Body Tempering

Beneath the city's skin, another city breathes. Every soul is a puppet. You just have to find the strings." Detective Davon Deshaun is a man built on rituals and "psychic bricks," trying to fortify his mind against the weight of every unsolved case he carries like a stone in his pocket. But in a city bleeding from a string of brutal murders, the "pattern" is a grim, tightening noose around the precinct’s neck. When a young woman is found mutilated at the upscale club Michelin’s—her body treated like a "twisted work of art"—Davon is thrust into a nightmare he can’t escape. Worse, he’s forced to partner with the only person who can find the cracks in his foundation: his former partner and ex-girlfriend, the cool, professional Claire McGuire. As they navigate the wreckage of their shared history, they are hunted by The Architect—a sadistic mastermind who doesn't just kill, but designs entrapment. Leaving behind charcoal sketches of his future horrors, The Architect is building a "custom-tailored prison" around the detectives themselves. Davon and Claire soon realize they aren't just the investigators. They are the centerpiece of a grotesque exhibition. In a game where the walls are already rising, can they find the man pulling the strings before they become the next "finishing touch"?

Luke Sullivan's life takes an unexpected turn when he wakes up in a new reality. Once a feared criminal enforcer, he now finds himself in the body of his alternate self - a timid police officer in New York's Special Crimes Unit. Struggling to reconcile his criminal past with his new law-abiding present, Luke discovers he's been given a mysterious 'Crime System' that aids him in solving cases. His first test comes quickly as he stumbles upon the notorious Criminal, leading to a thrilling capture that stuns his colleagues. As Luke navigates office politics and grapples with his dual nature, he realizes his unique perspective might be the key to cracking even the coldest of cases. But questions linger: Why was he given this second chance? What is the true purpose of the Crime System? And can a former criminal truly become a master detective? Follow Luke 's journey as he walks the thin line between his past and present, using his street smarts and newfound abilities to bring criminals to justice. In a world where destiny has dealt him an unexpected hand, Luke must redefine what it means to be on the right side of the law.

[ Endure... and grow stronger. ] [ Host! Survive Absolute Zero, and you will gain dominion over it. ] [ Host! Endure five days inside an erupting volcano, and your control over fire will surpass anything you possessed before. ] ________________ The day a colossal tower called Zenith appeared, the apocalypse began. Its gates led to countless worlds, each filled with monsters, impossible landscapes, and beings that should never have existed. Humanity's only hope lay with the Awakened-those born with supernatural abilities-who climbed the tower in a desperate attempt to save their world. Rin was the weakest of them all. Betrayed, abandoned, and left for dead, he awakens a mysterious system unlike any other. Instead of granting free power, it drags him into the Chaotic World, where every trial is designed to break both body and mind. [ Survive Absolute Zero.] [ Endure an erupting volcano. ] [ Overcome impossible trials... or die trying. ] Each absurd and merciless mission pushes Rin beyond human limits, transforming him into an existence the world can no longer classify-an Anomaly. But as he grows stronger, one terrifying truth becomes impossible to ignore. The Chaotic World, the system called Charly, and Zenith are all connected... And somewhere beyond the tower, the being who created this apocalypse are waiting.

Ten years ago, Kael Draven was the pride of his family and the brightest genius in Emberfall Town. At just eight years old, he had already climbed to heights other cultivators only dreamed of. Everyone said he was destined for greatness. But one failed breakthrough shattered his future. His cultivation collapsed, his talent vanished, and the boy once hailed as a prodigy became the family’s greatest disgrace. Branded a waste, mocked and beaten by his own kin, Kael endured a decade of humiliation with nothing to show for it. Everything changes the night he discovers a strange black seal hidden in the Elderstone Hall. When his blood awakens the Dragon Seal, a shadow of a dragon roars to life, and the truth is revealed—Kael carries the Desolate Sacred Body, a physique both feared and revered. Cursed to demand endless energy yet blessed with limitless potential, it is both his greatest weakness and his greatest weapon. With the Nine Cycles of Samsara carved into his soul and the Dragon Seal at his side, Kael’s path begins anew. The family that scorned him will learn fear. The rivals who mocked him will kneel. And the world will remember the name they once spat on. He is no longer trash. He is the War Dragon.

Zach is an ex-marine who lost his partner on a battlefield and his brother to an accident. He is deployed back home because of his head injury. On his way out of town at the airport, he meets a Detective name Lauren they exchange numbers. The plane crash due to engine failure everyone dies but Zach survives with his two legs broken he takes refuge in a cave and is bitten by bats that miraculously heal him making him acquire a strange ability his head migraine stops. He survives in the forest and meets a community. In the city, a dead body is found with fangs it suggesting Vampires exist evidence leads to the same island, and Zach’s plane crashes. Lauren and her partner and others visit the island their lives are threatened by wild animals but Zach comes to their rescue he tells his side of the story and Lauren convinces him to follow them back to the city he agrees as they both go back to the city and fight together until Gabriella attack Zach and Sammid bits Lauren leaving Zach to either watch her die or change her to a vampire.Zach goes missing leaving Lauren to give birth to their child alone with no trace of Zach's whereabouts. Will Zach be found???

Every soul on earth awakened a divine bloodline. Except one. They called him a cosmic mistake; now, he’s their system crash. Born completely mortal in a hyper-stratified world ruled by the Five Sacred Houses, Ren Ashveil is "The Hollow"—a human glitch with zero divine energy. After his corrupt family sells his sister to power the Grand Patriarch's elite core servers, Ren is discarded as an evolutionary dead-end. But his empty body isn't a void; it's a terminal root directory. Carrying no predefined code, his skin acts as an absolute vacuum that intercepts, permanently deletes, and archives the divine bloodlines of anyone he touches. He doesn’t inherit divinity—he consumes it. Disguised in a faceless ballistic visor and a null-threaded duster coat, Ren infiltrates the neon-drenched spires of the Upper Ring under the alias "The Glitch." From underground gladiatorial rings to heavily guarded palace vaults, he leaves a trail of formatted, powerless elites in his wake, systematically stealing their elements to forge his own unclassified divine tier. The false gods think they are tracking a minor runtime error, but as Ren climbs toward the central harvesting spire, he is about to execute a total, systemic rewrite of their entire world.

Once a legendary general, Kael Ardyn was killed on the battlefield—betrayed by those he trusted most. But fate offers him a second chance. A chance to be reborn. Not as a warrior. Not as a hero. But as a sickly prince everyone believes is already half-dead. The palace sees him as useless. His stepmother wants him gone. His stepbrother is already reaching for the throne. But Kael remembers everything from his past life. The wars he fought. The strategies that won battles. The mistakes that led to his death. Reborn into a weak body, Kael hides his recovery and begins to move carefully—protecting his younger sister, uncovering poison within the palace, and turning enemies who mock him into pieces on his board. When the woman betrothed to him is taken and offered to his stepbrother, Kael is left with only one path forward: a brutal tournament meant to decide strength and if he is worthy enough to marry her and to rule the kingdom. This second life is his chance to do things differently—and to take back everything that was stolen from him. The throne awaits, but the path is paved with danger, deception, and trials that will push him to his limits. Can the reborn prince prove he is the kingdom’s true heir—and become the ruler history will never forget?

Orion Kane had everything: endless wealth, unmatched power, and the world at his feet. To him, life was a game, and he was always the winner—cold, calculating, and untouchable. But one mistake, one moment of overconfidence, sent his world crashing down. When Orion wakes up, he’s no longer the man he once was. His name, his riches, his empire—gone. Instead, he finds himself in the body of Leo Torres, a poor factory worker struggling to survive. A life Orion would’ve dismissed as worthless is now his only reality. As he navigates Leo’s harsh world, he begins to uncover the consequences of his old life—the pain he caused, the lives he shattered, and the humanity he lost along the way. But there’s something else, something deeper: a strange feeling that this isn’t just a punishment. It’s a chance. But a chance for what? Redemption? Revenge? Or something more mysterious lurking beneath the surface of his second life? In a world where the powerful fall and the forgotten rise, Orion must uncover the truth—not just about his new life, but about himself. Some doors, once opened, can never be closed.

"Your existence is a plague, Jin’er. But your marrow... that is a treasure." ​For eighteen years, Lin Jin was locked away, labeled a "Living Coffin." His body naturally emitted a corrosive poison that rotted everything he touched. He lived in agony, believing his family was searching for a cure. ​He was wrong. On the day he thought he would be saved, his father drove a hollow spike into his spine. The truth? He was never a son. He was livestock. A vessel raised solely to harvest his rare "Corrosion Marrow" to fuel his genius brother’s cultivation. ​Drained, betrayed, and left to die in a collapsing dungeon, Lin Jin heard a voice echo from the empty hollow of his bones. An ancient, forbidden entity that had been sleeping within him all along. ​[They stole your blood? Then take their lives. They broke your bones? Then crush their heavens.] ​The chains shattered. The poison didn't disappear—it evolved. Lin Jin rose from the ashes. He no longer cultivated Spirit Qi. He cultivated Ruin. ​Everyone thought he was trash. Until he turned their legendary swords into rust and their bodies into dust. ​When power corrodes the soul, survival becomes a choice.

Mark Smith is a very hardworking artist who lives in the countryside. He was suddenly attacked by his father's enemies causing him to lose his fiancee, his parents at a very important stage in his life . He is being traumatized by what happened to him and made a vow instantly.  He took a year to establish himself and come out for his father's mafia throne with the sole purpose of revenge.  ***** "Jocelyn!!!!!!, can you hear me, doctor please come and help me to check up on her, she is not breathing" Mark said The doctor rushed in to check on the lady that was rushed into the emergency ward and didn't take a second to nods his head "I'm so sorry Mr Mark, she didn't make it" He said " No, no, no. Doctor, you have to do something about this, maybe she is sleeping or something, you gotta do something about this" Mark exclaimed  "Jocelyn no, no, no, you can't leave me this way, please come back, i need you please" Mark wept holding unto her body "this is not the end!!!!!  **** "have seen the news?" a voice resounded in the hallway. " What do you mean?" the old man with his puff replied. "He is back!!! “