"Every scar I bear reminds me of whom I became, what I had lost, and what others could still lose because of things outside of their control. They are not a burden to me, nor is the pain, for it reminds me every day of what I value."
"Which is?"
"The same thing that you value. Justice for the sake of it, and the safeguard of those who need it. Our methods may differ, but our hearts are the same."
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Chasing that oath through thirteen hundred years of longing, the star-crossed lovers become unstoppable dragons in their own right all while remaining cold-hearted and dispassionate.
...Because what is power without someone to share it with?
As if mocking the question, Divine fate entangles them in a treacherous plot against the Gods—beginning with The Immortal of Darkness. Wrongfully accused of treason, he is imprisoned to await trial. Distraught by the idea of losing his Zhiyin forever, the Immortal of Light declares he will save his fated one from certain death. Working together, they strive to locate and slay a deadly God Killer all while unraveling the secrets of their past.
Can devotion span eons and topple fate, or will it be swallowed whole?
Disclaimer—this is a slow-burn MM fantasy series with brutal themes. Reader discretion is advised.
In a Mary-Sue novel, the readers all liked the Devil Venerable, the second male lead who devoted himself whole-heartedly to the female lead. However the female lead only loved the male lead who abused her physically and mentally.
Readers: Why doesn’t the female lead like the Devil Venerable?!
Devil Venerable: This Venerable also wants to know. But what I really want to know is why I even like the female lead at all.
In order to understand why the female lead wasn’t attracted to him, the self-conscious Devil Venerable brutally interrogated the entire cast of characters from the novel.
Background characters: I have so many things I want to say but I don’t dare to say it to his face!
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After obtaining the book, the Devil Venerable discovered that the book described the world he lived in. This book said that after he sacrificed himself for the female lead, the fourth male lead, his silent and loyal subordinate Yin Hanjiang, blackened and attempted to kill her as a sacrificial offering for his lord.
Devil Venerable Wenren E: Yin Hanjiang, this Venerable wants to know why you wanted to kill the female lead.
Yin Hanjiang was silent.
Wenren E: If you refuse to speak, this Venerable will cut out your tongue and drink it with alcohol!
Being a half-orc is fun most of the time. Most people think I’m all orc, and that usually slicks things up so I can glide in and out of town without much fuss. Most of the time things go really smoothly for me. Sometimes, young watchmen from small towns with too much time on their hands pick a fight with half-orcs just trying to get some mead, and sometimes that ends up with me taking a kid all the way to the capital to become a bard, and sometimes that means I discover along the way a new questline that I need to follow. Sometimes. Well, this time, at least, and my companion for this quest is the cutest little necromancer I’ve ever seen (he’s the only one I’ve ever seen, but he’s adorable).
Now, where did I leave my barrel of mead again?
Lawton:
Being the most feared human in Fasgard is annoying and inconvenient. It’s not like I went out of my way to be born a necromancer, but since my options are death or working for the king, I gladly accept my role as high sorcerer. It doesn’t matter that I’m a prince of the realm, at least not to anyone in the palace. When one of my father’s concubines loses her temper a little too hard, the things I discover lead me to the most wonderful half-orc I’ve ever met (I’ve only met the one, but he’s amazing), and my very first real adventure.
I can’t believe I’m finally going to leave the palace!
I Went On An Adventure and All I Got is This Barbarian Orc is a five chapter serial fantasy adventure with a light-hearted, fun TTRPG vibe. Expect big magic, lots of cuddles, plenty of steam, and a team of characters that might not get a natural 20 on every roll, but they make up for it with creative solutions to both magical and mundane problems.
After an explosion, You XiaoMo finds that he is now a probationary disciple of the TianXin sect. However, he is one with dubious potential, so just when he starts to adapt to his new circumstances, he receives a piece of bad news. If he is unable to produce the required result after half a year to become an official disciple of the TianXin sect, he would be driven out of the sect.
While You XiaoMo is going all out to make medicines and earn money, he runs into Ling Xiao. To his horror, he later discovers that Ling Xiao is really someone cloaked in human skin.
Fu Li was a yaoguai from the countryside who had never seen the world. After entering the city, his biggest dream was to become a civil servant and leave his name in historical records.
However… He didn’t have a university degree. Not even a high school graduation certificate.
So, even a yaoguai would not be able to find a good job if they didn’t study well.