Looking for Horror and Suspense Novels with No Cultivation 求恐怖悬疑类小说,不修仙的
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Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院:404凶舍
A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again.
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I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事
[Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment.
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Ghost Stories From a Mountain Village: One Horror Story Per Chapter 山村鬼事:一章一个恐怖故事
[Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun.
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Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳
As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail
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A Countdown in My Dreams? 我在梦里倒计时?
[Infinite Worlds + Character Growth + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + No Harem] “Welcome to FM404. Today is August 23, 2024. There are three minutes left until the countdown reaches the 24th. Nothing major has happened… static… around the world… static… some people have… static… collapsed and fallen into a deep sleep… static…” “Sorry, we just lost the control tower signal. Let’s continue…” Some people have luck on their side, while others… have been blacklisted by the Goddess of Fortune. Those wh
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Tales of Evil 恶谭
[Mind-Bending Mystery + Episodic Cases + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Jaw-Dropping Twists + Partners in the Field + Comedy] “When a person’s heart is filled with darkness, evil takes root there. The guilty are not those who commit crimes, but those who create the darkness.” A desperate call for help in the early hours of the morning came from a dead person’s phone number. A news report about a murder in a village claimed the Wolf God might be responsible! In Liangcheng, men kept turning up w
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Spirit-Seeking Case Files 访灵笔录
[Standalone stories + Supernatural horror + Thrills + Folk customs + Lighthearted fun + Ensemble cast + Nonstop ghost-hunting action!] Lawyer Quan is on the verge of death after a car accident. At his most desperate moment, he encounters Yin Cangyi, a netherworld judge tasked with collecting evil spirits. To stay alive, Quan Ning strikes a deal with the judge, paying with years of his life. But the price of this lifeline, borrowed on credit, is beyond anything he could have imagined! An evil spi
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Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子
My new book, Nine Hells: The Strange Nuo, is now out! It’s a sequel to this one. You can find it on my profile. Come check it out! (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m
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My Fortune-Telling Is Too Accurate, So the Special Department Recruited Me! 算命太准,被特殊部门收编了!
[Fortune-telling, feng shui, the occult, ghost-hunting, no romance, episodic stories] After a great calamity, Lin Xi, the ninth-generation female leader of the Taixuan Sect, arrives a thousand years in the future. She becomes the granddaughter of the sect’s last disciple and inherits a rundown feng shui shop. With the sect in decline and the occult arts fading away, Lin Xi begins her quest to restore the sect from the shop no one ever visits. Fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, exorcisms, an
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The National Team's Top Mystic Master, Commanding a Hundred Thousand Yin Soldiers 国家队顶级玄师,手握十万阴兵
[Completed]+ [Livestream]+ [Metaphysics]+ [Crime Solving]+ [National Team]+ [Reforming the Entertainment Industry] Shen Sangning has a rare Daoist constitution. Just as she is about to ascend, she transmigrates back to when she was eighteen. A murderer lives downstairs and keeps cornering her on the stairs to grope her? Shen Sangning greets him politely: “Back from your walk, old geezer? Off to prison with you!” A female ghost is haunting the PE teacher, but Professor Wang says it’s a surgical c
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The Haunted Playground 诡蜮乐园
[Not a power fantasy + light supernatural elements + infinite worlds + comedy] A world beyond reality, the secrets of higher dimensions laid bare, the sails of miracles unfurled. A mysterious letter opens the way to a strange new world. Heartbeats, blood, fear... They spread out from the Paradise World, sending ripples through the peaceful main world. Welcome to the Strange Realm Paradise! [This is a long story... Be patient and read on, everyone. Let's wait and see.]
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Vivid as Life 栩栩若生
A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form
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Born the Ghost King, I Subdue Ten Thousand Evil Spirits 鬼王命,镇万煞
I was born destined for wealth, good fortune, and a long life, but someone stole my fate, and I nearly died when a horde of ghosts surrounded me. The villains who swapped our fates never imagined that they would be the ones to lead me back to the Ghost King’s destiny... [Horror, talismans, feng shui, curses, folk customs] Ghosts demand lives on a rainy night; a painted-skin demon returns; a devil’s sacrifice; a snake woman in a mountain village; a cursed guesthouse; blood crows snatch souls; a m
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Horror and Terror 恐怖惊魂
My girlfriend suddenly left me. Heartbroken, I went to a mountain village to teach, where I met a Miao girl who looked exactly like her. We were both plagued by an inexplicable mystery: being haunted by ghosts. With no other choice, we went to the terrifying Coffin Cave...
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True Stories of Folk Horror 真实民间恐怖故事
Real! Real! Real! I'm not after horror, just realism. The stories in this novel come from friends around me and readers across the internet. Anyone with mental health issues can skip it. And whatever you do, don't read it alone at night. I'm mainly worried you'll wet the bed the next day.
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The Horror Academy 恐怖高校
When many universities were first built, the land they bought was wilderness or burial grounds. That makes campuses rather eerie places. As you lie in your dorm bed each night, someone might be staring at you from the darkness. They could be wedged inside a wardrobe, reflected in the bathroom mirror, watching from the balcony window, or even... inside the wall facing your bed...
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Midnight Horror Stories 午夜恐怖小故事
A collection of mildly scary horror stories!! Hope you enjoy them!! Please add this to your collection!!! Thank you, everyone!! There are more than two protagonists. There are lots of them!! Welcome, and enjoy!!
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The Haunted Hotel 恐怖酒店
I used to be an ordinary hotel sleep tester. Then one day I spent the night at a hotel where someone had died, and my life was never peaceful again. Every night, I have erotic dreams with female ghosts...
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The Haunted Inn 恐怖旅店
A new graduate faces the toughest job market in years and, with no other options, applies for a night receptionist position at an inn. On my first day, I was told that the job had two requirements. First, I must not speak to the guests. Second, I must not leave the front desk.
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The Ultimate Collection of Terrifying Horror Stories 超吓人恐怖故事大全
A new story is here... A new tale of terror... A new mystery... If you're fainthearted, read with caution... The protagonist, Chen Wei, is an ordinary guy who enjoys collecting horror stories. Our story begins with Chen Wei...
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The Haunted Apartment: I Turn Out to Be the Final Boss 猛鬼公寓,我竟然才是大BOSS
Welcome to Happy Apartments: There’s a friendly atmosphere and kind neighbors. Every night, they come out to talk with you about life and share their dreams for the next one. So, looking for a place to rent? The haunted kind.
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A Black Cat Carries a Coffin and Bows to an Old Lady; A Spirit Snake Combs Her Hair, Chilling Everyone 黑猫抬棺跪老太,灵蛇梳妆众人寒
[Mystical arts, satisfying read, no romance] Su Ran fails to advance and transmigrates into the body of a shrewish old woman in another world. The original owner is a notorious local spirit medium who makes a living by swindling people. She's a selfish, lazy old woman. As soon as Su Ran arrives, she's nearly thrown in jail, and only escapes thanks to her ghost-catching skills. The family she rescues escorts her home with drums and gongs, only to find her five children setting up a memorial shrin
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I Am a Female Sorcerer 在下女术师
The night Bai Zhou returned home to inherit the funeral-clothing shop, someone tried to murder her... From the moment she came back from the dead, she was swept up in one eerie, chilling case after another. A dead old woman wandering through a funeral hall; vengeful spirits who died violent deaths scrambling to find substitutes; a sinister temple in the mountains where people are killed; evil spirits crying out for justice during a performance of Judge Bao... Watch Bai Zhou learn the Taoist Five
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Horror Gallery: I Paint with Urban Legends 恐怖画廊:我以怪谈作画
[Ghosts + Horror + Strange Tales + Thrills + Humor + Comedy + Mystery + The Supernatural + Urban Setting + No Female Lead (One Female Lead)] College student Xu Hancheng inherits the art gallery his missing grandfather left behind. But there’s something strange about the paintings in the gallery. A bloodthirsty, crazed beauty; a portrait of a girl with stitches around her neck; a nurse sculpture that makes your knees tremble... Every painting is an urban legend hiding countless secrets. To find h
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My Haunted House Keeps Leveling Up 我的恐怖屋无限升级
Ye Xiaotian transmigrates and becomes the owner of a haunted house on the verge of bankruptcy, then obtains the Horror Park System. As long as he completes missions, the System will keep expanding the haunted house! What? You think my haunted house isn’t scary? Let me tell you a secret: every time you go inside, I’m the one holding my breath for you! Because hidden in my haunted house is something even I don’t know whether it’s human or ghost!!! An insane asylum, a midnight serial killer, Sadako
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The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人
They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a
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Thank Goodness I'm Seriously Ill 还好我病得不轻
[No romance + entertainment industry top-tier star + powerful female lead and satisfying triumphs + all kinds of art and craft] A dark story about a sociopathic, psychopathic personality in the entertainment industry, featuring a beautiful, fragile, sickly girl with a crazed persona! Li Yao transmigrates into the body of a minor celebrity named Li Yao in a parallel world. Facing a company-imposed blacklist and bullying from her seniors, the notorious Li Yao promptly terminates her contract. Feng
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Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播:求求你别讲了
Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill
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Endless Killing Intent: At Midnight, the God of Death Passes Judgment 无尽杀机:午夜12点,死神断罪
[Do-gooders, stay away] [Does not join any organization] [No female lead] [Ruler of the myriad worlds] A mysterious Reaper's Judgment System can drag evil people into illusory worlds and make them face terrifying trials and judgment! “At midnight, the Reaper judges. Justice and fairness prevail. Life and death are left to fate!” [Within China's borders, evil will find no quarter] Whoever you are, don't commit evil, or you'll be the next to face judgment! Illusory worlds: Buried, Wrong Turn, Saw.
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The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播
My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I
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I Saw the Killer's Face While Preparing the Campus Beauty's Body for Her Funeral 我给校花整理遗容时,看到了凶手的脸
While preparing the school beauty’s body for burial, I saw the killer’s face.
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Rust Breathing 锈蚀呼吸
Rusty Breath
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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.
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VR Game: Vengeful Spirits Appear in the Real World VR游戏怨灵现实显现
My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Snow Blankets the World, the Wind Carries the Blade 大雪满风刀
[No System, alternate history, political intrigue, a touch of cultivation, no mindless characters, no invincible heroes] A mysterious woman is imprisoned in the depths of the imperial jail. The first time jailer Yang Zhan met her, he cursed her, calling her shameless! From then on, she had a name... Bilian!
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Thriller Game: Streaming Myself Sleeping from the Start 惊悚游戏:开局直播睡觉
Dark + System-powered wish fulfillment + Infinite Flow + decisive and ruthless Supernatural phenomena affect the entire world, and players are randomly chosen to take part in terrifying games! Unstoppable livestream videos appear online, vividly showing the players' perilous experiences. Tang Ping is a modern young man who likes to lie flat. His lack of ambition awakens the Insulator Talent. From then on, while everyone else struggles to survive in the games, he sleeps on livestream! Because the
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Supernatural: I Have a Copy of Journey to the West 灵异:我有一本西游记
[Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost
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The Spirit Medium's Hall: Let's See What This Client's Deal Is 出马鬼堂:我看看这缘主怎么个事
My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con
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Tomb Raiding: The Ninth Gate’s Beloved Mystic 盗墓:九门团宠是神棍
[Tomb Raider fanfiction, young Taoist, disguises herself as a boy, doted on by everyone, starting with The Mystic Nine] Proceed with caution: This is not a wish-fulfillment story! The protagonist grows over time and comes of age after Chapter 79. Qi Baye had a little granddaughter whom he raised by his side from the time she was born. He personally chose her name, deciding that whether the baby was a boy or a girl, she would be called Qi Lechuan. After her father, Qi Yu, disappeared while on the
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Five-Year-Old Cutie Ye Xiaoman: Blows Up the Yin-Yang Realm 五岁萌宝叶小满:炸翻阴阳界
Five-year-old Su Xiaoman was born with yin-yang eyes and destined to be short of money... After her parents are tragically killed, a Daoist priest saves her, takes her in, and teaches her his skills. She eats the mountain temple out of house and home, so her master sends her down the mountain, saying, “Your family is in trouble.” With osmanthus candies in her pocket, she sets off to find her relatives. Gazing at a grand villa, she sobs, “Waaah... I've finally found a meal ticket for life...!” Sh
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Late-Night Convenience Store: What Are You Doing, Customer? 深夜便利店:客官你干嘛
Lin Mo thought the worst thing about working the night shift as a cashier at Nan Cheng Huimin Convenience Store was having a teammate go 0–8 in ranked, until he met the old woman in floral pajamas. She clutched a chipped enamel mug and bought only two bags of frozen dumplings and a packet of QQ candy. Her coins were caked with dirt, and she insisted he “cook the dumplings.” Then a hoarse voice called in an identical order, laughing so hard Lin Mo could feel his upper gums go cold. The creepiest
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Honghuang: I Am Xuantian, and I Swear to Destroy the Western Teachings 洪荒:我玄天,誓灭西方教
After transmigrating into the Primordial World, I planned to possess Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the first-born innate being. But because of Zhunti, I ended up trapped in Pangu Hall. To escape, I have to completely refine this innate supreme treasure! Xuantian declared, “Zhunti, you and I have a serious score to settle!” While trapped in Pangu Hall, I unexpectedly activated the Chaos-Reversing System. I can earn merit just by causing trouble? Xuantian said, “Cultivation may not be my thing, but I’m
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Honghuang: I'm the Joint Disciple of the Three Pure Ones 洪荒:我为三清共徒
Lu Qing transmigrated to the Primordial World and transformed into an innate spiritual root. On the day he took human form, the Six Saints gathered and the Great Dao itself came to celebrate. In the end, he became a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, their shared disciple and the foremost disciple of the Daoist school. In the Zixiao Palace, the Dao Ancestor asked the Six Saints, “Who among you believes is fit to rule the Heavenly Court?” Taishang: “Lu Qing is steady in his conduct and kind by natu
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Honghuang: From the Start, I’m Expelled from the Intercepting Sect 洪荒:开局被逐出截教
Xiao Xuan transmigrates into Honghuang and becomes a Jie Sect Disciple. When he refuses to obey, Duobao expels him from the sect. Xiao Xuan desperately begs Tongtian to take him back, but nearly loses his life for it. Duobao is heartless, the Jie Sect is merciless, and Tongtian is unworthy of being a teacher. Xiao Xuan establishes an unrivaled sect and becomes Honghuang’s sacred master. The Eternal God Emperor, the Peerless Demon Saint, the Lord of Reincarnation, and generation after generation
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Honghuang: I Swing My Sword Ten Billion Times to Attain the High Grand Luo Dao 洪荒:拔剑十亿次,证道高端大罗
Ye Changqing transmigrated into the Primordial World and became a member of a tribe in the Innate Human Race. At the same time, he awakened a high-level cultivation System. The name sounded impressive, but he had no idea what it did. It only issued strange missions. For example, draw his sword ten thousand times, drink a thousand bottles of wine, and throw eight thousand punches. A year later, Ye Changqing slew a wolf demon with one strike of his sword. Everyone thought it was luck. Ten years la
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Honghuang: The Creation Green Lotus Takes Human Form, Becoming the Three Pure Ones’ First Disciple 洪荒:造化青莲化形,三清首徒
A modern soul carrying a System transmigrates into the 36th-grade Creation Green Lotus, which was originally envied by Heaven. After taking human form, he possesses an astounding innate nature and becomes the foremost disciple of the Three Pure Ones. As a disciple of the Three Pure Ones and a descendant of the Chaos Green Lotus, watch him preserve their brotherly bond and accomplish a feat no less impressive than that of his brothers, Pangu.
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Honghuang: We Three Pure Ones Will Never Turn Against Each Other 洪荒:我们三清,决不反目成仇
The world's fortunes shift, truth and illusion entwined, Heaven and earth are boundless, the Great Dao ever advancing! I love Primordial World novels, so I decided to write one of my own. I'm a beginner, so please go easy on me. I simply wanted to write the Primordial World as I imagine it.
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A Disciple of the Three Pure Ones in Honghuang 洪荒之三清弟子
I woke up to find that I had become a flower. Every day, I breathed and waited, hoping that one day I would take human form. Then, one day, three men appeared: an old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man. As the three of them chanted: Red flower, white lotus root, green lotus leaves, I took human form alongside a green cauldron. I am Xuan Qing, the Qing of the Creation Green Lotus.
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Honghuang: I Started by Picking a Fight with the Three Pure Ones 洪荒:从碰瓷三清开始
Laozi: “My disciple, do you think there’s any way to improve my Great Way of Taiqing?” Ye Ling: “No problem. But, Master, could you give your Taiji Diagram to your disciple…” Jieyin and Zhunti: “Ye Ling, you little thief! If you keep pushing us around, we’ll fight you to the death!” Nuwa: “You rascal, when are you coming to propose? Ever since we parted last time, I’ve been thinking of you day and night…” Ye Ling: “…Auntie-Master Nuwa, what are you talking about? I’m a respectable man!” “Don’t c
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What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊?
Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there...
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