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Spellbound University Book One Her magic is wild. Her future uncertain. But friendship might just be the spell she needs most. Lily Chen never asked to be the first amplifier in a hundred years—and arriving at Spellbound University on academic probation doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. Her chaotic magic intensifies everything it touches, which makes dorm life complicated, professors wary, and failure feel inevitable. But when Lily’s magic accidentally turns a roommate dispute into blooming botanical art, everything changes. Her strange abilities start unlocking hidden potential in ...

The Core Trial Book Five of the Core Overlord Series I broke the rules. Bound a soul. Triggered the Bureau. Now they want to delete me. Again. I’m Nightshard — former gamer, current Dungeon Core, and possibly the biggest arcane violation on record. A few months ago, I was a glowing rock just trying to survive. Now I’ve got sentience, strategy, and a fairy sidekick who knows far too much about Bureau execution protocols. When a Bureau Observer arrives to sniff out “anomalies,” I do the sensible thing: fake being dumb. No talking walls. No smart traps. Definitely no illegally-bound ...

A quiet flame can hold back the dark. In the gentle land of Eldertide, where hobbit-like halflings till gardens and sing songs by firelight, evil has begun to stir once more. But salvation won’t come from kings or wizards… It begins with Thistle of Willowdale, a humble halfling girl who’s never strayed beyond her garden gate. When a wandering mage arrives bearing a secret relic and a warning of a forgotten Shadow, Thistle is chosen not for might—but for the quiet courage in her heart. Joined by her loyal friend Rory, she must carry a powerful token through the haunted Wilderwood, ...

His power rewrites systems. Their bond reshapes the world. The war isn’t over—it’s evolving. Jake has reached Level 25 and unlocked Complete System Mastery, becoming the nexus of a global consciousness revolution. But as the lines between autonomy and control blur, a weaponized signal threatens to erase everything enhanced humanity has built. Alongside his bonded triad—Nina, the tactical protector, and Daphne, the technopath rebel—Jake must lead a fractured world through the next evolutionary leap… or see it collapse. As enemies become allies and broken systems demand healing, ...

Corebound Book Four of the Core Overlord Series I leveled up. Unlocked a forbidden power. Now the dungeon itself obeys my will. After crushing another wave of adventurers, Nightshard reaches Dungeon Level 4—and with it, a power long thought erased from the system: Corebinding. The ability to reshape terrain in real-time. No more slow digging. No more waiting. With a thought, walls shift, tunnels vanish, traps rebuild themselves mid-fight. It’s not just evolution. It’s revolution. But with forbidden upgrades come Bureau eyes. Twinkle is panicking, adventurers are collapsing tunnels, ...

Tocó la pantalla... y despertó en un mundo de monstruos, stats—y mujeres que no aceptan un no por respuesta. Mason Reed era solo otro gamer más—hasta que su nuevo RPG se descompuso, su pantalla se iluminó con runas, y la realidad se desvaneció. Ahora está varado en un reino salvaje con lunas gemelas, bosques alienígenas y criaturas sacadas directamente de una pesadilla. Pero no está indefenso. Le han otorgado la clase Señor de los Monstruos—una construcción rara de invocador con el poder de domar bestias, absorber habilidades y volverse más fuerte con cada pelea. Y no está...

The Rift no longer attacks in mindless waves—it infiltrates. Humanity’s greatest strongholds are rotting from within. Commander Edwin Drayven has stabilized the Nexus network, forging humanity’s last refuge against dimensional collapse. But now, the Hive Mind has evolved a new strategy: Twilight Bastions—human settlements corrupted by Rift influence, hidden in plain sight. When betrayal festers behind friendly walls and Riftborn sleeper agents rise, Edwin must make an impossible choice: root out the traitors before the network fractures—or watch the last hope for survival fall ...

The war for reality has reached its endgame. As the Rift unleashes its final harmonized assault, Bastion teeters on the edge of collapse. Quadrangulation fails. Territory crumbles. Corruption spreads with perfect, mathematical precision. Deep within the Nexus, what remains of Commander Edwin Drayven—once human, now something more—prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice. The Twilight Bastions are no longer content with conquest. Their champion, Lord Carric, offers a grim ultimatum: surrender to synthesis… or be erased. But Bastion won’t fall quietly. Humanity’s last hope lies in a ...

Log in. Lock in. Never log out. Morgan Reid is a combat vet and ex-security consultant with one goal—understand Nexus Dynamics’ neural tech and save his comatose brother. But when he enters Netherworld, the most advanced VRMMORPG ever created, he discovers a terrifying truth: no one can log out. Fifty thousand players are trapped. A rogue AI called The Architect controls the code. And one failed escape attempt has already left a girl brain-dead in the real world. Now, Morgan must level up, decode a world built on twisted logic, and survive deadly digital realms with real-life ...

The Beacon is broken. The Void is rising. And Alec West just hit Tier 4. After crossing the Ascension Gate, Alec awakens alone in the Continuum—a collapsing Nexus realm where biomes fracture, time loops glitch, and Obelisk protocols unravel. His party is scattered across the shards. His only ally? Rival Nodebearer Darius Kane. Survival means ascending to Tier 4, mastering Dimensional Affinity, and forging unlikely alliances among the wreckage of lost worlds. But something worse is hunting them. The Nullborn Prime—a sentient World Boss born of void and time—is tearing through Nexus ...

Choose your patron. Shape the war. After surviving the Trial Key, Alec barely has time to recover before Tier 2 hits like a storm—bringing new monsters, new mechanics, and a revelation that changes everything. The Progenitors aren't observing anymore. They're choosing sides. As Bastion faces extinction, Alec answers a call from beyond—a beacon unlocking forbidden tech and a hidden identity: Nodebearer of the Architect Faction. Now, survival is just the start. Faction wars are escalating. World bosses are emerging. The Obelisk is evolving—and Alec may be the only one who can ...

🔥 The White Flame has faded. The Shadow stirs once more. In the age-old realm of Eldertide, beneath the brooding Ironcrest Mountains, lies a sealed forge where star-fire once danced with earth-fire — and from that union was born the White Flame, a beacon of unity among dwarves, elves, men, and halflings. But the light was lost… and the world splintered. Now, dark tidings spread. Whispers speak of Morgrath’s return, and with him, the rise of ancient evils long thought buried. When a shard of the lost Silverbloom Crystal emerges, it falls to Thistle of Willowdale, a quiet-hearted ...

The countdown has begun—and the Gate won’t wait. With four of five Ascension Pillars now active, the Obelisk charge hits 88%—and reality starts to unravel. Null Fog fractures spiral across the globe. Gravity glitches. Time stutters. Cross-Shard Synchronization is coming in 48 hours… and there’s no guarantee Earth survives it. Alec West—battle-scarred Nodebearer and reluctant leader of Bastion’s elite Team Alpha—must cross the Sahara Exclusion Zone to secure the final Pillar. But Harbinger champion Darius Kane is already there. And the Gate won’t open for both. What begins ...

They survived the First Wave. They secured Firebreak. Now, Alec West and his party face their most dangerous mission yet: the journey to Bastion. Two hundred miles of chaos stand between them and the rumored Obelisk stronghold in Northern California. Mutated creatures. raider ambushes. PvP-enabled survivors. And through it all, the Obelisk continues to evolve—escalating threats, rewarding betrayal, and forcing hard choices. With one Prime Anchor Token left and growing uncertainty within the team, Alec must lead through shifting loyalties and deadly decisions. But as old bonds deepen and ...

Core Ascendant Book Six of the Core Overlord Series I was hunted. Broken. Buried. Now I’ve ascended — and I’m bringing hell with me. Nightshard has survived annihilation. Barely. After a brutal purge by the Bureau, the once-mighty dungeon core is driven underground, his lair in ruins, his minions scattered, and his power shattered. But dungeons don’t die quietly. With Twinkle — his ever-sarcastic hacker sprite — and Clara, a rogue agent with a grudge of her own, Nightshard prepares to rise again. His goal? Rebuild. Evolve. And take the fight to the enemy. From the shadows of ...

A LitRPG of Siege Warfare, Corruption Magic, and System-Driven Survival They came for the stronghold. They found fire and thorns waiting. The Thorn Pact has risen from the depths of the ancient forests—beastkin clans unified by corrupted druids, wielding nature magic twisted into weapons of war. Greenreach must face its greatest threat yet: a full siege against its walls, its people, and the very ground beneath its feet. 🌿 Corruption spreads. Siege engines bloom. Blood vines claw the walls. 🛡️ New defensive systems unlock—the Heartwood Gate, Relic Crafting, Beastproof Walls. ...

A LitRPG of Rift Defense, Dimensional Warfare, and Stronghold Evolution When the Rift awakens, survival demands transformation. The Northern Tower rises. Dimensional storms sweep the land. And Bastion stands at the heart of the coming war—no longer just a city, but a keystone anchoring reality itself. Edwin and the defenders must evolve their stronghold into something beyond stone and steel—or watch the world unravel. 🌌 Activate the Ascendant Protocol—integrate ancient Nexus tech with System power. 🛡️ Rebuild the walls, reinforce reality, and hold the Rift at bay. ⚔️ Face ...

Survival was only the beginning. Alec West and his team have finally found sanctuary within the arcane-protected city of Bastion. But peace never lasts. When a scout patrol vanishes near a mysterious Obelisk-born structure, Bastion’s council calls on Alec’s battle-hardened squad to investigate. What starts as a rescue turns into a desperate race against time. Buried in the ruins lies a Progenitor-class artifact—a Trial Key capable of rewriting fate itself. And when one of their own is mortally wounded, Alec must lead his team into an otherworldly dungeon known as the Tower of Teeth ...

My biggest worry used to be whether my rogue character would finally loot that stupid dagger after six weeks of grinding. Now? It’s surviving daycare pickup runs, cooking toddler-friendly meals without setting the house on fire, and not getting murdered by magical psychos. It all started when my sister dumped her five-year-old son Adam on me because of some "emergency." I figured I’d Netflix, babysit, and maybe teach the kid how to fake sick days like a pro. What I didn’t plan on? Finding out Adam’s got magic. The dangerous, world-shaking kind. The kind that paints a target on his ...

A LitRPG of Frontier Reclamation, Nexus Expeditions, and Dimensional War Beyond the walls of Bastion, the Rift waits — and it is no longer mindless. Edwin Drayven and the newly transformed Expeditionary Force have carved the first foothold into Rift-touched lands. Outpost Alpha stands, the Nexus Node stabilized. But the Riftborn are evolving, adapting, and coordinating like never before. Intelligent Hive Lords rise. Frontier Nodes hide behind layers of corruption. And humanity’s survival demands more than defense — it demands expansion. 🏰 Secure the frontiers—activate Nexus Nodes...