What Are the Best Urban Fantasy Novels? 都市天花板有哪些

1. 51 老 My Wife Comes First 老婆最最大 Windblown Sword风吹剑Urban513k WordsCompleted Fang Jianqiao never imagined that his first time would change his life so dramatically, all because of a married woman. What shattered him even more was that after just one brief lapse, the woman became pregnant with his child! From then on, the wheels of fate spun wildly. Su Jiaoru entwined herself around his life like a vine, pressuring her husband to divorce her at any cost and stubbornly demanding that Fang Jianqiao marry her, dragging him into a storm of emotions and moral conflict. This s 258Reads—Score102Shelves
2. 52 打 Better Than Working: Winning Over the Crown Prince, the Client 打工不如打甲方太子的主意 You Caoquanyin佑草泉音Modern Romance287k WordsOngoing [Based on true events + urban life + workplace + strong female lead + smart characters + sweet romance] A wonderful workplace romance set in the urban financial world, inspired by real-life experiences in the modern workplace. It lays bare the dark side behind the financial sector’s glamorous facade. The writing is delicate, the scenes vivid, the emotions genuine, and the plot is full of unexpected twists. The heroine is a rookie auditor, but a strong woman at heart. She stays sharp and emotiona —Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   Urban literature, strive to become the ceiling. . . . . I think it would definitely look great as a short drama!

3. 53 京 By the Jingjiang River: A Country Boy’s Road to Changing His Fate 京江畔：一个乡村少年的改命之路 The Jing River Household京河人家Urban275k WordsCompleted The story of how Wang Siwen, a country boy, turns his life around, seizing opportunity after opportunity to achieve financial freedom. The plot is full of twists and turns, and well worth a read! The protagonist is Wang Siwen, the male supporting character is Liu Chao, and the female lead is Qin Yueyi. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very nice books!

4. 54 三 Legend of the Three Realms: The Jade Dragon Sword 三界传说之玉龙剑 The Jing River Household京河人家Eastern Fantasy106k WordsCompleted There are three realms under heaven: the Human Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Beast Realm. After the Demon Realm destroyed the Human Realm, the Beast Realm also became its vassal. Everyone was reduced to a mindless walking corpse, and Xiao Qingfeng, the crown prince of the Human Realm, became the last human alive. When the Beast King came of age, he set out to restore the Human Realm... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 黑 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！ Please Let Me Go Viral Just Once拜托你让我火一次吧Urban979k WordsOngoing [Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris 9.8kReads8.9Score624Shelves

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   What is truly good urban writing? In my opinion, it means taking life and death lightly, taking action if you don't accept it, having beautiful women like a cloud, and killing decisively...

6. 56 校 The Campus Belle Graduated Without a Single Rumor, Until I Went to Prison 校花零绯闻毕业，直到我锒铛入狱 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban154k WordsOngoing In 2025, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where I worked, became the largest exchange in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. I ended up in prison after making the same mistake as my senior schoolmate. Before that happened, I also met the woman who changed my life... Also known as: "Don't Be Afraid, Senior Sister. I'll Protect You." "Don't Fear the Campus Belle's Flirting, Just Beware the Forty-Year-Old Sister" "Campus Belle, Please Guide Me Through the Rest of My Life" 682Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New book but strongly recommended [shocked][shocked]

7. 57 本 At Home in Another Land 本国他乡 Liu Liu Jiang六六江Urban364k WordsCompleted Success doesn't depend entirely on ability. Sometimes, luck plays a much bigger role. If today's successful people had to start their businesses all over again, most of them probably wouldn't dare. This book tells the story of a man with thoroughly mediocre intelligence who defeats one cunning schemer after another. It can't help but make you wonder: between the clever and the foolish, who really has the upper hand? 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ceilings in urban daily life

8. 58 我 I Don't Have Superpowers 我没有超能力 Liu Liu Jiang六六江Urban226k WordsCompleted This book is entirely fictional. There is no such thing as changing feng shui with traditional Chinese painting. Please don’t take it seriously; just enjoy it for fun! Mr. Liujiang was an ordinary, penniless painter until he met his master, Zhou Mingqi, who taught him a method for adjusting people’s feng shui and improving their fortunes. After five years of poverty, and with his master’s permission, Mr. Liujiang was finally able to use this supernatural ability to get rich. How did Mr. Liujiang 28Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 百 Good for Nothing 百无二用 Liu Liu Jiang六六江Urban138k WordsCompleted This book is entirely made up. It does not refer to any person or event. If it happens to offend anyone, that is purely coincidental! If a scholar is useless in every way, what would it mean to be useless in every other way? Is there any truth to the saying that kindness cannot command an army and righteousness cannot manage wealth? Is the scariest thing in the world a thug who knows martial arts? There’s another possibility: a top student in a leadership position. Chen Xu, a core R&D team membe 26Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 此 Better Never to Have Met in This Life 此生不如不见 When Will Lemons Turn Sweet?柠檬何时甜Urban1.6M WordsCompleted This is a novel about love and hate intertwined. There is no transmigration, cultivation, or System, just ordinary human nature in the real world. Through a twist of fate, the protagonist, Wang Zhicheng, meets his fiancée's identical twin sister, and a love that no one will accept begins to unfold. The many hardships of the real world push the two people who love each other toward the abyss, costing them their lives. When you look back on your youth, this novel may make you feel like you've been 1.9kReads6.6Score161Shelves

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    Absolutely urban, and the kind of city you can feel

11. 61 范 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 85Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Realistic urban romance novel

12. 62 都 City Romance: 101 Heart-Pounding Moments 都市恋语：101次心动瞬间 Seventy-Three Faces七十三面Modern Romance250k WordsOngoing In this bustling city, love quietly takes shape in a thousand different ways. Some feel their hearts race as they pass a stranger in a subway station. Some rediscover their courage after a chance encounter in a cafe. And some use words across a screen to keep each other warm through lonely nights... This collection brings together 101 short stories, each a vivid, self-contained glimpse of love. Some are sweet, some bittersweet, some absurd, and some healing. Together, they capture the excitement 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban daily love

13. 63 9 The Generation of '90 90的一代 Feng Baowuxin锋薄无心Urban173k WordsCompleted The coming-of-age story of a small-town young man born in the 1990s, a vivid cautionary tale for his younger siblings. Apart from a confidence that defies explanation, he has no family wealth, no education, no life experience, and not even any self-discipline. But one day, he will finally make his way through the fog. The road ahead is like leveling up and fighting monsters, a struggle for survival of the fittest. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Friends said this book is abusive, but that's life. New book, new content, real details, slowly growing...

14. 64 灰 The Gray Trade 灰色行业 Little Silly Bear小憨熊啊Urban353k WordsOngoing For a man, whether he's working the edges of the law or investing, success means happiness for the whole family, while failure is his burden alone. There are no gamblers, just poor kids trying to turn their lives around. 1.7kReads—Score213Shelves

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    Urban gray-born people

15. 65 末 The Apocalypse: I Just Want to Be with You 末日，我只想和你在一起 BeardMan须根ManSci-Fi & Apocalypse84k WordsCompleted In a desolate world after the apocalypse, mutated creatures run rampant and human civilization has collapsed. Survivors struggle to stay alive in desperate circumstances. On this perilous journey through the apocalypse, can they find enough supplies and make it safely to Tianjing City? And how will they protect one another and keep hope alive in this cruel world? —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 年 A Young Rich Heir Falls for His Forty-Year-Old Tenant 年轻富少爱上四十岁租客 BeardMan须根Man10k WordsCompleted A Young Rich Man Falls for His Forty-Year-Old Tenant 6Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 婷 Sister Ting's Love Story 婷姐的爱情故事 BeardMan须根Man8k WordsCompleted Sister Ting’s Love Story 8Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 黑 Underworld Storm: Never Losing a Battle 黑道风云之战无不胜 BeardMan须根Man28k WordsCompleted Underworld Storms: Never Defeated 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 回 Back to the Three Kingdoms: I Married a Wife in Eastern Wu 回到三国，我在东吴娶老婆 BeardMan须根Man8k WordsCompleted Back to the Three Kingdoms: I Married a Wife in Eastern Wu 4Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 花 Sister Hua's Story 花姐的故事 BeardMan须根Man6k WordsCompleted The Story of Hua Jie 5Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 末 Two Heroes of the Apocalypse: The Half-Inhuman Awakens 末世双雄：半异人觉醒 BeardMan须根ManSci-Fi & Apocalypse6k WordsCompleted Doomsday Duo: The Half-Human Awakens 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 阿 A Dog's Tragic Life and Comeback 阿狗的悲剧人生逆袭 BeardMan须根Man7k WordsCompleted A Gou's Tragic Life Turned Around —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 从 Starting with a Street Stall: My Entrepreneurial Journey 从摆摊起步，我的创业人生 BeardMan须根Man7k WordsCompleted Starting with a Street Stall: My Entrepreneurial Journey 26Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 一 A Gambling Addict's Return to the Right Path 一个网赌仔的浪子回头 BeardMan须根ManCompleted A Gambling Addict's Turnaround —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 二 A Twenty-Year-Old College Student Falls for a Middle-Aged Security Guard 二十岁女大学生爱上保安大叔 BeardMan须根ManModern Romance11k WordsCompleted A 20-year-old college student falls in love with a middle-aged security guard. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 灵 After Switching Bodies, the Campus Beauty and I Fell for Each Other 灵魂互换后，我和校花双向奔赴 BeardMan须根Man8k WordsCompleted After Our Souls Switched, the Campus Beauty and I Fell for Each Other 2Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 我 I Made a Million Yuan Writing Novels 我靠写小说赚了一百万 BeardMan须根Man13k WordsCompleted I Made a Million Writing Novels 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 王 King's Canyon: A Passionate Journey After Transmigrating 王者峡谷：穿越之热血征途 BeardMan须根Man7k WordsCompleted King's Canyon: A Passionate Journey After Transmigrating 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 从 From Nightclub Darling to Down-and-Out Ride-Hailing Driver 从夜场宠儿到落魄开网约车 BeardMan须根Man7k WordsCompleted From Nightclub Darling to Down-and-Out Ride-Hailing Driver —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 我 My First Online Girlfriend 我的初恋女网友 BeardMan须根Man10k WordsCompleted My First Online Love —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 不 I Didn't Want to Work in a Factory, So I Became a Security Guard 不想进厂打螺丝，选择干保安 BeardMan须根Man6k WordsCompleted Didn't Want to Work on an Assembly Line, So He Became a Security Guard 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 写 A Writer's Soul Reincarnates as Silly Zhu, Living However He Pleases 写手魂穿傻柱之随心所欲 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted He Yuzhu woke up in the body of Silly Zhu from the Siheyuan, determined not to repeat his past mistakes. But when Qin Huairu came over looking pitiful to borrow some food, he lost his head for a moment and pulled her inside. As he was feeling refreshed and getting his memories straight, he suddenly realized it was 1958. Jia Dongxu was still alive, and Qin Huairu wasn’t a widow yet! Just then, Jia Dongxu’s anxious shouts came from outside the door: “Huairu! Huairu, where are you?” 37Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    [Cool][Pouty][Thinking][Send heart][Grgrieved][Make a face][Make a face][Grief][Grief][Grief]

33. 83 我 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 30Reads6.1Score—Shelves
34. 84 魂 Reborn as Qin Huairu: A Woman Must Stand on Her Own 魂穿秦淮茹之女人当自强 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted After waking up, Qin Ru, a business queen worth billions, found herself turned into Qin Huairu, the timid, tragic heroine of Love in the Courtyard! Fresh from tearing into a cheating jerk and his mistress, she faced the whole courtyard full of shameless parasites and sneered, “Let's see how you like playing with me.” In the technical workshop, she modernized the production process and quickly rose to become a senior-grade worker. In management, she led sweeping reforms with an iron fist, stampin 602Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 魂 Reborn as He Yushui: Little Cop, Hurry Up and Wash My Feet 魂穿何雨水小警察快来给本宫洗脚 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted He Xiaoyu, a mechanical engineer, suddenly died after working late night after night to finish technical drawings. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eight-year-old girl named He Yushui, a pitiful little character with barely any presence, swept along by fate in the story of Love in the Courtyard, which she'd stayed up late reading. Looking at the small, thin figure in the mirror, He Xiaoyu took a deep breath. Since heaven had given her another chance at life, she would never let 11Reads5.8Score—Shelves
36. 86 一 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction823k WordsCompleted **Crossing Between Worlds: Xu Damao's Modern Comeback** Xu Damao, a top literature student, couldn't find a job after graduation and became obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He especially envied the womanizing, cunning “Xu Damao,” jokingly calling him a master of getting women into bed. Then one day, he transmigrated and became the very Xu Damao he “admired,” just as he was about to marry the wealthy Lou Xiao'e! Faced with a courtyard full of beastly neighbors, including the calc 2.2kReads5.6Score125Shelves
37. 87 魂 Reincarnated as He Daqing, I Marry Huairu and Change My Foolish Son's Fate 魂穿何大清娶淮茹为傻儿子改命 User88002538用户88002538Urban1.2M WordsCompleted “Seven-character Regulated Verse: Reflections on Transmigrating into He Daqing” Within the courtyard, schemes bring both warmth and woe; Reborn, one hand can turn grief to joy. With clever plans, grain and meat nourish a thousand heirs; Careful mending brings two phoenixes together beneath love’s sky. Hidden talents flourish amid the bustle of the streets; A home rich in virtue opens a new path. Looking back at the lights and kitchen smoke, The He family’s branches thrive, leaning on the railing 3kReads6.6Score105Shelves
38. 88 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 9.3kReads5.9Score975Shelves

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    A super nice book^★

39. 89 撑 Breaking Through the Transmigration and Rebirth Research Lab 撑破穿越重生研究室 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban324k WordsOngoing Modern City + Multiple Social Classes + Multiple Female Characters + Campus Life + Inspirational + Political Career + Workplace + Two Male Leads To secure more research funding, Z University opened the world’s first “Transmigration and Rebirth Research Lab.” After finally passing the graduate entrance exam, Yi Lian became one of the lab’s first graduate students… Then Yi Lian discovered that they had become a living specimen… 83Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Survival in the city

40. 90 城 City Shore 城岸 Little Seven, Old Seven小七老七Urban639k WordsOngoing A glamorous older landlady, a beautiful boss, a sweet and innocent young girl... Ding Yi, a poor kid trying to make his way in a materialistic city, is at the age when his hormones are raging, yet has nothing to his name. His life brings him both steamy encounters and plenty of helplessness... 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Can you try it?

41. 91 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 9.4kReads8.9Score502Shelves

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    The most beautiful thing is the first meeting, the best thing is the reunion, and the most real thing is the dust in the fireworks of the world... A wave of high-sugar sweet pet articles is coming...

42. 92 一 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban552k WordsCompleted [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 286Reads8.5Score—Shelves
43. 93 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.1kReads8.5Score—Shelves
44. 94 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 233Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 95 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 331Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 399Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 我 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban229k WordsCompleted Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 67Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 修 After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban468k WordsCompleted [Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling 62Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 春 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Historical147k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 39Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 红 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Eastern Fantasy148k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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