A Classic Chinese Cultivation Manual Passed Down Through the Ages 一本中华传承经典修炼秘籍

1. 401 丰 Feng Zikai: A Simple Art Appreciation Set for Everyone, 5 Books: Understanding Painting, Understanding Architecture, The Emotions of Beauty, An Introduction to Music, and The Taste of Compassion 丰子恺：写给大家的简明艺术启蒙套装共5册认识绘画+认识建筑+美的情绪+音乐入门+慈悲的滋味 Feng Zikai丰子恺401k WordsCompleted As Mr. Qian Zhongshu once wrote in Fortress Besieged: “A professor becomes a renowned professor in two stages: first, he treats his lecture notes as books; then, he treats his books as lecture notes.” Mr. Feng Zikai's teaching and creative career followed the same path. From 1919 to 1943, he taught at several institutions, including Shanghai Normal College and Zhejiang University. His lecture notes were published as art books, including A History of Western Art (Kaiming Bookstore, 1928), Talks o 7Reads8.3Score—Shelves
2. 402 拾 Record of Stolen Wisdom 拾慧录 Story Queen故事皇后Modern Romance180k WordsCompleted A good story every day! This book is full of deeply moving romances, cases filled with twists and turns, mysterious tales of extraordinary people, and more. Each standalone story captures the full range of human life, helping you see the world clearly, understand human nature, and live with insight. The bustling world is all around us; even the smallest thing can reveal wisdom. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A book that will live on forever, every chapter a classic!

3. 403 妙 Li Dazhuang, the Miracle Doctor of the Village 妙手村医李大壮 Cola Boy可乐仔Urban9.7M WordsOngoing [Countryside + Miracle Doctor] Mogutun is nestled between mountains and water, with beautiful scenery and clear streams. All the village’s young men have gone away to work, leaving only the fool Li Dazhuang behind in this remote mountain village... 3.7kReads8.7Score382Shelves

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   This is even more explosive and amazing than classic Chinese cultivation manuals! (○`ε´○) It's incredibly good, super addictive, and you'll know once you read it. Highly recommended! If you don't like it, just blame the author.

4. 404 把 Turning Myself into a System 把自己做成系统 Lang Tong琅瞳Urban112k WordsOngoing Why not turn myself into a System for fun? Otherwise, things get so boring. Xu Guo had lived for two hundred million years. Hoping to make up for past regrets, she chose to reverse time and space. But through a bizarre twist of fate, she failed to turn back time and instead transmigrated to a parallel universe. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Cultivate good habits and abilities

5. 405 离 One Centimeter from the World's Great Paintings: From Monet and Van Gogh to Picasso 离世界名画一厘米 从莫奈、梵高到毕加索 Qi Xiaojing齐晓晶17k WordsCompleted Most people have probably seen a few famous paintings from around the world. You may know when they were created and who painted them, but do you know what the artists intended, what secrets the paintings conceal, or whose stories they tell beyond the canvas? Open this book, and it will bring you closer to each painting. If that distance had to be measured, we hope it would be just one centimeter. 2Reads7.8Score—Shelves
6. 406 漫 A Comic History of Chinese Calligraphy 漫画中国书法史 Cao Qing曹青27k WordsCompleted Starting with the origins of Chinese characters, this book uses lively, entertaining comic stories to guide readers through the entire 3,000-year history of Chinese calligraphy. It covers the emergence and discovery of various script styles, including oracle-bone script, bronze inscriptions, seal script, clerical script, cursive script, regular script, and running script. Along the way, it also tells stories about notable calligraphers throughout history and the works for which they are known. R —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
7. 407 天 Born with an Evil Bone, the Yin-Calling Girl from the Northeast Is Forced to Become a Medium 天生邪骨，东北招阴女被迫出马 Mushroom Alley蘑菇小巷Fantastical Romance212k WordsOngoing Have you ever eaten the ashes left after burning paper offerings for the dead? Do you love the smell of paper offerings burning? Are you like me, never finding the smoke irritating whenever you catch the smell of burning paper? Instead, I find an indescribable charred fragrance hidden in the burnt paper money, mixed with the earthy smell of soil. Then the night breeze carries it past… Whenever I come across that scent, I can’t help taking a few extra sniffs. In fact, every time I smell it, I fee 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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8. 408 图 The Turing World 图灵世界 Dong Renzhi董任之Eastern Fantasy252k WordsOngoing An orphan, a poor scholar, and one lucky break turned him into a crypto mogul. Then a storm left him disgraced, cheated on by his girlfriend, and pushed off a high-rise by her own hands. At death's door, he transmigrates to the Turing World and embarks on the path of cultivation... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Image visual appeal

9. 409 神 Divine Diagram 神图 Since Yu Was Born既生瑜Eastern Fantasy113k WordsOngoing After ten years of cultivation in the Abyss, he achieves mastery, awakens a special constitution, and discovers the secret of the Cycle Seed. An ancient god attempts to take over his body, entangled in legends from time immemorial. Watch how this young man finds a way out of certain death and slaughters them all. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 410 我 I Have a Star Chart 我有一卷星图 Eight Biscuits a Day一天八块饼干Urban114k WordsOngoing [High-fantasy martial arts] [Gods of Huaxia] [Strange tales from the Classic of Mountains and Seas] [Invasion from another world] [Clever protagonist, no dumbing down] [No female lead] [Not a saint] Spiritual qi revival, the world advances to a higher level, and other worlds merge with ours, ushering in an age that is both dark and glorious. Some hold the stars in their hands, some govern the underworld, some command thunder, and some lead armies of thousands… They refuse to submit to fate. They —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 411 造 The Divine Blueprint of Creation 造化神图 Golden Scales金鳞Eastern Fantasy786k WordsCompleted A mysterious scroll stretches across the ages and through time itself. A solitary young man defies the world and stands against all who oppose him. He fuses cultivation arts from the Three Realms, cultivates his soul, refines his true essence, and tempers his body as he seeks the divine path of the cosmos. The Heavenly Dao is impartial by nature, treating all the heavens as pieces on a chessboard. My heart is unyielding: with a three-foot blade in hand, I dare laugh and challenge the heavens. I 4Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 412 造 The Creation Chart 造化图 Chai Fa豺发6k WordsCompleted The Creation Chart —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 413 星 Star Chart: Book One 星图第一部 Star Chart Master星图师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse52k WordsOngoing From the bronze talismans of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods to the 31st-century colony on Mars, six timelines intertwine to form a civilizational code spanning a hundred thousand years. Xie Xuan, a scholar of the Wei and Jin dynasties, witnesses a bronze tree devouring the stars on the Fei River battlefield. Fu Li, a swordsmith of the Spring and Autumn period, discovers a Nine Tripods formation diagram capable of reversing time in Yunmeng Marsh. Lin Xia, a future archaeologist, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 414 美 Portrait of a Beauty 美人图 Song of Resentment歌怨Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The wind and thunder stir, the four seas tremble, all because of a portrait of a beauty. 132Reads6.2Score—Shelves
15. 415 呼 Breathing 呼吸 Zhang Yu张宇Historical174k WordsCompleted This epic novel tells the legendary life of Bodhidharma, the founding patriarch of Chan Buddhism, and recreates how Chan culture took root in the Central Plains more than 1,500 years ago and gave rise to its first patriarch. Reimagining and fictionalizing both historical legends and records, the novel brings Bodhidharma, the founder of Chan Buddhism, to life through stories such as crossing the Yangtze on a reed, facing a wall for nine years, standing in the snow after cutting off his arm, and r 790Reads9.5Score150Shelves

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    These seven are books that I think are relatively good.

16. 416 异 Divine Chart of Another World 异界神图 Ling Muxiao凌木潇Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The sleeping giants are awakening, and a world that had fallen silent is coming back to life. The old era has been cast aside, and an age of great species evolution has arrived. The so-called strong of this world are all mere ants. Only those who possess a divine chart can set foot on the path to becoming strong, and earn the right to fight against the unjust fate ordained by Heaven... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 417 至 Supreme Divine Diagram 至尊神图 Fish Who Loves Shrimp爱虾的鱼Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsCompleted Countless races each rule over their own corner of heaven and earth. The Supreme Divine Chart raises all living beings above the rest. Who will become the Lord of Heaven? Who will be the Divine Emperor? Lead countless hot-blooded, loyal warriors in a charge to the nine heavens, and claim the throne. All races vie for supremacy, while immortals and demons perish. Command countless peerless, dazzling spirits in a bloody battle on the fields of hell. When the nine fragments of the Supreme Divine Ch 445Reads7.4Score—Shelves
18. 418 捞 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    🌸A classic Chinese cultivation manual🌸 The first book contains a daily tidbit of jail knowledge; the latter two books can be ignored. [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing]

19. 419 神 The Divine Register 神册图 Lu Xiaoge吕小鸽Urban102k WordsOngoing As the saying goes, The people depend on food. But few know that the truth is cold: Heaven feeds on the people. When a young man carrying a scroll that bears the will of the sages reveals this truth, will anyone still stand by him? Zhao Cheng: "When I gather firewood for everyone, as long as that flame does not die, what does it matter if I freeze to death in the wind and snow?" —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 420 八 The Eight Desolations Scroll 八荒图卷 Six Lotus Treasure Lamp六莲宝灯Eastern Fantasy120k WordsOngoing Buddhism teaches: All conditioned things are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and lightning. One should view them as such. All things in the world are empty illusions. Only by keeping the mind clear can one attain enlightenment. Lin Qingzhou: If Heaven sends down a torrential rain, the earth will surely flood. If the sun burns like a raging fire, the oceans must dry up. If the moon grows cold and desolate, the universe will fall silent. The Four Seas and Eight Wastelands tr 3Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 421 天 Record of the Heavenly Secrets 天机图录 Zhuo Feng卓枫Eastern Fantasy54k WordsOngoing The world is made up of 108 Heavenly Secret Charts, each representing one of the laws of Heaven and Earth. Cultivators gain supernatural abilities by meditating on the charts, but every time an ability is used, the corresponding chart vanishes from the world. The protagonist is the last recorder of the Heavenly Secret Charts, able to repair damaged charts. Great factions wage bloody battles to seize them, while the protagonist discovers that the truth behind their disappearance is connected to f —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 422 圣 Sacred Chart 圣图 Shi Duchen师渡尘Eastern Fantasy126k WordsOngoing Young Wen Ting obtains a sacred chart by chance and lights his life lamp, but calamities soon follow one after another. Relying on the sacred chart, Wen Ting slaughters his way through the Eastern Heavenly Court, crushes the Northern Demon Realm, runs rampant through the Southern Demon World, and shakes the Western Buddhist Kingdom. —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 423 星 Starry River Chart 星河图 Liu Yao Paper Fish六幺纸鱼Urban118k WordsOngoing Have you ever wondered where these 108 red stars came from? Their arrival brought disasters, viruses, and environmental decline, but they also brought technology and civilization. In this age, human life has become incredibly cheap. Yet the survivors, just as they did a thousand years ago, guard the last patch of pure land... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 424 星 Star Chart 星图 The Year of Awakening of Insects那年惊蛰Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional Xuanhuan, Classic of Mountains and Seas, Cosmos, Pets, Showing Off, One Female Lead] Across the endless star domains, catastrophe descends. With the Dragon Ancestor's star map upon our shoulders, we will rise to meet the challenge. Break open the spirit apertures, awaken the source of destiny, connect the sacred meridians, forge a primordial body, and comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. With mortal bodies, we will resist the divine tribulation, until at last we merge with 494Reads7.4Score105Shelves
25. 425 国 The Battle for National Destiny: I’m the Only One Who Can Summon China’s Ancestors 国运之战：只有我能召唤华夏老祖 Silly Aji笨蛋阿吉Urban301k WordsOngoing The Divine Realm invades, and humanity awakens across the globe. America has Superman, Japan has Susanoo, and Egypt summons the gods of the underworld. Only China has a break in its divine lineage, mocked as a land with no gods to summon. At the brink of despair, a seven-year-old Taoist novice is thrust to the front lines. Facing a storm of ridicule, he quietly pulls out a stack of yellow talismans. “You summon gods. I summon my ancestors. That’s only fair, right?” With the first talisman, he su 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just follow along and practice, you're welcome.

26. 426 偃 The Puppet Armor Devours the World: The Rise of the Mohists 偃甲吞世：墨门崛起 Tea Fragrance on the Mountain Peak庐顶茶香Eastern Fantasy274k WordsCompleted When gears begin to turn in defense of those they protect, the stars will once again light the dawn of the Mo Sect. Mo Yanbing, the last Golden Core descendant of the Mo Sect, has been living in hiding in Hemu Village with the mechanical puppet Seventeen. But a locust plague draws him into a martial-world conspiracy. The Ironwing Wolf Head of the Ironblood Manor, the apocalyptic gears of the Prince of Zhenbei's estate, the blood-forging sorcery of the Yan Jia Sect: behind each layer of deadly d 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The fantasy genre hasn't seen such a "hardcore" and exhilarating novel in a long time! The protagonist is the last descendant of the Mo Clan, possessing no spiritual roots, only a head full of mechanical blueprints: creating a mechanical phoenix to carry the remnants of civilization, crafting bronze giants to walk on the shadows of "Silence," and even tuning the heartbeat of the Boundary Heart Seal into a war drum with his "Resonance Mechanical Armor." Watch him transform the Shadow Matrix's hammer into a mechanical arm, refine Ling Xi's star marrow into lubricant, and from the blood feud of the Mo Clan's destruction to uncovering the secret that "mechanical armor is the bone of the creators of the world," the plot unfolds more seamlessly than gears meshing. When you're looking for something to read, flipping through this book will be like finding a pre-heavenly crystal tablet—a delightful surprise!

27. 427 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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    The classic Chinese traditions—the Book of Changes, Qimen Dunjia, Feng Shui, physiognomy, Plum Blossom Divination, Five Elements Physiognomy, and Feng Shui Encyclopedia—are all treasures that must not be lost.

28. 428 青 The Azure Xi Calamity: Twin Jades Shatter the Heavens 青兕劫：双钰破苍 Tea Fragrance on the Mountain Peak庐顶茶香Martial Arts511k WordsCompleted The Calamity of the Azure Xi: Twin Jades Shatter the Firmament When the third crack split the Dragon Soul Sacred Seal in Gu Chengju's palm, the chaotic phantom of the Venerable Azure Xi was crawling out from the depths of the Guixu. This was a calamity planted long ago. In the I Ching patterns flowing across the scales of that dragon-headed, human-bodied god lurked a shadow of the same origin as the Evil God. When Xin Yu's sixty-four hexagrams first revealed the ominous sign of “Twin Devourers 2Reads9.3Score—Shelves
29. 429 春 Chronicles of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋纪日 Dream of a Thousand Autumns and Our Homeland千秋家国梦201k WordsOngoing In diary form. My daydreams. Everyone knows that closing your eyes means dreaming and opening them means waking, but who knows that even with your eyes open, you are still dreaming? One dream, one dream, one dream, a dream, a dream, and yet another dream. One dream after another, one dream and then another, a vast dream spanning a thousand autumns, a dream of spring blossoms and moonlit snow. How many flowers fall in a dream? How many flowers fall in a dream? Zhuangzi dreams of a butterfly. Do y 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You live at the head of the Yangtze River, I live at its tail. You have a dragon-headed flag, I have a foxtail grass. The day we met, the dragon's head was inferior to the foxtail. This is all from the *Taishang Ganying Pian* (Treatise on the Response of the Supreme Being).

30. 430 五 The Five Elements and the Art of Physiognomy 五行相术 Five Extremes五极Mystery426k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that centuries from now, the Five Elements Art of Physiognomy will reappear in the martial world, sparking a scramble among heroes from every corner. Strange events from the decade of calamity, the Qinling Demon Tower, the ancient city of Fuxian, the Tianshan Blood Tomb, the ghost city of Miaojiang, and the haunted lake of Qinghai: after his grandfather mysteriously vanishes, Yuan Yuan must uncover a series of secrets. 125Reads9.0Score—Shelves
31. 431 老 My Wife Chose the Green Tea Bitch, and I Awakened the Divine Doctor System 老婆选择绿茶，我觉醒了神医系统 Old Fart, What Are You Looking At老登你瞅啥Urban210k WordsCompleted My wife dumped me for a gold-digging tea girl? I awakened the Divine Doctor System on the spot! Silver needles cure incurable diseases, pills decide the fate of the world, and I crush scumbags with face-slapping victories! My ex-wife regrets it to the point of despair and begs to get back together? Sorry, you’re not worthy! My wife and her gold-digging friend stabbed me in the back, but I awakened the Divine Doctor System in my darkest hour! My cheat-level medical skills sweep the city, the weal 728Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Admiration][Admiration][What][What][Cool]

32. 432 废 The Immortal-Slaying Wretch: A Harmony Sect Menial Becomes a God by Making People Angry 废人斩仙：合欢宗杂役靠激怒成神 Old Fart, What Are You Looking At老登你瞅啥Eastern Fantasy124k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Li Xiu becomes the most useless servant in the Hehuan Sect. No spiritual roots, no connections. After a hundred years of bitter cultivation, he's only at the third Qi Refining level, and his lifespan is nearly over. The entire sect treats Li Xiu like a dying dog, bullying and trampling him for a hundred years. Just as he's about to be expelled from the sect and left to rot in the wilderness... [Ding! Anger-Harvesting System successfully —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 433 全 The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 14.9kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
34. 434 躺 You Can Cultivate Immortality While You Lie Flat 躺平也可以修仙 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Urban1.5M WordsOngoing These are my personal insights and experiences in cultivating the Dao and refining qi, woven into a novel that creates a strange and eerie supernatural world through both dreams and reality. If you enjoy supernatural mysteries and immortal cultivation, give it a read. It’s unlike anything else, and the opportunity is rare. When this old man achieves a perfected Golden Core, you’ll all be disciples of my Qingfeng Sect. 719Reads6.6Score100Shelves

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    Inheriting Taoist teachings, comprehending the Tao through books, and cultivating qi to achieve immortality.

35. 435 神 The Charlatan 神棍 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1.1kReads8.7Score136Shelves
36. 436 鬼 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Historical4.6M WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 554Reads6.6Score102Shelves
37. 437 轩 Xuanyuan’s Great War Against Chiyou 轩辕大战蚩尤 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Eastern Fantasy439k WordsCompleted [No System, no harem, no clichés, not a wish-fulfillment story, not for beginners] The legacy of Daoist learning, the turbulent world of mountains and seas, and the ancient struggle for supremacy: this is an epic retelling of the legendary battles between the Chinese ancestors Huangdi, Yandi, and the Great Emperor Chiyou for control of Zhuolu. Based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas and grounded in the Hetu and Luoshu, this novel unravels the origins of yin and yang, the five elements, and th 84Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 438 黑 The Black Blade Ghost Slayer 黑刀斩鬼人 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted No System, no clichés, not a naive protagonist, and no livestreaming. Mysticism, the Hetu and Luoshu, yin-yang, the five elements, the eight trigrams, and the nine palaces. Fantasy and supernatural events include a ghostly flood dragon in Changbai Mountain’s Heavenly Lake, a water spirit in the Peach Blossom Spring, a black dragon in Heilongjiang, a serpent transformed in the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan, an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains, a wormhole in Ailao Mountain, an underwater 169Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 439 韦 Wei Xiaobao Conquers the World 韦小宝争霸天下 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMMale-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted 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! 10.9kReads8.7Score989Shelves

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    A very exciting and hilarious novel.

40. 440 神 The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMMystery301k WordsCompleted 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 1.6kReads6.6Score152Shelves
41. 441 美 Beauty Industry Cat 美业猫 Consultant An Ci安慈顾问115k WordsCompleted Beauty Business Cat is not a book of empty industry theories, but a "guide to avoiding pitfalls" built from 26 years of hands-on experience by beauty industry veteran An Ci, working on the shop floor. From a small training room in Jinan to a consulting firm in Shenzhen, she has seen too many businesses that "could have survived, but drove themselves to ruin": attracting customers with low prices but failing to keep them, using tricks to make quick money and ruining their reputations, or blindly 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book actually passed censorship! A single book can teach you AI, self-media, public speaking, money-making strategies, how to attract consumers, how to do business, or if you're planning to start a business. I highly recommend it; there's a 79% chance of success.

42. 442 穷 A Poor Girl’s Daily Life as a Rogue Cultivator 穷鬼女散修的修仙日常 Dancing Lightly in the Mortal World红尘轻舞Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Xiao Han never imagined that she, an ordinary working girl who hadn't even finished middle school, would transmigrate one day. Fine, she transmigrated. But she had neither a pocket dimension nor a System, let alone a handy golden finger. She got none of the perks or welcome gifts that usually came with transmigration. That would have been bad enough, but other transmigrators took over someone else's body and fit right into local society. She, however, arrived in her own body, unable to speak the 49.9kReads9.2Score7.1kShelves

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    Not bad. Very nice.

43. 443 得 I Got the Hongmeng Pearl, and Now My Whole Family Cultivates Immortality 得到鸿蒙珠，我带全家修仙 Old Bing Shui冰水佬Urban696k WordsCompleted Truck driver Liang Hai accidentally obtains the Primordial Pearl and sets out on the path of cultivation. “Don't come after me. I just want to cultivate with my family.” But the trees long for peace while the wind refuses to die down! 1.1kReads6.5Score136Shelves

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    [Admiration][Laugh][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

44. 444 九 The Ninefold Mysterious Yellow Art 九转玄黄功 Old Bing Shui冰水佬Urban246k WordsCompleted Lin Yuan, a food delivery rider, awakens the Xuanhuang Bloodline and cultivates the Nine Transformations Xuanhuang Art. Along with like-minded friends, including the campus belle Su Xueyao, he fights demons and defends the way, ultimately joining her to forge an eternal legend. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 445 中 Chinese Martial Arts 中华武术 Li Munan李慕南Historical114k WordsCompleted Chinese Martial Arts, written by Li Munan, covers topics including Chinese martial arts, the Yellow Emperor’s use of weapons, Chiyou’s creation of the “Five Weapons,” the Xia ruler’s training in the “Nine Attacks,” archery rites, boxing and wrestling, the rise of swordsmanship, jiao di wrestling and hand-to-hand combat, the Five-Animal Exercises, the military examination system, martial arts instructors and women, the martial arts of ethnic minorities, the Jingwu Athletic Association, and the Ce 3Reads8.1Score—Shelves
46. 446 风 A Bizarre Tale of Feng Shui! 风水奇谭！ Chen Jiu辰九Urban555k WordsCompleted Chen Yan, a top student at a 985 university, suffered a devastating blow at just twenty-two: His roommate set him up and framed him, driving him into a dead end; His girlfriend of three years cheated on him; his father was hospitalized with a serious illness, and he couldn't even scrape together the 5,000-yuan deposit. His loan payments were overdue and collectors were after him. He was about to become... Just as he sank into utter despair, a mysterious old Daoist appeared, opened his heavenly e 3.9kReads8.5Score316Shelves

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    Come read a feng shui novel

47. 447 万 The Compendium of Ten Thousand Techniques 万千功法录 The Rhythm of Brush and Zhou Wind笔韵周风1.1M WordsOngoing (Remember this! Remember this! Anyone practicing cultivation techniques must keep this firmly in mind: never act on your own or practice alone. To cultivate this technique successfully, you must have a qualified instructor by your side to provide careful assistance and guidance. Only then can you ensure your cultivation proceeds smoothly and without mishap, so you do not stray from the right path and end up beyond all hope of redemption!) 509Reads—Score149Shelves
48. 448 太 Tai Chi 太极拳 I Don't Want to Say Goodnight不想说晚安57k WordsCompleted Tai Chi is a national treasure of China. It draws on the strengths of various martial arts and uses abdominal breathing, allowing practitioners to work up a sweat without becoming breathless, while moving freely and smoothly. It also incorporates the meridian theory based on yin and yang, becoming an internal martial art that cultivates both the inner and outer self, trains body and mind, and unites intention, breath, and movement. Its movements begin soft and relaxed, developing strength and no 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨Chinese culture, spanning five thousand years, is profound and extensive. Tai Chi, Five Animal Frolics, and Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic) strengthen the body, improve blood circulation, and make you look ten years younger!✨

49. 449 药 Key Points in Medicinal Botany 药用植物学知识点总结 Zhen Shangsheng枕上升235k WordsCompleted Welcome to my work. This book is mainly a summary of medicinal plant knowledge for my own reference. It covers an introduction, plant cells, plant tissues, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds, and an overview of plant classification. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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50. 450 憋 The Treasure Hunter 憋宝人 Fan Xiaoban蕃晓般Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted The skin shed by a black fish as it transforms into a serpent can be stretched over a drum to carry its sound a hundred miles. The bowl atop a river imp's head can revive the dead when used to hold medicine. The pearl spat out by a giant serpent, the Marquis Sui's Pearl, is worth a fortune. The immortal herb that a yaksha gives you can grant eternal life when eaten. In the eyes of us shepherds, also known as treasure seekers, these heavenly treasures are all fat sheep. Sheep come in red and blac 3.3kReads8.4Score365Shelves

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