Classic Fantasy Cultivation, No Saintly Protagonist, Smart Characters, and Sword Cultivators. I'm Picky. 传统玄幻，不圣母，智商在线，剑修。（口味很叼）
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Immortal Dao Sword Sovereign 仙道剑尊
[Traditional Xuanhuan]+ [Swordsmanship]+ [Cultivation]+ [No System]+ [Slow Burn] Ten years to hone a sword; its frosty edge has never been tested. Today I draw it before you: who has suffered an injustice? In a vast world and boundless immortal realms, the path to immortality stretches into the distance. Fight for life and death, and prove the Dao with the sword. Take up the sword and roam freely across the Nine Provinces!
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A World Devoured by Demons 无妖噬地
[Traditional Fantasy] [No System] [Sword Cultivator] [Multiple Heroines] Millions of years ago, a being believed to be the strongest in the universe fell and became a strange pocket world. Millions of years later, a destitute, nameless boy was born in this world, eventually ending up on remote Donglin Island. He thought his life would end there. He buried his thoughts of revenge deep inside, hoping only to spend his remaining days in the dirt. But his master, Gong Wumei, traveled thousands of mi
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Saint Lingyun 圣凌云霄
The power of the Saints soars above the Nine Heavens, yet through the ages, not one sage has attained Emperorhood. I rise amid a world in chaos, quell the turmoil, slay demons and evildoers, and usher in a golden age across the continent! Yet in the end, I cannot escape the designs of fate...
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Demon Sword Purgatory 魔剑炼狱
This is an ensemble epic of sword cultivators in a fantasy world. In ancient times, when the myriad races lived together, a mysterious war broke out. Afterward, the Immortals monopolized the right to ascend, the Demons were sealed in the Demon Abyss, and the Yao were trapped on the Continent of Mythical Beasts. The races became enemies for generations, while the truth behind the war remained a mystery. Ling Tian, a boy with no spiritual root who was cast out by the Ling family, possesses a rare
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A Lament for the Immortal Realm 仙界哀歌
[Traditional Xuanhuan + One Female Lead + No System] Through the ages, time has passed and generations have changed. Looking back across the long river of history, tragedy is all too common. After the Great Dao was shattered and fell, a remnant soul awakens ten thousand years later to continue a love left unfinished in a former life. In a dazzling age where countless prodigies rise, they defy the heavens and join forces to resist powerful enemies. Even the path to immortality is under someone’s
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Senior Disciple of the Sword Sect 剑宗大师兄
Category: transmigration, fantasy, swordsmanship, genius, invincible protagonist “Cultivating immortality... I'm so envious.” The boy's murmur seems to flip a switch. The transparent miniature sword he wears on his chest suddenly erupts in a dazzling light. In Sword Province, in Sword Inquiry City, in the Feng family, a cry announces the boy's arrival. “Basic sword forms aren't that hard.” A three-year-old child stares at the wooden sword in his hand. “I've mastered the Gentle Breeze Sword Techn
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Chronicles of Dust and Sky 尘霄纪
In the primordial age of Hongmeng, the heavens collapsed and the earth split apart. Shenzhou was divided into nine regions, where the great powers stood like tripods. In those days, a hundred schools contended, the starry river hung over the wilds, and its radiance shone across the eight directions. Mortals could shake mountains with their bodies, immortals could soar through the heavens, and divine arts could stir wind and clouds with a single thought. Watch as the dust-like mortal Wei Zhuang c
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No Matter Your Realm, You Fall to a Single Sword Stroke 什么境界在我面前，都只需一剑
There are countless paths of the Dao in this world, but I have only the sword in my hand. With a single sword, I can shatter all the myriad paths of the Dao. He trained with his sword beneath Sword Mountain for three thousand years. The world mocked and despised him, saying that a once peerless prodigy had been ruined by a woman and reduced to a cripple. Little did they know he was only pursuing the ultimate sword strike. The day his sword was perfected, none in the world could stand against him
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I Am the Supreme God of Chaos! 本尊！混沌至高神
[Invincible + No Female Lead + Fast-Paced + No Filler + Always Fighting or on the Way to a Fight + Showing Off + Decisive and Ruthless + Cold-Blooded + Not a Doormat + Wipes Out Clans Without Wasting Words + High-Octane Power Fantasy] Yan Baiyi inherited everything from the Bloodthirsty Emperor, the strongest being in the universe. He built an invincible force and unified all realms! He even led his strongest subordinates to crush the Death Forbidden Zone and overthrow the ancient sacred lands!
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The Sword Sovereign Without an Edge 无锋剑尊
When the Star Controller entered nirvana, he once said: “The day a hundred stars align will mark the destruction of the starry sky.” A hundred thousand years of peace passed. Not only did a hundred stars never align, but even seven never did. The people gradually forgot the prophecy. Then one day, a young man named Wu Ya was ambushed and fell into Dragonfall Abyss in Nirvana Valley. Suddenly, the stars began moving faster... As his dantian shattered, the youth unwittingly grabbed a crude sword b
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The Way of the Profound God 玄神道
When he woke up, Sima Changkong traveled to the prehistoric world and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He became good friends with the Great Sage Qitian, True Lord Erlang, and the Third Prince Nezha with Eight Arms. They fought side by side to defeat evil and break the sky.
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The Path of Immortal and Martial Alchemy 仙武丹途
[No System] [No transmigration] [No mindless protagonist] [One heroine] [Traditional plot-driven story] [Xianxia romance] [Suitable for veteran readers] [The main storyline truly gets underway around chapters 30–40] Across the vast, boundless Zhaowu Continent, countless gifted individuals exhaust themselves, and even resort to unscrupulous means, in pursuit of the power of creation. Their ambitions give rise to countless tangled grudges and feuds. Cultivators and wandering martial artists are no
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Profound God of the Firmament 天穹玄神
[Smart protagonist + Decisive and ruthless + Sword cultivation + Contest among prodigies + Unyielding and passionate + Evolving physique] The ancient war among the gods shattered the laws of the world! After endless ages, the wheels of fate quietly turn once more. The Sacred Body, Emperor Body, and Divine Body return to the mortal world. In the realm of radiant light, the Moon Empress shakes the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths! In the world shrouded in darkness, the Calamity-Heaven Demon Emperor sch
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The Clan's Curse: Hidden Mountain Scroll 族咒：山隐卷
[Traditional fantasy + the age of bloodlines + vivid writing + a slow-burn masterpiece] In a world where everyone of mixed blood is hunted down and killed, the boy Wang Pan, heir to the bloodlines of three races, bursts onto the scene! Cross the mountain ridges, bridge the seas, soar through the sky! Climb the steps, knock at the gates, ascend the towers! Part the clouds to see the sun, reach for the moon and pluck the stars! Can the boy climb step by step to the top of the world and uncover the
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Heavenly Sword Emperor 凌天剑帝
[Play the pig to eat the tiger + traditional fantasy] A year ago, the young Lin Che received guidance from an unparalleled master and destroyed his own dantian to start his martial arts journey anew. During that time, his cultivation plummeted, and his family misunderstood him, leaving him to endure the world's cold stares. A year later, Lin Che has forged an unparalleled foundation. The hidden dragon rises from the abyss, sweeping aside every genius with invincible might and embarking on a bran
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Instant Refinement: I'm the Sect Master 顷刻炼化之我是宗主
A cultivator of the demonic path who grows stronger over time. The protagonist is put through the wringer: abused, greedy, and arrogant. This is not an invincible-protagonist story. It features dark humor, a demonic powerhouse, the Sect Master of the Heaven-Defying Sect, intelligent and thoughtful supporting characters, a small ensemble cast, no female lead, alchemy, sword cultivation, and the creed that a man with no woman in his heart draws his blade with divine power. Also featuring a Soul-Su
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Sword Pointing at Destiny 剑指气运
(No System, slow-paced, destiny) The beleaguered Xuanling Continent has finally welcomed its chosen one. With a single sword, Lin Li breaks through all techniques, slays evil spirits, and exposes conspiracies.
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The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材
[Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro
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The Sun and Moon Dual Cultivation Art 日月双修功
At the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Emperor Jing Chengxuan was killed by the Nine Profound Female Immortal Emperor. His soul was reborn in the body of the mortal Jing Chengxuan, who had his dantian destroyed by his bride on their wedding night. Jing Chengxuan cultivates supreme immortal arts, defies fate, and takes revenge on his enemies, making Yun Yiran regret her actions for the rest of her life. He rises step by step, fights his way back to the Immortal Realm, and takes his r
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Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云
In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish
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The Cautious Big Shot’s Life Across the Myriad Worlds 苟大佬的万界生活
An invincible life seducing beauties in another world. Nothing more to say: just live it up! Li Ergou: I’m just an ordinary person. You’re the ones who are too weak. I haven’t even tried, and you’ve already fallen! My new book is out. Please show your support!
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Xuanhuan: That Year, That Sword, That Jianghu 玄幻，那年那剑那江湖
Updated at 8 a.m.~ [One Female Lead] + [Swordsmanship] + [Genius] + [His Whole Family Is Sacrificed from the Start] + [Humorous Banter] + [Adorable, Never a Burden of a Heroine] + [Strong Main Plot] + [No System] + [Not Reborn] Chen Qingxuan’s family was slaughtered when he was a child. With nowhere else to turn, he sought the Way at Qingyun Mountain, only to end up with a transmigrator as his master. After thirteen years of sword practice, he descends the mountain to take revenge. Just ente
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑
Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac
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Swordbone 剑骨
In an age when frost withered every blade of grass, a young man walked out of the Temple of the Bodhisattva and took up the heaviest sword in all the world. Facing the mortal realm, he carved out a glimmer of light.
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The Silent Blade 刀不语
Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu.
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The Ninth-Rank Demon Exorcist 九品驱魔人
When the sun sets, every door in the city is shut! Evil spirits open their eyes, and monsters run rampant! The Wei Constables mount the city walls, while exorcists draw their swords. An apprentice from a martial arts school stands proudly amid the demons, determined to protect one last sanctuary.
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The Long Road to Immortality: The Great Dao Is Simple 长生世途，大道至简
Written by Lao Ren at age fifteen, this is an unfinished fragment, full of plot holes, foreshadowing, and problems. Please forgive me, dear readers. (Traditional fantasy, no System, no transmigration, half power fantasy, half ensemble cast, fond of explaining things) The vastness of the [Universe] has no end in sight. The [Immortal Martial Great Wall] stretches across the starry sky. Countless ages ago, [Jueyi] cleaved the sky with a single sword, separating the [Otherworld] from the [Immortal M
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Cooking Wine with a Sword 剑煮酒
Over 1.5 million words, so there’s plenty to binge. A slow-burn, traditional fantasy cultivation novel. True cultivators pursue yang, while demons and evil forces follow yin; martial artists wield qi and blood like smoke and fire. Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story, and not a hot-blooded tale. [Daily Life + Swordsmanship + Immortal Fantasy + Chivalry + Treasures + Spirit Pets + Jianghu] The heroes of the world are born in our generation, yet once we enter the Jianghu, the years slip away. I
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The Five-Spirit Arcane Art 五灵玄法
[Swordsmanship + Mystery + Decisive and Ruthless + Ingenious Moves + Witty and Humorous + Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Reborn into a new life, the protagonist begins cultivating at the Qi Refining stage, slays demons and monsters along the way, overcomes countless trials and tribulations, and finally achieves the Great Dao. This book has a pure, sincere romance. This book has the most intense fight scenes. Step into this book and experience the most spectacular world of immortal heroes.
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The Immortal Dao of Luo Tian 罗天仙道
Knock on the Immortal Gate and seek eternal life. Young Luo Cheng leaves Qingyang and plunges headlong into the world of cultivation. A hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years... “If the path to immortality endures, I’ll keep walking it. If it comes to an end, I’ll forge a new path to immortality.” “The Yellow Heaven has fallen. I, Luo Tian, shall carry on the Dao!”
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The Way Has Its Own Way 道，亦有道
Yun Yixi transmigrated to this world and lived a happy life for ten years. Then, on his sixteenth birthday, the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, everything was taken from him. Yes, the happiness that belonged to him vanished in an instant. He must save his father's life and find the murderer to avenge him. More than that, he must seek out the legendary realm of the Great Dao that can reverse life and death, and reclaim the happiness he treasures above all else. And so, he resolutely set out on
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The Record of Sealing Demons in Lingxiao 凌霄封魔录
Atop the mysterious, ancient Kunlun Mountains stands a sect called the Lingxiao Pavilion. It is the embodiment of justice, the legacy of the ancient gods, and bears the sacred duty of safeguarding peace and stability throughout the world. Leng Shuang and Jin Yang are two young disciples of the Lingxiao Pavilion. Recently, strange disturbances have plagued Mount Kunlun, and cracks have appeared in the seal. Could the great calamity be drawing near? What important mission will the two of them be e
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Flame Martial War God 炎武战神
An ability-wielding assassin is reborn as a good-for-nothing young man. He inherits the legacy of the Poison King and masters peerless poison arts; wielding a bloodstained sword, he devours countless powerful foes; cultivating the Flame Martial Battle Formula, he tempers an immensely powerful body. Supreme among warriors, lord of poison. With a demonic saber in his left hand and a broken sword in his right, he rules the world and slays his way across the cosmos!
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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Ancient Mad God 太古狂魔
In the ancestral shrine of the Ten-Thousand-Layer Battle Sect, a legacy passed down since antiquity in the Azure Lotus Heaven, hung a mysterious scroll. It depicted a hunched, hideous old man roaring at the stars. Some said he was the guide who had led Grandmaster Wang Qing on his path, while others claimed it was a self-portrait of Wang Qing himself… One day, Qin Yu, dressed in rags, stood in the shrine and gazed at the mysterious scroll, passed down for countless ages. A hint of displeasure cr
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The Sword Reaches Tianshan 剑至天山
[No System] [Slow Burn] [New Writer! Your support is greatly appreciated!] [Open to advice] A thousand years ago, one sword stroke slew a dragon and won a peaceful refuge for all beneath heaven. A thousand years ago, the world's fortune was spent, yet cultivators everywhere could still strive to perfect the Three Realms. Reborn a thousand years later, she thought she returned for her alone. In truth, she returned for them, too. One sword can slay dragons and immortals alike. One sword, driven by
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A Life of Cultivation with My Maid 和侍女的修仙生活
(No System + Ensemble Cast + New Setting + Single Female Lead + Vast Worldbuilding) In his previous life, he was a mighty Immortal Emperor. In this life, he's a genius young master from a powerful family. Lu Tianyu: My family is powerful, and I'm an unparalleled genius. Why waste words? Cross me, and I'll kill you. Villain 1: I'm stronger than you, and so is the sect backing me. But I still want to scheme to kill you. When you're in a position of power, who doesn't use their head? Villain 2: You
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Legends of Immortals and Warriors 仙武传说
[Traditional Fantasy + Invincible Protagonist + Face-Slapping] If the heavens stand in my way, I will destroy the heavens! During a battle in the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Emperor was murdered by his own subordinate. The new emperor killed all the Immortal Emperor’s descendants and usurped the throne. Only one infant survived by sheer luck, entrusted to an old monk. The orphaned child took the alias Jiang Chen. With the help of a jade pendant, he cultivated peerless divine arts and returned t
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The Invincible Heavenly Emperor 无敌天帝
A botched ascension sends Ye Fan back to life a hundred years in the past. A prodigy in every field, with an endless array of martial arts techniques, knowledge of everything under the sun, and the power to foresee the future. Now that I am reborn, I shall rule heaven and earth. Those who disobey me will die! Those who refuse to submit will be slain! One word can bring an age of chaos to heel; one sword can cleave the nine heavens. I command divine beasts, forge divine weapons, shatter the void,
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The First Immortal of the Sword Dao 剑道第一仙
I am the sword cultivator of the mortal world through the ages, the foremost immortal above all the heavens.
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The Swordsman and the Conquest 剑士与征伐
(This is a complex world of inner cultivation, technology, and mutation.) In 2420, only two countries remain in the world: the Kainuo Continent and the Fuyu Kingdom. The two nations are constantly at war for supremacy. The Kainuo Continent boasts advanced technology, while the Fuyu Kingdom may be technologically inferior but is home to countless powerful martial artists, each capable of taking on an entire army, as well as many divine beasts that protect them. Ye Feng is a once-in-a-century geni
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Pinnacle of the Extreme Path 极道巅峰
My name is Wang Chen, and I'm from Earth. By a twist of fate, my soul came to this world? I battle demon beasts and destroy fiends, slay foreign races and overpower all rivals. Watch me leave my old life behind and rise like a rainbow, all the way to the summit of immortality.
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Ancient Divine Weapon: The Light and Dark Sword 上古神兵：光暗剑
Once hailed by the world as the “Chosen Son of Unparalleled Talent,” Xi Ya was expected to restore his glory. But the heavens are unpredictable, and fortune and misfortune can arrive in a heartbeat. Fate toys with people, and heaven does not grant everyone their wish. On the day of the Yuanli assessment, the day the Battle Domain was tested, his Yuanli was extraordinarily strong, but he failed to awaken the power of the Battle Domain. With only his high-grade Yuanli, which might as well be nonex
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Demon Lord of the Evil Sword 邪剑魔尊
Summary: The Evil Sword is an invincible blade whose glory never fades. Its inheritor, the Demon Venerable Wu Qi, is a peerless swordsman hailed as the greatest swordsman under heaven, making the name Evil Sword Demon Venerable famous throughout the land. A young hero stakes his safety, life, and even love on a single sword as he sets out to punish the tyrant. Readers, take your time savoring the bearing of this peerless overlord. (This is fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.)
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Eternal Dust 恒尘
[A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Xuanhuan] [Cunning Protagonist] [Genius-Focused] [Ensemble Cast] I’m a scholar, not much good in a fight. Please go easy on me! The arrival of one ordinary scholar somehow marks the beginning of a grand game in the cultivation world. Is he the chosen one of fate, or merely one of many discarded pawns? Heaven endures, people change by the day, and the Dao is ever shifting. Who says the cultivation world must grow weaker with each generation? We i
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Chronicles of the Vicious Sword's Demon-Sealing 凶剑封魔录
The Central Province is home to three races: humans, demons, and ghostkin. A century ago, humans and demons fought a war that left both sides gravely weakened. They each retreated to their own territory, and there have been no major wars between them since. A hundred years later, rival factions within the human world scheme against one another, with tensions simmering beneath the surface. The Ten Great Fiend Swords, the Five Great Spirit Swords, and all kinds of rare treasures have appeared thro
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The Way of the Void Sword 虚空剑道
Can't win? That's not happening. The Lord of the Sword Dao was ambushed by the Great Dao and sealed in the endless void. A wisp of his soul fell into the mortal realm and was reborn into a clan in a small kingdom, where he gradually rose to the top.
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The Dustless Sword Immortal 无尘剑仙
[No System + classic fantasy + hot-blooded + fast-paced + invincible divine physique + settling scores with a vengeance + one heroine] With the sword in his hand, he will slay every enemy. With the sword in his hand, he will subdue the ages. If Jiang Ze had not been born, the sword path would have been shrouded in darkness for eternity.
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