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Primordial Demon God 太古魔神
The Ten Great Primordial Fiends each possess terrifying power capable of overturning the heavens! Young Su Haotian reverses his bloodline and awakens the Nine-Leaf Demon Lotus. Each petal contains the bloodline of one of the Ten Great Primordial Fiends. With the Undying Phoenix at his side, divine flames burn the sky! Commanding the Devouring Ancestral Dragon, he devours all things under heaven! Riding the Nine Heavens Kunpeng, he soars without end for tens of thousands of miles! Controlling the
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I Cultivate Immortality in the Martial World, Heroines, Please Spare Me! 武侠世界我修仙，女侠们请饶命！
[Transmigration, System, everyday life, lighthearted comedy, multiple heroines, a sly schemer, not invincible in the early stages, master of keeping a low profile, pure-love fans, stay away] Bai Changsheng unexpectedly transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty in a parallel world and awakened a lie-flat cultivation System. Yet his inn kept receiving visitors like Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, Xu Zhu, Wang Yuyan, Yang Guo, and Xiaolongnü. While everyone else practices martial arts, I cultivate immortality
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- 353 Living in Ailao Mountain 常住哀牢山 Deep in the Ailao Mountains of Yunnan, the story unfolds across a vast range of landscapes: primeval forests, Hani and Yi villages, alpine meadows, and underground rivers. It weaves in the cultural beliefs of ethnic minorities, including reverence for mountain gods and the conviction that all living things have spirits. Through these elements, it reflects the life philosophy and wisdom of Southwest China's ethnic minorities, who live in harmony with nature, as well as the faith and spiritual str 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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You Sent Me to Be Your Cultivation Furnace. Now You Regret It? 把我送去做炉鼎，现在你后悔了？
Wang Ritian was originally a cultivator with five spiritual roots. His clan believed he had no hope of advancing, so they sent him to a witch's home to serve as her cultivation furnace. Later, he awakened an against-heaven talent, and the clan's cultivators regretted their decision bitterly. They begged him on their knees to return to the clan! Wang Ritian simply said, "You only know to turn around after you've banged your head against a wall, and only know to wipe your nose when the snot reache
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The Fallen Star Seeks the Dao 沉星问道
The Su family, with a legacy stretching back a thousand years, has crumbled into dust. Su Qingyan, the last surviving member, happens upon Chen and his daughter, who save him. He joins a struggling minor sect and endures a life of hardship and upheaval as he strives to restore his ancestors' former glory.
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Tian Yan: From Divining the Mortal World to Commanding All Realms 天衍：从推演凡尘到执掌万界
[Fate cannot be foretold? Then I'll divine the fate of all creation and shatter destiny!] Just for taking one extra look at the secrets of heaven, scholar Yang Lingxiao saw his entire family wiped out. Everyone said fate could not be defied, and that cultivating immortality was all about mastering powerful techniques. Yang Lingxiao refused to believe it. He abandoned his sword and took up a divination board, using a mortal's body to interpret the secrets of heaven, open the “Pivot of Fate,” a
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- 357 The Witch Initiated Me from the Start, So I Applied to Become Her Cultivation Cauldron 开局被魔女开光，我申请成为炉鼎 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 11.5kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 358 The Silent Sword’s Path to Immortality 默剑长生 Modern painter Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a constable’s son in the Great Liang dynasty. Using the Daoist art of ink painting as a key to cultivation, he turns ordinary skills into a path to immortality, practicing amid the everyday bustle of life as he sets foot on the road to becoming an immortal... 4kReads9.3Score348Shelves
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Honghuang: The Four Great Tyrants of Journey to the West! 洪荒：西游四大霸王！
[Scheming in the early chapters + becoming bandits in the middle and later chapters + no harem + System-based story!] Shocking! Were all the travelers in the Journey to the West actually transmigrators? And were they all four guys who shared a dorm at the same university in the future? Looks like Mount Ling is in trouble this time! Tang Sanzang: “Amitabha! This monk’s Dharma name is Tang Sanzang! I bury the heavens, bury the earth, and bury the Tathagata!” Sun Xingzhe: “Thirty years east of the
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Fantasy World: A Heavenly Secrets Pavilion from the Start 玄幻：开局一座天机阁
Ye Xu transmigrates into a fantasy world and awakens the Heavenly Secrets System, obtaining a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion from the start. He can see the future and understand the past, judge yin and yang, and discern the Five Elements. Beneath the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion can calculate everything in the world. The Great Emperor Ziwei: “I swept across the universe and stood undefeated, yet I rank eleventh on the Great Emperor List?” The Dao King: “The story about me murdering my
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The Land Every Immortal Sect Must Fight For 仙家必争之地
[Gods of Huaxia] [Divine Processions] [Folk Customs] [Cultivation] [Invincible] Beneath the land of Huaxia lie countless people, immortals, gods, Buddhas, evils, and demons... In 2449, when the eerie moon appeared and evil forces launched an all-out invasion, humanity was raised as livestock for blood and plunged into an eternal night. Xu Wangyou, reborn with the Record of Gods and Immortals in hand, goes against the tide, saves a collapsing world, crushes the myriad races of the heavens, and re
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If There's No Way Forward in This World, Then I'll Take the Heavenly Path 既然人间无路可走，那就走天路
Li Xue was an architect. After losing his job, failing in business, and being abandoned by his wife, he was left with nowhere to turn. With the aid of the Immortal Light Sword, and after a chance meeting with his confidante Zhang Yingxin, he resolutely set off for an alien world. There, he navigated the star systems, battling demons, evildoers, and forces of darkness. After enduring arduous cultivation, he ultimately forged a legend...
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A True Hero Fears No Taboo! 侠之大者，百无禁忌！
[Apocalypse + Legend-Building + Lovecraftian World + Nontraditional Power Fantasy] If you want your name remembered throughout the myriad worlds, there is only one way: become a legend. Among the myriad worlds is a group of people who stop at nothing and believe in fighting violence with violence. They deliver justice in the face of darkness and injustice beyond the reach of the law. Chen Tianxuan, a legendary wanderer renowned throughout the myriad worlds. His heroic deeds include: [Capturing t
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Nine Heavens God King: Awakening the Astral Saint Body from the Start 九天神王：开局觉醒星辰圣体
Lin Shan was born with the Star Saint Physique, but because it refused to awaken, his family cast him out, leaving him to endure endless bullying! Then, by a stroke of luck, Lin Shan awakened his Saint Physique and obtained an unparalleled cultivation technique! Watch as Lin Shan soars to greatness, settles old scores, and sweeps across the nine heavens and myriad realms! (The protagonist is decisive and ruthless + no transmigration + no System + multiple heroines + subverts the usual tropes + v
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Mocked for Having No Spiritual Roots, I Awaken the Great Dao of Positive Thinking 零灵根受嘲，我觉醒精神胜利大道
This may be the first anti-cultivation cultivation novel on the entire web. The book is divided into two major parts. The first part follows Qi Ming, who has no spiritual roots. As he grows and learns to protect himself, he becomes the Spiritual Immortal Venerable everyone envies, only to discover that it was all part of a massive conspiracy. In the second part, after being reborn, Qi Ming keeps the lessons of his past life in mind. He proposes that guiding and educating people's hearts is the
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God-Tier Beast Tamer: I Conquer the Myriad Worlds 超神御兽：我，征服诸天万界
[Beast taming + System + divine shop management + the Myriad Worlds] Someone spent twenty-two thousand yuan on an unremarkable bean, and the people around him laughed, saying he'd been ripped off. The very next second, his pet beast, which had been stuck at a bottleneck for half a year, swallowed the bean and immediately rose two levels, completely transformed! The news spread across the city, and crowds soon flocked to the once-quiet little shop. The wealthy queued for three days and nights j
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The Strongest Madman in the City 都市之最强狂兵
A pillar of the nation, a fierce tiger unleashed! His destiny was never meant to be ordinary: a man who is both righteous and wicked, shackled yet wielding the power of life and death. He stands at the forefront of the age, singing a bold song throughout his life. His life is glorious, forged through sheer ferocity, as he dances beneath the vast sky!
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Qianmen Seal Carver 乾门玺匠
“Comedy first, brainteasers second” “Not a serious novel” “The setting and plot are only here to politely string together cold jokes and raunchy gags” With a whoosh, an axe burst through the window. “Who’s there?” Qian Chen looked in the direction the axe had come from, but there was no one in sight. A note was attached to the axe: “If you want to know the Qian family’s past, meet me by the lake outside the city.” By the lake outside the city, a girl in a black bodysuit was waiting. Her long
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Nine Mounds: The Mandate of Heaven Returns to the Ruins 九丘：天命归墟
[Xuanhuan] In the beginning of the Great Primordial Era, filth was sealed in the lower realm. As the ages turned and turbid evil spread, the lower realm slowly fell into ruin, trapping all living beings within. The upper realm was divided. Some wanted to abandon it; others wanted to save it. Unable to reach a decision, they settled on a compromise: casting down a source of hope. Whether it would bring blessing or disaster was left to fate. Beichen is an orphan whose identity is a mystery, accomp
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- 370 EN Spirit Ruins, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 [Watch the short drama The Hidden Ruins of Mountains and Seas: The Eyeless One Sees the Heavens on Red Fruit!] [No System] [Swordsmanship prodigy] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has suffered a bitter fate. The sect says: “We’ll protect you.” His brothers say: “We’ll stay by your side.” The sword spirit says: “I... will wait for you.” Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his sight returns. Looking back on the road he has trave 434.4kReads9.2Score45.2kShelves
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No Way Forward Amid the Apocalypse's Chaos 末世乱战之前行无路
A glimpse of the real world 100 years in the future: a catastrophe that kills 3 billion people! Technological progress strips humanity of its civilizational dominance! The moon shatters, and Earth is about to plunge into the abyss of space! Lin Zicheng and his family leave the prosperous cities of the future and move to the countryside to survive, only to find that the entire social order has collapsed and everyone has been swept into a chaotic and complicated age of turmoil. First they clash wi
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- 372 First Rate! 第一流！ [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 40.1kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves
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Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸
(We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin
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I'm Really Just a Rogue Cultivator 我真的只是一介散修
P.S. The opening is told in flashback. If you find it hard to follow, try starting from Chapter Three. I was expelled from the sect from the start, but after I left, the whole place fell into chaos and everyone was miserable? I can’t cultivate, but I can use the laws of Heaven? The elder who expelled me regretted it bitterly? As an angel investor, I have to keep investing to grow stronger? In the cultivation world, I’m a legend with powerful backers everywhere. Others rely on hard work, but I r
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- 375 The Eternal Divine Lotus 万古神莲 [Traditional fantasy] The Infernal Fire Red Lotus, Purifying White Lotus, World-Destroying Black Lotus, Reincarnation Purple Lotus, Merit Golden Lotus, and Primordial Green Lotus: these six divine lotuses form the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus within Ye Yunfan’s soul. The world is a chessboard, and the Profound Ancestor, the Longevity Ancestor, and the Lotus Ancestor are all players. Heaven is the one who laid the board. Watch as Ye Yunfan cultivates the Nine Eternal Heavenly Dao, refining the powe 15kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
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Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！
[The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive!
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Two Hearts Know the Branches 两心知枝
(Single heroine + sharp-tongued protagonist + perfectly crafted villain + romance in every dimension) In heaven, may we be birds that fly wing to wing; on earth, may we be branches entwined. Though heaven and earth may someday end, this sorrow will linger without end! There was a beauty whose sight I could never forget. A single day apart, and I longed for her like a madman. I soared across the skies, searching the four corners of the world for my destined mate. Alas, my beloved was nowhere to b
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The Book of Stars 星经
"Traditional Xuanhuan" "Dynastic Power Struggles" "No Harem" "Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story" At twelve, he was buried alive beneath the yellow sands. The boy possessed the Nine Extremes Profound Art, cleansing his essence, tempering his body, and comprehending the myriad forms of creation. He crossed the Star Bridge, awakened the Great Luo, slew the heir apparent, and beheaded a prince. He became the King of All Phenomena, unrivaled beneath the Nine Heavens!
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Lord of the Thunder-Smiting Spear 御雷枪主
On a bitter winter night, Old Lin, the gatekeeper at the Ye family estate, found a crying baby in a snowdrift outside the grounds. The child was named Lin Yuan. No one could have imagined that the boy fate had abandoned in the snow would awaken the power of the thunder spirit at the age of seven. Thunder itself bowed to him, cleaving through the countless shackles in his path of cultivation. In a fantasy world teeming with sects and rival races, spiritual veins form the foundation of cultivatio
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Supreme Among the Heavens 诸天至尊
The ten hells cannot bind my soul. The boundless starry sky cannot outshine my eyes. The endless earth cannot bear my footsteps. The gods and demons of the heavens cannot withstand my wrath! I will make heaven and earth bow down. I will bring the cycle of reincarnation to an end!
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The First Generation of Tongtian 通天初代
(The label "invincible" doesn't quite fit. He should have the greatest talent among his peers.) A simple introduction to this book: A group of young prodigies from the Sealed Lands return to the New Continent, where they compete for supremacy against the native prodigies. The protagonist is one of the best among the sealed prodigies. The book features clans, sects, sacred grounds, and immortal palaces. It's an age teeming with prodigies: young clan lords, chief disciples, holy sons and daug
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The Day the White Tower Fell 白塔倾倒之日
The author has fallen into a black hole. Signal lost, updates suspended, and the text has been replaced with filler. I've run off with the original manuscript. I'll come back and fill in the gaps once I've stolen some inspiration from a parallel universe. Farewell for now, fellow readers!
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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- 384 A Chaotic World from the Start 开局伴生混沌世界 Bearing the Primordial Chaos Origin, he transmigrates to the Eight Ancient Domains and becomes the Blood Son of the Asura Domain. When he awakens one day, he contends with billions of prodigies and sets off endless upheaval. The moment Ning Xuanyuan emerges from the Asura Ancestral Grounds, the world begins to tremble… 10kReads8.8Score864Shelves
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The Reservoir of Returning Waters 回流之坝
Does surviving tribulation have to mean facing a lightning tribulation? It could also mean a trial of love! In a world of spiritual energy, every stale cultivation trope is cast aside. A middle-aged man steps into a secret realm in his mortal body, exploring it one step at a time until his soul and body are completely set free. As he investigates the spiritual energy beneath heaven and earth, he uncovers the ultimate truth hidden from the world.
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I Ascended as a Taoist Priest, Then Met a Transmigrator! 我当道士飞升后，遇到穿越者！
Yan Wuji, a Taoist priest from Earth, is forced to ascend. He never expects to meet two wildly unconventional transmigrators in a fantasy world. From the moment they meet, the wheels of fate begin to spin wildly, plunging the world into unprecedented chaos. He stirs up storms, turning all the worlds into a chessboard and all living beings into pieces in a breathtaking game. Every move shakes heaven and earth, drawing forces from every side into a fierce struggle. The flames of war spread from th
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Great Qin: The First Emperor of Qin Video Calls Me 大秦：秦始皇与我视频通话
The good news: I lost my phone. The bad news: Qin Shi Huang found it. “How is my Great Qin doing?” “It's doomed! It falls after just two generations!” “Young man, save Great Qin!” “I've got three hundred ways to live a healthy life. Study them carefully, and preferably make it to seventy or eighty!” “Young man, I'll take your word for it!” “Take out Zhao Gao!” Was what Great Qin lacked really a map of the world? Could killing one Zhao Gao really make Great Qin last? Hidden murderous intent,
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The Divine Emperor of the Nine Dragons 九龙神帝
Emperor Su Chen, ranked first among the Ten Titled Martial Emperors, was invincible and unrivaled throughout the ages. Just as he was about to ascend and become a god, he was betrayed and killed by a close friend. By a stroke of fate, he was reborn as a young man five hundred years in the past, beginning an against-all-odds legend as he swept aside countless prodigies! In this life, every regret must be made right! In this life, every enemy must be crushed beneath my feet! In this life, I will r
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The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途
[Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats
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I Was a World-Destroying Forbidden Zone, Yet Now I Have to Guard the Nation as a Night Watchman? 我一灭世禁区，竟要做护国更夫？
(No transmigration + no System + investigations + political intrigue + female emperor + ghostly tales) The protagonist, Chen Mu, was beheaded, yet revived from his remains. The nine forbidden zones of annihilation took shape in his dantian. To uncover the truth behind his family's massacre, he lay low for three years and worked as a night watchman for two more. After returning to the imperial capital, he embarked on the path of revenge. First Forbidden Zone: The Blood Sea of the Yellow Springs.
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The Great Yin Emperor 九阴大帝
On Xingyun Continent, martial arts decide everything and rule over life and death. Li Hanxue’s martial meridians have withered, leaving him unable to cultivate, but by chance he obtains a heaven-defying manual from a mysterious figure. From that moment on, he steps onto the path of martial arts, surpassing geniuses and battling the strong as he advances toward its peak. Ever-changing techniques, bizarre and unpredictable secret realms, and exceptionally powerful martial arts prodigies... All the
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A Pure Heart: A Life-or-Death Game 纯净的心：生死牌局
A Pure Heart: The Life-and-Death Card Game
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- 393 The Flying Swallow: Me 262 飞行的雨燕——Me262 The Flying Swallow: Me 262 102Reads—Score—Shelves
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Heaven-Slaying Blade 斩天刀
[High-octane action + ruthless killing + devour everything + invincible blade mastery] Awaken an Overlord Physique from the start, capable of devouring anything! With the Great Desolate Cauldron in hand, refine your enemies in an instant! The vast land becomes a furnace, even absorbing the heavenly tribulations! Absorb, absorb, absorb! Devour, devour, devour! Whoever wins is the one in the right!
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Heavenly Prison of Sacred Sorrow 圣殇天狱
The sky went dark in a cataclysmic explosion, and the Myriad Worlds sank into a haze of gray mist, like a living hell. The continents of the Myriad Worlds trembled from time to time. Dark clouds gathered overhead, and desolation spread everywhere. The divine beings vanished as a group, becoming legends. All that remained were those below the divine level, clinging to life. The bleak world lay desolate in every direction. Its darkness had to be torn away bit by bit to restore the light! The chaot
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Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villain: So What If the Noble Consort Likes Me? 穿书反派：贵妃喜欢我怎么了
Mu Changye suddenly transmigrates into a romance novel, becoming the Blood Prince, a stepping stone who offended the heroine. The heroine is reborn and comes back for revenge. Mu Changye thinks that at least he’s a major villain, so he might survive a few more days. But who knew the Blood Prince had the Prince of Qin backing him? In the Fengwu Kingdom, he’s apparently just someone else’s pawn... This is urgent! Very urgent!
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- 397 The Rhine Operation 莱茵行动 Operation Rhine 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 398 I Have a Pagoda That Buries Immortals, Gods, and All the Myriad Worlds 吾有一塔，葬仙，葬神，葬诸天 [Work by a renowned author + invincible protagonist + thrilling power fantasy + highly recommended] In the eternal river of time stood the supreme treasure, the Heaven-Burying Tower. It had once buried the heavens of ages past and imprisoned the strongest beings of every era. Among them was the Sword Demon, whose swordsmanship had dominated an entire age. The Taixu Alchemy Saint, the greatest alchemist of all time. The Emperor of Refining, who could temper all things in heaven and earth into art 114.8kReads8.8Score10.4kShelves
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Sword of Coming 剑来
The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens!
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- 400 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cloudtop City 月海花亭：云顶城市 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cities Above the Clouds 60Reads—Score—Shelves
