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  1. 101 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
  2. 102 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Want to Live Forever 凡人修仙之我要长生 Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Ordinary Cultivator’s Journey] [Fantasy Xianxia] [Traditional Cultivation] [No System] [No Transmigration] [Leveling Up] [Zhou Changsheng] [Human Hearts and Demonic Ways] [Alchemist] [Formation Crafting] [Talisman Making] [Ancient Times] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, Human Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, True Immortal, Immortal Lord, Immortal Venerable, 693Reads7.0Score105Shelves
  3. 103 I Can't Bear the Price of Loving You 爱上你的代价让我承受不起 Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Su Yichen, courtesy name Youxian and childhood nickname Mo'er, is called Su Mo by his family. Ever since he was little, he has loved the older boy who once saved him, Prince De, Xiao Yixuan. When he grows up, he uses his own abilities to help Xiao Yixuan ascend the throne, only to see his mother forced off a cliff. Left crippled, he throws himself into the moat... 527Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  4. 104 The Great Path of Immortal Cultivation 修仙大道 Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [The dark side of human nature] [No System] [No transmigration] [No female lead, but there are women and romance] [Cultivation] [Geniuses and good-for-nothings] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...] A real journey in search of immortality and the Dao. Are you ready? Then take the plunge! There is no end to the realms of cultivation. The supreme rulers of this era: are they truly at the very top? In the eyes of cu 403Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  5. 105 The Primordial Insect Sovereign 荒古虫尊 Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Spirit Insect Companions + Beast Taming + Traditional Cultivation + No Transmigration + No System] An unparalleled secret has circulated through the world: the Ancient Devourer of the Dao Divine Insect is peerless, able to consume corpses and refine immortal arts and secret techniques. The immortal sects of the heavens and the gods and Buddhas of the Western Heaven all fight desperately to claim it, seeing it as an extraordinary opportunity to attain the Great Dao. Yet no one knows that the anc 1.7kReads—Score244Shelves
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  6. 106 Divine Emperor of the Heavenly Tomb 天陵神帝 Eastern Fantasy688k WordsCompleted A new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 344Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  7. 107 Carrying a Coffin on My Way to Cultivate Immortality 扛着棺材去修仙 Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing A young man from a once-prosperous family accidentally finds a jade seal coiled by a dragon. He never realizes that this powerful seal is not only a formidable weapon, but also a key to a world of advanced civilization… 61.1kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves
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  8. 108 The Nine-Dragon Cup 九龙杯 Eastern Fantasy503k WordsCompleted [No System] [No Transmigration] [Traditional Fantasy] A traditional fantasy and xianxia story. Zhang Qingshan goes from being a good-for-nothing to embarking on the path of cultivation. He seeks not immortality for himself, but fulfillment of the obsession in his heart. The greatest Heavenly Spiritual Root is hidden beneath the outward appearance of the weakest Five-Element Spiritual Root. The supreme sacred treasure, the Nine-Dragon Cup, is hidden inside an ordinary walnut carving. An unrealis 340Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  9. 109 Cultivation: I Have a Heaven-Devouring Pearl 修仙,我有一颗吞天珠 Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted By chance, an ordinary young man obtains the most powerful treasure in the Three Realms, the Heaven-Replenishing Pearl. From then on, he defies fate and changes his destiny, fighting his way from the human realm to the spirit realm, founding the world’s strongest people, then battling his way into the immortal realm for the sake of his obsession. He rises from humble beginnings in the mortal world and brings it all to an end in the immortal realm! 8.8kReads8.7Score597Shelves
  10. 110 The God Who Fell into the Demonic Path 坠入魔道的神 Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted Legend has it that this world is bound by the Heavenly Dao, and only by devouring it can one empower oneself and rise to a higher plane. One day, a Heavenly Dao tomb from a higher plane descended into the mortal world and chose an infant, entering the child's body. From then on, a vast conspiracy gradually unfolded around this child. A lone star of ill fortune descended to the mortal realm, all living beings suffered, and the Divine Clan was destroyed. See how the heaven-chosen youth navigate 18.3kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
  11. 111 The Demon-Cultivation Tale of Cat Lao Liu 猫老六修妖传 Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Demon Cultivation | Immortal Cultivation | Comedy | Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger | Ruthless and Decisive] Mao Laoliu was a wild, unrestrained fellow who accidentally came into possession of the Heavenly Toad, a supreme treasure from the Immortal Realm. The toad carried his soul across time and space to a world of immortal cultivators, where he was reborn in the body of a black cat. And so Mao Laoliu began his life as a demon cultivator… 8.6kReads8.7Score722Shelves
  12. 112 Son-in-Law's Revenge: The Qilin Possesses Me, and Now I'm Invincible! 赘婿复仇,麒麟上身,我无敌了! Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [No Cultivation, Invincible from Start to Finish + Senior Sister Romance + Explosive, Satisfying Read] Three years ago, the live-in son-in-law Ye Chen went mountain climbing with his wife, Shen Aoxue, only for her to push him off a cliff. No one knew whether he was alive or dead. Three years later, Shen Aoxue had become a CEO worth tens of billions. On the very day she remarried, Ye Chen made a powerful return! 22.9kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
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  13. 113 I’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Cultivate Immortality 不择手段去修仙 Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Feel-Good Story + Comedy + Mortal Cultivation + No Harem + Xuanhuan + No System Belief: If you've got thick skin, you get the meat. Motto: If a problem can be solved by sweet-talking, never resort to force. Principle: If nobody messes with me, I'll mess with them anyway. Specialty: Play the pig to eat the tiger. I'm number one at showing off. A street punk from the 21st century accidentally obtains a rare treasure and transmigrates to a world overrun by immortals, demonic cultivators, and practi 11.1kReads8.8Score914Shelves
  14. 114 Mortal Cultivation, Beginning with Starlight 凡人修仙,从星光开始 Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary boy is chosen by a star and sent from Earth to another world. His fate is changed forever, and he begins his cultivation journey in this unfamiliar land. He stumbles through cultivation, treading as carefully as if on thin ice, all so he can find his way home. But being reborn was simply a fate that had been ordained... 3.1kReads7.3Score229Shelves
  15. 115 For That Dream, I Will Split Heaven and Earth 为了那个梦,我要开天辟地 Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted Legend has it that everything in this world is an illusion. This world is merely a dream of yours. As long as you exist, this world exists. When you are gone, it will naturally crumble and vanish... Wang Bin lost his world, lost his dream. For the sake of that dream and the person he loved most, he would split open the heavens and cleave the earth. He would create that world... 506Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 116 System: From the Start, Taking the Empress as My Disciple! 系统:开局收女帝为徒! Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing Synopsis of From the Start, the System Takes an Empress as Its Disciple Ye Yang, a good-for-nothing Qi Refining peak master, faces the ultimate crisis: “Take no disciples and you're out!” To make matters worse, his System gives him an ironclad order: he must take an emperor as his disciple! At the Tianyi Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony, everyone mocks him: “A Qi Refiner thinks he's fit to be a master?” He offers all his resources, but no one shows any interest. Just as all hope seems lost, 10.7kReads6.3Score1.5kShelves
  17. 117 I've Cultivated to Level 9999, but the Patriarch Is Only Level 100 修炼9999级了,老祖才100级 Eastern Fantasy7.0M WordsCompleted The dog he raised turned out to be a Demon Venerable, sweeping across the demon world. The koi in his pond all leaped over the Dragon Gate and transformed into mighty dragons of the Nine Heavens? The little beggar he took in became an emperor with a casual touch of his finger? Ye Qingyun was at a loss for words. After being trapped deep in the mountains for a full ten years, he finally ventured beyond them, only to discover that he was an unparalleled expert? 7.3kReads9.1Score976Shelves
  18. 118 Ten Qi Refining Stages? I've Reached One Hundred Thousand 练气十层?我练了十万层 Eastern Fantasy886k WordsCompleted After ten years in the sect, Xiao Chen, whose talent was mediocre, had mastered only one move: the most basic sword-controlling technique. His fellow disciples mocked him as a “ten-thousand-year Qi Refiner,” while the fairy-like junior sister found him dull and boring. At the sect tournament, a genius senior disciple unleashed a fierce sword art straight at Xiao Chen’s vital point. Everyone thought this good-for-nothing was about to die on the spot But the rusty iron sword suddenly rang out, and 57Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  19. 119 Cultivation Begins in a Mine 修仙从矿洞开始 Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted A pure-mortal cultivation story: no System, no transmigration, a return to the traditional essence of cultivation! The protagonist is an ordinary mortal with no spiritual roots who enters a sect to mine spirit stones for a living. By chance, he survives a deadly disaster and awakens the Five-Colored Spiritual Marrow buried underground. This rare treasure, unseen in ten thousand years, reshapes his spiritual roots from within, unexpectedly condensing the rare Five-Element Spiritual Roots! From th 2.3kReads8.7Score188Shelves
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  20. 120 The Chaos Alchemy Furnace 混沌丹炉 Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing He has one more spiritual root than even someone with all eight elements in their mixed spiritual roots. By chance, he activates the little iron gourd his grandfather gave him before he died, only to discover that it is a Chaos Alchemy Furnace. Thus begins his path to immortality. He tramples prodigies, crushes the outstanding, and slays countless enemies... With a pill in hand, the world is his! Genius protagonist + golden finger + no System + fantasy + cultivation + invincible + cultivation wo 15kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
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  21. 121 A Broken Cauldron Helps Me Cultivate Immortality 破木鼎助我修仙 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + Divine Wood Cauldron + fantasy world] A brother and sister went into the mountains to forage. His younger sister found a broken wooden cauldron and gave it to her brother to use as a bowl. Suddenly, she spotted an immortal flying through the sky on a sword. “Hey, immortal up there! Hello!” At her greeting, Ye Yao was kidnapped, and her brother Ye Fan was knocked unconscious. When Ye Fan woke up, he burst into tears, only to run into a passing fairy-like young wo 26.2kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
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  22. 122 Beyond Immortal Cultivation 修仙之上 Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing Beyond cultivating immortality, is there still a path to becoming an immortal? A young boy from a mountain village stumbles into the world of cultivation after a brush with danger. From that moment on, he embarks on a twisting, treacherous, yet extraordinary path of cultivation... 3.8kReads8.3Score267Shelves
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  23. 123 A Strange Romance in the World of Alchemy 丹尘奇缘 Eastern Fantasy319k WordsCompleted A menial disciple, busy doing odd jobs to earn a few spirit stones, is timid, afraid of death, and cares only about spirit stones. Everyone looks down on him, even his childhood sweetheart and cultivation partner, who abandons him. Then one day, he gets his hands on an iron gourd, and his life changes forever. A rise from humble beginnings + modest and low-key + immortal mansion realm + hidden depths + emotionally dense male lead + inspirational + xianxia + cultivation 2.8kReads8.9Score261Shelves
  24. 124 Keeping a Low Profile Until the Spiritual Qi Revival 苟到灵气复苏 Urban60k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Xuanhuan] [Feel-Good Story] [Face-Slapping] [Comedy] The Primordial Immortal Emperor Chu Changsheng sealed himself away in a secret realm to survive the "Epochal Calamity," keeping a low profile for 129,600 years. When he finally woke, the spiritual qi revival had only just begun, and the age of cultivation for all had arrived. Heaven's Dao, however, judged him to be no more than a peak late-stage Golden Core cultivator. To uncover the ultimate secret behind the spiritual qi tides, he d —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 125 EN Ascension Record of a Hundred Refinements 百炼飞升录 Eastern Fantasy20.3M WordsOngoing He was an ordinary boy from a mountain village until he accidentally ate an unknown vermilion fruit and embarked on the path of cultivation. Starting out as a weapon refiner and relying on his talent for crafting talismans, he ventured alone through the perilous world of immortal cultivation. Just as his cultivation was advancing smoothly and success seemed within reach, an unexpected change came over him. Was it a blessing or a curse? 11.6kReads8.7Score464Shelves
  26. 126 Ascended to Earth 飞升到地球 Urban426k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Power Fantasy] [Face-Slapping] [Multiple Heroines] Lin Yuan successfully survived his tribulation and was about to ascend to the Immortal Realm, but was swept onto Earth by a spatial turbulence. As he fell, he adjusted his direction and crashed into a three-story detached villa… 304Reads6.2Score114Shelves
  27. 127 The Young Master 少年高手 Urban695k WordsCompleted The Tribulations of Mortal Life: Officials stake their lives in the halls of power, while merchants scheme for wealth. Farmers head to the fields before dawn, and workers join the rush-hour traffic at four in the morning. Performers onstage bare plenty of skin, while worshippers in temples knock their foreheads raw. They say all this prosperity is just a dream, but chasing it is no easy task. Don’t mock those who pursue fame and fortune in this mortal world: they do so because they live in it. U 1.6kReads—Score121Shelves
  28. 128 My Stunning CEO Fiancée 我的绝色总裁未婚妻 Urban10.7M WordsCompleted A mysterious master slips into the city, where he becomes engaged to a beautiful, icy CEO, only to be rejected. Poor Shen Lang has no choice but to go out and look for food. Unexpectedly, one beautiful woman after another comes his way, and Shen Lang is swept into a whirlpool of romantic entanglements. Of course, his main goal is still to win over the icy CEO. 14kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
  29. 129 Immortal Shadows, Dustbound Fate 尘缘仙影 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted He inherits a family heirloom ring, only to discover that it contains a whole world within. He had planned to finish college and then return home to stay by his parents' side. But some people have nothing better to do after a full meal, and they force Su Ming step by step down the abyss of Cultivation… 1.1kReads7.2Score102Shelves
  30. 130 The City’s Strongest Live-In Son-in-Law 都市最强赘婿 Urban7.5M WordsCompleted A year ago, he became a live-in son-in-law, earning the honor by saving a wealthy young heiress suffering from leukemia. A year later, after she recovered, the heiress kicked him out of her home. He vowed to become an even more prestigious live-in son-in-law, make the heiress regret her actions, and show her what it means to be utterly out of reach. 12.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
  31. 131 The Dominating Chaos Art 霸道混沌诀 Urban621k WordsCompleted Born with a Chaos Physique, he obtains a cultivation method formed from primordial chaos at the dawn of creation, inherits a thousand years of memories from the patriarch, and gains a divine ring containing a pocket world of blessed grotto-heavens. He is accompanied by a transformed ginseng doll. He crushes vicious thugs and arrogant young masters with a single move, and wipes out demons and monsters with one punch. He punishes evil and promotes good, restoring clarity to the world. Whoever offe 2.5kReads8.3Score193Shelves
  32. 132 Awakening to the Dao in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Returning to the Mortal World 十万大山悟道归凡尘 72k WordsCompleted After gaining enlightenment in the Ten Thousand Mountains, he returns to the mortal world. 506Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 133 Li Chengdao 李承道 Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1.1kReads9.2Score245Shelves
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  34. 134 Nine Heavens Sword Emperor 九霄剑皇 Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted “The sword is king of all weapons, and the path of the sword is ever-changing. A sword can be graceful and nimble, using finesse to master the forces of the world; it can also be weighty and powerful, cleaving mountains and seas with sheer strength; or it can strike like thunder, using speed to overcome every technique under heaven.” So said a beautiful sword goddess. The boy took the sword from her hand, unaware whether it could end the chaos now gripping the world, where monsters ran rampant.. 6.5kReads8.8Score542Shelves
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  35. 135 My Soul Transmigrated into the Mountains, Where I Picked Up an Empress as My Dao Companion 魂穿大山,捡个女帝当道侣 Eastern Fantasy632k WordsCompleted Lin Chen transmigrates to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, where he encounters the female emperor Ling Qinghan in a cave after her failed ascension. Ling Qinghan enters Lin Chen's dantian to nourish her soul and reshape her immortal body, and becomes his Dao companion. 6.6kReads6.9Score708Shelves
  36. 136 Lost in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains 误入十万大山 91k WordsCompleted Lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 137 I Transmigrated into the Prime Minister’s Mansion as a Concubine-Born Daughter 魂穿相府庶女 Ancient Romance31k WordsCompleted My Soul Transmigrated into the Prime Minister's Concubine-Born Daughter 19Reads—Score—Shelves
  38. 138 A Chronicle of Mending the Rift in the Starry Sky 星穹裂缝修复记 30k WordsCompleted The Starry Sky Rift Repair Record 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 139 Reforging the Heaven-Burning Cauldron 重铸焚天鼎 27k WordsCompleted Reforge the Burning Heaven Cauldron 21Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 140 The Dragon Fang Returns to Guard the Fishing Village and Strike Fear into All Enemies 龙牙归来守渔村慑万敌 Rural Life316k WordsOngoing [Battle God from the Start] [One Female Lead] [Urban Cultivation] [Cultivation Begins in Chapter Five] [Action-Packed Revenge] The Dragon Fang Battle God, whose name strikes fear overseas, lays down his arms and returns to his hometown, a seaside fishing village. All he wants is to protect his neighbors and the woman he loves, and live a peaceful life. But trouble comes one wave after another, and powerful enemies from every direction keep coming for him. A chance encounter brings him an immorta 119Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 The Immortal’s Song Along the Mortal Path 凡途仙歌 Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, multiple heroines, multiple spirit pets] Great rulers and generals are not born to privilege. Even a nobody can defy fate and forge ahead. Xu Sanqian, a young man suffering from consumption, unexpectedly obtained a mysterious space. He thought it was an incredible stroke of fortune, but never imagined it was part of a scheme laid long ago, countless ages in the past. The young man refused to accept his fate and vowed to fight to the death. I have blades in my hand 4.6kReads8.1Score427Shelves
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  42. 142 The Secret Realm's Dragon-Elephant Art Legacy 秘境传承龙象诀 37k WordsCompleted The Dragon-Elephant Art, an inheritance from a secret realm 38Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 143 Cultivating the Dao and Seeking Immortality 修仙问道 Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted Someone asks, “Where does the road lie?” I say, “Beneath our feet.” Someone asks, “What is the Dao?” I say, “I am the Dao.” I embody the Dao to prove it, then look up at the heavens and ask what the Dao is. When I wake from a dream, where is my body? The Dao is me, and I am the Dao... 3.8kReads8.4Score318Shelves
  44. 144 Transmigrate with a Rainbow Spirit Root 穿越七彩灵根 60k WordsCompleted Transmigrated with Seven-Color Spirit Roots 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 145 Missing for Three Years, I Came Down the Mountain Invincible 失踪三年,下山无敌 Urban515k WordsCompleted Duan Fei mysteriously disappeared three years ago. It turned out an old man had taken him to the summit of a snowy mountain to learn the Daoist sect’s supreme art, the Xuantian Manual. Three years later, the old man vanished without a trace while searching for a path to ascension. By the time Duan Fei returned to the city, everything had changed. His former lover had long since married someone else, his parents had been killed, and his younger sister was nowhere to be found... 101Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 146 The Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 灵气之源,月灵传承 50k WordsCompleted Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 29Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 The Peerless Heavenly Doctor 绝世天医 Urban6.3M WordsCompleted With a marriage contract in hand, Chen Feiyu enters the world to find his fiancée, and from then on, one extraordinary encounter follows another. With golden needles in his left hand to heal the world and a long sword in his right to vanquish his foes, he can make money and save lives at the same time. Cross me, and I'll beat you! Love me, and I'll cherish you! 9.9kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
  48. 148 Heavenly Beast Taming Art 万兽御天诀 55k WordsCompleted Heavenly Beast Taming Art 88Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 149 The Master Returns from the Mountain with Nine Invincible Masters! 高手下山,我有九个无敌师父! Urban10.8M WordsOngoing [Fiery action + invincible protagonist + senior sister + satisfying face-slapping] Seven years ago, his family was wiped out and he was humiliated. Seven years later, Ye Junlin returns in force, armed with the incredible skills of his masters! You want to compare strength with me? My first master is the Lord of Martial Arts, with cultivation that reaches the divine realm! You want to compare medical skills with me? My second master is a legendary divine physician who can bring the dead back to l 90.1kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
  50. 150 No Cure for Lovesickness 相思无解之 Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted "A practice piece. It's a bit of a mess." The ultimate push and pull between the prime minister's only daughter and the scheming crown prince. Everyone believes the crown prince, who used political maneuvering to hold on to his position, is only using her. They don't know that she is a ray of light in his heart. She grew up surrounded by love, while he, despite being heir to the throne, had to dodge arrows that could fly from the shadows at any moment... He is scheming and sinister; she is kind 234Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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