Any Novels That Aren't Stupid, Wish-Fulfillment, or Harem Stories? 有没有不弱智不爽文不种马的小说
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Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇
Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse
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My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年
[The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t
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A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号
The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on.
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After Becoming a Courtesan, I Took Up Cultivation on the Side 变身花魁后,我兼职做起了炼气士
(Gender-bender, not an invincible protagonist, Lovecraftian cultivation, the protagonist is “mentally ill”) A bizarre world, an age of drunken revelry and escapism. Here is the Shishen Dao, which imagines the “true self” and delights in toying with the world like a madman. There are the ancient Twelve Old Gods entrenched in Youzhou, creating what they consider to be grotesque “beauty” for mortals in absurd and bizarre ways. Beneath the ruins of the old Tang Dynasty lie black tentacles covered in
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The Ancient Powerhouses Have Arrived 上古大佬团驾到
The ancient supreme gods Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, long since retired and all but legendary, were bored one day. They decided to take their wives, Xihe and Changxi, on a “business trip” that was really a “government-funded vacation,” visiting the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, both under the administration of the current management, the Jade Emperor. When word got out, the officials governing the Three Realms fell into unprecedented panic and chaos. They mistook a simple family outing for
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Saving the World in 24 Hours 24小时拯救世界
What would you do if you had only 24 hours to save the world? After countless rebirths and resets, Zhu Shijiu has endured the unbearable pain of dying tens of thousands of times. With each endless loop, his will has teetered closer to collapse. He has tried everything to escape, but nothing has worked. Every time he dies, he returns to the day before that damned world is destroyed! All he can do is follow every thread and search for clues, using each death to uncover the truth. 24 hours to save
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The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐:刑场——它们看着你,它们记得
The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember
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This Assassin Is Too Cautious 这个杀手太稳了
“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
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Chronicles of the Jianghu: Chaos in Botang 江湖册波棠乱
Historical setting: Early Republic of China, around the 1910s to 1920s · What the era represents: The imperial throne has fallen, warlords carve up the country, and Western culture pours in. This is an age when the codes and honor of the “old jianghu” are gradually lost, transformed, and ultimately destroyed by the guns and schemes of the “new world.” The story of Bo and Tang is the most moving verse in this elegy.
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The Game of Fate: This Player Is a Little Different 命运游戏:这个玩家不太一样
Why does a legless man keep visiting a foot massage parlor? What is he after? Why did a famous company frame a blind girl for spying on its trade secrets? A criminal charged into a morgue and shouted, “None of you are getting out alive!” The heartwarming truth behind it will move you. Several people in leather jackets and tight pants leaped from a rooftop carrying gas canisters, claiming they were taking part in Survey Corps rookie training. Experts still can’t offer a reasonable explanation.
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Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈
Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn!
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Struggling Along the Path to Godhood 挣扎在成神之路上
(Not a power fantasy) Even as a beast, even in a harsh environment, nothing compares to the wickedness of the human heart. If I could survive for thirty years in the human world, how long can I last in the wild? No need to think about it. I'll definitely survive! I'll break free from the restraints of human nature and cast aside insignificant emotions, even if... I have to live alone forever!
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Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋
Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar
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The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友
A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The
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Sword, Moon, Zither, and Star 剑月琴星
[Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever
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Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic? 主角祭天!法力无边?
Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic Power?
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Record of the Illusory Sea of Love: The Great Void Livestream 情天幻海录太虚直播间
The Illusory Realm of the Great Void, by the shores of the Sea of Love. Fairy Jing Huan had been staring blankly into a water mirror for three days. What it reflected was not her peerless beauty, but the countless scenes of the mortal world: office workers scrolling through their phones on the subway, middle-aged men and women haggling at matchmaking corners, livestreamers crying, “Brother, love me!”, and exhausted wage slaves staying up late making PowerPoints until they went bald... “Such mudd
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Gluttony’s Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 饕餮刑场——食物链底层的罪与罚
The Gluttonous Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain
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The Northern Reach of the Abyss 临渊之朔
[People who live inside a box can never see the world outside] Linyuan is the ninth-generation artificial-intelligence quantum computing array, or Ninth-Generation Superbrain, developed by Linyuan Technology Co., Ltd. It is an independently developed, all-new immersive work that spans eras, offering an LX7 ultra-realistic gaming experience. It is a true world of consciousness. “But as far as I know, Linyuan is more than just a game.” “Then what is it?” “A cage for the mind, a torture ground
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The Savage Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 蛮荒纪元:棠焱传奇
The Wilds Era: The Legend of Tang Yan
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Anomalous Human Research Report 异常人类研究报告
If you don't listen to Secondhand Rose, don't read this... Read at your own risk... Mindless power fantasy + no idiotic characters + unhinged + anti-PUA + no heroine + no simp + urban slice of life + golden finger... Urban lie-flat System + strange creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + the bizarre + black technology... ...If the Classic of Mountains and Seas is just mythology, why has it been passed down for thousands of years?... ...Why didn't Qin Shi Huang burn the Classic of Moun
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I [Urge] You to Believe in Science 我【劝】你相信科学
[Metaphysics + the supernatural + cultivation + urban life + strong female lead + 1v1] An everyday story about city life. Jiang Qing was born with spiritual perception and awakens the bloodline of a great shaman. Her mind comes with a built-in great-shaman-branded “portable hard drive.” Jiang Qing had hoped to keep a low profile, but as soon as she arrives in the capital, she accidentally wanders into the Special Affairs Office, completes her identity verification for no apparent reason, and bec
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Slaughter Kindergarten: Killergarten 杀戮幼儿园——Killergarten
Killergarten
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Dragon Clan Resurgence 1: The Storm Rises Again 龙族复苏1之再起风云
[Modern Fantasy + Reincarnation + Dragon Clan + Rise to Power + No System] The Divine Dragon Appears, and the Four Seas Unite! On an ordinary planet in another universe and timeline, Shen Shi was an unremarkable boy who stood out among his peers. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, an unexpected expedition awakened the bloodline sleeping within him. He was a direct descendant of the Dragon Clan, reincarnated through a secret art by his people when their planet faced annihilation, carrying the secr
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Love That Ends Only in Death for the Moguls 大佬们致死方休的爱情
Modern city life + powerful figures + domineering tycoons + multiple couples + angst for the main couple + extra-sweet side couples + BL + stories about the older generation Ma Zhongqi is an outstanding business talent with immense resources, a powerful gang leader who commands both sides of the law, and a nameless hero who conceals his identity to protect the forces of good. Yet he keeps Xiao Minmin alone in his heart and cherishes her as if she were his own life. When Xiao Minmin became someon
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May the Fireworks Never Grow Cold, and Youth Never Fade 盼烟花不冷韶华不逝
[No marriage + transmigration + invincible protagonist + subtle foreshadowing] The setup takes a long time. If you’re impatient, skip straight to the story after Chapter 64. Zhen swung the goose-feather saber in his hand and struck off another deity’s head. He felt no excitement, only bewilderment. How many years had it been? How many gods had he killed? He wasn’t sure anymore. The God of War, the God of Art and Beauty, the God of Wisdom, the God of Pain and Regret... There had been far too man
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The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲
No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame
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The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者:黑色幽默大事件
No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of
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The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡
[The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the
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The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快
“One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching
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The Demon’s Lament 魔恸
Across the mortal world of life and death, he crossed to the other shore. Beneath the flowers of the other shore, a demonic heart was planted. One day, he awoke and discovered that he was nothing more than a seed of wheat sown during the spring plowing... One day, he went mad and swore to defy the fate of being harvested in autumn... One day, he grew strong, but looking back at the mortal world, he realized how much he had lost... He thought he had reached the other shore, never knowing that ben
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Blossoming Where the Ice Lies 向冰封处绽放
(Rising from the Bottom + Cross-Border Business Rivalry + Hard-Core Legal Drama) This novel is ideal for professionals and students in business, law, and the worlds of finance, investment banking, and consulting. It tells an idealistic yet realistic story about young people today and contemporary Chinese companies. The business rivalries and legal elements are highly technical, while the emotional relationships are restrained and true to life for adults. It may take some effort to get into, and
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After Our Divorce, I Became His Unattainable White Moonlight 离婚后,我却成了他的白月光
No rebirth, no System, no melodramatic plot twists. A professional business-war story with realistic emotional drama. Xu Anning, a divorced single mother, chooses to return to work while raising her daughter, becoming CEO Lin Jiyang's special assistant. As they face the brutality of business warfare together, feelings quietly grow between them. But neither of them realizes that, in a past she herself knows nothing about, she was once the cherished first love of the man who was an associate profe
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Strumming a Sword and Singing Along the Way 弹剑行歌
Half martial arts novel, half story: In the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli reign, a prince who has been living among the common people makes a surprise assault on the imperial palace after years of secret preparation, invoking the precedent of the Jingnan Campaign. A group of heroes from the martial world, led by a former official who resigned from office, rise up to stop him. But all of this is under the control of Zhao Gong, a prince consort, and in the end both sides suffer devastating losses
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Great Qin 2025: My Asura Path of the Strange 大秦2025:吾的修罗诡道
On television, a glamorous female host held a microphone and said, “Good evening, viewers. Welcome to this edition of Great Qin News. Today’s featured figure is the Chancellor, who has governed our Great Qin for over a thousand years.” The camera cut to an elderly man, frail with age. Even through the television screen, his sharp gaze was like a knife, making it hard to look him in the eye. “Your Excellency, why did you go to the local police station to turn yourself in?” “Oh, I wanted somewhere
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The Legend of the Iron Book 铁书传
The book flopped and hardly anyone reads it. I'm writing purely for love of it. [Martial world + Imperial court + Revenge] Over ten bloody years, she grows from an orphan whose family was slaughtered into the Blood Shadow Rakshasa, a name that terrifies the martial world. With a single blade, she cuts down her enemies, yet cannot cut through a carefully woven death trap. This martial world is no longer a mere clash of blades and swords. At the Pavilion of Listening to the Wind and Watching the
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A Monthly Salary of 3,500: I Cultivate Immortality in the Mortal World 月薪3500:我在凡世修仙
Also known as: Chu Er Is Extraordinary! This is a slow-burn, leisurely paced urban cultivation fantasy about the fierce collision between technology and cultivation, after the modern world becomes connected to the spirit realm through the Peach Blossom Cave. Chu Fan is an ordinary young man with a meager monthly salary and a quiet life. Amid the everyday bustle, he quietly embarks on the path of cultivation. Neither arrogant nor impatient, and with no interest in quick results, he tempers his D
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The Gods Made Me Their Prisoner, So I'll Forge a New Path to Balance All Worlds 诸神为囚,我自当开万界平衡新道
Ye Wuchen was once an ordinary cultivator among the myriad realms. After countless brushes with death, he finally realized that the so-called “Heavenly Dao” was nothing more than an exquisitely crafted cage for the myriad realms. He broke free and became the bearer of the Heart of Balance, only to discover that he had stepped into an even greater game: the eternal war between order and chaos kept dragging the primordial chaos back into one reset after another. To end the cycle, Ye Wuchen resolut
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A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记
Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served
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Sorry, I'm a Melee Mage 不好意思,我是近战法师
[No System + not a game + closed loop + wild imagination + unconventional fantasy + time travel] This novel isn’t for everyone. If you’re looking for mindless wish fulfillment, don’t bother opening it. This is a serious web novel, and everyone who finishes it gives it a like. As the dust settled, it turned out that you and I were both links in the same chain. After all the schemes and calculations, everything came down to a single cycle. And as for defying fate, who could have guessed that the H
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Blazing Stars and Rivers 烈焰星河
Campus + military + pure sci-fi, about an alien invasion. No showing off and face-slapping, System, cultivation, transmigration, or superpowers. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story about a lone hero. The protagonist joins countless passionate young people in the fight against an alien invasion. There is sacrifice and devotion, family and friendship, as they stand firm through trials of blood and fire to defend humanity's last line of defense with courage and conviction. The story has depth, and
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Gene Wars: An Ordinary Person's Survival in the Apocalypse! 基因战,普通人末世求生!
One female lead, no romance, no golden finger, and no forced stupidity. Terrorists use genetic weapons, altering human genes and bringing the nation to a standstill. With no laws to hold them in check, humanity’s morals begin to crumble. Ye Lingdai, an ordinary woman, struggles to survive in the apocalypse.
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Desert, Treasure, and the Fifteen Kingdoms 沙漠,宝藏和十五王国
A game novel set in the deserts of the Western Regions, featuring treasures buried deep in the sea of sand, merchant caravans with melodious camel bells, bandits wielding curved blades, and fifteen kingdoms, each with its own distinct character. The protagonist explores and hunts for treasure while taking part in the complex struggles between kingdoms. Duels with sworn enemies and siege battles over player cities are interwoven with the story, and the protagonist even gets caught up in the schem
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Working Overtime Again Today to Stop the Universe from Going Crazy 今天也在努力加班阻止宇宙发癫
Also known as: A Record of Cultivation Across the Multiverse. Fantasy + Sci-Fi + Wonder + Comedy; Exploration + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Life. Ji Wuxiu is a mediator for the Interuniversal Administration Bureau. His job used to be breaking up fights between the three great universes, but a disastrous teleportation accident sends him to a strange world of cultivation. Here, the Hehuan Sect is actually an orthodox sect, the little Saintess is a succubus, and his senior brother's flying sword hides
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Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神
[Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni
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The Strategy to Assassinate the King of Qin 刺秦策
In the thirteenth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty, the realm was at peace and the people lived in comfort. But on a winter-solstice night, an assassin suddenly appeared in Chang’an, shattering the long-standing tranquility of the magnificent imperial capital… While most people believed the assassination to be an isolated incident, the empire’s powerful statesman, Changsun Wuji, had already seen through the truth. He had never forgotten the purge launched years ago, when the imperia
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I Returned from the Main God’s Space 我从主神空间归来
A traditional urban cultivation story, set in the modern world and imagining what the world would be like after the spiritual qi revival. [No harem] [No characters acting stupidly] [No tired tropes] [No school, and no classmates] An original story with no System, following the protagonist as he grows from an indifferent bystander into someone who... [Guards a city alone] [Defends a nation] [Protects a planet] Until finally, he unites every race in the Solar System to fight off invasions from oth
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The Reborn Immortal Emperor and the Dimensional Conspiracy 仙帝重生之维度阴谋
Positive energy + urban fantasy + cultivation + comedy + historical events + wish fulfillment + fiery battles In his previous life, he was the Immortal Emperor Huitian, a force to be reckoned with across the Immortal Realm. But at the final moment of his attempt to break through to the Divine Realm, his path to immortality was cut short and his body and soul were destroyed. Betting on a chance with odds of less than one in a hundred, he sent his immortal soul into the river of time. After endur
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Galaxy Fantasy: Apostles of the Ten Thousand Realms 星河幻想之万界使徒
A young man raised in a world of advanced magical civilization sets out to find his father. He travels across the astral realms and visits countless races among the stars, only to unwittingly uncover the secrets behind the origins of life and civilization…
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Banished to the Cold Palace, I Build Technology, and Qianlong Comes Chasing After Me 打入冷宫我造科技,乾隆回头狂追
(This is purely a fantasy story with historical inspiration. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) When Ruyi, a professor who teaches survival skills in the apocalyptic world of fantasy, wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the empress banished to the Cold Palace, her first thought is: surviving here is harder than surviving the apocalypse! Faced with a crumbling palace and despairing eunuchs and maids, Ruyi from the fantasy world rolls up her sleeves and gets
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