Wuxia, the Imperial Court, and the Jianghu. Get It? 武侠 朝廷 江湖 懂？
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I Get Stronger with Every Promotion, and I'm Already Invincible! 升官就变强，我直接无敌了！
[Invincible + scheming + swordsmanship + exhilarating power-ups] Li Chengfeng wakes up to find he has become a low-ranking Banner Officer in the Eagle Guard of the Great Chu Dynasty, with his patron already dead. Fortunately, he has the System: every promotion rewards him with a max-level martial art. What? Making it to a Hundred-man Commander earns me the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms? A Thousand-man Commander gets me Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens? … What do I care if they’re century-old
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You Asked Me to Police the Jianghu, So How Did I Become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader? 让你监察江湖，竟成了武林盟主？
[Simplified Martial Arts + Near-Invincible + System + Imperial Hound] Li Chenyuan transmigrated into a combined martial arts world as a newly appointed top scholar. From the start, he took Wei Zhongxian as his adoptive father, joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and awakened the Martial Arts Simplification System! Nine-Shao Tuning Sword = Listening to music? Lingbo Steps = Mountain climbing? Tianshan Six Yang Palm = Sunbathing? From then on, Li Chenyuan started living the lie-flat life, l
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Thieves and Seduction in the Realm 江山贼色
The late Tang is in chaos, with warlords running rampant. Never underestimate a young man. Give me three thousand troops at my side, and I dare seize any of the empire's four hundred prefectures. Though the city may be filled with the bones of nobles, I can bring prosperity to every corner of the realm. The land is a painting, and armies thunder across it. Armored cavalry rides forth, while lovely women lend their charm.
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The Great Qin Rankings Are Revealed, and My Emperor Father Begs Me to Appear 大秦金榜曝光，始皇老爹求我出场
Ying Xuan transmigrated to the Great World of Jiuzhou and became the son of the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, as well as the Qin Empire's Tenth Prince! He also awakened a god-tier sign-in System. By following the System's instructions and signing in, he could claim the rewards it bestowed! Ying Zheng of the Qin Empire was as formidable as a tiger, building on the achievements of six generations and setting his sights on the west, determined to sweep across the world! The twin pillars of the Han Emp
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The Rise of the Fiery Maple 烈枫起
It’s the jianghu, it’s martial arts, and it’s fantasy! Lie means fire, and Feng means wind! What kind of jianghu legend will Yun Feng, a young man who cultivates both fire spirits and wind spirits, write on the Central Continent? A thousand years have passed since the founding masters of the Seven Sects, and no one in the jianghu has become a Sage since. Could it really be that no one else can reach Sainthood? A friendly warning: This isn’t a fast-paced power fantasy from the beginning. The ear
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A Grand Wuxia Summoning: I Subdue Immortals with the Martial Way 武侠大召唤，我以武道镇压仙人
[Gacha + summoning + invincibility + cunning + leveling up + ruthless decisiveness] Li Xin transmigrates to another world with the lucky-draw wheel from the pay-to-win martial arts game Great Martial World he played before transmigrating, and becomes the chief of Black Wind Stronghold. By spending money, he can draw all kinds of supreme martial arts and divine weapons, and even summon legendary figures from the stories. Dragon-Elephant Prajna, Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, Nine Yin and Nine Ya
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Great Qin: Three Thousand Snow Dragon Riders to Help the First Emperor Achieve Immortality 大秦：三千大雪龙骑，助祖龙问鼎长生
One day, he transmigrates to the Great Qin dynasty and becomes Ying Ziqin, Qin Shi Huang’s twenty-third son. Just as the realm is thrown into turmoil, the king moves to choose a crown prince, and the court officials nominate Hu Hai! At that moment, a System prompt sounds in Ying Luo’s head. [Option One: I’m just a slacker. Let the princes fight over the position. Reward: ten thousand taels of gold and countless treasures] [Option Two: Agree with what Zhao Gao says and support Hu Hai as crown pri
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Three Kingdoms: The Darkened Snow Dragon Riders Hunt the Big-Eared Bandit from the Start 三国：黑化大雪龙骑，开局追杀大耳贼
[Three Kingdoms + System + feel-good wish fulfillment] Su Chen transmigrates to the late Han Dynasty, becoming an obscure squad leader in the Yellow Turban army. His commanders are none other than Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao, the men who were killed by the Second and Third Lords. Su Chen is panicking like crazy. This is a hellish start! Who could possibly escape Second Lord Guan's forty-meter Green Dragon Crescent Blade? Luckily, the System awakens at the crucial moment! [Ding! Host detected flee
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Defending the Frontier: A Legendary General 靖边：一代名将
She won the title of poetry champion at the Lantern Festival Poetry Gathering, yet turned down a position at the Hanlin Academy. One long-buried case after another leads to a grand conspiracy from ten years ago. Wulin heroes, Confucian strategists, civil officials, military generals, and every other faction join the fray. Amid the flashing blades of the imperial court and the martial world, watch Lin Jing grow step by step into a famed general, hardened by countless battles and blood-soaked batt
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Great Ning Martial Saint: Starting as a Hired Constable 大宁武圣，从考取差役开始
[Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Not invincible from the start] [Low martial arts to high martial arts] The court is rotten, society is in chaos, gangs run rampant, and sects are everywhere. Lu Yuan happens upon a little bronze figurine and unlocks a training mode that rewards diligence and runs on autopilot. From then on, his martial arts cultivation has no more bottlenecks. A nobody who starts from the bottom begins by taking the constable exam, then steadily embarks on the path of martial cul
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In Search of Lost Relics 寻遗记
[Content warning: Traditional wuxia + a protagonist with no gender. Thanks to their disguise skills, they sometimes take on female roles, but are male most of the time. Readers of any gender can identify with them, so the story is in first person. Apologies. I'll focus on the writing to give everyone the best reading experience.] This is The Jianghu Record of Lost Treasures, written from my memories. I seek the rarest treasures in the world and record the strange and wondrous tales of the jiang
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The Qin Empire Rises, and I Alone Hold Back the Sky 大秦风起，我只手挽天倾
[Passion + Political Scheming + Ruthless Decisiveness + No System] The Qin Empire is on the rise. Countless Qin veterans shed their blood on the battlefield, conquering the Six Kingdoms and uniting them under Qin. Mighty Qin, a newborn empire whose flame is guttering like an oil lamp running dry. The thirteenth prince bears the fate of all Qin's people. With one hand, he holds up the tottering empire; with the other, he turns back the falling heavens.
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The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: Sign-In for the Thunderclap Sword Style from the Start 笑傲江湖：开局签到迅雷剑法
An office drone transmigrates into a wuxia world and is reborn as Lin Pingzhi in his youth, awakening the Sign-In System. As long as he signs in at special locations, he can receive incredible rewards! At the scene of the Qingcheng Sect's attack on the Fuwei Escort Agency: “Would you like to make a Super Sign-In?” “Yes!” “Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining Kunlun's Three Saints He Zudao's peerless art, the Thunderclap Sword Technique!” With the System's golden finger, he breaks fre
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Martial Arts Villain: Traveling the Jianghu with Huang Rong 综武反派：携美黄蓉江湖行
A new work is out! You can read my novels on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死
[No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w
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Swordsman of the Mortal World 红尘执剑人
Wuxia + court politics + strategic scheming + no System A young man harbors the spirit of a hero and carries his sword into the mortal world. Zheng Wenxuan once thought the jianghu was all flashing blades, vengeance, and carefree adventure. But in this vast mortal world, how could there be no romance? When peerless beauties appear one after another at his side, how will he choose? A jade token bearing a name, carved when he was still an infant, and a mysterious mark on his left shoulder. A shock
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Low-Ranking Clerk: Just to Eat Half a Bowl More of Noodles 胥吏：只为多吃半碗面
As the frail, useless third son of a small landowner, he isn't even allowed an extra half-bowl of noodles, so he has to find his own way in life. No System, no golden finger. All he can do is make a living as a peddler. But people have their eyes on his business, and he's powerless to fight back. If you can't beat them, join them. From a hanger-on named Bai Shu to a clerk in charge of official records, he only wants to climb step by step to the highest position... among the clerks. Good or evil
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What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著）
What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his
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Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊
Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha
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Never Yield the Land 不让江山
At first, I looked upon the world and saw nothing but heroes and great men. Then I looked again, and saw nothing but a rabble. Rather than entrust this realm and its people to you, I might as well take it for myself!
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The Delusion-Splitting Axe 断妄斧
The eaves have fallen, the walls stand dark; yesterday they bore carved beams. The streets are broken, the lanes deserted; once, people filled them, dressed in their finest. Snow-white doves blanket the high walls, and black flags fly once more above the crumbling towers. They speak of blades like rainbows and swords like frost, so why are necks bared on either side? Yesterday, the dark forest and secluded pool held heroes' souls captive; today, they drink Du Kang wine in grand halls beneath spa
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I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王
[Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re
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A Ten-Thousand-Mile Journey with the Sword 万里弈剑行
Ask not where the wanderer will return. With sword in hand, he journeys ten thousand miles! A scholar with a sword on his back draws it and challenges Heaven, leaving his righteousness scattered across the world. The academy nurtures trees, cutting off the world's path to the clouds. The jianghu was never meant to belong to just one person...
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The Ning Empire's Army 长宁帝军
This world is divided among hundreds of countries, large and small. When it comes to warfare on land, the Ning Kingdom is virtually invincible. Its fierce armies, drawn from the four frontiers and four arsenals, sweep across the realm. Wherever the land stretches, Ning's banners can be planted. But beyond the sea, where its armies cannot reach, there are always those who refuse to submit. And so a young man took up his blade and halberd, and crossed the sea on a single reed.
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The Legend of Yueyun 月云传
My name is Gu Yungui. I was born without ever getting the chance to meet my birth mother. The martial world has been torn by conflict for years, with bloodshed without end. Gifted beyond measure, I was taught all my father's martial arts. Years later, my father finally found my mother's whereabouts. After a long and difficult search, he uncovered a cruel truth: she had been imprisoned for years by three major sects and forced to forge three mystical weapons, Duannian, Tingxue, and Jinghong. She
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Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨
The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back
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Chang'an of Swords and Books 书剑长安
Two years ago, Mo Tingyu set off for the northern lands with his blade in hand. Two years later, Su Chang'an marched toward Chang'an with his army. Heaven and earth are vast, and all living beings are but specks of dust. The jianghu is a deep and dangerous place, where every step can wound the heart. Blood stains the scabbard; I slay hordes of demons. As long as I draw breath, I will not fall. With lofty ambition, I challenge the Way of Heaven. The jianghu road is where I roam free. I sing wildl
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The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马
[New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top
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The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事
The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish…
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Drunk on Life Amid Sword Shadows 剑影醉浮生
[Transmigration + Court Politics + Invincible + Swordsmanship] That year, a sword genius burst onto the scene, challenging experts everywhere. In just one year, he rose to become the second-strongest under Heaven, renowned throughout the land. Because he wore a white mask, everyone called him the White-Faced Sword Saint. No one knew his name or his age. People only knew that back then, he had a mighty duel atop the imperial capital with the man inside the palace, known only by name and never see
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Is This Really the Jianghu? 这也是江湖？
New book: The Inn That's Always on the Verge of Going Under. Why spend all day fighting and killing? Wouldn't it be better to farm and run an inn? A bedtime story made just for Chinese readers. Enjoy the story, get some good sleep, and good night, mwah~ Pure wuxia. No brainless plot, no System, one female lead, a coming-of-age story set in an alternate history. In the final years of the Xuan Dynasty, the times are turbulent. Rebels and insurgents rise within the realm, while foreign invaders th
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The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者
(Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast
186.3kReads9.3Score21kShelves
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The Peerless Thief of Great Qin 大秦之无双盗帅
Li Xuanqing transmigrates into the martial world of the Qin Dynasty and obtains the Thief Marshal System. “Ding! Host successfully stole an item. Reward: three years of cultivation and the peerless lightness skill Moonlight Fragrance.” “Ding! Host successfully stole an item. Reward: three years of cultivation and the peerless martial art Little Li’s Flying Daggers.” “Ding! Host successfully stole an item. Reward: six years of cultivation and the Celestial Heart Method, Eternal Life Formula.” “Di
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A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到
(Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy,
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The Snake Heavenly Emperor 蛇天帝
An old snake from the village accidentally swallowed a human elixir and gained intelligence, setting out on the path to immortality. With a mysterious little cauldron and a cultivation technique that can transform it into a dragon, the snake has only ten short years to live, so it must seize every moment. This is the story of an old snake becoming an immortal. [Original title: The Old Snake’s Path to Immortality (Snake Ancestor). A manga adaptation is currently being serialized.] [No System, tra
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Investing in Destiny-Blessed Clan Members, My Power Equals the Entire Clan Combined 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和
[Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members
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Tales of the Dark River 暗河传
The Dark River can assassinate imperial relatives in the capital and destroy powerful clans and sects in the wilds. It is the foremost assassin organization, feared by all martial world figures. But the Dark River's leader, the Grand Patriarch, is growing old, and his control over the organization is gradually slipping away. After the Grand Patriarch is gravely wounded during a mission to kill Tang Er, the second master of the Tang Clan, several family heads within the Dark River send assassins
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The Last Martial Hero 最后一个武侠
[No System + Not Mindless + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow-Burn + Genius Protagonist + Strategy and Management] The rise of an ordinary man: the legendary tale of a low-ranking jianghu thug who transforms into a figure renowned throughout both the imperial court and the jianghu. So what if he has no cheat? So what if he has no power, wealth, or connections? Even if he starts with nothing but a basic Iron Claw technique, training it to the utmost can give him the power to split mountains and
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Martial Arts Longevity: I Slaughter My Way from the Bottom to Eternity 武道长生，从底层杀到永恒
[Slow burn, high-level martial arts, unrivaled through the ages, single female lead] The Great Zhou Dynasty values martial arts above all. This is a world where martial arts have flourished to their very limit. Martial Sages represent the pinnacle that a warrior can reach. There are countless profound arts: the Lesser Formless Skill, Golden Bell Shield, Dragon Elephant Prajna, Heaven and Earth in My Image, Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows, Soulcraft Mysteries, Heaven-Battling E
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Hostage in the Dark of Night: Li Shimin, Blood Debts Must Be Repaid! 暗夜质子：李世民，血债血偿！
[History]+ [The Jianghu]+ [Court Politics]+ [Sinister Schemes] No mindless quick transmigration! No cheat System! The tangled struggles of royal clans, families, court politics, and the Jianghu span three dynasties… A sixteen-year-old boy stakes everything and plunges into the vortex of the world's great game. As undercurrents surge, he commands a secret network in the darkness. The Li Tang Dynasty hangs by a thread! Everything they owe him, they will repay a hundredfold, a thousandfold! P.S. Al
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Ruling the Martial World: I Came From Mount Hua 横行江湖：我从华山来
Linghu’s name has traveled far. When will the immortal ape be born? The sword remains unstained by blood, and the hero has yet to set out. Since those who came before are already gone, and those who follow are still unknown, let me be the first to go see all the beautiful sights this martial world has to offer...
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The Finest Crown Prince 极品太子爷
The original novel behind the hit short drama Crown Prince of Ancient Times. This hit web novel is also known as Crown Prince Regent. After transmigrating into the crown prince of Great Qin, I refuse to be a 996 wage slave in this life. I'll hold the power of the world in my waking hours and sleep in the embrace of beauties after a night of revelry. I'll execute treacherous ministers, destroy enemy kingdoms, and sail east to conquer Japan. The mighty authority of Great Qin will resound across
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The Eighth Prince of the Han Dynasty 大汉八皇子
[Traditional fantasy, scheming protagonist, catgirl, multiple heroines, invasion by foreign races, national destiny] What? I transmigrated here and took in a little catgirl as my maid?! What? My father, one of the few strongest people under heaven, has a split personality?! What? Everyone in the world wants to drag me back with them. What are they planning to do? When Wang Xuan opened his eyes, he discovered to his dismay that he seemed to be caught in a whirlpool of conspiracies. With a hellish
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The Tiger of the Generals’ Clan 将门枭虎
A mercenary transmigrates to the Great Chu Empire and becomes Wu Nian, a soldier registered to a hundred-household post. His family is so poor they can barely scrape by, and he has a child bride whom his predecessor beat every day. The Mongols to the north are growing stronger and raiding farther south with increasing frequency. The Great Chu Empire is on the brink of collapse.
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Demon-Suppressing Envoy of the Great Wilderness 大荒镇魔使
I thought I was about to live an ordinary life, but then I unexpectedly discovered that I could pick up cultivation. I thought I was about to marry into the family of a commandery princess, but in the blink of an eye, she became an empress, and I became the empress’s man. I thought I could happily live off my wife as an emperor, but somehow I ended up becoming the Human Race’s Demon-Suppression Envoy. For the rest of my life, nothing is forbidden: when I draw my sword, I stand for justice. In th
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