Gilded Ashes: When Shadows Reign - Chapter 146: Belonging Somewhere

#######[The Cold and Deaf Beauty VS The Paranoid and Flippant Rogue]The First Time: He said the experience was too poor and boring. I don’t want to come back for a second time.The Second Time: He looked at her as if he wanted to swallow her whole.Natalie Kendall: Wasn’t it boring?Natalie Kendall knew Isaac Vaughn was not a good person, but she was still deceived by him in both body and heart.Isaac Vaughn thought this little deaf girl, Natalie Kendall, was really easy to fool. The love he casually spoke of, she believed it to be true.Finally, one day, Isaac Vaughn went too far.Natalie Kendall: “Shall we break up?”Isaac Vaughn: “Why don’t I just die.”Later, the event of Second Young Master Vaughn eloping with his own little uncle's fiancée became the biggest scandal in the circle.Isaac Vaughn always took advantage of Natalie Kendall’s inability to hear.At first, she couldn’t hear his lies, and later, she couldn’t hear his love.

[Interstellar Beast World • Multiple Mates • Sweet Love • Grouppampering]After a car accident, Ruan Li finds herself in an interstellar future where men are nonexistent and male Beastmen reign supreme. Women are revered as the ultimate treasures, pampered and adored, while the Beastmen earn the living, maintain their dashing looks, and stay fit.Wait, is this the world turned upside down? No, no, no—this is the treatment women deserve. After two decades of being single, Ruan Li is ready to enjoy the perks.She accepts having five husbands the moment she transmigrates, only to find each Beast Husband is more than meets the eye. Once a spoiled and malicious female, she decides to turn over a new leaf and just chill. Yet, her Level 1 Healing Ability upgrades even in her sleep?The silver-haired, half-masked man with white eyes—why does he look so much like her eldest husband? Not sure, need another look.What to do with the foxy beauty at home who’s always trying to climb into bed? Urgent, need advice now!The silly and naive lion always wants to get close. Huh? Why does this handsome and cold gray wolf, comparable to a male model, look like her ex-husband?Ps. Beast Husbands ≥ 5, many one-sided loves, the heroine is not polyamorous. Plenty of tension and love triangles.

For as long as he could remember, life had always been cruel.A young man in his early twenties—his name now lost to the past—was dealt a life filled with misfortunes.A cold, empty apartment, a soul-crushing job, and, finally, a terminal diagnosis.With nothing left to live for, his only comfort had been escaping into the fictional world of Path of the Elemental Sage, a story of heroes, magic, and survival.But fate had other plans.When death finally came for him, he didn’t fade into nothingness.Instead, he awoke in the world he had only read about—a world of chaos and danger where death lurked around every corner.The air smelled of magic, the sky was filled with possibilities.{«[Status Window]»}[Name: Lyrium Blackwood][Age: 16][Rank: D-][Skills: None][Elements: None}At first, confusion filled his mind.Who was Lyrium Blackwood?Why was he here?And why did this body feel so different?But as his memories returned, so did the realization: this wasn’t some blessing or second chance.He wasn’t reincarnated as the protagonist.No destined savior.No cheat abilities.No grand fate.He was just another mob, a face in the crowd meant to exist and die without leaving a mark.But this young man—the one who had left his old name and life behind—wasn’t the kind of person to roll over and accept his fate.“This world is dangerous. The protagonist isn’t the only one fighting for survival here,”he muttered, his red eyes deep and sharp.Unlike the naïve characters in the story, he knew the stakes.He’d read the web novel.He’d seen the carnage, the betrayals, the disasters that wiped out entire cities.And if there was one thing he refused to be, it was a pawn in someone else’s game.“I don’t care about glory. I don’t care about saving the world. All I care about is surviving—no matter what it takes.”Lyrium Blackwood wasn’t planning to live quietly or avoid danger.The only way to survive in this brutal world was to rise to the top.To be strong enough to stand above both heroes and villains.Using his knowledge of the story’s events and his iron will, Lyrium sets out on a relentless path to surpass the protagonist.Whether through clever manipulation, brutal training, or sheer desperation, he’ll climb higher and higher, leaving nothing to chance.But the deeper he gets, the more he realizes that this isn’t just the story he once read.As fate pushes him closer to the heart of the narrative, Lyrium begins to suspect that his reincarnation wasn’t an accident—and the world itself might be watching him.“I don’t care who or what stands in my way. If the story wants to kill me, I’ll rewrite the ending myself.”----------------------------------I apologize for any mistakes in this story, as it’s my first attempt at writing a novel.

Wei Fan traversed to a world filled with Evil Spirits. Fortunately, he could kill enemies to steal their Power.Ten-year Power Golden Bell Shield: Golden Bell Body Protection, Copper Skin and Iron Bones.Hundred-year Power Golden Bell Shield: Tiger Roar and Dragon's Chant, sound echoes through the demons.Thousand-year Power Golden Bell Shield: Vajra Indestructible, sun and moon shine together.