Heaven and Hellfire Compiled - Chapter Six: Taken

In the spring of year 6823 of the New Calendar, Lu Xuan, an unregistered resident of the Federation, hid outside a high school classroom and secretly learned a Cultivation Skill, embarking on the path of Cultivation.On the same day, he returned home and had a dream, just as he always did. In the dream, he was in the Guardian Storage Room during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history（770-481 BCE）, and the current Keeper of the Records was named Li Er, also known as Laozi.Later, Lu Xuan dreamed that he became the succeeding Keeper of the Records, became Confucius's second teacher, became the senior brother of Zhang Daoling, the Ancestral Celestial Master, and became the honorary father of the First Emperor...Even later, someone unearthed a roll of bamboo slips from the ground, on which an event was recorded.[The eighteenth Keeper of the Records, Lu Xuan, his Sword Qi like a waterfall, assassinated Duke Huan of Qi in his bedchamber]

ASSEMBLE, DRAGONS!Meet Daniel, a young man from Earth who, after his death, was summoned by a God called the Devouring Dragon God.The Devouring Dragon God gave him a chance to be reborn in another world—not just an ordinary world, but a fantasy world filled with dragons, phoenixes, magic powers, cultivation, and more. The kind of world no novel, anime, or manga fan would want to miss—and neither would Daniel.But nothing comes for free in this life. In return, the Devouring Dragon God wanted him to avenge the extermination of the Dragon Clan.And the enemy? The one thing everyone fears, the very name that makes all beings tremble—Gods.At first, Daniel refused. But the Devouring Dragon God simply said, “You either sink into oblivion or accept your fate.”With no other choice, Daniel agreed. In exchange, the Devouring Dragon God granted him three wishes.After being reborn, our idiotic MC expected everything to be under his control. However, after facing the harsh reality of this world, he was forged anew.Witness the epic rise of the Devouring Dragon, the last dragon, the one whose name spreads terror among Gods.The one who single-handedly rebuilt the Dragon Clan.The one whose name strikes fear across universes and the cosmos.

Deceived into marriage, exploited for a lifetime as a nanny without pay, and finally beaten to death by her adoptive mother in front of her adoptive father's sickbed, Shen Mianmian's miserable life came to an end.When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back at fifteen. Shen Mianmian vowed to escape her past fate, punish her malicious cousin and adoptive mother, but accidentally shone too brightly in the process.The third-to-last student in school suddenly rose to the top, becoming the candidate fought over by prestigious universities, causing a sensation among all the teachers and students...While others were busy studying, Shen Mianmian was busy starting small businesses to make money...While others were preparing for the college entrance exams, Shen Mianmian purchased the two most notorious haunted houses in Beijing in one go... becoming an oddity in everyone's eyes, they mocked her that even if she had the fortune to buy them, she might not have the life to live in them.While others graduated and were busy looking for jobs, the haunted properties purchased by Shen Mianmian were requisitioned by the government, earning her a considerable amount of demolition compensation.Those who had mocked her couldn't help but slap themselves twice... inquiring everywhere where there might be haunted houses for sale.Shen Mianmian, originally needing to borrow money for tuition fees, used the demolition funds and leveraged her rebirth advantage to buy a suitable plot of land and built a rental building, transforming into a Beijing's wealthiest and most prosperous landlady...One day, Shen Mianmian, carrying a bag of keys and having just collected the rent, was dragged to the Civil Affairs Bureau.“Shen Mianmian, it's time for you to pay back what you owe me.”

Life is unpredictable. Her husband loved her stepsister, deposed her as Empress and even forced her son to death. In that Cold Palace, she was forced to drink poisonous wine. So in the next lifetime, she made a promise to never do good deeds and help others, to never step into the palace and to never become the Empress!