Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments - Chapter 1: Opting out

Mo Lin has been appointed as the Head of Yin Department in Yedou, the city of ghosts, and returned to Earth with the Ghost Suppression Book.Though the Earth has already been occupied by evil spirits, Mo Lin is way powerful than them.“Young man, don't go out at night. There are ghosts outside, it's too scary.”“Ghosts? Sorry, I'm not afraid. The more ghosts there are, the more excited I get.”

Damien reveals an ugly truth.His sister and only family, Ahara, leaves the house every midnight whilst he's asleep—a time that he soon discovers is when man-eating beasts named Rouges start hunting for prey.Unable to question her directly, he decides to investigate her and quickly figures that Ahara isn't human but rather, a vampire hero who saves them from beings like herself coming from a world she calls Gibbous—a place where entities like vampires, wizards, and beast shifters alike reside. What’s more, he also learns that the real reason behind his parents' death was the leader of the Rogues, who's rumored to have escaped after Damien’s father almost killed him.A series of fateful events lead to Damien’s long-lost power reawakening in him, and he finds himself with no choice but to return to Gibbous, a strange world where power means survival, and weakness leads to death. As such, Damien enrolls in an academy to train his newfound abilities with one thing in mind...Becoming more powerful.However, he soon discovers that the path to power is one filled with troubles and pain, and he isn’t alone in this lust for more at the academy. It’s a bloody competition against time and formidable opponents, and only those willing to sacrifice their comfort are the ones who can attain it.With a deadly foe lurking in the shadows somewhere and a strong desire to protect his sister, Damein has no choice but to fight.The only way is up, and he is going to be standing at the top of them all, ready to counter any enemy.

Dante is transported to a brutal fantasy world with zero status and no combat ability.[DING!][You have unlocked a unique skill, [Summon Creation]][Ability to summon the 453 characters you have created in all the games you play. Each character retains their original stats, personality and abilities.]Desperate to survive a goblin horde, he reaches for his Level 99 god-slaying Paladin... but his mana is too low.Instead, he summons Shivvy, a Level 3 Rogue he once created for a five-minute task and forgot existed.Dante soon discovers the terrifying truth: All 453 of his summons are fully sentient... carrying the exact personalities, builds, and backstories he designed...And they all revere him as their divine “Creator.”Now, this “Creator” must level up from scratch.Dante must earn enough mana to unlock his summons.And managing the dysfunctional and overpowered family he himself built.

Ham Dani, a normal student whose hobbies were to read novels.