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All Zed ever wanted to achieve in his life was to become one of the greatest mages of all time. However, reality was cruel as not everyone was equal. No amount of hard work could defeat talent. Similarly, no amount of hard work could change your status in life. Whether you were born a peasant or a noble, that is the destiny you must live on. Zed learned this the hard way but even until his last moments, he refused to give up. After his passing, he woke up to an entirely different world with different values and culture. Would he be able to reach greatness this time? - Volume 1 is more focused in developing the bonds between the characters while volume 2 is where the story will truly begin. Oh and if you can't deal with an old man trapped in the body of a child (MC) and is raising other children but the children in turn, develops romantic feelings for the MC. Then this isn't for you. But don't get this mistaken, there isn't any pedophiliac content. The MC only considers them family.... for now...? Maybe, I don't know. Stay and find out? Up to you. Illustrations: https://discord.gg/js3NPKdqeG -

In a land full of ruthless killers whose take on life is the achievements they can get from it and the heights they can reach by trampling it, a boy just wanting to live an above dismal life appears. A girl left to die by a clan which saw her as nothing short of a nuisance and a problem, the child no one wanted back anymore. Will he manage to become something more than bullied by fate? Walking through the forests blindly in search of something more, will she achieve something more than despair? Or is he destined to be stomped on forever after by the tide of the world? Or is she destined to lose everything over and over for forever after? --- Yours Truly, Wordlit_Sonata

"You're reincarnating as a normal person" "Wait! Don't I get a cheat skill or something! Like other Isekai heros!" "You wasted too much time in heaven!" "Not even a single cool skill?" "No" ... "Good luck! Don't die!" "Curse you Angel-Sama!" ------ Updates daily and on Royal Road and Scribblehub

Grayson Grey spends all of his time either working at Sunset Club or taking care of his mother, who has leukemia. He has a huge crush on Enzo Del Monte, but Enzo is distracted with Sunset manager Mike Green.<br><br>Two revelations are going to change all that’s going on: Gray finds out Mike is not gay, he’s just working Enzo for a large sum of money, and Mike is stealing from the Sunset. Gray attempts to ride to the rescue but winds up being rescued himself.

As a kid in the world of giants, under the protection of others, life is spent in learning and growing to become a giant. As an adult one is in constant conflict with the world trying to make one's own individual space. But before one manages to carve out their place in the world, they are weighed down by their responsibility. After decades of being responsible one is old and weak, living in constant fear that the world they built their whole life might find them inadequate and useless. As they live in constant fear, they are then surprised by the ever present inevitable death. All the fear, passion, anxiety, attachment.. life, what was the point of it all? One never has the time to stop and ask themselves that in their routine. Lost in the worlds they themselves built, lost in their obsessions, forgetting the world that is the truth, they fall into delusion. If they ever realize the state they are in, a fear greater than the fear of death grips them. They fear of their lives crumbling in front of them. The knowledge of one's ignorance, though opens a path for true knowledge, is the most dreadful indeed. Whether they hide back in their shells at that point or search for the truth and take their first step in this journey called life marks the difference between the wise and the foolish. A modern underachiever earthling finds himself in a cultivation world similar to the ones he read in novels. A world where killing is common. A terrifying world. How different is the life of a cultivator compared to a mortal's? How magical is it really? Follow Zhang Wuji as he experiences all flavors of life and grows in the world of cultivation as one of the many average cultivators with no system, no cheat.

I was an average man, not at all violent, until a bastard tricked my best friend into killing my lover, Mick. When that happened, with my best friend in prison for life, I took things into my own hands and killed the bastard.<br><br>Not too soon after, a man contacted me. The man Mick had worked for -- as a vigilante. He convinced me to take Mick's place, once I'd been trained to do what Mick had done.<br><br>I did. Now I'm a not so average man who might, just might, be falling in love with another vigilante. Coop Frost, to be exact. That is, if we can survive what comes next.

This story follows the life of Kellian Heart a 16-year-old seemingly human girl with blue hair and silver eyes that somehow was conceived by Werewolf parents. She was forced to stay home and never attend school because her mother, Kaila, who sees her as a disgrace, doesn't want anyone to think she gave birth to a human. Kaila was NOT a nice person and did horrible things to Kellian. Out of the blue Kaila decides to send Kellian to school for the first time but of course, it's a school for werewolves. Will this human survive in the world's most popular school for Werewolves? Will she find out who she really is and overcome the challenges thrown at her? Cover by: Sayori-Kanako https://www.deviantart.com/sayori-kanako (Updates on Saturdays!)

A modern underachiever earthling finds himself in a cultivation world similar to the ones he read in novels. A world where killing is common. A terrifying world. How different is the life of a cultivator compared to a mortal's? How magical is it really? Follow Zhang Wuji as he experiences all flavours of life and grows in the world of cultivation as one of the many average cultivators with no system no cheat.

It was another boring morning for one the strongest monsters in the world. The wind dragon, Rontu, has lived a repetitive, lazy life for centuries, until an encounter with the human hero will push his life onto a much more exciting path. ~~~~~~~ Cover by Jacobmccoy130

Liu Chuan didn’t know what to say. He indeed only had average talent in cultivation. The others were busy cultivating while he was leveling up. Furthermore, every time he experienced a breakthrough, his system would upgrade automatically and contain new features. After Liu Chuan came to this world, his only goal was to level up peacefully. However, his outstanding performance resulted in him being noticed no matter how hard he tried to hide it. Spirit Master? What kind of talent or skill was this? Liu Chuan was lost in thought as he stared at his talent ability.