Looking for Novels With a Taoist or Demon Hunter Hero: Ruthless, Taciturn, and Always Ready to Fight 男主道士或除妖人,人巨狠话巨少,一言不合开干
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- 101 I Bring the Underworld into the World 我,让地府降临 [Alternate world] [Behind-the-scenes style] [No heroine] A blood moon hangs in the sky, and daylight suddenly breaks! The world changes, and spiritual energy surges forth! Beneath the daylight and blood moon, blood rains down without warning. Living beings wail, demons emerge, and ghosts run rampant. Deep Blue Star has become utterly unfamiliar to Meng Zhou. I, Meng Zhou, hold the Jade Edict of the Son of Heaven! I command ten thousand ghosts! I shall be lord of monsters and demons, ruler of the 7.7kReads7.9Score74114d adds
- 102 The Super Taoist of the City 都市超级道士 By a twist of fate, Zhang Yu obtained an unparalleled martial art and inherited the legacy of the Daoist Tianlong. His destiny changed dramatically, and he rose to the pinnacle of life, surrounded by countless beautiful women. But just as the mortal world faced a cataclysm, what path would this young man choose? 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 I'm a Young Daoist from Maoshan 我是茅山小道士 I'm a young Maoshan Taoist. I can't earn enough to eat, life is hard, and misfortune follows me everywhere. With no other choice, I set up a fortune-telling stall, reading the winds and studying the land, interpreting hexagrams and divining people's fates. When ordinary people are in trouble, they come to me for help. When vengeful spirits have grievances, I help them find justice… 267Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Supreme Celestial Master 极品天师 A hilarious Heavenly Master, a Heavenly Master devoted to protecting all that is good, a Heavenly Master free of vulgar interests: Wolong strives to show everyone a Heavenly Master unlike any other. 171Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 105 Strange Tales of a Maoshan Celestial Master 茅山天师异闻录 A word from my iron tongue can decide life or death, and the ever-changing arts of Daoism can command yin and yang. Read mountains and waters to know good and ill fortune; read bones and faces to speak of calamity and blessings. Wronged souls and vengeful spirits, evil ghosts and demons... When will this cycle of vengeance ever end? Terrifying transformations and bizarre tales... The debts of karma are ultimately impossible to repay. These stories, which sound absurd and unbelievable, are part o 47Reads—Score—14d adds
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Baby Lantern 婴儿灯
When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light...
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- 107 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 3.9kReads8.7Score24814d adds
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No Living People Allowed 活人勿近
[Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people
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The Uncanny One 邪门儿
In the old days, bandit gangs had four pillars and eight posts. The foremost pillar was called the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, and its holder served as the gang's strategist. Since strategists tattooed goshawks on their chests, they were also known as Mountain-Circling Eagles. A Mountain-Circling Eagle is neither monk nor Daoist, yet can discern yin and yang, communicate with spirits, and foretell fortune and misfortune. Neither immortal nor shaman, yet can cast talismans, drive out evil spirits,
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After Eighteen Years of Foolishness, I Became a Yin-Walker 痴傻十八年后我成为了走阴人
Every ancient village has a mysterious legend passed down through the generations: the Village Guardian. They bear a secret duty, using their broken bodies to ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, shouldering every calamity alone. People say they have come to the mortal world to endure hardship, and that their suffering in this life will bring blessings in the next. Yet fate treats them cruelly. Most die young, grow old alone, and endure endless mockery and cold stares. And I am one
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Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所
- [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm
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Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师
When Grandpa died, the whole city was in an uproar...
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The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避
Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today.
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- 114 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆:我只养大凶之物 Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score80414d adds
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At the Jing’an Bureau, How Did I Become the White Lotus Sect’s Holy Son? 人在靖安司,怎么成了白莲教圣子
[Great Ming] [No System] [High Martial] [Case Solving] [Mystery] [Slaying Monsters and Exorcising Evil] [Decisive and Ruthless] “In the waning years of the Great Ming, immortals and Buddhas vanished, and monsters and demons ravaged the land.” In this chaotic age, human lives are worth less than grass! A Fengdu Seal drags Wei Dao into an abandoned underworld that has lain in ruins for who knows how long. By slaying monsters, demons, and ghosts, he earns yin virtue. He can use it not only to stren
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Wicked Fate Geomancer 邪命地理师
[Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy + Not a Power Fantasy + Urban + National Fate] The Dragon Veins are gone from the world. The nation's fate now depends entirely on geomancers! Also known as The Geomancer of an Ill-Fated Destiny A friendly warning: This story is almost too realistic… I'm a geomancer. Some people call us feng shui masters, but that's not the whole story. I don't know much, but in my line of work, it's all about cause and effect, and the tides of fortune! In your eyes, a nati
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The End of the Daoist Age 道门末法年
The Daoist Sects’ Age of Decline: Secrets of the Three Realms The Immortal Realm has no time to spare for the mortal world. Yin Xi, a reincarnated disciple of the Three Pure Ones, awakens with no memories. He uncovers the secrets of the Daoist legacy, defies fate, and shakes the Three Realms to their core! Feuds, tangled romances, and battles against destiny await!
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The Northern Emperor Descends to the Mortal Realm: Suppressing Evil on the Ghost Festival from the Start 北帝临凡:开局中元节镇邪
On the blood moon of the Ghost Festival, heaven and earth are sealed off, and all manner of evil awakens. The path between immortals and mortals is severed, and the human world becomes a living hell. A fragment of the Imperial Divinity descends from the Ziwei Star, taking human form. Wielding the laws of the Big Dipper and commanding thunder and deadly force, he summons and commands ghosts and gods, and confers titles upon mountains and rivers. He walks the mortal world with ease, purging the l
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Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命
My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died…
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- 120 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.7kReads8.2Score39614d adds
- 121 A Feng Shui Master Born in the 1990s 90后风水师 One glance tells you who is destined for riches. Two reveal who will live or die. After realizing that the goddess was doomed to disaster, Li Shiyi embarked on a road of death from which there was no turning back. 282Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 122 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 43.8kReads9.2Score3.8k14d adds
- 123 Tales of the Strange in Western Hunan 湘西异闻录 [A friendly warning: This book has no System. It's funny and terrifying, with suspense and clever twists throughout, plus plenty of passion and brains. The more you read, the better it gets.] When I was four, I was kidnapped and taken to a cursed village to be sacrificed alive. A fox spirit risked her life to save me, and secretly pledged herself to me for life. To marry my fox bride, I venture deep into the Miao Valley, tread the Nether River Gorge, and walk the boundary between Yin and Yang. I 6kReads9.1Score57914d adds
- 124 EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏:我能化身大妖 [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 169.8kReads9.5Score17.3k14d adds
- 125 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 126 Dragon-Suppressing Coffin 镇龙棺 The day Grandpa died, all the beasts paid their respects, and nine dragons carried his coffin... 2.5kReads8.9Score46314d adds
- 127 A Dragon's Son, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 龙生子,鬼抬棺 My name is Ding Lin, and I was born covered in dragon scales. The villagers said my mother wasn’t human. When she died, a hundred ghosts carried her coffin, and the River Earl wept at her funeral. My mother said I was the child of a dragon, born extraordinary, blessed by a hundred ghosts and immune to every taboo... 5.2kReads8.8Score52414d adds
- 128 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 129 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆:我只卖大凶之物 The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 30.7kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 130 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score11214d adds
- 131 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score58614d adds
- 132 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 133 EN Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 12.4kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 134 Calculating Your Fate to the End 算死命 When I was born, I was nursed by a wolf for a few days. I thought of her as my mother, and believed I'd never see her again. Then one day, a woman came looking for me... 23.3kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
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Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人(全五册)
Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red
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- 136 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 3.2kReads9.2Score47014d adds
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I Feed Demons with My Own Body in the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇魔司以身饲魔
[Get stronger when attacked by monsters + Transmigration + System + Invincible + Comedy + Villain + Demon Suppression Bureau] After transmigrating to a fantasy world overrun by monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a prison guard in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty’s Demon Suppression Bureau. From that day on, strange cases begin piling up in the prison, once known as a living hell and feared for its eerie, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the monsters in the prison scream every night?
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- 138 High Martial: I Accidentally Cultivated Immortal Arts 高武:我一不小心修炼出仙术 Lin Xiu transmigrated with a System into a high-martial world. He had planned to keep his head down and be content with becoming a Martial Saint, but it wasn't long before he realized something had gone wrong with his cultivation. "Wait, weren't I supposed to be practicing martial arts? Why can I fly on a sword and take someone's head from a thousand miles away?" "Wait, aren't potions supposed to be liquid? What the heck is this pill with golden patterns?" "Wait, why has the inner energy in my d 2kReads8.8Score15214d adds
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My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年
Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin
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Immortal of the Ages 太古第一仙
[The year's most exhilarating, invincible cultivation saga: kill your way to immortality!] As Yun Xiao's soul drifted into the heavens after his death, he witnessed a shocking sight: the vast human world where he had lived for sixteen years was shaped like a tomb! Beneath it lay an ancient giant coffin, vast as the boundless sea and wreathed in demonic energy. Every continent was but a handful of earth atop the coffin, and countless billions of living people had been born and raised in its grave
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- 141 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年,出世陆地神仙 The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 23.6kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 142 The Celestial Master’s Verdict 天师决 The living have their police, and the dead have their ghost officials. By a twist of fate, an old ghost who has lost all memories of his previous life joins the nation's paranormal affairs department and begins a journey of capturing ghosts and growing stronger. One battle after another awakens all of his memories. A thousand ghosts, a thousand forms; ghosts roaming the night; Xingluo's voodoo curses; Japanese shikigami; Western demons; rebels from the Underworld. One by one, a conspiracy target 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮
[Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou
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- 144 Uncle Nine: Simplifying Cultivation Starting at the Funeral Parlor 九叔:从义庄开始简化修仙 [Uncle Jiu + charity hall + Taoist priest + growth + System + cultivation + cunning schemer] Lin Luo transmigrates to Uncle Jiu’s world and becomes his eldest disciple. After ten years of keeping a low profile, he finally awakens the Simplification System! Every skill and cultivation method can be simplified! The Shangqing Breathing Technique is simplified: breathe! The Shangqing Great Grotto Scripture is simplified: breathe deeply! The Shangqing Lightning Fist is simplified: generate static ele 37.9kReads8.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 145 A Man in a Jiangshi World, Becoming Uncle Nine’s Disciple 人在僵尸,拜师茅山九叔 Chu Mo transmigrates to a zombie-infested world and becomes Uncle Jiu’s disciple, learning the Dao. He gains a Merit System that rewards him with all kinds of prizes for vanquishing demons and punishing the wicked. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s Qimen Dunjia? I’ll learn it! The Thunder Ancestor’s Divine Firmament Thunder Arts are powerful? I’ll learn them! A Demon-Refining Pot that can subdue monsters? I’ll take it! But first, I should study the Fengdu Statutes and the Nüqing Heavenly Stat 14.3kReads8.9Score66914d adds
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Tattered Robe 残袍
He lives in the war-torn Republic of China era. Though he possesses peerless mystical arts, he isn't a Taoist priest. He walks the line between good and evil, accompanied by an old cat that escaped from an ancient tomb. To be precise, it isn't a cat at all, but no one knows what it really is.
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The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学
(No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein
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- 148 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录(全8册) The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
- 149 Immortal’s Hand on My Crown: I Break Through Even While Lying Down 仙人抚顶:我躺着都能突破 Does the path to immortality mean you have to sever all attachments and give up love? Does cultivation mean you have to let the whole world down? After Lin Feiyu was hit by a dump truck, a mysterious stroke of fortune chose him and sent him to the final era of the cultivation world. He didn’t need to cultivate: simply staying alive raised his realm, though the time required to break through doubled with each advancement. He thought fate had granted him a priceless opportunity, but he had no idea 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Thunderbolt Dreamer 雷霆幻想家 (I'm new to writing, so please bear with me. I'll do my best, and you guys can do your best to read it. If the writing's bad, you can criticize it, but there's no need to skip it. I've poured my heart out for you, so give it a look (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)) My name is Wen Yu, and I was just an ordinary college student. But ever since that night, my life changed. It turned out the world wasn't the way I'd thought it was… Hehe! Good thing I've got a cheat! Whatever kind of freak you are, take one of my lightning 1Reads—Score—14d adds

















































