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Freya Lyon is the Nine-Tailed Fox who has protected the Noxen kingdom's royal family for five hundred years. To repay the founding emperor's kindness, she guards the kingdom's fortune at the cost of severing her tails nine times. On the eve of her final blessing ceremony, she disperses her powers as the ritual requires, only to be publicly blocked, humiliated, and beaten by the arrogant and jealous Consort Jynna, who even destroys the blessing token, causing celestial anomalies and destabilizing the kingdom's fortune. Though the royal family knows her true identity, suspicion and selfishness prevail—under the incompetent King Cedric Grant and the Empress Dowager's indulgence, they repeatedly harm her. Freya grows cold toward the corrupt Grant descendants but still remembers the innocent commoners, using her remaining power to bear their suffering. Finally, after her powers recover, she reveals her true immortal might, quells the rebellion,and punishes the treacherous.

Nora Lloyd, bitter about her illegitimate status, hates her loving father and flees abroad, where she becomes the renowned Scarlet Monarch. When she receives news of her father's death, she returns home filled with grief and regret, only to discover her half-siblings being bullied by other branches of the family. She decides she has had enough of staying silent.

Nora Lloyd, bitter about her illegitimate status, hates her loving father and flees abroad, where she becomes the renowned Scarlet Monarch. When she receives news of her father's death, she returns home filled with grief and regret, only to discover her half-siblings being bullied by other branches of the family. She decides she has had enough of staying silent.

Betrayed by her husband and left to die, Stella Culver is reborn at eighteen,vowing to rewrite her fate. Taking another's place, she saves Prince Hudson, unravels court conspiracies, and turns her enemies into laughingstocks. With wit and imperial favor, she exposes lies, survives assassins and coups, and uncovers the prince's hidden brilliance—until love and justice become her greatest triumph.

Elise Pierre, a university student, has just stepped into the society when she accidentally spends a night with Louis Denton, a CEO who is known to be allergic towards women. A month later, at a career fair, their paths cross again in an unexpected twist of fate. While Louis initially assumes Elise is a gold digger, he arrives just in time to rescue her from being married off to an older man for a bride price of $100,000. When Elise opens her eyes again, she finds herself in Louis's luxurious home, where she begins to be enveloped in his love and affection.

After a car accident and plastic surgery, a part-time worker wakes up with the face of a wealthy heiress. Living someone else's life, she seizes the chance to get revenge on the man who ruined her. But as she gets tangled with the heiress’s fiancé, an unexpected romance blooms—and so does the question: how far will she go to keep this borrowed life?

Everyone thought Wynne Lynch was Nolan Griffin's simp, shielding him from drinks and knives, willing to be the most humble secretary by his side. In truth,Wynne got close to Nolan only because she saw him as a stand-in for her late lover, Nathan Griffin, and also to fulfill his dying wish: to take care of Nolan for seven years. During those seven years, Nolan allowed Rowena Sutter to humiliate and hurt Wynne without restraint. From life-or-death races to high-altitude skydives, Wynne repeatedly risked her life for Nolan. Yet when Nolan finally realized his own feelings, Wynne had already accumulated enough disappointment and resolved to leave.

Kit Sterling and Daniel Finch are bitter enemies - lawyers battling it out in the courtroom. But after a night of black-out drinking, Kit wakes up next to Daniel... and they’re married?! They fight to keep their marriage secret while Kit insists he isn’t gay. Little does he know he was actually Daniel’s childhood savior…

When Yasmin Conrad was just a kid, she watched her mom get torn apart by vicious dogs because she swept some cherry blossoms wrong. The person who ordered it was Elsie Hudson, who was about to become the Queen.Elsie wasn't satisfied with just one murder; she wanted Yasmin dead too. Right before the wolves could get her, some mystery person saved her and made a deal: learn how to seduce powerful men, get into the palace, and take down the woman who ruined everything. Now Yasmin's ready to use every trick in the book to destroy Elsie, because some things can only be settled with blood.

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.

Three years ago, in an unexpected encounter, Jude Miller cured the insomnia of Ethan Gray, the CEO of Gray Corp. This led to an agreement for them to get married. However, three years later, Jude finds herself expelled by her malevolent mother-in-law and Ethan's mistress. While Ethan cold-heartedly watches Jude suffer, little does he know about her true identity...

Lauren, the heiress of Galaxy Group, spent eight years married to Carson, entrusting her assets to his family. While picking up her daughter Xena from kindergarten, she encountered Rose,who wore the same outfit and carried the same bag,prompting Lauren to suspect Carson's infidelity when she discovered the bag was fake.When Xena suffered food poisoning under her mother-in-law's care, Lauren found Carson and Rose at the hospital with their illegitimate child.After her daughter was safely treated, Lauren resolved to take revenge.As Carson and Rose basked in their facade of wealth,Lauren exposed their lies and evicted them from her home, reclaiming what was rightfully hers.

Everyone thought Wynne Lynch was Nolan Griffin's simp, shielding him from drinks and knives, willing to be the most humble secretary by his side. In truth,Wynne got close to Nolan only because she saw him as a stand-in for her late lover, Nathan Griffin, and also to fulfill his dying wish: to take care of Nolan for seven years. During those seven years, Nolan allowed Rowena Sutter to humiliate and hurt Wynne without restraint. From life-or-death races to high-altitude skydives, Wynne repeatedly risked her life for Nolan. Yet when Nolan finally realized his own feelings, Wynne had already accumulated enough disappointment and resolved to leave.

When Yasmin Conrad was just a kid, she watched her mom get torn apart by vicious dogs because she swept some cherry blossoms wrong. The person who ordered it was Elsie Hudson, who was about to become the Queen.Elsie wasn't satisfied with just one murder; she wanted Yasmin dead too. Right before the wolves could get her, some mystery person saved her and made a deal: learn how to seduce powerful men, get into the palace, and take down the woman who ruined everything. Now Yasmin's ready to use every trick in the book to destroy Elsie, because some things can only be settled with blood.

Charles Levi becomes a vegetable after an accident, forcing Daisy Greg to marry Charles in place of her sister Ina Greg. On the eve of their wedding, Daisy learns that her mother's death was caused by Ina and vows to seek revenge by assuming Mrs. Levi's identity. However, on the first night of their marriage, Charles suddenly awakens, only to fall into a critical condition afterwards... Daisy is then driven out as if she's a jinx.

Monica’s first love was the high school quarterback, Sebastian, who grew up to be a star football player while Monica is now just a cleaner. Sebastian resents Monica for aborting their baby seven years ago, but little does he know that Monica has always been deeply in love with him - until their secret child Ian calls him Dad!

The wealthy and independent beauty, Jessie Zacker, unexpectedly travels back to the 1980s and becomes the "public nuisance" everyone in the compound dislikes. Her husband, the top researcher Harkins Lauren, is determined to divorce her. Resolving to focus on her career and wealth, she unexpectedly transforms into a skilled homemaker and a leader in prosperity. Just when she is set on divorce, her husband, holding her tightly, pleads with her with a hint of grievance: "If we divorce, where will I find someone as wonderful as you?"

Noah Linsey wakes up in a world where humans form bonds with magical beasts, and he's one of the beasts.He is a lowly F-rank spider, promptly abandoned by the girl who contracted him when he proved too weak to be worth keeping. Left for dead, something inside him activates. A system that lets him devour other creatures and evolve without limit. Noah crawls out of that near-death experience and never stops climbing. Shadow Lair, demon beasts, Overlords, all fall before him or kneel to him. When foreign species begin invading and ancient mythological monsters descend on his homeland, Noah has become something that rewrites the definition of power. No one crosses his country and walks away.