Refining the Mountains and Rivers - Chapter 152 – Cultivating the Lotus Seed

I was a fool to believe that I, a mere red, could play God.A fool to think I could change the world, to balance evil with good.A fool to trust that those dearest to me would always remain by my side.In this world, where blood reigns supreme, a single misstep is all it takes to lose oneself.Ren, my dear little brother,I hope you still watch over me, even though I am unworthy.I’ll be with you soon—just wait a little longer.If you always want to stay up to date, find out when this book will be physically released, when the manhwa of Origins of Blood will come out, or see more content like novel art, then join my Discord server!

Reborn into a fantasy world of magic and aura, Rowan is the second son of a ranch family living boringly in a backwater village, with no magic and no inheritance.To avoid rotting away in the countryside, he becomes a mercenary instead. Better to die fighting than waste away.After his first kill, the Black Dream awakens: a power that lets him plunder abilities from everything he defeats.But it's more than that. When he fights alongside others, their techniques become his: a master archer's deadly precision, a hunter's supernatural tracking, an assassin's shadow-step…Every ally becomes his arsenal.Ascension awaits! From the lowly dirt to the throne of the gods.

In an apocalyptic world where resources are limited and only the rich gets to survive, money is not a want; It's a need.Terrence Ardwil is a man who has been loyal to the government his entire life. He is part of the “Mission for Life” unit— a unit created to lessen the human's total population in the hope of making humanity survive even longer.He was already satisfied with how he lived until an incident happened that resulted in his unfortunate death.When he thought he had died, he suddenly fell from the sky and woke up 2 years back in time.Be it getting rich, saving humanity, or building his own empire? With the special system he acquired, he is determined to make everything possible in his second life![Ding! The Money Making System has successfully chosen you!]

“Died by Truck-Kun. Reborn in a whorehouse. Blessed by a demonic system. And now? I'm about to make this entire fantasy world moan my name.”Kael Rennhart was just another overworked salaryman on earth—until fate and uncle-kun gave him a one-way ticket to Virelia, a mystical world of swords and sorcery.Waking up in the body of a broke brothel worker with zero prospects, Kael thought he hit rock bottom… until the Porn Empire System awakened inside him.[System Activated: Welcome, Embodiment of Lust.][Mission: Build the greatest adult entertainment empire in the realm.][Failure Condition: Eternal blue balls.]Now, with Lust Points to farm, kinks to unlock, and a cast of dangerously hot women (and men, and elves, and orcs, and... others) joining his cause, Kael must rise from gutter-level debauchery to become the Lust Overlord of the continent.But power, pleasure, and profit don’t come easy...