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  • Warhammer 40K: Chosen by Five Gods, Loyal to the Emperor by BingeInk
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    Four Chaos Gods Want Me. I Refuse Them All. [Gods' Chosen] [Overpowered MC] [Chaos Gods] [Humanity First] [Epic War] Four Chaos Gods have taken an interest in Bonar. Khorne wants his strength. Slaanesh wants his soul. Nurgle wants his loyalty. Tzeentch wants to know his future. There is only one problem. Bonar doesn't believe in gods. He believes in humanity. With forbidden knowledge, terrifying psychic power, and an army of his own, Bonar will carve his way through the 41st Millennium. The Chaos Gods think they have found their chosen one. They have no idea what they just unleashed.
  • Marvel: Symbiote Ascendant by TheDevotedReader
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    Evan wakes in San Francisco fused with Venom, a dying symbiote with only seven days left. Their only chance is to hunt the symbiotes Riot scattered across Earth. Each kill feeds their evolution, pulling Evan farther from humanity. Spider-Man may see a monster. S.H.I.E.L.D. may see a threat. Evan only sees the food chain. Updates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
  • Hunter x Hunter: Deathless Spider by TheDevotedReader
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    Aren wakes in Meteor City with bullet holes in his chest and a body that refuses to stay dead. Around him are the children who will one day become the Phantom Troupe. The world was meant to fear the Spiders. Aren was never meant to become one.
  • Genshin: Multiverse Chests [Starting with Wood Release] by Alkaysare2
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    Before the Seven Archons ruled Teyvat, there was a war of gods. And in that war, a new legend was born. Transmigrating into the brutal era of the Archon War, Jiang Yan unlocks a system that grants him powers from other anime worlds just by opening treasure chests! His first reward? The legendary Wood Release. Standing side-by-side with Morax, Jiang Yan helps forge the nation of Liyue from blood and stone. He becomes the legendary Immortal Lord Muling beloved by his citizens, but feared as an absolute terror by his enemies. Join Jiang Yan as he alters the tragic history of Teyvat, saves fallen gods, and builds an empire using the power of the Multiverse! (Archon War Era / Overpowered OC / Liyue Lore / Comedy & Action)
  • A Presence In The Mist by NF_Noovem
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    In a continent devastated by incessant rains, mud, and corruption, thirty-year-old mercenary Vaelen survives by taking on bounties and escorting shoddy goods. Seeking refuge in the ruins of the Fortress of Janus, he falls victim to sudden sensory glitches where the decay vanishes, replaced by visions of himself and fallen companions thriving in an intact, splendid reality. The physical recovery of his old sword-lost twelve years prior during a tragic mining massacre-turns his panic into acute paranoia. Driven by the need to escape and pure greed, he agrees to escort a cargo of vital medicine south through the treacherous Gorge of the 5 Passes. The journey becomes a physical and psychological ordeal amid bandits and spectral apparitions, including the image of his dead friend Garrick Noovem. Arriving in the criminal Misty City, Vaelen tracks down Xandres Septis, a brilliant yet unstable man sequestered in a white room. A violent collapse of reality strikes them both, revealing that the world has been fractured ever since that distant massacre in the mine. Bound by a pragmatic and venomous alliance, Vaelen seeks answers for his sanity while Septis plots to reach those perfect, lost worlds, initiating a hunt for the other scattered survivors.
  • The Screaming Fields by avinashb11
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    Arjun Mehta never wanted a war. He just wanted to keep the gates of his ashram open - for the children the city forgot, and for the strays no one else would feed. But when a billionaire developer sets his eyes on that land, Arjun learns exactly how much a "no" can cost him: his reputation, his idol, the closest thing he had to a father - and finally, his own freedom, on a night no one was meant to walk away from. They thought a broken man had nothing left. They forgot to ask what a man with nothing left is still willing to build. By morning, a farmhouse field outside the city holds more bodies than anyone can explain - and not one of them can say how it was done. The forensics call it inconclusive. The city calls it The Screaming Fields. Some debts, it turns out, get paid in a language only the loyal ever learn.
  • Naruto: The White-Eyed Executioner of Konoha by BingeInk
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    [Transmigration] [No System] [Overpowered MC] [Cage-Breaker] [Ruthless Family Guardian] Transmigrating into the world of Naruto, Tenka became the son of Hizashi Hyuga and the elder brother of Neji. With no system to rely on, he possessed something far simpler: terrifying, absolute power. Through sheer raw force alone, Tenka shattered the cursed Caged Bird seal with his own hands. His goal was clear: Save his father. Protect his younger brother Neji. When Konoha's elders dared to interfere, Tenka beheaded them on the spot. Battle the Third Hokage. Brutalize Danzo. Crush Koharu Utatane. And when the Hyuga Clan elders dare to collude with Danzo in secret to conspire against young Neji, Tenka's fury knows no bounds- He slaughters the treacherous Hyuga elders to the very last man. Now, what wretched end awaits the battered Danzo? Faced with Tenka's unstoppable wrath, what choice will the Third Hokage make: shield his corrupt comrade, or wage war against Tenka? And under the shadow of this white-eyed god of wrath, how will the entire shinobi world unfold?
  • Grave Goods by thedarkwizard
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    No one in Ashwick wanted the orphan boy who talked to the dead. Then bandits came for the town, and Rovan Kest emptied the graveyard to save it. Now he's got a satchel that never runs empty, a crew that never sleeps, never eats, and never complains - and exactly one rule: the dead work for coin, not glory. The Adventurer's Guild has never seen anything like him. His rivals hate him. His prices undercut every party in the city. And somewhere out in the Scar, the dungeons are waiting to find out exactly what a boy with an army of bones is really worth. He's not a hero. He's not a villain. He's just very, very good at negotiating with the dead.
  • GOOD BOY by SashankLakra
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    Two versions. Different jobs. The one I'd run Humans are gone. Their dogs inherited the city, the clothes, and the religion. In Marrow, every dog is born knowing what he was made for. Guard lines guard. Hunting lines run. The Church of the Open Hand teaches that obedience is the only proof the design still holds, and the holiest words in scripture are commands, and a command spoken by the right throat lands in your body before your mind can argue. Vane was bred to herd and edited to hunt. He is a purebred, a detective, and the son of a man who manufactures obedience for a living. He has carried a licensed voice since he was nineteen and has never once used it on another dog. Then bodies start turning up with no wounds on them. A guard line who held a door for four days with water three paces away. A hunting line who ran forty-one kilometres in a straight line with nothing behind him. Nobody was killed. Every one of them simply did what he was built to do, all the way down, until it finished him. The killer isn't asking them to be something else. He's proving they were never anything else. And the closer Vane gets, the more the pattern looks like it is walking toward him. The short one, for the hook slot Nobody in Marrow is afraid of guns. They're afraid of a voice. A detective who has never used his own hunts a killer who murders by telling dogs to be exactly what they were bred to be - and finds the pattern walking toward his own breed, one body at a time.
  • Mirror Play by gfh2024
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    Dangerous politicians play a Vulcan poet and a Terran heiress against one another in a deadly interstellar duel -- with shattering results. An origin story of the empire that terrorized the galaxy in the Star Trek Mirror Universe.
  • GOOD COMPANY (မျက်နှာသိများ) by minnwonders
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    People who seem to have nothing to do with one another. Yet between them are things better left unsaid.
  • 📕His Chaos (WIP) by author_riona
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    𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 is 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 made cold-ruthless, untouchable, a man who bends the world to his will. 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐭𝐚 is 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 incarnate-reckless, unfiltered, a storm no one can contain. He wants 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹. She wants 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺. They should 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗲 each other. They should 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁. But when 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗰𝗲, the rules crumble. Her 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 pierces his calm. His 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 suffocates her. Their worlds collide, igniting 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 neither can escape. One glance is enough to 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. One touch is enough to 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗿. And some fires... 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 brighter when met with ice. But tell me-what happens when the one person you should run from becomes the only one your soul refuses to let go of? The answer lie inside their storm. Read 📕His Chaos (𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮-𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚-𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜) and let the obsession begin 🥂
  • Crowns of the Dweller and the Flower by princesstamae
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    She was the one thing in Los Angeles he couldn't buy, hack, or control. Julian Thorne rules the city from the shadows with a lethal precision and a multi-billion-dollar cyber empire. He has politicians in his pocket and blood on his hands. He gets whatever he wants-until he crosses paths with Ayana Kirana. Twenty-five, brilliant, and stunning, Aya has built her own empire from scratch as a successful streamer and esports ambassador. She lives in a world of pinks, sharp wit, and unshakeable independence. She relies on no one. And when Julian tries to insert himself into her world, she serves him the one thing he's never tasted: Total defiance. Julian's fascination instantly turns into a dark obsession. He wants her total surrender. But in their high-stakes game of control, Julian quickly discovers a dangerous truth: He might rule the underworld, but when it comes to Aya... he's the one on his knees.
  • D.IGNITY by Redeemedcosmic
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    One year after the Chinese military launched their assault on the Eastern United States, the country is fractured-caught between a government desperate to reunite its people and a rebellion that refuses to bow. In the heart of the Cherokee National Forest, Taj Carter and Jayceon Sanders have built something against all odds: a sanctuary called The Colony. Alongside their allies, they've carved a life of peace from the chaos of war. But peace is fragile. When the American military discovers their hidden stronghold, Taj and Jayceon are forced to choose between the home they've built and the war they thought they'd left behind. Meanwhile, Daniel Vasquez-a young recruit driven by a promise to his brother-finds himself caught between duty and morality as he's thrust into a conflict that will challenge everything he believes. As hidden enemies emerge and dangerous alliances form, all roads lead to one truth: the end is coming. And the only way to survive is to fight together.
  • The Unnamed Origin  by DasunTharusha3
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    He created the world. He destroyed civilizations. Now, he wants to experience mortality. Auren Voss descends into a world of magic, cultivation, and hidden gods-not to find redemption, but to satisfy his curiosity. But what happens when the being who stands above all existence becomes human? And what happens when the world discovers what he truly is?
  • Wishing Well by Chokoneko
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    She was seven when the river took her. He spent two years learning how to breathe without her. Then he died too. He should be gone. Instead he wakes up in a body that isn't his, in a world that isn't his, surrounded by people speaking words he shouldn't understand. None of it matters. None of it, because someone tells him his daughter is alive. Not here. Not close. Six worlds away, growing up without a father, not knowing he's coming. But he's coming. Every world has a coin. Every coin holds something together. Every coin he takes leaves a wound behind him, broken wards, unprotected towns, people who helped him left with nothing. He tells himself he'll make it right later. He tells himself there's no other way. Maybe there isn't. Maybe that's the worst part. WISHING WELL - A serialized isekai light novel.
  • ⋆⭒˚。⋆ The Hero I Was Meant to Be ༉‧₊˚. by Cloud_Blossoms
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    𝄞✦⟢𓂃⋆。‧˚ʚɞ˚‧。⋆𓂃⟢ Lucas has always known what he wants to become. A hero. Just like the father he grew up admiring-the legendary fighter who inspired him to believe that one day, he could become just as strong. So when Lucas is accepted into one of the greatest hero schools in the country, he thinks his dream is finally beginning. New friends. A new team. A place to train his abilities. And a chance to prove that being a healer and shielder doesn't mean he can't become a great fighter. But the hero school isn't quite what Lucas expected. Strange students disappear after dark. Masked heroes are whispered about in the halls. Some enemies aren't human at all. And the more Lucas learns, the more he begins to question the world he always believed in. Then there is Seren. A quiet, observant girl who seems to notice far more than she should-and someone who has secrets of her own. As Lucas gets pulled deeper into a world hidden beneath the one he knows, his dream of becoming a hero begins to change. Because sometimes the people called heroes aren't the ones fighting in the light. And sometimes becoming a hero means discovering what you're willing to become when the world stops letting you be one. Lucas entered the school wanting to become like his father. He wasn't prepared to discover a world that would make him question everything. 𝄞✦⟢𓂃⋆。‧˚ʚɞ˚‧。⋆𓂃⟢
  • Dark Angel : Saints of The Secret Society.  by DanroBosama3807
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    He died saving his twin sister. Hell should have been the end. But a fallen angel gave him shadowed wings - and a second chance. Now, back among the living, he hunts creatures in the dark... trying to protect the world that once failed him. Can a boy who has seen Hell find redemption... or will the darkness consume him first?
  • Every Throne Has Its Toll by fanficwriter77
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    Rhett Sorrell admits it up front: he once let a settlement silence someone who deserved better, and never answered for it. Now that debt lives inside a keep called Caldreth Reach, in a Concord of broken thrones, where survival means being read as useful before anyone asks what he is. The System reads that use as Due, a tally of trust the court hands him, through Due-Sight, always four days behind the room. Climbing it is the whole plan: disposable today, indispensable before the debt catches up. Nothing on that climb is free - every rung costs him something the System calls Toll Taken, a piece of who he was, spent the moment it's granted.
  • "Salt, Ash, and Twisted Hairs" by Ant357627
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    After the nuclear end of World War III, humanity clawed its way out of ash, radiation, and collapse to forge six brutal new powers across the ruins of the Americas: the neutral but feared Twisted Hairs, the iron-fisted Enclave, the techno-militant Brotherhood of Steel, the humanitarian Followers of Doss, the hard-blooded Texan Republic, and the ocean-dominating United Pacific Commonwealth. Together, they survived war, rebuilt nations, tamed Deathclaws, purified poisoned waters, and carved order out of a dead world.