including Clyde and him. A head of a lion formed on his fist, roaring. It made contact with Clyde's face. It made a loud bang sound like a gunshot, echoing throughout the battalion ground. Clyde was knocked out. Benjo was also shocked to what just happened but he fall to the ground because of his tiredness. The people have never seen like it. They called it a day and went home, still wandering about the shocking phenomenon. Mateo went to sleep. But in a random time in the night, he started to feel uncomfortable pain all around his body. He raised his arm, lizard scales around his arm, his pinky and pointy fingers have claws like a lizard. He taught it was just a dream, he fought the pain and tried to sleep it in. He doesn't know whoever was in that fight, also experienced it the same as his. The next day, all of them are experiencing headache, lower resistance making them easily get sick, and body pain. The next day, they got better as if it was nothing happened yesterday and went to attend school. Another fight is about to happen in the afternoon. Our main character Mateo, who was filled with curiosity because of what happened during the fight between Benjo and Clyde attend to watch the fight.

Every province has to send an immortal spirit person to the emperor to be a candidate as the empress for his only son. Zhilhao shuzi lives in the Senlin Province, a poor province where even the chanlor and his family hadn't had any spirit people in there lineage for many generations so they issue a decree that any family under there land who puts forward a candidate for the princes consort will be given a large sum of money as a reward. Zhilhao shuzi was abandoned as a child and has been living in the forest with his mentor for years while learning medicinal healing particularly through the use of tea one day while he's out in town one month after his mentor has disappeared to sell some healing balms and buy some more tea leaves when he is mistaken as a woman due to his delicate appearance and he is kidnaped by slave sellers who after capturing him for his unique appearance (light hair and pink eyes) realize that he's a spirit person and sell him to the channeler, not telling him that Zhilhao shuzi is truly a man, to be taken to the palace as a candidate for the princes consort position the slavers tell him that they have a powerful backer and if he doesn't win and gets sent back or tries to run away they'll sell him off to a brothel and use his magic for their own gain their are ten challenges to become the princes consort where the final three standing at the end will be personal chosen by the emperors son there will start with 15 candidates with two being kicked out in the first challenge and one being kicked out in ever trial after those who fail in the trials will either be sent back to their territories of become wives to prominent figures. and of course no men aloud. cover art inspired by the tyrant's beloved pet fish

[HIATUS] Not abandoned — I'll pick this up again when college isn't taking up so much of my time. :( It was the turn of the 20th century, and in the Philippine Islands, the fledgling Philippine Republic waited to be crushed by the overwhelming superiority of the American colonial forces. But John McClain, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, dies and finds himself in the body of the governor of a remote Philippine province in the year 1898. Initially reluctant to take up arms against his former country and skeptical of the chances of success, he eventually decides to fight for the Republic. Now living his second life as Martín Lardizábal, politico-military governor of Marinduque and armed with modern military knowledge, he will change the course of the Philippine-American War.

Synopsis — The Warlord Bloodline System In a land once ruled by a unified empire, six kingdoms now stand divided — bound by the Blood Concord Treaty and the ancient practice of awakening bloodline power. Every conscripted youth is forced to undergo the Bloodline Ritual, forging a weapon from their lineage — a Bloodline Sword, ranked by purity and strength. Ramon, a forgotten orphan from the outer provinces of Valgerath, awakens with a lowly F-rank bloodline — the mark of insignificance. But deep within him stirs a buried legacy and an ancient force: the Warlord Bloodline System — a forbidden gift that allows him to refine his blood, surpass limits, and uncover the secrets of powers long lost. As Ramon endures harsh military trials and unravels truths long buried by history, he finds himself at the center of rising tensions between kingdoms. The treaty that once held the continent in balance begins to crack. And when Valgerath makes a sudden, calculated strike, the fragile peace collapses into full-scale war. Ramon must rise — not as a soldier defined by rank, but as a force the world thought extinct. One who will reshape the destiny of blood itself.

It was a paradise in Precinct Nôm Kà, otherwise known as Dragon Sky Province, where Nagwon and his close friends Saggi and Kimmun resided. Calm skies, calm waters, a calm atmosphere. Everything was peaceful, too peaceful really for a thirteen year old Nagwon. He yearned for more despite him telling his friends he was content. Nagwon thought he would never satiate his hunger for adventure until Kozo Naugi, otherwise known as Roots, entered the three boys lives. Secret societies, ancient book, sacred texts, hidden cults, hidden history and a taste of war clung to the four boys like gum on the bottom of a shoes. And trust and believe, peace was never felt again.

Fifth-teen-year-old Cron Orus has grown up in a place called New Onyx Province. This is a society of people who can wield time itself. Only three abilities exist in their world. One is to slow down time, the other is to stop time, and the last is to speed up time. These abilities can only be practical to close people or objects. Poor Cron has no abilities in a place filled with wonder. Cron has been constantly teased and accused of being timeless. However, that all changed one faithful day. At a desperate time in his life, he finally released his powers. However, he has discovered he can wield all three abilities. Something like this hasn't been heard in years. However, this puts a huge target on his head. The Timekeepers are coming, and they are looking for someone like him. What secrets will Cron discover? What role will he play in his newfound time abilities? And will be hendle his new future?

A crown was never the goal. Survival was. Michael struggles to remember where he came from. In a crumbling, abandoned province at the edge of the Empire, he's just another orphan scraping by daily. No name, no family, no power. Nothing that matters. Until the test. Until the anomaly. Until something ancient stirred Now, the wrong people are watching, wary of a promise borne of sin. Too much attention will cost his head, too little will get him discarded. as he struggles to uncover secrets of his life and navigates the woes of power, he gets caught up in a thousand year conflict. He doesn't want glory. He doesn't want a war. He just wants to protect the few scraps of light he has left But fate doesn't care what he wants And in the dark, something is waiting to crown him

Luth, presiding in the quite countryside could never get out of his abysmal fate, from being orphaned at birth, and then adopting an abusive relationship with his foster father; even then he tried to escape and get out of his horrid life, yet he kept finding himself continuously in deeper perils. Even then was he stubborn enough to not retreat. After much endeavor, he got himself placed into the ranks of the Order of Notis into the Southern Province of an unfamiliar kingdom that was Zion. Odds against him seemed to rest for a while and the dream for a normal life now was something that he could see within his reach, but then again, his fate compelled him into another hardship. What he thought of as an unpleasant task and nothing else slowly began to turn into deeper issues as his hopes for a normal life turns into a further hope in front of his eyes. He wanted to control himself, he wanted to retreat, yet now he was stuck in the world of fate, where rule is blind and pleas only suit cowards. How would he make sense of everything when an action passes and another trouble begins to boil at the next movement? How would the dream come true, or would he lose it in all the madness?

The True Test of a Warrior, this book was supposed to be the last novel in the Warriors of Oduduwa novel franchise, but of course, the content of this book exceeded the boundaries that I had set for it. As I wrote this book, I explained in complete detail the origin of some of the covenants in the Yoruba country and dished out a lot of background stories on some of the major characters in this book. Then I introduced another primary antagonist and exposed a fraction of his evil capabilities and his twisted ideals. This story also contains a mixture of the political structure of the Yoruba Empire and the nature of some of its greedy leaders. Before the introduction of the British indirect rule and how the political structure affects the people at the grassroots. To sum it up, the entire book centres on the culture of the Yoruba people; however, some things are different; for instance, there was no such thing as the Adegunju province and the Ẹṣọs test never existed during the pre-colonial era (a little spice to make the story interesting). I spent a lot of time and effort on this book, cross-checking each character and charting each event, hoping to come up with an excellent ending that will entertain everyone who reads it. I hope you all enjoy this story

## Synopsis In the ancient realm of the Nine Provinces, Liu Yun, a despised bastard son of a disgraced physician, discovers a cracked jade pendant containing the fractured spirit of the notorious Demon Sword Emperor—a tyrant who nearly conquered both mortal and immortal realms before his downfall. When the pendant awakens during a village massacre, Liu Yun makes a blood pact with the ancient tyrant, caring nothing for the price demanded: his humanity. Gifted with forbidden cultivation techniques and driven by an insatiable thirst for power, Liu Yun enters the ruthless world of cultivation where mercy is weakness and only the strong survive. With each conquered enemy and absorbed technique, his reputation grows more fearsome, his methods more brutal. As Liu Yun carves his path to immortality through countless rivals, the true nature of his bloodline emerges—a legacy that threatens the very foundations of the cultivation world. Neither hero nor savior, Liu Yun seeks only domination, revenge against those who once looked down upon him, and the absolute pinnacle of power—no matter how many corpses he must step over to reach it.

--- Title: Heir of the Forbidden Dao "He was born in fire. Cast into the sea. Raised in silence. And forgotten by fate itself." In a forgotten province where Qi barely stirs and cultivation paths crumble, a nameless boy washes ashore. They call him Ash. Orphaned, powerless, and unwanted—he serves nobles, watches cultivators from afar, and dreams of a world that will never be his. But the heavens remember what the world has lost. He carries a bloodline sealed by ancient fear… and a fate that once defied the Dao itself. When realms collide, forbidden truths awaken—and the boy no one saw is destined to shake even gods from their thrones. Copyright © 2025 [ DANZO]. All Rights Reserved. --- Tags: Cultivation, Hidden Bloodline, Adventure, Overpowered, Genius Protagonist, Slow-Burn Romance, Tragedy, Supernatural

Synopsis: Ling Ye is a deadly assassin raised in the secretive Shadow Sect, trained to kill without mercy. But when a mysterious stranger reveals that he is the lost son of Shen Qian—the powerful leader of Qingyang Temple and heir to an ancient dragon bloodline—his world shatters. Torn between loyalty and blood, Ling Ye must uncover hidden truths, awaken his dragon heritage, and face an impending demonic invasion threatening the entire realm. In a land where shadows conceal deadly secrets and old grudges ignite new wars, only the Son of the Dragon’s Shadow can decide the fate of the nine provinces. ---

The Thorns Under the Bloom In a ruthless empire where love is a weapon, Count Rael Ravenclive and Lady Ariana Trimene are bound by a forced marriage neither chose. Exiled to Ravenclare—a cold, starving province teetering on collapse—they must rule a land that despises them, while surviving a court that plays daggers behind smiles. He is a warrior with a cursed bloodline. She is a noble caged by duty. Together, they must navigate betrayal, ancient prophecy, and a spark of forbidden desire that threatens to ignite everything. Within a palace where every smile hides a dagger and every vow masks betrayal, a spark flares between them—dangerous, forbidden, and impossible to extinguish. As devious schemes unravel , Ariana and Rael must tread a path strewn with deception, sacrifice, and secrets older than the stars. What begins as a fragile alliance becomes a searing collision of hearts—where the sharpest thorns guard the most radiant bloom. But in a world where love is a weakness and trust a fool’s gamble, will they defy fate… or become its final, tragic casualties? Genres: Slow-Burn Romance · Court Intrigue · Dark Fantasy · Enemies-to-Lovers · Forbidden Love · Prophecy