Started reading Salt Society and want more? In this blog, we will show you how to read the entire Salt Society novel in English, with high quality translations.
What is Salt Society about?
Salt Society (솔트 소사이어티) is a BL omegaverse novel by Argon18 (아르곤18). Soh Gi-hyun confesses his long-standing unrequited love to his childhood friend Jo Yeon-oh — an alpha who despises relationships with betas. The response is nothing but painful: "Are you out of your mind? Did you forget that you're a beta?"
Gi-hyun quietly wants to give up, but Yeon-oh can't let go of his friend either. With hurt eyes and a confession that tasted salty, it's the beginning of a gritty, bittersweet romance between two people who can't seem to stay apart.
The novel is completed and is published on Bomtoon.
How to translate and read the novel
At a high level, the steps are:
- ✅ Create an account on Bomtoon, a website to buy official Korean novels
- ✅ Get 19+ verified on Bomtoon
- ✅ Purchase the Korean novel on Bomtoon
- ✅ Translate the novel using OpenNovel, a specialized AI novel translator which will give you a much better translation than Google Translate or DeepL.
Create a Bomtoon account and get 19+ verified
To read Salt Society, you'll need to access the 19+ content on Bomtoon, a Korean webnovel platform.
Don't worry, you don't need a Korean phone number!
Just follow our simple guide here: 👉 How to create a Bomtoon account & get 19+ verified
Come back to this guide once you've gotten your 19+ verification.
Buy credits on Bomtoon
Once verified, you'll need to buy credits to purchase the novel.
Again, this works for overseas readers without a Korean phone number: 👉 How to buy credits on Bomtoon
Come back to this guide once you've bought Bomtoon credits.
Purchase and Translate Salt Society
Here is the link to the novel raws:
You can use Google Translate in your browser, but the translation quality is very poor and unreadable. Instead, we recommend using OpenNovel, a translator that uses AI (like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude) to give you smooth, human-like translations, tailored for novels. It:
- ✨ Works on iOS, Android, and Desktop
- ✨ Translates novels from Korean websites (e.g. Ridibooks, Bomtoon, Kakao, etc.) but also text and ePubs
- ✨ Lets you use a glossary for name, gender & term consistency
- ✨ Translates R18 chapters and has no word limits
Get started with OpenNovel: 👉 How to download and use OpenNovel
All you need to do is copy and paste the chapter link to start translating. The below is a video of how it works on mobile:
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That's it! Now go enjoy Gi-hyun and Yeon-oh's story (˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)