Looking for Smart Novels. Nothing That Treats the Reader Like an Idiot 求智商在线的小说别把读者的智商按在地上摩擦那种
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Devour the Firmament 吞噬苍穹
After losing his closest family, the orphan Xuanyuan is reborn in another world where might makes right. He inherits the legacy of the ancient Devouring Emperor, devours heavenly treasures, and masters devastating killing techniques. From an ordinary boy, he gradually rises to become the supreme ruler of the Nine Realms! Defying the heavens and commanding the world, he uses his innate gifts and countless incredible encounters to reach the ultimate peak!
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Heavenly Journey 天行
Born to honor, destined to die in glory. My heart is like my sword: it would rather break than bend. The rise of the strongest knight on the national server.
30.7kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
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Online Game: Unrivaled Across the World 网游之天下无双
With the Hell Demon Sword in hand, clad in the Ghostlight Divine Armor, wearing the Soul-Devouring Purple Gold Helm, and striding in Cloud-Treading Wave-Riding Boots, he holds the Goddess of Death in his left arm and a beautiful angel in his right. Ruling over the frigid Land of Death, a mighty Asura King rises from nowhere. You rookies, tremble!
29.7kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
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Online Game: Ruling the World 网游之纵横天下
I was just an unremarkable player, but after I happened to save a beautiful woman, my life changed beyond recognition. In the game and in real life, I'm a top expert. From then on, I can dominate the world!
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Online Game: Ambitions of the Wilderness 网游之野望
Gain an unparalleled martial art in a game, evolve your physical abilities, apply them in the real world, complete super missions, and build a force of your own! How can one little player make his way through The Ambition?…
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Welcome to the Real World 欢迎来到真实世界
Synopsis: Every character in this book is smart. Nobody suddenly gets stupid for the sake of the plot. [Deduction + Plot + Twists + Rule-Based Mysteries + Humor + Group Chat + No Female Lead + Xuanhuan + High Martial + Magic + Xianxia + Transmigration + Mecha + Beast Taming + Superpowers + Giant of Light + ...] With this many layers of buffs, can’t we win you over? In a nutshell: [Rigorous logic, tightly woven plot, story-driven, no mindless power fantasy!] (Note: If something seems unreasonable
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The Art of Fortune-Telling by Chinese Characters 测字有术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
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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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A New Life for an Obsession 执念新生
By day, he is a math teacher who keeps everyone at arm’s length; by night, he becomes an exorcist who punishes vengeful spirits. Gifted yet constantly in danger, he carries on until he meets her. She is clever and sweet, thoughtful and understanding, and willing to accompany him on the path to redemption. Along the way, she also fulfills the wish she has always held dear. Their love is a mutual choice, and neither of them ever backs down. With so many dear friends by their side, the senior and j
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A Different Kind of Old Six Special Forces Unit 不一样的老六特种部队
The protagonist is human, and every human has flaws. He's an unconventional commander with enormous shortcomings. Yet he has always held fast to the beautiful ideal that others see as his greatest flaw. So he'll never become a blade; he can only be the whetstone that forges one. A special forces unit built almost from nothing: there is training and there is combat. There is passion, and there is cold indifference. His indecision isn't his fault. He just doesn't want to see any more of his comrad
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When the Lanterns Fade, the Calamity Ends 灯明劫尽
[Two strong leads, brilliant strategists, devoted only to each other, revenge, dual identities, dual personalities, an alternate world not based on any historical dynasty, plenty of witty flirting] She is the eldest princess, rumored to be cherished by all, yet she witnessed her mother spend her life being manipulated by the man she loved. Gentle and composed on the surface, she excels at reading people and understands human nature. To stir up the court, she will stop at nothing. She will destro
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Reborn in 1955 重生一九五五
After completing the first phase of the lunar base in 2049, the protagonist set out to find the regret that had haunted his grandmother her entire life, prevent the persecution of Chinese people across Southeast Asia after World War II, and give the descendants of Yan and Huang more room to survive on Blue Star and greater influence across the planet. With help from the world's only autonomous artificial intelligence, his soul traveled back to 1955. In the end, he dismantled the "White Eagle," w
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A True Record of Changing Fate 改命记实录
[A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself.
422.1kReads9.6Score67.4kShelves
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Surviving the Cataclysm 惊变生存
After five years of service, I, Liu Mingkai, had finally reached the day of my discharge, only for disaster to erupt uncontrollably on the very last day. When my former comrade contacted me, he gave me the wrong address, leading him into the worst-hit area! Unable to reach him, should I go stop him from entering the disaster zone, or put my own safety ahead of our friendship?
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The Enlightenment Human Community 启明人类共同体
(The rating just came in and will keep rising, so feel free to give it a try. People keep saying there’s no room for sci-fi here, that everyone only likes cultivation and fantasy, and that The Three-Body Problem is the only one that can compete. Let’s prove them wrong!) Abducted by aliens? Turns out that’s a good thing: we’re the pandas of the universe. They won’t let us visit home? There’s always a way around every obstacle! They lock us in cages and cut us off? Then we’ll just have to secretly
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Twins: Who Are You? 孪生:你是谁
A girl who was bullied for years loses her memory in a car accident. When she wakes up, she discovers that she's become the aloof campus beauty known throughout the school, as well as a wealthy heiress. But the police have secretly identified her as a murder suspect. As she searches for her memories, she gradually uncovers an unbelievable truth. Heroine: Twin sisters, each of whom awakens a supernatural ability. Hero: He possesses powerful illusion magic and can create any fantasy through a scri
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Hunting the City: I Am a Legendary Investigator! 猎杀都市:我,传奇调查员!
Online game, tabletop-RPG style, infinite-flow, mildly frightening, not mindless All players of Murder City, take note: The “investigators” you play will enter all kinds of dangerous places, struggling between the mysterious and the human. Death during a mission is permanent. Have a pleasant game. This is a dark forest woven from the bizarre and the uncanny, where people fight and kill under cruel rules. The winners claim everything, while the losers become food. And within this brutally hardcor
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
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
1.8MReads9.9Score227.2kShelves
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关
Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year.
215.5kReads9.6Score25.9kShelves
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At the Pinnacle of Politics: Winning With a Rebellious Streak 巅峰官场:胜在反骨
[Rebirth + political intrigue + revenge + one heroine + wish fulfillment + no self-sacrificing saint] In his previous life, Zheng Gongcheng was reduced to a pawn, framed by others, and died in despair. Reborn, he is defiant to the core, sees through the ways of officialdom, and rises to the top. (The sequel to this book, “The Pinnacle of Officialdom: Defiance Wins, Part 2,” has been signed. Readers are welcome to follow it. I dedicate this book to everyone who enjoyed this story and political in
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The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
504.8kReads9.7Score65.3kShelves
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After Dying a Hundred Thousand Times, I Bribed the River of Time and Space 死亡十万次,我直接买通时空长河
[Future Setting] [One Female Lead or No Female Lead] The Shijing appeared, strange beings invaded, and the Chosen Ones charged with fighting them were on the brink of defeat. So the most determined among the Chosen Ones began searching for a way to save the world. “Ten years later, the basic body-tempering method appeared, and the first martial artists were born.” “A hundred years later, spiritual martial arts burst onto the scene, and the martial arts community officially took shape.” “A thousa
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An Immortal's Journey to Longevity 长生仙游
An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl
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Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人
After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became
170.8kReads9.5Score19.2kShelves
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After Being Reborn, the Mad Beauty Crushes the Powerful and Claims the Throne 疯批美人重生后,脚踩资本成王
[A subtle entertainment-industry backdrop + spy games and mind games] [Reborn | Unhinged beauty | Strong heroine | Love triangle | Revenge | Extreme push and pull | Polite scoundrel | Top-tier star actor | Love triangle | Possessive] In her previous life, the polished scoundrel of an actor treated her like a doll, personally raising her to the heights of fame before brutally casting her down. He used her, drained her dry, and finally sent her to her death with his own hands. Reborn, she return
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I Am Qin Shi Huang, and Great Qin Shall Last Ten Thousand Years 我是秦始皇,大秦万年
[First-person historical fiction | No transmigration, no female lead] I united the Six Kingdoms, brought all under Heaven under one rule, built the Great Wall, and guarded the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces to defend my Great Qin and protect my realm. In the name of the First Emperor, I swear: As long as I live, I shall defend and expand our borders, pacify the four barbarians, and lay the foundations of Great Qin. Even in death, I shall become a dragon spirit to protect Huaxia, so that it m
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The Pear Blossoms Fall, Unaware of Spring 梨落不知春
Leng Qinghuan was forced to marry the notorious Prince Yan. But she wasn't some naive, helpless girl. Crying and accepting her fate just wasn't in Leng Qinghuan's nature. She seized every opportunity, with the courage to burn her bridges, fought scheming women, fought the empress, opened shops, learned to solve cases, and more... Through her words and deeds, she proved herself. The woman Prince Yan had once sneered at ultimately became someone far beyond his reach!
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The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏
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The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋
[Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States!
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Life in the Jianghu: An Electrical Engineer's Extraordinary Adventure 人在江湖:一个电力工程师的奇遇
Li Fangao, an electrical engineer, unexpectedly gains supernatural powers. In a daze and against his will, he finds himself stepping into the modern-day underworld. His powers bring him one extraordinary encounter after another, and with each new experience, his abilities continue to advance. Moving between the underworld and everyday life, he thrives in both. The underworld today has no more flashing blades or torrents of blood, but it is rife with open and covert power struggles, with deadly d
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Qin Conquers the Central Plains 秦定中原
This is an inspiring story. Can an illegitimate son lead a band of mountain bandits to reclaim the State of Qin and stop their enemies from dominating the Central Plains? This book is complete and will not be discontinued. Your support as a reader is my greatest motivation to keep writing.
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A Dream of Flowers on the Wasteland 荒原百花梦
The space-time universe, the Ark of Heaven, the Interstellar Alliance, the illusory realm: what kind of existence is the world we live in? From the ancient age of gods and demons, through the classical age of wandering heroes, to the modern age of technology, and finally the future age of artificial intelligence, the history of intelligent civilization seems to be a cycle... Will artificial life ever develop independent consciousness, gain a soul and intelligence, and ultimately replace intellig
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The Umbrella and the Killer 寻伞追凶
This is a tragic story set in the late 1970s. In a courtyard compound that seems peaceful and quiet, countless secrets and old grudges lie hidden beneath the surface. It is a world of conspiracy and revenge. Chen Yimei’s grandmother is poisoned to death in her own home. A mysterious umbrella draws Lin Ping into a thorny search for the killer. Who owns the umbrella? Could its owner be the murderer? As Lin Ping doggedly pursues the case, a shocking truth gradually comes to light...
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Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Keeps Her Identity Hidden 快穿之大佬她藏不住身份了
Quick transmigration, strong female lead, no romance, no saintly heroine, no formulaic plot. A completely different kind of quick transmigration story, not a mindless power fantasy. The heroine is an expressionless forensic pathologist. She has a pocket dimension: a static suitcase that even its owner can’t enter. She also has a System: aside from transporting her and keeping her company with conversation, it’s no use at all. She may be a little ruthless, or maybe a little kind. Most likely, she
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Mang Shanhe's 48th Book 漭山河第48本书
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The First Book by Mango-Eating Peel 吃芒果的皮的第1本书
A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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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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The Prince Won't Hold Back 皇叔不经撩
The short drama adaptation of Yue Xia's novel The Beloved 2: The Beloved Fierce Wife is now streaming on Hongguo, while The Beloved 1: The Unruly Imperial Uncle is currently a hit. In a bonus scene at the end of The Beloved 2, Chen Jinning, the peach-blossom general Song Xixixi, and Luo Jinshu, Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau, meet up in a crossover. The Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau transmigrates into the orphan Luo Jinshu of the Great Yan Dynasty. As soon
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The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下
Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I
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After Her Body Was Dumped, She Became the Villain Legion’s Cherished Darling 被抛尸后,她成了反派军团家团宠
[Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her
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After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress 我在废土满级后,穿越荒年当女帝
A satisfying infrastructure-building power fantasy, not a matriarchal-world story. Ruan Xiang, ruler of the largest base in the wasteland, transmigrated into one of the refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Finding water, irrigating fields, building filtration ponds, making bricks and building kilns, teaching people to read, pressing oil… To survive better, Ruan Xiang gathered every worker she could. Until she discovered that the imperial court was growing weak, the ministers were afraid
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Forced to Marry the Nine-Thousand-Year Lord for Good Luck, the Bug King Sends a Centipede as a Substitute Bride 被逼冲喜九千岁,虫王带蜈蚣替嫁
Shen Ji, the Insect King skilled at taming and refining insects, opens her eyes to find herself in the body of Shen Fuzhu, the fourth young lady of the Minister of Justice’s household in the Yunlong Kingdom, who was bitten to death by a centipede. Before she can figure out what happened, her useless father forces her to take the place of her second sister, who has abused her time and again, and marry the dying head of the Censorate to bring him good fortune. Shen Ji, the Insect King who had neve
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The Secret Edict Seals the Gods 密令封神
Yan Ci and Xing Wan have both struggled to make their way in the entertainment industry: one pursues his dreams with his musical talent, while the other makes a name for herself with her lively acting. Both have also suffered from malicious competition from their peers. Then an eerie mind-control crisis strikes without warning, like a demon clamping its jaws around Earth’s throat. Their minds are invaded, and their lives hang in the balance. To save the world, they journey to Mars. On Mars, mys
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I Am the Son of Heaven in Great Zhou 我在大周做天子
Not a wish-fulfillment novel! No System! A contest for supremacy!! The ultimate political machinations!! The opposition won’t be dumbed down!! Written purely for love of the craft!! Since this book isn’t mainstream, it doesn’t get much traffic. If you’ve clicked in, I hope you’ll give it a chance. Two people from different eras transmigrate to the dawn of Chinese civilization. They have different ideals and want to shape civilization along different paths. Their competing ideals collide at t
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Misty Rain over Chang'an 雾雨长安
Mist and rain soak Chang'an; each step is a stumble. His blue robe is still warm, yet his whole body feels cold. This book follows An Ziyan, a scholar returning from the academy, through war, worldly turmoil, and setbacks as he engages with the world and then withdraws from it, coming to understand his heart and see his true nature.
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The Punisher 制裁者
Follow detective Yang Jun on his crime-solving journey. The story is full of interlocking cases and unexpected twists. What first seems like a coincidental suicide leap marks the beginning of a vigilante's revenge. This is my first book, and I hope you enjoy it.
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The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路
A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w
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The Blade's Edge 刀锋少年
[Mass brawls + high-IQ tactics + superpowers + cutting-edge gear] Violent crime shrouds the city's night sky. Enemies infiltrate and encroach upon the nation's borders, and in these chaotic times, monsters and demons run rampant. The nation calls up a group of passionate young men. Dressed in Eagle uniforms and wielding Summer Night blades, they face the freezing wind and hack at every form of evil! A mob boss worth billions, a den of sin where women are brutalized, a porn empire with powerful b
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My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手
Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little."
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All Things as One: Transmigrating Across Light-Years to Protect You 万有一体:穿越光年守护你
Fantasy cultivation, Eastern Zen, and post-apocalyptic science fiction intertwine in a beautiful romance between immortal and mortal. An immortal spirit descends to the mortal world to turn the tables and change her fate. With an expansive imagination and a plot full of twists and turns, the story blends cultivation and tribulations, a love spanning dimensions, and the secrets behind the universe’s ascension to a higher dimension. Set against Earth’s ascension to a higher dimension, the novel fo
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