What Is The Creature In The Ritual

【You can skip the Prequel chapters which won't affect your reading】 He cradled an incense burner in his hand and lit thirty minutes of incense. Wisps of blue smoke swirled around, and in that instant, his Divine Thought pierced heaven and earth, all worldly fetters dissolved into nothingness. Such was the Immortal.

Deceived into marriage, exploited for a lifetime as a nanny without pay, and finally beaten to death by her adoptive mother in front of her adoptive father's sickbed, Shen Mianmian's miserable life came to an end. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back at fifteen. Shen Mianmian vowed to escape her past fate, punish her malicious cousin and adoptive mother, but accidentally shone too brightly in the process. The third-to-last student in school suddenly rose to the top, becoming the candidate fought over by prestigious universities, causing a sensation among all the teachers and students... While others were busy studying, Shen Mianmian was busy starting small businesses to make money... While others were preparing for the college entrance exams, Shen Mianmian purchased the two most notorious haunted houses in Beijing in one go... becoming an oddity in everyone's eyes, they mocked her that even if she had the fortune to buy them, she might not have the life to live in them. While others graduated and were busy looking for jobs, the haunted properties purchased by Shen Mianmian were requisitioned by the government, earning her a considerable amount of demolition compensation. Those who had mocked her couldn't help but slap themselves twice... inquiring everywhere where there might be haunted houses for sale. Shen Mianmian, originally needing to borrow money for tuition fees, used the demolition funds and leveraged her rebirth advantage to buy a suitable plot of land and built a rental building, transforming into a Beijing's wealthiest and most prosperous landlady... One day, Shen Mianmian, carrying a bag of keys and having just collected the rent, was dragged to the Civil Affairs Bureau. "Shen Mianmian, it's time for you to pay back what you owe me."

I had three simple rules: 1. Never remove the hood and mask. 2. Don’t attract attention. 3. Follow rule one and two at all costs. Simple, right? Well, I followed them religiously—until Jason came along and shattered them all. I didn’t want anyone to know my identity. I just wanted to stay in the shadows, finish school, and disappear. But no, the stupid jock had to get in my way, and now my peaceful, hidden life is in ruins. I didn’t mean to embarrass the school’s golden boy. His name? Jason. He’s the son of the country’s richest CEO. Ironically, I chose this place to hide from my own father, the man I’m trying to escape. I look too much like him, and if anyone made the connection, my cover would be blown. Hence, the hood and mask I wear every single day. But now, instead of just hiding from my father, I have to watch out for Jason, too. He’s vowed to make my life miserable. I still can’t figure out his obsession with me—one minute he’s humiliating me in front of everyone, and the next he’s trying to kiss me behind the bleachers.

In a simple world how can i be something complex

I know everything. Every secret. Every lie. Every thought anyone’s ever had. I can see the past like I lived it. The future? That’s even easier. Sounds like a gift, right? Well, I'm not sure about that. It’s more like a curse, a loud, never-ending flood of knowledge I never asked for. I know things I shouldn’t. Things no one should. And no matter how hard I try to block it out, the visions keep coming. I’ve used my power to survive, to take what I need, but knowing everything doesn’t mean I can fix anything. Until her. The night I saw her face, bruised, broken, terrified, I knew I couldn’t just walk away. But saving her means stepping into a world of violence I’ve only ever seen from the outside. And if I keep going, they’ll start to see me too. People with power always want more of it. And someone like me? I’m the ultimate prize. I should run. I’ve always run. But what if, for once, I stayed? Will it be worth it?

Xiao Zixian transmigrated to the world of cultivation and became a member of the Xiao family in Mistwood City. Although his talent was mediocre, he was treated well by his family members for years. Just when he thought everything would go as it always had, he found out that his clan brother, Xiao Chen, was actually the protagonist. "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully the poor youth!" Xiao Chen said with a condescending attitude, his voice full of anger and unyielding determination. "Pah..." "Can you stop this crap?" But unfortunately, Xiao Zixian soon realized that Xiao Chen was actually the tragic, sacrificial hero he had read about in those brain-dead novels, and his family was the first sacrificial target. 'Stupid piece of sh*t, so what if you’re the protagonist? I’ll slap you to oblivion if you want to sacrifice us.' Zixian had never been this angry in his two lives. Fortunately, his system came to his rescue in time. [Your solid slap to the budding Protagonist was delightful.] [Congratulations! You gained 100 Antagonist Points.] [Congratulations! The conditions for activation of the system have been met. Using the available points for initiation.] [System Initialization complete!] [Welcome to the Antagonist System! This system is dedicated to making you the strongest Antagonist in this universe.]

Flower is very beautiful in the afternoon

TERMINADO | ADVERTENCIA —¡Esto NO es un libro de romance de hombres lobo! Es una novela erótica e incluye varias escenas de sexo. El Alfa Vishous y su novia Ava son hombres lobo que viven en una manada. Después de completar los rituales, Ava se ha convertido en la Luna de la manada, Pero no es el fin de todos los rituales. Lee el viaje de más rituales desconocidos por los que Ava podría tener que pasar. Sola. --- Ahora puedes comprar directamente toda la serie de este libro de mí entrando en: reamstories.com/krystalwatt Allí hay más libros y más novelas eróticas disponibles para que leas y disfrutes. Grupo de FB: fb.com/groups/krystalwatt / El Club de Lectores de Krystal Watt: La Manada Página: fb.com/ktish7 Instagram: @authorkrystalwatt

At 17 years old, Japanese student Reiji is just another delinquent high schooler living a simple life. However, his life of fights and chaos is suddenly turned upside down when he and his friend are involved in a car accident. After Reiji's death, he is transported to a fantasy world. The world takes place in an omegaverse universe where war dominates, and races relentlessly fight for territory and power. Reiji finds himself in despair, confused and unaware of what's happening around him. PayPal: Theomastoribio@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/Theomas

"How many more will fall until you finally fill your greed?" "..." "How much more blood will you spill until you are satisfied" "Honestly I don't know..." The main antagonist, the air that the hero breathes and hates also the air that the hero cannot exist without that was who I had been become. There's just a little bit of clarification I need... Why the hell am I a Villain that's supposed to exist hundred years ago? and how the hell is he still 16 after 100 years?!

Thrown into the world of magic and myriad races, those of myths and those unimaginable, Ryan finds himself grasping for all that he can just to succeed at the second chance at a life he always yearned for. All the while a prophecy unfolds, one that no seer could have foretold. An ancient promise to fulfilled, a sacred oath to be broken, and the supreme wager to be concluded. --- What to expect: ...what? You seriously expected me to tell you? Ha! What a joke, why would I spoil my own story for you? Go read the book and find out yourself, geez, man. --- A/N: What do you think is magic? To me, magic is anything that gives me awe. Something that can make me feel, no, make me forget that the world isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Magic to me is wherever my imagination takes me, sometimes a crypt, sometimes into the space, sometimes leave me stranded in a room full of rats... yeah, just kidding... or am I? In any case, I ask you now, you who are reading this... what does magic mean to you? --- Schedule: One everyday Discord: https://discord.gg/U8vKEGcYgD

In a post-apocalyptic world filled with chevas; beasts that feed on the blood of others, killing the weak in their way. To counter them, people calling themselves terminators hunt them in order to eradicate and wipe them off of the face of the earth.

When the treasures of the Heavens are reserved for the fortunate, the ruthless, and the elite, why is it that I can see where they are? When the tombs and caves of ancient cultivators are riddled with just as many traps and dangers as they are with riches, why can I see the hidden rooms and secret routes? Since when has there been a person trapped in Senior Brother's basement? Thank you, Map!!

Even if Lucia's mother existed, she never played a part in Lucia's life. The actress and model pursued her career for the sake of beauty, but instead of ending up with a lovely pearl necklace, she ended her life with a rough rope around her neck. Before Cicia could even feel lonely, she was pulled through a painting into another world. A voice gave her the important job of turning a green-haired creature into a human! Or at least making it more like a human. Who knows what the future holds for them? It can't be that hard to teach a human-consuming child to behave properly. But the good times never last. Betrayal by friends or constantly running away from a tyrant prince who wants to kill them—nothing seems worse than the child I'm looking after suddenly growing up and acting so strangely. (*All images are original works of the author*.)

Había un pueblito que era muy alegre, toda la gente se llevaban bien y se cuidaban entre ellos Incluso el hogar de los huérfanos había niños y niñas de distintas edades, las hermanas los cuidaban y eran muy buenas, se preocupaban de ellos, para que tuvieran una vida feliz y fueran personas buenas. Ellas estaban muy preocupadas porque había un rumor de que había unas personas que se estaban robando a los niños de sus casas o cuando salían a jugar. Las hermanas les dijeron a los niños que no salieron muy lejos por si acaso. Los niños jugando mientras ellas hablaban con el herrero que decía que en la ciudad también habían desaparecido niños, por eso el pueblo comenzó a vigilar de noche por si acaso. A la mañana siguiente, la costurera y la panadera estaban conversando.

A high school girl who is living her daily life is suddenly sent to a fantasy world where magic exists, the beautiful girl's journey begins in that fantasy world, to find out who sent her to that world, for what purpose, etc., a mountain of questions keeps spinning in her brain.

“What? YOU NUKED EARTH!!” Well damn, that's a way to start a book. But rn I just know that youre asking yourself "how did all this even start". Well it all began in a simple ceremony.The ceremony that would lead to humanity's EXTINCTION and the planets DESTRUCTION. --- During a prestigious NASA ceremony to celebrate Dr. Halsey's hibernation drug, everything goes upside down as a virus is released to the atmosphere by a man who names himself mastermind. Within seconds it all turns into a global nightmare, as the released virus that mutates animals into human-eating monsters. Leo the son of the Dr Halsey and his friend are consumed into the chaos as they start to get attacked mutated humans and overgrown insects, as they are fleeing, help arrives. The S. W. A. T Come in to the rescue and get Leo and Kai into a helicopter promising the two safety. But as they fly above the city skies, they get attacked by an oversized bat, that kills Kai who was trying to save Leo, but in doing so, Leo would fall off the plane and hit his head on a city pole as he turns night lights off. He is miraculously awoken 3 years into the future where he finds himself In the last and final habitat for humanity, the arc 247. Turns out while Leo was sleeping the world it's greatest fear yet and the invasion was coming in fast, so humans utilised the hibernation drug Leo's father made[Dr Halsey] and left the planet with only a billion humans and then nuked the earth. Hoping to kill off these mutants by they had only added to their problems and made it worse. Truly the phrase best fire with fire went badly for humanity as the creatures started to gain supernatural and unexplainable powers, tabbing into their greatest potential while they started to copy human looks. As Leo is awoken, he is faced by two choices, either to become a formling hunter and join the race to get back the country or refuse and keep sleeping until he is awoken into the further future, where earth are saved by formling hunters. What will he choose?

"I have waited for you in all of my lives, Gooseberry, and in all of them you had left. Please stay in this one," he pleaded, his eyes locked with hers. "I wish to stay too, My Lord Husband, because you are forever, Theodore," she whispered, tears glistening in her eyes. In a world where Lydia Statham, an illegitimate girl shunned as an abomination, is confined to her noble-born family’s estate, her only escape comes through books and stories of the outside world. But destiny intervenes when she receives an invitation to a bridal pick banquet at one of Critic Arley’s grandest mansions. What was supposed to be a chance for a new beginning soon becomes a solitary encounter with Lord Theodore, a feared outcast and enemy of the Empire. Lord Theodore, of royal blood but without a surname, has never desired a wife, and the idea of cohabiting with a woman seems unfathomable. Yet, at the banquet thrown by Conan, where every young lady was invited, only Lydia appears. Now, Theodore must confront his deepest reservations as he navigates the ritualistic demands and unearths feelings he never anticipated. In a tale of forbidden desires and unspoken promises, every season, every day, and forever, Theodore's life will revolve around the ritual that is Lydia—his chosen, his fate. No one came but her. His Gooseberry. ************** "Call me Lordess Theodore" "I am Lordess Theodore and I am his favourite ritual" Dear Critic. Do you wish to https://buymeacoffee.com/nanafirdausi Discourse with me on discord @i_nanafirdausi Cover photo is mine.

The Story of a Villain Journeying Through Ridiculous and Mind-Bending Worlds

No one knows exactly when, but "Ma Lon - The Ghost Can Ritual" has long become a familiar game passed down through generations of children in the neighborhood, whispered from one group of kids to the next. On summer nights when the power goes out, children sneak out of their homes, gathering in the dimly lit streets to catch the cool breeze. They share spine-chilling stories they’ve heard from older kids—tales that grow more twisted with each retelling. And among all the ghost stories, the one they love the most—the one they never get tired of hearing—is the legend of the "Ma Lon" game. Who would believe it? On the first moonless night of the month, when the clock strikes midnight and the darkness spreads thick like ink, all it takes is an empty can, three sticks of incense, and a few coconut candies to summon a restless spirit. A soul that once lived in this very neighborhood—trapped, unable to move on—will enter the can… And then, the game of tag begins.

"Lugh woke up to find that he had transmigrated to a hundred million years later. Earth was now in the midst of a magical era, where mages were icons of nobility, commanding the energies of the world and unleashing devastating spells. Despite his transmigration, Lugh realized that he was a piece of trash when it came to magic, but just as he was giving up on being a mage, he realized in shock that the world’s magics were written in English! Unimaginable power could be obtained when the incantations are read. Saying Thousandfold Meditation accelerated training by ten thousand times, allowing one to reach the level of Archwizard in a single day. Likewise, saying Super Flame Dragon would conjure a divine dragon of flames that stood ten thousand meters tall, while Billion Thunderbolts would summon dark clouds, with a billion thunderbolts descending upon a target in the blink of an eye. Hence, with this special talent, Lugh became the youngest God of Mystics in the era of magic under a year! "

In this fast paced, steamy romance, meet an entirely new breed of Werewolf. A Queen, Alpha Female, mated to an Alpha King, but much more than that, Kai Rivers is transformed into a Moon Queen, a rare and all-powerful type of wolf. Directly descended from the Moon Goddess herself, with power comes responsibly, and a lot of trouble. Learning who you can trust, is more trouble than not trusting anyone at all. Kai has grown up, anticipating the day she'll find her mate. Her one true love, designed for her from the Moon Goddess. She has always had a perfectly clear image of how her life was going to turn out, she would train for her Ritual, she would meet her mate, she would stay here with her pack as long as her brother and mate allowed. Until she finds him. Gabriel Zion Black. A possessive, unruly Alpha King who flips Kai's destiny into a parallel. Goddess help her.

Do you really know the people around you? Do you really know who they are? How they became the person that they are? A laboratory known to make researches about the different types of personalities decide to launch their very last project. Between hundreds of applicants, five of them are chosen. Together, they will create bounds, become friends and even more. But... Do you know what is going on in people's mind? Note: Please, notice that this story has been written when I was 18 years old. The writing barely fits my actual own. (I did correct it obviously, hope that it's not too bad!) Thanks to whoever will read! Have a good day.

When he says he's done but you are still... six years stuck.

When two souls merge into one body, what story awaits them in a world filled with the madness? Two memories, two lives, and two minds—now fused into one, sharing a single body and a single consciousness. They bear each other's fears and traumas, their moments of joy, their unwavering determination, and their very nature. Arshen Rosselvelt, a mysterious man from an unfamiliar world, and Luke Constantine, a former detective who was supposed to be dead. Now, they have become one, drifting through a new reality filled with mystical creatures, perilous rituals, and secret organizations lurking in the shadows. Beneath the violet moon hanging in the night sky, above a world shrouded in mystery, he searches for his true self in the endless mysteries that conceal untold horrors.

John finds out his beloved wife of 20 years was not really his wife but his friend's wife. unable to control himself he sets out, clearing the obstacles to get her, he badly needed her back for the 20th anniversary.

The whole world was flooded by creatures of unknown origins and began killing millions. Ronan Ramos, a 17 year old students, spends most of his summer vacation at their house, never going outside. He was asked by his mother to go out and buy some things. While outside, He saw people running from something and what he saw is a horror.