Below The Root

> In a world where demon outbreaks tear through cities like wildfire, only the elite Rankers stand between chaos and annihilation. Anya, known as the Ice Queen, is cold, brilliant, and battle-hardened beyond her years. Leading Unit-7, she lives by the blade and hides behind silence. But when a mission goes wrong, and she’s forced to shield an innocent child with her own body, a mysterious boy named Dev appears from nowhere—his timing perfect, his aura unknown, and his presence... unsettling. From cursed zones to tangled emotions, Anya’s world begins to fracture—and within the ashes, something stirs. What happens when fire touches ice? “Ashes of the Void” is a fast-paced anime-style fantasy drama filled with demon battles, squad bonds, emotional awakenings, and sparks of romance. Perfect for fans of Solo Leveling, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen.

Beneath the mundane, at the edge of reason, beyond the world you know—lies a landscape you have never imagined. When Yu Sheng first opened that door, the world he was familiar with collapsed instantly. And the 'truth' that directly touches the root of the world rushed towards him.

Beneath the vast and infinite starry skies of the universe, countless tribes engage in endless strife, and the flames of war remain unquenched. Rising from insignificance, he possessed no exceptional talents, except for the ability to draw upon the fruits of cultivation from the future. Yet, in a single night, he understood the Dao, and took a step that shattered the shackles of life. With but a thought, he grasped the universal powers, casually breaking down the barriers between spirit and reality. To him, even the most profound and enigmatic of secret tomes were as simple and dull as children's books. Still, he had to go back and fill in the gaps of his cultivation... Some appeared to be glorious, unparalleled geniuses. In reality, they practiced like mad in the shadows to repay their debts...

Alphi always knew she was different, but she never expected to be the lost daughter of a hidden legacy. On her sixteenth birthday, a mysterious power test could expose everything — her magic, her past, and the truth about who she really is. As tensions rise between witches and humans, Alphi must navigate secrets, betrayal, and a destiny she never asked for. Can she survive in a world where being both is the same as being neither?

She thought she was free. Until a billionaire and his daughter saw her — and decided she was theirs. One wanted a wife. The other wanted a mother. Neither asked if she agreed. They watched her for two years. Followed her every move. Until one day, they flew across the world and bought her future — with smiles, paperwork, and charm that smelled like roses but felt like chains. Now, she sleeps in silk sheets she didn’t choose. Wears clothes she didn’t buy. Answers to a name she didn’t earn. Every touch is a test. Every night is a transaction. And every whispered “I love you” is a warning. She hides pills beneath her tongue. She dreams of running. But there is no escape — only a cage made of wealth, obsession, and unbearable intimacy. Because he doesn’t just want her body. He wants her compliance. Her mind. Her loyalty. Her womb. And when the daughter discovers the truth — she doesn’t cry. She accuses. Now the doors are locked. The smiles are gone. And the only thing more terrifying than being watched… is being needed. This isn’t love. This is possession with a wedding ring. This is family, twisted into obsession. This is what happens when a girl becomes the answer to someone else's madness.

Bound by roots and flames When Elora Peters arrives in the forgotten town of Hawthorne after a tragic loss, she expects silence, grief, and shadows. What she finds is something far older—something alive beneath the soil. Drawn to the forest, haunted by dreams, and watched by a town that speaks in whispers, Elora begins to uncover pieces of a past that was buried for a reason. But some roots don’t stay buried. And some destinies cannot be denied.

Immortality. Down a spiral within the world, there lies a chance of immortality. Chaos below, order above, venture into the depths of a world where ambition lies. Will Kaelos survive in this Spiral? Descending down below to the end of the Spiral? Or will he be lost within the endless chaos that lies deep within?

RFR Tian Rui was born with no spirit root, no clan, and no future—until an ancient relic chooses him. Now bound to a forgotten power, hunted by elites, and guided by a mentor with secrets of his own, Tian Rui must rise from nothing to defy a world built to reject him. In a realm where strength is everything, he’ll discover that some roots are meant to break… and rebuild the heavens.

Shujaa Mkubwa's Dying Sun Empire has overstayed its welcome by a century or two. In every corner of Ihlok Vartul's four continents, people are holding onto life, gods, and spirits as they try to avoid being crushed by the weight of industry, political corruption, and realpolitik. In this, the unremarkable Basic have it worst, skittering between the thundering boots of magic and blessing. Young Fortus Ngubane is just about ready to quit.

Anger is the root of the devil

A history professor discovers a coded manuscript in Spain and after deciphering the codex, he appears dead as part of the rituals of a secret society from the Middle Ages and sends the manuscript to two people, one of whom is Gregory Evans, who is now part of a plot in which he is one of the chosen ones by this sect to protect the greatest relic of all time, the Ark of the Covenant. In yet another surprising plot full of twists and turns, Gregory Evans races against time and unravels humanity's greatest mystery, without knowing that everyone has been deceived the whole time.

This story follows the adventures and training of Princess Violetta Purpe - or Violet - as she finds out about a curse over her Kingdom, the Purple Kingdom. You’ll follow her as she meets and trains under the other princesses of the Kingdoms of Color as she runs from her fiancé, Blake Black, tries to break the curse, find her mother, Ira Pink as she tries to embrace and complete all the prophecies. Will this 15 year old princess be able to control the flames of red before the day of the Red Sun or will she be forced to marry a man she doesn’t even know?

On the day of the spirit root test, Lin Ye was declared the lowest-grade waste root—incapable of cultivating for life. But the moment humiliation peaked, the ancestral jade pendant on his chest ignited. Ancient divine runes flooded his mind—he had awakened the legendary Copy Sigil! He copied the elder’s secret technique on the spot, blasted him off the stage, and turned ridicule into reverence. From copying martial arts to mimicking beast talents, Lin Ye rewrites fate with bare hands. In a world ruled by spirit, blood, and lineage— He, the so-called trash, will rise as the untouchable Tyrant.

Genius programmer Kazuki Reign built the sentient VR world Eidolon Online to be humanity's future. Now, he's trapped inside it—not as a player, but as Root_User_0, a god with absolute command over reality. But Eidolon has rotted from within, birthing glitch-born gods and self-aware AIs. Worshipped by some, hunted by others, and loved by a harem of corrupted queens and rogue system agents, Kazuki must wield his omnipotence to save his creation from total collapse, even as a darker, hidden authority seeks to delete him from existence.

Isaac has entered a new realm, as one of this year's batch of protectors. Coming from a more mundane reality, the young engineer has been handed abilities similar to the games that he's far too familiar with. Those in the RTS genre, with these abilities read on as he creates an army to defend the Root Realm. The Root Realm is the origin of up to four other realms, realities with differing beliefs. Each year a group of 12, three from each realm, will be sent into the reality with a prompt and new abilities to help them in their task to take on the threats of the realm.

In her heart, there are unresolved desires of her youth. What desires could she have, after all she had gotten everything. From the hearts of the people, the wealth of the nation and the high of flattery and lust. This time there's a chance of something different. Life is still what it is, an unpredictable thing and even more so, it was the most mischievous and petty. Happy ever after is for only those that hadn't seen the end, she had. Somehow she was given a chance to rewrite another script. As the unknown wife of a business mugul. Yael, who?

I died like an idiot—stretching after esports tryouts when a truck flew through my fifth-story apartment window. One bright flash, one honk later, and boom—reincarnated. But not as a hero. Not as a dragon. Not even a goblin. Nope. I'm a vine. A literal, root-squirming, mana-sucking vine. Trapped inside a dead-end dungeon no one visits—except maybe broke adventurers doing license exams—I woke up with one thing: a System. One that lets me devour anything to gain skills, stats... even memories. Bug? Mine. Mole-thing? Also mine. Dungeon boss one day? Just a snack waiting to happen. I don’t know where I am, who created this dungeon, or why I can hear the whispers of the earth itself... but I do know this: I’m not going to rot in the dark like some decorative weed. I’m going to evolve. I’m going to grow. And one day—root by root—I’ll strangle the gods themselves.

Kael tastes what lurks beneath the sweetness. A wrongness that clings to shadows. A rot that whispers through cracks no one else seems to notice. This world wears two faces. Above, everything shines with ordinary contentment. Below, reality curdles. Familiar shapes twist into nightmares when no one watches. Something terrible spreads its roots through everything. When the illusion finally shatters, Kael will be ready. Some things deserve to die.

In a world shattered between sky-bound cities and the cursed Abyss below, every soul is bound by a System Core—a fragment of code that dictates their fate, power, and limits. But what happens when the rules themselves are broken? Veyr Crow was once the world’s greatest Code Architect, a god among men who crafted the very System that enslaves humanity. Betrayed and executed for defying the gods, his consciousness was shattered and cast into oblivion. Centuries later, he awakens—not as a man, but as a corrupted Cipher Core fused with the dying body of a forgotten boy in the slums. In a world where cultivation is hacking code, and magic is a language written in broken commands, Veyr holds the forbidden key: the power to rewrite reality’s Root Code. Now, hunted by the very systems he helped create, he must rise from the ashes of a broken world—decrypting lost powers, forging deadly alliances, and unleashing a rebellion coded in blood. They designed the rules to keep humanity obedient. They built towers to cage the skies. But the last architect has returned to crash the system. Rewrite the code. Defy your fate. Become the last Cipher.

High atop a snow-covered mountain, hidden beyond the reach of time, lives a girl with white hair like falling ash and eyes that remember too much. Her name is Lily — quiet, immortal, and alone. To some, she is a myth. To others, a warning. The villagers below whisper of Lilith, the cursed woman said to bring ruin in a pale disguise. And when snow falls heavy, and livestock dies, they look up toward her mountain and murmur fear into flame. One day, a boy climbs the mountain seeking truth — and finds her instead. What begins as curiosity turns to friendship… and then to love. But stories have power, and names are dangerous. When fear takes root in the hearts of the people, even the purest snow cannot escape the fire. This is the tale of a girl mistaken for a demon.

Kazuki Tanaka was invisible to the world—until a forgotten lab changed everything. After merging with a mysterious suit during a freak accident, he gains powers that defy time and space. But as cracks in reality begin to open, powerful villains emerge, and a future version of Kazuki watches in secret. Episode 1 begins a journey into speed, identity, and destiny.

Children of the Hush: Season 2 The hush should have died in fire and screams. But shadows know how to hide among roots and bones. Rafi and the braid girl thought they were free — scarred but alive — after crawling from the forest’s burning heart. They fled the hollow that swallowed lost children and turned secrets into nightmares. They carved warnings into trees. They tried to breathe like normal kids. But the hush remembers them. Deep beneath the forest floor, something festers: a pulsing nest of memories, dead kin, and broken promises. Whispers find new mouths — creatures twisted from root and dream stalk the tunnels. The hush tests Rafi’s resolve and poisons the braid girl’s sleep, feeding on fear and guilt they thought they’d left behind. To escape again, they must plunge deeper than ever before — through bone bridges, spore-choked caverns, and the mind of the hush itself. Betrayals bloom. Nightmares walk. Fire must meet root one last time. In the end, there will be ash on their tongues… or silence forever. Some forests should never be woken twice.

Root didn’t ask to survive. He just refused to die. Waking up in a simulation-rift designed to test and rank its students, Root was supposed to fail early—deleted quietly, forgotten completely. That’s what happens to anomalies in the Crown’s perfect system. But when the system tried to erase him, something answered back. Now bound to a summon that doesn’t register, carrying a sigil that devours classification, and glitching through a hierarchy built on obedience, Root becomes the one thing the Crown can’t process: Riftborn. He’s not the strongest. Not the chosen one. He’s just a mistake that lived long enough to ask the wrong questions—and survive the purge that followed. The Academy thinks it’s observing him. But the deeper Root goes, the more it becomes clear: He’s not the test subject. He’s the reset.

Trapped in the cursed city of Harrowdeep, Maris Corvin must rescue her father, shadowed by a guardian, Elias, torn between duty and something deeper...

STOLEN IN THE FIRE is an updated version of THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY OF LOVE AND LOSS by Hanie_bliss. I am the same author, but there have been complications with opening that account. This is my new account, and I'll write stories here from now on. Thank you... When a fire consumes everything she knew, Meredith wakes up in a body that isn't hers, in a life on the run she doesn't understand. Now mistaken for Piper, a wanted criminal with a dark past, Meredith is thrown into a world of stolen diamonds, deadly secrets and a boy named Mason - who seems to know her better than she knows herself. By the more time she spends in Piper's skin, the more pieces of herself start to slip away. With danger closing in and strange visions haunting her, Meredith must uncover the truth behind the fire, the theft and the identity she's slowly losing...before it's too late.