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love the premise, MC is a commoner's daughter, living in poor conditions, pretty realistic set up (as far as these types of novels go anyway) ch33.5

ch100 MC is sent to another world - he is placed in a 'beginner's area' where he kills monster dogs to level but theres an error in his system so he keeps being sent back to lvl 1 before he reaches lvl 5 (while keeping his stats) after 10 years in that hellhole, someone higher up finally notices the error and sends him to the main continent. Task is to kill one of the goddess, to be sent back to his home world, the only way to do so is to become a powerful hunter. But the inhabitants of this world are aware of these 'otherworldly beings' so he has to hide his identity, thankfully his low level helps him (other earthlings are usually lvl 20 when they start out). MC joins the builder's association, the boss is another otherworlder who says they need to live an ordinary lives, otherwise they'll become murderers. MC meets a dragon masquerading as a human (he looks female but is actually male), they are attacked by a lich (another otherworlder), the dragon exposes its identity in order to save MC, so MC also exposes his powers and reveals himself as an otherworlder as well, lich self destructs - he's part of Great Earth, an organisation of otherworlders for world destruction - and reveals that apparently the 500yr old dragons have joined the cause? Members of the organisation look for him and sees that he self destructed, detect dragon blood and wants to use it to track the dragon. MC leaves the city and goes to another city, with the dragon acting as his liason for the builder's association. He pretends to be a Valtera (ancient warrior people) to avoid having his level measured. Now Altisse (dragon) has been asked to infiltrate the dragon's nest (hideout of villain) by the Light factions's spy Emil, but after entering she is immediately asked to see Alejandro (leader of the dragon's nest) and the Light faction spy leading her to see him is killed in front of her, she manage to avoid detection as a dragon because the wyvern pretended to radiate dragon energy? to distract Alejandro. MC rescues Emil to look for Altisse. MC keeps Alejandro at bay while the trio destroys the life force gathered at the dragon's nest. MC gets thrown into prison because he accidentally injures a nobleman when fighting a clueless newbie otherworlder. The nobleman holds fighting arenas in prison where he forces prisoners to fight against each other. MC manages to escape with the other prisoners, MC gets caught up in a fight with one of the interrogators. The other prisoners get ambused by the nobleman. An otherworlder (leslie) controlled by one of the goddess chosen implants olymphus blessing in the otherworlder newbie (zhang) to help him survive but it controls him to slaughter everyone. Eventually zhang breaks free and surrender himself, the interrogator fakes his death, and lies to the "goddess" who believed him - this confirms his guess that the goddess is fake. MC and his crew also realises that great earth (the otherworlder organisation) is actually controlled by the goddess chosen for unknown purpose. The goddess chosen have actually imprisoned the goddess in cage and are trying to absorb her powers to ascend to godhood. MC and his companions go to the fairy city in search of answers from one of the goddess chosen, the fairy queen. MC is approached by a being created by the goddess of darkness, who wants to evaluate him as a potential assistant for the goddess. MC's sword is changed by the elf king into wood. The elf king asks MC and his team to escort Randell (the prince) in a mission. The servant of darkness (Kivye) asks MC and his team to escort her to meet Balrot the sword King (the strongest of the 4 heroes) so that he can defeat the other heroes and free the goddess. mc choses to join randell's quest instead because he is fated to die otherwise - they go to the village and find the people infested with bloodsuckers controlled by a monster that came from a dimensional rift - this was a scheme by the 2nd elf prince who was banished due to his experiments with the bloodsuckers - he continued with his experiments in the human village and found a monster aka "angel" that came from the rift who could take on characteristics and abilities from whatever they consume and used it to control the bloodsuckers. the rift was widened when the 2nd prince controlled randell to use the world tree roots to widen the gap - this caused "angels" to invade - mc's system prevents him from attacking the angels but Kivye interferes with his guideline to enable him to fight the monster, in the end one of the 4 heroes (the fairy queen Hollian) appears and blasts the angel back while the elves close the rift using the world tree.

ch218 - very cute and mischievous FL - but shes actually quite wise and clever. ML in unrequited love with his master ahhh so cute <3 MC transmigrated into novel, steals ML's opportunities but in the end still killed by him. She rebirths again into her 6 year old body, plans to kill 10 year old ML but takes pity on his and takes him as disciple instead. ML is attracted and falls for FL (seemingly affected by their past life?). FL is an adorable 6 year old nascent soul cultivator (she achieves this cultivation because her mother died to transfer this power to her), they also find out that MC as a double yinyang? body (very rare and good for dual cultivation esp w pure yang body aka ML lol). While ML is in a secret realm (MC couldnt enter cause cultivation too high), MC goes to another realm to look for a special artefact, meets one of the sect disciples (aka main antagonist) and gets trapped in an illusion of her modern day life, ML enters illusion and saves her. Then while visiting antagonist's sis grave, they get attack, MC uses her power but get fatally injured from it, ML is trapped by a mysterious person but uses astral projection to stabilise MC's soul but when he returns he is in chains and the mysterious being removes all memories/affections from their past life from ML to prevent them being together in this life, ML awakens and undergo tribulations to break out of the secret realm. MC wakes with help of 6th ranked pill that antagonist bought, they take revenge on antagonist's clan who murdered his parents and sister because they were "bad luck" and wanted to obtain some family secret manual- all MC did was extract lots of money and cut off their fingers (cause they did that to antagonist), antagonist even returned manual to them. They reunite with ML who starts to realise his unnatural possessiveness towards MC. They go to Number One High School to expose imposter taking on ML's true identity. MC and ML find an artefact the divine throne that ML absorbs - but he rejects the ultimate inheritance within that requires him to cut off all emotions because he loves MC, while MC contracts a white tiger. Pink hair girl from Gu family gets jealous of MC getting close to Young Master of Mu family, so switches MC's token to the mystic realm to a higher realm one, of course MC was hiding her power so she dominated all the beasts and elite students there, MC saves the Young Master of Mu family MQH who in her past life was crippled due to an assassin (partly due to his powerful background so he can help the ML if needed). However MC gets attacked by the Withering Vine instead, it seems like it was afraid of heavenly lightning tho, which the ML possesses. MC creates havoc in the realm by steal killing from other students so that they report her and the school investigates the token swapping, MC forces the pink hair girl to kowtow and apologise. The principal offers ML placement to the mystic realm of the holy sword, the crown prince had discovered the holy sword but unable to obtain it despite cutting off all his emotions (he had accepted the inheritance in the divine throne), he then disappeared to the Meng Xuan Glacier due to a woman, he realised too late he had actually loved her. The pink hair girl plots against mc using aphrodisiac but it caused mc to become violent and almost kill the pill refiner who was going to "pluck her yin", due to the high status of pill refiners, ml blackmails the pink hair girl's mother in killing the pill refiner and covering up his death (they could have saved him but his cultivation would have been wasted, causing him to resent pink hair girl family) as qi deviation. ML implants the Withering vine into pink hair, inducing the Mu and Su families to investigate the origin, linking it back to the royal family. ML cures it by using a pill to bring her to brink of death and letting the vine absorb nearly all her vitality before using the lightning to kill it. The imposter comes to investigate ML by targeting the MC, MC plays pretend as a white lotus. However his bodyguard attacks ML (likely ordered by the true backing behind the imposter), they manage to break the barrier so the principal comes to their rescue and they join up to kill the bodyguard.

ch103 Omgggg best ever BL, the two leads are so cute T_T MC takes over his parents hotel and renamed it BL Hotel w/o knowing the meaning of BL, he gets a part timer and they both think each other is gay and somehow ends up in a relationship lol. Most balanced relationship ever, they both think each other is cute, the MC is pretty good at confronting ML whenever ML starts avoiding him so dumb misunderstandings don’t last that long. It’s just so so good ahhhhhhhh the leads are so cute together im dying and the art is nice too <3 Now: mc is worried because ml isn't going back to school to study Not too sure about the secondary couple (ML’s brother x New worker at hotel), the hotel worker is kind of a f boy. ML's brother is a tsundere kid but the cute type, not annoying, he's innocent and his feelings show easily haha. But the new worker ugh, feels like he just wants the brother for sex. ok now with backstory + him admitting he's falling for him, its looking better +now with his POV and how affected he is by ML's brother, it becomes kinda cute now. Now: ex-crush of new worker shows up, new worker ends up late to pick up ml's bro because of it, bro gets upset because he wouldnt explain and feels like rel is one sided. omggg bathtub sex + feet fetish in ch70

ahhh i love the mercurial sly OP MC <3 he's super cool and evil hahah XD and good looking :p MC is an unscrupulous businessman who dies and gets sent to another world to get purified so he can go to heaven, he has to go through levels in the dungeon to get purified, he is given the summon skill but he summons a lvl 1 goblin kid instead, lol so our MC who has OP fighting powers (he goes to gym + martial arts) kills the monsters instead, tries to train his kiddie summons to no avail lol they just get traumatised by his killing lol evil but hilarious. he also scams others to earn money (but also kind of doing good? like he donates reconstruction fees but also gets the land deeds so he will own the land after reconstructions; or he popularise a dwarf idol + uses profit to build a theatre for fees to go into reconstructions but he's getting 70% cut lol) ends up reaching the final level but chooses to stay on as demon lord in order to keep his kids <3 love him lol re-reading it was pretty hilarious noticing the frog's crush on him

ch144 - korean manhwa but is a wuxia story set in china (with familiar terms eg jianghu, righteous/demonic sects). Absolutely loved it, strong OP MC but with morals, strong FL with a mind of her own and her own desires/ambition, cute tomboy little sister who isn't creepily in love with her brother, <3 MC was a martial god who was hunted down and eventually a monk sacrificed his life and took him down, he rebirths as the young master of a great clan (same world, same time period), with loving parents and a younger sis. He is taught by Baek-kyo a mysterious scholar, and with his literary teachings manages to advance his martial arts more. Love interest is Joo Yeon-ha - the imperial princess who desires the throne - this causes her to have to fight with her brothers for power, her life in danger. She seems like a kind quiet person, but she has strong will, and likes to tease the MC too. MC takes over the house of his clan's rivals the Nam Gong family by killing off their expert and clan leader, now he is controlling them from the shadows. He also gets help from the (rat king) who once betrayed him in the past to save his own life, but regrets it so seems to be loyal this time round - he is skilled at info gathering through his rats. There seems to a mysterious green-haired man who seems to know MC but MC never seen him before, (i think MC might be reincarnation of the bandit leader who saved his life as a kid maybe? the bandit leader ends up killed by old man cultivator who takes the kid into the sect as a disciple), he seems to be pulling strings from shadows, but i think ultimately to prevent MC's death again, but works with shady ppl and keeps MC in the dark. he's also working with the princess to help her ascend to the throne. his companions are day bird guy, skilled archer guy, and priestess who predicted the reincarnation of the martial god. MC's companions are his friend/bodyguard Kyungho, subordinate he picked up Hongsan, rat guy, white/black twins old men, his tomboy martial arts obsessed sister. Mc manages to convert the day bird to his side by promising to cure his child. He also picks up an underling/talented sword cultivator MC visits the jaghwa clan and learns that the 8 demon kings are due to decend, and the bird of apocalypse is coming. He also receives a book of sorcery from them

ch36.1 - this story sends shivers down my spine with how GOOD it is, the plot is amazing T_T can more manga be like this MC is a pharmacist who was kidnapped and sold to the inner palace as a maid, she ends up saving the baby princess (poisoning via face powder) thus become the attendant her mother, one of the favoured consorts and doubles as food taster. She also spikes the interest of a "eunuch" in charge of the inner palace (aka ML). She helps him solve various mysteries in palace. MC later is dismissed from her position (due to her kidnappers being part of a faction that lost power). However, later ML hires her to work in the outer court as his attendant. A sly old officer approaches ML to obtain MC - seems like he's her real father, he fell for a famous consort however the bidding for her drove her price up, in order to reduce her price, he made her pregnant. Now MC is investigating a series of incidences (death of a court official in charge of ceremony a year ago, arson destroying ceremony items, craftsman's legacy involving easily melted metal), seemingly unrelated but all culminating in the tools of a ceremony being remade and tampered with to crash down - MC rushes in to halt the ceremony and manages to save ML who was conducting the ceremony but gets hurt herself. She was actually stopped at the entrance however her father shows up and lets her through. Culprit turns out to be court lady sui rui but she faked suicide, swapped out her body for another and escaped. MC gets sent to inner palace again to take care of a consort's pregnancy. She's also asked to grow blue roses by ML for a viewing party. In the beginning the ML might seem like your typical overbearing ML but he actually respects MC's boundaries, when he finds out MC would be dismissed, he did not scheme to keep her in the inner palace, you can see how affected he is by the MC, initially she was just an interesting plaything, but now she means so much more to him and it reflects in his actions. MC is gorgeous as her usual deadpan pessimistic self, she keeps her head down to prevent courting misfortune, she keeps other ppl's secrets, she's actually really kind. She is observant and high analytical and intelligent. The only thing that gets her excited is pharmacy/interesting plants.

ch60 - S1 end love it - MC is an abused daughter of the Salvador family - she is born with grey hair and for thousands of years these children have been sacrificed for their golden haired siblings to gain power - during the sacrifice (being burned in fire) the poor souls of the prev sacrificed children save her and she awakens her power. MC goes to the duchess, one of the only families stronger than her own to seek shelter. They have a trial and Duchess is awarded custody of MC. Duchess wants MC to enter the temple and be chosen as Arabella (the top of 20 candidates). Meanwhile her sis receives ultimatum that her engagement will be cancelled unless she becomes arabella. However, they still attempt to kill MC by using a maid who was fired due to giving MC food, but MC is rescued by her new family. MC's father is sentenced to prison (he escapes however), while her sister's punishment is delayed due to the arabella examination. MC is a child but hard working and brave, i really love her.

ch92 end of S2 LOL anti hero who casually murders for exp, but his logic for the things he does is so sound yet so wrong its hilarious. MC is a summoned hero who defeated the demon lord but personality rank F because he murdered his party beforehand (his party was a little self entitled, prevented him from gaining exp due to weird morals eg cannot kill baby dragon). Due to this he is sent back to beginning to re-test, with a morality teacher sent to guide him occasionally. MC is worse this time round tbh, he blackmails the king for money and other support - threatening to defect to other countries if they refuse. Goes to black market auction and acquire slave (Porter), and lvl 800+ elf slave, other elves crash the party including the racist ex-slave/elf princess from his prev life, he massacres all the elves for exp incl the princess. Demands compensation from elf kingdom (no survivors so he spins the story his way). Elf prince who is tolerant of humans give MC his magical sword, seems to see through MC. MC goes to meet his "master" aka a slime lol that "taught" him the concept of controlling his nervous system -> total body control. meaning he can regenerate, inc muscle mass, strengthen skin etc. He goes on to look for baby dragon but mother dragon is there instead, dragon rampages across the country while MC picks off all the prey for exp, killing dragon in the end when it collapses from old age - supposedly impossible task that sends the teacher panicking, mc ingests the heart and gain a mysterious skill that is F rank - no idea what it does. MC goes back and kills the knight leader (he bullied MC in past life in the name of training), has Porter execute all the corrupt officials incl the satan worshiper queen and traitor princes, gets Porter to marry the princess to become king. All countries now terrified of MC lol. Mc goes to elf kingdom, kills elf king in "self defence", helping elf prince to throne. MC now goes to demon lord's castle for final fight - but demon lord is making out with the elf queen who was supposedly kidnapped and killed lol. MC defeats demon king and fails again of course LOL, sent back to start, except that another hero from earth is sent with him as well (seig) who is an enthusiastic otaku who wants to save the world! lol MC ruins his rep again by trying to end the drought by killing magic catfish Ululu but ends up causing a flood instead. Seig forms a party of his own and sets off to find the holy sword. using that sword he manages to defeat the elven prince when he kills the elven king who waged war because his daughter was sold as a slave to humans. MC defeats Seig and sets off to find the demon king who tells him that to show his cursed sword to the ancient dragon to find the truth. MC defeats him and fails his character assessment again. 4th round: MC and Seig is summoned again, this time MC is supervised by a trainee teacher. MC just goes straight to kill the demon king on his first day and so manages to pass his assessment, however his graduation was put on hold. He seems to be sent to another dimension where heroes gather. He gains a skill Luck that he upgrades to the point where the universe energy helps him, this enables him to discover an underground city where two chaos elves are trapped, the angels come and attack him trying to free the prisoner, MC defeats them and gains divinity skill. MC then goes to a starter city and wants to steal the prize, he gets mistaken as a saint due to divinity and invited in. Saintress wants him to help convince the prisoners there to reform. MC demands saintess as prize, "reforms" the prisoners into his followers and breaks them out, the angels ride a poison dragon to punish him but MC frees the dragon and brings them to kill them instead, MC divinity skills reach max. He is brought along with the other "heroes/transmigrators" to a empty space and they are to compete with the last 3 rewarded, mc kills all except 2 others. He is now "reset" back to zero but this time he is not a summoned hero but an ordinary villager, his sister is Lanuvel (princess in past life). mc reaches max divinity and starts sacrificing his other skills to break through the limit. Lanuvel gets him to go to the mermaid pond to get the hero sword (sword no3) which contains the spirit of a past hero. he acquires a new companion, the sage, and also recruits a golem maker to make a blue golem for him in order to defeat the red golem created by the society of darkness. he then goes to the training cave and meets a hero of a previous era with two Z level skills (stamina + penetration) and defeats him (but unable to kill due to the effect of the room). he makes it to the last room where he meets the wife of the 1st hero, who informs him the first hero was corrupted and ran to the ends of the world. she asks him to defeat the golem of the 1st hero and take his holy sword's power, this was actually a trick to use the modified holy sword to wipe mc's memories and get him to play the role of the hero and love her, but mc has the skill to prevent memory modification hence was not influenced and absorbed her blessing Z skill instead.