Body Tempering

The Demon Lord had grown weary of his existence as the strongest being alive. Power no longer thrilled him; victory had lost its taste. The only thing he now looked forward to was listening to the stories of Lucian, a human captive. Of all the tales Lucian told, the Demon Lord most enjoyed those about the quiet lives of ordinary humans — their laughter, struggles, and fleeting joys. He envied that simplicity and secretly wished he could experience it himself. One day, as Lucian spoke, the demons under his rule rose in rebellion. They gathered their strength and turned against their lord. The Demon Lord, instead of resisting, welcomed the uprising. At last, he saw a chance to end his long, lonely reign. When he fell, his powerful soul refused to fade. It drifted through the void for centuries, searching, wandering — until it found a newborn’s body, one that had just died moments before. And just like that, the Demon Lord began life anew — as an ordinary human. But some beings, no matter how they try, can never truly remain ordinary.

Dying a tragic death after being betrayed and used as a mere tool, the young man swore that he would never live for anyone else again if he were ever given a second chance. Yet, fate threw his soul into the body of Aldric—an illegitimate son of a king, who had been slaughtered at the bottom of the Forbidden Forest's ravine by his very own biological father. On the brink of death for the umpteenth time, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed inside his head: [Egoist System Activated]. This mysterious system did not require a holy hero. Instead, his power points surged drastically every time he made a selfish and ruthless decision. Forged by the darkness of the cursed forest, he began to crawl his way back up with a black sword in hand, preparing to tear down the royal throne built upon demonic sacrificial rituals. He did not return to become a savior for this rotten world. He came to seize the highest throne, and to become a monster far more terrifying than the rulers before him. "For the deepest wounds never give birth to a hero."

In a modern world draped in the illusion of normalcy, secrets crawl beneath the surface. Cities bustle with unaware citizens, blind to the existence of the gifted, warriors, healers, mages, and monster hunters, born to protect a fragile balance between reality and chaos. Among them lies one boy, invisible to destiny… until destiny calls his name. Ridiculed, discarded, and cast aside, 17-year-old Kael Ardyn is a nobody with no spark of magic or strength. But when he saves an old beggar from thugs, Kael is taken in by the man, who reveals himself to be a forgotten legend of the ancient world. Under his brutal mentorship, Kael is reshaped, body and soul, into something the world has never seen: a martial-arts prodigy with forbidden medical mastery. As monsters tear through cities, noble families scheme, and powerful organizations hunt the reborn legend, Kael finds himself at the center of a hidden war, a war he might just be born to end. But power comes with a price. Can he uncover his true lineage before it consumes him? Or is he merely a pawn in a game older than time?

After his death, Mal was given the opportunity by Dewa Lorda, the god who guards the boundaries of the world of life and the world of death, to be able to return to his body in the real world. However, Mal needs to travel through time to come to the future of the world of Amapherald, a life other than human life, where he is destined to be one of the six The Seekers. In his new life, Mal only has 400 days to complete all missions and reach the top level. The mall is equipped with a system controlled by Meiden, Lorda's right hand man. Unfortunately Mal's plan didn't go that easy smoothly. He had barely passed 400 days to reach the top level and was in danger of not being able to return to his body. [SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACTIVATED] [WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF AMAPHERALD, MAL. HERE, SYSTEM GUIDE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH IMPORTANT MISSIONS] [THIS IS THE REAL FIGHT THAT WILL BRING YOU TO ENJOY DIFFERENT SENSATIONS] [YOU WILL BECOME ONE OF SIX SEEKERS OF PURE STONES AND SAVE THE WORLD OF AMAPHERALD] [Name of The Seeker: Mal Ricky Riordhinee] [Position: As a Guardian]

Mercy is a luxury when currency of survival is lifespan. Crackle . . . hiss . . . boom . . . rain falls on corpses. The storey opens on the mountain of the dead - the last battlefield of the human race. Li Wei, who is a broken man under the curse of accelerated ageing, stands among the ruins of the Ancient God. His shaking hands hold a divine artefact - The Eye of Judgement. His body decays. His breath comes out in broken gasps - huff, cough, splat. And then… betrayal. The only family he's ever had - his sister, Li Xue - looks coldly on as she drives the dagger deeper into his chest. Thud… hiss… crackle… She calls him "nothing but an adopted mistake." A man named Yang Xun, brilliantly like an idol of deceit, thanks him mockingly. That's when Li Wei realises - the world doesn't reward love. It rewards survival. When he dies, something ancient is roused inside The Eye of Judgement. And when he opens his eyes again - it's 2025, the day the god forsaken game, LYTABern, descends upon Earth.

Twenty strangers. Ten million dollars. A single survivor. For bankrupt author Kurt Hayes, the luxurious and isolated Grand Hotel Summit seemed like the answer to all his debts and the end of an impending ruin. The invitation was simple: stay confined in the mountains for a few days in exchange for a life-changing reward. But as soon as the heavy oak doors lock shut and the windows are barricaded from the outside, the rules change. Under the command of an enigmatic, faceless voice, a thirty-minute dinner window becomes the prelude to a psychological nightmare. Through a sequence of sadistic games rooted in trust, betrayal, and raw survival, the guests discover a terrifying truth: their selection was not random. As the body count rises brutally and the hotel corridors are stained with blood, a trail of clues reveals that everyone in the room shares the blame for a tragedy that occurred ten years ago. Amid fragile alliances, perverse manipulations, and secrets unraveled piece by piece, Hayes must confront not only the killer instincts of his competitors, but the ghosts of his own past. Because in this game, the Host’s justice isn't just looking for a winner. It is looking for blood. "For one to win, the others must lose. Let the judgment begin."

All Ming Ho wanted was to hit submit on his scholarship application and finally get some sleep. He got the sleep. Just not the way he expected. When he wakes up, the modern world is gone. He's now Lucian Everstar, the sixth prince of the Valerian Empire, a realm where power is everything and weakness is a death sentence. His body is frail. His family wants him gone. And when he tries to open his eyes to see his new world, he sees nothing at all. He is completely, irreversibly blind. With only weeks until the Awakening Ordeal that will decide his fate, Lucian is trapped in darkness, surrounded by brothers who would sooner see him dead than share their bloodline. Survival seems impossible. Then the system chimes. [Transmigration perk: Due to the Old Lucian being blind, you have received a Primordial gift. False Sight.] A blind prince with a sight that rivals the gods. Now Lucian must navigate a world of monsters, politics, and assassins—all while hiding the fact that he can see more than anyone in the empire.

He was the world’s top gamer—the undefeated champion of Kingdom War Online. But moments after claiming his final victory, he died… only to awaken inside the game—as the very villain everyone wants dead. Now reborn as Lord Virex, the last boss fated to fall, he holds all his memories, strategies, and battle instincts—but none of the player perks. Worse, he’s stuck in the body of a tyrant hated by the world, with an endgame war looming that promises his destruction. His only shot at survival? Break the rules, rewrite the story, and conquer the world before it conquers him. With cunning, charisma, and sheer dominance, Lord Virex begins gathering powerful female war generals—once enemies, now loyal to him alone. Each one is deadly. Each one desires him. And each one holds the key to changing fate itself. But the deeper he goes, the more secrets he uncovers… and the closer the real enemies draw. In a world where betrayal lurks behind beauty and every move could trigger the end, can the villain become the true king?

I died as the Nine Realms’ strongest Sovereign. Or so they thought. I woke up 5 years ago in a broken body — no memories, no cultivation, no name. The Carter family took me in as their live-in son-in-law, a dog they kicked for three years straight. The day my cheating wife threw divorce papers at me, I signed without looking back. At the crossroads, a girl in white was waiting. She called me “Your Majesty”... and returned something I’d buried: a shattered soul bead. With it came whispers. Fragments of a past life. And a truth: my death wasn’t an accident. It was betrayal. Now I have no power, but I have time. Nine soul fragments scattered across the realms. Nine betrayers who took my throne. Nine steps from trash son-in-law to the man who rewrites the heavens. They think I’m crippled. They think I’m done. Let them laugh. Every slap, every insult, every “worthless”... it’s all fuel. Because when the last fragment awakens, the Sovereign returns. And this time, I won’t die alone.

In 2045, an alien signal unleashed The Collapse, a nanotech plague that turned 90% of humanity into monstrous Shattered. Jace Kade, a disgraced exobiologist haunted by his failure to predict the catastrophe, survives in a crumbling bunker—until a cryptic AI, The Codex, awakens in his mind. It offers power: hack reality, evolve his body, and fight the Shattered. The catch? It’s a galactic test. Only one Codex-bearer can claim the Ascension Key to end the apocalypse—and others, including Jace’s estranged sister, Lena, will kill to win.As Jace battles mutants, rival survivors, and his own doubts, the Codex’s missions push him to the edge of humanity. Each upgrade makes him stronger but erodes his soul. With betrayals mounting and the aliens’ true purpose unraveling, Jace faces a brutal truth: the Codex isn’t saving Earth—it’s a trap to forge a new species. Can he outsmart the system, save his sister, and stop the aliens before he becomes the monster he fears? In a world where trust is a luxury and power is a curse, The Last Code is humanity’s final gamble.