Rags to Riches Short Dramas
1,111 short dramas in Rags to Riches — synopsis, ratings and where to watch.
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At 90, I Became UnstoppableNinety-year-old Jasper—once a martial prodigy—wasted away in sickness and poverty, mocked by all. On his 90th birthday, he roars: "God, let me live again!" The next second, the Billion-Fold Talent System awakens. His cultivation skyrockets. One punch shatters testing machines. From a laughed-at old man to grandmaster-slayer, he silences every rival. He protects his wife, spoils his kids, and proves: never underestimate the old. Power, revenge, and sky-breaking punches—this short drama delivers.
Famine? I Brought a Supermarket!Bella, once a neglected old woman who favored her eldest son and saw her second son crippled by forced labor, dies abandoned in a temple. Reborn before the famine, she awakens to protect her younger son’s family. Her wooden bracelet becomes a portal to a modern market—she trades wild herbs for grain, stockpiles food, defies her greedy eldest son, and uplifts her village. This time, she rewrites fate with wisdom and a cross‑time lifeline.
Reborn: I See Your Next 7 DaysAfter his wife and trusted subordinate betray and kill him, CEO William is reborn as a poor young man sharing his name. Armed with the Life Resume System, he can uncover anyone's secrets and see their next seven days. Using this power to predict the future, spot traitors, and recruit hidden talents, William rises from nothing, outsmarts every enemy, takes revenge on those who betrayed him, and reclaims the life that was stolen from him.
Kicked Out? Now I'm a Frog TycoonAfter his brother-in-law Daniel brings him into the forest frog business, Lewes spends two years mastering the trade. When the farm sells for $3 million, he's tossed aside with only $50,000. Borrowing $80,000, he starts his own farm with his wife's support and raises top-quality forest frogs. Blinded by greed, Daniel expands recklessly, relies on growth hormones, loses everything, and lands in prison after resorting to sabotage. Meanwhile, Lewes builds a booming business and becomes the village's greatest success.
I Am A Tiger KingThe tiger clan is all female, and the one male born into it looks like a house cat. The clan decides his blood cannot be pure and treats him as a bastard. Chu Chen is that male. He came into this world of spirit beasts by accident, out of another life.
At the point where he is about to lose everything, he awakens the Infinite Evolution System. Every spirit beast he devours pushes him further up, with no ceiling, through tiger and tiger king toward the ancestral divine beasts. The clan that pushed him out starts coming to him for protection. Later, when the heavenly realm moves to wipe out the world below, he goes against the heavenly order to stop it.
You Invaded My Land? I End YouSabrina survives the slaughter of her martial family and spends ten years training under a hidden master to become the Night Valkyrie. Returning to investigate, she and loyal aide Harry uncover local traitors serving Petallian forces. At a martial tournament, Sabrina defeats their traps, exposes Roman's conspiracy, rescues her mother, and clears her family's name.
The Heavenly Emperor ReturnsA million years after betrayal destroyed the Imperial Clan, Supreme Emperor Kenneth awakens from an ancient bronze coffin with the Emperorfall System. Determined to avenge his fallen empire, he slaughters traitors, rescues the last imperial heirs, and crushes the invading Dark Universe. Leading the armies of all realms into the heart of darkness, Kenneth destroys evil at its source, ends an age-long war, and rises as the unrivaled Supreme Emperor of All Realms.
Log In, My GoddessesLiam, a broke office worker betrayed by Vivian and nearly killed by Tyler, awakens the Cloud Sponsor System. Four women—Sasha, Simone, Yvonne, and Jocelyn—"raise" him in-game, turning virtual spending into real power. Rising as an all-powerful male lead, Liam crushes Tyler's family, dismantles elite forces and the Spade Hotel, and ascends to the top of the city's power circle.
My Live-in Husband Is a Hidden MasterCultivator Flynn, the General's master, descends for revenge, only to enter a contract marriage with the Wan heiress. Mocked as a useless son-in-law, he casually saves lives with spirit medicine and revives a tycoon with talismans. No one knows he mentors the world’s richest and serves as Dragonia's Grand Maester. When the Zhou family's backer arrives, they discover the Maester came not to aid them—but to annihilate them.
Foolish Heiress? She Ruled the Sword WorldIris, the Ning family's legitimate daughter, has sword talent unmatched in history—yet was born simple-minded, cursed by heaven's envy. After training under Dante, the Blossom Sword God, she masters a peerless art. She returns to find her family in chaos—collateral branches staging a coup and Bladepeak Manor seeking vengeance. On the brink of ruin, Iris turns the tide, restores the Ning name, and silences every foe beneath her blade.
Sorry, I'm All InHidden gambling master Lance is reclaimed by the Lin family, only to be repeatedly framed by his adopted brother Lucian. Lucian colludes with underworld experts to seize the family fortune, causing the death of the eldest sister. Exposed, he flees to his brother Felix and hides in the overseas Divine Court Hotel. Lance travels, defeats hotel lord in gambling, captures criminals, donates fortune anti-gambling education, rescues victims, reunites Stella.
Reborn to Shake Up the WorkplaceLucas, a burned-out salaryman reborn as a Gen Z graduate, gains an “Office Reformation System” and becomes a viral star on The Generation. He exposes toxic workplaces, rises as CEO Yara’s assistant, and turns marketing cases into national hits, transforming from exploited worker into a “marketing god” who reshapes the industry.
Nothing Can Bind Me AgainOn the journey west, Auron protects his master faithfully but is framed by Milo and punished by Cedric. Enduring golden restraints and exile, he never wavers. With Aurelius's secret help, he breaks free, exposes the lies, and crushes the conspiracy with divine power. Cedric finally awakens, sacrifices himself to shield Auron from heavenly tribulation, redeeming his past wrongs. Master and disciple reconcile. Through trials of heart and spirit, all four find enlightenment.
Oops I Kidnapped a PrincessBy exposing corrupt officials, refining salt, and introducing high-yield crops, he unexpectedly saves Great Zhou from collapse. Shattock activates a Savior System and is transported to Great Zhou, where he builds a thriving mountain stronghold with modern knowledge. Believing the empire is doomed, Shattock proposes rebuilding it together.
Fire Me? See You Behind BarsLeonard, a top graduate, worked as CFO for his childhood friend's startup for three years on a meager salary. Refusing to falsify accounts before a funding round, he was fired. A year later, after relentless study and hard work, he passed the exam to become a financial regulator. Six months after that, at his friend's company listing ceremony, Leonard appears in uniform. Panic ensues.
My Clan Thrives on My InvestmentsA man wakes up in the body of Memphis, the head of the Mu clan, who is dying. A system attaches to him at that point. It works one way: he assesses a clan member's talent, puts cultivation into that person, and gets back more cultivation than he put in.
The first is a nephew the clan had written off, who is carrying the remnant soul of a venerated cultivator. There is also a boy who has just awakened a system of his own, and a reincarnated emperor whose power is about to tear him apart, whom Memphis pulls out of it and binds before investing in him.
The Ethereal Sect comes to the Mu house to call off a betrothal and says it will wipe the clan out. Memphis leads the younger members of the family against them and puts the sect's party down. He keeps investing after that, and the clan starts turning out emperors of its own.
I Returned with His Secret SonCeline and Kian spend one night together and neither of them arranged it. She is the Chancellor's daughter by his wife, motherless since she was small and treated poorly in her own house. He is the warrior people call the God of War, and he is wounded when the night happens. Her half sister Leanne and Leanne's mother set the trap that put the two of them in the same room. The pregnancy shows later and the family turns Celine out.
Five years pass. Celine returns to the capital with her son Enzo and does not announce herself. Medicine is what she trained in, and she takes the post of resident physician at Kian Manor. Kian has been looking for the woman from that night the whole time. Leanne comes after Celine and the boy repeatedly and every attempt is turned over and shown for what it was. The matter of Celine's dead mother comes up after that. She was a queen of Southland, which makes Celine a princess of it.
I Saved the Doomed Richest ManA broke history student, Ethan, time-travels to Great Liang and saves the doomed richest man, Samuel, with glassmaking secrets. Taken in as Samuel’s son-in-law, he uses modern knowledge to navigate deadly court wars between the Prime Minister and the Emperor. From starving nobody to empire-shaping power player.
My Nine Brides All Want to Heal MeTristan inherited the legacies of three masters and mastered the Ninefold Dragon Art. After taking the fall for his brother and being poisoned by the Dragon Venom, he must find Ninefold Bodies to survive. After his release, he marries into the Ye family and discovers his wife, Yvette, possesses the Frost Phoenix Body. As he crushes enemies and gathers more Phoenix heirs, Tristan finally reveals that he is the master and ascends to the peak of martial arts.
My Fake Boyfriend Is a BillionaireLi Jiang, a world champion racer and founder of Future Group, disguises himself as a beggar to test human nature. Tang Bing, pressured by her mother to find a boyfriend, "rents" him for 200 a day as her fake date. Back in her village, Li faces humiliation from Tang Bing's ex-friend and a snobbish contractor. Only Tang Bing defends him. Finally, Li reveals his true identity—rolling up with luxury cars and lavish gifts to teach the hypocrites a lesson—and wins Tang Bing's heart.
Your Trap Made Me Own EverythingForced to marry into the Marquis's family as a substitute bride, Juliana spends five years securing her place. When the real heiress returns to expose her as an imposter and reclaim everything, everyone expects Juliana to lose it all. But while they celebrate her downfall, they have no idea she's already laid the perfect trap—and her prey is walking right into it.
1990s: I'm My Mom's Bestie & Savior!An old photograph sends 28-year-old Sophia back to 1990s Belmor as her late mother's best friend. With her mother trapped in an abusive marriage and her own new identity facing cruel in-laws, Sophia sets out to change both their fates amid a wave of layoffs. She builds a scrap-steel business and teams up with a mine director to save his failing operation, only to discover a conspiracy behind a mining accident.
I Choose Her Over My RealmFelix, the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, reincarnates as a disowned son of the Fang family in River City. After awakening his past memories, he vows to protect his paralyzed wife, Zoe. Using his extraordinary power, he takes revenge on the Fang family, confronts the Liu family, and establishes Jade Pavilion and Zolix Pharma. He heals Zoe's legs. In the end, Felix rejects the Ten Kings of the Demon Realm's call to return and chooses to stay in the mortal world with pregnant Zoe.
Daddy, I'll Make You the Richest ManOnce Sea City's richest man, Dean was deceived by his mother Tamara into cutting ties with his devoted father. Betrayed by Tamara and her lover, he lost everything. On his deathbed, he rebirths at age eight on his parents' divorce day. He makes his father sign the papers—vowing a wealthy future. With CEO Helena, they overcome a crisis and form a loving family.
My Baby Boy Brings Me to the ThroneOn the night of the Seven Stars' Alignment, Celeste is born with a blessed fate, but Lucien, born under a cursed star, steals it. Betrayed by the Zhao family's second branch, she is cast into an abandoned infant tower and later adopted by Victoria of the main branch. Celeste rewrites destiny—bringing fortune, crushing those who seize their wealth, stopping Victoria's forced marriage to an elderly widower, and securing her marriage to a General. From ruin to power, Victoria rises to Empress.
Wait, the Divine Doctor Is Selling Rat PoisonHiding in the streets selling cockroach poison, Julian unknowingly possesses the Divine Medicine Spirit. He is the lost son of the Chu family and heir to the legendary healer Claire. After miraculously saving Great Xia’s war goddess Miranda, he joins the Divine Healer's Grand Assembly, amazes all with his skill, and exposes Cameron’s treason. At the Dragon Ceremony, he awakens his divine power, defeats Cameron, revives his mother, and protects Great Xia’s fate—becoming its Sovereign Healer.
That Panda Is Fighting BackIn his previous life, Qin Yan was the heir to the zoo, but he was buried alive by an evil businessman and died miserably. He watched his childhood sweetheart be humiliated and his adoptive father be driven to a dead end! When he opened his eyes again, he was reincarnated into a sick and dying panda in his own zoo? In a desperate situation, the system is shocked and awakened! As long as you shock people, you will become stronger! Playing Tai Chi, fighting bullies, and winning boxing championships, he evolved from a sick panda to an all-powerful divine beast. In this life, even if he is in the body of a beast, he must protect her, step on evil businessmen, pay with blood, carry forward the zoo, and take back everything that belongs to him!
Ex-Kingpin: No One Touches My FamilyVictor, a former underworld legend, turned himself in 20 years ago to protect his pregnant wife. After prison, he searches for his lost family, hoping for a quiet life. But when his son falls into gambling and his daughter is kidnapped, Victor discovers the masterminds are his former lieutenant Dante and old rival Blake. Forced back into action, he destroys their scheme and reunites with his family.
The Cop Who Talks to AnimalsAfter a brawl, handsome Howard dies and is reborn as a cop with the same name—who can talk to animals. First order of business: solve his own murder. His partner? The unattainable goddess he once chased. Howard cracks cases, angers the powerful, and is put to the test on a brutal dismemberment case. Using animal whispers, he solves it, busts a drug ring, earns respect, and becomes a real hero. Romance, glory, and promotions soon follow.
Garlic Gold And A Broken VillageWhen garlic prices crashed, he honored his contract and bought at a fixed price to save his village. He alone built a lasting business and fought the rivals. When the betrayers stood broken, he offered them work, not revenge. Can a man who values conscience over profit ever truly win?
Destroy My Silver Wolf Bloodline?I'll Marry a Top Alpha ThenThe Warwick silver wolf bloodline comes with the ability to call moonlight down, and the silver hair that grows with it is what marks the heir. Natalie has both, and she uses the first to keep her pack safe.
She gives six years to Alpha Liam. On the night before the wedding his deputy Zoe shaves the silver hair off her and puts a drug in her that weakens what she can do. Liam is aware of all of it and lets Zoe carry on.
The True Mate bond Natalie has been carrying without knowing wakes while she is at her worst, and it calls Nicholas, who ranks above every other Alpha and has been waiting years for it. He stands over her against the pack, and he uses the authority he holds in his clan and in the Alliance to deal with the two of them. Natalie works her way back to her own strength.
The X-Ray MaverickReturning from the army, Ethan Ford is betrayed by his fiancée and loses everything. However, a mysterious system grants him X-ray vision and ultimate martial arts. Mastering high-stakes gambling and antique appraisal, Ethan rises to the top. Surrounded by beautiful women, he begins his legendary journey!
My Ex-Partner Made Me BBQ KingLin Shen cooked for the army before he was discharged. He went into business with Zhao Zhiqiang, a friend since childhood, opening a barbecue place in Shencheng that took off on the strength of Lin Shen's own sauce. The deal was fifty-fifty. At the end of the year Zhao Zhiqiang handed him sixty thousand and spent the rest of the time belittling him and pushing him down. Lin Shen made no scene about it. He opened his own shop next door, reworked the sauce, brought the staff over one by one, and ran the place straight. Zhao Zhiqiang came back at him with mockery, with setups meant to frame him, and with the kind of competition that has nothing to do with food, and Lin Shen kept answering with the cooking and with the way he treated people.
Reborn: My Girlfriend Vanished MidairFrederick and Selene have been together long enough that he is taking her home to meet his parents. They fly out together and partway through the flight her seat is empty. The cabin crew tell him nobody was sitting there. The passengers, the police who meet the plane and his own family all tell him the same thing. Frederick keeps insisting and is committed to a psychiatric hospital, where another patient attacks him.
He wakes on the morning of the flight again with everything he remembers still in his head. This time he watches people instead of arguing with them. The crew and the passengers and the relatives were all hired, and the whole day was put together for him alone. Frederick plays his part while he works out who paid for it. What he turns up goes back well before the flight, to an infant swapped for another one, a place in a wealthy family that went to the wrong son, and an organ trade running underneath the arrangement.
Reborn 12 Hours Before the World EndedIn 2088, a zombie virus apocalypse breaks out. Betrayed, crippled, and left to die, Quaid miraculously wakes up 12 hours before the disaster. This time, he stops playing the good guy. He takes out huge loans, stockpiles supplies for a century, and turns his home into an impenetrable vault. As society collapses, his ex reveals her greed, and dark forces close in. Now, fighting both the undead and human evil, he swears to protect Sandra—the only one who once saved him—and make everyone who wronged him pay.
I Stood Up at My Cheating WeddingTo test her fiancé Zachary, Antonia hides her identity as the daughter of a powerful family and pretends to be disabled. But before the wedding, she catches him cheating with her best friend Renee and discovers they are plotting against her. Instead of walking away, Antonia turns the wedding into their downfall. Then Sebastian, a powerful CEO, steps forward and offers to marry her. At the ceremony, Antonia stands up from her wheelchair and reveals her true identity. With the backing of her three powerful brothers, she makes Zachary and Renee pay for their betrayal. In the end, she marries the man who stood by her.
You Can't Fake the GlowAva wanted one thing at her new school: stay anonymous and earn her place through talent. But when a broke outsider steals her identity as the daughter of iconic girl group Glow's legendary leader Claire Carter, Ava is dragged into a brutal battle for the spotlight. In a school built on fame, lies, and ambition, the real heiress must decide: keep hiding, or make the whole world hear her voice.
Ancestor, We Beg You to ReturnLysander transmigrates into a cultivation world and spends ten thousand years checking in on House Lin's sacred mountain, reaching the Immortal realm. When the Imperial House of Zhou slaughters the Lin clan out of fear, Saintess Lyanna begs their Ancestor to emerge. Armed with power from countless check-ins, Lysander returns to crush Zhou's forces, purge traitors, and expose the century-old plot behind his adopted son Lin Zhong's stolen Supreme Bone and death. He annihilates the tyrannical Zhou dynasty, avenges his family, and reshapes the realm.
The Rise of a Hidden MasterSeven years ago, Kael's uncle murdered his parents, stole his inheritance, and threw him off a cliff to die. At the bottom, he discovered a dusty old martial arts scripture and spent seven years mastering it—never realizing the dusty old "breathing techniques" he's been practing was actually a long-lost legendary technique.
When Kael finally returns to avenge his parents and claim his fiancée, he's mocked as a useless nobody who can't even cultivate. But everything changes when the strongest warriors in the North suddenly fall to their knees and call him "Master."
Now every clan wants him dead. Every beauty wants his heart. And the entire martial world believes Kael is an invincible hidden grandmaster.
The only problem? Kael is pretty sure they've got the wrong guy.
In 1988, I Built a Military EmpireChen Feijin, a aerospace academician, is reborn into 1988. Taking over a dying factory, he uses future military knowledge to make mortars from gas tanks, sell ICBMs, build Wuling pickups, and fund black-tech research. A tech tycoon on the surface but a secret arms baron, he finally leads Longguo to the stars.
Revenge of the Outcast: Back with My CultivationThe abyss where Vance's uncle Zane left him to die holds an ancient Immortal Sovereign's legacy. Once unable to cultivate, the young heir gains power there and returns to confront the family that murdered his parents seven years earlier. His golden eyes mark the transformation his enemies never expected him to survive.
Reborn to Cut Ties: Too Late for TearsThe girl brought into the house in Lorelei's place was one Lorelei had treated as a younger sister, and her three older brothers had always taken that girl's side. In her first life the four of them had her killed while she was head of the Septem Sect.
She came back with her memories and the Star Token still hers. She cut the family off in front of all of them, then took apart the harmless act the other girl kept up, and pulled down the three brothers, whose positions rested on chances that had been hers. The work carried her toward the court, where she met Prince Hector and started in with him on the schemes running through the palace. She was after the truth of her father's death, and what she found was that the girl she had once looked after had killed both her parents.
Village Girl? Her Family Runs the WorldKathy comes down the mountain to keep a marriage contract, and the people she meets take her for a village girl. On the way she saves a man's life without knowing who he is. He is Zander, who leads the Golden Sect.
Her father is the Supreme Elder of the Primal Sect and she is his only daughter. She has already reached the tribulation stage of cultivation.
Luther, the man on the other end of the contract, has been climbing inside the Golden Sect and no longer wants a wife from a mountain village. He tears the contract up with an audience and takes his time over the insults. Zander turns up while it is going on and answers for her. People from the Primal Sect come to provoke her afterwards, and she puts them down in front of everyone in the hall.
Their Coldness Killed Their OwnReborn on the day of Frank's birthday banquet, Helena is determined to protect her mother and change her fate. When danger strikes, no one believes her warnings. Even after trying to save her cruel mother-in-law, the Fu family's selfishness leads to tragedy, while Helena finally begins a new life.
The Deliveryman Daddy is the Dragon LordLucian, Lord of Dragonhold, hides his identity as a deliveryman in S City while investigating his father's death. A chance encounter with Sylvia, CEO of Su Group, leads to an unexpected one-night stand. Years later, Sylvia shows up with their three gifted little daughters. To protect his wife and children, Lucian takes on the powerful Chu family. As the truth behind his father's death comes to light, he takes back Dragonhold and keeps his family safe.
Real or Fake? I DecideCaleb McGovern is at the lowest point of his life when he binds to a system that turns anything fake into the real thing. A scam text reaches his phone from a stranger claiming to be the illegitimate son of a stock market genius and asking for help. Caleb answers it and plays along, and ten billion dollars arrives in his account. He pays $9.99 for a combat manual sold online and comes away able to handle ten men at once. The rule holds for anything he names, and he keeps using it.
Apocalypse: I Built the Last MechA massive wormhole tears open, unleashing waves of monstrous creatures. Human weapons fail, and city after city falls as Class five behemoths crush the last line of defense. Just as all hope is lost, Dr. Leonard from the Academy of Sciences rises from the ruins and climbs into his blood-soaked mech. He becomes humanity's last hope, fighting to defend what remains of the world.
They Called Him a Rent-a-CopWhen tech heiress Victoria Vance is dragged into a deadly corporate war after her father’s death, she’s kidnapped and left for dead—until Caleb, a legendary assassin trying to retire, saves her. What begins as survival becomes a dangerous, impossible love.
The Stars Between USAmelia gave up her dream of becoming an astronaut for the man she loved... only to spend seven years watching him choose another woman.
The day she finally walks away, her ex-husband thinks she'll come crawling back.
Instead, she disappears into a secret Mars mission.
Three years later, she returns as America's most celebrated scientist—with a secret billionaire by her side and the whole world at her feet.
Now the man who broke her heart will do anything to get her back.
Too bad she's already chosen the stars.
All Damage Makes Me StrongerCentenarian loser cultivator Cassian, discarded by his clan and used by the poisoned Saintess as an antidote—left dying from the process—awakens the Karma Reversal System: all harm converts to cultivation. By swallowing poison and taking damage, he rapidly rises—avenging himself, earning elders' favor, and catching the eyes of multiple saintesses. From trash to Tiger Peak Saint Son, he slaps down rivals in this hilarious, high-energy fantasy hit.
I Stopped Simping—Now She CriesThrown eighteen years into his past after a disastrous confession, Jackson abandons his obsession with the campus belle and focuses on money. His indifference suddenly makes her pursue him, even as police rewards and a new business put him on course to build an empire.
Scapegoat? I'm the Heiress He BetrayedAfter serving five years in prison for her husband's crime, Zinnia is released only to find him cheating and her own son rejecting her. Revealing her true identity as the heiress of the wealthy Zhou family, she crushes her treacherous ex and his mistress, uncovers the real culprit behind the past accident, and reclaims her son. Embarking on a thrilling path of ultimate revenge and a glorious comeback, she sends her enemies behind bars, finds true love, and rises to the absolute top!
My System Never Loses MoneyJasper travels to a parallel world and awakens the Profit Cheat System. His sister Jovie, struggling to raise 300,000 for his college tuition, enters an arranged engagement. At the engagement banquet, Jasper turns the tables, arriving with a 3 million luxury car and a dowry worth 30 million in gold, humiliating the groom’s family and calling off the engagement. He takes his sister and walks away.
With system-powered insight, he wins lottery jackpots, multiplies his fortune through futures trading, invests in unfinished real estate, builds businesses across industries, and rises from nobody to a powerful tycoon and national figure.
I Hacked the Emperor's MemoryLane finds himself in the body of a rebel leader about to be skinned alive by Emperor Julian. At the moment of death, he activates the Memory Rewrite System, implanting a false memory of his parents saving Julian with half a sweet potato during a deadly snow famine. That single memory flips everything. Julian starts protecting him, believing Lane is tied to his past salvation. From condemned rebel to the Emperor’s “trusted insider,” Lane rises overnight. Using imperial power as his weapon, he crushes corrupt officials and turns survival into a ruthless rise to the top of the Dawn Empire.
The Immortal Son-in-LawAfter being reborn as the Han family's live-in son-in-law, the immortal Donovan reveals his legendary medical skills and extraordinary strength to save his sister. He helps his wife secure a major business deal, defeats both internal rivals and external enemies, and brings down the Lu family traitors who betrayed his sect. In the end, he rescues his loved ones, helps the Han Group go public, and finds happiness alongside his wife.
From Rags to Top ScholarBorn poor, Lily Vance studies relentlessly. Trusting her father that education is the best escape, she aces her exams and earns everyone's respect.
Their Wastewater Came Back to ThemNeighbor Wayne, to save money, didn't install sewers. Relying on his higher foundation, he drained all wastewater to Zara's parents' doorstep. The stinking water causedZara's mother to slip and fracture a bone. The Wang family refused medical fees, citing water flows downhill. Zara, a city executive, didn't argue—she funded village roads and drainage. Upon completion, the Wang family became the lowest point. When rain came, sewage flooded back. The wicked reaped what they sowed.
I Butchered My Way to PowerHarvey was once called the finest sword talent of the Astral Sword Sect. Then his sword bones were destroyed and taken, and the sect threw him out. He ended up on the edge of a market town running a slaughterhouse, killing pigs for a living, with no cultivation left and nobody expecting anything of him. Killing turns out to be the thing that awakens what comes next: a system that converts slaughter into cultivation, so the butchering that was supposed to be his humiliation rebuilds his sword path one animal at a time. Princess Fiona, born into the royal house and looking for a way out of what that requires of her, recruits him. Harvey goes with her and keeps his strength hidden, letting people take him for the failure he was, and then settling accounts one at a time. He beats the sect's leading disciple. He goes down into the Sword Tomb after what is buried there. He faces a man turned demon. Behind all of it sits the matter of who ordered his bones cut out and why the sect covered for them.