

Thirty years ago, the Abyss Rifts opened and mechanical abominations invaded Earth. Humanity fought back against the alien menace using mechs. Cole Astra was written off by the Astra family as a castoff outcast due to his mere 40-percent mech neuralsync rate, enduring constant contempt and suppression from his father, brother and sister.On the brink of death, the fragment of an advanced civilization inherited from his mother awakened within him. Cole gained the defying-heaven ability to absorb mech power directly into his own flesh. He steam-rolled all powerful rivals in the Resource Trials. After claiming the championship, he publicly severed ties with his cold-blooded family.Then three demigod-class abominations launched a full-scale invasion, bringing catastrophe to the city. Left stranded in a death trap with his mech destroyed, Cole pushed past his limits once more. Mastering the power of the Storm Sovereign, he slew the demigod foe with a sky-piercing tornado and saved the entire city. Bidding farewell to his mother, he turned into a shooting star and headed for far-off battlefields. His grand odyssey had only just begun.

Aesher, son of the Sea God, devotes himself to mastering hydrokinesis. Before coming ashore, he journeys to the Gilded Royal City in search of his mother. After rescuing his younger sister, the princess, he enters the palace with her. His royal brother mistakes him for an ordinary man with no divine powers, while even his own mother dares not acknowledge him amid the kingdom’s wartime crisis. When an undead army launches a massive invasion, everyone’s water magic proves useless. Aesher’s spectacular abilities amaze the entire court, yet his brother Ide remains consumed by jealousy. The undead witch secretly manipulates Ide, abducts the queen and other members of the royal family, and lays a deadly trap. At the critical moment, Aesher awakens the power of his sea-god bloodline. Poseidon, his father, crosses countless dangers to reach him. United by the strength of family, they slay the Lich King, pacify the ancient evil spirits, and restore peace to the royal city. In the end, the family is finally reunited.

After being betrayed and killed by her fiancé Marcus and her demigod half-sister, Althea—the most celebrated goddess of Olympus—is reborn on the day she must choose her husband. Instead of picking Marcus, she shocks every god by choosing his uncle—the powerful war god she's always called Uncle Alessandro. As her enemies crumble and a love no god dares name takes hold, is this sweet revenge… or a temptation even a goddess can't survive?

Tyrese Mayer is a prodigy of Blueland until his own cousin Jody Hodson covets his kirin Bone and conspires to have him stripped and thrown into the Beastgrave. At the bottom, nearly dead, he finds a dying black beast and seals an ancient blood bond with it. The beast is a Voracity cub, a primordial devourer from myth, capable of consuming anything and converting it into power it feeds back to Tyrese. They survive the tomb by eating everything sent to kill them: demon beasts, pursuers, whatever comes. Tyrese rebuilds his body, awakens abilities he wasn’t born with, and the cub he names Baemon grows stronger with every meal. When he walks back out, it isn’t to flee. It’s to settle every account, dismantle every lie, and let the sect learn exactly what they threw away.

Mark Turner awakens as a "useless" apprentice mage, instantly becoming the academy's laughingstock. Even his fiancée, Ellen Baker—the school's S-rank Blood Berserker—publicly breaks off their engagement, leaving him humiliated and shattered. But in the depths of despair, a mysterious voice awakens in his mind, pulling him into a mental world where a spirit girl appears. She reveals the truth: his SSS-tier talent has transformed his fire skill into a living spirit. Only the first seal of the five elements in his body has been unlocked. Beneath "useless" lies a powerful figure waiting to be awakened.
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A night security job at a museum seems like the easiest money Jorden Leon has ever made. But on his very first shift, he discovers that the museum's relics are anything but ordinary. Driven by instinct, he restores a shattered Eight-Armed Asura bronze statue. As the final crack disappears, an ancient force surges into him, awakening powers beyond imagination. Unaware that he has just prevented an S-Class catastrophe capable of destroying the city, Jordan steps into a new destiny. Soon, whispers spread through the city of a mysterious guardian who protects the living from dangers buried deep in the past.

A night security job at a museum seems like the easiest money Jorden Leon has ever made. But on his very first shift, he discovers that the museum's relics are anything but ordinary. Driven by instinct, he restores a shattered Eight-Armed Asura bronze statue. As the final crack disappears, an ancient force surges into him, awakening powers beyond imagination. Unaware that he has just prevented an S-Class catastrophe capable of destroying the city, Jordan steps into a new destiny. Soon, whispers spread through the city of a mysterious guardian who protects the living from dangers buried deep in the past.

Betrayed by her lover Caleb Lynch and losing both her life and child, the Exorcist Goddess Eliza Aston returns to the day her tragedy began—armed with a thousand years of divine power and vengeance. This time, she lets Caleb’s son drown, making him taste the despair she once felt. But when Caleb and his first love Winnie Stern also return with their memories, a deadly game of revenge and fate begins as they plot to steal her bronze bell.

Lucas Jones gets thrown out of an S-rank survivor base as deadweight. The moment he hits the ground, the Underworld’s Business System awakens, and he opens a restaurant at the end of the world. His ingredients are S-rank anomalies. His staff, once tamed, are the Hell Wardens, the Soul Escorts, and Brewmother herself. Climbing from lowly Underworld Worker all the way to King of Hell, he rescues a desperate survivor base with a single meal, swindles the obscenely wealthy with a single apple, and erases every past humiliation with compounding interest. He isn’t here to survive the apocalypse. He’s here to get rich off it and enjoy every bite.

He's the strongest Alpha alive—cursed so that anyone who touches him burns to ash. She's a wolfless mage apprentice who fell from the sky straight into his arms… and didn't burn. Desperate to find her fated mate, Aria takes a job as Kael's personal maid, unaware the cold, dangerous Alpha is already falling for her. But a dark prophecy looms: their child will carry a curse far deadlier than his—and bearing it could cost Aria her life. When rivals attack and Aria's life hangs by a thread, Kael will face the deadliest mountain in the world to save her. Because some fates aren't written—they're fought for.