Hero/Heroin

In the world of Aethelgard, fate is not written in the stars—it is decided by the cards you hold. While the nobles of the Spire are born with legendary Golden Decks filled with dragons, holy magic, and divine relics, the poor are left with broken scraps barely worth surviving with. Kai is nothing more than a nameless mine slave with no Deck, no status, and no future. But when a deadly cave-in uncovers a hidden flaw in the world’s perfect system, his destiny changes forever. Buried beneath the ruins, Kai discovers [The Wildcard]—a corrupted card capable of becoming anything. A god-slaying sword. A forbidden spell. A monstrous beast. Or… a useless wooden spoon. Unstable, unpredictable, and feared by the system itself, the Wildcard turns Kai into a threat to the very order of Aethelgard. Armed with a chaotic deck forged from literal trash, stolen relics, and impossible combinations, Kai enters the brutal climb of the Spire where every duel is a gamble and every defeat means death. To survive, he must outplay nobles, crush legendary card wielders, and uncover the truth behind the Deck system that controls the world. Because in Aethelgard, power belongs to those lucky enough to draw it. But Kai was never lucky. He cheats fate itself. A dark fantasy progression novel packed with ruthless battles, evolving cards, deadly tower climbs, and a zero-to-overpowered journey where the weakest slave may become the greatest wildcard the world has ever seen.

A baby was born into the world at a most extraordinary moment—when the Earth was experiencing a total solar eclipse that lasted for an entire month, nearly driving all living creatures on the planet to extinction. At the very moment of the child's birth, the Celestial Beings bestowed a sacred tome containing great power and profound knowledge, along with a legendary sword that was the twin to the tome. Yes, Xiao Chen, the baby born during that rare celestial event, was chosen to receive the divine gift of the tome and the sacred sword. Not only that, he was also born with a rare physique—one that only appears once every ten thousand years. But behind the blessings he received lies a great responsibility: to thwart the ambition of the most powerful dark cultivator from the past who has risen once more and seeks to reclaim dominion over the Earth.

Princess Nadia, slave to Sir Rallian, is growing impatient. Even with powerful people such as the Imperial Advisor, Lord Polaris, and Marchioness Ivanna of Aramycius trying to free her, she has spent years as a slave. And now that Noelle is an empire ruled by the conniving and manipulative Empress Ariana, freedom seems hopeless. To make matters worse, Rallian knows Naida is a mermaid, Ariana doesn't take Polaris seriously, and Ivanna is losing her influence on the public. Slowly but surely, the prophecy Polaris had recognized years ago in the Royal Dream no longer appears relevant. This is only substantiated when Rein Bow begins to have her own prophetic dreams again, which seem to contradict the Royal Dream. Nevertheless, Polaris and Ivanna are devoted to freeing Nadia without her having to fight for it in the Annual Slave Arena. But as oppression weighs heavier on Nadia's shoulders, she begins to slip through their fingers, leaning toward signing up against their advice to wait. Will Polaris and Ivanna be able to keep Nadia from signing up for the Annual Slave Arena before they can free her? Will they even be able to free her without her fighting in the arena?

Killian Dante sacrificed everything for the woman he loved. He took the fall for a crime he didn’t commit, trading his freedom and innocence for his (Wife) The weak, loyal man who entered Dreadmoo Prison never came back. Years later, an unstoppable force walks free—only to be greeted by divorce papers, the brutal murder of his family, and a web of lies and scandals that destroyed everything he once lived for. Now, there is nothing left to lose. Every betrayal will be repaid. Every lie will be exposed. Every enemy will fall. “They’ll all pay,” Killian swore.

One ring to grant every wish, one man to break the world. When Karan finds the forgotten relic of the fallen angel Azazel, his life of poverty ends and a cosmic war begins. Now, every thought is a weapon, and every dream is a potential disaster. Pursued by immortal predators who sold their souls for success and heavenly guardians sworn to maintain the balance, Karan must master the power of imagination before the reality he knows is erased forever. In a world where your deepest fears can become your greatest enemies, can a mere human hold the power of a god without losing his soul?

Lin Jiang, a young man stripped of talent after the inner pathways of his body were shattered by the blast of a nearby battle. From that day forward, scorn and humiliation became the only road left to him. His life was steeped in suffering—cast out by his family, branded as worthless, treated as nothing more than refuse. Endless torment defined his existence. But one fateful day, Lin Jiang fell into the abyss of death. That descent marked the beginning of a new life. Within the depths of that deadly chasm, what awaited him? The Sword of the Dark Emperor—an artifact of shadow and ruin. Yet for a mortal child, it was also the first step toward the path of light.

When Damien William woke up in that hospital eight years ago with no memories, a kind woman named Sophia helped him recover. Grateful and lost, he married into her family, the Vaughns, and became their live-in son-in-law. For seven years, they treated him like garbage, a brain-damaged charity case who should be grateful for the scraps from their table. One month ago, Damien's memories returned in full. He remembered that he's the true heir to the William Empire, a trillion-dollar dynasty that controls half the world's economy. He also remembered that the accident that caused his memory loss wasn't an accident, but a perfectly staged incident orchestrated by his cousin, Raymond, and Sophia's uncle was the inside man who helped them. But Damien didn't reveal himself immediately. He continued playing the humiliated son-in-law, while planning his revenge on everyone who had wronged him.

They call Marcus Chen a god-killer. A thief. An abomination. The truth? He's the only mortal who survived when Ares died on top of him, bleeding divinity into his veins. Now every pantheon in Chicago wants him dead before he finishes transforming into something that shouldn't exist, a god born from human flesh. Marcus has three days before execution. Three days to control the power that's burning him alive. Three days to expose the real conspiracy behind Ares's murder. The old gods ruled for millennia. Marcus Chen might be the last god they ever fear.

Fifty years ago, human progress stopped. No new equations. No new discoveries. No breakthroughs. For half a century, science lay shackled by an invisible chain, leaving humanity trapped in a golden age that never came. Then came Quincy Enterprise and Interplanetary Network—a revolutionary VR game powered by technology that shouldn't exist. Inside its pods, players command divine magic, touch distant stars, and explore hyper-realistic galaxies. To the world, it’s the ultimate escape. To governments, an unexplainable miracle. To Wyvon Klovis, a burned-out high school physics teacher, it’s a puzzle waiting to be solved. When Wyvon steps into the game as Photon-V, he expects a distraction. Instead, he uncovers a terrifying secret: The game isn't a simulation. Ancient gods lie imprisoned within its code, cosmic authorities destroy entire star systems from the shadows, and the physics of the universe are being actively manipulated. Armed with modern quantum science and a newly awakened divine authority, Wyvon must decipher the Administrator’s sigil, claim the Primordial Creation Gems, and rewrite the rules of reality. The game holds the key to why human science slept for fifty years... and Wyvon is about to wake it up.

Jian Lei is the shame of his village, a nineteen year old with no spiritual root, mocked by elders and abandoned by his own clan. When bandits raid his village and kill the only person who ever believed in him, a dying flame buried in his chest ignites for the first time. That flame is the last fragment of the Infernal Sage, a being who once tried to burn down the laws of heaven itself. Jian Lei is thrown onto the cultivation path, hunted by sects who want the flame, courted by prodigies who fear it, and slowly falling for a woman whose family may have helped bury the Sage's name a thousand years ago. To save the people he loves he must claw his way from mortal dust into a force strong enough to make heaven answer for its crimes.