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Once a crown prince, Finn Clark lives as a commoner after being rescued by Helen Smith, who raises him amid scorn and hardship. Though only a lowborn's daughter, she shields him, urging him to train in secret and wait for his moment. Enduring humiliation from Mark Smith and protecting his love Grace Conley, Finn hides his strength—until the combat tournament, where he shocks the realm and unknowingly draws his father,Emperor Sean Clark, closer to finding him.

At an elite ballet company where only the best survive, a twisted story of love and revenge unfolds between two twin ballerinas and the two men entangled with them. Although identical in appearance, the older sister Hajeong has always lived in the shadow of her more talented twin Seojeong. Consumed by jealousy, Hajeong devises a cruel plan that destroys Seojeong’s career and life, forcing her into becoming a stripper. Years later, Seojeong returns with a new face and a new name—determined to reclaim everything that was stolen from her.

In the year 2399, all of humanity is drawn into a game known as Doomsday Hotel. Every player who enters is given a basic hotel. The higher the level, the larger and more powerful the hotel becomes. In his previous life, Ryan Charles sold his hotel for $30 million. Little did he know that 30 days later, the Earth would descend into a doomsday, and the hotels within the game would manifest in reality as shelters. As a result, Ryan fell into slavery and met a miserable end. Who could have imagined that when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the very day he was pulled into the game—and this time, he was bound to the strongest system. Trash men and scheming women come to provoke him? They only end up getting slapped in the face. While other players are still trying to figure out the game's mechanics, Ryan has already built a top-tier luxury hotel, gathered four beautiful maidservants, and is comfortably lying back, waiting for Doomsday to arrive.

Yolanda's operational error during surgery left a patient paralyzed and triggered a heart attack in herself out of shock.Desperate,Yolanda's mother pleaded with Carolyn to take the blame and serve the prison sentence in Yolanda's place. Deeply in love with Yolanda's brother, Frazier, Carolyn agreed to the request but kept everything secret, intending to explain the truth to him after her release. However, while in prison, Carolyn was diagnosed with cancer. Thus, she chose to conceal the truth indefinitely rather than cause Frazier further pain. Then, she secretly dedicated her final days to supporting him—helping his company develop an anti-cancer drug, and even donating her heart to his sister after her death. But Frazier knew nothing about it and still had a misunderstanding of her even after her death. At last, overcome with regret, he chose to die.

Jack Hill is reborn into a famine-stricken year as a lazy good-for-nothing. He has five stunning sisters-in-law who dote on him, and he unexpectedly awakens a space system that helps him improve his family's dire situation.However, his envious cousin Andy Hill tries to undermine him, aiming to take away his sisters-in-law. Each time, Jack uses his newfound abilities to thwart Andy's schemes,protecting his family and leading the villagers to plant peanuts to survive a devastating drought.Andy, still bitter, teams up with local bullies to plot against Jack and his family. Jack sees through their conspiracy and,in the process of protecting the girls, unexpectedly falls in love.After resolving the crisis, Jack finds a water source for the villagers, builds a trade caravan, and amasses wealth. Ultimately, he lives a prosperous and peaceful life with his five sisters-in-law, transforming from a good-for-nothing into a true success story.

Orphaned Emily grew up under the care of her master, only to find out one day that he was actually the legendary Mystic Healer. When Arthur Wood, her master, discovers that the son of an old friend, Victor Shaw, is critically ill, he sends Emily down the mountain with an unusual mission: to marry Victor and save his life. After their wedding, Emily confidently vows to be the breadwinner, support her husband, and build a life for them both. Together, they hilariously take on Victor's scheming cousin and his ex-fiancée, with plenty of laughs along the way. Emily not only cures Victor's illness but also turns a tidy profit, building a thriving life for them. Through their time together, they experience warmth, heartfelt moments, and unexpected surprises. Before they know it, Victor and Emily find themselves falling head over heels in love.

Wealthy heiress Lina Veyne is forced into an engagement with ruthless heir Lucien Moro to save her family, trapped like a bird in a gilded cage. At the IRIS Club’s secret Phantom show, she's shocked to find masked dancer ""Seven"" is Stian Quinn, her first love who was declared dead at sea 5 years prior. This is all Lucien’s cruel scheme: he faked Stian's death, and uses the supposedly amnesiac man to break and tame Lina once and for all. When Lina's reckless defiance only brings brutal punishment down on Stian, she puts on a mask of obedience to Lucien, while secretly plotting her revenge. She soon makes a shocking discovery: Stian's amnesia is a lie. He's been undercover at IRIS this whole time, gathering damning evidence to take down this dark empire for good.

On our seventh wedding anniversary, I was straddling my Mafia husband, Lucian, kissing him deeply. My fingers fumbled in the pocket of my expensive silk dress, searching for the pregnancy test I'd hidden there. I wanted to save the news of my unexpected pregnancy for the end of the evening. Lucian's right-hand man, Marco, asked with a suggestive smile in Italian: "Don, your new little canary, Sophia. How does she taste?" Lucian's mocking laughter vibrated through my chest, sending a chill down my spine. He replied, also in Italian: "Like an unripe peach. Fresh and tender." His hand was still caressing my waist, but his gaze was distant. "Just keep this between us. If my Donna finds out, I'm a dead man." His men chuckled knowingly, raising their glasses and swearing their silence. The warmth in my blood turned to ice, inch by inch. The one thing they didn’t know was that my grandmother was from Sicily, so I understood every word. I forced myself to remain calm, keeping the perfect smile of a Donna fixed in place, but the hand holding my champagne flute trembled. Instead of making a scene, I opened my phone, found the invitation I had received a few days ago for a private international medical research project, and tapped "Accept." In three days, I would disappear from Lucian's world completely.

Lexi Jones signs up for the "Kitty LoveSim" system, a virtual romance game where completing missions earns real-world cash. All she has to do is finish the final task to cash out and exit the game. Committed to doing the job right, Lexi unexpectedly ends up marrying Scott Fuller—the heir to the Fuller empire. What starts as a mission quickly spirals into a wild ride full of awkward laughs, unexpected tenderness,and genuine connection. By the end, Lexi walks away with both the grand prize and a love she never saw coming.

Evan Miller, a modern young man, accidentally travels to a bizarre cultivation world where math is the core of power.Magical tools are abacuses, rulers, and compasses; cultivation techniques are arithmetic formulas; and combat strength is determined by one's mathematical ability. Just as a sect is recruiting disciples, Evan easily solves the math entrance exam. With his mathematical knowledge far surpassing that of this world, he crushes everyone in the sect tournament and rises directly to become Elder Miller. Then, the sect leader recommends him to compete in the Tournament of the Five Great Sects.

At five, Nina donated bone marrow to Quinn, saving her life. Tragically, Nina's parents died in a car accident, and she was rescued by a disabled scavenger, becoming Annie. Excelling in school, she interned at a major company, where she faced jealousy and bullying from fellow intern Angela. Unbeknownst to them, Angela was the adopted sister of CEO Quinn, who had long sought to repay the family that saved his life. When Quinn learned the truth—that the girl he'd favored was not the real Nina, but her bully—his world turned upside down.

Kain Harris runs a small shop. He seems unremarkable. He is not.His abilities have quietly compounded into something the outside world, where the highest known level is thirty, has no framework to measure—wooden carvings that manifest as divine forms, comics that accelerate transcendence, a dog that devours celestial bodies, catfish soup that breeds dragons. His wife is a CEO. His admirer is a martial saint. His neighbors are the greatest cultivators in the nation, and they all know exactly what he is. The world beyond his street does not. When it eventually finds out, it will need a moment.

Jason Smith was the heir of Smith Ent., the nation's leading entertainment company.However, his pursuit of his driver's daughter, Abby Smith, ended up costing him everything he had and brought him to a tragic end.Unexpectedly, he was reborn. Being granted a second chance at life, Jason embarked on a path of revenge. On the very stage where Abby had risen to fame in his previous life, Jason shattered her spotlight with his original music. He then helped his first love, Nora Dale, achieve overnight fame with three powerful original tracks.

Three years ago, Evelyn Lynn's family replaced her with a perfect AI daughter and sent her away to an elite institute, where she was remade into Unit 1314, obedient, hollow, stripped of everything that made her herself.She returns home to find the AI sister has taken over her life completely. Sweet on the surface, the robot works methodically to isolate and destroy her. But Evelyn never stops fighting from within.As the family slowly wakes up to what they lost, she reclaims herself on her own terms and becomes the light she once needed.

I was slowly dying from Silverthorn Wolfsbane, and there was only one cure—the Miracle Elixir. But my mate, Leo Ashford, bought it and gave it to my adoptive sister, Jane Smith. He did it because he thought I was faking my illness. I gave up on the treatment and swallowed a potent painkiller instead. It would kill me in three days by shutting down my organs. In those three days, I gave up everything. I handed over the fur manufacturing business I built from the ground up to Jane, and my parents praised me for caring about my sister. I offered to sever our mate bond, and Leo praised me for finally being sensible. When I told my son he could call Jane "mommy", he happily said that his new mommy was the best! I transferred all my savings to Jane, and no one seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary. They were just pleased with my "better behavior". "Viola is finally not so bad." I wondered—would they regret it after I was gone?

Xavier Taylor is betrayed by the Queen Dowager and Queen’s faction. They manipulate him into leading a military campaign where he’s captured by the kingdom of Northland and made a hostage “exchange student”, suffering endless humiliation. He’s even paraded before the enemy capital gates in a ritual of submission.When a servant girl named Erin is about to be violated, a modern soul transransmigrates into his body. He immediately understands his predecessor’s experiences and the crisis he faces,while simultaneously awakening a system. By completing system tasks, Xavier can obtain various rewards.

In a world where everyone bonds with beasts, the former Lord Apex now delivers takeout, hiding a reborn Inferno Phoenix on his shoulder as a ""pet chicken."" When the beast-training vault his sister worked for faces ruin, he steps back into the light.Now, with his identity exposed, Ryan and his sister charge into the state championships, only to uncover a conspiracy: the powerful Watt family is trafficking forbidden calamity beasts with a shadowy foreign syndicate. As ancient evils stir, Ryan awakens a Shadowpard and an Abyssal Tortoise, while his mysterious ""Eye of Providence"" pushes his allies beyond their limits.

Sue went missing in her childhood but was later brought back by her biological parents to the Spears family, where she was bullied to death by the family's adopted daughter, Ruby. After being reborn, Sue used her memories from her past life to accumulate wealth by buying property and gold, winning a competition with her original songs, and successfully creating a short video platform. Subsequently, she fought back against the Spears family's malicious targeting, exposing Ruby's schemes, and severed ties with the Spears family, leaving them filled with regret.