For generations, my family of carpenters has been in possession of one of the most mysterious books in Chinese history—Lu Ban’s Book.  Nowadays, carpentry is... more>> declining, but my family still carries on the profession. After graduating from the university, I decided to return home and take over the business after my father. Outsiders usually call us carpenters, but regular customers refer to us as “descendants of the evil subduing technique”. During the day, I do business with people, while at night, I work with the dead. Amongst thousands of Daoist schools, Lu Ban’s sect is the one to cause evil spirits to tremble in fear the most. <<less

On that day, the fog blocked everything.... more>>

On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship.

On that day, he stepped through the thick fog and confronted a completely subverted and fragmented world— the old order had vanished, strange phenomena dominated the endless seas beyond civilized society, and isolated island city-states and fleets of ships challenged the sea that had become the last ember of lights for the civilized world. All of this while the shadows of the old days were still stirring in the deep sea, waiting to devour this world that was about to die.

But for the new captain of the ghost ship Vanished, there was only one question he had to consider first — Who knows how to steer this ship?! <<less

"Dance with Madness."... more>>

‘This world revolves around me—’

Awakening from a prolonged slumber with a mysterious sense of omnipotence, Mitsuba finds herself unwelcome in her stepmother's eyes. Through the stepmother’s scheming, Mitsuba not only loses her noble title but is also compelled to enroll in a military academy.

Yet, Mitsuba clings to hazy memories of another world and unwittingly wields the power of a curse. This is the tale of a girl who, feared by those around her, forges her own path with extraordinary abilities—a unique narrative of conquest in a different world. <<less

On the way to a company workshop, we fell into a world of immortal cultivators while still in the car.... more>>

Those with spiritual roots and unique abilities were all called to join cultivation sects, living prosperously.

But I, having neither spiritual roots nor special abilities, lived as an ordinary mortal for 50 years, complying with fate until my death.

That’s what I thought.

Until I regressed. <<less

It is said that Garlan, believed to be the child of destiny, returned to his distant past life in order to break the curse that ensured his death upon reaching adulthood. He valiantly battled his arch-enemy, vied for the throne, and sought to save a kingdom on the brink of destruction. However, he was defeated by his arch-enemy four times. Upon being reborn once more, he felt incapable of defeating his nemesis and was determined to escape, yearning for a life of freedom and happiness.... more>>

Yet, in this lifetime, his former arch-enemy became a loyal follower. Pushed by the people around him, he unwittingly embarked on the treacherous and glorious path to the throne, filled with thorns and honor. A millennium later, the song of the "Wise King" still echoed throughout the land.

This story depicts the journey of a reborn youth who, with the support of numerous followers and the protection of his once-enemy-turned-loyal-ally, gradually transformed from a young prince into a wise and noble ruler.

The writing in this text is delicate, with an intriguing and captivating plot that maintains a sense of grandeur. It subtly carries the style of ancient European and Eurasian epic legends, with meticulous descriptions of scenes and emotions, creating vivid imagery. Through the words, one can experience the distinct charm of the fantasy Eurasian era.

Each character in the story possesses distinct traits, and the interactions between the protagonist and his ally are filled with sweetness and charm. <<less

Sirens: a name derived from an ancient creature, used to describe those who could charm, lure, control, and heal others by singing.... more>>

Subjected to live the life of a siren, Aria had experienced, seen, and heard many horrific things. Broken beyond repair, Aria resigned herself to death, when suddenly…

The Grand Duke, Lloyd Cardence Valentine, arrived and whispered, “Should I kill everyone here?”

“If you need me, just call me. Your song will always reach me, wherever you are.”

In the end, Aria called the devil, bringing death to all those present, along with herself.

“Let’s fall down to hell together.”

And with that, Aria breathed her last and died… only to return to her 10-year-old self.

Now that she had a second chance at her life, Aria was determined to change her fate, as well as the cruel fate of her saviour, Grand Duke Valentine.

And so… Aria proposed to him with a marriage contract.

She sold her soul to the devil and vowed to protect him.

[Marry me.] Aria extended her hand and gave him the contract. [Let’s get divorced in 10 years…]

The young duke took the contract from her hand.

“So, where should I stamp the seal?”

* * *

“You said you’d divorce me within 10 years.”

The grown-up villain leaned in, hovering his head before he kissed her tenderly over her crown.

“Now that we’re adults, we should sign another contract.” <<less

"The saintess of the Runhardt Empire must receive a man's essence once every month when her divine power reaches a certain level."... more>>

The noble and virtuous saintess of the Runhardt Empire, Bellota Rosebeth.
The commander of the Holy Knights who harbored unrequited love for Bellota for a long time, Seiden Blackwood.

On a certain full moon night, tormented by impure desires towards Bellota,
Seiden learns that Bellota is under a curse to receive a man's essence once a month.

Filled with anger towards this audacious curse,
Seiden, who cannot bear to give Bellota to other men, volunteers to become the man who will lift Bellota's curse every full moon night.

Thus,

"You must remember it well."

The saintess and the knight

"That from now on, only I shall be the man who knows about the saintess every full moon."

They embark on a precarious relationship that must not be discovered by anyone. <<less

"Why is this [Summoning Card: Goblin] wearing a mask?"... more>>

"Because it's a Goblin Gangster!" <<less

When Han Kain woke up, he and several other people were inside a mysterious hotel with different rules and different expectations. ... more>>

Going into each hotel room threw them into other worlds and scenarios where they must brace death at times to escape or lift the curse of the individual rooms for a chance to bring everyone that died during the process back to life.

Using their blessings that were given at the time of entry, they have to weave their way through the rooms while sometimes sacrificing themselves for a higher likelihood of success.

* Very little horror; more of a thriller <<less

‘O coveter of god’s powers, I impart upon you the curse of death!’... more>>

Death... Gart couldn't help but laugh, pressing his forehead against his palm.

He was already burdened with a curse far more terrifying. Immortality plagued him—he wouldn't succumb to death, he wouldn't age. The unending agony relentlessly crushed his body and mind. His long future stretched out, bleak and unchanging, perhaps eternal.

On a day when the torment of his curse was particularly intense, a woman appeared in the moonlight. Despite entering through the window, she didn't strike the image of an intruder. Calmly, she aimed a dagger and declared, "Stay still, and I won't harm you."

Gart tilted his head, unthreatened, and observed her pink eyes shimmering even in the darkness. "Your eyes are quite beautiful," he remarked, disregarding the warning as he moved closer.

"If you approach any further, I will truly kill you."

Gart peered into her eyes.

The woman's pupils quivered as she pointed the blade toward his heart. <<less

We follow the journey of Oliver, a young boy trapped in a life of emotional detachment, toiling away as a s*ave in a treacherous mine.... more>> However, everything changes when he stumbles upon the enigmatic realm of black magic, a profound study that delves into the very essence of human emotions. As Oliver delves deeper into the intricacies of this forbidden art, he begins to unearth a profound connection between the magical arts and the intricate tapestry of human sentiments. Through his exploration, Oliver’s own emotional landscape undergoes a profound transformation, stirring dormant feelings within him that he had long suppressed. <<less

The transmigration that happened to others, it happened to me too. I’m pretty sure I’m now a supporting character… but exactly which novel is this?... more>>

When I opened my eyes, I was a widow with stepdaughters my own age, and not only that, I turned into a black swan every night due to a dark curse! Holding back my tears, I decided to take charge of my fate…wait, why should I? Why So Serious?

A duchess during the day, a queen of the lake during the night – I have the best luck to be able to leisurely float around! Life should be lived unplanned! When I had just about decided to live my life like this, a white baby swan, one that was not in my no-plan life plan, came to me.

“Mommy, awe you weally my mommy?”

What, you were a person? And even the youngest sibling of the tyrant emperor?

“I’m not your mother! Can’t you tell by the different colors of our feathers?”

I’m a black swan, you’re a white swan! But why is she so crazy cute. Can our mother-daughter love endure the obsession and persecution of this child’s seven brothers, including the tyrant emperor’s? <<less

Disturbingly pure white hair and red eyes.... more>>

Lucienne is a girl who has been treated as "unlucky" both in the orphanage and among the wandering groups.

The Duke of House Winfield comes to her aid.

"Help my son. Ah, forgive me. I don't know what to say..."

Though I did not know what he wanted, for it had become a will,
but the little Duke Benedict gave me a place beside him.

"I will cherish you, whom my father saved".

Becoming Benedict's friend, confidant and companion,
For the first time in her life, Lucienne found happiness in the "home" she was allowed to be in.
Until she realised the meaning of the Duke's last words.

"To free Benedict from the curse that seems to burn his body..."

Lucienne had to die at Benedict's hands.
Then she was ready to die.
At the hands of her beloved.

"Please accept my death, Benedict." <<less

“You might be my wife, but I shall not lay a hand on you.”... more>>

“Is that so? Then can I lay my hand on you?”

“…”

“Pardon?”

***

Around 20 years in the future, the world is destroyed due to the invasion of demons. There’s only one way to prevent the destruction.

Marry the Duke known as the Monster and give birth to his child who will grow up to be the future warrior.

“Mielle, that marriage, I’ll do it instead.”

Yelena, who saw the future, decided to get married to the Monster Duke and give birth to his child to save the world, however…

“Are we going to keep being idle like this?”

She thought she would be able to get it over and done with (?), but her husband’s impregnable fortress-like defenses are beyond imagination!

“I told you to strip! Why aren’t you stripping?! Is it a part of your skin?”

Can Yelena safely give birth to the warrior and save the world in the end? <<less

As an innocent passerby who was involved in a nightmare game, Xu Yintang was faced with a dreadful game that could kill him at any time. He happily expressed that the Instance environment was very friendly, the NPC was very friendly, and the Instance gave him cute and obedient cubs.... more>>

In short, the game experience is very good, it is as joyful as returning home.

The cubs also agreed, everyone in the Instance is good-looking, delicious, and fun. They want to come next time.

Everyone who were about to be eaten to extinction: “Don't come near us!” <<less

Police officer, would you believe me if I say this is an Iyashikei game?
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Translator's Summary:... more>>

Han Fei is a comedy actor who is down on luck.

Things seemed to be turning for the better when he was given an expensive gaming helmet to a virtual reality game called Perfect Life, a soothing iyashikei (slice-of-life) game that heals one's soul.

Little did he know what he thought was heaven was actually a hell filled with terrifying ghosts and vengeful spirits. <<less

This is a story in which a boy learns about duty, and a man learns about love. A s*ave boy plotted the encounter with the greatest general of the Northern Plains. He became the general’s best disciple, learning archery, combat, warfare, literature, and most of all, loyalty. He was his s*ave, his subordinate, his officer, his student, his champion, his adopted son, and his lover.... more>>

However, this is not a fairytale for the faintest of hearts. Here, absolute power is brought through sacrifice, betrayal, and bloodshed, and lingering attachment begins from conspiracy and espionage. Emotions and intent flicker between sincerity and deception, and truth lies between truth and lies.

But love is always true, for there will be no regrets.

“Anywhere you see from your steed, and everywhere the golden rays of the sun can reach, will be my home.”

“You are the legend of the steppes. For I shall also become a legend—one greater and more resounding than yours—When people remember you, they will also remember me!” <<less

Instead of struggling meaninglessly, he acknowledged his place.

Novelization of the game.... more>>

“The girl who had her memories erased and the boy who had his voice taken away. Ten years later, they meet at “the place of the promise.”

“A protagonist who was left completely alone after her parents died in an accident. One day, she discovers a single photo in her parents’ room, with ‘Azakawa Village’ written on the back. In the photo, her mother and father, she as a young child, and a grandfather she has no memory of at all.

‘Could this possibly be my parents’ hometown?’

With loneliness and anticipation in her heart, she travels to Azakawa Village.

However, that place was somewhere she should never set foot in – the place of the promise.” <<less

"Your Highness, there’s something I’d really like for my birthday."... more>>

"What is it?"

"Will you promise to listen?"

Then the man blatantly laughed.

But who would point out his arrogance – a young Northern Duke who’s not even afraid of the Emperor? He could even get a throne if he wished for it.

But it was just a sweet lover’s birthday wish.

"Alright. I swear."

So, Juliet spoke lightly,

"Please break up with me. I don’t love you anymore."

A fiance just for show. A succession of meaningless nights.

Now is the time to end seven years of unrequited love. <<less

An undesirable princess. A damsel with nothing but a pretty face. Persecuted in her homeland, Stella is about to be sold as a tribute as soon as she comes of age. Until, in a moment of desperation, she meets a man.... more>>

“I’m looking for something important. I need you, Princess, to help me.”

The man who kidnaps Stella with this bizarre demand is a northerner with leaps and bounds in physical development. He’s also a man who’ll turn into a monster due to a curse passed down from his ancestor.

“Do you think I can help you break the curse?”

“Yes. Please be kind to this man who will turn into a monster in less than a year.”

Easley gives her the end of three months to find the gem he needs to break the curse tied to his blood.

Time passes in a blur, and Stella feels an uncanny affinity for the man isolated from the world. Until an oracle comes down that says he needs her sacrifice, not the gem, to prevent him from turning into a monster. <<less

Amamiya Hiroto is unlucky. His life consisted of misfortune after misfortune, culminating in an unlucky death during an incident on a school boat trip, trying to save a girl he barely knew. After death, he met a god of reincarnation who requested that the hundred or so dead passengers—one of them being the girl he tried in vain to save—be reincarnated into another world.... more>>

Yet a series of unfortunate events forced Hiroto to reincarnate with even less luck than before, starting with nothing but a tremendous amount of Mana. His second life, far worse than his first, came to a cruel end.

However, upon meeting the god a second time, he was informed that there would be yet another reincarnation—one that had already been set in motion and could not be stopped. Not wanting Hiroto to live long, the god cursed him before he was reborn in the hopes that he would either die quickly or commit su*cide.

Hiroto was reborn once more as a half-Vampire, half-Dark Elf. A Dhampir. Not wanting a fourth life, he is determined to live this third life with the only things remaining from his previous lives—death-attribute magic and his enormous Mana pool. <<less

Dragon Rule #1: Every dragon should have a princess
Dragon Rule #2: Beware of Dragon Hunters
Dragon Rule #3: ...... more>>

Every dragon wants to be an excellent evil dragon, so Long Shiyu tried to abduct a princess.

Back then, he wasn’t the Dragon Lord yet, but there was an elf princess in some remote galaxy who was getting married in the elves’ ancient castle.

Castles, princesses and weddings.

This was a standard evil dragon plot!

And thus Long Shiyu waited for the wedding, seized the fairest of them all in his claws, and made a hasty escape. He landed in a wild plain, released his claws, and looked at his princess with satisfaction.

A handsome man glared back fiercely.

​So good-looking.

​Long Shiyu's heartbeat quickened, oblivious to the fact that this was not a princess, but a fearless dragon hunter.

Many years later, that hero no longer remembered him. He captured Long Shiyu as prey and kept him by his side, taking up the part-time job of dragon rearing in passing.

Hero’s POV: Long Shiyu is weak and helpless, but he has a big appetite. His bloodline is poor. If I let him out of my sight, he’ll be torn to pieces by other dragons.

Long Shiyu, who had long cemented his position as Dragon Lord: “...Sob.”

I’m gonna be subjected to the princess's petting again today. <<less

After a year possessed as an extra, I picked up the dying mastermind.... more>>

But this man seems to have amnesia.

“What kind of relationship were we?”

And a strange misunderstanding!

“Whenever I see you my heart beats violently, my head hurts like it’s going to break, and I feel dizzy.”

“Tha, that’s…”

“What is it if it is not love?”

That’s not love, it’s because I smashed the back of your head.

***

Dillian’s misunderstanding started then grew out of control.

“If we’re not lovers, we’re a married couple.”

“That’s not it…”

“I will take care of it, I will pay you for the rest of my life.”

“…”

“So wife, you must not leave my side.”

His touch reached my foot. Slowly and smoothly his hand climbed up, wrapped around my ankle.

As if, it’s like I got shackled.

“Lea, what if I leave, you will kill me?”

“How can I do that?”

He responded lightly with a smiling voice.

“I’m going to kill the man who took you.”

…I think I got caught by the wrong one. <<less

Upon the vast land of the twelve dynasties, eight immortal sects stood, lofty and firm.... more>>

Under the guidance of the eldest apprentice Bai Li Shu, the young disciples of Jiu Xuan Sect step onto the Black-plumed Light Vessel, and from there, the era’s repeating secrets began to unfold.

The Savage Era’s passing, the era of Chaos’ ancient kings, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Era’s lapse……

The archaic war once again repeated itself in a new era, and the people holding blades and swords walk onto history’s battlefield behind the scenes. <<less