Fantasy Novels Where the Protagonist Is a Master Alchemist Whose Pill-Making Builds a Powerful Faction 玄幻,主角炼丹很牛,凭借炼丹有很大势力的
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- 101 The Good-for-Nothing’s Tale of Cultivating as a Chosen One 废柴欧皇修仙传 This is a cultivation story featuring a good-for-nothing’s comeback, lighthearted comedy, deep-seated hatred, an expansive world, and passionate growth. Its greatest distinguishing feature is the protagonist’s unconventional, “luckiest person alive” approach to cultivation, along with the winding plot and fierce conflicts centered on the “Primordial Fate.” The story balances easygoing humor in everyday life with the tense thrills of exploring ancient ruins and the cathartic excitement of revenge —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Why Is the Lovebirds’ Sword Manual Full of Recipes? 鸳鸯剑谱怎么全是菜谱 Why Is the Mandarin Duck Sword Manual Full of Recipes? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Oops, the Prince’s Inner Thoughts Are Showing 王爷的心声漏了风哦 My Lord, Your Inner Thoughts Are Showing —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 The Ring Won’t Come Off: My Boss Is My Boyfriend 戒指摘不掉:我的上司男友 The Ring Won't Come Off: My Boss Boyfriend —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Why Is the Lovebirds’ Sword Manual Full of Recipes? 鸳鸯剑谱怎么全是菜谱中 Why Is the Mandarin Duck Sword Manual Full of Recipes? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Did I Poison My Husband to Death Today? 今天毒死夫君了吗 Did I Poison My Husband to Death Today? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Amnesiac Young Lady and the Imperial Guards 锦衣卫失忆的小娘子 The Amnesiac Young Lady and the Embroidered Uniform Guard —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 The Substitute’s Cage: Is My Heart a Sacrifice to His Dead Wife? 替身囚笼:我的心脏是他给亡妻的祭品吗 The Substitute's Cage: Is My Heart a Sacrifice to His Dead Wife? —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏:开局手刃校花女友
[Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab
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Invincible Alchemist 无敌炼药师
On the Sacred Martial Continent, martial artists reign supreme! And among them, alchemists are held in the highest esteem. Without an alchemist's help, a martial artist can never become truly strong! Ye Fei, a medical student, transmigrates to the Sacred Martial Continent and accidentally merges with the supercomputer Galaxy, which is said to be capable of calculating anything. And so begins the legend of an unrivaled alchemist! A demon god who has slaughtered billions comes seeking medicine? Ha
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Peerless Phoenix: Master of the Snow-Viewing Tower 无双凰女,观雪楼主
[Fantasy + Two Powerful Leads + Beast Taming + Multiple Identities + No Saintly Protagonist] You ask who I am? My name is Ying Huang. I rule over everything. Every wound dealt to me will be repaid. In this world, I answer to no one.
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Immortality Across Worlds 跨界长生
I don’t just have the Chaos Pearl, which can open up a small world where I can grow spirit herbs and raise spirit beasts. I also have the Chaos Green Lotus Cauldron, which can be used for both offense and defense, as well as cooking and pill refining. Still not enough? I have the Great Evolution Cosmic Sword Formation too. Just see if I can skewer you. Still not enough? In the Chaos Green Lotus Realm, I can just stand there and let you hit me. If you can even knock out a single hair, you win. Th
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The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆
[Mortal cultivation] [No System]. By a twist of fate, He Pingsheng, an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, obtains a [Cornucopia] and embarks on the path of cultivation. Place a low-grade [Qi-Gathering Pill] into the basin, and one day later, it becomes two pills, both of them top-grade. Put in an ordinary cultivation technique, and it becomes a Heaven-tier technique. Treasures, medicinal herbs, spirit stones, and more can all be placed inside and enhanced. From then on, He Pingsheng walks toward
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This Alchemist’s Side Effects Are a Bit Intense 这个炼丹师的副作用有点强
[Alchemy; fantasy; scheming protagonist] Zhou Yi transmigrates to another world with an alchemy System, ready to make a name for himself. But after the eldest daughter of the Chen family takes the first top-grade pill he makes, three sects all set their sights on him. Why? The lowest-grade Blood-Replenishing Pill can help you cross the threshold into the Innate Realm, turning acquired energy into innate energy. Want one? (Side effect: Your blood may run a little too hot, and you might grow a bit
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- 115 The Immortal Cauldron's Curious Tale 仙鼎奇缘 Matthew was an ordinary mortal who had lived in a city full of cultivators ever since he was a child. After an accident, he came into possession of a treasure cauldron. With its help, Matthew successfully embarked on the path of cultivation. (This book has no female lead.) 14.4kReads8.0Score1.4kShelves
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The Thunder Sword Pill Venerable 雷剑丹尊
Unable to cultivate, Qin Yuan was expelled from the Profound Sword Academy. To fulfill his mother’s dying wish, Qin Yuan married a beautiful wife, awakened an unparalleled sacred physique, acquired spirit flames, refined spirit pills, and comprehended the Sword Heart of a King… Qin Yuan: “Shh, keep a low profile!” Watch as the despised, useless weakling uncovers the earth-shattering scheme the Demon Realm’s Sovereign has spent ten thousand years devising… And see the dashing young swordsman stir
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- 117 Cultivation: My Alchemy Success Rate Is 100% 修仙:我的炼丹成功率百分百 [Transmigration + System + Invincible + Alchemy + Smart Protagonist] Chen Hui transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation and acquired a System that guaranteed a 100% success rate in refining pills as long as he touched the medicinal ingredients. From then on, he relied on alchemy to rise to power, step by step. A thousand years later, the founders of all the immortal sects in the human world gathered, all hoping to obtain an Ascension Pill from Ancestor Chen. Chen Hui: Let me make one thin 682Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 118 EN Immortal from Birth: Everyone Thinks I'm Invincible 开局长生不死,谁都以为我无敌 Chen Changan stayed by his beautiful master's side for ten thousand years. He neither aged nor died, yet he was never able to cultivate. In the end, his master drove him away, and he traveled through the mortal world with his companion, the qilin Da Huang. After returning to the Chen family, he obtained a natural embryonic pearl and finally acquired a method of cultivation. Even Chen Changan never imagined that his cultivation talent had actually been lying in the womb all along? 164.7kReads9.0Score10.3kShelves
- 119 Wrongfully Imprisoned, I Committed Eighteen Crimes in One Day 蒙冤入狱服刑,一日作案十八次 [Urban + System + behind-the-scenes + revenge + feel-good revenge + ruthless] Overnight, a favored son of heaven becomes a prisoner. College student Lin Mo is framed as the mastermind behind a shocking crime. His family is destroyed, and he is thrown into the most heavily guarded prison in the country! Amid endless torment and despair, he awakens the [Death Warrior Judgment System]. As long as he judges criminals the law cannot punish, he receives rewards, and may even be able to bring his famil 30.1kReads7.6Score3.7kShelves
- 120 Tales of the Dark River 暗河传 The Dark River can assassinate imperial relatives in the capital and destroy powerful clans and sects in the wilds. It is the foremost assassin organization, feared by all martial world figures. But the Dark River's leader, the Grand Patriarch, is growing old, and his control over the organization is gradually slipping away. After the Grand Patriarch is gravely wounded during a mission to kill Tang Er, the second master of the Tang Clan, several family heads within the Dark River send assassins 7.1kReads9.3Score895Shelves
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Crimson Dust 丹尘
The Pill Emperor returns, reborn a thousand years later. Across past and present lives, he seeks vengeance in every direction. He was once humanity's savior. Little did he know that the ancient three clans, who had fought alongside him, had plotted to kill him. In this life, he will repay them many times over for all the suffering he endured in his previous life.
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The Heaven-Refining Pill God 炼天丹神
At the beginning of the universe, primordial energy was one, then divided into three. Light is spirit, sound is energy, and color is field. When the three unite, all things are born. Whether tangible or intangible, all follow these three principles. Light, sound, and color combine to form the Dao, Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, with humanity at the very end. Through refining all things, one can reverse the process and become immortal, internalize Heaven and Earth, and generate primordial energy wi
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The Illusory Heaven Travelogue: Alchemy at the Taoist Temple 幻天游记之道观炼丹
Enter the temple, come refine a bomb pill! I blast and blast, who can stop me? Whoever tries, I'll blow them away! First the Alchemy Hall, then the temple, and even Lord Laozi was so shocked by the sight he collapsed on the spot. As I kept refining and blasting, strange things began to happen one after another. Uncle Master, come quick! Why is your Golden Core here, bouncing around like this?
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Alchemy Master 丹道宗师
The animated series of Grandmaster of Alchemy is now streaming! Qin Yichen returns to his youth with more than ten thousand years of memories. His mastery of spiritual power, advanced pill recipes, high-level martial arts, and secret manuals: he has it all. This time, he will leave no regrets. A gentle imperial princess, a willful and unruly witch, and a sacred, icy goddess all cross paths with him.
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- 125 Peerless Medicine God 绝世药神 I have billions of pills, each holding the mysteries of life, death, creation, and transformation. I have a three-foot azure blade, every stroke chillingly cold, killing without a trace of blood. The Medicine Venerable is reborn, carrying a blood-refining medicine urn and embarking on the path of cultivation: refining medicine, refining people, and refining life and death. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Supreme Pill and Martial Arts 丹武至尊 Ning Yue, a prodigy in both alchemy and martial arts, is surrounded by enemies and killed atop the Heavenly Demon Peak. He is reborn in the body of the eldest young master of the fallen, third-rate Ning family. When he opens his eyes, he's already onstage at an alchemy competition. What? They actually need to refine a mere Qi-Gathering Powder? Anyone could do that! With a single gesture, Ning Yue condenses qi into a pill, bringing the residents of a remote town a taste of a genius's astonishing 4.9kReads8.3Score542Shelves
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The Alchemist God 丹神记
The pills salvaged from the waste-pills heap were better than those officially handed out by the sect. Lin Chen, a servant disciple with five spiritual roots, lost both his parents and sorted discarded pills in the Qingyun Sect's alchemy room. His left eye awakened the True Eye of Alchemy, and he obtained a battered ancestral cauldron. What others saw as waste pills were all treasures in his hands. He refined discarded pills, protected his path with a spear, and cultivated both alchemy and mar
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Peerless Alchemist: I Started Cultivating Pills While Caring for My Senior Sister 超品炼丹师:从照顾师姐开始炼丹
[Multiple female characters] + [fast-paced] + [Cultivation] + [weak System] Lu Chuan transmigrates to another world. After cultivating for over fifty years, he still can't attain the Great Dao. With no other choice, he becomes a fairy's old servant: “Senior Sister Liu, you've had so many of my pills. Let your junior brother help you one last time!” “Master Shao, the King of Chu is about to attack our Peach Blossom Valley. Have you made up your mind?” “Empress Dowager Jiang, how does the
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Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀
Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in
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- 130 Immortal in Three Months, Saint in Six, Dao Ancestor in One Year 三月成仙,半年成圣,一年成道祖 [Complete Masterpiece, Enjoy It in One Sitting!] [Invincible + Lightning-Fast Leveling] Chen Yuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the senior disciple of a down-and-out sect. His master often boasts that the Mountain Peak Sect used to be a famous immortal sect throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Chen Yuan believes him and resolves to restore the sect's glory. Just then, he obtains a gift-and-reward System! As long as he gives away something he has made, he receives an enhanc 1.9kReads8.5Score251Shelves
- 131 The Otherworldly Alchemist 异世丹帝 Brotherhood runs deeper than the sea, while one smile from a beauty can topple a city. My peerless alchemy arts shatter the firmament. I am the Emperor, I am the King! A supreme Alchemy Emperor from the immortal realm was betrayed by his subordinates and transmigrated to another world. With his mastery of pills, he rises at a lightning pace. Supreme techniques, peerless elixirs, divine artifacts: watch me shatter the firmament, ascend to the heavens, and become the greatest legend of all! Master 7kReads8.5Score787Shelves
- 132 I Refined a Pill in Another World 我在异界炼个丹 Qi Refining, Energy Gathering, Core Formation, Nascent Transformation, Spirit Refining, Void Entry, Tribulation Crossing. From the very moment he transmigrated, an extraordinary life was destined for him. In a world ruled by the strong, you must become stronger and greater, or be devoured by the law of the jungle. Refine pills from herbs, and enter the Dao through pills. 525Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 133 The Alchemist 丹师 To refine pills, one must calm the mind and steady the breath, letting stillness flow without end as qi enters the dantian. The breath stirs below the navel, flowing continuously. Clasp both hands over the navel, let the pill fire glow warmly, settle the six senses, and forget both self and world. This is the way of pill refinement! At the pinnacle of the pill path, heaven and earth become the furnace, and all creation becomes the herbs! A wisp of essence from the sun and moon, refined into a pi 9.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 134 Please Stop Refining! The Imperial Artifacts Are Piled Up Like a Mountain 求求你别炼了,帝器已经堆成山了 [Divine Artisan]+ [Artifact Refining]+ [Invincible] Zhang Long transmigrates to a fantasy world and successfully joins a cultivation sect. But because he lacks talent, he becomes a menial disciple at the Artifact Refining Peak. Zhang Long thinks he will have to spend the rest of his life refining artifacts just to get by. Then, by chance, he awakens the Super Divine Artisan System. As long as he refines artifacts, he can grow stronger without end. And so: [Refine artifacts ten thousand times to 892Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 135 I’m an Alchemist. What’s Wrong with Taking a Few Pills? 我是丹师,嗑点丹药怎么了? [Mortal Cultivation] [Not Reborn] [No System] Chen Xu was born into a wealthy mortal family. With little talent for cultivation, he was supposed to live an ordinary life. But when he was ten, he obtained a mysterious alchemy furnace. From then on, he became obsessed with alchemy and couldn't stop... 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 This Alchemist Plays Dirty 这个炼丹师玩的真脏啊 Eastern fantasy, a world of immortal cultivation, no tired old tropes. The daily life of a lunatic cultivator: no pressure, just easygoing fun. I think it’s hilarious, anyway, though most readers find it bizarre. There’s no tragic, angst-filled plot. The protagonist, Huang Liang, accidentally transmigrates and sells novels in the cultivation world, only to have them pirated. He starts an online business, only to have it brutally seized. His human-puppet dolls are so well-made that nobody buys t 4.5kReads8.7Score433Shelves
- 137 The Strongest Alchemist 最强丹师 Alchemist Qin Ruo is ambushed when his rivals join forces to steal his pills. Gravely wounded, he has no choice but to self-destruct. His soul survives, however, and possesses the body of a down-and-out young master from an ancient martial arts family in Huaxia. Born without the talent to practice martial arts? That’s no problem for an alchemist. Pills can fix that! Someone provokes him by going after his fiancée? He’ll take them down in one move! Watch as this good-for-nothing young master figh 3.3kReads8.7Score399Shelves
- 138 Supreme Alchemist: Reborn to Reach the Peak 至尊丹师:重生踏巅峰 Xiao Ran, the greatest alchemist in the Great Luo Immortal Realm, died after being betrayed by his closest friend. Yet he was reborn in a lower world. In this life, he will reach the pinnacle of the martial path, then make his way, step by step, to the friend who betrayed him and ask: “Have you ever wondered what happens to those who betray me?” 2.9kReads8.8Score234Shelves
- 139 The Supreme Alchemist 极品炼丹师 In her previous life, Qian Qing devoted herself entirely to cultivation and never experienced the love of parents or romantic love. Though her cultivation was powerful, her state of mind was incomplete, and she failed to survive the tribulation to become an immortal. By chance, a wisp of her soul enters the body of a useless girl who has just died, and she is reborn. In this life, she becomes Qian Jing and starts over from scratch. With powerful techniques, she becomes an outstanding alchemist, 871Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 140 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 759Reads—Score100Shelves
- 141 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 142 Peerless Alchemist 绝世炼丹师 People say she can be anyone. “I heard fire can’t burn her. She must be the Goddess of Flames!” “I heard she has tons of admirers. She must have some kind of art for controlling men!” “I heard even magical beasts are afraid to provoke her, and she has a strange snake too. Could she be the reincarnation of a Beast God?” “I heard she can not only make pills, but even made the head of the Alchemist Association beg her to take him as a disciple. She must be the strongest alchemist!” “Huh? Why did I 32Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 143 The Phoenix Princess Is Not to Be Messed With: She Has a Pocket Dimension, Divine Beasts, and Handsome Men 凰女不好惹,她有空间神兽和美男 (Fantasy + strong heroine + strong hero + spatial realms + divine beasts + ambitious heroine + tsundere hero + lively, proud beast companions) She possesses two peerless spatial realms and commands every branch of spiritual and martial arts. Alchemy, artifact crafting, medicine, poison, formations, and talismans are all second nature to her! They say she's foolish and ugly? Beneath her silver-white mask is a breathtaking beauty, so stunning that both men and women fall for her. Even women would 658Reads8.8Score100Shelves
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The Carefree Young Lord of the City 逍遥少城主
A playboy, Qian Rushan, the young lord of Fengyun City, only wanted to live a carefree life. But after he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, he realized that in this world, survival depended on strength. He worked hard to improve himself and encountered the extraordinary master Immortal Elder, inheriting both medical and martial arts. Thus began his reversal of fortune. He built the Tiger Might Army, auctioned off miraculous holy medicine, rebuilt the Divine Healer Sect, married the Fift
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- 145 My Medicine Cauldron Can Refine Pills Automatically 我的药鼎能自动炼丹 P.S. The young Xu Yufan transmigrates from Earth, bringing a miniature universe with him. Within this miniature universe, spiritual energy is so dense it seems almost tangible, and spirit herbs grow dozens of times faster than those in the outside world. It also contains a black medicine cauldron that can refine pills automatically! [Transmigration + no System + ordinary-person cultivation + fast-paced + no female lead + cultivation + decisive and ruthless + no saintly protag 1.2kReads8.4Score141Shelves
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Divine Master of Pills and Talismans 丹符神尊
Jian Zhengfeng sat in seclusion for eight years, poring over ten thousand volumes of scripture, all to comprehend the Great Dao Treasury in a single moment! The Demon God Art, the Song of Weiyang, the Profound Spirit Manual, and the Great Dao Treasury: four extraordinary books, but only the Great Dao Treasury contains ten million true meanings! Spirit talismans are needed to draw talismanic charms, set up formations, refine artifacts, and forge flying swords. Even superior-grade spirit pills req
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The Ultimate Evil Martial Saint 极恶武圣
In a world ruled by martial arts, imperial power has waned, while powerful clans lord it over everyone and do as they please! Gang lackeys take lives without a second thought, preying on the common people! The people struggle just to survive, never knowing whether they will see the next day! Great sects, hidden imperial clans, and other forces lurk in the shadows, scheming to disrupt the court and bring calamity to the world! Shen Fei compromised time and again and stayed silent time and again,
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- 148 Peerless Pill and Martial Arts Sovereign 绝品丹武至尊 College student Chen Wei was grievously wounded by thugs while saving the school beauty, Murong Yue. His blood stained a jade pendant, unexpectedly awakening an ancient legacy: the ability to see with the Heavenly Eye, the supreme martial art Heaven-Devouring Art, and mysterious alchemy techniques! His injuries miraculously healed, and his strength shot straight to the Martial Master realm. Watch as he uses his Heavenly Eye and alchemy to amass incredible wealth, and relies on the Heaven-Devouri 3.3kReads8.0Score422Shelves
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A Minor Cultivator's Return Home 凡人小修归乡录
Mortal cultivation + no System + a protagonist who grows over time + slow burn A change of pace: the path of cultivation isn’t all fighting and killing. Examining your heart along the way is also a form of cultivation. Gu Xin thinks he has simply become lost in some unknown fragment of ancient history. Instead, his soul has transmigrated to another continent, where he must survive alone. Amid the endless mortal world, all I ask is for a roof over my head and a patch of earth beneath my feet. I s
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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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