The Grand Trends of the World, and the Importance of Reading 望天下之大势,为看书之重
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Traces of the Night Shadow Star 夜影星踪
Volume One: A corpse falls from the sky on a snowy night in a mountain village, and the whole village whispers that a vengeful ghost is out for blood. A mysterious detective follows the clues, while a boy who witnessed the incident sees through the disguise with a single remark, exposing a shocking murder plot disguised as a supernatural haunting. Volume Two: A string of murders unfolds in a sealed-off, abandoned house, and former classmates die one after another. The truth behind the revenge i
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Herbal Medicine, Everlasting 本草未央
A county-level hospital of traditional Chinese medicine with a thirty-seven-year history and seven relocations now stands at a crossroads. In the autumn of 2018, two enormous challenges arrive at once: the assessment required for a second-tier hospital and the construction of a new facility. The hospital must pass its assessment, complete its paperwork, fill the gaps in its staffing, and build its new site. Yet in corners no one has noticed, other storms are quietly gathering: ordinary people's
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Mountain City, River City: After Daybreak 山城,江城:天亮以后
“Wait for me a year.” That was the promise her first love made to her. A year later, he married someone else. “You’re not your father’s biological daughter.” Those were the words her husband hurled at her when he dropped the pretense. He used that secret to blackmail her father for five whole years. Divorced, left with nothing, raising a child alone, and with her ex-husband’s pregnant mistress showing up at her door... Everyone thought Lin Xiao’s life was over. But she refused to give in. She st
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Forging a Peak on a Cold Journey 寒途铸峰
Born into poverty, Lu Zheng faced scorn and bullying in Shuocheng. His father was stabbed, and his grandfather went missing. After learning the truth, he resolutely set out to save his grandfather. Along the way, he made a group of brothers, learned traditional Chinese martial arts, tempered his body with spiritual energy, and carved runes. Traveling far and wide, he forged his own path, ultimately serving his country.
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The Unspoken Guest 不默之客
When a flippant antique shop owner runs into a single-minded junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review, the two trade barbs and sabotage each other while navigating deadly perils in a maze of old palace grudges and shocking political intrigue. They agreed to partner up just to solve cases, so how did they end up giving their hearts along with their company? At first, You cross the river, I take out the bridge. But later on... “I bring misfortune to those close to me.” “My fate is too tough
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Father, Is the Crown Prince’s Seat Too Hot to Handle? 父皇,这太子位是烫手吗?
Father, is the crown prince's seat too hot to handle?
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- 7 Back in High School, I Married My First Love 梦回高中,我和初恋结婚了 On our seventh wedding anniversary, Lu Yuzhou and I had been giving each other the silent treatment for three months. I prepared a table full of dishes for our anniversary, but he messaged me saying, “Working late.” I cried myself to sleep. When I woke up, I was sitting in our senior-year high school classroom. Beside me was his 18-year-old self, looking at me with the eyes of a 30-year-old. “Niannian, I came back too.” We became desk mates again, carrying the memories of our troubled marriage w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Spring Comes Late to the Mist Pavilion 雾阁春迟 Spring Comes Late to the Mist Pavilion 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Don’t Eat That, The Jar Is Poisoned 别吃,那罐有毒 Don't eat that. The jar is poisoned. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Huaiyuan, Is That You? 怀远,是你吗? Huaiyuan, is that you? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Building a Sky Garden 建造空中花园 I saw the future. There was a sky garden more wondrous than the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a garden truly floating high in the sky. I fell asleep beside my two-year-old son, but woke up alone. Outside the window, a sky garden appeared, suspended ten thousand meters above the ground. After enduring countless hardships to reach the garden and search for a way back to my original world, I discovered an unbelievable truth: we had all been toyed with by time. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Museum of Solitude 孤独博物馆 I write magical-realist light novels and am currently exploring all kinds of science fiction and fantasy. I hope my stories will bring readers a sense of wonder and enjoyment. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Strange Dust in Jincheng 锦城异尘 The people she once saved later became the ones hunting her down. The people she let go eventually became the ones who hated her most. And her daughter is destined to stand among the ruins and finish what her mother left undone twenty years ago. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Secret Records of the Yuan Dynasty 元朝秘记 The Secret Chronicles of the Yuan Dynasty is more than a war epic: it is also a work rich in political wisdom and cultural clashes. Through vivid scenes, authentic historical details, and complex characters, it portrays the Yuan dynasty’s journey from glory to collapse. The story delves into enduring themes of nation and ethnicity, individual and family, loyalty and betrayal. It also offers profound reflections on history and a sharp critique of it, building a historical world full of tension. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Tang Dynasty Matchmaker's Rise to Power 《大唐选妃官的逆袭》 "The Comeback of a Tang Dynasty Concubine Selection Official" —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Ink-Wash Mountains and Lakes 纹山湖色
“Under the laws, humans can become gods; above the human heart, even gods are human.” When the data network sustaining the world begins to “sympathize” with powerless humans, a control-freak hacker who fears becoming a monster must learn to become the most human “god” of all. His weapon is neither code nor immortal arts, but what a super AI has deemed “civilizational redundancy”: the subtle ways of dealing with people. The story begins here. Are you ready?
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- 17 Panda Sect: An Ordinary Heart Soaring Through Eternity 盘达宗:万古凡心驭长空 If cultivation truly existed, what would it look like? To me, cultivation does not lie among ethereal clouds, but amid the everyday warmth of human life. It is not found among flying swords and magical treasures, but in a wife waiting and praying for her husband’s safe return, a mother warming up her old soup at mealtime, and a father lighting a small lamp when his child comes home late. The true purpose of cultivation is not conquest, but protecting what we cherish. A spell that lets the subw —Reads—Score114d adds
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The Calamity Returns to Court 祸水归朝
The day Su Wanning was born, snow fell from a clear sky, and a plague swept through the capital. Everyone called her a bringer of disaster, and everyone wanted her dead. When she was seven, a fire swept through the deserted courtyard, leaving no trace of her remains. Twelve years later, the Su family was convicted, and the whole clan knelt in the snow. Those who had trampled on her, cursed her, and wished her dead were now celebrating. In the crowd, she wore men’s clothes, her face sallow and or
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- 19 Lost in the Green Mountains, I Met a Stunning Beauty 误入青山遇惊鸿 Shen Jinghong had lived for eighteen years and regretted only two things. The first was being too softhearted during the martial arts tournament to find a husband, and taking in the badly wounded young man. The second was realizing that this young man was not only someone she should not provoke, but someone she could not afford to provoke. Xie Linyuan, the most “dangerous” guest Qing Shan Stronghold had ever housed. By day, he was a frail scholar in white, sickly and weak. By night, he was a cal —Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Inkstone Subdues the Yong Dynasty 砚镇雍朝
A top modern criminal defense lawyer is reborn as a wrongfully executed criminal in ancient times. A dead end from the start: sold out by his family to take the blame, then brought to heel by the powerful. He won’t coast on his father’s connections. He’ll find his own way out, build his own influence, and clear his own name. No foolish power plays: his opponents are ruthless, and he turns the tables at every step. A long road of revenge, court intrigue, and the everyday bustle of the streets, un
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The Cone Mound 锥冢
In the science fiction novel The Cone Tomb, physicist Cao Shuai leads a team investigating electrical signals, while biologist Man Qing focuses on gene transplantation technology, and her niece, doctor Wang Qianqian, researches medical treatments for consciousness. Mysteries involving mathematics, time travel, Sanxingdui, quantum mechanics, and other fields bring them together, setting off an interdisciplinary adventure.
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Starlight Shining on the Mortal World 凡尘照星河
Many years later, Lin Yuanzhi stood in the depths of the starry river and remembered that afternoon in Yuancun. It was a path of cultivation that sprang from the earth of the mountains in northern China. It held stories of people born in the seventies, eighties, and nineties, stories of geological survey teams, standing meditation from Xingyi boxing, a solitary lamp in the Temple of Lord Guan, the entrance to a Third Front munitions factory, a black stone that gave a faint pulse in the palm, and
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The Bloodstained Robe of the Golden Palace 金銮血衣
She was the last princess of Great Yan, nailed to the throne in the Golden Hall by rebel forces as her country fell and her spirit perished. A thousand years later, she is reborn in the body of Jiang Wan, a discarded daughter of a wealthy family. The moment she opens her eyes, they force her into a ghost marriage: she is to marry the Xie family's long-dead heir, Xie Chichong, to bring him good fortune. The instant the coffin lid closes, a dragon's roar, unheard for a thousand years, erupts from
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The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传
In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh
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Sikou 司寇
Chaos descends, and all the worlds face annihilation. The God of Order lays down the power of rules: the civil law system determines order through its codes, the common law system slays demons with eloquence, and the Indian legal system ranks people by bloodline. Only the Chinese legal system has lost its legacy, dismissed as the weakest, most useless, and most forgettable “rubbish legal system.” Gu Beichen, a modern law graduate, awakens into this very system. He is mocked, doubted, and urged b
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Claiming the Realm 阡陌定鼎
The protagonist, Jiang Wansheng, is a failed scholar in a chaotic age. He retreats to the countryside to escape disaster and builds his fortune through farming and hoarding grain. Using food supplies and the people's livelihood as his bargaining chips, he navigates the schemes of local gentry, government officials, and warlords. He is no lover of slaughter, instead pursuing a balance between farming and warfare. The heroine, Lin Qingxuan, is the daughter of a once-prominent farming and scholarly
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When the Stars Sink and the Mist Rises 星沉雾起时
On a stormy night, Su Qinghe, heiress to the Su family, clutches the documents for a crucial patent and knocks on the door of Lu Group CEO Lu Zhiheng’s office. Her family has fallen into ruin, her father is in danger, and a crisis has left her with nowhere else to turn. Inside waits Lu Zhiheng, a ruthless and cold-blooded investment tycoon. A contract wagered on survival begins beneath the curtain of rain. As the author writes, they are consumed by an obsession with “a glimmer of light in the da
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Chasing Zhou 逐周
Summer, Year Eight of the Taixi era of Great Zhou. That year, the emperor was still staying in the Eastern Capital, unwilling to leave. That year, the courtesans along the Qinhuai River still rose late, lazily combing their hair, while the warm Jiangnan breeze lulled travelers into a daze. That year, the refugees stirring in Shanxi had only just begun to show their fangs. That year, countless victims of the great drought in Shaanxi and Gansu were still struggling on, waiting for relief from the
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Mountains and Seas 高山与大海
Mountains and Seas is a moving ode to the shared life of mountains and sea. The story begins with a heartfelt promise between two boys: Zhou Zihan, a boy from the coast, and Li Dashan, a boy from a mountain village, exchange tokens, a seashell and a bundle of pine needles, and vow to “bring the sea to the mountains.” Years later, Zhou Zihan's father, Zhou Lianfeng, a PhD in Chinese medicinal herb cultivation and identification, brings a national scientific research project to the Daba Mountain
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3670: Peace Across the Galaxy 3670星河止戈
In 3670 AD, humanity has entered the interstellar age of the Solar System, yet remains trapped by millennia-old ethnic, religious, and geopolitical hatreds. Earth lies fragmented, the four great alliances locked in endless war. Orbital cannons tear through the heavens, and blood and tears drench humanity’s home planet. War orphans Xie Linyuan and Shen Qingci were tempered in hell from childhood, becoming the two sharpest blades in the Solar System. They belong to the ultimate power hidden on Ph
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- 31 Warhorse Rouge: The Phoenix Roars Across the Heavens 烈马胭脂:凤啸九天 In the chaotic Five Dynasties era, whoever commands the strongest army becomes emperor. Loyal servants lie buried in the earth, and beautiful women are treated like dust. She is Shen Jinghong, the orphaned daughter of a military family. In a single night, her father dies in battle under a cloud of injustice, and her family is destroyed. She falls from a life of privilege to become the daughter of a convicted traitor. At the withered-tree nunnery on Black Wind Mountain, she endures cold and hard —Reads—Score114d adds
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Iron Bones: Yiyi 铁骨一一
Iron Bones: An 800-Year War Across Time. This is a story of a time war, mecha battles among the stars, and people from the past striking back against transmigrators. The alien Chaos Alliance interferes with the timeline, backing Japanese agents who transmigrate to 1940 with futuristic technology! They expect to crush history, but never imagine that Chinese people from the past, armed with the secrets of time and space, will strike back with bloody resolve. An ultimate conspiracy spanning the 21s
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- 33 The Chaos Kid Who Sneaked into Solar System Territory 《偷跑到太阳系领地的卡俄斯小孩》 The Chaos Kid Who Sneaked Into Solar System Territory —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The New Shun, 1644 新顺1644 [Peasant Rebel Army Perspective + Research-Oriented + No Golden Finger, No System] (Late Ming Dynasty, research-oriented, a people's history perspective, no System, and a somewhat slow start.) You can think of it as a prequel fanfic to New Shun 1730, or perhaps a sort of tribute. 3kReads8.3Score25614d adds
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All Worlds as Kindling 万界为柴
Yang Jian! This human world has never been some mundane mortal realm. It is a century-long pasture where the myriad creatures of the Myriad Worlds are kept. Calamities cycle, countless races reap their harvest, and the cycle has repeated for all eternity. No one can break it. Reborn with fragmented memories of an era's destruction, Jiang Linchen returns a hundred days before the catastrophe begins, wielding the only furnace from the old era that can fuse the Myriad Worlds. Every use of power
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The World Beneath the Deep Pool 深潭天下
Lin Xi, a girl from a poor family, beats out countless competitors to land a stable job that everyone envies, believing her life will now be smooth sailing. But she soon discovers that this place is no safe haven. The routine tasks are a test, and the complicated relationships are an exam. Every smile may conceal another meaning, and every choice could determine whether she stays or goes. When her personal life also becomes part of her evaluation, she must answer one question: Should she follo
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Chronicles of the Graylands 苍黄战纪
On the eve of the empress’s birthday banquet, the five-colored peonies in her care bloom. The Imperial Astrologer’s chart reveals the omen “Azure Dragon Devours Gold,” making Mo Xuan the prime sacrificial offering in a prophecy of regicide. As the prison cart rolls across the eternally frozen northern wastes, no one knows: - The bloodstained jade pendant is the key to unlocking the power of the Azure Dragon. - A demon beast that has slept for a thousand years in the merfolk realm of the South Se
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Jin Dynasty: I Write a Proclamation to Kill Myself 晋代:我写檄文杀自己
The Jin Dynasty: I Wrote a Manifesto to Kill Myself
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I, Fusu, Have Been Granted Immortality by Imperial Decree 我扶苏,奉旨长生
(Twelve flames of civilization, burning together across the human star river) The First Emperor conquered the six states, all to pave a road to immortality for me Standing atop the bones of the six kings, Ying Zheng faced the gods and Buddhas filling the sky and let out a roar that shook the ages: “I received Heaven's Mandate, and my reign shall endure forever! But I refuse to believe in fate!” “I will keep the empire of Qin unshaken for ten thousand generations! I will ensure the people of Hu
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Tales of the Strange in Qin and Han 秦汉志异
I never imagined that Ying Zhu, King Xiaowen of Qin, who “died after reigning for three days” according to the history books, was trapped in an endless hell of reincarnation. That each time the cycle restarted, he would fall into a completely unfamiliar parallel Qin Empire, a world on the brink of ruin. Nor did I ever imagine that changing the Qin Empire’s fate of perishing in its second generation would depend on the Nuwa stones scattered across twelve different timelines. The court of Xianyan
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- 41 The Shuyang Case Files: Young Master Xuan's Case 沭阳局中局轩少卷宗 This dossier records the true case of Zhang Yuxuan (Young Master Xuan / Xuan Moyuan) fighting for his rights after eleven years of entrepreneurship in Shuyang. The case falls under the jurisdiction of the People’s Court of Shuyang County, Jiangsu Province, with key case numbers including (2025) Su 1322 Zhi 8451 and 7804. The total amount involved exceeds several million yuan. The claims include private lending disputes, malicious asset preservation, and fraudulent litigation. Those involved incl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Mystery of Xuanmeng 轩梦迷局 The Mystery of Xuanmeng: The Rise and Fall of a Club, a True Documentary Xuanmeng Club was once a celebrated name throughout Shuyang, welcoming a steady stream of guests and enjoying a period of unparalleled success. Its boss, Mr. Xuan, built the club from the ground up through sheer passion and decisive leadership, growing it into an enterprise everyone envied. Li Xiaoting (a pseudonym) was the club's brightest “calling card.” With her pitiful looks and smooth, tactful manner, she became Mr. Xu —Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Desperate Boy 绝望少年
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A Record of the Realm United 江山一统志
In the final years of the Tang dynasty, regional warlords carve up the land, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms wage war and replace one another, leaving the people in misery. The elite of the human, demon, ghost, and immortal races descend into the mortal world for trials. Qin Feijian of the human race travels through the world, determined to save it and bring peace to its people. He meets elites from every race along the way, battles demons and evil spirits, and helps unite the realm and
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- 45 Republic-Era Yin-Yang Calamity 民国阴阳劫 Wu Tianxiang, a descendant of Baize, reforges the Dragon-Locking Pillar with three drops of his heart's blood to suppress evil spirits, but accidentally awakens the corpse of Zhulong beneath the Huangpu River. Foxfire, Daoist Xuanming, and the descendants of the Dragon-Locking Pillar's guardians are drawn into the conflict. As an ancient divine beast and a formation collide across a rift in time and space, a blood pact that will decide the fate of Jiangnan stirs up strange turmoil amid the night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Republic-Era Strange Cases: The Fox’s Shadow 民国诡案之狐影谜踪 Strange Cases of the Republic Era: The Fox’s Shadow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang: Jinlian’s Moonlit Radiance 潘金莲与武大郎:金莲映月照清辉 Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang: Moonlight Shines on Golden Lotus —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Iron Fist of the Peninsula 半岛铁拳
A fearsome street fighter transmigrates into a world of iron-fisted schooling and becomes a top law student. What? Juvenile offenders still have the nerve to run their mouths? Sorry, your big brother Han has two pairs of iron fists: one is called force, and the other is called the law.
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- 49 EN I Start by Handing Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Wants Me to Become an Immortal First 开局上交修仙界,国家让我先成仙 “Chief, I request permission to hand over an unclaimed cultivation world.” “This world is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy. I recommend taking it over as soon as possible.” Lu Li transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a low-ranking mine slave in a demonic sect. Without an old master or a System to guide him, he thinks he'll have to cultivate the hard way. But by chance, he awakens a twin-fish jade pendant that can contact Huaxia. The news shocks the entire country, an 262.1kReads9.2Score32k14d adds
- 50 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡,这个道士正到发邪! [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7k14d adds

















































