

Chris Leary inherits a failing corner shop and, desperate to raise money for his girlfriend's treatment, discovers that the store's back door opens into other worlds. His first crossing takes him to a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where he trades food to survivors in exchange for gold and jewels, enough to clear his debts in one run. Pushing further, he stumbles into the immortal realm and negotiates a deal with the goddess Dark Lady: exquisite food in exchange for celestial medicine. But the arrangement carries a dark caveat — the apocalypse world's wealth is bound to the lives of its people. Chris returns with the elixirs, saves an entire survivor base, and locks in a long-term partnership that changes everything. What began as a desperate scramble quietly becomes an empire: one shop, a dozen worlds, and a trader who moves freely between all of them.

A zombie, who still retains human consciousness, adopts Ivy Hull, a former empress who's gotten reincarnated as a baby, when the blood moon is over. They keep each other company in their apartment located on the ninth floor. While the zombie dad controls zombie hordes and keeps evolving by devouring cores, Ivy practices the Glazed Breath Method and time control to become stronger so that she can protect her dad. Together, they strive to survive till the end of the apocalypse.

Ten years ago, the captain of the Federal Cavalry, Eli, was framed by warlord Dirk in collusion with high-level officials and exiled to wasteland on charges of treason. After ten years of dormancy, he returned to Nikko Town and witnessed Dirk slaughtering the townspeople to seize high-purity mineral veins. Eli joined forces with his former henchman Karen and ranger Lena to rise up in rebellion and collect evidence of exoneration. During the final battle, Karen sacrificed her life to blow up the enemy line, while Eli killed Dirk and was exonerated. However, she refused to be persuaded by the Federation and returned to the desert alone.

Lucy’s five-year-old son, Joey, was kidnapped and held for ransom after her husband, Arthur, fell for the lies of his childhood best friend, Amy. Joey died in a mudslide while being transported. Arthur not only covered up the truth but also publicly played a humiliating video at the funeral to mock Lucy. Devastated, Lucy filed for divorce and left the country, assuming a new identity as Ycul (Lucy spelled backwards), a top jewelry designer. A year and a half later, Arthur discovered the truth behind Amy’s lies. Realizing that he had gotten his own flesh and blood killed because of a lie, he was consumed by guilt and driven to madness. He pushed Amy into a pit of venomous snakes, where she was fatally bitten, and then traveled the world begging Lucy for forgiveness. In Paris, Lucy coldly rejected him and told him to pay the price for his crimes. Ultimately, Arthur returned to his home country, brutally murdered all his accomplices, and turned himself in to the police. He was sentenced to death and bequeathed his entire estate to Lucy’s charitable foundation, while Lucy embraced a new life as radiant as a sunflower.

Bankrupt socialite Aliyah was put up for auction as collateral by her gambler fiancé, inadvertently awakening Caspian, a deep-sea kraken. He strangled the gambler and took Aliyah away as the "pearl" he had been searching for across millennia. This reclusive global tycoon imprisoned her on a luxury yacht, unleashing an obsessive and forceful love. When a hidden mastermind sowed discord between them, Caspian risked his life to protect her. Through life-and-death trials, the two forged a "Life-Sharing Covenant." Aliyah awakened her priestess bloodline and joined forces with Caspian to repel the ancient gods. In the end, their curse was dissolved by true love, and Caspian offered the entire ocean as a betrothal gift, crowning his queen with the "Heart of the Deep Sea."

Kyle Hubert, an executor from the Underworld, agrees to Old Mr. Carter's dying request: marry into the Carter family under contract and protect them for three years.Despite his silent guardianship, the Carter family treats him with contempt and betrayal, ultimately expelling him just as the protection period ends. When the Carter family faces deadly calamity once more, they finally learn the truth about Kyle’s sacrifices and desperately beg him to return.
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Kyle Hubert, an executor from the Underworld, agrees to Old Mr. Carter's dying request: marry into the Carter family under contract and protect them for three years.Despite his silent guardianship, the Carter family treats him with contempt and betrayal, ultimately expelling him just as the protection period ends. When the Carter family faces deadly calamity once more, they finally learn the truth about Kyle’s sacrifices and desperately beg him to return.

After being reborn on the day the apocalypse began, Layla willingly gave the last rescue spot to her former enemy, Lina, Oliver’s first love.In her previous life, Oliver blamed Layla for Lina’s death, tortured her for five years, and eventually threw her into a horde of zombies. After her rebirth, Layla survived alone by climbing a cliff and was rescued by the rescue captain, Ace, who recognized her as his former high school gaming friend. The two eventually fell in love.With two PhDs, Layla was recruited to investigate the virus, while Ace volunteered to protect her. She decisively called off her engagement to Oliver. When her parents tried to force her into the marriage for their own benefit and failed, they cut ties with her.Oliver later knelt and begged for her forgiveness, but Layla coldly refused. In the end, Layla successfully developed a vaccine.

The end of the world was upon us, but there weren't enough spots for evacuation. The roars of the zombies echoed in my ears as my fiancé, Oliver, gritted his teeth and pulled me onto the rescue vehicle—securing the last available seat. I arrived safely at the survivor base. Lina, his first love, did not. The zombies tore her apart. Oliver still went through with our marriage, but I never expected that he had only done so to make me suffer. In his eyes, I was the one who had killed Lina. If she had to endure such agony, then I should, too. For five years, he hated me. My life was worse than that of a stray dog scavenging for food on the street. On the day my divorce was finalized, he kidnapped me, dragged me into the wilderness, and wrapped his fingers around my throat. Then, he threw us both into the swarm of the undead. When I opened my eyes again, I was somehow reborn on the day the apocalypse began. The rescue team was shouting impatiently, "One more! We have room for one more—hurry!" I turned to Oliver, watching his hesitation. Then, with a quiet smile, I took a step back and let someone else have the last seat.

Betrayed by her boyfriend and half‑sister, Ava Hart is forced by George Hart, who is desperate to secure an investment, into Mr. Warren's bed. Seizing a chance to escape, Ava runs into the male lead. He recognizes her as the girl who protected him in their childhood. Drugged, Ava mistakes him for an escort. After a night together, she leaves money behind and departs. Back home, Ava is held captive. Learning of her plight, the male lead confronts Mr. Warren and helps her flee the Hart family. Homeless, Ava goes home with the male lead, who proposes to her. Believing marriage will free her from George Hart's harassment, she accepts. As their feelings deepen while living together, the villain conspires with his uncle to kill the male lead's father. To keep Ava safe, the male lead publicly humiliates her at his father's funeral. Heartbroken, Ava leaves to build her own career. The male lead secretly supports her from afar. Meanwhile, Ryan Carter, who admires Ava, pursues her fiercely. Ava later discovers she is pregnant. When the villain finds out, he kidnaps her to threaten the male lead. Risking everything, the male lead rescues Ava. They finally resolve their misunderstandings and start a new life.