Looking for a Fantasy Novel Focused on Strategic Scheming. 求布局流小说，玄幻的。

1. 1 回 Back on Earth as a Con Artist 回到地球当神棍 Wu Xiaowu勿小悟Urban6.0M WordsCompleted He vanished for eight years. No one imagined he'd transmigrated to another world and cultivated for eight thousand years! He eloped with a rich heiress. No one imagined that, while taking her away, he'd also wiped out her rotten fiancé. He's looking for his younger sister. No one imagined that, while searching for her, he'd also taken down every major power on Earth. He can make pills and fight. If anyone dares to provoke him... 13.9kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds

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   Here it is, what you wanted 😏

2. 2 都 The First Immortal Returns to the City 都市归来第一仙 Wu Xiaowu勿小悟Urban4.1M WordsCompleted After six years of blood and turmoil, he returned as the pinnacle of another world. He had spent sixty thousand years cultivating in that other world, slaying immortals and gods, destroying Buddhas, with a Demon Palace to guard the world and divine weapons to awe the heavens. Even though he was invincible, he could never forget the blood feud of the past. At last, he crossed the cosmos and descended upon the city! The Demon Lord has arrived, his cultivation power shaking the heavens! Those who b 10.2kReads8.3Score91614d adds
3. 3 闭 Five Thousand Years in Seclusion, One Move to Take Anyone Down 闭关五千年，谁都一招秒 Wu Xiaowu勿小悟Urban725k WordsCompleted [Invincible protagonist, but not brainless; a satisfying power fantasy] Three years ago, Fang Ming disappeared. His adoptive father died under a cloud of false accusations, and his childhood sweetheart was hunted and threatened by the killer. Three years later, Fang Ming returns as a saint and turns the tide. Whether you’re a ghost, demon, fiend, Buddha, immortal, god, or even the Great Way of Heaven and Earth… I’ll kill you all with a single move! 588Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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   This book will definitely meet your requirements; it's by the same author.

4. 4 我EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Keyboard's Ninth God键盘九神Eastern Fantasy914k WordsCompleted Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 35kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds

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   Character Traits: What to do when you transmigrate to the prehistoric world? Survive! You absolutely must survive! The protagonist just needs to survive; the system even helps him survive. Survive to the point of reaching the chasm—that's admirable! Survive to the point of becoming invincible in the prehistoric world!

5. 5 史 The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期 Li Daoran李道然Urban14.5M WordsCompleted Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!” 42.4kReads9.1Score3.2k14d adds

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   Story summary: They're all super good!!!

6. 6 开EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5k14d adds
7. 7 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
8. 8 战 War God Rampage 战神狂飙 One Thought, Vast Ocean一念汪洋Eastern Fantasy22.7M WordsOngoing Ye Wuqian was born with peerless talent, a dazzling genius. But to uncover the mystery of his origins, he willingly vanished from the world, pretending to be a good-for-nothing as he refined the source of the Sacred Battle Art for a full ten years! Now his ten years are up, and the true dragon has returned! An invincible path begins, one where he crushes countless prodigies and geniuses, smashes every royal and divine physique, and tears apart the legends of the heavens, making the myriad worlds 39.8kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
9. 9 双 Two-Faced Cultivation: A Dog in Public, a Ruthless Fiend in Private 双面修仙：人前老狗，人后狠人 Tanghulu from Mi Li's Home米粒家的糖葫芦Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Longevity] + [Cautious cultivation] + [Mortal's journey] + [Transmigrated in body] + [No romance] + [Not celibate] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No self-sacrificing saint] (Fights between any two characters will generally last no more than one chapter. This isn't a fast-paced power fantasy. Follow an ordinary man's journey to becoming the ultimate survivor. If that's not for you, don't read.) Lin Xiao transmigrates to another world for reasons unknown. Enjoy wealth and luxury? Surround himself w 19.3kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds

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   This type is pretty good 👍

10. 10 修 Cultivating with Ten-Thousandfold Gains, I Became the Nightmare of All Races! 修炼万倍增幅，我成了万族噩梦！ Brown Sugar Fresh Milk黑糖鲜奶Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Note: The protagonist is not born with a useless constitution, and there are reasons his parents and aunt left. Be patient and keep reading; there are clues planted along the way. If you really don't like it, please go easy on me. Thank you, thank you!] Jiang Li transmigrated into an era of universal martial arts, where the myriad races were invading. His parents were both great saints of the human race, and his aunt was the reincarnation of an Empress. From the start, he seemed destined for g 11.9kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds

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    I need the book.

11. 11 那 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 Squirrel Under the Mushroom House蘑菇屋下的松鼠Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (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 158.8kReads9.3Score16.6k14d adds

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    Step by step, steadily and surely

12. 12 都 Reborn in the City as an Immortal Emperor 都市之仙帝重生 Seven Nights, Seventh Month七夜七月Urban4.1M WordsCompleted The Nine Dust Immortal Emperor, Qin Feng, was ambushed by the Misty Immortal Maiden, the woman he loved. By chance, he was reborn into his youth on Earth, a thousand years in the past. The guiding principle of my life, Qin Jiuchen, is this: my benefactors will receive a hundredfold repayment, and my enemies will suffer for three lifetimes. Having lived again, all I want is to repay kindness and settle grudges as I please, while making up for all the regrets of my previous life... 48.6kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds

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    An interesting novel

13. 13 修 I Cultivated for Ten Years, and I Was Invincible from the Start 修仙十年，开局就无敌 I Was Born Lucky我本幸运Urban564k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, on his wedding day, Chen Xia was forcibly abducted by an old demon cultivating on a mountain and taken on as his disciple. Ten years later, he returned from the immortal world. He had hoped to cultivate with his wife, sleep together, and enjoy a carefree, shameless little life before ascending to the immortal realm and attaining eternal life. But petty villains kept stirring up trouble, wealthy and powerful families came knocking one after another, and all manner of demons and mon 321Reads—Score—14d adds

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    😏😏

14. 14 无 The Invincible Heavenly Emperor 无敌天帝 What Is Immortal and Mortal?何谓仙凡Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsCompleted A botched ascension sends Ye Fan back to life a hundred years in the past. A prodigy in every field, with an endless array of martial arts techniques, knowledge of everything under the sun, and the power to foresee the future. Now that I am reborn, I shall rule heaven and earth. Those who disobey me will die! Those who refuse to submit will be slain! One word can bring an age of chaos to heel; one sword can cleave the nine heavens. I command divine beasts, forge divine weapons, shatter the void, 15.7kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds

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    If you can get through the beginning, you'll be able to read good books.

15. 15 地 A Thousand Years of Sign-In in the Underworld, Then Reincarnating Makes the Empress Cry 地府签到千年，投胎气哭女帝 Invincible Master无敌大神Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall 15.1kReads8.6Score68k14d adds

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    I recommend a product to everyone.

16. 16 开 From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境，打造太古神宗 Night-Roaming Wolf Lord夜游狼君Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the 19kReads8.4Score96714d adds
17. 17 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival Begins in Zhangjiajie 灵气复苏从张家界开始 GOd ImmortalGOd仙Urban597k WordsCompleted [Wild Imagination + Reborn + Urban + Fantasy + Invincible Protagonist + Spiritual Qi Revival + Advanced Martial Arts] He was reborn ten years before spiritual qi revival; he took control of the small spiritual vein in Zhangjiajie, seizing the advantage and getting a ten-year head start on everyone else; with heavenly treasures and diligent training, even the poorest aptitude could work miracles. Ten years later, spiritual qi revival began, and prodigies emerged like shooting stars. And the unkno 3.1kReads7.8Score14614d adds

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    The writing is indeed quite good, with no major flaws, and it's straightforward and doesn't contain any nonsense.

18. 18 掌 The Tribulation Master 掌劫者 Beizhi Xin北至新Eastern Fantasy326k WordsOngoing This is a desperate age with no spiritual energy, only calamity. The Heavenly Dao has collapsed, and the world is filled with all kinds of personified “tribulations.” A relentlessly high-stakes story of top-tier strategic mind games, with a large ensemble cast. The protagonist isn't brainless and has no cheat powers. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist is intelligent and energetic throughout.

19. 19 凌 Lingxiao's Dragon Path: One Game of Chess to Rule the Heavens 凌霄龙途：一盘棋局掌诸天 Jin1 Sleeps at Three in the Morning锦1凌晨三点睡Eastern Fantasy182k WordsOngoing New book out now! Ling Chen, the Dao-Extinguishing Immortal Venerable, is betrayed by his beloved and trusted aides. Just as his soul is utterly destroyed, he is reborn as the young heir of the Ling family, a cultivation clan. He finds himself at the critical age of fifteen, when he must draw qi into his body, on the eve of his father’s wrongful accusation and the family’s hidden crisis. The gift that comes with his rebirth is an unbeliev —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Look at the guys...

20. 20 一 One Battle, and I Went Berserk 一战成狂 Dugu Cong独孤熜Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing [No System]+ [Traditional Fantasy]+ [Revenge] (The revenge plot unfolds later) On the Wuting Continent, strength is everything. The protagonist, Bi Te, is the illegitimate son of a feudal lord. Bullied by the legitimate heir as a child, he happens upon a mysterious divine being and begins his path of cultivation. As he grows and the truth gradually comes to light, his path grows ever more winding. To become stronger, he travels across the continent, enduring countless hardships. Caught up in war —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    My friend's book, I'm going to buy it!

21. 21 重 Reborn as the Urban Immortal Venerable 重生之都市仙尊 Luo Shu洛书Urban12.8M WordsCompleted Luo Chen, once a supreme immortal, is ambushed and reborn on Earth. Though he holds an ordinary position in society, he faces contempt from his girlfriend, ridicule from his rival in love, his parents' miserable lives, and threats and provocations from the scions of wealthy families. He swears to change his unfair fate, stand at the pinnacle of the world, and show everyone that he, Luo Chen, was once here. 26.5kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds

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    This is a highly recommended book, and the only one I'm currently following. It's a fast-paced, action-packed story where the protagonist is invincible, but not mindlessly so. It has strong logic, and the author updates regularly.

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