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Ongoing Tragedy Web Novels

Tragedy series that are still updating.

Our Journey's End

(Undergoing Rewrite) “I want to live too...” Those were the last words he uttered before being left behind, torn apart by the fallen. Yet betrayal, anger, and frustration were not the deepest emotions he felt. Not even the pain of being ripped apart, flesh by flesh. It was clarity, much like his name. Lucid understood then that maybe, just maybe, he had spent his life the wrong way. Perhaps, in his next life, he would have better luck. However, Lucid awakens in a strange purple forest that feels both foreign and strangely familiar, against all odds he had survived. Yet his face is hidden behind a peculiar fog that seems mysterious. Suddenly a voice chimes inside his head, a beautiful, elegant voice. A voice that seems to belong to a long-fallen deity named Alice. But upon realization, she is just as lost as he is. She cannot remember her own past, and yet, she carries a hope he himself lacks. Alice guides him forward through the scattered realms, and as they journey together, Lucid may be the only thing capable of restoring this fallen deity to her former divinity. And in return, she may be the only one capable of leading him home. Or perhaps fueling the twisted desire buried deep within him. Revenge... After all, he has not forgotten... What to Expect 🃏Slow-burn 💮Transmigration, Isekai and fantasy 🃏An overpowered protagonist forced through brutal struggle and grit 💮Heavy moral conflicts, difficult choices, and the weight of duty 🃏A consistent main cast that grows and supports one another 💮Mystery-driven worldbuilding 🃏Character-focused progression 💮Subtle romance  🃏AI opening chapter illustrations  Schedule: 5 chapters on Tuesday  5 chapters on Saturday  Patreon Daily release schedule   General Author Linktree https://linktr.ee/Cr1msonLight

CrimsonL1ght · Fantasy · 340 ch

Yumix; Unveiled

Hiroki Kurogane never asked for a second chance at life, especially not one that begins with pain, memory loss, and a strange book. After a strange accident pulls him from modern Tokyo into a world unlike any he's known, Hiroki awakens in a place known as Yumix, in a world of conflicts and hidden supernatural forces. With no clear path and the danger closing in, Hiroki meets with a mysterious white-haired girl in his vision called Ayuri, whose her true motives were concealed behind her golden eyes. Now Hiroki must uncover why he was brought here, and what his presence has awakened in a world that may not be ready for the answers.

iiPilix · Fantasy · 48 ch

I Regress if the Villainess Dies!

Xian died uncovering a hidden route in Rozenfall: Romance and Ruin, a fantasy academy dating sim game, neglecting himself in hopes of reaching the game's doomed villainess. He soon found himself before mysterious entities who were impressed by the dedication that led to his demise. As punishment disguised as a reward, they cast him into the very game world he had obsessed over, tasking him with reaching its so-called True End. Awakening in the very scene he had finally uncovered, Xian stands before the villainess he had been trying to save. Only for her to order his execution. His new life ended as soon as it began. But as if it were a cruel joke, he opened his eyes once again, standing before the very same villainess who wanted him dead. Equipped with the knowledge he accumulated through countless playthroughs, Xian has no intention of following any ending imposed by either the game or the mysterious entities. Instead, he'll pursue what no one had ever achieved in the game, an ending where none of the heroines he cherished are left behind, especially the untouchable villainess. But the moment he awakened on the villainess' route, Xian realized he wasn't walking the path of the game's protagonist anymore. Every decision now led to outcomes he had never seen in the game. A blessing in disguise is too good to be true, and what you deem happiness, others may deem madness. What to Expect Fantasy academy with mystery, politics, and action. A protagonist who succeeds through preparation, deduction, and planning. Character-driven romance with multiple heroines. Long-term foreshadowing and planned payoffs. Progression where every victory comes with consequences. Updates will roughly be 1 to 2 chapters a week past chapter 40

Yuzai_Rearu · Fantasy · 59 ch

Requiem for an Aberrant

Killing your younger brother at the age of ten isn't something you forget. Years later, Cole is chosen for the Trial of the Abyss, a descent into a place where survival is forced and the weak are swallowed whole. Most begin the trial with a fall into endless black. Cole finds himself standing before a castle that should not exist. Summoned alongside five strangers just before the trial truly begins, he is drawn into a hidden clique tied to something far older and more dangerous than the Abyss itself. A girl riddled with curiosity. A man who speaks like he's already seen the end. A masked figure who claims the Gods are not what humanity believes. And when he finally completes his trial, Cole learns it was only the beginning. "Welcome to the Threshold." --- What to Expect: Weak-to-strong progression Well written fights Character-focused storytelling A unique power system Long-term mysteries and foreshadowing Academy Arc after Volume 1

TheJestersGambit · Litrpg · 33 ch

Origins of Blood

For thousands of years, the government lied, kept us hostage, and sold us unknowingly. Little did we know that these times would be the best for us all. The High-Bloods came through the firmament that veiled us in snow, and conquered everything. They shattered our false freedom, burned flesh from our bones, and feasted on us for sport. They enslaved us to be chained beyond Earth's soil—Hemorion, they call it their home. Now, we are forced into a society ruled by blood, where Kingdoms, slaves, and the deaths of beloved are as common as the light from Helios, one of their deities. Yet, whenever my eyelids close, I still see red—the light of us all stolen ... my brother’s and my own dying. But as my blood is red, my hope burns forever. I will kill them all. Note: this is a rewritten version of my already published first Volume, "Red Eclipse," of "Origins of Blood," and thus will be a revised edition with changes throughout the entire story, including prose, characters, worldbuilding, powersystem, and other elements.

Bloody_Potato · Action · 11 ch

The Protagonist Is Dead

What happens when the protagonist of a world dies? Will the world cease to exist? Or does it hold its crumbling pieces together in a desperate attempt to save itself? In a world where peace had finally become a reality, the man chosen by fate dies in an accident the world was never meant to allow. His death went unnoticed, unacknowledged by the world and the system that rules it. Until it was too late. As things go south and mana starts seeping into a world that is marching towards its demise, Kim Han — a man that was never supposed to mean anything in this story — finds himself facing a difficult situation. Unseen and uninterrupted by the fate that was withering, he must decide if he should quietly intervene in the tragedy that will unfold, or let the world choke under the weight of a story that will now never end.

Senyir · Fantasy · 8 ch

Ryori

Since birth, Kata-Kedo, also known as Kedo, has spent most of his life inside the walls of his village, with his dream to become a person who could stand against the cold in a snow-covered world, also known as a Ryori, and finally managing to step outside the cage to witness the world with his eyes. After befriending a Snow Ghost, the death that lurked deep inside the land, his life was already destined for good but also for worse, after a life-changing moment occurred in a second of carelessness that saved him and his future.  New Chapter every friday at 1pm CET Special thanks to @lilliandoodles for the great book cover.

Ginra · Fantasy · 11 ch

Time Lock

In a technologically advanced future where elite academies compete for prestige, eleven exceptional students receive a mysterious invitation to participate in The Chrysalis Initiative, a secretive tournament reputed to challenge the world’s most brilliant minds. Within an advanced simulation, the participants are assigned concealed roles as Hunters or Survivors. With no certainty of who stands on which side—and with roles capable of shifting between rounds—alliances begin to form even as doubt quietly takes root. As the tournament progresses, every interaction becomes a test of perception and every decision a calculated risk. Trust begins to erode, and the students find themselves questioning not only those around them, but their own judgment, instincts, and sense of self. In a system built upon deception and survival, the question is no longer who will win, but how far someone can be pushed before losing the very humanity they are trying to protect.

Ryxel · Sci Fi · 9 ch

The Ending Reader

People say every person dies twice. The first time when their heart stops. The second time when they are forgotten. Vael learned that earlier than most. In the rain-soaked megacity of Nexarum, he lives with a curse that allows him to hear the final words people will ever speak. Most are meaningless. Some are horrifying. But one night, inside a Dead Scene where reality twists into nightmare, he hears a silver-haired girl whisper: “Thank you for finding me again.” The problem is she says it like they have already loved each other across countless ruined worlds. As the city collapses beneath endless rain, fractured timelines, and horrors born from abandoned stories, Vael is dragged into a war against the inevitable end of humanity itself. And at the center of it all stands a girl trying desperately not to fall in love with the boy destined to erase himself for her sake. Because in every timeline, the world ends. And in every ending... Vael dies for her.

Arthur04 · Fantasy · 8 ch

I Command

Some voices are born to be heard. Others are born to be feared. Shelly Halton was never given the chance to be ordinary. Born into a noble family, her existence became a secret that even her own blood feared to expose. But beneath the whispers, the shame, and the doors closed against her lies something far more unsettling than her appearance. Something that should have remained forgotten. In a world where a single voice can change everything, Shelly will discover that being silenced and being powerless are not the same thing. Meanwhile, in the kingdom of Eclastare, a young noblewoman named Sophia finds herself drawn to something she cannot quite explain. Singing has always been a part of her life, but there are moments when her own voice feels strangely unfamiliar—as though it carries something she has yet to understand. Two girls, each with a voice of her own. Two lives moving toward a future neither can fully see. But the world is not kind to those who are different, and power rarely comes without a price. As secrets linger beneath the surface and the boundaries between fear, freedom, and ambition begin to blur, their paths will lead toward a conflict neither can simply sing or command her way out of. Because when the world refuses to listen, what is left for those who were born with voices that should never have existed?

Jenny301 · Action · 5 ch

Slave: Zero

In a city drowning in fire and silence, the Black does not simply kill. It waits. It watches. It feeds. When the revolution collapses and the streets of Bentiu run red, a group of children are left to navigate a world that has already decided their fate. Among them is a boy who still believes light can exist in a place that has forgotten the meaning of the word. Beside him walks a boy who has already looked into the abyss and accepted what stares back. Between them stands a girl whose strength is measured not in power, but in how much of herself she is willing to bury to keep the others breathing. As the city burns and the powerful rewrite morality in their own image, these children must confront a force older and hungrier than any war: the quiet, patient darkness that lives in every choice, every sacrifice, and every soul that refuses to look away.Some will try to carry the weight. Some will try to outrun it. Some will try to become it. And somewhere in the ruins, the Black is still listening.

HEAVENLYLARPER · Action · 22 ch

The Chemistry of Healing

Olivia Hartwell is a scientist, not a hero. After a mysterious catastrophe tears her from modern England and strands her in the kingdom of Eldenoor, Olivia finds herself trapped in a world of magic, prophecy, and looming civil war. The first problem is survival. The second is finding a way home. Neither should involve treating wounded soldiers, arguing with healers, or questioning centuries of accepted medical knowledge. Yet as Olivia searches for answers, she discovers that healing magic can close wounds and mend broken bones while people still die from infection, disease, and poor care. For a scientist trained to look for causes rather than symptoms, the inconsistencies are impossible to ignore. Travelling with a company raising support for a prince seeking to reclaim his stolen kingdom, Olivia becomes entangled in a conflict she never wanted. Along the way she finds friendship, purpose, and reasons to care about a world she never intended to stay in. But some wounds leave scars no magic can erase. ________________________________________ A character-driven portal fantasy featuring medicine, magic, political intrigue, slow-burn romance, and the collision of scientific thinking with a world shaped by magic.

Dr_MSC · Drama · 29 ch

Duality

Amid monsters and murderers, Lewnard Hollick lives on, fulfilling his duties as a Bearer. Shadows stalk the world, and it is the innocent and the weak who pay the price. The Apocalypse can only be prevented by the Bearers of the Astral Diaries, but nothing lasts forever. An endless war has stretched across the world's bloody and secret history, and it falls upon humanity to forge its own destiny.

FukugawaKen · Urban Fantasy · 15 ch

Project Euthanasia

Euthanasia. Quite the... macabre, but merciful concept. The idea that it is better to "die with grace" than to fight to delay the agonising inevitable, to give the suffering a way out without shame, pain, fear... To kindly lead them towards... peace. But how do you apply that to someone whose existence is as certain as the universe itself? To a “god”? ... Step 1: Orchestrate a genocide.

Aims_the_sloth · Supernatural · 21 ch

A Tale of Seven Villains and a Jerboa

Tags #Mature #Villain-centered dark epic fantasy #High-fantasy #Secondary-world-fantasy #Rival Kingdoms #Supernatural #Bromance #Angst #Found-family #Action* * * On his way home to the Empire of Arkosia, Vermon, son of Uthus, causes trouble in the central mountains of the Empamalangon Kingdom when he burns an ancient temple and enslaves a sick young man discovered hiding within its secret underground chamber after a fierce confrontation between them. As time passes, Vermon realises that Orb, his new slave, is no ordinary man. Behind his frail appearance lies an astonishingly blood-stained history and secrets far more dangerous than Vermon could have imagined. Their meeting was destined to unearth a past Vermon had forgotten entirely and set in motion a chain of events that would draw him together with five other villains, all bound by the same desperate longing: to have a family. * *

Lazarus · Fantasy · 3 ch

Esmeria

In a distant realm, a god-king revered by his followers rules with unyielding force, crushing nations that dare oppose him. Yet his ambitions stretch far beyond mortal subjugation—he hunts down other gods, erasing them from existence in his quest to become the sole divine power. As his dominion expands, gods disappear, kingdoms are threatened, and the world continues to change. Across this vast realm, adventurers, warriors, and gods pursue their own ambitions, unaware of how far the god-king's influence will eventually reach. Can even a god, crowned by worship and forged in tyranny, hold on to such power indefinitely? Or will someone rise against him, bringing about a downfall as inevitable as it is unforeseen? In a world where gods can die, only one can remain—but for how long? Cover art by Little-Moon on Scribblehub.

daight · Fantasy · 136 ch