True Essence

The age of harmony is long dead. In the current era, cultivators have turned the natural world into a slaughterhouse, harvesting the essence of beasts to fuel their own immortality. Beast taming is not just forbidden, it is a capital crime punishable by public execution. Asher is a nameless slave working in the high altitude meat processing plants, where the rarest creatures are butchered daily. He has spent his life in silence, until he unearths a rusted, pulsating relic deep within a forbidden mine shaft. The moment his skin touches the artifact, the world stops. He hears them. Every caged creature, every dying spirit in the facility, is screaming. But they are not screaming in agony. They are waiting for him. Asher discovers that he is the last of an extinct lineage capable of forming soul bonds. As he begins to unite the broken remnants of beastkind, he realizes that the hunters are not the only ones with a thirst for power. An ancient darkness is stirring, and if Asher cannot stop the cycle of hate between men and monsters, the entire world will be silenced forever.

"Rank F? Crippled? Cursed? They have no idea what they’ve just unleashed." In a world where Moon-rank dictates status, I was the ultimate disgrace. When the legendary black egg hatched, it didn't reveal a dragon—it revealed a weak, crippled runt of a wolf. The humiliation was followed by a brutal betrayal. Cast into the Velmora Abyss—a place worse than hell—I was supposed to die. Instead, the darkness had other plans. [Void Prime System Activated!] With the ability to devour the very essence of everything I kill, I no longer need their pity. My crippled wolf has evolved into a Shadow Primal, and I have become a vessel of unstoppable darkness. One by one, the clan that cast me out will be forced to kneel. One by one, the stolen thrones will be torn down. Let their light shine one last time. Because when I return, only darkness will remain.

Who is he?! He is Liam Storm! The formidable zillionaire, worthy of shaking the city with just a blink of his eyes! Possessing an unquestionable power and acquiring enormous wealth, seems to be not possible but is that really true? After suffering a mental breakage from his ex lover, who cheated on him and losing all ways to become a better person, all hopes appeared to flood down the drain. But does fate really plays games? Unexpectedly, Liam's life made a sudden turn over to the extent, it bewildered him to the core... Now, it was in question what will become of him? **** " You......what gut do you have?! You of all people! You called me a cheat and a betrayal? Well, you can say that, but I don't give a damn! Do you think I am going to wait and starve with you?! What do you take me for? I was only doing you a favour by dating you, you don't have a future, a good life, job, a family, money, inheritance, status, name, house, car, career, investment, no worth, you aren't even famous or anything! Basically, you don't have anything! So, what can you offer me?! Tell me, Liam Storm, what can you offer me?! How can you make your life and my life better?! I thought since you graduated as the best student from the top college, you will be wealthy, but guess I am totally wrong! You are as worthless as a penniless bastard and nothing but a loser after your graduation!!" She spat angrily at him, pointing to him as she yelled. Then, she moved closer to the man on the bed and smiled at him.

In a realm torn apart by ancient rivalries and the lingering shadows of mystic evils, Marcus—once a prince and valiant warrior who fell in the fateful battle against the dreaded Trinitarians, a trio of malevolent forces feared across all realms—has been resurrected to confront an even greater menace: the Origin. Neither fully alive nor entirely dead, Marcus exists in a fragile state of being, his essence fractured yet imbued with newfound power. As he grapples with his reforged abilities, he is thrust into a ceaseless battle against a rising darkness that threatens to unravel the fabric of existence itself. Guided by enigmatic allies and tormented by the ghosts of his past, Marcus uncovers a sinister conspiracy that transcends realms, blurring the boundaries between creation and destruction. With time slipping away and the line between himself and the Origin dangerously thin, Marcus must embrace his destiny as the final guardian of life or risk surrendering everything to the chaos of the Origin’s unrelenting wrath.

In a daring act of love, Marcus Rover has taken on a challenge to win the heart of the woman he loves. He discards his real identity as the wealthy and powerful heir to the most affluent family in the country. Instead, he becomes Mark Wright, a commoner who supports his wife's ambitions and works as a delivery partner. But how long will Mark be able to keep his secret under wraps, even though his blood boils on seeing Cassie's family belittle at her every turn, and mock their relationship out of the social disparity? When his wife's path to inheriting her family business is blocked- Mark steps in and does everything he can to support her. But will this step bring them one step closer to uncover the truth? Has he been keeping the secret just out of love? Or was there another dark motive behind this? As the truth surfaces, Cassie and Mark must navigate the storm of revelation and grapple with the consequences of deceit and societal pressures. Will their love endure the trials of hidden identities and social prejudices, or will their lives be forever changed by the revelation of Mark's true heritage? Prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions as secrets and identities collide in this gripping tale of love, betrayal, and unmasking.

On the day of the crucial test, Lin Xuan's spiritual roots were revealed to be at the lackluster fifth level. This meager talent meant a near-impossible climb past the middle stage of Qi Training—a death sentence for any hope of entering the prestigious immortal sects. Immortality was a dream now impossibly out of reach. ​But fate offered a path darker than death. The notorious Demon Sect, in need of fresh "spiritual slaves," began plundering the weak and poorly qualified across the lands. These victims were forced to cultivate the demonic Burning Life Magic, a technique designed to turn their very essence into consumable spiritual sand for the Demon Sect's elite. ​Lin Xuan was snatched from Shihu City and dragged into the chilling embrace of the Demon Realm, entering the demonic gate not as a disciple, but as chattel. Yet, even in this hellish servitude, he discovered a bizarre, hidden salvation: the [Placement Bar]. ​This cryptic tool holds the key to surviving and progressing where conventional cultivation has failed. Can the [Placement Bar] turn a condemned spiritual slave into a demon-slaying powerhouse?

What is a mystery? Is it an axiom representing what is not perceptible and understandable? Is it the unfathomable, incomprehensible no matter how people try to make it specious? No, it isn't that. The definition of mystery is only what people can conceive, a specious fact with loopholes. People believe what they believe to be true and sadly, it has plunged them to the endless gore of ignorance. Mysteries aren't what we don't understand or what we can't comprehend. Mysteries aren't what remain hidden, taciturn to the ever yearning ears of people. Mysteries aren't the supernatural laws which can't be explained or fathomed. No, the definition of 'mysteries' is beyond that. Mysteries are what can't be reached no matter how we try to reach them. It isn't what can't be comprehended. Rather, it's what can't be reached. They are endless gores, immersed into the abyssal chasm of infinities. Mysteries are a state of endlessness and boundlessness, incomprehensible and unfathomable. Yes, that's what mysteries are. Cyclopean and grosteque phantasm is what a mystery should be called. A mystery transcends the feebleness and lumbering states of concepts, going on and on for eternity. Hence, a mystery is the same as infinity and infinity the same as a mystery. A mystery is infinite and infinity is mysterious—both are like a symphony, intertwined with each other making them chalcenterous and existing in oneness. To understand a mystery, you need to be boundless and infinite, transcending all possible concepts and impossible concepts, all possible 'non-concepts' and all impossible 'non-concepts'. Mysteries are beyond conception as well as non-conception. They are mysteries, boundless and infinite! They are stacked upon each other in a terracing manner, shrouded in the prodigious paradigm of infinity, going on and on till infinity!

In the Xuanhuang world, the sky had shattered centuries ago, leaving behind the "Celestial Fracture" that poisoned the world's energy and constrained the path of cultivation. Lin Feng, a weak and ailing mine slave, was accidentally struck by a mysterious stone from a meteorite. This stone turned out to be a "Heaven's Core Shard"—a fragment of the broken sky—that fused with his soul and granted him eyes capable of "Deconstructing All Laws." With his newfound ability, he saw the world not as a mystery, but as a collection of puzzles that could be taken apart and reassembled. From the lowliest kicking technique to forgotten ancient legacies, he could comprehend the essence of everything. However, this power made him a target for many factions: orthodox sects seeking to exploit him, wicked cultivators wanting to steal his soul core, and ancient beings awakened from slumber as he began to "repair" the damaged sky. His journey was not just one to become the strongest, but also to become the "Heavenly Repairman." Each step he took transformed the world, creating new cultivation arts, revolutionary artifacts, and ultimately, posing the ultimate question: should the shattered sky be restored to its original state, or reassembled into something entirely new?

In 2081, five-year-old twins Aaron and Anya Lockwood are forced to flee as their parents’ secret neuroscience lab goes up in flames. Moments before the end, their parents inject them with the final fragment of a groundbreaking invention, Neuroid, a neural implant capable of recording not just memory, communication through mind link but the very essence of consciousness. Separated to survive, the twins grow up in different worlds. Aaron becomes Kael Vale, a hardened ex-Marine buried under years of trauma and silence. Anya becomes Lyra Thompson, a rising neuroscientist unknowingly working to resurrect the very technology that tore their family apart. Twenty-five years later, Kael hears a voice no one should know: his real name. As echoes of their past resurface through dream bleeds and shared memories, the twins are drawn back into a corporate war for control over human minds. But Neuroid is more than tech, it’s legacy. And somewhere inside the system, their parents are still alive… in pieces. To survive, Kael must find Lyra and reunite to resist the ghosts inside them, and decide whether to weaponize memory or heal from it. In a world where minds can be mapped, sold, and rewritten, what does it mean to remember who you really are?

When the Prom Queen is drugged into bowel distress, her best friend suggests a rather absurd solution, blantantly ignoring their moral responsibility. Tade is banished from home because of his unusual familiarisation with human beings, into the regularly polluted lake of Badagry.Deola only needed to relieve herself but what she gets in return is a intoxicating obsession from the mysterious, secretive but helpful young man, an entanglement she never bargained for.This is a classic read of intriguing mystery and uncertain affection between two distinctly parallel existences, a taboo that must never be spoken of.