Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 567: Phenomenon Under the Night Sky

Ethan Blackwood wasn’t used to being defied. As the CEO of a global empire, he crushed obstacles with a single glance. But when Lily Anderson stood before him, her chin lifted in quiet defiance, and something in him snapped. “Sign the contract,” he said, his voice like ice. “30 days. You’ll obey every command. After that, you’re free.”She hesitated, her fingers trembling as she gripped the pen. “And if I refuse?”His smirk was cold, but his eyes burned. “Then you’ll spend the rest of your life paying off your father’s debts. Your choice.”Trapped, Lily signed. But she vowed one thing: she wouldn’t let him break her.From the first day, their clash was electric. He demanded perfection; she gave him rebellion. “You think you can control me?” she spat, after he criticized her for being late.Ethan stepped closer, his presence overwhelming. “I don’t just control you. Lily, I own you.”But as the days passed, the lines between them blurred. Late nights in his penthouse turned into whispered conversations. His cold demeanor cracked, revealing glimpses of a man haunted by his past. One night, after a heated argument, he pinned her against the wall, his breath hot against her ear. “Why do you fight me so much?”Her voice trembled. “Because I’m afraid if I stop, I’ll lose myself to you.”Their connection deepened, but danger loomed. Secrets from Ethan’s past resurfaced, threatening to destroy everything. When Lily discovered the truth behind his obsession with her, she confronted him. “Was I just a pawn in your game? A way to settle an old score?”His eyes darkened with pain. “You were never just a game, Lily. You’re the only thing that’s ever felt real.”As the final days of their contract approached, their bond was tested like never before. Enemies closed in, and trust hung by a thread. Could they overcome the shadows of their pasts, or would their love crumble under the weight of secrets and pride?

A number of university students are given a simple survey in which they must watch a number of short films and rank them in order of preference. The reader takes the survey along with them with the short films being told as short stories.

Zhang Ze travels to a parallel world, where people rely on the magic domain to fight monsters and become stronger to resist the invasion of monsters in the magic cave.

She entered the Demon Realm for her younger sister Zhang Ze, named Luo Sha, but accidentally activated the strongest SSS-level talent summoning technique!

Killing monsters can be summoned, the higher the level of summoning, the more monsters can be summoned, and they can be upgraded, it is simply against the sky!

In the Demon Realm, when other adventurers form a team of hundreds or even thousands of people to attack the boss, Zhang Ze has already led his army of summoned monsters to crush them all the way!

In reality, when countries were still worrying about dealing with high-level monsters, Zhang Ze singled out hundreds of high-level monsters, shocking the whole world!

“Who the hell is Rakshasa? Breaking the record of human beings exploring the Demon Realm all the way, it’s about to break through a hundred floors!”

“Big Xia Kingdom has Zhang Ze, and has already become the most powerful country in the world! If this person cannot be won over, he must be eliminated!”

“What? Zhang Ze single-handedly picked out ten fifth-level Demon Realm powerhouses? It’s over… Sooner or later, the Great Xia Kingdom will dominate the world!”

- Description from novelbuddy

In a world heavily dependent on technology, humanity always strived for more. And when they transferred the human consciousness into a virtual world, everything changed.

People got different systems, some unlocked superpowers while others simply became stronger. There were all kinds of things people obtained, and they all came from an unknown world later named “System Online”.

A virtual world that allowed people to get stronger as they played in the world in a manner that altered their destiny, raised their strength, and gave them a chance to be what they never were.

Follow as the main character enters this world to change his destiny and help out his loved ones. However, never did he know that he would become someone at the center as the whole world faces doom.

Read how this world of System Online becomes the cause of the apocalypse on Earth a hundred years later while a new even more vast universe opens up to humanity while the world of System Online descended on Earth as both worlds merge in some unexpected circumstances.

This all leads opens to Universe where humanity's survival hangs at the stake.

A universe where humanity is at the bottom and countless races eye Earth for its resources and treasures.

A universe where the strong prey on the weak.