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Three Realms in Turmoil: Secrets of the Ancient Shu Lord’s Grotto-Heaven 三界风云：古蜀老君洞天机录
At the foot of Mount Qionglai, a cold stove glows beneath the stars. The young Yan Qing studies a damaged scroll by night, only to find that the sigils on its final page echo those in the stone chamber of his dreams. They are a summons from Laojun’s Grotto-Heaven, where the Three Realms converge. In the ancient lands of Shu, spiritual energy flows like a river, concealing traces of the gods and a chance to change one’s fate. After the great calamity of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Heaven’s
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Rules Horror: I’m a Madman, You Say I’m Cheating? 规则怪谈：我一疯子你说我开挂？
[Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Lunatic + Male-Male Romance + Wild Ride] A friendly warning: to repeat, the love between two men is just seasoning. The main focus is still clearing the rule-based horror scenarios! The rule-based horror game begins, and uncanny livestreams descend! Each country randomly picks one player to enter the game, and an uncanny livestream begins! If a player fails, the rule-based horror descends upon their country! What kind of shock will Meng Fei, a genuine lunatic, b
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Embracing You at the End of the Equation 在方程式尽头拥抱你
Reason and emotion intertwine, as mathematics collides with literature. When a brilliant, aloof math student meets a warm and healing girl from the literature department, two utterly different souls find their everyday lives intersecting on an urban campus, composing a heartwarming love song about growing up. “...She did something mathematicians couldn't: she made love tangible, something you could taste and cry over. In this book, mathematics isn't a collection of cold symbols, but a warm meta
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A Profession for Everyone: I’m a Dungeon Master 全民职业：我是副本师
[No Romance] [Universal Class System] [Dungeon Maker] [Five Permanent Members’ Dungeons] [Helping Great Xia Rise] [Honghuang] In 2035, on Blue Star in a parallel universe, a meteor shower swept across the globe. The laws of the world underwent a dramatic change, all living beings emerged from their ignorance, and humanity’s first generation of professionals awakened with “Class Panels.” Later generations would call that year the first year of the Astral Era. At the dawn of the era, human civiliz
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The Rose-Colored Slope 玫瑰的斜坡
The second book in the three-part series about life in government service. [A workplace novel about township officials, not a domineering-CEO power fantasy] [Zhou Zezhen, Xie Jiuyang] Before Xie Jiuyang took that knife for Zhou Zezhen, she already knew: He loved power more than he loved her. During the Yanshan Valley incident, both she and Shen Zhixi were suffering from hypothermia, but he went to Shen Zhixi. She knew then that it was finally over between them. She took that knife for him, r
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Cold War Wolf: The Ivanov Files 冷战之狼：伊万诺夫档案
Ivanov, an outstanding cadet from a military academy’s special forces program, is drawn into a Cold War conspiracy and hunted around the world by three factions. He breaks through with a wolf’s tenacity and paves his way with revenge, facing one high-stakes twist after another as he fights back to the bitter end! You won’t regret reading this!
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The Road to a New Era 新纪元之路
“You know, you and I are alike, and yet we’re different.” “You’re a warrior, and I’m a mage. How are we alike?” “We’re both highly talented and hardworking. Our fates are similar, too, and we’ve both loved women we couldn’t have.” “Oh? Then how are we different?” “Deep down, I’m a blazing fire in winter, while you’re ice that won’t melt in summer. There are some paths I may never be able to get past, but you can.” The two stared quietly at each other. Then, all at once, they fell silent...
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The Memories of Old Hero Lei 雷老侠的回忆
This is a humorous, long-running wuxia novel. As everyone knows, the Salted Fish Sect is the oldest and most mysterious martial arts school in history. Lei the Elder, who is 256 years old, happens to be the sect's last leader. Two editors from the Gini Knight Magazine interview him, and through his recollections, the Salted Fish Sect's hidden, turbulent history comes to light. The jianghu's endless grudges and its unforgettable tales of chivalry and devotion all vanish in the blink of an eye, be
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Young Master! Young Master?? Young Master!!! 少爷！少爷？？少爷！！！
A preposterous encounter, and a journey of two hearts finding their way to each other! The contract blessed by the god of fate had already spelled it out: Instructions for Renting a Boyfriend: If your heart starts racing, there are no refunds. You accept all consequences!
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After We Reunited, I Deleted My First Love’s Contact Information 重逢后，我删除了初恋的联系方式
After We Reunited, I Deleted My First Love's Contact Information
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After My Son Got Married, I Decided to Leave This Family 儿子结婚后，我决定逃离这个家
After my son got married, I decided to escape from this family.
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My Trash Ex Used My Money to Pay for His Wedding, So I Ruined Him at the Ceremony 渣男前任用我的钱办婚礼，婚礼现场我让他身败名裂
My Cheating Ex Used My Money to Pay for His Wedding. I Ruined His Reputation at the Ceremony
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Breaking the Deadlock: She Returns from the Abyss 破局：她从深渊归来
Breaking the Deadlock: She Returns from the Abyss
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The Cage of a Grand Estate: The Second Madam Fakes Her Death and Starts Anew 深宅囚笼：二太太她假死新生
The Cage of a Deep Mansion: The Second Madam Faked Her Death and Was Reborn
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The Anomaly Response Trio 异象处理三人组
[Three main characters + supernatural anthology + comedy + action-packed school life + fantasy + no romance] My name is Xia Ye, and I used to be an ordinary high school student. Then one day, a friend dragged me to explore a haunted building, and I got unlucky enough to be possessed by an S-rank monster. The aloof exorcist who saved me was Rong Zhen. He took me to the Number One Exorcist High School. During the school's recruitment pitch, the teacher promised us government jobs, staff housing, e
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Clear Skies Stretch Far, and Fragrant Grass Grows Lush 晴川历历芳草萋
[One True Pairing + Growing-Together Romance + A Powerful Partnership + Ensemble of Women] Main couple: A powerful prince of a different surname vs. the legitimate daughter of a military family, a young commandery princess Red robes against white snow. A woman’s body fell from a cliff as a red-eyed man shouted, “Qiqi, no!” Qiqi looked at the tall man walking toward her, as if he had crossed the endless passage of time and the vast changes of the world to reach her. She was calm and restrained, w
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Love at the Turning Point 爱在逆袭时
Couple pairing: Cheerful, determined sunflower VS cold, scheming, profit-minded man At 28, Shi Tong was out of work and out of love. Born into a humble family, she had worked hard to get through school and become an executive, and she'd even found a decent boyfriend. Then, overnight, her company went bankrupt and her boyfriend cheated on her with a rich girl. Down on her luck, she returned to her hometown for a high school reunion. There, Shi Tong struck up a conversation with Ji Ling, the camp
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A Land of Auspicious Feng Shui 风水宝地
A beautiful encounter quietly unfolds on a youthful college campus. The hero and heroine meet and grow close during their university days, but a misunderstanding sadly drives their hearts farther and farther apart. After graduation, they each set out on a new journey in life, yet neither can forget the feelings buried deep within. Feng Shui Treasure Land tells a turbulent love story. As the hero continues searching along the path of growing up, he finally understands who he truly loves. He brave
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Reborn in 2008: My Comeback Begins with Getting Beaten Up 重生2008，逆袭从被打开始
[Reborn + System + Wild Imagination + A Life Turned Around] At thirty, Zhang Shun was living like a heap of mud. His career had gone nowhere, he had no love life, and his days were full of compromises. It all stemmed from the school bullying that had changed his fate thirteen years earlier. That brutal slap not only split his lip, it also crushed his self-respect and confidence. From then on, he couldn’t hold his head up at school. His life veered completely off course, and his future was shroud
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Qi Tongwei Is Reborn as Wu Dalang and Goes on a Rampage in Water Margin 祁同伟重生武大郎，水浒杀疯了
A certain-death situation! A rise from the bottom! No System! No golden finger! Just iron will and strategy! After Qi Tongwei takes his own life at Lone Eagle Ridge, his soul transmigrates into Wu Dalang, the three-footed runt who sells flatbread. He kills Ximen Qing, takes his wealth, marries his woman, and earns his first fortune! Wu Song, Lin Chong, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Ling Zhen, Luan Tingyu, Lu Zhishen, Shi Jin, Song Jiang, Yang Zaixing, Li Qingzhao, Yue Fei, Zhou Tong, Lu Junyi, Pang Chunmei
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Soul Ferryman: A Barmaid Reborn to Cultivate Immortality 灵魂摆渡人，酒吧女重生修仙
A story about a bar hostess reborn and embarking on the path of cultivation, it is full of fantasy and offers readers a fresh experience. The story opens with the bar hostess's unexpected death, quickly drawing readers into a mysterious world of cultivation and grabbing their attention from the start. The plot is full of imagination. The bar hostess is suddenly transported from an ordinary world into the cultivation system, and her growth, encounters, and adventures are described with plenty of
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Apricots Beneath the Flames of War 烽火栓杏
The 1930s: a turbulent and unsettled era. The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman, who weaves her own spectacular life. Join the author as we open the door to that tumultuous age through a unique perspective.
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Love Amid the Fireworks of Life 烟火今生情
The story of a young woman studying biopharmaceuticals as she grows from an inexperienced college student into an adult making her way in the world, encounters a terrible man, and struggles through a thorny path. Along the way, she finds a close male friend and a soulmate, and grows through her independent efforts...
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Wow, That Man Is So Handsome! 哇，那个男人好帅！
The gentlest prose, writing the coldest blade. The story opens with “Duty” and closes with “Love.” The truest, most sincere people, and the deepest, purest love! An exploration of human nature, layered with struggle! An imaginary world and a classic historical romance. Qu Song is the seventh prince of Nanyue and its most handsome man. Talented in almost every way, he nevertheless fails to win his father's favor. A prince, yet willing to become a spy in an enemy kingdom, all to ease his father's
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Back in the Game: Cleaning Up Officialdom 重出江湖之整治官场
A mob boss shakes up and cleans house in the political arena! [No idiotic characters, no System, light mystery] Black is black, and white is white, but the two can also change places! Even the righteous may do shameful things, while the wicked may do good for the country and its people. What matters is how you see things and what you believe, and whether you can answer to your conscience!
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The Valkyrie of Light 光明女武神
After awakening a strange ability, Tang Ying unexpectedly becomes a corrector of the Space-Time Tower. To her shock, the tower is observing an infinite universe. Talents? Inheritances? Attributes? ... Countless wondrous things open her eyes to a whole new world. The countless beings of the infinite worlds, the perilous reaches of the boundless starry sky. She ventures through countless worlds and endures trials and dangers, relying on her extraordinary talent and far sharper mind than most to gr
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Transmigrating to Langya: The Iron-Blooded Heroine Turns the Tide 穿越琅琊：铁血红颜转乾坤
A mother and daughter who are both special forces soldiers transmigrate into Nirvana in Fire! The mother becomes Consort Jing, while her baby daughter becomes Princess Jingning. At the princess’s hundred-day celebration, someone nearly kills her. Only a birthmark reveals that she is a close blood relative. They defy fate and save Prince Qi and the entire Chiyan Army. Emperor Liang dies on the battlefield, regretting his actions. The new emperor ascends the throne to find the treasury in ruins, s
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Goodbye, Your Majesty! I'm Taking the Beauty and the Imperial Physician with Me 皇上拜拜，美人和太医我都带走啦
[Female lead transmigrates + male lead transmigrates (no CP) + no golden finger + clear-headed female lead with a strong inner core who doesn’t compete for the emperor’s favor + joins several consorts in building a career] One is Bai Wan, a modern police detective who transmigrates into the ancient Great Zhao imperial palace as Wan Beauty, a neglected consort. One is Shi Jing, a palace maid who grew up in the Great Zhao palace and, for some reason, was taken in by the emperor as Jing Beauty, a
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After Setting Myself Ablaze, I Was Reborn as a Human Succubus 纵火自焚后竟重生为人形魅魔
(Rebirth + entrepreneurship + no System + multiple heroines + sweet romance + love-triangle drama) Alone and on the run overseas, Yang Shiguang was betrayed and hunted down. In a fit of fury, he set the gasoline ablaze, consigning himself and his memories to the flames. But though he had grown prematurely worldly, he was reborn in 2007, during the summer before college. This time, he was determined to make the most of his youth and stop being a doormat. Starting in the food business, he would bu
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Southern Song, Northern Center 南宋北中
From the start, two strangers who accidentally ended up together transmigrate with their bare bottoms exposed, covering themselves with leaves before getting stung in their most sensitive spots by hairy caterpillars. No System, no golden finger. They mainly rely on what they've learned online to make their way in the world, and the story wins on plot alone. Humorous and funny, with an emphasis on realism.
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My AI Girlfriend Takes Me Online to Cultivate Immortality AI女友，带我在线修仙
In a cultivation world drained of spiritual energy, the internet awakens computational power, and cultivators begin frantically stockpiling graphics cards to prolong their lives. A wage slave finds his grandfather’s glass dragonfly eyes, and an AI female ghost moves into his phone. From then on, he embarks on a cyber-cultivation journey fueled by charging up through video games and cultivating with data, while also taking down a transnational evil-cultivation syndicate along the way.
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Starfall Chaos 星尘乱
A black star descended upon Earth, bringing advanced technology and endless fear. A century later, a mysterious force swept across the globe like a hurricane. The flames of war raged, devouring the human world. At the brink of life and death, the Black Star drove back the mysterious force. Yet just a few years later, the mysterious force returned. Meanwhile, deep in the vast reaches of space, a plot to destroy the human world began with a bloody massacre. The source of this world-ending crisis t
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Seeking the Way in the Legal World 律界问道
[Comeback and growth + charming lawyer + mysteries surrounding cold cases + officialdom and workplace + wits and will] He turns his life around, with Death brushing past him several times. A string of cold cases remain shrouded in mystery...
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The Assassin and the Miner 刺客与矿工
Zhou Quan, a high school student, discovers that his roommate, Zheng Qing, has fallen into a deep sleep and cannot be woken. A sudden appearance by the alien girl Xiaobai reveals that Zheng Qing has contracted “Sleeping Sickness.” It was caused by the alien civilization Intairi secretly using human brains to collect “consciousness energy.” The only way to save the victims is to enter their bizarre dreams and assassinate the dreamers. And so, an extraordinary adventure begins. Zhou Quan plunges i
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An April Fool’s Day Story 愚人节的故事
This book explores the psychology and inner struggles of people with physical disabilities. In a sense, every one of us is sick. Remember: no matter when or where, there is one person who will never give up on you. That person is your mother...
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Awakening Superpowers: Blade Shadow War Soul 异能觉醒：刃影战魂
The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Derivation forty-nine, and man escapes through the one that remains. All things have a glimmer of hope. Lin Ye has just graduated and entered the workforce when, one day, he is suddenly attacked by an unknown assailant. On the brink of death, Lin Ye awakens a supernatural ability: with his naked eye, he can visualize his opponent’s attack trajectory in midair. After successfully evading one attack with this power, he is beset by more attacks, each stronger, m
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At Home in Another Land 本国他乡
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?
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I Don't Have Superpowers 我没有超能力
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
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Tortured into a Locked Love 虐锁清欢
Leng Qinghuan was forced to marry the notorious Prince Yan. But she wasn't some naive, helpless girl. Crying and accepting her fate just wasn't in Leng Qinghuan's nature. She seized every opportunity, with the courage to burn her bridges, fought scheming women, fought the empress, opened shops, learned to solve cases, and more... Through her words and deeds, she proved herself. The woman Prince Yan had once sneered at ultimately became someone far beyond his reach!
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Loving You from Afar 站在远处爱
Liang Qingtong is new to the workplace and deeply admires Lu Chengyang, an industry role model. That exceptional man is her idol, her dream guy. By chance, she becomes his subordinate, and before she knows it, she seems to have fallen for him. He is decisive and efficient at work, but when it comes to love, he has no idea what he’s doing! We’re all just a bunch of unfortunate people: we can’t have the ones we love, we don’t cherish the ones we have, and when we’re together, we suspect each other
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A Storm Rises, and the Beauty Takes a Stand 风起云涌红颜怒
The male lead is not chaste. Please avoid this if that bothers you. Since I've transmigrated, why not make the country strong and conquer the world? Even if I'm forced into a relationship, I'll still make money and build my career. After transmigrating into the body of a stunningly beautiful female doctor, she remains devoted to the man she loves. She and her fiancé are in love with each other and have sworn to stay together for life, growing old side by side. Yet the iron-blooded “God of Slaug
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Mr. Zhen’s Marriage-First, Love-Later: Twice the Happiness 甄总先婚后爱快乐加倍
[A different take on marriage first, love later + comedy + bickering + constant sparks + age gap + healing] Zhen Xinwei initially misunderstands Qian Haohao. Later, his parents conspire to set them up, and he marries her. Zhen Xinwei says, “I never fake my marriage.” Qian Haohao replies, “What a coincidence. I never take marriage seriously.” Qian Haohao doesn’t believe in love, yet by a twist of fate, she ends up marrying for the second time. After the wedding, she tells Zhen Xinwei, “I’m not af
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The Generation of '90 90的一代
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.
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The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路
A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w
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A Journey to Conquer Him 征他个途
A fat guy, an opportunity, and a natural rise to the top. As he fights off an alien invasion, he finds himself going further and further down that path, while gaining even more happiness along the way. One chance changes the course of his life!
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A Journey to Conquer Him: The True Domain 征他个途之真域
The fat guy’s road to a comeback continues, and this time he faces an even more unusual set of circumstances. The granddaughter of a big shot, a saintess, foreign beauties, a demon princess: they all come to him for help. He is also the bane of the demons. See where this different life takes him!
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City Shore 城岸
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...
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Misty Rain over Chang'an 雾雨长安
Mist and rain soak Chang'an; each step is a stumble. His blue robe is still warm, yet his whole body feels cold. This book follows An Ziyan, a scholar returning from the academy, through war, worldly turmoil, and setbacks as he engages with the world and then withdraws from it, coming to understand his heart and see his true nature.
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Aina Han’s Zero-Personality Disorder 少女艾娜含的零重人格
I dreamed I became a serial killer, so I decided to find the woman who would kill me in the future. My name is He Wangyan. “Wangyan” means telling lies. In 2008, I dreamed I used a revolver to kill countless people. At the end of the dream, a girl pressed the same gun to my forehead and said: “He Wangyan, in your next life, don't become a murderer again.” To get to the bottom of the dream, I pretended to slit my wrists and got myself admitted to a psychiatric rehabilitation center, where I found
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The Light of Creation at Zero Grams 零克的创世之光
Two people live inside his body: one wants nothing but roast chicken, while the other has already seen through the threads of fate. The young chieftain has lived for over a decade in the Floating Sky Stronghold. He has no name, no parents, only a band of demons missing arms and legs to keep him company. Then one day, a woman storms into the stronghold, claiming she intends to marry his deceased adoptive father. The young chieftain acts without hesitation. He accepts her as his mother and forces
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