

To the rest of the world, Nate Ryder is a worthless failure whose Awakening ended in disgrace. But Nate alone knows the truth: he has awakened the rarest and most powerful talent on Earth—the SSS-rank Thunder God.In an age ruled by superhuman power, a person's Awakening rank determines their place in society, and strength decides their fate. Talent brings glory, wealth, and privilege, while the weak are trampled underfoot.As the story begins, Nate's impoverished and broken family is already buckling under the weight of hardship. His father, a low-level mechanic, has spent years selling his blood to afford a single vial of Awakening serum, severely damaging his kidneys in the process. His mother has been paralyzed and bedridden for ten years, yet she remains Nate's greatest source of strength—and the reason he refuses to give up, no matter what.But the system is rigged against people like him. At school, Tyler Ashworth—an entitled bully hailed as a prodigy for his A-rank ability—teams up with other students from powerful families to torment and frame Nate without consequence. Tyler even crushes the vial of Awakening serum Nate's father paid for with his own blood.Even the academy's corrupt, status-obsessed administrators side with the elite. They conspire to bar Nate from the national college entrance exam and the Federal Awakened Selection Tournament, determined to destroy a poor student's only chance to rise above his station. Faced with relentless abuse and humiliation, Nate chooses to conceal his true power and bide his time for the sake of his family. In secret, he turns every insult, every injustice, and every ounce of rage into fuel for his training.Then the Federal Awakened Selection Tournament begins, bringing together the most gifted students from academies across the nation. Tyler advances through the tournament, determined to defeat Nate in front of the entire crowd and humiliate him once and for all.

Shawn Quinn, the CEO of the Quinn Group, had searched across the country but had failed to find the woman with a peach blossom-shaped birthmark on her waist. This unique mark signified that the woman was the only pure Yin body in existence. Shawn had been born with a pure Yang body and had to marry that woman to dissolve the Yang poison within him. If he didn't do this, he would soon die.

Reborn as the long-lost daughter of a powerful family, Dana returns home only to be betrayed by her family and replaced by a fake daughter. Refusing to beg for love, she teams up with the family's disgraced son and turns an inheritance war into her path to revenge, redemption, and the family she was meant to have.

After the devastating earthquake, Susan Lewis lost her left arm while shielding her children. Her third son, Ash, went missing, and her eldest son and second daughter promised to honor and care for her. However, over twenty years later, they broke their word and tried to force Susan out of their lives. At this moment, Ash, now the CEO of the Stone Group, unexpectedly reunited with his mother, who had been cast aside.

Yanxing Shen, born into a military family and serving as a female general, was granted the honor of becoming a consort in the imperial palace by the emperor. Upon learning of this, Consort Ning, the most favored consort of the palace, framed Yanxing, leading to the overnight massacre of her entire family. Seeking justice from the emperor, Yanxing found that instead of punishing Consort Ning, he stripped her of her title as a female general. Carrying a deep-seated grudge, Yanxing resolutely embarked on a path of revenge, determined to seek justice for herself. From an official courtesan, she ascended to become a palace lady, and then replaced Consort Ning as the most favored consort. Just as she finally avenged herself, she discovered that her true enemy was someone else.
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Selma Sullivan follows her husband, Chester Sanders, home for the New Year, only to be targeted by his childhood sweetheart, Shirley Zamora. Knowing Selma is allergic to scallions, Shirley deliberately adds them to every dish, then burns Selma's multimillion-dollar contract and even drugs her, hiring a man to assault her. Yet Chester and his family always tell Selma to forgive her. After being driven to her death, Selma is reborn. This time, she replaces Shirley's scallions with the ginger Chester is allergic to and her contract with his $500,000 loan. She makes her husband's family pay for every "forgive and forget" they ever demanded.

Once overweight and insecure, Jung Soo-min is bullied by heiress Kang Yoo-jin at work and pushed off a rooftop to her death. Reborn as orphan Han So-eun, she is granted a "Heart Points Exchange System" that rewards her for winning others' affection. With her mesmerizing voice, she lands a job at an exclusive private club and systematically seduces Kang Yoo-jin's arranged fiancé, her standby suitor, her cousin, and her junior—each conquest earning points that gradually transform her appearance and physique. Using the influence of these four wealthy men, she tears off Kang's mask of hypocrisy, exposes her crimes of assault and oppression, sabotages Sejin Group's partnerships, and forces Kang into overseas "recovery." In the end, the heroine lets go of her bitterness, finds companionship with those she has redeemed, and achieves both self-salvation and total revenge.

Philip Hinton, chairman of the Hinton Group, devises an extreme plan to temper his son Roger Hinton’s character and abilities. He strips off his expensive suits, dons faded work clothes, and sets up a cold noodle stall outside his own company headquarters. From childhood, Roger believes he comes from poverty and must fight to change his fate. Only when his father finally closes the stall does the truth emerge. The humble vendor was a billionaire all along.

Frank Lim, the head of the Lim family, kept his identity hidden from Surrey Swift. He planned on bringing her home the next day, but got into a car crash instead, ending up in a vegetative state. Luckily, Surrey stood by him for eight years. The Lim family's temporary head searched for him for eight years as well. Eventually, one day, Frank woke up.

To get back at her stepsister/love rival Joan Shaffer, Sylvia Salazar climbed into the bed of Joan's super-rich uncle Jeremy Shaffer and slept with him.Many people thought that Sylvia, her family's burden, had offended Mr. Shaffer, and he'd surely skin her alive. But actually, the overbearing business tycoon doted on Sylvia. When she was bullied, he even said, "I won't do justice—I'll only back Sylvia up!"