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Qi, swords, martial artists… and robots and spaceships?! The year is 3077, thousands of years after the heyday of the martial arts realm. Humanity inhabits the stars, governed by interstellar martial arts organizations who kept the old ways of the realm alive: might makes right! For bounty hunters like Seryeong, Robert, and Sunja, this means trouble is good for business, except when they bite off more than they can chew. After venturing to the irradiated wasteland of Earth for a top bounty, only to find a 2,000-year-old martial artist instead, they realize their fortunes are about to change…

Once the greatest mage and Grand Magus of the White Tower, Oscar Sage dies in a war against The Demon Emperor—only to awaken twenty years later as the disgraced noble, Oscar Crusian. The once-mighty White Tower lies in ruins, and rival factions hold control over military and resources. With his mana circuits sealed and former allies now enemies, Oscar must rebuild the White Tower, seek vengeance, and reclaim his power before the Mage Council exiles him for good. Will magic rise again or will it be buried forever?

It all started with a retirement. A legend in the underworld of killers and assassins, Sihyeok Cha, otherwise known as “The Red Shirt,” leaves a life of violence behind for his loving wife Miju and their unborn child. Little did he expect, however, that bonds made in blood cannot be so easily erased. When tragedy strikes, Sihyeok is dragged back into the deadly struggle between mob factions… and the fight is far from over.

Have you ever been so angry that you wanted to break the laws of physics and throw down with a cosmic being? Well, you might if you’re Great—no, not “great”; I mean Great the Executioner. On planet Graymark, where the law decrees that all sinners must die, Great makes a name for himself butchering criminals in their thousands. Except now the law is no more, and Great must stand trial before the King of the Cosmos, Lohumlagaha. Enraged by fate, Great takes up his sword. It's just one last time… Or is it? This series contains themes regarding child abuse that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Ganghyeok is ruined. His gym business is failing and there's no way he can pay off his debts. But one night, while reading his favorite author's latest webnovel, he gets sucked into a world of martial arts fantasy and wakes up as a child monk in the Shaolin temple. There, he must apply his knowledge of modern fitness to survive their strict training, juggle the friends and enemies he makes along the way, and find a way to get back home.

Yeon is a powerful gumiho with a distrust for love and an even bigger distrust towards humans, but what will happen when she gets involved with Dong-i, a poor painter who defies all her expectations of human nature? Will Yeon finally get the happy ending she deserves, or will she pay the price for falling in love with a mortal?

Minu Seo, a struggling nobody, never thought he'd inherit anything, especially not from the mother who abandoned him. However, what he received was beyond anything he could have imagined... A kindergarten for divine beasts! Will Minu be able to look after these magical children as their new teacher?

Heavy are the shoulders that bear the burden of a household. To keep his waning clan afloat, leader Mujin Baek has no choice but to leave his homeland and venture out into the martial arts realm. When he passes the entrance exam of the Northern Sky Union with flying colors—leaving behind one unconscious opponent in the process—Mujin soon finds that the realm is not the noble place he once envisioned. With his powerful frost-style qi, however, he sets out to make a chilling mark amidst the fiery maelstrom engulfing the realm.

Murdered on her wedding day, Alena returns as a ghost to kill the mastermind of her assassination: her very own groom. What happens when her target is not only the most powerful man in the kingdom but could also see and touch a ghost? His touch unraveled sensations she was supposed to never feel again. But Alena is determined to fulfill her dying wish and not even the mysterious duke’s allure could stop her from delivering justice with her own two hands.

After a prophetic dream foretells her sister’s death in a political marriage, Arasilla Hugo takes matters into her own hands and marries in her place. Her groom? Demian Vandermeer, the knights’ captain and the brother of her sister’s former betrothed. The only problem is that mages and knights are sworn enemies, and their sharp tongues and stubborn hearts turn every situation into a competition. Arasilla races to save her sister from a tragic fate, while Demian fights for the dukedom. Will their rivalry stay just that? Or will their contractual marriage burn into something more?

Shy and unpopular Dasom Park rushes to meet her only friend, the beautiful and adored, Iseul Chae. Instead, she finds Iseul's dead body, or rather, its hollow shell. Dasom enters it and takes over Iseul's seemingly perfect life. But as Dasom discovers horrific family secrets, she wonders where her friend went, and if it was an accident she ended up in Iseul's shell.

There’s a price to be paid for a seemingly perfect life. For Raven, the dashing young son of a duke tasked with guarding the empire, marriage represents nothing but a downward spiral into misery. Cherishing his freedom as a bachelor, Raven is perplexed when the daughter of rival House Sharen makes him a daring proposal of marriage. But there’s a hitch: Lady Estrella Sharen is an infamous villainess who is feared across the empire! Raven suspects there is more to her than meets the eye, but nonetheless agrees to enter into a marriage contract…