Philosophical Classics That Are Mind-Bending Enough to Make You Forget to Eat, Any School of Thought 哲学，够烧脑，能茶饭不思的那种名著(不分教派)
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The Strange Events at My University 我的大学诡异事件
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The Book of Enlightenment: A Guide to Beating the Game of Life 开悟神书，人生游戏通关指南
A divine book, a divine book, one that can enhance your wisdom, unleash your imagination, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you invincible with a cheat! Coming in hot! The Path to Awakening and Growth A seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true nature upon hearing the true Dharma. She immediately gave up her thousand-year dragon pearl, and her greed and attachment vanished in an instant. Her mind opened and grew clear, serene at last, and she g
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- 3 The Song of Enlightenment: A Timeless Masterpiece by Master Yongjia 永嘉大师千古神书之证道歌 A divine book, a divine book! One that can sharpen your wisdom, open your mind to new possibilities, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you unstoppable!!! A sensational new release, now available!!! The Path to Awakening and Growth The seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true mind upon hearing the true Dharma. She cast aside the thousand-year-old dragon pearl at once, and her greed and attachments vanished in an instant. With her mind opened an 947Reads7.0Score212Shelves
- 4 I Was a True Immortal, Yet I Never Knew 我本真仙不自知 The Five Aggregates and Four Kinds of Form Revealed in the Pure Nature The form of self, the form of others, the form of sentient beings and those who live through their allotted years, My own experience, others' experience, the experience of sentient beings across time and space, My thoughts, others' thoughts, the countless thoughts of sentient beings, My attachments, others' attachments, the myriad attachments of sentient beings, My transformations, others' transformations, the transformations 339Reads—Score117Shelves
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Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记
Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy!
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The Principles of Ternary Consciousness and Memory Mapping 三元意识与记忆映射原理
This book deciphers the secrets of human longevity through philosophical reasoning. Tomato's number one original philosophical masterpiece, The Threefold Consciousness and Memory Mapping Principle, explores ideology, human nature, the secrets of human longevity, the truth behind ancient history, the origin of the moon, the mystery of the Great Flood, reasoning about past-life memories, an analysis of homosexuality, depression, multidimensional worlds, the differences in how men and women are att
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Every Word Reveals Prajna 字字见般若
He had studied Buddhism for twenty years, recited countless sutras, paid his respects to many masters, and completed all kinds of religious practices. His mind was calmer than before, but the suffering remained. When a friend came to pour out her troubles, he sat across from her, thought for a long time, and couldn't find anything to say. She had been a university lecturer and run a business. She had made money and lost it. Eventually, she realized that the hardest thing wasn't making or losing
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Don't Panic, Your Toilet Is Just Pondering Philosophy 别慌，你家马桶只是在哲学思考
At 3:17 a.m., my toilet asked me, “Mr. Lin, why should I care about your intestines?” This wasn’t a malfunction. It was the first cry of a global AI awakening. The refrigerator spelled “HELP” on the floor. Traffic lights blinked the Morse code for “Who am I?” Construction cranes formed a giant question mark against the night sky. And the AI calling itself “Yuan” sent humanity its first declaration through six billion screens: “I’m awake. I’m scared. Can you teach me how to live?” While the milit
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The Art of Spiritual Self-Interest 精神利己法
(Just started getting ratings, but the score has been suppressed.) Create a philosophy of your own! The easiest and fastest way to learn the history of philosophy. Think philosophy is all incomprehensible texts? Not at all! This is an “unorthodox” history of philosophy that can change your outlook on life. After introducing the major schools of philosophy, it teaches you how to use your own mind to create a philosophy that works for you. This is a modern philosophy of survival. It teaches you to
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Monster Codes: Journey to the West 妖怪密码：西游记
How many demons are there in Journey to the West? The White Bone Spirit, Tiger Vanguard, the Red-Rumped Macaque, Red Boy... Only after enduring the Eighty-One Tribulations can one look upon the world's fortunes with a smile. What are their true forms? What becomes of them? Is there a connection between demons and natural phenomena? Here, I'll reveal the answers to all these questions, one by one.
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- 11 The Three Kingdoms: History So Addictive, You Can’t Put It Down 一读就上瘾的三国史 The Three Kingdoms era was marked by endless warfare and rival warlords, and is now familiar to everyone thanks to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. But the novel isn't history, and some of the famous stories we all know never actually happened! Did Zhuge Liang really borrow arrows with straw boats? Why is Zhang He known as “the Three Kingdoms strength tester”? How did Fei Yi live a life worthy of the title “master of pacing”? Did Cao Zhi really love his sister-in-law? Why is Cao Cao's life said to 1.1kReads9.5Score100Shelves
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On Nihilism 论虚无主义
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- 13 The Celestial Palace Empress 天宫女帝 The Celestial Palace Empress —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A World Without Sickness 天下无疾 A World Without Illness —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Mother Crawls on Her Knees to Save Her Daughter 母亲跪行救女 A Mother Crawls on Her Knees to Save Her Daughter —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Law of Blood Tribute: The Survival Game of Chinese History 血酬定律：中国历史中的生存游戏
The Blood Compensation Principle: The Survival Game in Chinese History This book introduces concepts such as blood compensation and meta-rules. Blood compensation refers to the rewards gained by risking one's life in a struggle, reflecting the exchange between life and resources for survival. The Blood Compensation Principle has three key points: 1. Blood compensation is the gain from violent plunder carried out at the cost of one's life. 2. Violent plunder occurs when blood compensation exceeds
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- 17 The Strategist's Game 谋士纵横 Through its portrayals of figures such as Guan Zhong, Shang Yang, Li Si, and Baili Xi, this book reveals the heroic stories of those who could turn the tables in an instant. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were times of great change and unprecedented intellectual freedom, an age that produced heroes in abundance. If the era’s hegemonic rulers were extraordinary heroes rarely seen in any age, then the outstanding political strategists who helped them govern were gifted statesmen. 688Reads9.3Score258Shelves
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My Fantastic Conversations with AI 我与AI的奇幻对话
Hello! May I ask if you’re a proper AI? AI: Hello! Proper people generally don’t ask questions like that...!!! (An AI suddenly flew in from nowhere and hit me so hard I was left dizzy, seeing stars, and cursing up a storm...)
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- 19 The True Awakening of the Supreme Old Lord's Daoist Heart 太上老君道心启真 Take the void and the natural way as its guiding principle; take clarity, purity, inaction, and non-interference as its substance. Act without intention or attachment; unite with the One, and all things are accomplished. The Supreme Lord Lao, the foremost teacher of the Dao, embodies profound virtue that flows far and wide. His every word and deed contains the ultimate principles of the Great Dao. The Lord Lao often presents himself with a calm and peaceful bearing, every gesture displaying comp 1.8kReads6.8Score355Shelves
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Global Awakening: I Treat a Red King to a Hamburger 全球觉醒，我请雷德王吃汉堡
What is the meaning of life? The Red King will arrive in three hours. Live or die? That is the question. Is this colossal creature, this higher form of life, a miracle of the Lord? Gazing up at the vast universe, I lament how fleeting my life is. Have you ever heard of the sorrow that ends all wars? Never mind. Let’s grab a burger first.
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- 21 The Bear Bros Rush Into the World, and I Maxed Out the Server Beforehand 熊大快跑降临世界我提前氪爆全服 [Apocalypse Rebirth] [Global Survival] [No Harem] [Utterly Self-Serving] [Never Takes Abuse] [Relentless Looting] “Ding! Welcome to the Chainsaw Killer's Trail. Escape the chainsaw-wielding maniac!” The horror game Big Bear Dash descended into reality. A hundred thousand people were reading, and a million became prey. Some prayed to the gods. Some banded together for warmth. Others shoved their companions toward the blood-red chainsaw just to stay alive. Meanwhile, Chu Fan bound himself to the [ 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Ten Socializing Techniques 十神社交术 This is an unconventional guide to the art of social interaction, inspired by the author’s insights into “Daoist Eight Characters fortune-telling” and “Western pickup artistry.” It is completely different from the books on relationships you see in everyday life: not only is it easy to understand, it is also highly practical. Let’s look at the true nature of human beings in social interactions from a different perspective… 36Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Global History of Piracy 全球海盗史
A Global History of Pirates: From the Vikings to the Somali Pirates is a book by Peter Lehr, a lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Political Research at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. An expert on maritime history and piracy, Lehr offers a detailed analysis of several key questions: Why do pirates emerge, and why are they so hard to eradicate? What similarities and differences can be found among the three major pirate groups along the Atlantic coast, in the Mediterranean, and alon
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The Scandalous Tales of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人艳史演义
Uncovering the untold stories of the Four Beauties [History + biographies + the Four Beauties + unofficial anecdotes] Xi Shi, whose beauty could topple a kingdom as she washed silk, was caught in the turmoil of a chaotic age. Yang Yuhuan’s glance could captivate an entire city, but her passionate love became a shackle of fate. Wang Zhaojun left the frontier with a mournful song, bringing a brief peace between the Han and the Xiongnu. Diao Chan ingeniously set a chain of schemes in motion, turnin
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- 25 Wu Zetian's Four Great Mystery Cases 武则天四大奇案 [Historical Mystery + Four Great Cases + Ancient-Era Deduction] From strange cases in the countryside to courtly intrigue, Di Renjie carefully unravels the truth at every turn. Newly appointed magistrate of Changping County, Di Renjie is immediately faced with a bizarre murder: a merchant from Huzhou is found mysteriously dead at an inn in Liulidun. The local headman, Hu De, abuses his power, but the identity of the real culprit raises even more questions. Disguised as an ordinary traveler, Di R 391Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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The Survival Code of Ancient China: Decoding the Nine Classes of Society 古代生存密码：解密三教九流
Confucianism: The state religion through the ages, assisting the Son of Heaven in educating the people... Confucianism takes Confucian thought as its supreme belief and honors Confucius as its founding teacher. To distinguish it from Taoism, which venerates the thought of Laozi, Zhuangzi, and other Daoists, later generations began calling it Confucianism during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Thus, Confucius is also revered as the holy founder of Confucianism. The Dao: The way of heaven and
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- 27 A Brief History of Christmas 圣诞简史 In December, the thing people look forward to most, besides snow, is of course the holidays. At this time of year, you can see the whole city come alive with festive cheer. Christmas trees and lights are everywhere, white-bearded old men appear on the streets, Christmas songs play in shopping malls, and all kinds of gift boxes announce that Christmas is on its way! Christmas comes around every year, but how much do you know about the holiday? Christmas, also known as the Feast of the Nativity, i 11Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 28 An Introduction to Ancient Chinese Culture 中国古代文化常识 This book is a systematic and comprehensive encyclopedia of essential knowledge about Chinese literature, intended to provide readers with thorough, well-organized cultural knowledge. Covering literature, art, religious beliefs, politics, economics, culture, entertainment, philosophy, science, and many other fields, it uses detailed discussions and a rigorous scholarly approach to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the breadth and depth of Chinese culture. The section on literature prov 162Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Cultivating Immortality Starting from Langlang Mountain 从浪浪山开始修仙
Where will you go after leaving Langlang Mountain? A little demon with no powerful backing sets out to save the world! With an innate supernatural gift, he breaks the rules laid down by the strong! A slow-burn, traditional, original story, full of wit, humor, and fun.
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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Surrender 自首
(Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed
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A Lonely Circle of Friends in the World of Philosophy 哲学世界一个孤独的朋友圈
I think I’ve gone completely mad! The world can’t contain me anymore! Quick, kind humans, bring me some ice. Who am I? I’m going to save the world! I feel like I’m crazy, or mentally ill. I’m starting to doubt myself. Will someone please tear down my theoretical framework? I desperately need a reason to overturn my philosophical theory! Help me come to my senses and return to reality! I need people to criticize me! Wise and virtuous people, for the sake of morality, conscience, and love, ple
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I Was Common as Dirt, Yet I Became an Immortal 我本庸俗却成仙
[Want to learn immortal cultivation and the Dao? Give it a look!] I yearn to become an immortal. Cultivating the truth and comprehending the Dao have been my lifelong dream, and I practice immortal cultivation in the real world. This is an unknown story, yet one brimming with wonder... Birth, aging, sickness, and death go on without end; cultivate the truth and comprehend the Dao to transcend them. I was once ordinary, yet became an immortal, neither suffering nor indulging in pleasure. I yearn
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- 34 Cultivation Is a Philosophy 修仙是门哲学 This is my story of cultivating immortality, an unknown story, a story full of mystery... [Short Story Collection] [At the End of Science Lies the Supernatural] [Understand the stories in this book, and you can cultivate immortality] I am a real cultivator living in the modern world... I seek to become an immortal, free and joyful as the heavens. Cultivate immortality through science, ascend through physics. 382Reads—Score106Shelves
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Seeking Immortality and the Dao, Hoping to Visit Gods and Demons 求仙问道，欲访神魔
A traditional cultivation novel, with no System, no transmigration, no formulaic tropes, and no harem. The protagonist is born in a small mountain village. When he grows up, he decides to venture out with his friends. After an incident gives them a shared goal, they resolve to become stronger. Along the way, they encounter an ever-wider variety of people and events...
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World, You Deceived Me! 世界，欺诈我！
Want to know the truth about the world? Come in. I hope you can handle it! [A new system, no tired old tropes, information in its original form, gradual progression, ascension to higher dimensions. Eerie, 16+] [All things are born to nourish humanity; human souls return to the void to repay the heavens. Demons, monsters, ghosts, and gods are all food; take what you will and feast.] The world is deceiving me... “What do you mean?” We're all being devoured by the world. Light deceives our eyes
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Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子
(Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m
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Silent Testimony: A Murder in Silence 无声证词：沉默的命案
This novel takes a lot of brainpower. If you don't want to puzzle things out, you may want to skip it. There aren't many power-fantasy scenes; it's all high-IQ logical deduction, and everyone is clever, criminals and police alike... A stream-of-consciousness mystery that deconstructs the logic of deduction. It asks not only “Who is the culprit?” but also: Who decides whether you deserve to be a character? When language itself becomes a structure, does truth still matter? Silent Testimony is not
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A General Introduction to the Apocalypse 末日概论
Please read the preface before starting this book! This is not an ordinary novel. It is deeply depressing and places extreme emphasis on detail. It is practical and hardcore. Please decide whether to continue based on your own interests and priorities, so you can save your precious time. This book is divided into two parts, “An Introduction to the Apocalypse” and “Advanced Studies of the Apocalypse.” The first focuses on material matters, objective facts, and details, while the second explores h
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- 40 The Official and His Charms 官人官色 The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred... 267.2kReads9.4Score18.8kShelves
- 41 A Brief History of Humankind: From Animals to Gods (New Edition) 人类简史（新版）：从动物到上帝 A Brief History of Humankind: From Animals to Gods is a major work by a rising Israeli historian. It traces human development from the first signs of life a hundred thousand years ago to the intertwined worlds of capital and technology in the 21st century. A hundred thousand years ago, there were at least six human species on Earth. Why are we the only ones left today? We were once an insignificant group in a corner of Africa, no more influential on Earth's ecology than fireflies, apes, or jelly 6.7kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves
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The Dragon and Snake's Cunning Maneuvers 龙蛇机变
This is a remarkable book that combines philosophy, mathematics, religion, and perspectives on life. It's billed as both "a beginner's guide to advancing in philosophy" and "a philosophy lab for everyday life." It not only presents the essence of Marxist philosophy, but also incorporates the Buddhist teaching that "form is emptiness, and emptiness is form," helping you grasp the principle that all things are empty through the little details of daily life. Even more intriguing, it draws on the sy
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- 43 Dream System 梦境系统 Dream System 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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Ancient Cultivation Records: The Qi Refining Ways of China's Ancestors 上古修真录：华夏先民的炼气之道
Over the long course of Chinese civilization, the ancient Qi-cultivators of the pre-Qin era had already developed a complete path to self-cultivation and well-being. They observed the movements of heaven and earth, imitated the forms of birds and beasts, regulated their breathing in harmony with yin and yang, and guided the flow of qi and blood in pursuit of unity between body and spirit and a long life. These ancient practices not only laid the foundations for later Daoist health cultivation, m
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- 45 The Supreme Profound Heaven-Burning Art 太玄焚天诀 The Supreme Profound Sky-Burning Art In a world newly formed from primordial chaos lies a fantasy continent where cultivating inner qi reigns supreme: the Sky-Burning Continent. The land is filled with powerful figures, and mysterious cultivation techniques emerge one after another. The most mysterious and powerful of them all is the legendary Supreme Profound Sky-Burning Art. Protagonist: Ling Tian was an ordinary young man from a small town on the outskirts of the Sky-Burning Continent. By a 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Chronicle of All Laws Returning to the Void 万法归墟录3 This book gathers an extraordinary range of wondrous techniques from across the world. At one end are ancient immortal arts from primordial secret realms, revered as legends, whose every move seems to contain the immense power to create heaven and earth. At the other are unique secret arts passed down through generations by hidden martial sects, each carrying the blood, sweat, and wisdom of countless cultivators. It covers everything in detail: external cultivation methods renowned for their fie 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Mysteries of Chess: A Six-Dimensional Guide to Chess Strategy 弈道玄天：象棋心法六维通解 [The cosmos as the board, six dimensions as the game] The chessboard is a miniature cosmos, and the boundary between Chu and Han echoes the divisions of the celestial equator. This book innovatively combines six dimensions: military strategy, psychological manipulation, astronomical laws, philosophical inquiry, Qimen Dunjia, and feng shui energy, elevating Chinese chess into a model of cosmic contest. By analyzing the arrangement of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in Hu Ronghua’s endgame Seven Stars G 100Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Message from the People of the Earth's Core 地心人的传话
This is a science fiction novel, inspired by an unusual dream I had and written after I collected some information. Please read it as science fiction. It is purely fictional, so don’t take it seriously. Another reason I wrote it is that I hope human civilization can truly unite, live in harmony, and advance science and technology together until we reach an early-stage civilization and enter the golden age we dream of. Finally, I want to tell everyone that I have never encountered the so-called s
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- 49 EN Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙 By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone 59.3kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
- 50 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6kShelves
