The Male Lead Is an Ancient Taoist Priest: No Nonsense, No Dragging Things Out, Just One Word: Cool 男主是古代一个道士，不bb，不拖拉，就一个字拽。

1. 201 我 My Master Is Lin Zhengying 我的师傅是林正英 Stir-Fried Peanuts爆炒花生Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Zhao Hao transmigrates into the cinematic universe of Lin Zhengying's movies and becomes the senior disciple of Uncle Jiu, the Taoist priest! Walking corpses? They're all pushovers. Evil ghosts? They're all blessings and merit. With Uncle Jiu backing him and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Celestial Master in Maoshan? Zhao Hao is coming for it! 700Reads8.1Score10814d adds

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   Here it comes! My master is Lam Ching-ying. The story is fast-paced, like a non-stop action blockbuster, and it's also very original and fresh, not clichéd at all, and doesn't just follow the plot! Very good.

2. 202 最 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery4.9M WordsCompleted 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 53kReads9.2Score5.1k14d adds

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   🍅Humorous and witty, it hits right where human weaknesses hurt. It's so refreshing to read, with non-stop laughs throughout. After reading this book, I feel like I can let go of all my stress, be my simple self, laugh out loud, and let tears of joy flow from my lips!

3. 203 去 I Went on a Blind Date, and My Identity as a Yellow River Corpse Retriever Was Exposed 去相亲，黄河捞尸人身份曝光了 Urban Glory都市荣耀Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Lin Yan was a corpse retriever. In his previous life, he violated the three taboos of the trade and was consumed by baleful energy, only to be reborn by accident. After binding to the Corpse Retriever System, he returns to his old profession and becomes the last corpse retriever in a parallel world! This time, he swears he won't repeat the mistakes of his past life! But unexpectedly, he ends up trending online. UC: “Shocking! Celebrity W 2.1kReads7.8Score26914d adds

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   This book is truly a masterpiece 👍👍👍, captivating the reader with each reading. The male lead is incredibly charming, eschewing the stereotypical saintly figure and upholding his principles with unwavering integrity. The female lead, Huo Xiuxiu, as a junior member of the Nine Gates, also performs admirably. For readers accustomed to novels without a romantic subplot, the presence or absence of a romance is entirely optional, as the author's exquisite writing, ingenious story structure, and masterful plot development make it utterly captivating and impossible to put down. 😂😂😂

4. 204 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 6.6kReads7.8Score78214d adds

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   Are there any supernatural novels set in the Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Chongqing regions, preferably written in local dialect? I highly recommend titles 3, 4, and 6.

5. 205 湘 Tales of the Strange in Western Hunan 湘西异闻录 Qia Ling Little Taoist恰灵小道Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [A friendly warning: This book has no System. It's funny and terrifying, with suspense and clever twists throughout, plus plenty of passion and brains. The more you read, the better it gets.] When I was four, I was kidnapped and taken to a cursed village to be sacrificed alive. A fox spirit risked her life to save me, and secretly pledged herself to me for life. To marry my fox bride, I venture deep into the Miao Valley, tread the Nether River Gorge, and walk the boundary between Yin and Yang. I 6kReads9.1Score57914d adds
6. 206 我 I Have a Book of the Yellow Springs 我有一本黄泉书 A Wisp of Smoke on Paper一纸轻烟Mystery777k WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless + Violent Ghost Exorcism + Kill, Never Save + No Goody-Two-Shoes] The most terrifying thing in this world is often not ghosts, but people, especially ruthless men like me, who kill instead of saving souls. Chanting sutras to send the dead to a better afterlife, saving all sentient beings? None of that exists where I’m concerned. In this age of underworld officials, vengeful ghosts, and supernatural monsters, I seek only one thing: exorcising ghosts. I kill them. I don’t sa 536Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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   The protagonist is a half-Taoist who only kills and doesn't convert others. He has lived for a very long time, and he kills ghosts and treats people without exchanging words, acting decisively and ruthlessly.

7. 207 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds
8. 208 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: Who Dares Lay a Hand on My Sister? 红楼：谁敢动我妹 Painted Bridge by the Willow Smoke烟柳画桥Historical712k WordsCompleted Planned settings for now: Dream of the Red Chamber, Liaozhai, Lotus Lantern, and Journey to the West. A young man is reborn in Dream of the Red Chamber, only to unexpectedly master the Daoist Great Yellow Court cultivation art from The Sword of the Snow Stride! In this life, he was an orphan from the frontier, but was saved by the father of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai. He had meant to stay out of things, but he owed them his life. Enough! Enough! Enough! Then he would use the Great Yellow Court wit 9.1kReads8.9Score62214d adds

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   The protagonist is the successor of the Great Yellow Court in "The Snow Sword".

9. 209 长 Longevity: From Wandering Alone in the Mortal World to Everlasting Through the Ages 长生：从红尘独行，到万古长青 One Round打一圈儿Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Wuxia + longevity + ensemble cast + wandering the martial world] [Lighthearted and funny & occasionally rousing & no female lead & no tragedy] … [Reach a lifespan of one thousand years to unlock a feature (add points to martial arts): once you master any martial art in the world, you master it forever!] [Reach a lifespan of ten thousand years to unlock a feature…] [Reach a lifespan of one hundred thousand years…] From the start, he was all alone, until he stumbled upon a longevity panel. Eve 28.5kReads7.9Score2.1k14d adds

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   🌷🌷🌷Starting as a Taoist priest, with a lifespan of thousands of years, I'll never utter a word if I can keep quiet, relying solely on my fists to navigate the martial world. [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

10. 210 民 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.5kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
11. 211 茅 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7kReads9.0Score64814d adds

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    The Han family has a long tradition of tomb raiding, and for generations, they've never encountered the Suspended Soul Staircase. Xia Zhengyang looked at Han Zipei and said, "Tie a marker to the iron chain here, and then we'll continue forward. If we encounter another marker, then this is definitely the Suspended Soul Staircase." Han Zipei thought for a moment, took a mask from her backpack, casually tied it to the iron chain handrail, and said:

12. 212 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 68.4kReads9.3Score10.6k14d adds
13. 213 华 China's God of War: The Ultraman Live-In Son-in-Law 华夏战神奥特赘婿 Feng Daofeng冯道风Anime Fanfiction110k WordsCompleted Saga, one of the Mysterious Four Ultras, was badly wounded in a fierce battle with his old nemesis, Zetton. With no other choice, he went to the Land of Light, where he fell in love with a female Ultraman. For love, he married into her family and became an Ultraman son-in-law. But all he got in return was endless humiliation. Three years later, he finally stopped pretending... The Myriad Worlds, fantasy, urban life, romance, Journey to the West, prehistoric chaos, infinite flow, Naruto, fan fict 14Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    You dare eat shit for me?! [Angry] Then I'll show you what it tastes like! [Heavy punch][Heavy punch][Heavy punch][Heavy punch][Heavy punch]

14. 214 七 Enlisted at Seven: Carrying Nuclear Weapons with Me 七岁入伍：随身携带核武器 Snow Flying Across the Page纸上飞雪Urban1.3M WordsCompleted I was born standing at the very top of the pyramid. I’m also a rich young master who grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth. And I’m the world’s first person to be so handsome at birth that I killed the doctor. I wanted to keep a low profile, but my abilities wouldn’t let me. 551Reads6.4Score10514d adds
15. 215 冤 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery748k WordsCompleted The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 714Reads7.4Score10114d adds
16. 216 阴 Records of Yin and Yang Mysteries 阴阳诡录 Shi San Haitang石三海棠Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ji Rendong was born with Yin-Yang Eyes and brought misfortune to her father, her mother, and her entire family. Since childhood, she has been able to see a girl who looks exactly like her, following her everywhere. At the age of five, her grandmother abandoned her, and a mysterious man took her away. She thought she would finally have a home, but it turned out the man only wanted her extremely yang blood. Her blood could save his son, in exchange for her life. Should she save him or not? That is 229Reads8.5Score5714d adds
17. 217 请 Calling on the Immortals 请仙儿 Ye Bai夜白Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our village, every adult child in the family has to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival and weigh down paper offerings on the graves. But when I went to pay my respects at Grandma's grave, I put the paper on the wrong one... 525Reads8.7Score10914d adds
18. 218 开 From the Start, a Brocade-Clad Guard: I Berate My Superior 开局锦衣卫：怒喷上司 Cool Moon Shu Youngster凉月蜀小生Eastern Fantasy422k WordsOngoing When Shen Mo woke up, he discovered he had become a member of the Imperial Guards and acquired a Mind and Body Happiness System. In his past life, he’d spent his days as a workhorse, meek and submissive. This time, he was going to let loose. Whoever messed with him would get what was coming to them! If someone made him miserable, he’d make sure they suffered too! He’d put personal decorum aside and enjoy a life of going wild. Shen Mo: “If someone insults me, I’ll curse their whole family. If som 25.8kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    🍇🍇🍇 Hahaha, this is hilarious! I'm laughing so hard I'm waking up in the middle of the night. The protagonist is a genius, so full of life! He wakes up to find himself a member of the Imperial Guard, and has gained a system that brings him immense joy. In his past life, he was a beast of burden, always meek and subservient. 🍁🍁🍁 In this life, he's completely insane! Whoever messes with him, he'll fight them! Whoever makes him suffer, he'll make them suffer too! He's abandoned all manners and is enjoying his crazy life.

19. 219 我 I Drive a Taxi, but I Don’t Pick Up Passengers, Only Female Ghosts and Models 我开出租不拉客，只拉女鬼和模特 I Want to Run Wild我要浪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Pan Mudan kept her lips pressed tightly together, not daring to make a sound in case her husband heard... I used to be a company driver at a steel mill. Then the company laid people off. I spent eight thousand yuan on an almost-decommissioned commercial vehicle and started driving a taxi. My friends all said I'd struck gold! Even without the air conditioning on in summer, the car was chilly inside! 6.4kReads8.9Score57714d adds

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    I bought a car that was in an accident at the start [laughing and crying emoji], and it was really funny.

20. 220 不 As Expected of Me, Gu Yongbingdie, the Magical Princess 不愧是我，魔法公主顾雍冰蝶 Little Lanlan小兰兰儿Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted She is the future heir to the world’s number-one conglomerate and a magical princess who wields a spellbook. Everyone loves her, every flower loves her, every blade of grass loves her! Birds sing for her, and even tigers and lions give up killing for her! Gu Yong Bingdie often asks the sky, the earth, and herself: Who am I, really? Why am I so irresistibly beautiful? But all three keep silent, unable to answer her questions. Then one day, a man descended like a god, slowly approaching from among 478Reads8.1Score10014d adds
21. 221 最 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Dancing Lone Spirit舞独魂灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds

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    I think it's okay.

22. 222 地 The Last Cultivator on Earth 地球最后一个修真者 Meow God's Paws喵神的爪爪Urban1.3M WordsCompleted “Master, can’t we avoid ascending?” “No. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is about to run dry. This is our last chance.” “Master, spiritual energy will return one day. Why can’t we wait until then?” “Because in this age of the end of cultivation, we cultivators will soon lose all our power. We’ll grow old and die before long. No one can wait that long.” “Master, what if someone really does manage to survive until the spiritual qi revival?” “...Then he will become the god of a new era!” 1kReads6.3Score—14d adds
23. 223 趁 While the Empress Is Still Innocent, Trick Her into Cultivating with Me 趁女帝单纯，忽悠她一起修炼 San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Invincible, ten-thousandfold returns, comedy, empress, lie flat and become a god, take disciples, summon, build a faction, fast-paced power fantasy] Ye Qingyun transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a peak master. Because he lazes around too much, the System crashes and turns dark, upgrading into the Supreme Invincible System. It has only one goal: to make its Host invincible, more invincible, and utterly invincible! [Host detected breathing. Reward: a thousand years of cultivation, eno 43.5kReads9.0Score4k14d adds

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    💦The male protagonist transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes a peak master. Because he's too lazy, the system becomes corrupted and upgrades. With every breath, the host is rewarded with a thousand years of cultivation, enough to break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm; in the blink of an eye, he receives Emperor-level cultivation techniques and summoning cards; and even while sleeping, he gains a holy sword and martial arts skills. 💥💥This system is getting more and more outrageous, rewarding everything, even Yin-Yang cultivation techniques, leaving the male protagonist completely bewildered. And so, with millions of resources, he becomes the number one in the world.

24. 224 剑EN Unsheathed 剑来 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy11.6M WordsOngoing The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 36.5kReads9.7Score1.1k14d adds

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    Surely no one dislikes swordsmanship.

25. 225 捉 My Monster-Hunting Was Exposed, So I Had to Livestream Explanations of Monsters and Ghosts 捉妖被曝光，只好直播科普妖与鬼 Pure and Cute Girl清纯萌妹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming explanations of monsters from authentic ancient Chinese texts + One female lead + Two incredibly powerful protagonists + The Classic of Mountains and Seas + What the Master Does Not Speak Of + All kinds of folk customs, researched in meticulous detail] As the saying goes: I offer the gods fine incense, and they say it isn't good enough. When a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers came down from the sky wearing sunglasses and smoking Huazi cigarettes, the viewers fell silent. Lin Qin 27.3kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds

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    👏👏A Taoist priest over a thousand years old, I lit high incense to worship the gods, but the gods said my incense was no good. The male and female protagonists are both demon slayers who have lived for a thousand years, the living ancestors of the Demon Slayer Bureau, slaying demons and protecting peace in the modern city.

26. 226 道 Taoist Master, You Really Can Exorcise Demons, Can't You? 道爷，你还真会降妖伏魔呀？ Daoist Long Yuan龙渊道人Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (Detailed Version) An old yellowed book dredged up while fishing turns out to be a key connecting two worlds. When Yuan Qiong is first sent to another world, what he sees completely overturns everything he thought he knew: This is a cultivation world where sword immortals soar through the skies and righteous gods manifest in the mortal realm, yet it is also a chaotic age overrun by demons. A bone woman combing her hair by moonlight, a fox demon taking human form, a River Lord demanding boys and 2.6kReads7.7Score25714d adds

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    Just take a look when you're bored

27. 227 苍 Cangshan Ashes: The Dao-Demon Chronicle 苍山烬，道魔启世录 Broken Sword Bear残剑熊Eastern Fantasy529k WordsOngoing [Steady updates, and it will never be abandoned!] “Master, weren't we here to catch ghosts?” “Today is inauspicious. We shouldn't make a move!” “Master, you just can't beat them, can you?” “Don't talk nonsense. Demons and ghosts have their place in life.” “Disciple, don't go around exorcising demons and slaying monsters at the drop of a hat.” “Cultivating the Dao means cultivating the heart. We should be kind.” “Remember, all things under heaven have life, and life comes first. If we run into so 30Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Ancient Taoist tales and Liaozhai stories are getting more and more captivating, with that eerie atmosphere—highly recommended! The protagonist draws talismans to exorcise demons and monsters, yet manages to befriend them. He acts with a clear distinction between good and evil, embodying the true meaning of simplicity in the great Dao! [Cool][Cool]

28. 228 人 A Martial Worlder with a Few Taoist Tricks 人在武侠，会点道法 Half Fool, Half Immortal半痴半仙Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (This is an irreverent wuxia novel, so please bear with me.) After finally landing a secure job as a Taoist library clerk, he transmigrates into the only Taoist priest at Peach Blossom Temple on Peach Blossom Mountain in Linbin Town. He assumes the world is full of immortal powerhouses, with sages and demon gods as common as dogs. Zhang Zhengdao, who has mastered the Golden Core Great Dao, only wants to keep his head down and stay safe, performing blessing rituals, funerals, and ceremonies for t 12.1kReads7.9Score92214d adds
29. 229 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.4kReads8.9Score85114d adds

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    Character traits: Purely evil

30. 230 穿 I Transmigrated to Great Qin to Give Emperor Shi Huang the Elixir of Immortality 穿越大秦：给始皇帝送长生不老药 Newly Flipped Salty Fish新翻咸鱼Historical1.1M WordsCompleted I transmigrated into Xu Fu’s body in a way that’s hard to explain. Who knew that right after I presented my fascinating old ancestor with an elixir of immortality, I’d be blown to death by that useless System? Seeing Fusu sobbing uncontrollably as he mourned me in sackcloth and ashes, I felt it was worth it. But later… When I saw the soul-trapping banner I’d made belching black smoke, The First Emperor and the others actually said that Qin preferred the color black… But when a great swarm of bla 8.7kReads8.5Score63814d adds

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    💥The male protagonist transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty and becomes Xu Fu. He awakens a system and immediately possesses the elixir of immortality. Without much thought, he offers it to Qin Shi Huang, making Qin Shi Huang a truly immortal emperor.

31. 231 殷 The Shang Dynasty Seals the Heavens 殷商封天 Ordinary Dad平淡的奶爸Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [Orthodox Investiture of the Gods, no System!] I calculate the heavens, the earth, people, ghosts, and even immortals. Nothing under the heavens escapes my calculations. I’m just a little fortune-teller making my way in the city of Chaoge. 1.6kReads8.4Score10314d adds

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    The male protagonist travels back to the Shang Dynasty

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