[Rerolling Talents at the Start + Early Beta Test Access] ... more>>

Early Talent: [God of Thieves] (S-Level)

Midgame Evolution: [One-Person Party] (SS-Level)

"A free soul is never bound by the thorns of nobility. There’s no need to ascend to the divine altar or sugarcoat our deeds. We are thieves lurking in the shadows—know yourself, and then revel in unbridled joy."

As the world turns into a game, every player awakens a divinely bestowed talent:

[Holy Light] , [Immortal] , [Breath of Winter] , [Frozen Throne] , [Elegance Never Goes Out of Style] , [Clock Out, Then Become a Chef God] , [Best Supporting Role] , [Marshmallow] , [Butter Beer] , and so on...

After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge does is rush home to force-feed her brother—soon to marry into the Su family—a bottle of liquor, ensuring he misses the first beta test of the game.

In her past life, this s*umbag had manipulated her endlessly. It wasn’t until her dying moments that she discovered he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along.

On her deathbed, she learned she was nothing more than the villain in a male-oriented novel about a live-in son-in-law’s rise to power. All the malice and suffering she endured? It was him shifting blame onto her from behind the scenes.

This time, it’s her turn to operate in the shadows.

Male and female leads? All your fortunes? They’re mine now.

Join the beta, reroll talents, and wreak havoc from behind the curtain! <<less

Three months of torrential rain and floods, five months of snowstorms and extreme cold, seven months of scorching heat and natural disasters—when the apocalypse arrived, over 80% of humanity perished, facing unprecedented catastrophe.... more>>

Before the apocalypse, Su Miao, a reclusive witch, frantically stockpiled supplies.

After the apocalypse, her social anxiety led her to hide in a tourist villa, trembling as she enjoyed gourmet food.

She only wanted to survive quietly—until one day, the door was smashed open, and a group of people stormed in.

Terrified, Su Miao's hand trembled, and the crossbow bolt struck the intruder squarely in the forehead... <<less

On Wen Xiao's first day of transferring schools, he heard multiple versions of rumors about his new deskmate — like how he skipped class all the time, got into fights, and consistently scored exactly 60 points in every subject.... more>>

His homeroom teacher advised gently, "You're an excellent student. Don't let Chi Ye influence your studies."

His classmates looked at Wen Xiao with pity and warned, "You must keep your distance from Chi-ge!"

Chi Ye, who had personally witnessed Wen Xiao knock down several opponents with a discarded plastic pipe and a cold expression, questioned soulfully, "Who the hell is influencing who?" <<less

I became a wizard of the Illusion Magic School and decided to create a virtual reality with illusion magic to play a tabletop role-playing game (TRPG).... more>>

It was great to create a virtual reality, but I was in trouble because there were no suitable players. During that time, I received an offer to be the professor from the Royal Academy.

The offer was to use illusion magic to fill the students’ lack of practical experience safely. And so, I became a professor at the academy.

“Send me back, send me back to that world right now-!”

“Outer god, someday an outer god will be our doom, we’ll all die!!”

“I am not the bastard of the Redburn Ducal Family. I am the foremost disciple of the Great Namgung Clan, Namgung Qinghui!”

But it seems there is a bit of a misunderstanding.

This isn’t a spell for dimensional travel, kids. It’s fiction… <<less

This is a tale that distorts the scenario of an otome game.... more>>

An orphan girl named Alicia is attacked by a woman trying to steal her body to become the “heroine”. From the fragmentary knowledge she acquires, Alicia learns that this world is the stage of an “otome game” in a “world of sword and magic”.

Having learned the truth from the knowledge she obtained, the immature Alicia dismisses the otome game as “nonsense” and runs away from the orphanage to escape the fate of the “heroine”.

A villainess aims to take her life. A fake heroine appears. Alicia trains herself using the fragmentary knowledge she has gained in order to survive, growing into the “Strongest Assassin” that is feared by both the Thieves’ Guild and the Assassins’ Guild. <<less

After being chosen by the Goddess, the hero Allen defeated the Demon King more diligently than anyone else. At the end of that long fight, all that was left for him was the betrayal of his companions and the cold gazes of the people.... more>>

"I want to go back to the past."

"Pardon?"

"The wish you said you would grant if I defeated the Demon King, it's to go back to the past."

Allen makes a wish to the Goddess and returns to before all the adventures began. And he decides to live a completely different life than before.

"There is no free goodwill in my dictionary."

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After a grueling life as a world-saving Hero, Allen, disillusioned by the corruption of his comrades and the ingratitude of humanity, makes a desperate wish: to relive his life from before he became a hero. Granted his wish, Allen returns to his humble beginnings with the knowledge and power of his past life, but with a crucial difference: he vows to never offer kindness without a price.

Haunted by the memories of a world ravaged by war and betrayal, Allen embarks on a second journey, this time determined to enjoy life, settle old scores, and navigate the treacherous landscape of gods, demons, and morally ambiguous humans with cynical pragmatism. He will once again face the Demon King, but on his own terms, and with a burning desire to manipulate the world around him for his own twisted amusement. <<less

She excels at playing god-tier games. (TS)

Gu Qingyin had just returned after giving birth and received a big order, chasing the mission target into another dimension. After a lot of effort, she finally came back, shocked to discover that twenty years had passed.... more>>

Not only had her triplet sons grown up, but their father had also become an irrational, deranged, Fierce Ghost.

Later, she discovered that the eldest son was a composed and aloof Dominant President on the surface, but secretly engaged in confinement due to unrequited love.

The second son was a seemingly bright and popular celebrity in the entertainment industry, but secretly raised Little Ghosts and stuck needles into dolls in order to make more people love him.

The youngest son was an e-sports Player on the surface, but secretly a half-baked Evil Cultivator. He was the one who caused his father to become a Fierce Ghost!

Gu Qingyin, after much deliberation, decided to bring her sons back to the right path.

She had heart-to-heart talks with her eldest son all night long, teaching him to love himself, because forced melons are not sweet, and may even choke people to death.

She accompanied her second son on a parent-child variety show, allowing him to show his true self, making his fans scream with delight.

She taught her youngest son orthodox Mystical Arts, allowing him to personally awaken his father's sanity.

Gu Qingyin was busy every day, but people outside were always thinking about her family, coveting their money, and even envying her eternal youth?

They must have been kicked in the head by a donkey! <<less

A man who lost his consciousness and opened his eyes in an unknown place on his way home from his part-time job begins a game of survival...... more>>

“Yes, please. This damn game.”

Dungeons, survival, hunters, in a new modern fantasy.

The story of a man soaked in blood. <<less

As we all know, in both male and female-oriented novels, side characters often suffer from diminished intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions.... more>>

Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead?

Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most?

And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl! <<less

A post-apocalyptic story of clumsy over-technology, starring a highly skilled protagonist who can tattoo the Golden Pavilion on the back of a chisel.

Suddenly, Mozuya Kou finds himself sent to the wartorn Nemesis system; on an alien planet, Asia, in the far future. In this bleak future where deadly autonomous weapons called mu*ders roamed, he ends up finding the abandoned mass-production machine [TSW-R1 Lanius]. He then pilots it to defeat his enemies only through using Lanius’ sole weapon – a gigantic greatsword – and his own swordsmanship skills.... more>>

Being granted the [Development Engineer] qualification, Kou was tasked to design and develop various weapons and equipment while working together with companies that have also been sent over from Earth.

He and his allies will need to go up against deadly mu*der machines and enemy forces in order to survive on the wartorn planet, Asia. <<less

Story 1:... more>>

A pale and beautiful silver-haired youth stood in the living room, expressionlessly watching an Eastern man on the sofa writing on paper with a fountain pen.

In the next instant, the Grim Reaper appeared, clad in a black robe and wielding a scythe, striking at the man without hesitation.

The shirt-clad man on the sofa vanished. In his place, the King of Hell sat, adorned with an imperial crown. One hand held the Book of Life and Death, while the other effortlessly caught the scythe with the Judge’s Brush, a slight smile curving his eyes.

“Thanatos, don’t be angry.”

Western God of Death (shou) vs Eastern King of Hell (gong)

Story 2:

The Black Impermanence, Fan Wujiu, and the White Impermanence, Xie Bian, have been inseparable partners and sworn brothers for a thousand years, until Xie Bian was struck by Cupid’s golden arrow of love, turning brotherhood into bromance.

After the effects of the golden arrow wore off, Xie Bian recalled his actions during that period: “……This was a misunderstanding.”

Fan Wujiu chuckled softly, “A misunderstanding? Xiao Bai, your soul-binding chain has completely captured my soul.”

Black Impermanence (gong) vs White Impermanence (shou), mutual secret crush

Story 3:

The God of Love, born from the sea foam, was infamous for his divine beauty and promiscuity. His ex-lovers were countless, each relationship physical but never emotional, resulting in a love child, Cupid, whose other father remained a mystery to the entire pantheon.

The God of Love was a scum, until he met the God of Sea. After hooking the God of Sea, he intended to follow his usual routine of heartless abandonment, but the God of Sea turned out to be a yandere, forcibly keeping him in the depths of the ocean, away from the light of day.

God of Love: “Do you take me for some lowly succubus?”

God of Sea: “You were born in my embrace. In the end, the god who should embrace you is me.”

A captivating, stunning, and promiscuous shou vs a possessive, yandere gong. A tale of two sea kings hooking each other, Shura field

Story 4:

“There’s a Greek legend about a young man named Narcissus, who drowned while trying to kiss his own reflection in the water. That’s why we call it narcissism,” Cupid explained.

The devil, with his enchanting charm, kissed the pure angel. “Is that so?”

They shared identical faces.

Lucifer Satan (gong) vs Lucifer Angel (shou), self-cest.

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1. An ensemble of standalone stories, which does not follow the order of the synopsis.

2. The setting is a modern alternate universe, largely unrelated to the original mythologies.

CONTENT WARNING: self-cest, dubcon, forced confinement, mpreg, scums, blasphemy(?) <<less

I fainted and woke up to find myself in a gender-reversed world. But does it even matter when I don't leave the house anyway?

After failing his college entrance exams and witnessing the bankruptcy of the company he worked for, the socially awkward Saguru Ōana found himself in a grim situation. To make matters worse, he had no friends, largely due to his intimidating appearance.... more>>

Desperate and at a loss, Saguru was drawn to an advertisement promising “10,000 yen as a gift” and decided to download the app called ‘Dungeon Go!’ Once he installed the app and selected a dungeon, he was suddenly pulled into a fantastical world.

This app allowed users to delve into dungeons to earn money! By sheer chance, Saguru found himself in front of an ultra-low-ranked dungeon. Fortunately, he managed to acquire several titles that gave him a significant boost right from the start.

As Saguru explored the dungeons, he defeated monsters and earned money. Along the way, various companions, each with their own unique circumstances, began to gather around him, and he resolved their issues one by one.

This story follows the journey of Saguru Ōana, a young man who became unemployed after his company’s collapse but ultimately began to accumulate great wealth. <<less

Day 1 of the zombie outbreak.... more>>

Before I killed a zombie, I killed a person. <<less

Jiang Fan had transmigrated to a world where everyone could awaken a planet.... more>>

The larger the planet, the higher the origin energy, and the stronger the civilization.

There were people who made theirs with qi to create a martial arts civilization. Everyone on the planet was a martial arts practitioner.

There were people who made theirs with magic power to create a magical civilization. Everyone on the planet was a mage.

There were people who made their spiritual energy to create an immortal civilization. Everyone on the planet was an immortal cultivator.

Everyone was trying their best to construct all sorts of extraordinary planets.

Jiang Fan, on the other hand, used his memories from his previous life to create a technological civilization!

“Your Star Destroyer directly pierced through the opponent’s planet, and the opponent lowered their head.”

“Your two-way foil turned the opponent’s immortal cultivation planet into a piece of paper. You scared them silly!” <<less

Kirishima Ao encounters a collapsed woman on the street. Having learned CPR from his father, Ao rushes to her aid and does everything he can to help.... more>>

Thanks to his actions, the woman survives—and her daughters turn out to be the strikingly beautiful twin sisters in his class, Kotobuki Yuzuki and Kotobuki Hikari.

To express their gratitude, Yuzuki and Hikari begin searching for Ao.

“I’ll definitely make you fall for me.”

“I’ll make sure you come to like me.” <<less

The greatly feared, the one who could make people tremble with just her name- the Zombie King was back!... more>>

She had finally been reborn.

But why was she still a zombie?

As a zombie, she can’t eat the delicacies made by humans. So what? She still had a legendary space where she could raise various animals and even grow crops!

Bittersweet tears roll down her face.

However, along with the hardships to face, she had been gifted a lot of perks. She can exchange food for crystal cores~

Then again, making good food had never been an easy task.

To her shock, she discovered that the highest order of zombies was not the tenth order, as claimed before. <<less

Humanity finds itself on the brink of extinction due to the emergence of the Incubi, otherworldly monsters that capture humans to use as breeding material. And the only ones that can stand against these enemies are the Witches - magical girls given powers by supernatural beings.... more>>

High schooler Renka Azuma is one such girl; her alter ego is Silver Lotus, a magical girl controlling countless insects to fight the Incubi day after day.

On a certain day, Silver Lotus rescues a fellow Witch, a novice named Azure Nova, from an Incubi attack. This meeting with this self-proclaimed fan of hers is an encounter that introduces a change to Silver Lotus’s otherwise solitary daily life?!

Here begins a dark fantasy about an unorthodox magical girl who commands insects to devour monsters! <<less

Princess Stella is the unwanted burden of her kingdom, cherished only for her pretty face. Oppressed in her homeland, she faces the grim prospect of being sold off as tribute the moment she comes of age. It is in this desperate moment that she encounters a stranger who changes her fate.... more>>

“I’m looking for something important. I need your help, Princess.”

The man who abducts her with this bizarre request is a Northerner, known for their exceptionally developed physiques. Worse yet, he is a man transforming into a monster due to an ancient curse passed down through his ancestors.

“Do you really think I can help break your curse?”

“Yes. Show a little kindness to a guy who’s turning into a monster in less than a year.”

Islay gives her three months to find the gem necessary to lift the curse tied to his blood. As time slips away, Stella, ignorant of the gem’s true nature, begins to feel a strange kinship with the man isolated from the world.

Until the prophecy reveals that it isn’t the gem, but her sacrifice that is needed to save him from becoming a monstrous beast. <<less

I Became the Strongest Villain in the Novel ... more>>

[The Villain’s POV in the Academy]

Aaron Stingray, a villain destined to die from an incurable disease.

Upon escaping the crisis of death using the knowledge from the novel, the world faced a new phase.

“What the hell? Why did this guy die?”

The end of a novel without its protagonist is destruction.

The adventures of Aaron, the most powerful force and the veteran of this world, begin.

“Since it’s come to this, I’ll have to become the protagonist.”

Sometimes as a benevolent hero, sometimes as a ruthless villain.

Keep an eye on the chronicles of the man who can do it all, Aaron! <<less

The third year spiritual energy was revived, humanity got swept into a real-life game of oddities, 《Folklore》.
The game randomly extracted from strange stories for its quests: If won, the quest's boss would turn into a guardian deity, holding back all sorts of evils; If failed, the oddities would completely revive, and the area implicated in the quest would completely fall to enemy occupation! ... more>>

As it had impact,
The players participating in the quest and the stream audience hated idiots who were burdens the most.

Unfortunately, when a disaster-level quest got unlocked, matched into the quest, was this,
Silver-grey long-haired, pessimistic, sickly, when others fought he slept, when others ran he showered
No matter how much more good-looking they were, it could not conceal that "I don't want to live, everyone die with me" kind of anti-social air

When his data was pulled up:
24k pure newbie.

Everyone's eyes went dark, GDI, this isn't even enough for a bite for the boss!

Yet no one knew, Wei E once was drawn into a different, much higher-dimension UF world
Over there, there would be a small quest every three days, and one big quest every five. Each quest would be stifled with a manic hopelessness, driving people to their deaths. No player was able to hang on for three years, and Wei E was the first who had a chance to live past three years—— after he bombed the Creator.

When the Creator's space was collapsing
Wei E reminisced these three years of endless fighting for his life, and strongly vowed: If there was a next life, he would definitely not get mixed in it again!

Once Wei E opened his eyes, he returned to the familiar blue planet
But before he could get excited, he discovered…… the Creator followed him out too : )
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That day the hunting grounds got destroyed, the Creator vowed there would be one day he would kill that insolent ant
When Wei E occasionally brushed his teeth and looked up, he could see the mirror written with: "After one hundred days, I will definitely kill you."

By the fiftieth day [left], a player confessed to Wei E.
By the thirtieth day, Wei E made it to first place in 《Folklore's》most charming guy.
By the tenth day, the quest boss threw themselves on him.
By the fifth day, third day, each day, there would be people on the forums calling themselves Wei E's dog.

On the final day, the Creator really grabbed Wei E's throat, with his voice dark and frenzied: "I said, I would kill you sooner or later."

However, seeing Wei E's wearily curled lips, He thought, I perhaps should change the method.
For example, beneath his body.
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When Wei E solved the first disaster-level quest, there were still people who felt it was a mere coincidence.
But when each and every one of the disaster-level continuously got cracked, life got brought back from death, they then shockingly discovered, that was not a coincidence, but hope that would make even spent clay revivify.

And in this absurd, despairing world, he was the walking——
#1 boss! <<less

Su Man never believed in fairy tales such as good people get good rewards, until she died young, and then she was bound by a saint system and traveled to the famine era of the 1960s, becoming a peasant girl who was about to starve to death.... more>>

Su Man, who had a strong desire to survive, could only continue to complete the saintly tasks in order to continue to live…

“Ding, if you help an old lady who fell down, you will be rewarded with saintly points. It is recommended that you can exchange it for a grain coupon, RMB 20 cents…”

“Ding, if you rescue a child who fell into the water, you will be rewarded. You will be rewarded with 1,000 saintly points. It is recommended that you can exchange it for 400 kilograms of grain and 20 kilograms of pork…”

“Ding…” <<less

Ever since his youth, Qi Zhaoxi had been a wanderer of the Jianghu [1] , as well as a secret member of a demonic sect. Many years had passed, and given his skills, he would be completely capable of self-preservation as long as he tried. Yet, even before reaching 30 years of age, he wanted nothing other than to retire and go into seclusion.... more>>

But that changed the very day he met Jiang Li.

“Within the Jianghu, battles ensue between sects, while the blades of good and evil collide. No places exist for humans to drink in peace, while places abound for bones to be laid to rest in peace. Fame is born from nothing but aggression and ambition, while grudges borne in gratitude and love are merely born from rivers of selfish desire. I’ve seen enough scenery [2] to find that all mountains and rivers look the same. I’d even thought about tossing aside this mortal realm, and putting an end to it all.

That was because I hadn’t met you yet.”

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In short: Before embracing a blade, brace yourself for injury.

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Main Couple: A feigned master-disciple relationship.

Qi Zhaoxi (top; Jianghu ‘master’ who wants nothing but to retire) x Jiang Li (bottom; witty, cool and socially-isolated ‘disciple’)

1v1, happy ending.

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Translation notes for the summary in the existing fan translation:

[1] Jianghu literally means ‘rivers and lakes’, but could also be a figurative way to refer to people at the margins of society, usually martial artists, but also people of demonic sects/cults, artisans, and bandits. Much of the time, they travelled using the waterways (rivers and lakes), hence leading to the ‘Jianghu wanderer’ nickname.

[2] Just explaining the translation choice for “seen enough scenery”. The original was 看罢了 (看 = to see), so 看 in combination with 罢了 could be alternatively translated more directly as “I’ve finished seeing them” i.e., “I’ve seen them all”. However, the word 罢了 often carries an emotional meaning of boredom/mild contempt (Zhang, 2024), and I wanted to address this connotation since it is linked to QZX’s resignation towards life (a salient part of his characterisation). Hence, I chose this more liberal translation.

References:

张梓洁[Zhang Zijie] . (2024). 语气词“罢了”的情态意义探究[Regarding the affective meaning of the modal particle “罢了”] . 现代语言学[Modern Linguistics] , 12(1): 568-573. https://doi.org/10.12677/ML.2024.121080 <<less