When Beauty Meets Beast

Aethan Narok, an extra in the grand household of the Narok family, was born with a rare disease and cursed with crippling paralysis. His life was mediocre, his future nonexistent, his days numbered. However, his fate as a cast-out and worthless being is reversed with the awakening of his dormant Bloodline in a life-threatening moment. The Bloodline—both profane and divine—carries a power whose very name sows seeds of dread and terror in the hearts of those who know it. Now, Aethan, no longer a weakling or forgotten extra, will walk the face of the earth as a being of untold power. But… will that power consume and control him… or will he accept it wholly, and become the Overlord of the world?

The walls still smelled of smoke when Luca opened his eyes. Ash drifted like tired snow, settling on leather boots and broken glass. His hands trembled, stained dark, but he couldn’t say whose blood it was. Outside, sirens wailed like mourning wolves. He stepped into the street, and the city looked back — neon, rain, old hunger. A bartender recognized him and flinched. “Thought you were dead.” Maybe he was. In flashes he saw a rooftop under a red moon. A woman. Rhea. Her voice like warmth through winter: Don’t forget who you are. But he had. Now, every alley whispered his name — some in awe, some in warning. The beast inside stirred, pacing, remembering what he could not. Luca walked on, jaw set, heart heavy. He would find the truth. Even if it tore him open like the moon tears the tide.

No clan. No bloodline. No mercy. Armstrong Norman was expelled from his family at sixteen and declared permanently worthless after three failed awakenings. The cultivation world is cruel, ancient, and ruled by bloodline power. He has none. What he has instead is a body stronger than any awakened cultivator his age, an ambition sharp enough to cut heaven, and a sealed mark over his heart that caused an ancient god to stand up in alarm the moment it flickered. The mark sealed behind three layers of ancient power, sleeps the Core Source Bloodline of the Primordial Chaos Sovereign. The mythical beast that devoured worlds before gods existed. A bloodline so catastrophic that its faint stirring woke sleeping demons, shook divine thrones, and opened the eyes of creatures buried outside space itself. A Guild Master offers him a deal. Awaken the impossible and assassinate an emperor. Armstrong says yes. And that's when some trash would burn the whole world down.

A young boy who becomes confused when a mysterious door appears in his room, Soren's life takes an unexpected, but interesting turn. Shortly after that, he meets Elysia, a female elf from another world. In a bid to find answers, he ventures into the land of urath. There, he discovers another realm and realizes he is the only one able to save the entire world from the Yotu.

Everyone called Jaxen a "Mana-Dead" loser. Even after graduating from the prestigious Aether Academy, he couldn't find a job cleaning toilets. But when his father begs the tyrant Lord Valerius for mercy, Jaxen is forced into a humiliating "Slave-Marriage" to the coldest beauty in the city, Seraphina Valerius. The city laughs as the "Trash Son-in-Law" is forced to sweep the floors of the woman who once chased him. They don't know that Jaxen has awakened the "Primordial Void System." Every insult they throw at him fuels his power. Every time they try to suppress him, he siphons their life force. He isn't just a husband—he's a predator waiting for the perfect moment to devour the entire Valerius lineage.

“You lost your company. Your dignity. Your bone marrow. And now your wife. What else is left of the poor bastard Adrian Lancaster?” He gave her everything, even donating his bone marrow to save her life. She left him for dead. Now, he's back. Colder. Smarter. Merciless. And he's going to make them pay! Every last one of them. He will show them that there is more to Adrian Lacanster. They have awakened the beast in him!

Twelve months ago, the world fractured. Rifts opened in the sky and spewed monsters into the streets. The old governments collapsed within weeks as the world burned. Soon, certain people awakened to magical abilities. The awakened took control of the ruins. They conquered the rifts and claimed the beast cores to level up their own power. Kai was a lowly porter, hired to carry loot for elite hunters inside deadly rifts. When his team encountered a powerful boss monster, they didn’t fight, they sacrificed him. Betrayed and thrown to his death, Kai was meant to be nothing more than another forgotten casualty of a broken world. But instead of dying, he awakens at the heart of the very rift that killed him. Reborn as its master. Now, the monsters obey his will. The dungeon bends to his command. Every hunter who enters becomes prey and every death fuels his growing power. The same elites who once looked down on him are returning, greedy for easy rewards. They still think this is just another dungeon. They have no idea what’s waiting for them. Because this time, Kai isn’t the one being hunted. He’s the one setting the traps. And when the doors close, no one is getting out alive

Kageyama Kage, a boy who wants to die but stuck in the vicious loop of living. A living, walking contradiction. He has a past, a dark history that is not to be revealed at any cost. Hiding or at least trying to hide his demons, he enrolls at Asuka High School in Tokyo where no student knows of his disturbing past. There he meets various people his age carrying similar darkness within their teenage bodies. Just what will happen when he comes across them and will there ever come a day when his past will be revealed? WARNING! MATURE CONTENT! I DON'T OWN THE COVER ART.

When the beaten and broken Seo Ireum is on the verge of giving up, a strange blue screen appears. [Do you want to live] After accepting the offer, he doesn't expect his path to head to the glittering stage of Korea’s most competitive idol survival show, Starlit and into the harsh world of the entertainment industry. Each mission brings him new skill, fame and power. But also reveals fragments of horrifying truth. His father's death wasn't an accident, his mother's death a lie and the system guiding him may be something far more personal than artificial intelligence. As Ireum rises under the spotlight, every applause hides a knife, and every stage hides a secret. In a game where beauty sells and betrayal wins, can he use fame as a weapon for revenge?

When an entire classroom is summoned to the Radiant Empire to become the world’s saviors, Evander expects a grand adventure. Instead, he is granted a seemingly useless, zero-mana support class: [Abyssal Coordinator]. Deemed a waste of resources by the corrupt royalty, Evander is stripped of his gear and thrown into the bottomless Abyssal Chasm to die. But the chasm is a gateway. Deep in the Underworld, a desperate and newly crowned Demon Queen, Vespera, is performing a forbidden ritual to summon a world-destroying Calamity Beast to save her collapsing realm. Instead of a monster, Evander crashes onto her altar. Due to a glitch in the magic circle and his unique class, a soul-link is forged between them. To survive the suspicious demon generals who expect an omnipotent tyrant, Evander must use his modern wits and unique system skills to act as the mastermind behind Vespera's throne. Meanwhile, using a remote avatar, he infiltrates the surface world to dismantle the "heroes" who betrayed him. He isn't just surviving; he’s playing both sides of an empire-spanning war.