When Beauty Meets Beast

Families forge our most beautiful chains, and Devon Tomson’s chains are nearly broken. Turned out from his family and isolated from his friends, Devon is on the verge of homelessness. But when he meets a castaway prince, together they forge a continent-spanning bond of friendship that upsets the balance of power across two contents. It will take all their wits and courage to survive the manipulations of the powerful and the selfish, with the lives and futures of millions unknowingly hanging in the balance.

Five years ago, Mark Lane entered prison as a scapegoat, betrayed by his foster family, abandoned by society, and condemned for a crime he never committed. Five years later, he walks out as something the world has never seen. Inside the prison walls, Mark became the final disciple of a mysterious master, learning forbidden medical arts that defy life and death, and martial skills feared by the underground world. When he returns, the Lane family expects a broken man. They get a king. As enemies circle, coveting his parents’ hidden inheritance and his wife Tania’s beauty, Mark cuts all ties, dismantles the powerful, and reveals a terrifying truth: the prison was only the beginning. This is not a revenge story. This is the rise of a ruler who will carve a path to the heavens through blood, dust, and betrayal.

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.

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?

Cha Joon, a twenty-five-year-old college drop spends his life playing a mobile game called Mystical creature master, where he hunts virtual mystical creatures by going to the mapped location on his phone. on one of his hunts, he meets a real mystical creature "Fenrir" and gets killed, but when he opened his eyes he found himself in a world of swords and magic. what unexpected and extraordinary journey awaits Cha Joon in this new world.

A careless engineering student meets an unfortunate end when struck by lightning while playing a game. Upon awakening, he discovers that he has been transformed into the “waste” heir of a wealthy family. What’s more, this isn’t Earth but another world. In this world, people practice martial arts and magic, and various professions are available. In this “survival of the fittest” world, how will he manage to survive? Don’t worry, because he has… a Shinobi System.

Tension arises when the king of England meets an untimely death which sends a wave of uncertainty throughout the region, concerns of instability arouse among the elders about his succession and the prevention of a civil war for the throne but the kings first son claims the throne and passes a law that all witches be put to the sword given that they were rumors that the witch were responsible for his father’s demise in an attempt to start an insurgency at the other end the Vikings saw this instability as the perfect time to attack and conquer English soil.

Lance, a 15 year old boy who lost his mum, the only parent left, and then his job, is devastated and believes his life had come to an end and would only spiral downwards from then on. And it almost does, because he meets his end in a car accident , when he is transported to another world and reincarnated by fate and the forces at work. He is given a new life, a goal and purpose, to hold the torch of a mage, a wizard and fight the dark forces that are risen to destroy Golredot.

On the day of his awakening, Azrael’s entire world came crashing down. Labeled a cripple, mocked by those around him, and rejected by the very family he yearned to be accepted by, his hopes of changing his fate shattered. He had believed that awakening as a powerful elementalist would finally earn him his family’s recognition and give him the strength and influence needed to save his dying mother. But he never knew the truth — his talent had not failed him. It had been stolen from him before he was even born by the very people he had spent his entire life trying to please. The moment he found out the truth he was killed without hesitation, his corpse was thrown into the Ten Thousand Beast Forest to be devoured by beasts. But death was not the end. [ The natural balance is collapsing ] [ A dual-bound existence has been born ] [ You will stand at the convergence of two paths… ] Given a second chance at life, Azrael becomes something that should not exist, a dual-bound existence. One soul, two bodies, different paths. While one walks the path of humanity, the other prowls the abyss as a rapidly evolving beast capable of devouring bloodlines to grow stronger. No longer a cripple, Azrael vows to rise to the top and make those who cast him aside pay the price. But beyond his desire for revenge lies a far greater danger, one tied to the very balance of the world itself. Unknowingly, he has already stepped into something far beyond his comprehension.

On a hellish night, a secluded village is annihilated by a brutal Beast Man massacre. From the ruins, Roy Jecoriah (20), once a cheerful youth, is forced to dig up the corpses of his own family. On the brink of death, his despair awakens an ancient power called Martyr’s Blood Art, an ability to weaponize blood into deadly anti-magic. But every use comes at a cruel cost, his happy memories are erased piece by piece. With his remaining companions, Ivan, a cynical swordsman, Henry, a steadfast knight, and Faried, a cold sharpshooter, Roy wages a desperate guerrilla war. What begins as revenge soon grows into something far greater, as they build a sanctuary for humanity and uncover the truth behind their near extinction. The massacre was no accident. The Elves, beautiful and manipulative rulers of global power, are secretly orchestrating the genocide, using Beast Men as pawns. As Roy fights back, he ventures to the Dark Continent and uncovers a shocking truth. The feared Demons are humanity’s last allies, bound by an ancient pact forged through sacrifice. But victory demands everything. One by one, Roy loses his friends. Henry and Faried fall, and with each battle, his memories fade. Grief and power twist him into something far darker than the monsters he fights. In the end, humanity rises again with the Demons’ help, but at a devastating cost. Roy claims the throne, not as a hero, but as a tyrant. His kingdom stands on blood and sacrifice, and the boy he once was is long gone, erased by the very power that saved his people.