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1. 301 神 The Divine Chef Heiress: My Husband Is Such a Glutton 神厨大小姐：夫君太贪吃 Breaking Willow Branches折柳Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Yun Qianqian learned to cook from her master-chef father from a young age. After finally mastering the craft, she entered an international chef competition, but an explosion during the contest transmigrated her to Zhou, in another world. She became a chef’s daughter. Her father owned a large, thriving restaurant, but two of her three older brothers only cared about martial arts, while the third was devoted to the imperial examinations. Just as her adoptive father fretted that no one would inheri 101Reads6.3Score—Shelves
2. 302 我 I Set Up a Snack Stall in Ancient Times and Went Viral 我在古代摆摊卖小吃，火出圈了 A Glimmer of Light一叶微光Ancient Romance830k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Fictional Setting + System + Cuisine + Daily Life + Wholesome Romance + Love Grows Over Time + One-on-One Romance + Beloved by All] Mu Wan transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a “dark-skinned, fat girl.” That’s not even the worst of it: she has a sickly husband who could die at any moment. No problem. She’s the head chef of the Imperial Kitchen and knows a little about medicine. If it has anything to do with food, she can handle it. Mu Wan rolls up her sleeves, ready to g 665Reads6.1Score105Shelves
3. 303 我 Me! A Quasi-Emperor, and My Loli Master Is Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 我！准帝，被萝莉师尊偷听心声 Defying Heaven逆天行Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing [Comedy + System + Sweet Romance, One Female Lead] Shen Xuan was a peerless genius the likes of which had never been seen since the creation of heaven and earth. At just twenty, he had reached the Quasi-Emperor realm, but was betrayed by someone he trusted while resisting the invasion of darkness. His body perished, and his cultivation was destroyed. At the same time, a meteorite fell into the lower realm, raising clouds of dust. Shen Xuan crawled out of the haze and found himself face-to-face w 703Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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   🔥🔥🔥This book is really a treasure! Half a million online readings! Speak with strength! 🍀🍀🍀The early stage can really make people laugh to death! When the master is picking up food, you turn the table, when the master is reciting incantations, you chatter: when the master takes a break, you sing, when the master stays in bed, you knock on the pot; ⭐️The daily life of the master and his several unlucky disciples!!! Hilarious ⭐️Later stage… Very beautiful

4. 304 侯 The Marquis's Wife's Culinary Journal 侯夫人美食手札 Gu Yue顾悦Ancient Romance809k WordsCompleted A once-popular food blogger transmigrates to ancient times and conquers the land with all kinds of delicious dishes. From the countryside to the county seat, she goes from having nothing to owning a modest fortune. From being taken in to having every aspect of her life neatly arranged for her, she finds the whole thing a little embarrassing. Lin Yushi believes there’s no problem in this world that a good meal can’t solve. And if one meal isn’t enough, make it two. 897Reads8.5Score104Shelves
5. 305 你 What Makes You Think I'll Keep Liking You? 你凭什么认为我会一直喜欢你呢 Night Rain i夜雨iUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Everyday romance] [One female lead] [Mutual healing] Because of a promise made in childhood, Chen Lu spent seven whole years pursuing the girl he’d grown up with. In the end, all he got was a cold rejection. Chen Lu smiled in acceptance, but his heart had turned to ash… until he met the sweet, clumsy girl who’d come to thank him. The girl was lovely and innocent, standing alone in the rain right where the two of them had agreed to meet. “Why haven’t you left…?” The girl slowly lifted her head. 130.1kReads9.7Score15.9kShelves

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   When there are twists and turns in my life and I feel very uneasy, these few novels are the only ones that help me get through it.

6. 306 零 Post-00s Dad Livestreams Parenting: Dad, Why Are You Crying Louder Than the Baby? 零零后直播带娃：爹咋哭的比娃响 Attending the Banquet Without Paying a Gift吃席不交份子钱Urban1.4M WordsCompleted As people pay more and more attention to their children's education, a live reality show called Fatherly Love Is a Mountain gets underway. The production team randomly selects one dad born in the 1980s, one born in the 1990s, and one born in the 2000s. The dad born in the 1980s is an all-rounder when it comes to childcare, looking after his daughter with meticulous care and tenderness. Viewers: “A father's love is like a mountain! This dad really shields his daughter from every storm!” The dad b 15.2kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves
7. 307 美 Gourmet: My Restaurant Is Anything but Normal 美食：我家餐馆不正常 The Fish in the Flatfish比目鱼的鱼Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted When Lin Zhixin was thirteen, she received the legacy of the Old Ancestor of the God of Cookery and began learning to cook in her dreams. On the day she graduated from college, the Old Ancestor told her there was an inheritance waiting for her. But there was one condition: she had to open a restaurant! She opened one, but Lin Zhixin felt there was something off about it. The prep cook was a koi spirit on the verge of ascending through a tribulation. The food runner was a Taotie who was never ful 197Reads8.1Score204Shelves
8. 308 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 141.1kReads9.8Score16.1kShelves
9. 309 镇 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 Xuan Zhi轩轾Historical3.1M WordsCompleted [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 74.8kReads8.9Score6.4kShelves

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   Book 1 ✨ The Strongest Gourmet System In September of the seventh year of Zhenguan, autumn is getting stronger, and the bluestones on both sides of the road in Chang'an West City are covered with white frost every morning and night. The early morning, when there should be few pedestrians, was unusually lively. I heard that the three hundred prisoners on death row who were allowed to go home to visit their relatives by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty all returned yesterday, not a few of them.

10. 310 夫 My Husband Is My Number One Fan of My Cooking 夫君是我的头号干饭粉 Dog Sixteen狗十六Ancient Romance464k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, food blogger Liu Lezhi became the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. She couldn't compose poetry, play music, embroider, or sew. Instead, she spent all day fiddling with scallions and garlic with her delicate hands, forever hovering around the stove. The marquis was furious, convinced she was wasting her potential. Who could have guessed that a pot of meatball soup would bring her a heavenly match? Watch as Lezhi uses scallions and a ladleful of hot oil to whet t 415Reads5.2Score—Shelves
11. 311 刘 Liu Ling Turns No Guest Away 刘伶不留客 Lin Jiuchong林九重Historical517k WordsOngoing No transmigration. This is the story of a young man in the final years of the Eastern Jin dynasty. His entire family is massacred. His father dies after laying a plan in motion, leaving behind a fragment of a map. The young man begins by investigating an old case involving the Zhenbei Army, founded by his father, bent on revenge. Then Former Qin invades, and Xie An prepares to take the field. Should he investigate the old case, or save the world? After the war, a powerful minister usurps the thr 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Why do I feel that you are talking about this?

12. 312 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score233.7kShelves
13. 313 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 197.1kReads9.5Score27kShelves
14. 314 癫 Crazy, All Crazy, A Little Madness Is Good 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 371.2kReads9.8Score54.4kShelves
15. 315 杀 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 107kReads9.7Score15.7kShelves
16. 316 一 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 Guan关Eastern Fantasy5.4M WordsOngoing [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 76.5kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves

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    ① At the age of eighteen, the young man cut off all the peach blossoms in the mountain and pulled out the sword of protection in front of the world. At that moment, everyone who laughed at him was killed by the sword. The sword was unsheathed, the monsters trembled, the demons were frightened, and the immortals were shocked. ② The young man suffered the darkest moment in the world, carrying the sword out of the city at sunset. How did he grow old overnight, wear a ghost face, hold a green peak in his hand, and become what others call a 'criminal officer'...

17. 317 这 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 33kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
18. 318 天 The Celestial Immortal from Beyond the Heavens 天外浊仙 Luo Qinghou洛轻侯Eastern Fantasy133k WordsOngoing Immortals in the heavens use the mortal world as a chessboard, periodically cleansing it and wiping out all living beings. They regard the rise and fall of nations as tainted energy and erase it at will. Yet the crucial piece in this game is a so-called "good-for-nothing" whose dantian has been destroyed. Lu Zhiyu, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei of the Great Yan Dynasty, was born with blocked meridians and cannot cultivate inner power. He is known as the capital's number one good-for-nothing. Al 38Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 319 逐 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 35.7kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
20. 320 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 130.1kReads9.6Score15.4kShelves
21. 321 灵 Spirit Ruins, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.7M WordsOngoing [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 351kReads9.2Score24.2kShelves
22. 322 穿 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 132.2kReads9.6Score15kShelves
23. 323 只 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ A Long Sigh长叹一声Urban3.8M WordsOngoing (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 260.1kReads9.5Score16.5kShelves
24. 324 说 Weren't You Supposed to Be a Cool Beauty? Why Do You Blush Whenever I Tease You? 说好的清冷美人，怎么一逗就脸红 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance with two male leads, both each other’s only partners; a dirty-talking, devoted top and a cool, beautiful bottom; reborn pursuit of his wife + showbiz + ridiculous comedy + everyone’s favorite + healing + intense push and pull + face-slapping feel-good story + mostly everyday life, and once you get through the first chapter, it’s sweet romance] After his beloved dies, Young Master Zhou is consumed by despair. By a twist of fate, he is reborn and wastes no time setting out to w 65.8kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves
25. 325 这 This Assassin Is Too Cautious 这个杀手太稳了 Where Does the Great River Flow?大江何处去Eastern Fantasy890k WordsCompleted “Master! Master! Our target this time is a beggar!” Zhang San replied coolly, “So what?” “Since he’s a beggar, let’s get to it!” Zhang San took a measured look at the beggar in the street, then turned and walked away. “Master, what’s wrong?” Zhang San said earnestly, “Xiao Er, don’t you think it’s suspicious that someone would pay to have a beggar killed?” His apprentice asked in shock, “Master, are we going to...?” Zhang San nodded calmly. The next moment, his apprentice clung to Zhang San’s le 2.5kReads8.5Score190Shelves

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    All I can say is that it was indeed hidden for a while.

26. 326 这 This Assassin Is Too Steady: The Search for Immortals 这个杀手太稳了：寻仙篇 Where Does the Great River Flow?大江何处去Eastern Fantasy134k WordsOngoing On Baishuang Island, an ancient temple stands in solemn splendor, its Buddha statue wearing a compassionate smile. Beneath the Ling Tian Tomb, not a trace of a hundred generations remains, yet a lord arrives. The ends of the earth are not far away, and the ancients are not gone. It all comes down to this: Heaven’s way has no door... Yet there is a path through endless torment! 178Reads6.9Score—Shelves
27. 327 成 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） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted 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 38.9kReads9.7Score6.1kShelves
28. 328 诸 The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 537.4kReads9.7Score74.9kShelves
29. 329 让 You Asked Me to Be a Carefree Prince Consort, So How Did I Become a Peerless Martial Saint? 让你当闲散驸马，你成至强武圣？ Top Player首席玩家Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Zhang Jing transmigrates to the Great Yu Dynasty and becomes the husband of Princess Li Taiping of Chang'an. However, the princess doesn't care for him. He's merely an idle nobody with no power or influence. In his previous life, he was exhausted from endless scheming and infighting. He thinks being a carefree idler isn't so bad. Then he awakens the Artistic Life System. By learning arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, he can earn Art Points. And he can use those Art Points to i 48.8kReads8.3Score5.4kShelves
30. 330 被 After Being Driven from the Prince's Manor, I Became the Strongest Imperial Guard 被赶出王府后，我成了最强锦衣卫 Golden Scales in the Pond池中金鳞Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to another world, Lin Fan became the heir of the Prince of Bingjian’s household. From the start, he was falsely accused of molesting his cousin. His father didn’t care for him, and his stepmother schemed against him. After taking a hundred lashes, Lin Fan was stripped of his title as heir and driven out of the Prince of Bingjian’s residence. Lin Fan simply joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, an organization despised by both civil and military officials. He was ruthless and 67.3kReads8.6Score5.8kShelves
31. 331 蛮 The Savage Era 蛮荒记 Tianxia Farm天下农庄Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World, Invincible, Otherworld, the Myriad Worlds, Female Lead, No Harem, World-Destroying] One flower, one world. One leaf, one pursuit. One song, one sigh. One lifetime devoted to one person. One glance, one breathtaking beauty. One step, one descent into obsession. One thought, one dream. One lifetime spent waiting for one person. Pangu, alone with an axe, fought across the highest heavens, all for the sake of waiting for one person in this life… 5.5kReads7.0Score471Shelves

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    When mortals become enlightened overnight, the three worlds tremble!

32. 332 龙 The Dragon Son-in-Law and Ghost Doctor 龙婿鬼医 Tianxia Farm天下农庄Urban247k WordsOngoing [Married into her family] [Sweet romance] [Doting dad] [Special forces king] Meeting and parting are all fate, and a thousand-mile bond of marriage can be forged in a single night. A fleeting marriage leaves regrets in life, so he sets out a thousand miles to find his wife and rekindle their bond! Since we parted, my thoughts have stayed with you; how many times have I dreamed we were together? Tonight, I hold up the silver lamp to look at you, still afraid that our reunion is only a dream. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 333 天 The Fox Immortal of Tianmen! 天门狐仙！ Zhao Gou of Shu Camp蜀营的赵勾Eastern Fantasy305k WordsCompleted There is a love that was born for you, and a vow to stay by your side through life and death. There is a belief that true love knows no bounds, and a devotion to be captivating for no one but you. The orphan Su Wulan made his living chopping wood. One day, he happened to save a fox spirit, and from then on embarked on a path defying the immortals. A doomed romance takes root, and turmoil follows... See how Su Wulan, for Hu Feiyan's sake, dares the Stairway to Heaven, opens Heaven's Gate with a s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 334 神 The Divine Beast Unleashed 神兽出笼 Zhao Gou of Shu Camp蜀营的赵勾Urban174k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [System] [Genius] When I wake from a dream, all my fingertips touch is a tear track from a thousand years of cultivation. The mortal world, drifting flowers, crimson streams: I forgot Buddha's life. Soft fragrance, misty rain, hazy madness: a single dream of benevolence. A thousand years of cultivation, all for this life, to meet him and fall for the mortal seed in his eyes. Amid the ten thousand feet of worldly dust, I take a step and look back. Is it fate, a trial, a debt, or 5Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 335 综 Wuxia Crossover: Unrivaled in the Martial World 综武：武林无双 Aodhe's Burrowing Dragon敖河的钻地龙Eastern Fantasy62k WordsOngoing Xue Wuhen transmigrates to a world of martial arts, traveling through the realms of Jin Yong and Gu Long and mastering peerless martial arts. After growing weary of turmoil in the martial world, what awaits him when he retires from it? The Northern Darkness Divine Art, palm techniques, the Shaolin Seventy-Two Supreme Arts. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It fits perfectly. The protagonist is the guardian of Tianyue and finally goes into seclusion. He doesn't want to offend the emperor and looks for trouble every day.

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