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Beware Of Chicken

Beware Of Chicken

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Romance Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Male Lead Xianxia
28,018 Followers
1,822 Pages
17,113,507 Views
193 Chapters
Monday, August 15, 2022 5:41:10 AM

Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator who defied the heavens, and surpassed all limits.

Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck here. Arrogant young masters? Heavenly tribulations? Cultivating for days on end, then getting into life or death battles?

Yeah, no thanks. I'm getting out of here.

In which a transmigrator decides that the only winning move is not to play.

 

Beware of Chicken will be updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

The Essence of Cultivation

The Essence of Cultivation

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Wuxia High Fantasy Progression
10,459 Followers
445 Pages
870,242 Views
22 Chapters
Sunday, March 6, 2022 3:02:30 PM

After experiencing five years of an adventurer's life, Arcanist Sylar Spellsight now spends his days catching up on developments in Essence Studies and teasing apart the functions of arcane trinkets and artifacts discovered by him and his companions throughout their time travelling the realms of Resham. An unexpected accident during the study of his latest subject of intrigue, however, displaces him across the Planes beyond what any known spell is capable of achieving.

Now finding himself lost in a realm rich in previously-limited Transcendental Essences, however, does he truly even want to return back to his old world? If nothing else, plagiarising - ahem, learning new spell structures by observing the local mages should prove entertaining. Sure, he will face new dangers in this foreign world, but they wouldn't be anything a fancy bit of spellwork couldn't solve.

Confused though he may be by this ‘cultivation’ business that the local mages practise and their lack of appreciation for the finer details of Essence manipulation, he nonetheless discovers that perhaps there are hidden depths to both their arts that each side has yet to fully realise. 

Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia

Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Tragedy Martial Arts Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Secret Identity Magic Wuxia Xianxia Low Fantasy Mythos War and Military Progression Attractive Lead
5,701 Followers
1,367 Pages
1,938,652 Views
141 Chapters
Friday, August 5, 2022 1:02:56 PM

The saying goes that when a man is born the Fates weave his destiny and swaddle him in it. Then one day the man dies, and the swaddle becomes a shroud. Heaven moves on.

It is audacity to question the Fates. Olympus is Olympus. The land of men is the land of men. To transgress that, to cross the line of divinity and scale Olympus Mons? To defy the Fates and cast off their threads?

That is hubris. It’s a mark that every philosopher bears plainly on their soul.

[Virtuous Sons updates every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 8pm EST.]

The Future That Never Was — Guns are back in cereal boxes!

The Future That Never Was — Guns are back in cereal boxes!

Original Action Comedy Sci-fi Short Story Virtual Reality Cyberpunk Martial Arts Gender Bender Reader Interactive Slice of Life Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Non-Human Lead Secret Identity Anti-Hero Lead Space Opera Post Apocalyptic War and Military Villainous Lead Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered Hard Sci-fi Soft Sci-fi Dystopia Progression Artificial Intelligence Attractive Lead
345 Followers
571 Pages
63,843 Views
106 Chapters
Monday, August 15, 2022 12:02:00 PM

WELCOME TO THE RETROFUTURE!

The Future That Never Was is an extended universe where Mars was terraformed before the Beatles sang Penny Lane, the Soviets colonized the asteroid belt and pirates plundered the rings of Saturn. In this alternate space age, humankind couldn't dream of a brighter future. Alas, the minute Earth turned into a nuclear wasteland, shadows already conspired from the heart of the Moon to the mysterious Planet Nine—and maybe beyond...


The book series includes numerous R-rated titles. All of them will be uploaded on Royal Road. Check the Index or the list below for the main stories.


🐈  KITTY KITTY - START READING

Join sassy space cat Lee and his Desert Eagle-toting, soda-swigging human partner, Ali, in a future stuck in the late 80s/early 90s. Board the dynamic duo’s ship, the mythical Kitty, as they bounty-hunt their way through a dystopian solar system—so lock and load, and shout Cowabunga! because it’s crime-fightin’ time! 


🪐  PACHINKO BLUES - Fall 2022 - LEARN MORE

Amid the chaos of the Rings Civil War, a disgraced pilot called Miles finds itself tangled in a vast vendetta involving a Lunar corporation, android mercenaries and data-cartels. From Saturn’s Plastic Fields to the fringes of Kuiper, Miles’s violent redemption is an 80s-esthetic space western filled with tears, blood and... ducks?


Other stories related to the first arc of The Future That Never Was:

• RADIO FREAK - Standalone biopunk short story featuring Ali Koviràn, the Data Maiden and Bill Murray

• STELLAR PATRIOTS - Special episodes with Braun Kamirov, linking KITTY KITTY to the upcoming DATA dilogy and CYBER MACHO

• DATA ONE & DATA ZERO - 2023

• CYBER MACHO - TBA


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Dao of the Deal

Dao of the Deal

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Supernatural Male Lead Wuxia Xianxia Progression
3,450 Followers
361 Pages
309,888 Views
40 Chapters
Friday, August 12, 2022 8:31:15 PM

When Muchen wakes up as an orphan living a hardscrabble life in a world of magical kung fu, he immediately starts working towards the obvious goal: to get rich! Money can make ghosts work hard, let alone cultivators. He can worry about immortality once he's secured a comfortable standard of living.

Unfortunately, on the Qianzhan Continent, it takes a clever mind to earn a fortune... but it takes strength to defend it.

The Natural

The Natural

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Strong Lead Progression
3,039 Followers
1,416 Pages
456,959 Views
44 Chapters
Sunday, July 17, 2022 2:57:32 AM

Leo's first order of business when he is dropped unceremoniously into the pokemon world is to survive. Seeing as he is in the middle of the wild with only a small pocketknife, some papers, and a backpack, and with no signs of civilization in sight, that is setting up to be quite the task. 

RE: Monarch

RE: Monarch

Original Adventure Fantasy Psychological Mystery Reincarnation Martial Arts Male Lead Magic Strategy Grimdark High Fantasy Time Travel Loop Progression
5,277 Followers
73 Pages
172,186 Views
7 Chapters
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 6:19:59 PM

Cairn is a prince who is already tired of ruling. Faced with an imminent coronation and an overbearing father, he wants nothing more than to drown his responsibilities in cheap liquor and poor decisions. With the help of his sister, he hatches a plan to escape the clutches of the throne once and for all. It all goes terribly wrong, and Cairn finds his priorities shifting in the face of unimaginable tragedy. The change of heart comes too late, however, and Cairn dies. He reawakens to find himself transported ten years in the past. He immediately begins to plan for the future, only to discover his killer has somehow followed him. To succeed, Cairn must unite the kingdom and discover the motivation of his killer, using as many tries as it takes. 

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I exhausted pretty much every time loop story ever written and decided to write my own. You'll see a few similarities here between this story and some existing stories, at least initially. There's a lot of inspiration drawn from both MoL and Re:Zero, though in terms of pathos and darkness, this story leans more towards the latter. Be warned, it is something of a slow burn. The main character will grow and become powerful, but a theme of this story is that power comes slowly and often at great cost. 

Book One: Kindle Edition and Audiobook 

Developmental Editing by the all seeing Irock4691

My Children From Another World

My Children From Another World

Original Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Gender Bender Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Magic High Fantasy Ruling Class Progression
1,277 Followers
401 Pages
238,601 Views
63 Chapters
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 3:35:19 PM

With souls and issues from a world very unlike his own, Rakta Velbrun must raise his children right, train their strange abilities, and keep the world from swallowing them whole.

A fantasy tale of a ex-adventurer father taking care of his beloved children in the wake of his wife's death. He must tend with noble politics, new enemies, old allies, and the realization that his children come from a world very unlike his own. 


I post Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Cover by KittraMcBriar

Modern Patriarch

Modern Patriarch

Original Action Adventure Martial Arts Slice of Life Male Lead Strong Lead Wuxia Xianxia High Fantasy
5,080 Followers
211 Pages
435,516 Views
32 Chapters
Sunday, August 14, 2022 6:47:17 AM

When Yao Shen, Patriarch of the Heavenly Sky Sect, ascends and regains memories of his past life on Planet Earth, he realizes that he can no longer allow himself to accept the cruel and violent ways of Eliria, the realm of cultivation. 

So he decides to change it. 

It was time to found a new sect. One based on the values of honor and equality over senseless violence and discrimination. A sect where all, from the mortal farmer’s son to a sect elder's daughter, were held accountable to the same rules. 

Welcome to the Modern Sect.


Copyright © Daoist Enigma.

Cover by the Talented Vitaly S. Alexius

Arrogant Young Master Template A Variation 4

Arrogant Young Master Template A Variation 4

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Martial Arts Slice of Life Male Lead Xianxia Ruling Class
9,217 Followers
1,646 Pages
5,407,104 Views
147 Chapters
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 9:27:47 PM

What would a Xianxia MC do?

Seriously, what would they do? Asking for a friend.

Ave Xia Rem Y

Ave Xia Rem Y

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Harem Supernatural Male Lead Xianxia
6,710 Followers
1,938 Pages
4,345,196 Views
208 Chapters
Monday, August 15, 2022 12:00:03 PM

A Very Cliche Xianxia Harem Story!

In a world where power is everything, Liu Jin only desires to become a great doctor like his father. However, destiny has no end of troubles stored for our hero. Powerful cultivators have their eyes on him. A nasty doctor is spreading rumors about his father. A burning man crosses his path, and his father's past may not be as simple as he suspected. 

The tale of the strongest doctor begins now!

Forge of Destiny

Forge of Destiny

Original Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Martial Arts Slice of Life Female Lead Magic Xianxia
11,175 Followers
4,392 Pages
17,013,330 Views
518 Chapters
Thursday, August 11, 2022 7:39:39 PM

In the Celestial Empire, a land ruled by Immortals and stalked by Spirits and Beasts, a young girl from the slums of an unimportant city is found to have the Talent. In the great Sect of Argent Peak, she will take her first unsteady steps upon the way.

Can she learn to not only survive, but thrive on her journey?

Updates Mondays and Thursdays. The first three Volumes can now be found on Audible

Cover Art by Melody Cheng

Original, unedited Quest found here

Tales of Destiny, an anthology of short stories in the same setting

Alpha Cultivation

Alpha Cultivation

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Martial Arts Slice of Life Male Lead Strong Lead Xianxia Post Apocalyptic Progression Attractive Lead
1,481 Followers
288 Pages
189,750 Views
29 Chapters
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 2:16:45 PM

I am Titan Maximus Chadman, the seventh head of Alpha Cultivation sect. I practice the Dao of Chadness and cultivate Big D energy. To grow my powers, I must be alpha in every situation.

Now that foreign cultivators have taken over Earth, I may be modern civilization’s only hope.

Discord link

The Power of Ten Book Four: Dynamo

The Power of Ten Book Four: Dynamo

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi Martial Arts Female Lead Secret Identity Magic GameLit High Fantasy Super Heroes Technologically Engineered
1,017 Followers
2,303 Pages
1,053,612 Views
311 Chapters
Sunday, August 14, 2022 6:00:00 PM

Discord Link at: TPoT link!    Always up if I'm online.

Getting carved off a soul is traumatic. Getting snared by an extradimensional entity for unknown reasons is worse. Waking up in a new world that is suspiciously familiar to your favorite reading material as a kid is downright crazy, but there's been some big changes to canon...

Soul-Shard Vier wakes up in a Marvel Universe with no idea of what to do in the grand scheme... but it's a super-hero universe, and it's friendly to EVERYTHING you might try to do.

Time to not buy into comic book universe power stasis and start climbing the scales, and if you get to exploit some canon that's still relevant along the way, all the better, right?

---A Marvel Comic universe (not Cinematic!) style fanfiction, with some major differences.

---As a comic book universe, power-ups happen with great speed. Leveling meets Bestowed Great Power for Great Responsibility!

---It's a comic book universe, so the scale goes Way Up, and anything goes.

Credit to Jack of Hearts for the cover!

Updated Daily. The Power of Ten series has updated daily since 11/2019!

Ebook: The original Power of Ten: The First Day, Part One! The First Day

And Part Two! Part Two of The First Day!

The Breath of Creation [DROPPED]

The Breath of Creation [DROPPED]

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Reader Interactive Supernatural Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Magic Wuxia
2,576 Followers
865 Pages
1,894,264 Views
71 Chapters
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:03:53 AM

General Summary:

Sometimes, the multiverse needs expanding. That's where I come in. But, unfortunately, being a deity isn't all fun and games (and is incredibly complicated), as there are always things working against you. Not even the God of the Multiverses can change that. 

Another Summary:

Twelve souls were chosen to expand into the void surrounding the known universe(s), and were given a grace period in which they would experience a relatively safe expansion of their domains. Once that period is up, however, they are free to interact with each other...and what lurks in the depths of the Abyss, the Void, and the Primordial Chaos. I am one of those souls. And let me tell you, this shit ain't easy. Between trying to raise mortals into an immortal army, with which I can defend my domain, dealing with my children, and trying to maintain the balance between all realms of existance, I have my work cut out for me. Sigh. Now I know why, back on Earth, gods worked in mysterious, invisible ways. There's just too much to be done. 

Formerly called RE: Deity

Star Wars: A Penumbral Path

Star Wars: A Penumbral Path

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi Martial Arts Male Lead Female Lead Multiple Lead Characters Magic Space Opera
799 Followers
1,009 Pages
190,038 Views
58 Chapters
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 3:15:34 AM

Four years before the start of the Clone Wars, two newly-minted Padawans find themselves with two very unusual Masters who walk the line of what a Jedi should be.

Monster Menu

Monster Menu

Original Action Comedy Fantasy Horror LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Slice of Life Magic Xianxia GameLit Dungeon Progression
1,498 Followers
338 Pages
120,721 Views
41 Chapters
Monday, August 15, 2022 10:02:00 AM

Renee 'Nay' Favreau wanted to be a respected chef with a renowned Taco Truck. Maybe even two or three trucks if she became successful, so she could truly cover Los Angeles. 

But after a deadly encounter with an interdimensional spider, she finds herself in a dangerous new world full of magic and mayhem.

Discovering she has the power to become a coveted Epicurist for the cultivators known as Marrow Eaters, one of the special chefs with the ability to prepare the magical meals that give the Eaters their powers, she must navigate a world full of gods and monsters if she wants to survive the heat.

Release schedule is 5 chapters per week. Monday - Friday. 

Infinite Realm: Monsters & Legends

Infinite Realm: Monsters & Legends

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Anti-Hero Lead Xianxia GameLit High Fantasy Progression
4,485 Followers
994 Pages
1,006,374 Views
105 Chapters
Monday, August 15, 2022 8:00:00 AM

The world has ended, and those worthy of it have received the chance for a new life in a new reality.

Zach grew in power and thrived in the post-Framework world. He became a respected leader, a shining example of what it meant to be good. But as the world ended, he had only one thought: to punish the monster that had killed the world long before the Framework ended it. Yet not even with his incredible power was he able to stand against the World Ender. His arrival in the new realty, the Infinite Realm, gives him the chance to grow stronger, to find the monster again—and make it pay.

Ryun survived the chaos after the arrival of the Framework by pushing harder than anyone else. He grew in power until he became the most powerful being that had ever walked the planet; but he is hated by the world, called a monster by all others, the World Ender. As the world ends and he steps into a new one, where people stronger than him have lived for centuries, he finds himself lost and without purpose. The only thing that had mattered to him had been lost to him long ago. He truly was the monster that people considered him to be, and he now finds himself wondering if this new reality has a place for someone like him—but he had never been one for lying down and dying without a fight. One world fell to his power, and another might follow.


Current schedule: Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/ncC5Q7H

A polished and edited versions of volume 1, 2, and 3 is avaliable on Amazon.

Current Volume: 4

Infinite Realm is a story that will follow two main characters at the start, with a few more joining the cast a bit later. The story will be told in two different time periods: past and present up until volume 3. Past chapters take place in the past on Earth, and take form of flashbacks that follow the two as they struggle to survive and grow their powers in the world changed by the Framework. The main story is in the present.

This story is a mix of LitRPG and Xianxia, and it will have Classes as well as Cultivation systems. There are two main characters, and a few others that are introduced later.

The MC focus will change from volume to volume, with the first being focused on Ryun, and the second on Zach (we are currently in Volume 4). Other MCs will still have chapters dedicated to them, but the focus will be on the main volume MC.

Echoes of the Tribulation: An Historical Apocalypse LitRPG Series.

Echoes of the Tribulation: An Historical Apocalypse LitRPG Series.

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Historical LitRPG Martial Arts Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Grimdark Low Fantasy High Fantasy Dungeon Mythos Post Apocalyptic War and Military Ruling Class Dystopia Progression
1,181 Followers
967 Pages
206,113 Views
44 Chapters
Sunday, February 20, 2022 6:00:45 AM

What you can expect:

 The year is 1329, and the Horns of the Apocalypse are about to sound.

In a small Scottish town, a young boy begins a journey from a carpenter's apprentice to one of the most powerful forces in the Host of the Heavens.

His Journey: A path of adversity lies before him, spanning from the Scottish Borders to the Spanish Reconquista, the Holy Land, and Realms beyond. 

His Ascension: An unceasing trial, where one misstep may condemn his soul. Our hero must discover a path of progress and conquest over mythical beasts, hordes of demons, and the other fell beings created by the System for the Tribulation of Mankind. 

His Tribulation: Will he live by the Words of God, be guided by his own intent, or will other forces claim him for their own ends?

His Fate: ...

Is yet to be determined.

Discover the wonder of the Tribulation Apocalypse in Chapter one of the Echoes of the Tribulation: an Historical Apocalypse LitRPG Series.

Current Schedule : On Hiatus.

Updates expected to begin again around October.

Thanks for reading!

Cultivating Earth [Hiatus]

Cultivating Earth [Hiatus]

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Slice of Life School Life Multiple Lead Characters Magic Wuxia Xianxia Urban Fantasy Super Heroes
2,048 Followers
325 Pages
233,670 Views
29 Chapters
Saturday, September 7, 2019 12:00:06 AM

[This fiction is on indefinite hiatus. I'm currently acting as a 24-hour caregiver for my step-father who had a massive heart attack. I apologize for disappearing so quickly, but sometimes that's just life. I'll return as soon as possible. Sorry everyone!]

 

Zhao Gang, after hundreds of thousands of years cultivating, has finally reached the penultimate threshold. He is ready to ascend to the level of True Immortal. 

Driven by the need for a place his enemies won't find him, Zhao Gang puts together an audacious plan. He has developed a revolutionary new formation which will allow him to ascend while on even the lowest planes. To avoid drawing attention, he has to choose a plane that is relatively desolate, however.

He chooses Earth. Fast forward three thousand years.  Zhao Gang discovers what his work has wrought - a cultivation-free culture that has delved the deep mysteries of creation - he can't help but think how this tiny little planet devoid of natural energy could affect the course of all creation.

There's only one problem. For that to happen, he has to succeed in cultivating Earth.

 

Notes: Chinese names should be ignored in the social context - they don't mean anything. Sorry for slaughtering such a beautiful tradition.

This novel starts off slower than most. If the slow-roll isn't your thing, you might want to give this a pass. If it's not for you, I understand. Also, releases may be broken up into smaller chunks. The goal is 5k words, but definitely more than 4k. If you see a short release, be aware that more is probably coming.

 I'll be honest and say that I'm struggling with each new scene, if only because I want to balance the scope of vision with good pacing. I hope the work I put into it is worthwhile.

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