Balteus Armored Core

In an era where galaxies and star systems are tainted with evergoing wars, Yu Han, an amnesiac boy wakes up in the mountains of Zaohua, a snowy secluded planet. As the boy tries to figure out life, he is met with assassination attempts, betrayals, and nowhere to belong... Until he realizes he possesses a rare life-sustaining core inside him. Rumor has it that those with the Crimson Aegis Core can ascend to Godhood, just like the first Godfather. The motives of people who wanted his life suddenly made sense, including the Emperor of Zaohua, who poses as an ally to Yu Han and offers him his assets: A mentor, a bodyguard, and even a cute girl! Together, they form a cosmic traveling group with the aim to protect Yu Han and turn him into someone who could defend himself, leading to the activation of the core! {System Activation Completed: Host is now one step closer to being a God} --- Cover artist: @alina._.smthng (on Instagram)

A merchant stumbles on a grotto, lost. He eats his last apple. The merchant plants the seeds the next day to provide food for future lost travelers. And so, the nymph Theanore is born. She would grow from a tiny seed to a splendid apple tree. She would meet many friends. Theanore will try her hand at being a merchant like her father. And she will get to know her lifetime companion, the merman Marinus. But as every farmer can tell you, apple trees live only for about 150 years and so, with her tree dried up, so will Theanore die. But before that, she will live.

In a world where every living being wields a mysterious source of power called the Ring Core, Lucian Solryn, a young noble, embarks on a journey that transcends fate. Reborn from a modern world into the majestic realm of Astrenveil, Lucian quickly learns that the Ring Core is more than just an ethereal energy—it is the foundation of magic, strength, and survival. As he begins to uncover the secrets of his new existence, Lucian finds himself thrust into a society teeming with elemental magic, political intrigue, and ancient mysteries. The colors of the Ring Core define one’s strength, but a prophecy whispers of a power beyond even the rarest hues—a destiny that ties Lucian to an ancient dragon, a forgotten legacy, and a fate that could reshape the world. Journey through thriving cities, uncharted forests, and castles suspended between heaven and earth as Lucian trains to awaken his dormant powers. Along the way, he will face trials of courage, friendships forged in fire, and an unexpected romance that could alter his path forever. With each step, Lucian edges closer to the truth: the Ring Core is not just a source of power—it is a link to something far greater. But in a world where strength rules, will Lucian rise to the challenge, or will the weight of destiny crush him before he can fulfill his potential? The Chronicles of Astrenveil is a tale of reincarnation, magic, and the unyielding will to break free from limits and embrace a destiny beyond imagination.

Alex, a xx-year-old ordinary guy, finds himself inexplicably transmigrated into the plot of a Cheesy with no logic bashing novel. But his excitement quickly turns to dread when he realizes he hasn’t taken the role of the protagonist but the villain. To make matters worse, he’s destined to be the first stepping stone for the novel’s protagonist—the Plot armor son. Terrified of his impending doom, Alex thought of changing his strategy of even going as far as changing the whole story plot if he can survive in this braindead novel. And like some ROB or GOD answering his prayers for having gun on his decision, a mechanical voice spind in his mind and a blue transparent panel appeared in front pf his eye. [Ding!] [System Activated!] Detecting the host's desire to alter the original storyline. Activating [Villain System]… Alex’s relief is short-lived when he discovers the system’s peculiar goal: [Ding!] [Mission Unlocked: Eliminate the moles planted by Rose in the Reid Industries.] Reward: $10 billion in cash upon mission completion. With his life on the line and a mission ahead, Alex embarks on his journey to survive the braindead Novel. Will he be able survive or fall victim to the Plot Armor son Aka Protagonist. Well that is for the future Alex to decide and know and you readers…

Aiden’s world is torn apart when a catastrophic explosion devastates his city, separating him from Lila, the love of his life. Awakening in the surreal Otherworld, he learns that this realm is a patchwork of destruction and despair, where the fragments of things lost in the real world converge. At its heart lies Yggdrasil, the great tree of life that connects all worlds and timelines, threatened by the corruption of the Core—a manifestation of imbalance, rot, and despair. Guided by Sylva, a luminous being tied to Yggdrasil, Aiden wields the quill-sword, a weapon shaped by his imagination. Tasked with restoring balance to the Otherworld and reuniting with Lila, Aiden joins forces with Rowan, a fiery and skilled warrior, and Kieran, a stoic and loyal protector. Together, they face the Core’s shadowy agents, powerful manifestations of fear and despair that seek to corrupt Yggdrasil’s roots and spread their influence across all worlds.

Due to his own carelessness, Duanmu Huai finds himself transported into the world of the game "Star Ocean Online." Starting from a humble core capsule, Duanmu Huai ventures across the starry sea to countless worlds. He awakens powers that have long been dormant, confronts threats lurking in the depths of the universe, and sets his sights on dominating the galaxy!

The Rural Medical God, with unparalleled medical skills and peerless Martial Arts, resurrected the dead and mended their flesh and bones, attracting swarms of beautiful women, and causing the powerful elite to bow their heads in submission.

A brutal heist on an Airship quite literally shatters Arin’s Soul, leaving his fractured selves to fend for survival. A burnt husk in a dungeon, a lying Fool protecting their sister, and the core Soul playing a deadly game with an ancient monster. The stakes? Survival – and becoming whole again... with a sprinkle of doom on top.

Dread Mage Vellichor; feared and old; and someone who has mastered wizardry at its core, is bored of life and the strenuous actions of the bigger picture. He just wants small, but meaningful interactions with life. And he starts with a little dead girl he called Sonder. --- The chapters are what I call bite-sized, (only around 400 to 700 words), and I'll try to upload a chapter every day except for the weekend.

A man with a lifelong martial arts background, raised in Asia due to his family's profession, moves to the US for education and work. He discovers Historical Medieval Battles through a colleague and becomes deeply passionate about it. He trains hard and becomes skilled enough to represent his country. During a competition, his armor fails, and he's struck in the head with a two-handed axe, seemingly dying. But is this truly the end?"

[Warning: mature content~] Vincent Takahashi, a lone introverted nineteen year old boy would never have thought he could be reborn in the world of his favorite book after an encounter with a goddess. Being a crazy follow up fan of the MC, Vincent tried to keep him alive with the extensive plot armor of future referencing in check. However, he soon realizes that the original plot of the novel was changing due to the decisions he was making as an extra leading to the emanation of villainous characters that were never in the original plot. With sheer luck, his harem of yandere girls might as well become his ultimate armor.

In the grand world of Nova, many different races exist such as elves, humans, dwarves and beastmen and through years of war, strife and competition the world has grown, becoming home to great empires and countries throughout the oceans and five continents. However, to the great creators the world has become stagnant and boring, ever since the calamity that was the Church of Light and their Holy White empire. Now the Dark God has created a new race after years upon years of dedicated effort. A species that is like none other and his hope for Nova’s future….Dungeon cores, beings that have the ability to reshape the very world itself, entering the domain of the gods. Join Frost a newly born first generation Dungeon core as he embarks upon his journey within Nova and carves out his place in the world. How will the world’s current denizens react to his birth? Will they be friends or foes? And most of all how the Light God react to this new addition to the world, will he accept them or seek to destroy them? This novel incorporates dungeon building and management but most of that won't fully take off until the later volumes when Frost has much more floors and money to play around with. This is not a solely dungeon story as the MC Frost will have to explore and interact with the world of Nova much like how an adventurer would and forewarning the story is slow. There's a lot of details and avenues which the story goes into, not simply battles, wars and action, it follows all aspects of Frost's life, his growth and interactions with Nova not only as a Dungeon core but also as a person.

Three years after the Fracture shattered Earth into fragmented realms, humanity clings to survival against monsters and chaos unleashed by the Core's descent. The System offers shards, crystalline fragments of power, but salvation comes at a cost. Among the ruins, an abandoned boy discovers a rare Crypted Shard that grants him immortality at a brutal price. Transformed into something more than human, he is forced to confront a world that gave him nothing but pain. Driven by anger and an insatiable hunger for vengeance, his journey will unravel the secrets of the Core, challenge the remnants of humanity, and determine whether he becomes a savior or the ultimate harbinger of destruction. In a world built on ruin, power is everything, and the boy must decide how far he’s willing to go. Written by: Verrinen Readable on: Webnovel and Royal Road

SEBASTIAN ~ My Heart Burns For You LUCIA ~ You’re utterly obsessed with me EXCERPT “Body to body, Thigh to thigh” Sebastian says with a grip on her neck, his lips grazing hers slightly “N…no I can’t” Lucia stutters trying to escape his grip , his fingers skillfully running around her core “Yes you can and you will”

 Xu Yi came to a world of immortality Were All people Was Cultivator. At the age of eighteen, everyone began to contact the Chaotic world and entered countless large and small worlds to practice. When His Became Eighteen and Go to A Small World Xu Yi received a hundred times reward system.....      Hunt the first-level monsters and find a first-level magic core.     System reward (optional):     1: One hundred first-order magic cores.     Two: One second-order magic core.      Discovered a Gengjin elementary exercise.     System rewards (optional):     1: One hundred Gengjin primary exercises.     Two: One of the five element reincarnation exercises.      The one-week return time has come, get reward time.     System reward (optional):     1: Stay in this world for 700 days.     Two: Give Up Reward, And return immediately.      Oh my God, I have a hundred times more training time than others, Then I will Become A Invincible in the future!!!!     .... If u want To support Me and want to Read Some Chapter in Advance Plz Go to My Patreon Channel https://www.patreon.com/DragonNecromancer. ________________ Started Proof reading The Chapters, But Needed Some Time because Only I am Doing All the Things.If U Have Suggestions plz Comment. ... Done 1- 12 chapters for now....

Alister Aetherbound is a young teenager thrust into the perilous Corrupted Realm. Armed with a unique ability to forge/make weapons from the essence cores of his enemies, he must navigate a world of darkness and danger. The Corrupted, monstrous beings with an insatiable hunger for life, threaten to consume the realm and beyond.

Benign Cross had died in glory on the battlefield, only to reawaken with a system that needed him to balance three realms and stop a glitch threatening to destroy their universe's Core. Too much work? Not for Benign Cross and his savior/hero complex! He took the job and underestimated it—until he realized that there was more to the glitches, and the Core wasn’t what he thought. [Do check it out!]

I died once but now with this Second life i shall fully explore all thats available to me in this new world. it seems my luck is not bad on my second life after all. Born in an OP family check. Extremely Rich Parents Check. Ridiculously Powerful Magics Check. Extremely Crazy Magical Tech Check. "What you Say I am average. I will have you know You have a single mana core cause that's all you could get i have a billlion because that's all there was to get." "What you wanna have my babies, heh well get in line" "What do you mean It's impossible to create high spells within seconds i just did now" "Okay This is getting too much, you should give up y'know even nukes Don't work on me. What Don't believe me well guess what i have" I am going for 6-7 Chapters per week. Hopefully i can keep it up.

On his way home from work, an ordinary man from Earth stumbles upon a bizarre scene—a chaotic battle in the sky, with people flying and clashing over a shimmering golden sphere. Holding his can of Coke, he mutters in disbelief, "This is Coke, right?" Shrugging off the absurdity, he tosses the can and walks away. But fate has other plans. In the next instant, something strikes his head, and he dies on the spot. When he wakes, it’s not in the afterlife but in a completely different world—reborn as a baby. Unbeknownst to him, the golden sphere that caused his death has merged with his Sea of Souls: the The Infinite Fortune Core, a heaven-defying treasure capable of altering destiny itself. Years later, as he uncovers the core’s secrets, he realizes its boundless potential. With this gift, his journey from an unassuming mortal to a ruler who defies gods, demons, and the heavens begins. Armed with this treasure, he will walk the path to ultimate supremacy and carve his name across eternity. "I may have been an ordinary man, but now? I am limitless." *** he will gain his Cheat on 5 or 6 Chaps, so be Patient guys

In a world where cultivation determines destiny, Lin Xuan is a young but humble cultivator, scraping by in obscurity. When fate leads him to discover the mythical Eternity Core an artifact of unimaginable power hidden within a collapsing mystical realm his life is forever changed. The Eternity Core grants him access to ancient knowledge, godlike abilities, and secrets of time and space, but it comes with a cost. Lin Xuan is thrust into a deadly game of pursuit, hunted by powerful sects, ancient beings, and rival cultivators who will stop at nothing to claim the Core's power for themselves. As Lin Xuan struggles to master his newfound abilities, he must navigate treacherous alliances, uncover the truth behind the artifact's creation, and face moral dilemmas that will test his very soul. In this world of breathtaking mystical realms, fierce battles, and intricate schemes, one question looms large: Will Lin Xuan rise to become a legend, or will the Eternity Core consume him before he fulfills his destiny?

Note: This is the prequel of The Isekai Journey of The Strays (Official) Main story link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/the-isekai-journey-of-the-strays-(official)_29976266200750205 "Fifty years before The Strays emergence, Phillip Hart’s journey began." Phillip Hart, a 17-year-old English student, was taking a math test when everything went dark. When he opened his eyes, he found himself tied up in a forest, surrounded by armored strangers. Spotting a strange circle beneath him, he used a small knife to free himself, knocked out his captors, and fled. Desperate, he tried to call his family, only to find his phone useless in this strange world. Hours later, Phillip realized that he hadn’t been transported to a typical "isekai" world, but to Mikhland—a place far different from anything he could have imagined. With no answers and only himself to rely on, Phillip must confront a reality that doesn’t seem to play by any rules he understands.

In a forgotten corner of the Infinite Heavens, Earth was once lost to the tides of cosmic conflict, its glory extinguished. But after a thousand years, the planet revived, becoming a beacon of unparalleled power, its energies drawn from the mysterious Origin Core. Now, Earth stands among the top forces in the Infinite Heavens, attracting both reverence and fear. Yu Tian, an ordinary man from a parallel Earth, is unknowingly bound to this destiny. Betrayed by his closest friend and thrust into an untimely death, his soul is pulled into a cycle of reincarnation. Reborn in the Azure Sky Realm, a middle-tier world, Yu Tian discovers that his new body contains a latent bloodline tied to Earth’s Origin Core, granting him extraordinary potential and setting him on a path far beyond his understanding. Bound to the Celestial Ascension System, Yu Tian is given the chance to rewrite his destiny. However, the system offers him choices that shape his journey, and the weight of his decisions will not only define his future but determine Earth’s place in the Infinite Heavens. From cultivating ancient powers to facing rivals and uncovering the forgotten truths of Earth’s resurgence, Yu Tian must navigate a treacherous path of power, betrayal, and revelation. With enemies lurking at every turn and the fate of worlds hanging in the balance, Yu Tian must ascend through realms, unlock the mysteries of the Origin Core, and ultimately defy the very forces that seek to control his destiny. "The heavens are vast, and the path to power is steep—will Yu Tian rise to claim his place among the gods or fall to the weight of destiny?"

The narrative follows the life of Arush, a weak and overweight boy who endures a relentless cycle of bullying and sorrow, struggling to find even a semblance of normalcy in his daily life. His fate takes an unexpected turn when he becomes entangled in a couple's conflict, leading to his reincarnation into a game-like world. In this new reality, he must navigate survival while concealing his identity as a 'Player.' Despite leaving his old life behind, Arush finds that grief and hardship continue to shadow him. Join Arush on his journey as he faces unprecedented challenges, driven by a singular desire: "Will I ever have a normal life?"

Nect Arine is a world-renowned adventurer in Zepha, known for her unmatched magical capability and contributions to Pearlmire, a flourishing and resource-rich nation. Despite her small build, young age and status as a woman, Nect has always excelled in magic which helped her climb the world's ranks. Now, she channels all her power to reach the Skylands. What she doesn't expect is to find her first traces of the Skylands during a seemingly menial, assigned request from the guild. In a jostling, creaky carriage, Nect finds herself accompanied by three nervous, armored companions—fresh recruits from Pearlmire's prestigious adventurers guild. Their destination: Wildhallow, a once peaceful, small town plagued by mysterious disappearances. Quickly, what was just a quick request turns into something far more malevolent. Threatening not just the town, but the very existence of Zepha.

The Earth Dragon God who created the land, the Yggdrasil that nurtures life, the Lightning Wind Leopard that darts through thunderbolts, the ever-changing Ragdoll, the apex of technology in mechanical battle armor, and the unparalleled Creator Divine Beast. This is a world with a brilliant Beast Master civilization. How can a young man who has crossed over to the Blue Star become a steadfast Dragoo in this glorious Beast Master World?

Updates @ 13:00 (+8 GMT) Naga can be many things. Yet, none had ever been a dungeon core. Chavu is one, after two hundred years of service to the old one, which was smashed as he napped in his pond cavern. Marcellus greets him with a bloody sandal, yet, Chavu has never felt too much fear of anything. Well, maybe of flutes, but that is a perfectly reasonable fear. Together with a gnomic colony, and a prince who doesn’t quite know what he is doing, Chavu will take up the system, or, the snappy auntie, as he calls her, on her challenge. Does he have what it takes to survive as a dungeon core? Will he rake in a profit? This is a journey of a dungeon core, who doesn't play by the rules!

Warriors train their bodies. Scholars fill their minds. Every cultivator must have both and the talent to harness qi. But when the youngest princess of the murim lord was born, her golden core had to be sealed immediately because her talent for harvesting qi was too strong. Follow her as she regains her talent as the weakest murim princess.

When the gods grew bored of eternity, they create the Trials of Ascension....a deadly game where humanity’s strongest are summoned to compete for the ultimate prize;immortality and divine favor. But for Elias, a seemingly ordinary orphan boy chosen to join the trials, his journey ends before it even begins. He was killed in an accident before even entering the game, his soul should have been erased. Instead, Elias returns, resurrected by the power of the Aether Core....an ancient power that predates the gods themselves. The Aether Core doesn’t just bring him back...it makes him a wildcard, unbound by the rules of the divine. Now armed with forbidden powers, Elias must navigate a world of ruthless contestants, monstrous foes, and jealous gods who see him as a threat to their order. As he rises through the brutal ranks, Elias begins to uncover the truth about the Trials. The gods want him erased. The other contestants want him dead. But as Elias masters the Aether Core’s abilities.....absorbing powers from fallen foes and challenging the divine itself....he realizes the Trials aren’t just a game to survive. They’re a war to win. And Elias may be the only one capable of shattering the chains binding both mortals and immortals alike. But every victory comes at a cost, and the Aether Core whispers of a darker purpose. With every power Elias claims, he inches closer to losing himself. As rivalries turn into alliances, betrayals, and outright war, Elias must decide: Will he become humanity’s savior? Or the force that dooms them all? [Ding!] [Initializing....] [Welcome player 223] [You have been chosen!] [Welcome to the game of the gods!] ................... A.N: Well, this is my first book, reviews and feedback will be very much appreciated. Add to library and gift power stone