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In a world where spiritual energy has revived, every being is born with a true name engraved in their soul, never revealed to others. To expose it is to reveal one’s fatal weakness. Yet Max Carter, a lazy, ordinary antique street security guard, is a glitch in this world. His left eye sees through all illusions and reveals true names. With a glance he sees past and future, and with a word, he decides life, death, and even reincarnation.

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.

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.

Phil Preston, a plain young man from modern society, suddenly awakens in the body of a feared Demon Lord from a cultivation tale with no spiritual power at all. At the same time, he is forcibly bound to a “Strongest Saint System” that promises one thing—do good, or die. In a desperate bid to survive, Phil halts the slaughter of the righteous sects and orders his subordinates to abandon violence and become farmers instead.

Rudy Shane discovered her husband Buck Kent's infidelity and betrayal. He had two mistresses and had drained the Shane family's wealth into foreign accounts.Worse still, Buck had orchestrated her father's death.Realizing Buck had harbored sinister intentions since their first meeting, Rudy embarked on a mission for revenge. She turned the mistresses against him, leaving him isolated and vulnerable, and ultimately orchestrated his downfall, bringing him to justice for his treachery.

Five years ago, waitress Willow Shelby spent a night together with a drugged CEO, Marcus Ives, and bore his heterochromatic twins. When their unusual eyes spark suspicion, Willow and her sons face humiliation, expulsion, and kidnapping. Marcus rescues them, exposes his fiancée’s scheme, and reunites the family. In the end, love and justice prevail, promising a future full of happiness.

Lawrence, the heir to the powerful Lutz family, was betrayed by the one person he loved most in his past life. His childhood sweetheart, his fiancée, fled their engagement banquet to rescue her lover, humiliating him in front of everyone. To make matters worse, she conspired with his younger brother, causing the downfall of his family and leading to his tragic end. But fate has given him a second chance. This time, Lawrence will make his fiancée pay for her betrayal with her blood. He will reclaim everything that was stolen from him and make those who wronged him regret their actions.

Eric Getz discovers that something's off about his wife, Gina Bell.A thorough investigation leads to him uncovering Gina's plot to work with her boss, Peter Lane, in swindling Eric's properties and assets via fake investments. Eric remains calm and composed as he slowly gathers solid evidence and uses legal methods to seek justice. It goes to show that those who cross boundaries will receive retribution in the end.

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.

Flora Belle, the eldest daughter of the Belle family, is a gifted physicist whose future shatters when her sister commits murder. To protect the family, she takes the blame and spends five years in a juvenile center. After returning home, she is met with cold rejection. Her sister steals her boyfriend, Henry Woods, leaving her heartbroken. She then focuses on rebuilding herself through science. Soon, the truth emerges—she was the one who once saved him, while her sister deceives everyone. Henry is left drowning in regret.

It’s getting hot… and spooky… on this special Halloween edition of GoodChat! Actor Fulop Budavari sits down with Paint Me Yours Miss Bad Kisser star Alexa Reddy for a fiery, fun conversation filled with behind-the-scenes tea and hauntingly good laughs. From her favorite on-set moments to braving hot wings & hot spooky questions challenge, Alexa proves she’s just as bold off-screen as she is on.

At a remote psychiatric hospital, the most dangerous patient, Chaim Potter, passes his 144th evaluation and is released. What no one knows is that he’s never recovered—he still sees visions of his murdered fiancee, Keira Kennedy, sometimes as an angel, sometimes as a demon, urging him to take revenge. Four years ago, on the day he’d planned to propose,Keira was brutally assaulted and killed. He arrived just in time to see four perpetrators laughing as they walked away. Now free, with his loyal butler Devon Walsh having prepared everything, Chaim targets the wedding of Walter Hart and Zoie Mckay. He brutally attacks Felix Lindsey, one of the groomsmen and perpetrators, and has him dropped onto the wedding venue as his body rains down with funeral money printed with details of Keira’s death. Walter, Zoie, and bridesmaid Anna Pearson immediately realize: a calculated revenge has begun.

The trillion-dollar fortune group, Horizon Group's boss, Toby Brook, stepped back from the limelight and lived in the countryside. He came to the city specially for his son's engagement, bringing not only valuable gifts but also intending to hand over Horizon Group to his son. However, he was falsely accused of rape due to a spring dream of his future daughter-in-law. His son,under the influence of that woman, her family, and the forged evidence,joined her in suing Toby, and made him go to prison. Fortunately, the group's lawyer uncovered the truth. Toby's son realized that it was all a conspiracy and felt completely devastated and full of regret.

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.

After recovering, Heather planned to pretend to be blind and proposed to her boyfriend Darren, hoping to give him a surprise. However, Darren passionately kissed other girl right in front of her and even made a bet with his friends, asking someone else to take his place to keep her occupied while he enjoyed his freedom. Filled with grief and anger, Heather thought, "You're choosing a husband for me, is that it?" She threw herself into the arms of Alonzo, and demanded a kiss in front of him. Little did she know, Alonzo had long been deeply in love with her! In this game of power and dominance, who will come out on top? And who truly holds the upper hand?

At eight years old, Xavier Godwin met a lost girl named Cheryl at a sanatorium. Gentle and kind, she possessed the power to heal. Like a beam of light, she brightened his lonely world, and miraculously restored his crippled legs.Sixteen years later,Xavier becomes the CEO of Godwin Group, vowing to find Cheryl and make her his wife. Yet no matter where he searches, she is nowhere to be found. Until Ms. Holly Saul,who forced into a substitute marriage, crashes into his life.What begins as a contract marriage becomes a long-delayed reunion, unraveling a truth fate had buried for sixteen years.

Danna Howard was raised by her grandmother, Reagan Sullivan, a time-traveler from the modern world, on ideals of gender equality and true love. But when her own famously devoted grandfather betrays everything they stand by and announces he's taking a concubine, the entire household is thrown into turmoil.

Luke Carl, a member of the newly established Customer Harassment Special Task Force (commonly known as Special C), led by the government and the ruling party, carried the memory of his mother, who took her own life due to customer harassment. Determined to eradicate customer harassment nationwide, he continuously imposed sanctions on ill-behaved customers, shielded by the law. However, one day, he struck the son of the Opposition's secretary-general. The Opposition, aiming to overthrow the government, labeled it "excessive self-defense" and tried to portray Luke as a national villain. What would become of Luke, who not only lost his job but also was on the verge of losing his social standing?