Tome of Troubled Times - Chapter 36: A Tiger Roaring in the Mountains

Introvert!? Me!? The hell am I an introvert? I stay indoors all day because I am afraid of getting my butt kicked.Until I contract my beast, I won’t be walking freely. This is a promise I made to myself.My name is Ryder, and I am black-marked. The planet where I live is dominated by summoners. If you guessed it, then you are right—we contract beasts from the Astral Shadow Plain and summon them at will after successfully forming a contract.A mark appears on the left shoulder of every human after a period of maturity, a mark given by the beast that chooses you. There are five different types of marks—the brown, the orange, the red, the black, and lastly, the white.Of all the markings, I was marked black. I was chosen by a supreme demon monarch of the Astral Shadow Plain—the Dracogon.There was only a 0.5 percent chance for me to survive the contraction process. However, with a slight twist in the original outcome, contracting a creature from the black-marked plain was nothing compared to the catastrophe I caused shortly after—I opened a link between the beasts of the Astral Shadow Plain and the planet of humans, Terra.Everyone on my planet has been endangered because of me. The fact that no one knows when the link will trigger and cause a breach that pours mindless creatures into my world makes it all the more unsettling.Now, with no other choice, I have to find a way to resolve the mistake I made—alone, just like I caused it.

Married for four years, Sabrina Hayes is coldly neglected by her husband and watches as he caters to Brooke's every need.“Give your job to Brooke and stay home to take care of the children.”“It's the one-year anniversary of Brooke's divorce, so let's skip our wedding anniversary.”“I'm going to Brooke's son's parent-teacher meeting, and I can't make it to our daughter's kindergarten event.”Sabrina Hayes laughs, turns away with her young child, and remarries into The Aethel Circle to its heir.On her wedding day, facing her ex-husband who is kneeling and repenting, Sabrina Hayes coldly says, “Do I need to arrange a separate table for you and Brooke?”“If our daughter calls someone else 'daddy' and you have a problem, go to court and sue!”“Want to remarry? Go to sleep early, you'll have everything in your dreams!”At this moment, The Aethel Circle heir approaches, wraps his arm possessively around Sabrina Hayes's waist, and says, “Dear, it's time to return to our wedding chamber!”

An unexpected discovery in Machu Picchu has transported a young professional thief from Earth to a world filled with mystical powers and evil plots. With his beloved teacher and best friend killed during the calamity, his only goal is to become stronger, so that he can take revenge for them.This is a novel filled with politics, the struggle for power, evil beauties, and of course, Divine Immortals.

Having been married for two years, he only takes her as an enemy. He never touches her, and even insult her in front of other women, “Si Wan, you are the most disgusting woman in the world.” Facing his ruthlessness, she decides to leave, “Gong Siming, if you don’t love, just let me go.” But he replied dominantly, “Si Wan, of course I love you.” Si Wan is caught in a trance. And he goes on, “I want to love you tenderly every night.”