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Ongoing Web Novels

Follow ongoing web novels with active updates, growing chapter lists, and fresh reader momentum. Use this hub when you want stories that are still unfolding, with authors adding chapters and readers discovering new arcs while the series is alive.

Catalyst

Five hundred years after "The Shattering" left a scar on the world forever, humanity lives in a fragile " peace " upheld by the cold, iron grip of the Rogue Capture Team (R.C.T.). Terra Umbral doesn’t care about peace. He doesn’t even care much about his own name. As a "Dragon-Killer" with a kill count close to a thousand, Terra is a chaotic force of crimson Ether and lost memories. When a routine heist for a mysterious relic goes wrong in Washington D.C., Terra becomes the target of a full-scale manhunt led by the R.C.T.’s most elite and most unhinged operatives. Forced to take along Dash, a naive sporeborn youth whose life he has already ruined.

dumbhd · Action · 13 ch

Chronicle of a Cursed Reincarnation

It is the story of an ordinary middle school student who is suddenly cursed by a powerful Demon Lord from another world. Despite this, he gradually awakens his magical powers, surpassing all creatures that have ever existed (except the gods), and begins his journey to take revenge on demonkind.

mrjapturk · Fantasy · 20 ch

Reilfear

He had never believed in fantasy. All tales of heroism and righteousness, destiny, they always felt like lies. Where force rules all, law is but the mirage. After being abused, isolated, and plagued by misfortunes in his youth, he knew only one truth: the powerful always got whatever they wanted. Then one calm New Year's day, reality began to fall apart. Individuals vanish. Cities collapse. The sky shatters like a pane of glass. And an inexplicable, luminescent blue phrase lights up: "This world has been written." The entire world began to be systematically erased, but as for him, he was unaffected, like an overlooked error the world failed to delete. Standing amidst this collapsing reality, he confronts the horrifying question: "What if the world has never truly existed? And, was I not meant to be in it in the first place?"

bad_writer · Mystery · 3 ch

stranded: no way out [vol:1]

While reading novels have you wondered what would happen if you were to be put in one? I am sure you have, but let me ask you one more thing- will you survive? would the plans you have made work ? if they do will you be able to pay the cost?

red · Action · 3 ch

Prince of All Creation

Codex is absolute. Each tome, a shard of the creator's will. A sacred archive that chronicles the fates of all who belong to a specific dynasty—those who have passed, and those yet to be born—each word penned by the creator's own hand. What does a prince do when, upon stepping into adulthood and unlocking the truth of his destiny, he discovers that his very existence is the harbinger of doom for the homeland he loves? One cannot escape fate. History has etched in blood the names of those who tried. Yet, in this once-mighty empire, now reduced to a hollow shell of its former glory, even a fated catastrophe can be transformed into an opportunity. After all, the codex may be absolute, but a man's word... is not.

AuthorOfAllCreation · Magical Realism · 5 ch

The Smiling Sword

Diversity is humanity’s greatest weapon. A million minds, a million ways to survive, a million ways to die. But in the face of death, everyone unifies. Everyone begs the dark for a God. My name is Sword. It wasn’t always, but I now can’t remember what it was before the Facility took it. I was kidnapped from a normal life and thrown into a place built to grind people into weapons: trials, monsters, human hunters, and choices that rot your morals. Survive, and you earn another day. Fail, and you vanish. Now I’m a soldier with one purpose: war and slaughter. This is my story. (Dark Sci-fi Progression Fantasy)

IchorX · Action · 12 ch

The House Of Salvador

On the continent of Af-Ri, nine kingdoms stand beneath one sovereign authority. Nine Salvador siblings. Nine rulers. Nine kingdoms. All bound under one man — Kaelion Salvador. They do not call him King. Because there has not been one since the age of Set. The throne sits empty by law. Only the one who awakens the Cry of the Ancestors may ascend it. Not by vote. Not by bloodline alone. By power acknowledged by the world itself. For two centuries the Cry has been silent. Until the night a child is born. His eyes bleed. The air fractures. Ancient wards tremble. And beyond Af-Ri's sacred Seal, in the dark where no living soul has stood in a hundred and fifty years, something that has been waiting finally stirs. Not in fear. In recognition. The Creeds were never extinct. They were patient. Watching. Enduring. Waiting for the return of what they were built to destroy. And one child's first breath has just told them — across every mile of stone and silence between them — that he exists. The nine rulers of Af-Ri must now stand as one. Because this is no longer a question of succession. It is survival. This is not the story of a boy growing stronger. It is the story of a continent that must hold together long enough for a king to be ready — and an enemy that has waited two centuries learning exactly how to make sure he never gets the chance. The Cry has spoken. The world has heard it. What comes next has been planned for longer than any of them have been alive

Spadesscribe · Fantasy · 5 ch

What did I leave behind?

After surviving the greatest school massacre of the century, a young man awakens with no memory of who he is. No past. No memories. No identity. He tries to move forward, leaving behind the scars he cannot even remember. However, the more he distances himself, the more fate insists on pulling him back. Encounters with people who seem to know him reveal fragments of a story he never knew was buried… or perhaps one he wanted to forget. Between what was lost and what still lingers in the shadows, submerged beneath the underground of his own truth, a question haunts him like a constant whisper… What did I leave behind?

NovelsEmFragmentos · Urban Fantasy · 1 ch

The Reason For Existence

An unfeeling young man bored of his stable yet monotone life has his entire reality changed after a strange power is given to him by a place that doesn't exist. He now must decide what to do with it and if he should carry out his plans for the world while also maintaining his dying relationship with the people around him.

The4th · Psychological · 3 ch

BACKROOM: The Wanderer's note.

After falling into the backroom, Owen--a northern hunter, has to quickly find an exit, he wants to return... Later, he finds a note. It's help! but, he's still alone.. no..  he isn't.. He was never alone.. They are always here for him... Something's watching.. He's safe. . ?

SuVeryLong · Adventure · 5 ch

Rebirth: My Awakening

Shin, a 2nd-year high school student, lives a routine marked by monotony and tiredness that seems to increase every day. However, his life changes when, after spending a whole night playing, he falls into a deep sleep during a class. When he wakes up, he finds the room empty except for Yuki, his classmate and the secret love he never had the courage to confess to. What begins as a series of trivial interactions between them, soon takes an unexpected turn. Shin finds himself in a relationship and, bit by bit, rediscovers his world through love, friendship, and personal achievements he never imagined he would reach. His insecurities and fears slowly disappear as he walks this new path of happiness and success. — This is how i finally woke up to life. And began to live again.

Lxpe · Romance · 9 ch

I Died During The College Debate and Awoke as the Heavenly Debater

Is this what happens when a debater dies? Charlie Kellan was a college student who spent his life arguing, questioning, and dismantling the ideas of others through nothing more than words. His life ended unexpectedly during a university debate, and when Death came to collect his soul, Charlie was sent into reincarnation and awakened in a world where Cultivation Reigns Supreme! Here, strength determines status, powerful cultivators can shatter mountains, and countless paths to immortality have already been developed. Charlie creates something the cultivation world has never seen before The Verbal Arts! What begins as a peculiar technique gradually develops into a complete cultivation system built upon rhetoric, logic, psychology, persuasion, and the manipulation of conviction. However, the stronger the Verbal Arts become, the more terrifying their potential appears. A sword can injure the body. A spell can destroy the soul. But words? Words can make someone destroy themselves. As Charlie's techniques spread throughout the cultivation world, the righteous sects begin to condemn them, while demonic cultivators recognize their potential. Eventually, the Verbal Arts are classified as a branch of the Demonic Arts. Charlie, however, doesn't understand why everyone is so surprised. After all, he has never believed that a weapon needs to be made of metal. Sometimes... All you need is an argument. Note: - Daily Chapters for First 2 Weeks - Inspired By Charlie Kirk not the Real Charlie Kirk - No filters I will write it to the very detail even if this gets banned and if it does ill write in Patreon for Free - First 3 chapters are AI but I used my old novel as a blueprint since it kinda fit the novel and i decided to start this novel since I've always wanted to write a Novel where the MC only has Verbal Powers and I figured it's the best time to start.

BelowTheShelf · Fantasy · 11 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

The Reincarnation of a Mage

In a world where power determines destiny, magic follows laws that have remained unquestioned for thousands of years. But what if those laws reveal only a fraction of the truth? Beyond forgotten wars, divided worlds, and secrets never meant to be uncovered, a hidden truth lies waiting—one capable of shattering everything the world believes. Sometimes, the most dangerous power isn't the magic you possess, but the knowledge you were never meant to discover. And some truths cannot be buried, even by death.

The_lite · Fantasy · 5 ch

The Sanguine Queen: I Reincarnated as the Strongest Vampire Character

Elise Shadowspill existed behind a screen in Green Emerald Online (GEO). She was the pinnacle of players, striking fear into the hearts of many, yet she was only pixels on a screen. All of that changed when her player walked into a gas station late at night. In a stroke of misfortune, or perhaps fortune, she was killed and ended up in the body of her character. The Sanguine Queen, surrounded by loyal followers, must navigate an unfamiliar world. In an unknown forest, in a new stage vaguely similar to the game, she will grapple with being the strongest there is. What to expect: -Overpowered Vampire Queen Protagonist -Loyal Subordinates -Slow Burn Yuri -A Hint of Edge -A Concoction to Scratch That Itch Cover Art By: BlueWinter

Kurayami · Fantasy · 26 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 · 30 ch

RED DAWN

Ash lived believing he was carrying something he never should have had to. He couldn’t let it go, and he called it a burden. He never admitted what it really was. One day, Ash started hearing a voice in his head. It offered him a way to awaken his soul and become one of those who had everything in life, who lived as they wished. Free. But Ash’s soul hadn’t awakened naturally, and a forced awakening carried great risks. He couldn’t take them, not while he was bound to the lives of three others. So the voice made a offer: a way with no risk at all.

sky · Fantasy · 4 ch

THE NAMELESS EMPEROR

Every pirate has a dream. Every legend has a beginning. Arclight D. Kira is a young pirate with an impossible dream—to become the Strongest Man in the World. But standing at the top is a living legend, Lucien Voss, a man whose power once brought the entire Navy to its knees. With his childhood friends Renji, Sara Amamiya, and Haruto by his side, Kira sets sail to explore the unknown world, discover the legendary Grand Treasures, and challenge the man who stands between him and his dream. But the seas hold more than treasures and powerful enemies. Hidden secrets, forgotten legends, and mysteries surrounding the world's greatest pirates await him. Can a young pirate with an extraordinary destiny surpass the legends and claim the title of the Strongest Man in the World? His journey begins here. His dream will shake the world.

Tharun2011 · Adventure · 1 ch