Mark of the Fool - Chapter 17: Out into the Light

Ryan West was the kind of kid the world loved to crush—overweight, bullied, and forgotten. Every day at school was a nightmare of humiliation, fists, and fake smiles. When life finally broke him, he decided to end it all.But the moment he jumped… the world changed.[System Initialization Complete.][Welcome, Ryan West.]A mysterious system awakens inside him, giving Ryan a second chance—a chance to fight back, to rise, to matter. From a trembling loser to a fighter with quests, stats, and power-ups, Ryan steps into a brutal new reality where gangs rule schools, and bloodlines rule cities.With each victory, Ryan inches closer to uncovering the truth—about the world, the System, and the reason he was chosen.In a world where power decides everything, how far will you go when the system itself wants you to play its game?Gang Wars: Yes.Highschool Gang: Yes.Crews: Yes.Badass characters: Yes.Harem: Yes.Smut: No.Violence and a lot of fights: yes.Read the book if you're a fan of highschool/gang fighting between the crews. Urban readers, this is for you. It will hit all your emotions, and you will enjoy it as the story flows from time to time.

After sleeping for over two thousand years, she woke up, only to find she had lost everything and was even going to be sold at an auction by her father.On her way to escape, she met him by chance. He was so handsome and adorable, like a cute little dog. So they got married in a flash.Later, she accidentally met the first interstellar commander whose mask had fallen off. Rumor has it that anyone who sees his true face will die. She trembled with fear, “What a coincidence! You look exactly like my husband!” He said, “I am your husband.”From then on, he clung to her every day, wanting to have a child. She felt regretful: He looks like a wolf now! She misses the little puppy she used to have so much...

Chen Xi was a jinx who radiated misfortune the way a torch radiated light, and everyone around him knew it. His entire clan was annihilated when he was young, and not too long after that his parents disappeared. His marriage contract? Poof. Torn to shreds and gone up in smoke before the eyes of everyone in the city, almost humiliating his grandfather to the point of suicide! Cultivation? No time for that, he had a family to take care of!

This is the story of Chen Xi, a youth forced to stop cultivating and instead craft talismans to pay for his younger brother’s tuition… and who, in the process, would rise to become known by all as the Talisman Emperor!

Ripped from a dead-end life and plunged into a world where danger lurks behind every smile, Xiulan must learn to thrive in a realm ruled by ruthless ambition and deadly secrets. When Li Mei dies in a traffic accident after another soul-crushing retail shift, she awakens in a familiar yet dangerous world—inside her favorite game, . Now inhabiting the body of Lin Xiulan, the scorned second daughter of a noble family, she finds herself thrust into a nest of vipers where her very existence is an offense to those around her. Armed only with her knowledge of the game and the wounds from a lifetime of dealing with entitled customers, Xiulan refuses to play the role of the family’s punching bag. Determined to rise above, she’ll need to master immortal alchemy, tame arcane spirit beasts, perfect her martial arts, and face off against her scheming sisters and stepmother. But in Arinthia, a land where power reigns supreme and the weak are swept aside, Xiulan must do more than just survive and fade into the background. With the knowledge of a devastating future that awaits the realm’s beloved Crown Princess, she’ll need every ounce of her modern wit and growing abilities to prevent a catastrophe that would ruin the entire realm—assuming she can survive her own family long enough to do anything about it. Only by transforming herself into a force of reckoning can Xiulan hope to protect those she comes to care about—and survive the darkness that awaits.