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Mark Cowell, an ordinary office worker, was lured into an underground billiards scam and lost his entire fortune, even mortgaging their home. His wife Celine discovered the setup and decided to take revenge herself. Posing as a beginner,she returned to the den, winning game after game with ""beginner's luck""—until the stakes soared.Celine then revealed her true skills, attracting the attention of the mastermind—Lucy, her own younger sister and the underground billiards queen. Fueled by jealousy over Celine's past as a three-time world champion, Lucy had set the trap to drag her back into the game.A high-stakes showdown began, with life-altering wagers. At the climax, Mark revealed he was an undercover cop. Celine defeated Lucy with her blindfolded technique, and police raided the den. The couple reclaimed their home and peace, while Lucy was brought to justice.

When Lord Orion is studying the Heavenly Law in Emerald Palace, a transmigrator's soul suddenly appears in his mind with the intention to possess him. Alas, the transmigrator underestimates Orion far too much, for its soul is instantly torn into pieces by the latter's powers. That's when the transmigrator's memory fragments start unraveling inside Orion's mind. There, Orion witnesses the Great Divine Calamity that's set to happen in the future. He also witnesses himself getting attacked by the Four Supreme Saints at that time.In the future, Orion's first disciple will be captured and made the Lord of Western Order. Three thousand followers of said disciple are doomed to their fates as the mounts of the Western Order's disciples. Even Saberlight, a seemingly good and honest saint, will turn on Orion and become the Joyful God of Light.

To reclaim her late mother's estate, Sienna Reed ends up spending a night with Adrian Voss, the Alpha of the werewolf pack. Three days later, she discovers she's pregnant. Four years on, they cross paths again. This time, she has two wolf pups by her side. She runs. He hunts. There's no escaping him. Just when she's convinced he despises her, he turns around and spoils her like she's the only thing that matters.

When the Ice Age hits Earth, temperatures plummet to -70°C. Caden Stone huddles with his sister-in-law around a single campfire,struggling to survive. Then he activates the only SSS-rank talent in existence: “Eternal Power.” He stockpiles massive amounts of food, forges steel, and begins building a sanctuary city.Summoning foreign races to construct mechas, Caden creates a god-tier stronghold in the frozen wasteland—until he makes a shocking discovery: the Ice Ring encasing Earth is actually an alien prison! “Guess I’m stuck being the savior now!”

Game streamer Rena Truman wakes up in a virtual interstellar realm as a top-tier heiress armed with a "villain system." To earn points and cash out, she throws herself into playing the vicious rich girl. But her 21st-century conscience keeps backfiring—every "evil" act she commits turns into an accidental redemption. When a disillusioned priest, a cold-blooded general, an innocent merman, and the empire's iron-fisted commander all gather around her, each falling hopelessly in love, Rena is left stunned. She was supposed to make them hate her. So why is everyone head over heels?

Game streamer Rena Truman wakes up in a virtual interstellar realm as a top-tier heiress armed with a "villain system." To earn points and cash out, she throws herself into playing the vicious rich girl. But her 21st-century conscience keeps backfiring—every "evil" act she commits turns into an accidental redemption. When a disillusioned priest, a cold-blooded general, an innocent merman, and the empire's iron-fisted commander all gather around her, each falling hopelessly in love, Rena is left stunned. She was supposed to make them hate her. So why is everyone head over heels?

Jeana Dylan and her husband were in love for 7 years and married for 5, only to find him having an affair. She then discovered that the past 7 years were all a scam. The man she slept next to every night was only after her family's wealth. After her pain, she decided to retaliate. She joined forces with the mistress, set a trap for her husband, lured him into investing, and made him return all the transferred assets. She also uncovered her husband's secret family and son outside. When everyone was gathered, Jeana let them fight amongst themselves. In the end, Sean Finn was jailed for attempted murder, Lucy Leon lost everything and almost got killed by him, Nina Finn was drowning in debt and forced to pay with her body, and the malicious mother-in-law suffered a stroke and was left unattended. As for Jeana, she reunited with Aaron Grant, the man she liked 10 years ago, and started a new life.

Once cherished as the beloved daughter of the prestigious Chandler family, Claire's life was shattered when she was abducted by a jealous woman named Quintus, who replaced her with her own daughter, Shelly.Raised by Clarence, the master of the Clearheart Temple, Claire grew into a prodigy in the mystical arts.Years later, she was brought back into the Chandler family. Threatened by Claire's return, Shelly conspired with her mother to sabotage her, ultimately leading to Claire's brutal death.But fate had other plans. Reborn through ancient rituals, Claire returned with a burning desire for vengeance.Joining forces with Shawn Jackson, a formidable tycoon with hidden depths,she set out to dismantle the dark sorcery that had controlled her fate. With the support of the Clearheart Temple, Claire revealed the twisted secrets of Shelly and her mother,freeing her biological parents from their evil manipulation.With the darkness behind them, Claire and Shawn embraced the life they were always destined to share.

Theo Palmer, a ruthless underworld kingpin, goes to a temple seeking peace but gets struck by lightning and wakes up in ancient times during a famine—in the body of a drunk, thieving lowlife who got himself killed. When he comes to, he realizes the old monk's "turtle shell divination" lets him predict the future each day: where to hunt,when danger's coming, who can help him out. Theo saves lives, makes money, trains in martial arts, and hunts down the wolf king, slowly turning his reputation around and becoming someone his family can count on.

In a calculated move to align herself with the illustrious Grey family, Baird Grey's former lover, Muriel Will, drugged him. However, her plan backfired when Baird eluded her trap and found himself slept with Tess Yule. Fearing exposure, Muriel bribed Ken Aly to falsely claim responsibility for what happened. Unaware of the deception, Tess brought forth a set of quadruplets, only to have three of them callously discarded by Muriel, while the remaining child, Joy, was placed under Ken's guardianship. For seven long years, Ken deceived Tess, exploiting her trust until, upon his promotion, he heartlessly cast her aside and seized her new home. Luckily, in a twist of fate, Tess's act of kindness towards Baird's grandfather led to a reconnection with Baird. In this unexpected reunion, she made a startling realization: the one she had tirelessly sought for years had been a constant presence in her life.

In a calculated move to align herself with the illustrious Grey family, Baird Grey's former lover, Muriel Will, drugged him. However, her plan backfired when Baird eluded her trap and found himself slept with Tess Yule. Fearing exposure, Muriel bribed Ken Aly to falsely claim responsibility for what happened. Unaware of the deception, Tess brought forth a set of quadruplets, only to have three of them callously discarded by Muriel, while the remaining child, Joy, was placed under Ken's guardianship. For seven long years, Ken deceived Tess, exploiting her trust until, upon his promotion, he heartlessly cast her aside and seized her new home. Luckily, in a twist of fate, Tess's act of kindness towards Baird's grandfather led to a reconnection with Baird. In this unexpected reunion, she made a startling realization: the one she had tirelessly sought for years had been a constant presence in her life.

Carrie takes her daughter to the hospital and walks straight into the man who broke her life apart--Doctor Rynn Fletcher, her ex-boyfriend who once dismissed their love as “playing around,” then went aboard seven years ago. Rynn doesn't recognize her, let alone know she secretly gave birth to their daughter. Carrie denies everything. Her past. Her pain. Her daughter's father. But fate keeps forcing them closer, the child's allergy history, living habits, even blood type, are all pointing toward the same answer, reopening wounds she never healed.

Zoey Devro transmigrates into a novel she already knows the ending of, which is bad news, because she lands as the sidekick to the villainess. In this story, the villainess Elaine Luke ruins everything and takes everyone around her down with her, sidekick included. Zoey has absolutely no interest in that ending. Armed with a system that tasks her with correcting the villainess' worst impulses, she attaches herself firmly to her difficult employer and starts quietly steering the ship. Scheming men get exposed, bad decisions get intercepted, and the villainess slowly becomes someone worth following. Zoey, meanwhile, is building her own empire on the side. She came as a footnote. She is leaving as the whole story.

Felix, betrayed by his former wife Quincy and suffering from dementia, witnessed his daughter Nancy being taken away by Quincy and her lover. After the ancestral tablet was destroyed, an ancestor manifested and restored Felix's spiritual wisdom, granting him power. In order to rescue his daughter, Felix accidentally encountered female CEO Yancey and demonstrated his abilities to save his daughter. However, to completely heal his daughter, Felix needed a Viridblood Plant. Yancey, in order to get rid of Dario's pursuit, gave Felix the herb for the condition that Felix save someone and then they created chaos at an auction. Later, Felix went alone to Yancey's ancestral ceremony, even offering three incense sticks to Yancey's ancestors, embarrassing everyone present. This, however, aroused jealousy from Dario's family, who kidnapped Felix's daughter and set up traps for Felix, all of which he managed to overcome. Eventually, Felix married Yancey, and the two lived happily ever after.

International detective Kerry Weldon accidentally transmigrates into a workplace Mary Sue novel as cannon fodder. She activates a Cannon Fodder Survival System that requires collecting others' emotions to extend her life.After inadvertently calming the volatile CEO Logan Williams' fury, she's hired as his assistant. Discovering Logan's emotional fluctuations boost her life force most effectively, she deliberately provokes him. Logan suffers from a rare emotional disorder that mysteriously improves around Kerry, and he gradually falls for her. Meanwhile, the original female lead Melanie Norman, jealous of Logan's special treatment toward Kerry, repeatedly targets her as a thorn in her side.

The little girl, Molly Foster, carried a small basket full of herbs to brew medicine for her mother. But her grandfather scolded her for wandering around outside, asking her not to cause trouble for her father, who was in the army. At that moment, Molly's mother started coughing up blood. Molly asked her grandfather to get a doctor, but he rejected and scolded her again before leaving. As her mother was dying, Molly found the note her father left her 3 years ago and decided to take her mother to the army camp to find him for treatment. They arrived at the camp gate, and Molly believed that she would finally find him to cure her mother.

After losing her parents, Anna was taken in by Mrs. Kane—her mother’s closest friend—and grew up alongside the Kane brothers, Gordy and Jonathan. The two boys were stars of their school's hockey club, while Anna became their manager, always cleaning up their messes and keeping everything running smoothly. For years, the three were inseparable, perfectly in sync both on and off the ice. But everything changed when Katie, the school beauty, set her sights on Anna’s position. Through carefully plotted schemes and whispered lies, she framed Anna for mistakes, drove a wedge between her and the brothers, and slowly turned them against her. Humiliated and heartbroken, Anna grew distant from Gordy and Jonathan. Eventually, she gave up and transferred to another school, where she met hockey star Ethan and became his manager instead. Only after she was gone did the Kane brothers begin to see the truth about Katie—and by then, it was far too late.

Reality-warping anomalies descend on the world, and with them comes a lethal labyrinth of survival rules that no one fully understands. Mia Townsend, a former homicide detective, now reborn into the body of a seventeen-year-old school girl, is selected as a national representative and sent into the trials.Where everyone else fixates on simply not dying, Mia refuses to think that small. She brings a detective's precision to each forbidden prohibition, treating every rule not as a wall but as a riddle with a seam running through it. Layer by layer she peels back the lies, finds the life hidden inside each trap, and moves forward while the world around her stands frozen in fear. She isn't surviving the anomalies. She's outplaying them.