Any Martial Arts Novels with a Ruthless, Cold-Blooded Protagonist Who Never Shows Mercy or Acts Saintly, and Isn’t an Idiot? 有没有武道的，杀伐果断冷血无情不圣母，不降智
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A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客
[No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. 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 eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side.
439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves
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The Master Sent Me Down the Mountain to Break Off My Engagement and Marry My Senior Sister 高手下山，师父让我退了婚娶师姐
Little Taoist Lu Xuan is ordered by his master to go down the mountain and break off his engagement. His fiancée, the Su family, gives him a hard time, but his senior sisters arrive to help. They also reveal a secret from eighteen years ago: his parents' deaths were no accident. His fiancée's grandfather, Su Zhenhai, was responsible...
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My Golden Finger Awakened, and I Took Revenge as an Unstoppable Force 金手指觉醒，我以无敌之姿复仇
Feel-good power fantasy + no angst + transmigration + revenge + ruthless action + hot-blooded battles + invincibility + ensemble cast + cultivation + pure excitement. A college student transmigrates into the body of the foolish young master of the Chu family. As his clan faces annihilation, he binds himself to the ultimate revenge cultivation System and sets out on a path of cultivation and vengeance. This is a first-person fantasy power fantasy with a breakneck pace and one satisfying moment af
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I'm Just a Eunuch, So What's Wrong with Having a Few More Beautiful Women? 我一太监，红颜多点很合理吧
[Hunt down transmigrators] [Ensemble cast] [No saintly heroine] [Three empress sisters] [Rebellious disciple] “Anyone who inexplicably plagiarizes poetry shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who makes soap, cement, or gunpowder shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who writes simplified characters or speaks strangely shall be executed without mercy!” “Any good-for-nothing whose cultivation suddenly skyrockets and who claims that even the heavens can’t block his sight shall be executed w
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Ultimate Martial Venerable 极限武尊
“Martial artists wield tremendous strength. Qi cultivators are unpredictable. Lu Fan is a practitioner of both martial arts and qi cultivation. I was an ordinary man, but fate had other plans. Yin and yang in my left hand, heaven and earth in my right. Above heaven and below heaven, I alone reign supreme!”
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The Devouring Emperor Reborn 噬帝重生
“Old man with the white beard, you make the Dao of Eating sound incredible. So how do we attain the Dao?” “The Buddha says that killing one person makes you a First-Ground Bodhisattva, while killing ten makes you a Second-Ground Bodhisattva…” “Stop! We’re talking about the Dao of Eating!” “Eat one person and gain the Lesser Dao, eat a hundred and gain the Middle Dao, eat ten thousand and gain the Great Dao…” “Ugh… I’m going to be sick!” “Senior Brother! Are you done throwing up? Come help me app
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With No One to Help Me Reach the Clouds, I Climb to the Peak with the System 无人扶我青云志，我靠系统登巅峰
[Killing enemies grants experience + decisive and ruthless] An ordinary man suddenly transmigrated into a high-martial fantasy world. The strong prey on the weak, and human life is as worthless as grass? Fortunately, he had a Slaughter Point-Allocation System to rely on. Slay demons and slaughter enemies, proving the Dao through killing! Carve out a path to invincibility!
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- 8 Spiritual Qi Revival: When in Doubt, Charge In 灵气复苏：遇事不决莽一波 [Carefully planned haymakers + overwhelming force + mind-blowing feats = brain storage area] “Locking your health bar? What are you locking? A little cheating doesn't count as cheating, get it?” Everyone knows that the highest level of competition often uses the simplest methods. In a fantasy world crawling with cultivators and teeming with countless races, Lu An is an ultimate being with a perfect six-sided stat sheet. He only excels at one thing: using his peerless wisdom to convince people th 39.2kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
- 9 The Ten Thousand Races Invade, I Fuse All Things and Level Up Like Crazy 万族入侵，融合万物，疯狂升级 A fortress stands in every layer of heaven, and ten Heavenly Passes protect the mortal world. Powerful beings from the myriad races beyond the borders descend, intent on making humanity their prey. On his sixteenth birthday, Chen Fan receives news that his entire family has died in battle and awakens the Unlimited Fusion System. He fuses with the talent of the Dragon Clan, and a dragon’s roar echoes across heaven and earth. He fuses with the heroic spirits of the ages, transforming his mind into 5kReads8.6Score371Shelves
- 10 I Have a Chaotic Prison 我有一座混沌监狱 Command the Chaos Cage, summon gods and demons from across the ages, and rule the Myriad Worlds! Su Hao gave a wicked grin. “I’d like to keep a low profile, too, but my strength won’t let me!” 14kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
- 11 EN Apotheosis 百炼成神 After a family power struggle left him fallen from the position of heir to a lowly family servant, Luo Zheng unexpectedly obtained an ancient art of weapon forging. He would make his body a weapon and his spirit its soul, tempering himself again and again until he forged himself into a god! His path to turning his fate around began with taking a beating. Powerful factions vied for supremacy, and the clans fought for dominance as the winds of change began to blow. With a body forged into a magica 3.9kReads8.5Score576Shelves
- 12 Guarding the Frontier from the Start: I Can Copy Talents Like Crazy 开局镇守边疆：我嘎嘎复制天赋 [Fantasy + System + Passion] After an accident, Shen Ming transmigrates into the body of a prisoner on the northern frontier. The very next day, he must take part in a trial and fight to the death against demonic beasts. He thinks he is doomed, but unexpectedly awakens a talent-copying System. An age of chaos is approaching, and demonic beasts are running rampant. To protect himself, Shen Ming sets out on the path to becoming the strongest. [Martial Saint Physique: Golden talent, increases culti 786Reads8.5Score219Shelves
- 13 A Hundredfold Cultivation System Levels Up to 999 in an Instant 百倍修炼系统瞬间升级999 Take one step, gain 10 × 100 experience points, and upgrade Basic Movement to Yellow-grade Movement! Throw one punch, gain 10 × 100 experience points, and upgrade Basic Fist Technique to Yellow-grade Fist Technique! Eat one Strength Pill, gain 100 × 100 experience points, and soar from the third level of Body Tempering to the sixth! Take one look at the sword intent on the Sword Mark Stone, gain 100 × 100 experience points, and successfully comprehend Level One Sword Intent! Jiang Chen transmigr 2kReads8.5Score268Shelves
- 14 The Nine Dragons Return to One Art 九龙归一诀 He gains a treasure of chaos and cultivates the Nine Dragons Returning as One. He cleaves through the sun, moon, and stars, and slays demons from the ages. With Lu Chen's arrival, the winds and clouds stir, and the gods and ghosts of the Myriad Worlds tremble. Drunk in the arms of beautiful women, he brings joy to their faces; with the Three Thousand Great Dao, he saves all living beings. 37.2kReads9.1Score967Shelves
- 15 Peerless in the Martial Way 武道独尊 On the Tianyuan Continent, the truly powerful can move mountains, overturn seas, and tread on stars and moons. Ye Ming is an ordinary nobody whose parents were murdered by members of his own clan, and whose entire cultivation was crippled! By a stroke of luck, he obtains a divine robe, takes a miraculous Foundation Establishment pill, and cultivates the Heaven-Connecting Scripture. With unwavering resolve and relentless courage, he shows no mercy to anyone who blocks his path to martial mastery! 1.2kReads7.9Score148Shelves
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Martial Dao Supreme 武道至尊
As long as a breath remains, hope never dies. Wang Chen, born with the Divine Martial bloodline, shoulders a heavy burden and sets out on the path of martial cultivation, carrying his family's hatred and his own dreams. He hunts down his enemies, seeks the Martial Dao, and makes his name known throughout the world. Leading his family and its declining sect, he begins his journey and faces one challenge after another. The road to the summit is unimaginably difficult, and endless slaughter spreads
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I Was Born a Commoner 臣本布衣
[Adapted into a comic-drama: Cast aside despite my great achievements, I build my own royal court] [Adapted into a short drama of the same name + I was once a commoner] [The emperor’s jealousy + never looking back + heading south to capture the dragon + immensely satisfying] Li Zhen transmigrates to an ancient continent! He assists the newly enthroned emperor of Dayu in bringing order to the court. But before his great undertaking is even halfway done, the emperor grows suspicious of him out of
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在
[Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn
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- 19 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
- 20 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 27kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
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High Martial: Reaching the Peak of the Martial Dao as a Brocade-Clad Guard 高武：在锦衣卫登临武道绝巅
(Decisive and ruthless, court power struggles, jianghu rivalries, with the System playing a minor role) Tang Jiu transmigrates into a high-martial world, into the household of a wealthy family in the Great Yu Dynasty. He could have spent his days walking birds in their cages and listening to music in the pleasure quarters, a spoiled young master. Unexpectedly, he awakens a System that grants him good-and-evil points for killing evildoers or doing good deeds. And so, Tang Jiu is no longer a spoil
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Death Sentence from the Start: How Can I Survive Without a Heart of Stone? 开局死刑：我不心狠怎么活？
[Six million words, it's ready to binge!] [Decisive and ruthless + dark revenge + invincible protagonist] [Killing grants energy, breaking through realms is as easy as drinking water! That's what it means to be invincible!] Long Kai transmigrates into the body of a death-row prisoner, and starts out in prison! The System awakens: Kill! Kill! Kill! He kills his way from prison to the stars, from mortal to Dao Lord. He kills until his power runs wild, until he stands invincible beneath the heavens
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Hey, You! Do You Really Have to Be This Low-Key?! 你小子！用不用这么低调！！
The immortal, undying ancient dragon left behind only a rotting corpse. The phoenix, unafraid of death, was reduced to a single broken root feather. The auspicious qilin, surrounded by good fortune, could not foresee its own death. The Black Tortoise, master of countless laws, had its shell forcibly stripped away. The cemetery of the gods still stands, watching the ruins endure for millennia, while grass and trees flourish and fade through the seasons. Who dares claim to be immortal… The years t
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One Man, One Sword, Battling the Heavens 一人一剑战苍穹
Ling Chen, an outer sect disciple of the Qinglan Sect, was once a lonely boy. But the secret of the Chaos Pearl he carries makes him a thorn in the side of Xu Gang, the sect's Grand Elder, and Zhao Wuji, a lackey of the Punishment Hall. He is also hunted by the prodigies Yan Jin of the Burning Flame Valley and Jin Lie of the Golden Sun Palace, who covet what he possesses. After being framed for stealing the Earthcore Flame Marrow, he is branded a “traitor” and placed on the wanted list by all ni
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- 25 Starry Palace, Ten Thousand Abysses 星阙万渊 The Cangming Realm is made up of nine colossal stars hanging upside down, collectively known as the “Nine Abysses of the Star Vault.” Starlight is the source of power for all things, and humankind cultivates by drawing it into their bodies. In ancient times, those born with “star bones” were naturally attuned to starlight, one in ten thousand. Yet the protagonist’s star bones are incomplete, and he is dismissed as an ordinary mortal. The Star-Devouring demons feed on starlight and are sworn enem —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Plum Blossoms Bloom Brightly Across the Ming Empire 大明天下梅花艳艳开
Wuxia + history + imperial court + bloodshed + political intrigue + multiple female leads + not a harem + not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Plum Blossom Manor, the guardians of a village in Huaxia. Nixiào, the ninety-ninth-generation young manor lord, secretly leaves the manor at fourteen, only to encounter an unknown force plotting against the Great Ming...
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- 27 Thunder Pattern Heaven-Slaying Dao 雷纹弑天道 On a night of black rain, Lu Chen, a young hunter, awakens a forbidden bloodline that the cultivation world has hunted for eight hundred years. When he enters the Azure Cloud Sect, he discovers that the righteous immortal sects conceal a truth more terrifying than any demon: every ascendant has hollow eyes, and the “Heavenly Track System” is behind a shocking conspiracy that has prevented anyone from ascending for three thousand years. Thunder whispers in his left ear, and the woodcutter’s blade 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊
He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
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I Conquer Another World with Nothing but My Own Talent 横推异界，我全靠自身天赋
[Decisive and ruthless, multiple women, invincible protagonist, self-interest above all] In a high-martial world, prodigies rise everywhere. Yang Feng transmigrates here, relying solely on his own talent. One day, he throws a punch, and the sky is stained with blood. Only then do people realize in terror that he has long since become the highest peak in the world. Yang Feng’s life story: sweeping aside all challengers and, before he knows it, becoming the supreme ruler.
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- 30 From the Desolate Realm, I Begin My Rise to Godhood 从天荒界开始成神做祖 A single general's success is built on the bones of countless fallen soldiers. The road to an immortal throne must be paved with the flesh and blood of the masses. Yang Yue transmigrates to the Tianhuang Realm and rises from a mere gang disciple, sweeping across the world to attain immortality. (An overpowered, easy-to-read power fantasy with decisive, ruthless action.) 310Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reincarnation of Heaven and Earth 轮回乾坤
[One Female Lead] [Reborn] [Transformation] [No System] In a world where everyone is born a cultivator, people can live two lives as different genders. A cultivation prodigy with a mysterious past is forced to her death, then reincarnates in a new body with her memories gone. Can she reclaim everything that was once hers? A sect leader who values loyalty above all is killed by members of his own sect, while his Dao companion is framed and forced to her death by their enemies. Reborn in a new bod
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Roaming the Martial Arts World, Starting with Laughing in the Wind 从笑傲开始纵横武侠世界
[Myriad Worlds + transmigration + wuxia + System + zombies] After dying from overwork, he became a Jiang Chen zombie, indistinguishable from an ordinary person. He travels through one major wuxia world after another, dominating them all. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer → The Return of the Condor Heroes → Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils → The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty → Ever Night → The Storm Riders → Chinese Paladin 3 → My Date with a Vampire → The Primordial World… Absorb the essence of blood, com
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I Just Awakened My System, and Her Dad Told Me to Get Lost? 我刚觉醒系统，她爸让我滚远点？
[Physical book deal secured, enjoy with confidence] [Ultimate power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Absurd comedy] [One heroine] [Ensemble cast] [Unhinged] Year 529 of the Cultivation Calendar. Yun Mochen wakes from a nap and unexpectedly awakens a System. [Absorb qi and blood to grow stronger!] But there's one big problem: his girlfriend of three months is the daughter of the Zhu Clan's Emperor, one of the five great cultivation clans. Even worse, her emperor father comes straight to his door
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- 34 Reborn in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer as a Little Demon 重生笑傲之魔崽子 I'm reborn into The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and damn, I'm the villain? How am I supposed to deal with this? Ouyang Ming fished out the only ten coins he had, bought and ate three flatbreads, then looked at the street urchins glaring at him with cold eyes. 2.5kReads5.8Score123Shelves
- 35 Reborn in Another World, My Golden Finger Had Been Bitten by a Bug 重生异世我的金手指被虫咬过 Also known as: Reborn in Another World, My Golden Finger Had Been Bitten by a Bug. I thought I’d live an ordinary life in another world. But as he gradually explored its mysteries, Zhao Wendong grew stronger with every step. When he finally looked back, he realized that although he’d been cultivating the martial path, somehow it had turned into something much like the immortal path! Damn it! Who cares? The demon path is still a path, and magic is still magic! As long as I can live freely, that’s 3.4kReads7.4Score223Shelves
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊
[Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho
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Transmigrated as an Abandoned Heir, I Awakened a Talent Conquest Book 穿越成弃子，觉醒天赋攻略书
[Decisive] [No romance] [Fast-paced] [No frustrating setbacks] [No dragging things out] After transmigrating into a fictional high-martial dynasty, Mu Xiao awakens as a Demon-Slaying Guard and obtains the Talent Guidebook. From then on, she defies fate! No pointless chatter, no frustrating setbacks. She never lets evil go unpunished, and slays demons with a single blade! With the guidebook in hand, she unlocks countless talents at will: the strength to uproot mountains, fiery eyes that see throu
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Stealing Heaven in Nine Stages 窃天九重
[Chinese-style martial-arts fantasy + anti-System tropes + slow burn + a renaissance of web fiction + a ground-level perspective] History books lavishly detail emperors, ministers, generals, and heroes. They mention natural disasters, human calamities, and people's suffering in passing. “They” have no names. Because this world has something called spiritual energy. It is neither the magic of immortals nor the inner force of martial artists. It's like air, water, and sunlight: everywhere. Those w
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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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- 41 Betrayed and Abandoned in the ’90s, I Was Reborn and Struck It Rich 九零错付被弃，我重生逆袭暴富了 In the Nineties, I Was Abandoned After Giving Everything. Reborn, I Turned My Life Around and Got Rich 44Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉
[Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever
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Reborn: My Clones Embark on the Path to Invincibility 重生之分身走上无敌路
Zhou Ji, the strongest rogue cultivator, meticulously schemes his way into a ninth-rank secret realm and claims its greatest fortune. This draws the envy of countless powerful figures, who hunt him all the way to the summit of Mount Buzhou. Little do they know that Zhou Ji has already refined a clone and used reincarnation to fade from everyone’s sight. After that, a young man named Ji Zhou, who has refined the “Wordless Heavenly Book,” sets out on the path to invincibility with the cultivation
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Wuxia Crossover in the Great Song: The Goddesses’ National Husband 综武大宋：女神们的国民老公
[Grow Stronger by Killing Enemies + Multiple Female Leads] Only five months remain before the Huashan Sect is wiped out. Only five years remain before the Jin invaders destroy the Northern Song. Only ten years remain before the Mongols destroy the Southern Song. Time is short, so I'm busy killing bad guys. I can only flirt with the goddesses. There's no time to marry them.
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