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- 551 The Resident on the Fifth Floor 第五层的住户 The Tenant on the Fifth Floor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 552 The Fierce Female Cultivator 女修凶猛 While lying in her hospital bed, Xiang Sheng often dreamed the same dream: she was hanging from the waist of some mighty cultivator, absorbing his influence day after day, night after night. At last, she died of her illness. When Xiang Sheng opened her eyes, she found she had transmigrated to the cultivation world and become a powerless mortal girl from a prominent family, weak and easy to bully, at everyone’s mercy. What? A disastrous start, a life as precarious as a duckweed, with no hope of e 36Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 553 Forbidden Game (Mobile) 禁忌游戏（手机） Forbidden Game (Mobile Phone) —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Defying Fate: Li Feiyu 逆天改命之厉飞雨
After finishing A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, did you still want more? Like me, do you have too many lingering regrets? Mo Caihuan, who loved but could never be with the one she loved; Zhang Tie, reduced to a puppet; or Venerable Xuangu, whose grand ambitions were never fulfilled? This story seamlessly continues the original's setting. There is no transmigration or rebirth, no golden finger and no spiritual roots. See how Li Feiyu, an ordinary man with his life hanging by a thr
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- 555 The Little Mortal Girl's Cultivation Tale 小小凡女修仙记 [Female-led, mortal cultivation, no romance, slow burn, long-form, mild girls' love, no golden finger, no System] “Evergreen peaks wear clouds like gauze, gazing down on all the mortal world.” “Jade peaks wreathed in mist, where forest vapors rise. I dwell in the mortal world, yet ascend to immortality!” “Big sisters, you’re both amazing. You can even write a couple of lines of poetry while admiring the scenery!” “You’re the one who never studies!” “Hahaha!” … “You two don’t worry. I’ll cultivat 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 556 Debt and Love 《债务与爱情》 Debt and Love —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Immortal Path Has an End 仙途有终
The Great Dao rises, and clouds roll as rain falls. When the rain lets up and the clouds thin, all living things are nourished. If one day you ask where the Dao began, its traces lie in the void. Refining qi to attain longevity makes one an immortal; beyond immortals lie the Taiyi, then the Daluo. Take one more step to grasp the Dao, and glimpse how all things have their beginnings and ends.
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- 558 Workplace Abyss: She Fought Her Way Out with the Truth 《职场深渊：她用真相杀出重围》 The Abyss of the Workplace: She Fights Her Way Out with the Truth 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Beyond Immortal Cultivation 修仙之上
Beyond cultivating immortality, is there still a path to becoming an immortal? A young boy from a mountain village stumbles into the world of cultivation after a brush with danger. From that moment on, he embarks on a twisting, treacherous, yet extraordinary path of cultivation...
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- 560 The Broken Gourd I Picked Up Is a Big Shot 捡的破葫芦是大佬 On the vast Spirit Illusion Continent, Chu Heng, a village boy with Five-Element Spiritual Roots, embarks on the path to immortality after stumbling upon a broken gourd. The gourd turns out to be the “Immortal Gourd Venerable,” a remnant soul of a great power from the Immortal Realm. Arrogant and sharp-tongued, it nevertheless helps him break through the barriers holding back his cultivation. After joining the Qingfeng Sect, Chu Heng befriends the upright Elder Xuanfeng and his close friend Su Y 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 561 He Only Holds the Umbrella for Her 《他只为她撑伞》 He Holds the Umbrella Just for Her —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 562 Moonlight Falls in Your Eyes 《月光落在你眼里》 Moonlight Falls in Your Eyes 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Azure Cloud Ambition: Clouds Beneath the Blue Sky 青云志之云在青天
Above the universe, heaven is divided into nine domains, where the nine great powers treat all living beings as pawns. Golden palaces and immortal towers suppress the Five Elemental Divine Beasts in the lower realm, keeping it secure as a breeding ground. Whenever a cultivator falls, their soul becomes nourishment for the upper realm. Qingyun, a modern soul, accidentally transmigrates to this lower realm after mistakenly cultivating a technique called the Pure Heart Art. When Qingyun opens his e
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- 564 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves
- 565 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 238.8kReads9.6Score24.6kShelves
- 566 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
- 567 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 182.2kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves
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A Mortal's Immortal Cultivation Begins as a Servant 凡人修仙从杂役开始
The immortal path stretches vast, deep as an abyss; A demonic calamity lurks beneath a treacherous sky. Bones pave the road to eternal life; A sea of blood bears the boat that seeks the peak of the Dao. Fellow cultivators scheme with cunning plots; Even those dearest to you may hide a dagger, cold and sharp. Soul-drawing and spirit-refining are everyday affairs; The law of the jungle is ruthless. Ten thousand ages of cultivation, all desolate; A thousand years of arduous practice turn to ash. Th
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- 569 The Mad Little Junior Sister from the Underworld Takes Her Sect on a Wild Ride 地府来的疯批师妹，带宗门狂上天 Everyone’s darling + all-around heroine + golden finger + ensemble cast + funny and lighthearted + no romance + steady power progression + face-slapping and punishing scumbags (I'm saving up bonus chapters and will update them after I level up. The author is crying her eyes out (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)) He Miaomiao is a junior clerk at the Underworld’s Mountain Spirits and Monsters Management Department. Her motto: Love every job except the one you’re actually paid to do. After being bullied at work in the Un 13.7kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
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From the Start, I Devour Demonic Beasts and Forge Artifacts to Subdue the Heavens 开局吞妖兽，我在异界炼器镇诸天
[Mortal’s cultivation journey + golden finger + quick transmigration face-slapping] An accident sends Zheng Guan’er, a jewelry designer, to a world of cultivation. To his utter surprise, the patterns he used to decorate jewelry turn out to be ancient magical arrays here, and he’s the only one who knows how to make them! The unfortunate part is that his body can’t cultivate. He becomes a blacksmith instead. While others cultivate, he trains his body, and he can still take on ten opponents at once
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- 571 Stepping Onto the Path of Immortality: The Evolving Heaven Mirror 凡踏仙途：衍天镜 [Mortal Cultivation] [Fast-Paced] [Tightly Plotted] [Revenge] [From Setback to Triumph] He lost his sense of taste at three, his sense of smell at six, and his voice at nine... By the time he was fifteen, Jiang Li’s world had fallen into eternal darkness and silence. Then, one day, an ancient voice pierced the void. “The five senses you lost were the price of the Immortal Artifact, the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, concealing the secrets of fate on your behalf.” Only then did he learn that his senses 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 572 My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已 [Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros 97.9kReads9.5Score16.7kShelves
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with a Broken Stone 凡人修仙：从捡到破石头开始
[Mortal cultivation + no System + traditional cultivation] In a village where no immortal had ever been seen, a group of men in black suddenly appeared, seemingly searching for something. By the time they left, the village had already been burned to the ground. Lin Yuan, the sole survivor, set out to hunt down the men in black and take his revenge...
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Mortal Gu Immortal: I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Matchmaking Show 凡人蛊仙：修仙从穿越对口开始
Professor Qin Feng, a leading authority on heredity, saw his dream of genetic evolution shattered. Taking the Classic of Myriad Gu as his key, he combined modern technology with the sinister art of Gu cultivation, using the genes of all life on Earth to forge a “Divine Gu.” On the day it matured, global forces hunted him down. As his beloved betrayed him and a bullet pierced his heart, the blood essence in his chest awakened the Divine Gu and unleashed a world-ending thunder tribulation. The Div
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The Demonic Arts Cultivation Chronicle 魔诀修仙录
Lin Che, a youth from Qingzhu Village, accidentally awakens a mutated lightning spirit root while saving the villagers. A cultivator from the Qingxu Sect takes him into the cultivation world, but he has no idea that a crisis threatening the survival of the three realms is quietly approaching. To seize the Star Core left behind by the ancient Star God Yinghuo, the Black Fiend Sect massacres a village to silence its inhabitants and lays a Soul-Eating Curse, twisting the art of protecting the righ
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- 576 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 127.1kReads9.6Score17.2kShelves
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The Legend of Junxiang: A Prequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Part 2 倚天前传之君襄风云录2
Another work by the author of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Cult's Revenge. [The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber] [The Legend of the Condor Heroes] [The Return of the Condor Heroes] [Wuxia] [System] [Transmigration] [Jin Yong fan fiction] This isn't a wish-fulfillment story about seducing other men's wives and taking in one's master's wife or junior sister. Xiangyang falls, and Guo Jing and Huang Rong die. On Mount Emei, the “Little Eastern Heretic” Guo Xiang uses her sword as a brus
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- 578 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
- 579 Eternal Embers 恒烬无终 This is an epic saga spanning the mortal realm, the cultivation realm, and the immortal realm. It tells the story of Chen Xiaofan, later known as Chenfan, and his defiant journey to shatter the shackles of fate amid the cycles of karma and reincarnation. 1. Mortal Realm Arc: Questions of Life and Death Born into the mortal world, Chen Xiaofan has no spiritual roots. But thanks to a mysterious “Jade of Life and Death” he was born with, he glimpses the origin of life and death. After enduring the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 580 Mr. Zhou, Better Late Than Never (Popular Short Drama Now Airing) 迟来的周先生《同名短剧热播中》 The published edition of Marrying Your Ex-Fiancé's Uncle! Childhood sweethearts who grew to loathe each other, Jian Cheng went from being Zhou Yufeng's cherished one to a mere inconvenience. In his story, she became a vicious, scheming woman, the villainess. Later, they broke off their engagement. Everyone waited for her to become a laughingstock, but she turned around and married her former fiancé's uncle: a noble, untouchable man no one dared lay a finger on. Jian Cheng once saved Zhou Tingyan 18.8kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
- 581 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 87kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
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The Buddha's Palm Commands the Universe 佛掌乾坤
With no parents, I kept my head down and grew up on my own. Who would have thought I was destined for greatness? Destiny, whose life are we talking about, yours in this life or my life reborn? I don’t care. As long as it’s in my hands, it’s mine, no matter who you are... With cultivation strong enough to defy the heavens, I’ll fight everything, even my past life, which was powerful enough to dominate the primordial world. Whether this life ends in perfection is up to me.
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- 583 The Best Lyricist 最佳词作 [Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together. 24.6kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves
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Fist of the Azure Sky 拳道苍穹
Lin Chen wields fists and spears, his valor shaking the four corners of the land. His heroic bearing shines, his ardor writes a glorious tale. His fists strike like thunder, his spear moves like a swimming dragon. Along the storm-tossed road of the martial world, the hero’s shadow reflects against the sky. He ventures boldly to the ends of the earth, fearing neither danger nor foe. His convictions remain firm, his sense of justice knows no end. Fists and spear pierce the haze, their radiance lig
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An Immortal Path Without Roots 无根仙途
A classic mortal cultivation story, with no System and no female lead, but featuring a golden finger: a world inside a cave abode that can speed up the growth of spirit herbs. The villains aren't dumbed down, and the characters are well developed. I hope you'll give it a read!
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- 586 Martial Master 武神主宰 Qin Chen, a legendary figure of the Tianwu Continent, dies unexpectedly in the Martial Domain after being betrayed by a friend. Three hundred years later, he is reborn as an illegitimate son of a prince, a boy who has endured endless bullying. Drawing on the mastery he gained in his previous life, he cultivates divine arts and refines divine pills, defies fate, and rises to power. Thus begins an astonishing journey that will shake the entire continent. 20.8kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
- 587 EN Apotheosis 百炼成神 After a family power struggle left him fallen from the position of heir to a lowly family servant, Luo Zheng unexpectedly obtained an ancient art of weapon forging. He would make his body a weapon and his spirit its soul, tempering himself again and again until he forged himself into a god! His path to turning his fate around began with taking a beating. Powerful factions vied for supremacy, and the clans fought for dominance as the winds of change began to blow. With a body forged into a magica 3.9kReads8.5Score569Shelves
- 588 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves
- 589 Cultivation: I Max Out My Talents by Picking Up Trash 修仙：我靠捡垃圾点满天赋 In this cultivation world, where everyone fights over spirit stones and the strong prey on the weak, his only “golden finger” is the ability to hear the “voices” of garbage. A rotten piece of wood can be broken down into wood-element energy; a scrap of talisman paper can yield cinnabar and beast blood; even a nearly spent spirit stone can be squeezed for its last trace of spiritual energy. What others see as worthless junk is the very thing that keeps him alive. Sorting, breaking down, refining 487Reads6.3Score116Shelves
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The Legend of the Immortal Who Defied the Heavens 逆世成仙传
Mortal’s Journey + Everyday Cultivation + Traditional Cultivation + Spirit Insect Companions + No System + Multiple Female Leads. At nine years old, Ye Chen witnesses cultivators fighting with magic and becomes captivated by the idea of cultivating immortality. At twelve, he loses a cow in an accident and, by a stroke of luck, obtains an ancient immortal token (a jade pendant) and three storage bags. From then on, he sets out on the path of cultivation. On this unknown path, Ye Chen will press o
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- 591 Supreme Across Ten Thousand Worlds 万界至尊 Seven years ago, Chu Yunfei was caught up in a cataclysm that befell his family and ended up stranded in Medicine King Valley in Zhongzhou. Over those seven years, he made a name for himself in Zhongzhou’s cultivation world through sheer hard work. Then he returned to his homeland to seek revenge, vowing to uncover the truth behind what happened. But along the way, he was repeatedly ambushed. After a grueling investigation, he was shocked to discover that the mastermind was none other than the e 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 592 A Mortal's Ascension to Immortality 凡人飞仙 [Mortal Cultivation] He tossed an immortal herb into a black jar, and it kept pouring out more! A village boy accidentally obtained a black jar that could duplicate supplies, and so began his journey to immortality. Is cultivating immortality difficult? I have mountains of pills to help me! Are powerful enemies everywhere? I’ll wipe them out with handfuls of talismans! Born with a useless spirit root, he defies fate and becomes an Immortal Ancestor! Shu Han proves the Great Dao to the world, bec 56.6kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Biology Master's Degree to Immortal Venerable of All Heavens 凡人修仙：从生物硕士到诸天仙尊
After transmigrating to the cultivation world, I somehow awakened the Star-Absorbing Art… I ran into Han the Old Demon, had a talk with Wang Mazi, and joined forces to resist the demons, winning humanity a sliver of hope among the myriad races! [Traditional cultivation + slow-burn progression + united sect + decisive killing. Star-Absorbing Art + Ordinary Mortal + cautious and steady + sly schemer + no good-for-nothing protagonist] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core For
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- 594 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 45.7kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
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I Have a Phone That Sees Through the Heavenly Dao 我有一部勘破天道的手机
Li Yan, a high school senior who struggles with his studies, is struck by a golden beam from beyond the heavens. A phone-shaped mark appears on his chest. He thinks it's just a cheat that will help him with physics, but it turns out to be a cosmic treasure: the Primordial Heavenly Tome! With the [AI Knowledge Base] at his fingertips, tough math and science problems become easy points. The poor student makes a comeback and face-slaps the top students! With [Heavenly Dao Calculations], he can see
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I, Chouwa! The Empress of the Suxian Sect Begs Me to Join 我，丑娃！素女宗女帝跪求我入宗
An ordinary, ugly-looking mortal from Qingshi Village, I was once an abandoned child of the cultivation world. My grandfather knelt and begged on his deathbed, earning a promise from Empress Luo Yiyun. She broke a thousand-year-old sect rule to take me as her disciple; She cut down those who challenged me at the immortal sect, protecting me as I grew; She defied the trials of Heaven's Dao to help me reach the summit. No System, no transmigration. Through sheer perseverance, I rose from a lo
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- 597 Cultivating Immortality, but I Have a Mixed Spirit Root 修仙，但我是杂灵根 [Mortal's journey + no System + no transmigration + no female lead + cautious and scheming + decisive and ruthless] A mortal boy with a mixed Five Elements spirit root possesses a spatial treasure of immense value. To survive in this treacherous and unpredictable world of cultivation, he conceals his cultivation, changes his appearance, and watches every word and step. Even after becoming a personal disciple, he continues to hide his identity. He stays in the shadows, cautious but ruthless, bidi 7.7kReads7.1Score751Shelves
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Lord of the Reincarnation Dao 凡人修仙之轮回道主
The Heavenly Dao you revere as supreme is nothing more than a prisoner in my palm! I shall make chaos the blazing inferno that burns the world, and reincarnation the furnace that melts all living beings. Today, I will refine the Heavenly Dao into a pill! At the pinnacle of the Great Dao, I alone am enough!
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The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天
Master says disciples of the Way of the Sublime must not marry. But Master has a whole harem of lovers. At just eighteen, this young Taoist is cursed with irresistible charm. Beautiful women of the mortal world, seductive ghosts from the underworld, and celestial maidens keep him constantly occupied. Watch him get face-slapped by reality as he transforms from a simple, honest man into a shameless Taoist. He plays at life, and toys with people, ghosts, and immortals. Have a laugh, and don't take
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- 600 Wei Xiaobao Conquers the World 韦小宝争霸天下 Funny, lighthearted, a little System, transmigration, souls returning... Nong di ge dong, xian ren ban ban, Xiao Xuanzi, I didn't rebel, but somehow I became a wanted criminal! What a load of nonsense! For the sake of a thousand generations, Xiao Xuanzi, I'll take your throne, and you can have Tongchi Island back! 10.7kReads8.7Score971Shelves
