New Eden: Live to Play, Play to Live - Chapter 3 Choosing A Path, Part 2

When he stayed at her home and one night, he took her body in a drunken stupor. From then on, he had been a constant fixture in her life. How adamant he was in forcing a marriage was how adamant she demanded for a divorce. “I’m not staying married to you! I’m not staying married to you! I’m not staying married to you!” After she repeated such an important proclamation three times, he finally tossed her the divorce paper. She thought she had finally escaped him alas… After the divorce, he still snuck into her room every night… Finally losing her patience, she yelled, “We are already divorced!” He glanced at her and set down the divorce paper before her. On it, it was written clearly: After the divorce, the car is hers, the house is hers, the company is hers, their child is hers, he… is also hers?

As a scandal magnet in the entertainment industry, even Yu Xia helping to chase away a dog can spark rumors of cohabitation, causing her manager to nearly vomit blood out of frustration.Unexpectedly, after returning from a trip, her manager went crazy and got her into a boy band talent show, supposedly to fight poison with poison.It's quite venomous, because... her ex-boyfriend is on this show!When the talent show aired—Fans: Yu Xia, stop your hands and mouth, you can't go after young idols!Manager: Yu Xia, you better take your work seriously, no getting involved with people.After the talent show formed a group, on the explosively popular escape variety show,Xie Qingci and Yu Xia teamed up, becoming the nation's most-clicked escape duo.Fans watched wide-eyed, as the sparks of love between them flew high.Fans: Kiss him! Kiss him till the world flips upside down!Manager: Yu Xia, you actually went and got involved with someone again!Yu Xia: Those were mistakes of the past, now I'm forced into this / takes out a handkerchief to wipe tears away[Older woman-younger man romance, talent show, comedic derivative livestream, escape variety show, passionate romance]

“Failed writer. Failed hunter. Failed at life.”Aiden Jus had heard it all before. At twenty-eight, he was a walking reminder of what happened when you failed your mana awakening and spent thirteen years chasing a dream that would never come true. No powers. No future. Just a cramped flat in the UK and a lifetime of rejection letters from publishers who never bothered to read past the first page.But the day Aiden decided to give up on writing—the day he was ready to finally accept a soul-crushing desk job at an editing firm—everything changed.*[You have been chosen by Nabu, God of Literacy and Scribes]**[Skill Acquired: Narrative Embodiment (Divine-Rank)]*The ancient Mesopotamian deity offered Aiden something unprecedented: the power to physically enter any story he writes and gain real abilities from the fictional worlds he creates.*[You have mastered Celestial Blade Art - Skill permanently acquired]**[You have learned Tier-9 Spell: Void Severance - Spell permanently acquired]*Every sword technique mastered, every spell learned, every power gained inside his stories becomes permanently his in the real world. But so does every death trap, overpowered villain, and narrative cruelty he carelessly wrote in moments of frustration.Suddenly, Aiden isn't just a failed writer anymore. While other awakened humans rely on mana cores and dungeon raids, Aiden's strength comes from the worlds born from his imagination—a power that operates outside the traditional hunter system entirely.As rival gods compete for powerful human contractors and ancient ruins promise unimaginable treasures, Aiden must survive the deadly fictional universes he created while building his reputation in a society that once dismissed him as worthless.**From the typewriter to the battlefield, Aiden Jus will prove that the pen truly is mightier than the sword—as long as you're willing to live through every word you write.**

Catastrophe erupted, it was the end of the world.

Survivors were surrounded by the impregnable wall, a new order was established…

The desire for power, faith, and darkness pervaded each other, layer upon layer of brands imprinted in every corner of the heart.

The virus wreaked havoc, were these humans’ true colors?

“I unexpectedly survive, I want to live.” –Du Dian