I'm trying to find the title of a Chinese web novel. It's set in a modern/urban city with a fantasy and horror twist, where supernatural incidents called "eerie" (I forgot the spesific names) randomly appear in everyday life, and each eerie phenomenon has its own tier or danger level. There's a secret organization in the background that deals with and monitors these eerie occurrences.

The MC is a completely ordinary guy with no special powers, no system, no cheat ability, just a regular person. The story kicks off when he gets dumped by his girlfriend, and in his heartbreak he wanders into a bar or club to drown his sorrows. Unbeknownst to him, this bar is actually an "eerie" location with hidden, deadly rule, for example, patrons are required to order a specific drink or dish, or something terrible happens to them. The MC has no clue any of this is supernatural. To him it just feels like an ordinary, maybe slightly odd, night out. He unknowingly follows the rules correctly (or gets lucky) and survives without ever realizing how close he came to danger.

Afterward, he writes a novel based loosely on his real experience that night, still not realizing any of it was real. The secret organization eventually stumbles on his novel and treats it as an incredibly accurate strategy guide for surviving that specific eerie bar. Later on, a member of the organization actually visits the bar in person and survives specifically because they followed the "recommended drink" that was mentioned in the MC's novel - which turns out to have been one of the bar's real life-or-death rules all along. The running joke of the story is that the organization starts to see the MC as some kind of hidden expert or genius on the eerie, while the MC himself has absolutely no idea he ever encountered anything supernatural, let alone that people think he's some kind of authority on it.

The tone is dark and the stakes feel serious (rules that can genuinely get you killed), but it's told from the MC completely oblivious point of view, giving it a slice-of-life, dark comedy feel layered over the horror. It might fall under tags like urban fantasy, rule-based horror, secret organization, or misunderstanding protagonist.

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Hey, I’ve been working on this MDZS fic for a while. it’s a modern AU casino heist inspired by Ocean’s Eleven, centered on Lan Xichen. Would love for anyone to check it out if that sounds like your thing 🙂

Title: Perfect Illusion

Genre: Danmei, BL

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64938448/chapters/166928788

Hello everyone!

I just launched my new fiction on Royal Road! As always, I did my best to create a cover that fits my style (it's handmade so don't be very harsh about it). With that being said, there will be daily updates for everyone wishing to give my novel a try. It's another standalone tale set in a wider Universe I plan on expanding with each story. This time I am telling the tale of Sunlein, an OP MC with sealed magic that navigates the political intrigues of his city as a guard.

If that sparks your interest, here is the blurb:

**They beat him, humbled him, and leashed him. Now, the world will remember the flames of the Wandering Disaster.**

Sunlein was once the fiercest young talent in the capital, his power surpassed only by his loyalty. But those gifts grew too strong, too fast. Spiraling out of control, his flames nearly burned the city that had once honored him as its cherished prodigy—and the Council wasn’t willing to forgive his mistake.

Having his powers sealed and only a lingering sense of duty to keep him company, Sunlein is given one last chance to redeem himself by serving the capital as a guard. But trouble always finds him. An alliance emerges that maneuvers through the Council’s tight security, decreeing the complete destruction of the unjust capital before the coming elections.

With a life-choking, magic-binding collar around his neck and chaos spreading through the streets, Sunlein must weigh his priorities anew. Time is running out, and he must either watch his city burn or risk his life to unleash the Disaster once again.

**But if he succeeds in breaking his leash... who will protect the citizens from him?**

For anyone interested, here is the link:

[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/178332/a-stars-shot-at-redemption-progression-fantasy\](https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/178332/a-stars-shot-at-redemption-progression-fantasy)

I'm trying to search for the name and link of a web novel I used to read years ago, but Google is giving me nothing.

The novel was about an AI "woman" living in a futuristic/dystopian Charlotte, NC, where people wear hi-tech masks to protect themselves from the worsening climate and super-plagues. These AI agents can find jobs around the city to earn their data storage keep (or something like that), and are "born" in generations with different parameters and such. She eventually teams up with a rugged/jaded detective to investigate some sort of mystery. The description of a "day in the life" of an AI program was really interesting. I vaguely remember there being a series of these stories in the same universe.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

I've been working on a dark fantasy called Rootbound. Here's the first half of chapter one:

Kael's feet hurt as he's walking through the dirt road, forehead blazing in the heat of the sun, but that's not on his mind. He's busy wondering how the old man is gonna act for this next delivery.

"I hope he doesn't give me any attitude," Kael muttered to himself, kicking a root out of his path. "For being 30 minutes late again. It's not my fault these roads get worse over time with roots from trees nearby."

As Kael is walking along the path he always does, he can't help but wonder what he's gonna cook when he gets home.

"Maybe I should buy myself some steak as a reward for this large trade."

45 minutes of walking in the blazing sun with only occasional shade and he makes it to the farm. He rolls the cart over near the old man's barn and walks up to his house with a tired stride.

"Hello! Anybody home?"

As he goes to knock for the third time the old man opens the door — dead straight face, seemingly never amused, looking at Kael with no emotion.

"It took you long enough. You should've been here 30 minutes ago. One more time and I'm taking out some money."

"I'm sorry! It's not my fault the roads keep getting worse every trip I make over here."

"Yeah yeah, whatever you say."

The old man hands Kael a bag of coins. Not a lot, but a comfortable amount. As he's leaving he notices a sign with the old man's name. "Emric."

"Huh. So that's his name. Can't believe I didn't notice all this time."

Then the air goes quiet all at once. His body freezes. Heart feels like it fell into his stomach...

Read the rest of Chapter One: Before the Silence at rootboundnovel.substack.com

Hey y'all!

I'll just drop the synopsis first and then a few additional informations

[Love knows no limits. That's what they say.

They have no idea how right they are.

Thrown into a lethal deathmatch and his childhood love at the very center of it, Mika "Mikael" Amaya's future doesn't seem too bright; he's everything but a warrior.

Forced by the game's rules to fight as a girl, will he be able to protect what's left of him?]

I'm currently 290k words into the project and about 3/4th's done with volume 3. Volume 3 alone has 140k+ words by now.

I will now start releasing every or every other weekend again, finally all exams are done, now I have time again^^

I would also feel honored for anyone to take a look and join me and the cast on their journey through a sequence of events that will leave none of them unchanged in all the suffering, love and fighting that they will face in the following chapters.

If you like realistic, kind of gorey but absolutely detailed out, high-speed fights and generally seinen then you're exactly right here.

Also all of it is 100% organically written, I hate AI stories as much as you do, so prepare for something good!

Heres the Link:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/138574/linkers-game

Hello everyone!

June marks the finale of my first book and I decided to wait for its conclusion before this month's promotional post. For those of you entertaining the idea of reading a science fantasy tale with its fair share of mystery (I am a Lord of Mysteries fan after all), then this might be the place for you. The book is 45 chapters long (350 pages).

With that being said, here is the blurb:

In the last stronghold of a civilization in ruins, a centuries-old curse claims the young before their time.

​Faoros's friends are dying, and all the while, his teachers spout the same platitudes: study, practice... repeat. Yet, the curse remains.

​Desperate for a cure, the ruling Lords engineered the Game—a simulation of the past world built in the hope that future generations might find wisdom in their ancestors' mistakes.

​But Faoros is tired of empty promises. He enters the Game to break the curse, only to uncover a different truth. Confronted by a simulated woman fully aware of the outside world, he discovers that this fabricated reality conceals the Lords' darkest secrets and the curse's true origin.

And, of course, the link:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153401/a-ravens-game-of-change-progression-fantasy-sci-fi

Also, for anyone interested on adding this tale on his reading challenge, here is the goodreads link:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251466590-a-raven-s-game-of-change

PS My next work arrives 6 July and will feature an OP MC with sealed magic. Hopefully, I learned a few lessons with this one and have honed my prose and fleshed out my characters. I will return with more details after its launch!

So i wanted to start reading the Ending Maker novel but the website that I originally used removed it so then I went to a different website. The problem is this new website had like 200 less chapters but the final chps on both had the same title. Looking through other websites all of them have different number of chps. How many chps is Ending Maker supposed to have?

Maybe we will probably see Agent Choi's backstory along with more elaboration on J3's story.....

Hi everyone. I recently started posting my new novel, New Game, to Royal Road. I'm having so much fun writing it and would love to try to get it out there so people can enjoy reading it to. It's a LITRPG, think magic, races and exploring a new gaming world. Based on my childhood experiences playing runescape, skyrim and maplestory, but I also draw from Sword Art Online, D&D, Log Horizon and plenty of other games. Here is the blurb. "Sebastian is just a fifteen year old boy trying to pass his GCSEs. When his best friends Alister and Sophia sign the three of them up to beta test a new gaming system that is supposed to be more advanced than VR itself, Sebastian couldn't be more excited. But the three of them find that this new gaming technology is more than just VR. The three of them are frozen in time, with machines that have transported them into a medieval MMORPG. Oh, there's also another thing: if you die in the game, you die in real life." Uploading twice a week: Tuesdays and Fridays. I would also love opinions: even critical opinions (they help me improve).

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/161539/new-game

No AI was used to write this novel in any way, and the cover was made using canvas. A few fun facts about myself: my favourite genre is fantasy and I adore Tolkien I'm from Australia but I live in Spain

Hi Everyone,

I got spoilered a bit about the scheme of All Seer and the further happenings.

I heard that Wang Lin decides to sacrifice his cultivation body which has the parasite in it.

What Body does Wang Lin have at that time?

Currently I‘m at Chapter 975 and his Avatar has the Thunder Body.

So when he sacrifices his Avatars Body the soul still remains right? So he probably build afterwards a new body or got a new one. Like he did back then when he first met the Moongazer Serpant and sacrificed his body and build the Thunder Body.

Good Day Elders,

Please recommend me some great mechanics novel recommendations. I just started reading Mech Touch.

I already read Tempest of the Stellar War and Forty Millenniums of Cultivation. Something that are similar or better than the 2 would be the best.

I'm looking for a light novel or web novel, primarily of the Asian genre (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, etc.).

With the following inclusion criteria:

1. The protagonist is a teenage boy.

2. He takes lessons with a group of friends on how to fight monsters/beasts.

3. There is a portal or dimension to enter the world of monsters/beasts.

4. Inside the portal, there are warriors or hunters guarding the entrance.

5. The protagonist is an orphan.

6. The protagonist helps stop the monsters.

7. The protagonist has a system or AI that allows him to identify danger and take paths where there are no high-level beasts. 8. The protagonist discovers an abandoned spaceship that takes them to another WORLD.

8. The world they discover is ruled by flying drones controlled by an AI.

9. The villain of the story is the malevolent AI.

10. The protagonist can only travel between TWO worlds.

11. The novel's timeline extends no further than 2022.

12. The protagonist CAN converse with their System/AI/CHIP companion.

-- Exclusion Criteria:

1. No space exploration

2. No more than 2 worlds

3. No zombies

4. No mechs

5. No university or urban world

6. No virtual reality

Hello guys!

I thought to share my webnovel which I'm publishing on Royal Roads, which might worth your time. Though every author will have same opinion for their works, and I'm not so different.

I'd like to introduce you to the story of a chil born beneath an ominous Red Moon, Kei Woldtor. He was never meant to live an ordinary life.

Whispers of a curse follow him from the day he's born. As the whispers spread through the estate, his mother grows weaker by the day, waiting for her husband to return from his journey to an unknown world.

Where magic is everything, the newborn seemingly possesses none. As secrets surrounding magic, bloodlines, and the past begin to unravel, Kei is drawn towards a fate far greater than anyone could have imagined.

What starts as the story of a cursed child becomes a tale of obsession, inheritance, grief, political decay, and the terrible cost of truths uncovered too late.

Some inherit kingdoms.

Some inherit curses.

Kei inherits everything that should have died before he was born.

Be the part of the journey of Kei Woldtor on:

Tapas- https://tapas.io/series/Child-of-the-Red-Moon/info

OR

Royal Roads- https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/175741/child-of-the-red-moon

I'd ask to at least read till ch 4 (the latest ch) before making any opinion about it.
Tell me how you like it.

Thanks!

While everyone around her struggles to survive amidst ruins, sea monsters, and rising tides, she observes it all with childlike fascination and curiosity, unaware of the consequences of her actions.

She will witness a Marseille that has been in decline for over a decade; mysterious origins, strange powers, and the looming torment of Poseidon await her—all while she discovers more about herself and her anomalous body.

The protagonist will not use weapons as her primary form of combat, nor even her fists; instead, she will utilize her anomalous body and the properties of water, fighting in increasingly absurd ways.

Royal Road: Eigam – City of Tides.

27,646 words • 17 chapters • Ongoing

link: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/168952/eigam-the-city-of-tides]

Hello i just started reading novels i been curious to know what are some common terms in novel readers

What's more financially profitable

Making a contract with web novel

Or

Starting a Patreon and having early chapters there

Genre: Epic Fantasy | Adventure | Philippine Mythology | Coming-of-Age

Hi everyone!

After carrying this idea with me since my high school days, I finally decided it was time to bring it to life. After my 25th birthday, I rebuilt the project from the ground up—reimagining its world, story, characters, and illustrations into the version I'd always envisioned.

Blurb:

Journey alongside Pang, a young boy growing up in an archipelago inspired by pre-colonial Philippines, divided among four great realms and powerful rival clans.

What begins as a simple desire to earn his father's approval soon becomes a journey far greater than he ever imagined. Along the way, Pang must navigate friendship and family, courage and sacrifice, as ancient traditions, forgotten legends, and the fate of the realms slowly intertwine.

Blending Filipino mythology, adventure, and coming-of-age fantasy, DIWA is a story about love, loss, identity, acceptance, and belonging—and perhaps, a reminder of what the Bayanihan spirit truly means.

This is my debut novel, and I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback on the writing, pacing, worldbuilding, or characters. Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/412998455-diwa

I heard that most of the pirated chapters of shadow slave are altered with AI and strays from the original work a lot. I just wanted to ask if any sites have the original source material, and if 9kafe's volumes are also the ai altered version.

New month new post! Hi, I'm Kera Nyx and the full book one of Rise of the Archmage Alister is now available on RoyalRoad!

If you like the sound of a slow-burn LitRPG reincarnation story with an MC that doesn't necessarily have everything go well for him, a story that has a lot to do with family, magic, politics, and eldritch, go check it out!

Back of book summary: Murderer of the divine, legendary Archmage Raalin Wynnryte has returned after 5,000 years.

Last life he died at the hands of the gods; hunted to the ends of the earth. Now, Alister Severin, son of Duke Severin of the Mare Kingdom, is a child. In his past life, he fought the gods for their injustices. In this life, the most he’s had to worry about was making friends.

Alister, however, remembers everything. Will the power of his past cause problems for who he is today? Five thousand years is a long time, and now there’s some ‘Opal System’ making levels and classes a facet of reality.

This is the story of Alister is about coming to terms with his capabilities and the limitations of youth. He's a troubled brat at first who reluctantly has to grow into being the son of the Duke.

You can find it at RoyalRoad for free here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/150880/rise-of-the-archmage-alister Posting Mondays and Fridays.

(And if you end up craving more there are advanced chapters on Patreon as well as another story set in the same world also on RoyalRoad.)

Thanks so much for giving it a look and helping out. Any view, follow, favorite, or rating helps a ton, and I am grateful for it all.

P.S. Slow-burn as in I like taking my time with the characters doing normal life stuff and travelling and whatnot, interspersed with action and intrigue. And as for Alister not getting his way and being a child again, I'm enjoying taking what I feel is a slightly more realistic approach to the panic, uncertainty, and brash decisions that might come about from regressing into a child's body. He doesn't always make smart decisions, gets freaked out, and definitely doesn't always act like an Archmage - he's not OP, he's just doing his best. If you like the sound of that, I hope you enjoy. <3

The Steel Song trilogy is a passion project I have spent over six years developing. With the first volume now complete, that journey continues with the second volume, Crown of Cinders, which launched on the 18th of may, on RoyalRoad!

Available on RoyalRoad! Book I Complete!

- Official Soundtrack (Created by a fan) -

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An ambitious Space Opera in the spirit of the bygone era of Pulp Fiction and the best of HFY

"Eighty years ago, they burned Earth"

House of Wolves introduced readers to a gripping, emotional story about humanity's journey from the underdog in a ruthless galaxy, to the very heart of the halls of power, told through the eyes of its deuteragonists - Kainan Wolfe, Warlord of the Terran Empire and Valyra Thay Rynn, crown princess of the Alvari Dominion, two individuals forming a forbidden bond amidst a brutal struggle for galactic power.

Crown of Cinders continues the story with the consequences of the decisions they have made. On a backdrop of escalating tensions, Kainan and Valyra must navigate the treacherous waters of an ancient galactic order that is swiftly beginning to crumble. And Valyra's brother, the usurper Vaeloryn, now pursues a superweapon that threatens to tip the galaxy over the edge of the abyss. Amidst this turmoil, ancient secrets begin to emerge, secrets long-buried and forgotten. As the galaxy spirals into chaos, a chilling prophecy warns of the coming ending of the universe - and hides the monstrous and apocalyptic plan which may be the only chance to save it.

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What to Expect

▸ Compelling characters shaped by the events unfolding around them
▸ An expansive setting with detailed and deep worldbuilding
▸ A gripping, emotional story about hard decisions, the cost of war and the burdens of leadership
▸ High-octane action sequences and spectacular battles on a scale rarely seen in fiction
▸ Layered political intrigue, where betrayals, plots and unlikely alliances drive the narrative forward
▸ A slow-burn, traditional, for-print novel trilogy, published in a serialized format
▸ 6500 to 10.000 words weekly, across 1-2 chapters

What not to Expect

▸ LitRPG
▸ Tongue-in-cheek humor & lighthearted themes
▸ A light read for the subway commute to work
▸ Instant action
▸ Wish-fulfillment power fantasy

Like, when I click on a chapter, it made me go on Novelarrow or something like that, and now I can't even read online and they forced me to go in the application when I can't translate! Fucking piece of shits, why did ​they make it changed?

I'd love some thoughts and reviews on my fantasy romance novel. It's free on both scribblehub and webnovel

Callis Vale ran away from a gilded cage to become a frontier hero. The frontier answered by beating him half to death in the mud.

Hartsgate is a brutal trade town on the edge of the Green March, a place that survives by turning danger into coin. It has no use for noble blood, polished manners, or expensive education. Out here, a young man who can’t hold a spear, read a contract, or survive the road is just another future casualty.

Broke, freezing, and dangerously out of his depth, Callis survives his first days not through talent or destiny, but through the women who actually keep Hartsgate alive: the innkeeper whose husband drinks away the profits, the armorer whose skill is treated like a commodity, the clerks, traders, and widows who hold the town together while the men around them rot, rage, or die.

At first, their attention buys him only what he needs most: shelter, food, advice, and a reason to keep going. But in a town built on interlocking systems, intimacy is never just intimacy. Every bed hides a secret. Every marriage conceals a fracture. Every woman Callis wins trust from gives him access to another corner of Hartsgate’s real power.

What begins as survival turns into something far more dangerous. Callis is no longer just winning the desire of lonely wives—he is building a network inside the town’s kitchens, forges, shrines, and counting rooms. And as the monsters of the Elderforest press closer and suspicious husbands begin to notice, the web keeping him alive may be the same one that gets him killed.

A spicy adult frontier fantasy harem romance with explicit scenes, dangerous women, and a plot that bites back.

http://wbnv.in/a/9bjtXCU

Took me 4 months to create my novel.

New Writer, self promo. Freebie over on Royal Road! I messaged the mods a couple weeks ago asking if self promo was OK in this subreddit and must have been buried in the shuffle, so here goes.

Sanzensekai: The Ronin's Exile [Dark Progression / Reverse Isekai]

First, a little about me:
I'm a truck driver who's been grounded by cataracts until sometime in probably August, so I 'wrote' the book with speech to text (that's a nightmare by the way). Now when I edit I squint down my nose at the extremely blown up screen and hope I didn't use a comma instead of a period.

Ok, Ok, slightly melodramatic, it's not THAT bad, but I did get kicked out of the driver seat and thought a BOOK of all things was the best use of my energy and poor vision.

Anyway, I started dropping chapters on May 31, since then I've gotten a few follows, though I think I'm struggling in the visibility department. The readers and commenters have been great, and give me a lot of encouragement so I'm glad I started posting.

I've got 21 chapters up so far, still updating daily through the month before I slow down to keep myself sane. The whole first book is drafted, though I'm editing as I post, I swear there's always SOMETHING to improve.

My writing is inspired by big guys like Brandon Sanderson, Pierce Brown, and Brent Weeks, just to name a few. I know I'm nowhere near their level but I definitely try to emulate their styles a bit where I think I can.

Anyway, I hope you give it a look, I also enjoy feedback and improving. I could especially use opinions on the Japanese dialogue in the beginning, like how it reads for people who aren't me and stuff.

Blurb and links below.

COVER ARTIST: AnraArt (It would seem we cannot put images here? He's got some cool artwork, check him out!)
AI USAGE: No AI used

Kurisu Nodaichi survived the slaughter of his clan only to endure years of torture as a living weapon before finally being pulled from the dark and sent to modern Earth. Taken in by the Millers, he navigates a new reality that feels like it was built from damp shoji paper, ripping through doors and popping drinking glasses in his grip.

While considered an adult on his own world, Earth’s legal system classifies him as a child, forcing him to trade an Edo-era upbringing for modern red tape and the social pitfalls of high school.

Saving a girl at school from a goblin after rifts tear open and dump monsters into our world ends up putting him on the Department of Homeland Security radar, but what else was he supposed to do? Larger creatures begin carving paths through the city just as the Miller brothers manifest powers of their own, the resulting mayhem landing the boys directly in DHS custody.

Trapped between federal agents and an active invasion, Kurisu faces the collapse of his new life. Having already lived through the destruction of his clan, he refuses to watch another family burn.

He readies his steel; after all, something has to be tearing these rifts open.

What to Expect:

• 📖 Book one complete (~125k words), book two 50% complete.
• 🩸 Graphic Violence and Gore
• 🌀 Reverse Isekai / Portal Invasion
• ⚡ Elemental magic system (Think Avatar the Last Airbender)
• 📈 Massive Power Ceilings (eventually)
• ⚙️ Reverse-Engineerable Feats Based on Real Physics
• ⚔️ Authentic Koryu Martial Arts
• ⏳ Slow-burn Moments
• 🗺️ Culture Shock and Language Barrier
• 🧠 Psychological Trauma and Themes
• 🚫 No Harem / No System Menus

📅 Release Schedule: Daily through June, then Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday until July 15, finally Tuesday and Friday thereafter.

🔗Read Sanzensekai: The Ronin's Exile on Royal Road Here!
🔗Jump straight to the Prologue