Traditional High Fantasy for Me: No System, No Golden Finger, No Heavy... 给我的那种传统玄幻 不要系统 不要金手指 不要重
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关
Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year.
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Words Become Law: I Was Mistaken for the Child of Heaven 言出法随：我被认成天道之子
[Traditional Xianxia] [Slow-Burn] [Please Don’t Read If It’s Not Your Thing] “I cultivate immortality to live forever.” “I pursue power so I won’t be bound by anyone.” “I only want to live freely and do what I want.” “Perhaps I’ve lost a great deal on this road to immortality, but I’ve gained just as much.” “Anyone who stands in my way...” “Had better be ready to die!” Deep in an endless galaxy, a young man in white stood proudly, holding a bloodstained sword covered in cracks and pointing it at
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I’m a True Disciple of the Immortal Sect, So Why Am I the Big Villain? 我本仙门正宗，奈何却是大反派
Ye Yun transmigrated to the Immortal Realm and became the young master of the most powerful family there, the Ye family. His backing was unrivaled, and no one could match his lineage! He could have anything in the world he wanted. The Ye family was an orthodox sect of immortals, yet Ye Yun discovered that he was, in fact, a bona fide villain. From the start, the Chosen Daughter of Fortune sent him into cultivation deviation, leaving Ye Yun completely baffled. [Ding! The Great Villain System has
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The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马
[New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top
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Super Scholar: Starting with Quietly Controlling My Scores! 超级学霸：从低调控分开始！
[Academic ace + System + Deliberately controlling test scores + Cutting-edge technology, lighthearted with no angst] After a surprise math test, the class monitor, an academic ace, scores just 50 points. The campus beauty gets 30, and the class representative and study committee member score even lower. But Jiang Nan, the king of dozing in class and the champion of the school cafeteria, racks up 90 points and takes first place??? Math teacher: “Kid, you can't hide it anymore, can you?” Beautiful
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Shattering the Starry River with Martial Might 武碎星河
Gods gaze down from the stars, while demons roar in hell. This is a fantastical world where countless races vie for supremacy and gods and demons wreak havoc. A poor young man wields a blade and fights against the current. He will become the king of this world! [The animated adaptation of this novel, Shattering the Starry River with Martial Might, is now airing]
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Cultivation: Starting with a General Store 修仙：从一间杂货铺开始
Two fifty-year-old spirit ginseng roots can fuse into one hundred-year-old spirit ginseng root? Two low-grade magic artifacts can fuse into one mid-grade magic artifact? Two low-grade pills can fuse into one mid-grade pill? With enough energy, anything can be fused!
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
882.1kReads9.6Score212.5kShelves
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Sword in Hand, Wine in Tow, a Dashing Wanderer 仗剑，载酒，惊鸿客
[Prodigy + no System + Swordsmanship + Lighthearted + Immortality] The fake prodigy: “Life and death don’t matter. If you’ve got a problem, fight me.” The real prodigy: “I want to draw my sword.” “No, you don’t,” said the leaders of the Daoist sects, the Buddhist Venerable, and the Demon Cult Master, trying to talk him down. Across this vast and boundless land, who will determine its fate? I have a sword, its white blade stained red by the mortal world. A vast and magnificent sky stretches a
26.3kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves
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Defying My Master: My Teacher Is Zhang Ermei 逆师：家师张二妹
A humorous, everyday cultivation story with no System. Chen An just wants to earn money and cultivate in peace at his sect, but he ends up with a shameless master who has absolutely no limits. Desperate to get money out of him, she’s constantly up to no good around him and goes around telling everyone that her disciple has designs on her...
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The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者
(Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast
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The Great Zhou Dynasty’s Number One Immortal Merchant 大周第一仙商
Chen Lu transmigrates to a xianxia world, born with blocked meridians and unable to cultivate. After lying low for more than twenty years, he schemes across the realm, holding power in one hand and wealth in the other. Without the talent to cultivate, he proves the Dao through business, step by step becoming the Great Zhou Dynasty's foremost immortal merchant! A humble birth is no disgrace. The ability to bend and rise again is what makes a true man! “Lay down your butcher's knife and become
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Martial God Asura 修罗武神
As for potential, I may not be a genius, but I can master profound arts and martial techniques without a teacher. As for strength, no matter how many treasures you possess, you still cannot match my army of World Spirits. Who am I? The people of the world see me as an asura, but they don’t know that I used the asura path to become a Martial God.
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Twenty Years of Urban Cultivation: I Slay Ten Thousand Enemies with One Sword 都市修仙二十载，我一剑斩万敌
[Modern cultivation + ruthless and decisive + beauties are but skeletons, how could they disturb my Daoist heart?] Lu Xiaoyao spent twenty years cultivating immortality in the mountains with his master. After his master passed away, he descended the mountain to uncover the mystery of his origins. From then on, a storm of bloodshed began. He fought his way from the mortal world to the cultivation world, and then through the Myriad Worlds. In the magnificent and boundless universe, peerless prodig
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The Immortal Emperor of the City 都市之修真仙帝
My name is Li Mo, and I’m an Immortal Emperor. You ask what an Immortal Emperor even is? Let me tell you: I’ll beat up the rich young masters you don’t dare touch, and woo the girls you don’t dare pursue. In short, I’ll do what you can do, and I’ll do what you can’t do even more. With a thought, I can shatter the heavens. I look down upon the world. That’s what it means to be an Immortal Emperor. In my previous life, I was set up by my beloved disciple, the Nanhai Fairy. In this life, I swear I’
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A Hundred Thousand Years of Immortality 长生十万年
A hundred thousand years is too long. Seize the day. What would it look like when Ye Fan, after living for a hundred thousand years and witnessing all the world's joys and sorrows, had disciples spread across the land...
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The Divine Emperor Returns 神帝归来
After sleeping for a billion years, he awakens one day in search of a beauty. He returns to the city, and the flames of an ancient war ignite once more. The author’s completed novel, The Immortal Emperor Returns, is available. No dropped updates, no abandoning the story, so feel free to dive in.
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Urban: Ten Years of Cultivation, and I’m Unrivaled the Moment I Descend the Mountain 都市：修仙十年，下山即无敌
The new book has built up a backlog of chapters and can be found on the author's homepage. It tells the story of the hundred thousand years after this book. [Expert Descends the Mountain + Invincible Cultivation + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Decisive Killing + Multiple Realms] The Great Dao is flawed, and spiritual energy has withered. A mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation traveled the world. By chance, he discovered a peerless prodigy born with a spiritual physique, forcibly took
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The Hongmeng Saint Lord 鸿蒙圣主
When Hongmeng was divided, chaos emerged, reincarnation appeared, and life and death clashed!!! By a twist of fate, Chen Xuanji returned to the era when Hongmeng had just been divided and chaos had come into being. There, he obtained the supreme treasure, the Hongmeng Sacred Source Tree, forged a Great Dao body, and carried on the name of the Hongmeng Sacred Lord throughout his life. A verse says: Time and space, reincarnation, gather the sacred source; return to the origin and forge the Great D
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A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Am the White Moonlight of Empresses 百世轮回：我，女帝们的白月光
[12,000+ words updated daily] [Invincible] [Empress] [Fast-paced] [Decisive and ruthless] [No goody-two-shoes] [Fired-up] [Funny] [Fired-up]! Gu Changsheng was born with the Immortal Reincarnation Physique. After reincarnating a hundred times, he would attain immortality. [First life: He was the Eternal Night Sovereign, master of heaven and earth!] [Second life: He was the Nine Nether Demon Lord, whose blood stained countless worlds!] [Third life: He was the Chaos Supreme, tearing imperial w
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Proving the Dao in Dreams: From the Start, I Scheme Against Cultivators 梦中证道，开局算计修仙者
After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, he spends ten years searching for a way forward, yet can barely make any progress. Fortunately, he has a golden finger that lets him weave dreams. So he painstakingly lays his plans, finally waiting for cultivators to arrive. From then on, he cultivates in dreams and proves the Dao in dreams! He turns illusion into reality and ultimately becomes an unrivaled Immortal Venerable.
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The Emperor of Life and Death 生死帝尊
A bolt of heavenly lightning went astray, and Fang Yue, a stubborn holdout, died in the street. After extorting compensation from the Celestial Court, he was reincarnated. Watch how the great demon king Fang Yue stirs up the world and turns everything upside down.
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Sword and Wine 剑酒
[Traditional fantasy + no System + one heroine + slow burn + passionate adventure] In the Eastern Lands, a tavern waiter wears twin sabers at his waist and tempers his heart in the mortal world. In the Western Regions, a devoted monk carries a paintbrush, bringing flowers to the world. In the Southern Mountains, a Daoist wields peachwood, using talismans to subdue mountains and seas. In the northern lands, a monster carves a wooden staff, its dragon's roar shaking the Nine Heavens. And in the Ce
17.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
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I Am the Sword That Can Slay Immortals 在下剑可斩仙
When common folk rise in anger, a million corpses litter the land and blood flows for a thousand miles. A half-immortal swordsman emerged from Dabe and slaughtered the wicked until the borders of Dabe ran red. His story begins the moment he set out for Changjing with a sword in hand.
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The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路
[No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos.
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My Wife Is a Great Ascension Realm Expert 我的妻子是大乘期大佬
The once-mighty Demon Lord Xiao Yifeng is forced to be reborn in the past. By then, his wife has already become a powerful Mahayana cultivator! How can he convince her that he’s her husband? “Fairy, I really am your husband. Believe me!” “What, you want proof? “I know there’s a blue lotus on your chest and a red birthmark at the top of your thigh.” “What are you trying to do? Let’s talk this out. Don’t hit me!”
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The Divine Emperor of the Nine Dragons 九龙神帝
Emperor Su Chen, ranked first among the Ten Titled Martial Emperors, was invincible and unrivaled throughout the ages. Just as he was about to ascend and become a god, he was betrayed and killed by a close friend. By a stroke of fate, he was reborn as a young man five hundred years in the past, beginning an against-all-odds legend as he swept aside countless prodigies! In this life, every regret must be made right! In this life, every enemy must be crushed beneath my feet! In this life, I will r
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I Have a Sword 我有一剑
I wield a sword. Once it's drawn, nothing can stand against it!
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From the Start: Reborn After Getting Slapped 开局：被一巴掌打重生
In short: This is a novel where the protagonist is the bad guy. Rebirth, no System, not invincible, and funny. His previous life was utterly miserable. When he was reborn, he thought he would become invincible with a burst of domineering aura. He never expected that the sister he had only by name would still have him completely under her thumb.
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