Legend of Icaros
He was born from the void between stars - a being of immense power, forged from cosmic origins.
For thousands of years, he walked among humanity, protecting them and keeping his true strength hidden. After losing the only family he had, grief led him to seek his own end... only to wake up in a world entirely unlike his own.
Here, cultivation is the main path to power. Those who master spirit qi gain superhuman strength, speed, and abilities that place them far above ordinary people. Four great sects rule the land, competing for resources, secrets, and dominance over each other.
Icaros joined the Li Sect, where he found companions he came to trust and care for: the capable and easygoing Li Han, the sharp and composed Su Yan, and the spirited Nelly. For a time, he felt he had found a place to belong, even as he kept his true nature hidden and wondered whether he could ever learn to cultivate like those around him.
Everything changed when their voyage was suddenly attacked. A powerful figure floating in the sky cut their ship apart with sharp, devastating energy strikes, leaving only destruction in his wake. Believing his friends had been lost in the disaster, Icaros chose to stop holding back any longer.
> "I am done hiding!"
He unleashed his full power: golden light blazed from his eyes, he flew at incredible speed, and he broke through every barrier and enemy in his way. On the shores ahead, he tore through hordes of powerful jade monsters, destroying them completely before flying deep into the interior of the island.
Meanwhile, survivors washed up scattered and alone. One young cultivator found himself on the shores of Jade Island - a place most cultivators avoid, as it holds no treasures or useful materials, only danger and endless deposits of ordinary jade. Yet despite the risks, ordinary people have built settlements here, finding safety from the conflicts and power struggles of the outside world.
This island works by different rules. Spirit qi is scarce and unstable, making cultivation far less effective than elsewhere. Instead, the people here rely on advanced technology - weapons and explosives that can injure or even defeat those with great physical strength. Here, skill and preparation can be just as powerful as raw strength, and even the strongest cultivators must move with caution.
Now, Icaros has vanished deep into the island. His companions are lost somewhere across this dangerous land. And the mysterious swordsman who destroyed their ship has already arrived here, searching for an ancient map said to lead to the legacy of a being from another world.
Will they find each other again? And can anyone survive in a place where the usual rules of power no longer hold true?
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Chapter 8
"It's not really that much of a trial though,just weeding out the trash." She said with a chuckle, as it dawned at the participants how ruthless the cultivation world is.
As if waiting for her words to simmer, she continued. "In your life as a cultivator,even they we all want to get strong enough to crush our opponents. But it's simply unrealistic to think you'll win every battle,and that's why you have to be adapt at escaping. The test I just gave you,tested that part of you."
While she was saying this,the participants couldn't help but listen keenly, as they were aware how much the advice of a senior could impact their lives. But Icaros couldn't help but wonder with a rare proud smirk on his face,"why do I need to run? when I can just defeat them."
Am not going to say much again or interfere. The one who will be taking over is li Han. You might have known him before or might not,but one thing is clear,he represents the authority of the li sect in this mission,and we are here to help him enforce it,so don't slight him.
She said the last part with a bit of a cold glint in her eyes,before coldly striding inside the ship's interior building with the other female cultivator,but what the other participants didn't notice was that after just entering the ship,just before her figure disappears, her shoulder slumped down a bit. Icaros couldn't help but smirk a bit from this observation, as he thought in his heart, "maybe she isn't that much of a leader"
Icaros found himself in one out of the many rooms in the ship,which have flew off from the li sect.
After Su Yan departed. li Han gave a short speech to the participants, congratulating them on their performance, and instilling the danger of the new mission,which he said was to be in the azure forest. A place Icaros remembered, as where young master Deimos found him,and it was said to be one of the most dangerous zones in the world,although the danger levels increases the more deeper one goes. Which means the mission will likely be in the peripheral area.
This was also properly explained by li Han,when he saw that panic was arising after he revealed the location. He explained that they will only complete their mission in the outer zones,where they can survive with their body refinement realm cultivation, and with the aid of him,li Han,Su Yan with Nelly,who are all spirit realm cultivators, no accidents will occur.
Li Han couldn't help but smile at the thought of accidents occurring,from the knowledge he acquired, other sects and clans where very much wary of the four great superpowers and won't risk any attacks,for any reasons."Well maybe the demon beasts and other hazards",li Han couldn't help but become interested when he remembered that there were bandits in this world,albeit,they were certainly more dangerous, and more ruthless.
He was about to dwell in it more,when he remembered the conversation he has with li Han before he went inside the interior of the ship. After the little competition, the participants were allowed to enter inside the interior of the ship,while taking numbers for easy management. As Icaros made his way to the cue,he noticed a hand signal from li Han to stay back. He couldn't help but stay behind with nothing to do,but caught in the awkward moment,of not staying in the cue,just standing to the side,with li Han. Who doesn't seem to mind,as he cheerfully drank from a small wine bottle,which Icaros doesn't know where he brought it out from and when.
After all the participants has entered the ship interior,and only li Han and Icaros was left on the bow. Li Han said with a huge smile plastered on his face,which wasn't there before,when he was addressing the participants,"you made it!".
"Why wouldn't I?" Icaros said after deciding to be a little more friendly to li Han,after considering the warmth and friendliness he had shown him.
Looks like someone is getting too proud of killing a grade C beast,I've killed worse,li Han said with a chuckle before taking a big gulp from his wine bottle.
Icaros didn't seem provoked at all,as he laughed at it for a moment before saying,"I know grade E beasts are equivalent to body refinement real cultivators. With grade D beast being equivalent to elite body refinement realm cultivators and,should I say"he hesitated slightly before saying,weaker spirit real cultivators,and spirit realm cultivators equivalent to grade C beast,but what's above grade C beasts considering, you just said you've killed worse.
Li Han who was listening intently,as he asked his question,suddenly started laughing,the kind one will use to mock someone foolish.
Contrary to li Han's expectation,Icaros did not get nervous or awkward at all from the laugh. Instead he looked at li Han,as if he was waiting for his answer.
Li Han who was supposedly an old fox himself,laughed some more,without being embarrassed, before suddenly being mean and saying in a strict manner. Don't bite off more than you can chew. Which Icaros raised an eyebrow at,but he wasn't done as he continued explaining,there's a reason the Library is divided depending based on disciples levels. So it is in the cultivation world,biting of more than you can chew,trying to know and poke your nose in what's beyond you,don't usually end well. Take it from me,try to focus on the present things and what you have,and stop chasing clouds. You may think you're strong and you are,but the river is much more deeper than it appears,so be careful not to sink.
Listening to li Han's words and advice,Icaros brows furrowed in thoughts and wonders,but it soon relaxed. As he said with a relaxed expression as if the previous event hadn't occurred at all. He said flatly,I guess you didn't signal for me to wait,all for this?
Li Han smiled before saying with a joyful tone,yeah! Actually, before switching to a flat tone,the young master and the sect upper echelons has decided on your matters,as you're different from the other participants and new intakes this batch.
Icaros eyes focused on li Han as he listened with rapt attention. Who took a deep breath, I can't tell you the details, but the sect has a better offer for you,than a normal disciple, which will be discussed with you after the mission. And speaking of missions,yours will be different and special.
"Special, what do you mean?", Icaros couldn't help but ask. You're much stronger than a body refinement cultivator,and according to the strength you previously shown in the azure forest,you will have no problem taking down a spirit realm cultivator. Which makes you superior to the other participants, so the sect has decided to use this opportunity for a better mission.
What mission? Icaros couldn't help but ask as his brow lightly furrowed. Li Han laughed lightly before saying with a look of someone divulging a very important secret in a gossip. Although the other spirit realm cultivators are here for the safety of the participants,they are actually here for the special mission.
Nelly will overlook the normal mission,why Su Yan,you and I will do something more interesting. Li Han explained, but seeing as Icaros was about to say something, he waved his hands lightly and signalled for Icaros to stop,before saying," Don't worry about the special mission for now,we will fill you in on the details,when the time is right".
Icaros couldn't help but swallow his words with a smile, after some compliments and thanking li Han for the information. Li Han turned to enter the interior,but couldn't hold back his curiosity,he asked."Where did you get that round big wine bottle from,I didn't see it on you earlier"
Li Han revealed a wide smile as he said,with the wind blowing against his green robes,"A magician never reveals his tricks"
Icaros could only roll his eyes at Li Han's silliness, before heading inside.
Seeing Icaros figure disappear,Li Han couldn't help but think, "how much will he affect the storm"
While Icaros was trying to find the room assigned to him,and managing the new information.
Icaros couldn't help but review all this in his room in the ship,he could already guess,that the ship should be at full speed now,tearing through the air.
Just as he was about to consciously decide on and analyze everything he's considered today. A massive tremor hit the ship,sending Icaros rolling on the floor,a thought couldn't help but hit him,"is it the bandits?"
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9.7
For three years, I hid my identity as the sole heiress of a multi-billion dollar tech empire to live in a cramped apartment and support my boyfriend, Ben.
But the day before our engagement, I stood outside a meeting room and overheard him talking to his wealthy boss, Haylie.
"She's just a stepping stone," Ben laughed, his voice full of contempt. "A poor, ambitionless distraction while I work my way up to where I really belong."
He mocked the cheap silver ring he gave me, calling it a necessary prop to keep a naive fool happy.
He bragged about the multi-million dollar merger proposal he was presenting, planning to use it to secure his promotion and build a future with her.
He had no idea that I had secretly negotiated that entire deal using my real connections just to give him his big break.
I had sacrificed my family's comfort, my true identity, and my own career just to watch him rise.
I poured my heart and soul into our humble beginnings, only to realize he saw my love as a pathetic joke and me as disposable trash.
I calmly picked up a pen and voided the merger agreement, tearing my hard work into tiny pieces.
I went home, slid the cheap ring off my finger, and dropped it into his mug of cold coffee.
"Soon, you'll find out exactly who is nothing."
Walking out the door, I pulled out my phone and texted my billionaire father.
"I'm in. Announce the merger."
7.1
The last thing I remembered was the blinding flash of my starship crashing. But instead of a rescue crew, I woke up tied to a wooden post, surrounded by hostile beastmen.
My universal translator kicked in just in time to hear their priestess, Chelsea, declare that I was a cursed demon who ruined their hunt. To save the clan from winter starvation, I was to be burned alive.
The flames were already blistering my legs, and jagged stones hurled by the crowd gashed my forehead. I barely negotiated a three-day reprieve to find them food, venturing into the deadly primeval forest.
I found a massive supply of wild potatoes and even gained the protection of Bronson, a terrifyingly powerful saber-toothed tiger beastman.
But Chelsea wouldn't stop.
She labeled my food as poisonous, tried to sentence me to starve in a penitent's cave, and when my agricultural knowledge proved her wrong, she invoked an ancient law. She incited the tribe's savage warriors to fight over me, turning me into breeding property.
I was a scientist offering them endless food, yet their primitive ignorance and one woman's vicious jealousy kept pushing me toward a brutal end. I was terrified, completely powerless against their monstrous physical strength.
As five ruthless challengers drew their bone axes to claim me, I begged Bronson to leave me and run.
Instead, he pulled me against his scarred chest and kissed me fiercely in front of the entire clan.
"She is my mate," he roared, unleashing a soul-crushing aura. "Anyone who wants her, come at me together."
7.9
Hannah came home under a false identity, ready to keep her head down and avoid trouble. Then a near-drowning opened her eyes, and the family she had wanted gave her nothing but disappointment.
She severed every tie, shed the disguise, and rose in revenge as a miracle doctor, brilliant hacker, and feared underworld ruler. Shock followed her family at every turn.
Her parents regretted everything. Her eldest brother clung desperately to the bond of their shared blood, while her second brother gave up his entire fortune just to earn her forgiveness. Her third brother offered up his own body for a surgery-all to save her.
But Hannah stayed cold and built her empire alone. Only one deadly rival refused to be ignored.
"I was hired to kill you, mister."
"Then take my heart, too."
9.4
My retirement was finally approved, and I was supposed to be sipping drinks on a sunny beach.
Instead, a cold system voice forced me into a nightmare scenario: "Cursed Mates Who Want Me Dead." I woke up in a stinking cave, trapped in the body of a psychopathic tribal princess.
The memories that flooded my brain made me sick. The original owner of this body had forcibly marked seven of the continent's most powerful beast-men and reduced them to tortured pets. She had ripped the shimmering scales off Jordi the Merfolk prince, gouged out a proud wolf-man's power crystal, and snapped an eagle-man's magnificent wings.
Now, Jordi was a mutilated, terrified mess hiding in a corner. He was so traumatized that he tried to slit his own throat just to escape me. His sister was actively trying to assassinate me.
To make matters worse, the system warned me that if I didn't heal these seven ticking time bombs, my soul would be erased. Yet the future timeline clearly showed that these men would eventually unite, burn my tribe to the ground, and dismember me alive.
I was paying for a monster's sins. Every time I tried to show mercy, they thought it was a sick new torture method. Words were useless, and my very presence was a trigger.
But I am a Tier-S operative, and I don't play the victim. I forced the system to unlock my powers and strapped on my tactical gear.
"Stay here and don't starve."
I left the trembling Merfolk behind and walked into the deadly primitive forest, heading straight for the powerful Oasis Tribe to take back his stolen scales by force.
8.6
For two years, I was trapped behind my own eyes, a prisoner in my own skull.
A crazed fan had hijacked my body after a brutal car crash, wearing my skin like a cheap suit.
When my soul finally locked back into my flesh in a cramped hospital room, I realized she had destroyed everything I built.
This parasitic stalker had drained my massive fortune to zero, buying luxury gifts for a mediocre actor and turning me into the internet's most hated woman.
My phone was flooded with death threats, and the hashtag demanding I go to hell was trending at number one.
Even the hospital nurses despised me. One marched into my room, raising her hand to violently slap my pale cheek.
"You psychotic bitch, you make me sick!"
Worse, my sprawling Beverly Hills estate had been foreclosed and sold to a mysterious billionaire named Kasey Dominguez.
I had absolutely nothing left. No money. No reputation. No home.
The sheer violation of watching a psychotic stranger ruin my life while I was locked in the passenger seat of my own mind made my blood boil.
I refused to let her destroy my legacy.
As the nurse's hand descended, my atrophied muscles snapped into action.
I twisted her wrist until the joint popped, grabbed the keys to my freedom, and slipped out into the cold Los Angeles night.
I was going to take my life back, starting with the billionaire who thought he owned my house.
9.0
Eleanora arrived at the city's most exclusive club with a custom cake, ready to surprise her boyfriend of six years, Kason, for his birthday.
But when she opened the suite door, she found him pressing her cousin Brielle against the sofa, kissing her passionately.
Brielle splashed red wine over Eleanora's silk dress, mocking her as a passionless dead fish.
"Get out. Don't stand there and ruin my night."
Kason didn't even look guilty as he waved her away like a nuisance.
Fleeing in tears, Eleanora accidentally drank a spiked cocktail and stumbled into a dark penthouse pool.
She was pulled from the water by Horace Reeves—Kason's terrifying, billionaire uncle and the ruthless black sheep of the family.
Drugged and hallucinating, she clung to him and whispered Kason's name.
"Since he didn't want you, I'll be happy to take his place."
That single word triggered a dark, possessive fury in the billionaire as he pinned her to his bed, claiming her completely.
Waking up covered in bruises, she realized her six years of blind loyalty had been a complete joke. She had escaped a cheating boyfriend only to be trapped by the most dangerous predator in Manhattan.
Forced by her mother to attend a family dinner that very night, she was suddenly dragged into a dark VIP room by Horace.
He kissed her brutally against the door, just as Kason and Brielle walked by and pushed it open.
Seeing his uncle pressing his ex-girlfriend against the wall, Kason's jaw went slack in absolute shock.
Horace slowly lifted his head, his eyes like chips of ice as he looked at his nephew.
"Get out."