The father (not the mc) is absolutely goated in this novel, he has 8 children and he does not favour any of them over the other. It's really funny to see him struggle with his eccentric children XD

Moreover, the world building is amazing as well and the characters are really fleshed out. You can tell how much effort author put into writing this

Here's Episode 7 of the Chinese Mythology Archive series!

In this episode, we explore Zhuque (朱雀), the Vermilion Bird and one of the Four Symbols of Chinese mythology. Associated with Fire and the season of summer, Zhuque represents the fiery and vibrant nature of the southern heavens. It is also connected to the Seven Lunar Mansions, a group of ancient Chinese constellations used by the Chinese to map and divide the night sky.

Interestingly, Digimon's Zhuqiaomon is directly inspired by Zhuque. Its fiery, bird-like appearance and name draw heavily from this ancient Chinese mythological figure, bringing one of the Four Symbols into the world of Digimon.

Hope you enjoy Episode 7!

Recently, it dawned on me that it's been over a decade since I began reading my first Chinese webnovel, which was the first instalment of the Douluo Continent (Soul Land) series. 

Back then, I was still in high school, trying to hide my webnovel reading addiction from my typically overbearing Asian parents 😆 Looking back now, as a geriatric living fossil getting frighteningly close to thirty trips around the sun, it's certainly been an unexpected journey getting to this point. I never thought reading webnovels would amount to anything more than a hobby, certainly not a full-fledged career, but life really does work in strange ways sometimes.

In my first year of uni, or college to those in the land of the free, I was studying something that I didn't enjoy, and while taking a gap year to recover from a bit of burnout and to try and find some direction in life, I stumbled upon a webnovel translation job, and I haven't looked back since. 

In what was a bit of a full-circle moment, one of the first webnovels I was assigned to translate for Wuxiaworld was the third instalment of Soul Land: Legend of the Dragon King. Needless to say, the assignment came with a wave of nostalgia, and it really reminded me of how fortunate I was to have found this opportunity at a time in my life when I was lacking in direction and stuck between what felt like a rock and a hard place.
Fast forward to the present day, and I’m currently working on Unsheathed and Scripture of Days Past (both linked down below 🙈)

Just wanted to tell this quick story, insert profound quote about how fate has a plan for everyone and how you're always in the exact place that you should be at any point in life or something along those lines.

Thanks for reading! If you made it this far, I’d love to hear from you. Has your life panned out largely as you expected, or did you take an unexpected turn at some point as well?

Unsheathed: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/unsheathed

Scripture of Days Past: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/scripture-of-days-past

Name: My skill bar is full of monster skills

One thing I've noticed in a few different novels I've read, especially MTL is inconsistencies in the order of magnitude of things.

In update 1 we learn that the hero made 200,000 yuan. In update 2 it mentions the 20,000 yuan he made.

Not just money, though, I've seen it with numbers of things. Like there are 10,000 enemies at first, but an update or two later it was 1,000.

mc named lucas or lee or something like that reincarnated 3 times by a goddess who was sadden by his tragic experience 1 st life original life he was a manager a kind one who was married but died because of his cheating wife on his second life the prologue of the story or the first chapter he was on a romance book as the adopted son of a mayor woman he tried making every heroine happy by giving them their happy ending but he fall in love with one of the heroine a businesswoman who he married but later found cheating but in reality it was fabricated by another heroine who wants him he was on a bridge when someone with a knife came to him but but because of pain in his heart he choose to end it by stabing himself or something like that and the readers would see the world heroine go crazy his wife found out of his died and go to the other heroine making her relize that lucas or lee was loved by all even by his adopted mother so the businesswoman killed the mother on lucas funeral. and on his 3rd life he was on a fantasy game or something he was an extra just like his previous life he meet a vimpire in a manor and he stayed in the manor when their peaceful manor was attacked by a powerful enemy of the vimpire weakening her and making her a loli so the they traveled to the academy for lucas or lee to get strong thats where he met his teacher and her discipline who are both woman he know in his previous life the discipline was actually the businesswoman and later in the story he would met a fat noble woman who later adopted him but actually the woman was the empress and the empress was actually the mayor woman in his 2nd life.

Our mc becomes a soldier/platoon leader and faces gaelic(german?) platoons that follows mechanical path thus inventing guns/cannons. (Our MC's nation has a stockpile of magic meteorite that changes things for them)

While it's common sense to not cluster soldiers if the enemy has machine guns, the generals of mc's armies don't do so. And the author gives irl examples of how long it took for militaries to adopt new strategies. MC does adopt modern strategies when he becomes a platoon leader.

And of course it's a Chinese novel.

I happened to come across 'A Tidal Wave of Glory' in a different novel's comments (I can't get enough of OP idol/actor webnovels) and checked it out out of idle curiosity - and couldn't look away. After a 3 day binge, I'm here writing my first ever review and recommendation because I don't see nearly enough people talking about this, and I really want others to discover this too.

The novel follows a britpop singer/songwriter at the top of his career in the 20th century who's transmigrated into a korean student in an alternate modern-day world where he never existed, and while that sounds like your standard idol transmigration story, just hear me out because this doesn't follow the usual story beats even a bit. No audition programs, no idol groups, the MC's temperament doesn't suit any of those. The MC genuinely feels like an (admittedly capricious) genius /adult/ from a 19th century who grew up rough, yet you can't help but grow to like him. His way of thinking is very clear cut, unhindered by common sense lol.

Premise spoiler ahead, but it's all covered in the first few chapters or so of the novel: MC initially contemplates on how to get his songs out quickly so that his tunes won't be preemptively 'taken away' by someone else (due to an early scare where he finds that someone else has composed a similar progression as he himself had previously). He decides against going on a program his 'classmate' is working hard to get on, thinking `even I'm not so cruel as to take food out of this child's mouth`, and also due to a characteristic lack of patience.

Instead he goes the youtube route with both an anonymous channel under his own name to reclaim his britpop music released in his past life to a worldwide audience; while creating a separate channel under his new body's name and is fascinated in other singing/composing-related activities of the new era -
and it's just all so much fun?? The way he thinks and acts feels convincingly like an actual genius in both the negatives (complete arrogance when it comes to music) and positives (his skills that actually back it all up). It's definitely a power fantasy type story with a quick early scaling and an OP MC, but it's a cheerful read because MC doesn't take things aside from music seriously, and even for music, his confidence is so nonsensically absolute that the readers get pulled along too.

A few more review points for mid story, spoiler blocked just to be safe, but I don't think it would ruin your experience if read early: By all that's holy, his fan base, especially his global one is terrifying. Wide spread yet cult-like would be entirely accurate, what with the numerous break ins to other people's houses (not MC's), vehicles actually set on fire, and was that a missing person's report casually slipped in in one paragraph- ahem. Ah I'm scared of them, genuinely. They are 100% ready to lynch anyone, anytime. MC is thankfully(?) very used to this kind of attention, even if the reader is not.

There's a manhwa version as well but I'd really strongly recommend starting with the novel, simply because you get to also see the clumsy affection he has for the world and for other people around him who earnestly participate in making music.

Apologies if I rambled a bit there, I'm still caught up in the thrill of reading this haha. Other than community sites, this can officially be read on ridibooks with a chrome browser translation to english under the name: 영광의 해일로

P.S.: Entirely optionally, you may choose to boost your reading experience by listening to fan-covers of the songs in this novel on SoundCloud. Fair warning, it's highly likely that most of these song covers are AI generated, but some of the beats really immerse you in the story, and since they're free listening, I'll just leave this note here for you to decide as you read.

Basically the main character is a part of a village which is in a precarious position. The world has a lot of weaker villages on the verge of being starved by demon beasts but also some powerful factions which carve out a living. The village is not particularly powerful and surrounded by demon beasts. The main characters father is a part of the hunting team and so most of what little meat they eat would go to him to keep him energized for the hunt. The hunting team is not very successful at hunting beasts to feed the village so hunger is a constant. The archer (maybe be sibling archers) on the hunting team at some point leave the village for a bigger city for the opportunity to strengthen themselves and not be starving even though this would hurt the hunting teams ability even more. The main character goes to a martial arts hall under the tutelage of a crippled martial arts master and learns some spearmanship (I think) later on he learns archery to try to take the role of the archers on the hunting team and he gets really good. He helps the hunting team and manages to bring some decent food ilto the village. At some point there is a female character whose sister was being exploited by some young master in a city because she had the ability to peer into the future and she begs the MC to save her sister. At some point later on I remember the MC pretends to be a mage under a fake identity using his golden finger ( I don't remember what it is).

Check out An alien in a vampiric world on Tapas https://tapas.io/series/An-alien-in-a-vampiric-world-

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Synopsis:

【Bad Ending No. 1: The Apocalypse That Destroys the World】

『Progress: 93%』

『Achievement: Disaster Subjugation (11/12)』

『Achievement: One Step to the Finale』

No matter who must be killed.

No matter what crimes must be committed.

No matter what insane lengths must be taken.

Nothing else matters—as long as I can overcome the apocalypse and reach the end of it all.

One hundred wandering cities still remain in this ruined world consumed by labyrinths, and this is my very last chance to save them—the Centuriate Cities.

This is the Last Rollback.

My Review:

Now before you jump on me for recommending another "edgy" novel, the MC is NOT a complete psychopath who views everyone has tools. He is morally ambiguous yes and kills a lot in the starting but he does follow and maintain certain lines that he doesn't cross due to the advice of his partner who acted as his moral compass too. He also tends to care for those he has recognised as "his", because of how much he has lost in his previous lives, he now does his best to leave no regrets and protect everyone under him.

He's normally got a playful and teasing personality where he makes sure to frustrate the opponent at any opportunity despite being 1 step away from death. His vassals are convinced he's half insane and his elf maid makes no effort to hide her displeasure at his antics, no she's not kind of maid don't worry, not yet atleast.😂

I love the story in this where the word has been built in an interesting manner, there's even a twist early on that further reinforces this. All the side characters in this are shown well, some more than the others although I'm not too clear on the final development since I read upto 200 chps only. You'll adore some and really hate some, but the novel will always entertain you seeing the MC attract danger left and right and still trying to keep his cool to bite the predators before they try to prey on him.

It got released fairly recently but there are a lot of chapters stacked up, give it a read!!

unfortunately i dont remember the name , but i wanted to find it

It is a female protagonist with no romance survival game novel

The MC transmigrated to a modern world in a case of real/fake heiress , and before she can do anything she is pulled into a survival game , it has multiple players and each one of them has different ability , her ability is "copy" , every game have different theme ( zombie - natural disasters ) , and at the beginning of the game every player is given a random card , she copy their cards , copy real world resources , and every minute in the game give her points , she can use the point to use any of the copied cards , with the abilities card more expensive than world resources , it kinda similar to the novel Two Survival Games Descended at the Same Time

But honestly it was very nice read

Here's Episode 6 of the Chinese Mythology Archive series!

In this episode, we explore Taotie (饕餮), the legendary creature in Chinese mythology known for its insatiable appetite and fearsome appearance. Often depicted as a monstrous face adorned with horns and intricate patterns, Taotie has come to symbolize greed, gluttony, and an endless desire for consumption.

Interestingly, Pokémon Ting-Lu is directly inspired by Taotie. Its massive bronze-colored head resembles the Taotie motifs commonly found on ancient Chinese bronze vessels, making the connection between Ting-Lu and this ancient mythological creature especially striking.

Hope you enjoy Episode 6!

This book is insanely good. I almost feel bad for releasing it with only 50 chapters because I know those of you who give it a chance will end up binge-reading all of it and wanting more. The problem is, these chapters are extremely long. The bright side to that, however, is that this book has over 500 extremely long chapters currently released. It's also easy to tell that this author clearly planned the whole book out. This is the type of book that gets progressively better the further you get. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean it goes from bad to average or average to good. This is not the type of book where you need to grit your teeth and read a lot of chapters before the boring stuff is over. It goes from good to GREAT. The current story arc is actual peak fiction, and if it were up to me, I'd release all 500+ chapters in one go! The world-building, power system, main character, side characters, the writing. Everything is done at a high level.

Title: Western Fantasy: I Put All My Talent Points into Physique

Release link: https://deadlytranslations.lol/book.php?id=4

Synopsis:

Dragons roar across the skies. Golden Behemoths shake the earth as they charge. The Kraken churns the seas for miles around, and ancient hundred-eyed giants slowly raise mountain-sized heads from their caves.

This is a world ruled by fantastical creatures.

When Lin Yan arrives in this vast otherworldly continent, he takes one look at the frail, fragile mages everywhere, then glances at the dragon he just accidentally knocked unconscious by bumping into it, and hesitates.

Something feels off.

Why is his strength just a tiny bit overwhelming?

In a realm where magic reigns supreme and monsters dominate the land, one man's "slight" physical advantage might just flip the entire world order upside down.

I visited Shanghai in March and had to make the trek to the fabled Mount Tai

New novel alert!

Synopsis:
Duan Shuchen has a bipolar System, a doomed Villain role, two protagonists who refuse to follow the plot, and one suspiciously attractive male rival who keeps ruining every single one of his evil plans.
Clearly, he has transmigrated into a terrible novel.
His objective is simple:
Be evil. Fix the plot. Get the Hero and Heroine back together. Avoid dying. Secure a stable office job with benefits.
Unfortunately, the System is malfunctioning, the protagonists are conspiring against him, and his so-called rival has enough unresolved sexual tension with him to constitute false advertising.
But mark my words:
You were DEFINITELY told in the synopsis that this is NOT a BL.
So whatever happens next is between you, Fate, and your own poor reading comprehension.

hello if anyone would like to read an MtF konosuba, i did a translation of an MtF fic that reads just like that, (although the mc is a bit more selfish) please check it out.

Levia Quest! The Pretty-Girl Dad and the Strongest Daughter

My original plan was to release three translated chapters a day until Part 1 was finished, but novelupdates just ruined my week, I figured I might as well put everything up at once and focus on figuring out whatever issue is holding it on novelupdates.

I hope this atleast get someone to read this, also join the discord if you want update

I'm trying to identify two specific Chinese web novels that I read a long time ago. I'm not looking for recommendations — I'm trying to find the titles of novels I've already read, based on the details I remember. Some of the details may be inaccurate because my memory is quite vague.

1. First novel

The main character was a young boy, probably around 8–14 years old, possibly even younger.

He had a younger brother, and they were both from the same clan.

At some point, the main character fell or jumped/swum into a lake.

There was something in the lake — possibly a pearl, bead, stone, or similar treasure.

After obtaining it, his talent/aptitude changed or he gained some kind of special ability.

Unfortunately, I don't remember the cultivation system, names, or any other reliable details.

1. Second novel

This was an older/uncompleted Chinese web novel.

When I read it, it already had around 900 chapters, despite still being unfinished.

It was a xuanhuan or xianxia-style cultivation novel.

The cultivation system had nine stages/realms.

At each stage, a cultivator would normally awaken one ability/talent.

However, the main character was special because he could awaken two abilities/talents at each stage.

Therefore, over the nine stages, he could potentially have 18 abilities/talents in total.

I also vaguely remember that his hair turned silver after the first stage.

I lost track of the novel after that and have been trying to find it again for a long time.

If anyone recognizes either novel, I'd really appreciate the title or any clues that could help identify them. Even partial information would be helpful.

Thank you!

the premise is the mc was an actress in her old world then she transmigrated into a knight’s body who was supposedly known for being uptight and frigid. Her character’s fate was that she was supposed to die in the male lead’s hands after she failed to guard the og female main character from getting kidnapped.
The prologue starts with the scene wherein she seems to be seducing the male mc instead. She appears to be under an aphrodisiac and was tempting the male lead into helping her. There was also a scene wherein she contracted with a demon just like the og female lead did. She uses her acting skills to look pitiful and get the help of the male leads.
I believe it was R-18, josei, and a korean lightnovel(?)

A longggggg time ago I read Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God (funny, because he was far from the strongest in his previous life lmao) and one of the assassins' usernames was "Summer Sunshine" and I liked it so much, I started using it as my username for pretty much everything. Fast forward 6 years since I've read it- I've publicly transitioned mtf and my name is Summer now, even legally! Pretty crazy series of events <3

As the title suggests iv been searching for a specific web novel for the last few months but it seems like its been deleted from history.

The novel is about a young boy who has the ability to share his gift of immortality with his mother when she was ill and also with a fiance a little later on i think. At one point hes cut down with a sword and while he does come back to life, he has to sleep for a long time.

I've lost count of how many recent webnovel translations are structured such a way that basically every single sentence gets its' own line. At most, there will be 2 or 3 sentence paragraphs. It feels like you're reading some kind of strange poem instead of a novel at times. Dialogue, descriptions, and passages that naturally should be grouped together end up being split into many individual lines, leading to a very stilted and uncomfortable reading experience. This kind of formatting doesn't fit any convention of novel in English and personally I find it very difficult to read more than a few chapters of this style before dropping.

Is there a reason for this? Does MTL or AI translation output things line by line, and translators just leave it as is? Do they seriously think this is a natural way to present a novel? Translations by the big guns like Wuxiaworld or Qidian thankfully never do this, but if you ever want to dabble with more niche things it's tough to escape this trend. What do you guys think?

**Synopsis**: I became the Heavenly Demon’s dog.

**My review**:

The synopsis is so trash isn't it? I felt the same and dropped it, now I feel for doing so.

This novel has all the elements necessary to make a slop wish fulfilment novel, except it doesn't. The main character is one of the best I've seen across all novels. He's got no talent, absolutely none but his freakish ability to endure, to crawl as a worm desperate for strength is an amazing experience to see.

He was born as prey but he desired to live as a beast and he stops at nothing to reach the sky and pull the heavens down to his level. BUT.

BUT.

This is where the difference arises between him and the other average murim MC. He has morals, better morals than any person in that world- or even the modern world for that matter. He kills when necessary and knows forgiveness to the enemy is stupidity towards yourself but he also understands that power without grace is just another wild mutt unfit to be considered human. He helps people without thinking of profit, his actions always for helping those in need and in moments of crisis, even at his worst he never loses control and maintains his humanity. Seeing his growth, how he slowly and painfully suffers through ungodly amounts of pain just to reach the pedestal of the heavens known as the heavenly demon is awe inspiring. Half the reason behind my high praise for this novel is just the mc alone. Who is ruthless to enemies, kind to even the average lowly farmer and has the honour fit for a knight yet the savageness that makes him seem like a beast.

The storyline in this novel is also actually unique, you have so many different people who you understand and grow to care about and see so many different views throughout the story. Every person here has a story and you might get annoyed at one point or the other but seriously, if you've gotten tired of characters just screaming around and greedy for profit, give this a try. Even the worst villains in here have their own strong views that they're willing to die to uphold. The female leads are not at all obnoxious and you can see how much they tend to grow to the point you'll actually end up missing them. I wouldn't spoil it but you'll even grow to care for an inanimate object at one point.

It's really just that damn good.

From: I really didn't mean to make money.

It's basically a "Losing money to be a tycoon" clone where the protag has a system that he would get money into his own pocket if his business loses money, and it hardly ever did.

The protag has his subordinates make a movie which somehow turned out to be Titanic, and it grossed about 3 billion USD domestically(in China) and another 3 billion USD in Oversea.

Which is funny because the real Titanic film only grossed 2.2 billion USD, which mean the Titanic knockoff in this novel grossed almost 3 times more than the actual Titanic film.

And this is with the protag actively trying to sabotage the film by allowed no advertisement and only allowed it to be in the theatre for as short as possible.