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Demon's Diary: Book 1 - Barbarian Ghost Turmoil
Wang Yu - 2017
If you enjoy "Immortal and Mortal Dual Cultivator" or "King of Gods", then you’ll love Demon’s Diary Book I: Barbarian of Turmoil! This story will leave you wanting more with every page turned. Set in a fantasy world with equally fantastic characters, our hero works his way through years of spiritual growth and martial arts achievement to gradually become far more powerful than he ever expected: Liu Ming, since he was young, has lived in a horrible prison called Savage Island, where the prisoners weren’t controlled by guards or security due to the island being supposedly inescapable. When the island sinks due to “mysterious” events, only a handful of people, including Liu Ming, survive – those survivors are then pursued by the government. What will happen to him?! Follow Liu Ming’s unexpected and amazing journey from captivity to spiritual growth beyond what most can imagine…
Airship Privateers
Blaise Corvin - 2022
The game feels like reality, a better version of reality. The primary form of entertainment on Earth is to either play SOO or watch those who do. After becoming a streamer and a professional gamer, Trent abruptly discovered how dark and ruthless the real world can be. Now he does what he can to search for those who threatened his loved ones. His regular job remains growing his career as Vale, a member of one of the most powerful streaming parties in SOO. The new PVP event in Secret of the Old Ones offers unprecedented opportunities for player advancement and quest rewards. But a growing faction of inhuman players are threatening human-controlled lands, razing cities to the ground. Human characters like Vale might actually lose the war. And with everything else going on in his life, Trent feels a growing suspicion that something is amiss in the real world, something related to the game...
Nirvana Rebirth
Shadows Finger - 2021
A boy of age 15 called Feng Yu was beaten to death by the son of the Xiang Clan. Upon his death, a soul that seemed to have traveled through time and space quickly took over the body. It was the soul of a martial arts expert from another world also bearing the name of Feng Yu. Seeing that he has been given a second chance of life he decided to take his new identity and his family with him on his journey to the peak of martial arts. This is the story of the Dual Sword God.
Versatile Mage: Volume II - Calamity of the New World
Chaos - 2018
His power is growing, and his duel with the ice mage Yu Ang looms just ahead, as well as graduation. Afterward, there is the grand prospect of Magic University awaiting him! Unbeknownst to him, other dark currents are moving in the background, and his duel is the trigger that will set off a storm of blood, as the result opens the door to events that will encompass all of Bo City! Mo Fan's character as a sometimes total blockhead stays true, even as the world turns topsy-turvy around him, and he starts preparing to take his first steps out beyond the world of Bo City!
Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation: Book 2 - The Promise of Ten Years, Part Two
Fiery Moon - 2018
His education and cultivation progress, providing Xiao Chen with unusual advantages that he instinctively continues to hide from his own family, the Azure Dragon growing within him with each success. Although his power increases, so do his enemies and The Promise of Ten Years draws nigh, requiring every scrap of Xiao Chen’s abilities and powers to fight back against the tide of clans that have come together against the Xiao Clan. Will Xiao Chen survive to defeat his enemies in ritual combat?
God Slayer: Vol. 1
K.S.Y. - 2017
If you like stories of this genre then you will definitely like God Slayer Vol.1. Kindly read beyond chapter two before giving up on my book. The first two chapters have a lot of info and less action which makes them a little boring. Things get interesting from chapter three onwards.) A contract killer reincarnates into a foreign world. In his new life, he learns the meaning of family and love. He had already decided to become invincible in his new life to make sure that he didn’t face the same predicament as in his former life and to keep his loved ones safe from all sorts of harm. He wished to become the master of his own destiny.
Hero's Dungeon: A Superhero Dungeon Core Novel
Nick Ryder - 2018
Waking up decades after the superpowered apocalypse would be bad enough if he still had a body. What can Solomon possibly do when he’s nothing more than a brain in a dusty old jar? Explore and upgrade the Facility, abandoned long ago by mysterious scientists, now run by a bored AI. Harness the power of mutated post-apocalyptic fauna for his own gain. Turn it all against the Survivors out there who want what he has. What he earned. Gain allies. Defeat foes. And then maybe rule this ravaged world … whatever he can salvage of it. All from inside the fortress of his monster-guarded, trap-ridden dungeon. Maybe he’ll need to create some soldiers to serve him. Only, all the other male brains have been destroyed, and the Facility can’t create full human bodies yet. Would it really be so bad to create powerful animal-human hybrids for his female brains? Does it help if they’re sexy as they are lethal? Well … it doesn’t hurt. *** BOOK TWO IS OUT NOW!
SLIME: Call of Tuatha
Outspan Foster - 2018
He finds himself in the body of a slime, inheriting odd abilities and an overwhelming circumstance. His only drive for survival is revenge. As a slime, the weakest monster in the world, he must discover a way to gain enough power and get his humanity back. (A GameLit story)
The Unwanted Hero
Cristian Madalin Dragomir - 2019
However, from time to time, the chance of heroism goes hand in hand with the rhapsody of tragedy. Chosen by a force far beyond his imagination, a man from modern day Earth finds himself sent to a world of myth and legend, of magic and fantasy, yet… just as quickly as he was summoned, he was rejected by the people there and sent back in a violent way. Then he was summoned again and again and again… a whole 118 times, until the very Gods who governed those 118 different worlds had enough and unanimously decided to cut the man from a life of heroism and instead grant him a peaceful and stress-free reincarnated life! Or, at the very least… that was supposed to be the plan.
Civilization: Barbarians: A 4X lit novel
Tim Underwood - 2019
It would be my job to guide them from these inauspicious beginnings to glory and greatness. Of course I signed up. Barbarians keep attacking, and they are literally cannibals, I can’t talk to anyone directly so I’m getting lonely, and I’m terrified that I’ll make a mistake, and everyone in the settlement will die horribly. But still, this is way better than any video game.
The Awakening (Peerless Battle Spirit, #1)
Supreme Villain - 2018
Born in Linshui City, Qin Nan was a peerless genius who possessed great talents and was highly anticipated to become a great cultivator in the future. However, things changed when he ended up awakening the lowest-grade Martial Spirit, resulting in him being a total disappointment to his clan. Fortunately, when Qin Nan was struck by a ray of lightning at a young age, he coincidentally obtained the atavistic Divine Battle Spirit, which was capable of ranking up, breaking the ultimate rule of the Canglan Continent. Little did he know that his Martial Spirit possessed a great secret, which would continue to be unveiled as he learns more about the story of the Divine Battle Spirit. What is the secret behind the Divine Battle Spirit? What is the curse of the Canglan Continent? Who exactly is the Divine God of Battle? Join Qin Nan and his companions along their journey, battling against various opponents, outsmarting their enemies, and seeking the answers to unveil mysteries! "There is none He does not fight against, and none He does not win against!"
Realmborn
Dave Eastman - 2015
Discovering that this is the land of his birth and that he is the rightful heir to the throne of the Realm, a besieged empire in this war-torn world, all he really wants to do is return to his adopted home and his beloved family, but he must first accept his own magical abilities, overcome treachery and save his Realm from a terrifying alien invader. Accompanied by a loyal group of mystical warrior Mage-Knights, a beautiful emissary from an enemy nation, and with the ghost of a dead Sorcerer lodged in his head and guiding the way, Jake’s epic journey sees him face monsters, the undead and the birth of a warrior-King nature he never knew he possessed.
King of Gods Book I
Fast Food Restaurant - 2017
Coming from a small side branch of the main family sect, with only his deep commitment to hard work and perseverance to set him apart enough to allow him to be sent to the main sect for training, his prospects weren’t great. However, his left eye accidentally merging with that of an Ancient God’s changed all that in the space of a heartbeat! Suddenly Zhao Feng developed powers and abilities beyond what he’d ever dreamed, and only his imagination (and his own arrogance) could limit his potential. Will he walk the path of a great cultivator and become one of the foretold legends or will he burn up from the heat of his own glory? Will he remain a mere fish, or become the dragon his god’s eye foretells? Find out in this first installment of King of Gods
Heaven's Gate: Volume 1 (A LitRPG Adventure)
DragonTreasures - 2019
In fact, it wasn't technically a video game. Alfred had somehow ended up on a planet millions of miles away from Earth, but with dungeons, hot girls, and strange creatures appearing at every turn. Just like a video game he could complete missions for experience, and even join a guild and play with friends. It almost seemed like a normal world until he discovered that in the planet, Heaven's Gate, your dreams could come true if you were brave enough to enter into the hardest dungeons. He runs into some friends and foes in the game, and tries his hardest to conquer the legendary dream dungeons where all your dreams can come true if you can just survive. If you wish to revive someone, or learn a few 'broken' skills, you can do it at the apex of Heaven's Gate. Luckily, he's been training in martial arts since he was a kid, and seems to have a natural advantage in the game thanks to his martial prowess and sharp mind. Warning: Contains Harem Elements, Gore, and LitRPG elements...