lady of embers

In this latest work by Lord of the Mysteries author, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, be prepared for a well-thought out and detailed apocalyptic, cyberpunk world with a setting superseding Lord of the Mysteries! Our protagonist, Shang Jianyao, is crazy—literally crazy, at least that's what the doctors said. Living in a huge, underground building of Pangu Biology, one of the few remaining factions in this apocalyptic wasteland known as the Ashlands, he acts in unfathomable ways that's head-scratching, comical, and shrewd. So is he really crazy? Probably. He has a grand dream: to save all of humanity. Intricately tied to this dream is something everyone in the Ashlands believes in: Deep in a particular ruin buried away by danger and famine, a path leading to a new world awaits. To step into the new world, one only needs to find a special key and open that certain door. There, the land is bountiful, as if milk and honey flows freely. The sunlight is dazzling, as if all coldness and darkness are washed away. The people will no longer have to face desolation, monsters, infections, mutations, and all kinds of dangers. There, children are joyous, adults are happy, everything is fine as they are supposed to be. Every Antiquarian, Ruin Hunter, and Historian roaming the Ashlands knows: That's the New World.

The eldest daughter of the Yan family, Yan Jinyu, who has been missing for 16 years, has been found. She is brought back from an orphanage by her fiancé, the Second Master of the Yin family. That year, Miss Yan was 18 years old. … The Yin family was one of the top families in the capital. Second Master Yin's full name is Yin Jiujin. People call him Master Nine. He's 24 years old and has made a killing in the business world. Master Nine follows his grandmother's wishes and finds the eldest daughter that the Yan family has long given up on searching for. He brings her home to raise her himself. … Yan in the eyes of outsiders: "Good figure, good looks, high intelligence" Yan in the eyes of a friend: "The girl-next-door (That's weird). She's cold and ruthless." Yan in the eyes of Master Nine: "She's young and inexperienced. She doesn't look like an 18-year-old at all. She looks wild and evokes a sense of pity towards her." … Those people who think that the eldest daughter of the Yan family is an unpresentable country girl are all slapped in the face. Master Nine imagines that the person he brought back is a silly little girl. Gradually, he realizes that the little girl is sometimes quite cool and very strong. Everyone believes that she has no backing and is just a lonely little pitiful girl. Unbeknownst to them, she has a few companions who have gone through life and death with her countless times. Together, they've built an amazing venture.

"Cinta itu buta dan tuli. Memang. Karena, jika cinta tidak buta dan tuli, maka itu bukan cinta, tapi LOGIKA." Vince Hong sudah merasakan berbagai jenis cinta, sekaligus berbagai jenis ranjang dan desahan, namun akhirnya dia tersudut pada sebuah cinta buta dan tuli yang menjungkir balikkan kewarasan dia, meski itu artinya... TABU, karena seseorang yang dia cintai, adalah sesorang yang tidak seharusnya dia kejar. ============================================ Novel ini sarat akan ADEGAN DEWASA. Tolong bijaksana dan bijaksini dalam memilih bacaan. Novel ini hanya utk para pendosa, bukan utk orang2 suci tanpa dosa, apalagi utk anak2. Krn novel ini justru menceritakan bagaimana cara membuat anak... /PLAK!/

The challenges a female cultivator has to overcome on her life journey are countless. She mustn’t lack in talent, cultivation techniques, medicinal pills or magic weapons. Otherwise, her cultivation will progress too slowly. She also mustn’t have too many emotions, weaknesses, kindness, or greed - if she has these in excess, she'll soon be saying hello to death. Moreover, she mustn't look either too pretty or ugly. Although she mustn’t be stupid, she also mustn't be too smart. With all this in mind, a certain female cultivator sighs. Why's it so hard to become an Immortal?

Her older sister, the queen, died in result of a meticulous trap and she herself was drowned alongside the rest of my family. Patrizia, at the last moments of her life, fell into despair. 'If only I had been the Queen.' She had the confidence to not love the emperor. Then none of this would've happened. Everyone would've been alive, everyone would've been happy. And when she opened her eyes again, she had returned to before her sister had become the Queen. At this point she makes a huge decision to change the future of her family and herself. "I shall become the Queen instead!" Will this bring the happiness she sought for? Or will this create for chaos?

# food # agriculture # mindreading After transmigrating, Li Xiao became a poor little girl from the third branch of the Li family. She was exhausted and couldn’t even get food to eat. To make things worse, her parents were weak-willed and didn’t resist. They watched helplessly as Li Xiao’s grandparents forced her to marry the most notorious and ruthless hunter in the village. But it turns out that this hunter, who everyone in the village avoided, was actually a kind-hearted man. Marrying him wasn’t that bad, but to avoid any future problems, Li Xiao needed to get her parents out of the Li family! Luo Cheng: “My darling wife, don’t worry. Leave it all to me!” However, it seems that her husband was not an ordinary man, as danger seemed to follow him wherever he went. The good thing was that Li Xiao was also quite unusual, and had very good luck and empathic abilities. She saved her husband time and time again. And those bad characters who were plotting from the shadows suffered over and over again…

“Future will only set in stone when it becomes the present.” Wei Liuying is a concubine daughter in Prime Minister’s Residence. A lowly existence with barely anyone who cares for her. She had to rely on her wits and manipulate others to stay alive. When the main daughter suddenly changed overnight, the others were dragged to keep up with her pace. Wei Liuying was no exception, and she had to adapt to the sudden power structure’s shift inside the residence. The main daughter laughed and looked at her with contempt, “Trying to scheme at me who knows everything like the back of my hand? You’re nothing more than a villain who’ll die a miserable death.” When the only one who cared for her was harmed by her father and so-called family, Wei Liuying laughed to Heaven as tears trailed on her cheek. “If you truly wish for me to be the villain, fine. I’ll be one.” In the midst of the raging flames of succession’s war and rebellions, Wei Liuying had to stand up for herself and fight for her survival. ... Story set in fictional world with similar culture to Ancient China. Join the discord to chat with the author and other readers: https://discord.gg/pBy2wGB ... Other novels: -Flowers Bloom from Battlefield [complete] - Under the Veil of Night [complete] - 7 Path of the Lilies [on long hiatus] - 1 Year of Beginning [complete] - Science and Fantasy [complete] - 2 Years of Restarting [complete] - Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower [on going] - The Quiet Empress [on going] ... Follow me on IG: @sora100518

# PRETENDTOBEAFOOL In the empire, both men and women would awaken Beast Essence once they reach the age of eighteen. Beast Essence was hidden in human bones, and the bone is called Beast Bone. The more important the position of the Beast Bone was in a human body, the better the Beast Essence, and stronger Beasts would hatch from the beast eggs in the future! Kong Rui was going to be eighteen soon. She wanted to awaken, and then escape from this colosseum. She wanted to escape this deceitful place where she was only entertainment for others, and had to fear her fate in order to survive. However, she was caught. She was tied up and her sister dug out her entire backbone, because Kong Rui had awakened a Phoenix that had not been seen in a thousand years! She was stripped of all hope and thrown into a ravine filled with demonic energy like a dead dog. Everyone thought she wouldn’t survive, but they didn’t expect her to have two elements in her body. She found a master under the cliff and even became a pampered princess of the demons there. The demons: “We’ll cut off the head of whoever touches Little Rui!”Walking out of the abyss, she used her power to defeat the heroes, and no one dared to say the word “genius” in front of her! The Beasts that no one could conquer were as good as babies in her hands! Countless peerless bosses came out just to accept her as their disciple! The bigshot that everyone feared even hugged her waist and whispered, “Do you want the entire empire? Why don’t I give it to you?”

She was a hot-blooded & fierce cultivator in her past life. After transmigration, she became a useless psychopath and crazy being admitted to a mental hospital. This was the most shocking moment of her life. What's even more, that she became crazy because of her broken engagement to a young heir. Everyone now looks up to her with pity. She is deemed as a crazy woman because of her love for him! Everything is messed up when she took over the body. Su Ci Yi is not a woman who needs to prove herself to others. She will act as hell crazy and trouble those people who have a debt towards her. The mental hospital was her home and the doctors are now her trusted aides. The patients her friends and the mental establishments her entire household! However, even though she acted like a total idiot, there is someone who notices her small actions. Qin Xiao Yu, a business tycoon who recently dominated different industries, has come to declare his domination towards her. ------------------------------------------------- "You want a kiss? Hmph, fight me! You win, I'll give what you want!" Su Ci Yi glared like a ferocious wild animal. Qin Yu was leaning on a hard wall, trapping Su Ci Yi within his arms. Their breaths are not afar along with the rhythmic beating of the chest. One was loud and blaring. The other was calm like the serene waves of the ocean. Qin Yu's deep eyes landed on those thin rosy lips and gulp. Even before he could pluck the peach blossom, he received a heavy blow below. Su Ci Yi cracks her knuckles, lunged a kick and without mercy shifted her position pinning the man on the wall, arms on his back. Now, their position is completely reverse. However, an abrupt military footstep advances towards her. Seven men in a black suit with sunglasses stopped in front, only a meter away aiming a 5.56 mm M-16 head on straight on Su Ci Yi's head. Su Ci Yi: "..." This is a comedy-fantasy romance between an aloof-and-extroverted-inside-female-lead x sadistic-domineering-warm-inside-male-lead:) Reminders: Updates (5-10 chapter/week) Chapter length (800-1200 words) Art is Mine. I am not writing to win an Oscar Award, please don't expect excellent grammar. (Though I'm learning it little by little.) Wanna chat? Add me on my discord: MissTeaPretty#8099 Instagram Account: midnight_dalia (visuals will be posted here)

He is indifferent but wise, a noble, soldier, an elite who calls the shots. She is a naïve girl who was reborn to punish sluts and destroy scums and most of all, to become a top notch designer! He isn’t used to innocent girls with sparkling eyes playing pranks on him. Her beguiling eyes have charmed him and he isn’t letting her go anywhere! Officer Yu narrows his eyes and says coldly, “I will definitely get you, even if I have to abduct you!" Designer Gu smiles lazily, “I don't need love in this life!" Officer Yu threatens to ban everything. “I am the one who gets to decide whether you need love or not!” A male lead who is cold and dominating but dotes foolishly on his wife!