The Story of Xi Hua Zhi Is Great, Right? Do You Have Any Palace or Household Intrigue Novels That Top It? 惜花芷很好看的对吧，你有能超过这本的宫斗宅斗文
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I'm Wanwan, Not Wanwan: We're All Reborn, So Why Should I Keep Indulging You? 绾绾不是晚晚：都重生了谁还惯你
[Soul Swap] [Face-Slapping] [Spatial Spirit Spring] [Ensemble Cast] [Fantasy] On her wedding day, Shen Wanwan is brutally murdered, pierced through the heart by a blade. Her soul follows her body downstream along the river. Meanwhile, Pei Wanning, trying to escape a ghost marriage to the Prince of Qin, jumps into the river to fake her death, only to actually drown. A thousand miles away, their souls meet on a riverbank. Shen Wanwan is horrified. “...Are you human or a ghost?” Pei Wanning can't h
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The Abandoned Miracle Doctor Returns Reborn 神医弃女重生归来
[Devoted to each other + reborn + pocket dimension + revenge + sweet romance] (A full-cast audiobook adaptation is available. Give it a listen!) In her previous life, she caught a chill after falling into the water and slept for six days, missing her coming-of-age ceremony. When she woke, she was told she would marry the Marquis's heir in a month. To please her family, she agreed. But the heir's heart never belonged to her. At the marquis's residence, she was constantly targeted and mistreated,
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Three Souls Dwelling in the Mist: All Roads Lead Home 三魂栖雾：山河同归
Qian Xunwu, daughter of the Grand Secretary, is exiled to Lingnan. But two formidable souls unexpectedly appear inside her: a traitorous empress determined to reclaim the throne, and a modern special forces soldier skilled in tactics and construction. While other exiles go there to await death, these three are going to “stock up” and stir things up! Faced with eight hundred miles of wilderness, the empress coolly declares she’ll build up an army, while the soldier sighs and calls for defensive
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In the End, We Almost Made It 我们终究差一点
At thirteen, Ling Yue wore her red yarn in braids and watched over the braised meat stall at the mouth of the alley. There she met Qing Hao, a slender boy who came by to eat all the time. Their feelings showed in their eyes, and their concern for each other found its way into letters. She thought this was the start of a lifelong love, but one parting severed all their ties. In the decades that followed, she settled in Nancheng, found a kind man in Song Ci, raised their daughter Song Nian, and t
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The Hidden Actor of Lin'an 临安戏隐
[Me, a spoiled good-for-nothing: it’s all an act] After being reborn as the son of a Southern Song military officer, Zhang Ziyan decides to lie flat and make trouble for his father as a career. He raises fighting cocks, walks his dogs, and spends money like water. Lin’an City knows him as a complete waste of space. Everyone laughs at him: “Other than having a good father, what can you even do?” But they don’t know that... The imperial wine Jade Pot Spring is his creation, and its sky-high profit
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Parallel World: Back to the 1980s, I'm Going to Become a Tycoon 平行世界：重回八零姐要当首富
Period drama + military marriage, faithful couple + taking down the scum + building wealth + face-slapping+ Fangfang opened her eyes and realized she had returned to the night she married Zhang Wenbin. She had transmigrated to a parallel world, back to the age of eighteen. Looking back on her life in the other world, Zhang Wenbin had wanted to be child-free, and even though she loved children, she chose not to have any. When her sister-in-law struggled with her studies, Fangfang tutored her her
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Qian Jinhuan 千锦欢
Completed · [A highly intelligent amnesiac fake princess x a cold, scheming prince] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Both devoted to each other + classic historical romance + no transmigration, rebirth, or System + political intrigue + doting romance + reunion after a long separation + devotion to country and family + exclusive devotion + the one who got away + happy ending] For twenty years, the second prince of Nantang, Chu Jinyuan, has kept his guard up and trusted no one, until Hua Qianmei ar
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Someone Open the Coffin! The Prince Says This King Can Still Be Saved 来人开棺，王妃说本王还有救
What? I transmigrated as an elite military doctor, but now I'm supposed to be buried alive with the prince? And the coffin is going to be sealed twice? Have you all lost your minds? Si Yeyun shoved open the coffin lid and beat the villains to a pulp, every punch landing hard. Xuanyuan Jing, still lying inside the coffin, tapped on the lid. “Open it. The princess says this prince can still be saved!”
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Report, Your Highness: The Princess Consort Has Run Away 1,001 Times 报告王爷，王妃出逃1001次
After transmigrating, Ye Zhiyun was supposed to become the Crown Prince’s consort, but the God of War of Great Yue snatched her away right there and then! Rumor had it that the God of War was cruel and had no interest in women! Cruel? No interest in women? “Your Highness, the Princess Consort threw your military tally into the lake!” Without even looking up, the prince said, “Have them make a few more so she can have fun throwing them.” “Your Highness, the Princess Consort is going to burn down
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A Beauty Adorned with Brocade 锦上娇
The mighty General Dingbei commanded three armies at just twenty and made a name for himself on the battlefield. His enemies were so terrified of him that they kept their distance. Now that he’s married, he often leaves the house with scratch marks on his face and a rueful look. Everyone is stunned, but the general isn’t ashamed. He’s proud of it, declaring, “My wife is adorable no matter what she does. What do you know? You’re nothing...”
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A Blood-Soaked Reckoning: Twin Sisters Return for Vengeance 【血色满门】双生姐妹踏血归来
An entire family of loyal officials is framed, and a century-old marquis’s estate is turned into a living hell. Twin sisters plunge from a cliff into the water, surviving against all odds. Once cherished young ladies who lived behind closed doors, they now tread a thorny path through the world. One struggles to survive on a sheer cliff, honing her edge; the other wanders in a foreign land, maneuvering at every turn. The court is rife with deceit and schemes, while the martial world flashes with
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The Marquis's Wife Is Reborn, Divorces, and Marries a Prince! 侯府主母重生后，和离嫁王爷！
Song Mingli worked herself to the bone after marrying into the marquis's household, only to be burned to ashes by her husband's concubine. Reborn on the very day her husband brought the concubine's child into the marquis's household, she gets another chance to set things right. This time, she'll reclaim her dowry, take her son, and divorce the scoundrel! She'll also repay Prince Jing, who helped her family in her previous life. She only meant to warn him that there would be an ambush on the road
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The Reborn Legitimate Daughter of the Marquis's Manor Plots Her Rise 侯府重生嫡女谋华
Reborn in the Marquis's Household: The Legitimate Daughter's Schemes tells the tale of Su Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongning's household in the Great Jin dynasty, and her remarkable rise from adversity. In her previous life, Su Yao was naive and kindhearted. In the depths of the marquis's residence, she was repeatedly framed by her stepmother and bullied by her illegitimate younger sister, and ultimately died with hatred in her heart. Reborn at the age of fifteen, she resolv
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Palace Beauty 宫姝
She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined.
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Yearning for Spring 念春娇
When Xie Chuxia woke one day, she had become a baby girl of the Xie family in Jinzhou, in the Great Yong Dynasty. Heaven help her: her birth mother abandoned her to remarry just after she was born. Having lived another life, Xie Chuxia’s greatest wish was to eat, drink, and wait for death, becoming a happy little couch potato with a full belly. But some people couldn’t stand her lack of ambition. One chased her away, another tried to win her favor, and somehow she ended up crossing paths with th
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The Noble Consort Is Cool and Aloof, and the Emperor Yearns for Her Night After Night 贵妃清冷，圣上夜夜相思
Shen Qinghe was in the bloom of youth when she entered the palace, where she weathered its intrigues for more than a decade. She had hoped to leave with a reward one day, or perhaps spend her whole life peacefully as a palace official. But then an order came down, and one day she unexpectedly became an imperial consort. She watched these women fight day after day, never expecting to become entangled in their schemes herself. Shen Qinghe could only sigh. He was the emperor, and she was a palac
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Secrets of the Qing Palace: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Twelve Qing Dynasties 清宫秘史（解秘大清12王朝悬疑）
Three hundred years of Qing history are full of mysteries: clouds of suspicion within the palace and rumors from the court; secrets left unspoken and questions unresolved; historical verdicts and events with their own causes. What did the feudal dynasty founded by the Manchus actually do over nearly three hundred years? The Qing dynasty may have fallen, but it left behind countless baffling mysteries and countless people and events that shook history. Even today, people still delight in discussi
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Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！
[Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes
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Lan Mingyue: The Duke's Daughter Kills from the Palm of His Hand 岚明月，国公小姐掌心杀
Shen Mulan is the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Ying’s household. Her father commands thirty thousand troops, her mother is the daughter of Jiangnan’s richest man, and her older brother oversees the Imperial Guards. She grew up surrounded by luxury and affection, believing the world was a wonderful place. She married Chen Ji, the newly crowned top scholar, full of joy, never imagining that he had married her only to use her. He claimed to love and cherish her, but after their wedding he slo
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后，傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁
[Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener
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Spring Boudoir Romance 春闺娇
Ten-year-old Qin Zijin has just lost her mother when her aunt takes her to the capital. She thinks she's headed for a life as a dependent who'll die far from home, with no way back. Little does she know she's stepping onto a bright road where she and her mother-in-law will team up to take down scumbags, childhood sweethearts will shower each other with affection, and she can learn new skills and make money! Mother-in-law: I can do without a son, but my daughter-in-law is my own daughter. Husband
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The Outer Wife 外室之妻
Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on
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The Phoenix Has Yet to Return 凤未归
She had her whole life destroyed by a tyrant and ultimately died in battle at the city gates. She reminded herself not to drink Meng Po's soup: if she ever got another chance, she would make them pay in blood. To her surprise, she was reborn ten years in the past. This was going to be fun. She could still remember every one of her enemies, but when it came to her family... she drew a complete blank.
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Transmigration: Kangxi's Eighth Daughter 穿越：康熙皇八女
Ruyi is a university student in the 21st century and an avid bookworm, especially fond of Qing-dynasty transmigration novels. She never expected it to happen to her, and she transmigrates into the body of the Kangxi Emperor’s Eighth Princess, just moments after her birth. The Eighth Princess? She’s the daughter of Noble Consort Tongjia, who died just days after birth, before she could even be given a name! Seriously, how can a transmigrator end up with such a miserable fate? Luckily, she has a S
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Back to the Day I Got into the Wrong Bridal Sedan, I Remarried on the Spot 重回上错花轿当天，我当场改嫁了
After being sent to the wrong bridal sedan, Su Jianjia went from being the matriarch of a marquis’s household to the wife of its adopted son. Everyone thought she had carefully planned the bride-swapping scheme. They hated and despised her, tormenting her in every way as she struggled to survive in the marquis’s household. Then, by chance, she discovered that her husband was having an affair with her adoptive mother. In public, they played the loving mother and son; in private, they were partner
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I Died Tragically in My Past Life, Then Was Jilted Again After Being Reborn 前世惨死，重生后又被退婚
[Complete] 1. This story focuses mainly on palace and household intrigue, with very little romance and not much screen time for the male lead. The leads support each other and join forces against their enemies, with no misunderstandings or love rivals. One man and one woman, both pure; a strong heroine and an even stronger hero. The male lead spoils the heroine. 2. This is a fictional setting with no connection to real history. Synopsis: Everyone in the capital knows that the eldest daughter of
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The Central Palace 中宫
“You are a gift from Qiu Zhenyu to the throne, offered in exchange for his head. Did your father not tell you that you must obey me?” With a light flick of the jade-handled fan in his hand, Xiang Ye removed the empress’s phoenix robe. “Grandmother said the daughters of the Qiu family don’t need to obey.” Min’er looked up at the king who had come drenched in blood, not the slightest bit afraid. On their wedding night, the emperor slept in another woman’s arms. Yet his neglect, humiliation, and bu
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Reborn: The Beautiful Legitimate Daughter Doesn’t Want to Marry 重生之倾城嫡女不想嫁
In her previous life, she was the legitimate daughter of a duke's household, with breathtaking beauty and superb medical skills. She willingly ruined her looks to save her husband, doted on her half-sister, and gave her all the good things. But her husband thought she was ugly and joined forces with her half-sister to frame her for adultery. Her half-sister stole her position as princess consort and slept with her husband right in front of her. Her husband chopped off both her legs and hacked he
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Reborn as the Obsessive Supervisor’s Beloved 重生后我成了病娇督主的心尖宠
[Reborn + punishing villains + fake eunuch + one-on-one romance + sweet affection] One is a noble daughter of a military family, a flower on a high peak. The other is the notorious Chief Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. To help a fallen prince claim the throne, she spent her whole life locked in a bitter rivalry with him! For the kindness she showed him as a child by giving him a meal, he broke into the palace to seize her body and massacred the palace before dying for love! Rebo
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The Young Lord's Wife Is a Little Sweet 世子夫人有点甜
Shen Mian, the young lady of the Shen family, is unlike other girls. While they all dream of marrying the heir apparent Jiang, she thinks about going back to her hometown in Qingzhou to eat seafood every day. The heir apparent is on the verge of tears. “How am I worse than seafood? Tell me, and I'll change.” Shen Mian blinks. “You can buy seafood. I can't buy you.” The heir apparent says, “You can have me.” Shen Mian doesn't believe him, so he has to try every trick in the book, marry her first,
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The Beloved Daughter of the Mu Family 慕嫡娇
In her previous life, Lin Shu thought she was incredibly lucky. She was the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household and had married a fine man. But a great fire just before her death made her see everything clearly. She was reborn with hatred, but her state of mind had changed. She was more certain than ever that good is rewarded and evil punished. If retribution hasn't come, its time simply hasn't arrived! But what is good, and what is evil? She protects her birth mother, contends with her
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The Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Is a Precious Gem 侯门嫡女如珠似宝
After the He Shun Marquis household had seven sons in a row, they finally had a daughter. The old marquis issued a command to the whole family: “Pamper her. Pamper her with all you’ve got.” The entire family joined forces to dote on her. Wang Shibao was quite pleased to transmigrate into a marquis household where everyone adored her from the moment she was born. The only downside was her surname, Wang, and the fact that she was the eighth child. Wang Xiaoba! Who are you calling number eight? She
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Riches and Splendor 富贵芳华
When it came to Ning Fang’s idol, there was only one: Xia Zhenzhen, the Xia family’s legendary great-aunt, whose glory peaked more than a century ago! Renowned for her “exceptional intelligence,” she was chosen at just fifteen by a family of scholars and married into a prestigious household as the legitimate wife, despite being a merchant’s daughter. After the wedding, she and her husband were “deeply devoted to each other,” and even her mother-in-law praised her: “She is as good as my own daugh
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Disheveled Locks: Tangled with a Treacherous Minister, I Can't Escape 云鬓乱：惹上奸臣逃不掉
Original novel of the short drama The Jade Hairpin Askew, Her Cloud-Like Hair in Disarray In her previous life, Liu Yunxiang was widowed at a young age and spent most of her life working herself to the bone to keep the crumbling Jing’an Marquis household afloat. Only when her hair had turned completely white did she discover that her husband had never died. He had been living in a secluded paradise, blissfully in love with another woman. Her mother-in-law, uncle, and aunt knew the truth, but the
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The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Returns 重生嫡女归来
Banxia, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Medicine, was murdered by her sister and the Crown Prince she loved. When she awakens, she has been reborn a few days before returning to the capital. With the memories of her past life, she tears away her sister’s beautiful facade and exposes her stepmother’s false piety. The capital says she’s a country bumpkin, but she’s more fashionable than anyone. They call her a village girl, but she’s more graceful than them all. They say she’s illiterate
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The Transmigrated City Lord 穿越女城主
[Love triangle, slow burn, taking things one step at a time! The emotional entanglements of adults: the first male lead is passionate and fixated, while the second is clever and in control. The second male lead wins her heart.] [A beauty skilled in political intrigue! She pursues an official career, rises to a high position, and remains calm and self-possessed, leaving a prince heartbroken.] She has always believed that staying independent and relying on no one is the safest way to survive. But
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The Fourth Miss Is a Brilliant Doctor, Yet an Illegitimate Daughter 四小姐医术精湛却是私生女
In the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, on the day the crown prince was formally appointed, the Liu and Sheng families of imperial physicians were massacred. Sheng Miao, the Sheng family's only daughter, survived because her father hid her in a secret room. After witnessing her parents die before her eyes, she lost not only her memory but also her voice. That day, he followed his father's dying wish and went to Jianzhou to bring home the Mei family's illegitimate daughter who had been living
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I'm Luo Yujin! Come Fight Me If You Dare 我叫洛玉锦！不服来战
[Innate super strength + dependable best friend + special abilities + guiding threads + backing from a mysterious world] I am the First Female Official of the mighty Zhaoguo! The top-ranked martial arts champion! And yet the empress drove me out of the capital to carry out some ridiculous, important mission of hers. I don't want to! I can't bear to leave the capital's pork knuckles behind!!! Isn't a life of good food and drink wonderful? After more than a decade spent wandering far from home, wh
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The Undying Starveling 不死饿殍
Tomato Original: They all call me Shen Qianqiu, or the Undying Wretch. I survived the meat hooks used to butcher people for food, weathered the storms of the Tang and Song dynasties, and witnessed the flames of war under the Yuan and Ming... I have walked this mortal world for a thousand years. “They ate me for a thousand years. At last, they ate me into a god.”
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A Chubby, Poor Girl and a Cold-Blooded CEO Swap Lives 矮胖穷女生和高冷霸总的交换人生
[Both are devoted to each other + both are strong + hilarious + blazing career plot + ensemble cast + sweet romance + body swap + comeback + saving each other] A car accident. The soul swap of a gorgeous, brawny girl and a young, overbearing CEO!!! “Who’s this fat woman?” The CEO stared at his own body, covered in fat. “Oh my god?! Who is this man with an eight-pack?” Ni Duorou wailed. “I’m so useless. After all these years, I had to swap souls just to touch a handsome guy’s abs!” An accident s
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Chronicles of the Demon World 妖世录
A companion novel to Moon-Scaled Chronicle and a prequel to Jade and Gold. The heroine is a peach spirit, the hero is a dragon, and the male supporting character is a nine-tailed fox with a severed tail. An ensemble cast in a classical Eastern fantasy world of spirits and monsters. [Two powerful leads uncovering each other’s secret identities + ensemble cast + immortal heroes slaying monsters + aloof, bewitching dragon prince and an innocent, clever healer who awakens as a goddess of war] Jiu Zh
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For the Rest of My Life, It’s You: Su Wan 余生皆是你:苏晚
For the Rest of My Life, It’s All You: Su Wan
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Wings of Tempered Fire 淬火之翼
Wings Tempered by Fire
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Awakening in the Apocalypse: The Beast Core Era 末世觉醒：兽核纪元
Apocalypse Awakening: The Beast Core Era
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The Covenant of All Beasts 万兽通契
Universal Beast Contract
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The Healing Legacy in the Jade Pendant 玉佩里的医道传承
A Legacy of Medicine Hidden in a Jade Pendant
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Master of the Profound Sky Sword 玄穹剑主
Lord of the Mystic Sky Sword
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After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World Through the System 穿书后我靠系统卷成修真界顶流
After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World by Grinding with the System
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The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Will One Day Soar Above the Heavens 潜龙在渊，终会凌天。
A hidden dragon in the depths will one day soar to the heavens.
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I Became an Immortal Venerable Through the System After Transmigrating as a Good-for-Nothing 穿成废柴后我靠系统成了仙尊
After Becoming a Good-for-Nothing, I Became an Immortal Venerable with the System
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