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My Urban Life 我的都市生活
Magical realism: After my soul developed a mind of its own, it packed its bags and set out into the world, inhabiting different lives and experiencing different ways of living. This is the story of what my soul encounters in different worlds, in different genders and species. Along the way, it forms attachments, changes, and gives life a different shape.
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- 752 I Am a Patient 我是一个病人 I was lucky enough to escape yesterday and live today, but I couldn't escape the truth that I had become a puppet. Somewhere in the world, there is always another person just like you, in appearance or personality, whether he, she, or it. When you meet, it is all part of fate. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Creation Chronicle: 创神记：
Who says mortals are powerless? I, Yu Chuang, can create gods... Brahma, the God of Creation, tried to reach the higher realm of the Infinite. But his attempt to separate a clone went wrong, giving rise to an evil force and the Demon God Os. Os tried to devour his original self, and Brahma used the last of his power to seal him away. Brahma's divine consciousness fell into the mortal Yu Chuang's body, and so began the path to godhood...
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Daughter of the Underworld King 冥王之女
The King of the Underworld has a daughter named A Fu, who has wandered among mortals since childhood. She is deeply attached to her older brother, Cangwu, but little does she know that he is the reincarnation of an ancient god of war. The two meet Lord Wuyou in the Realm of Wuyou, and the tangled feelings between him and the siblings stretch across ten thousand years. Zhi Jun and Jia Wang, who have been by A Fu’s side since childhood, belong to the Blood-Eyed Fox Clan, and they will wage a thous
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I Dig for Castles in the Immortal Realm 我在仙界挖城堡
[Also known as The Days I Spent Making Up the Numbers in the Immortal Realm] Armed with a mysterious immortal pickaxe, he had hoped to enjoy a carefree life in the cultivation world, digging castles and playing Minecraft. But with demons and monsters running rampant, and people's hearts even more treacherous, his sect was destroyed and his fellow disciples slaughtered. Forced into a tide of bloodshed, he suddenly reached enlightenment one day. He would rid heaven and earth of chaos and stand up
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Becoming a Tycoon in Perfect World Online 我在【网游完美世界】当神豪
I played the MMORPG Perfect World around 2008. Back then, I played the martial arts class, and the game's spokesperson was the legendary beauty. Most people played just for her. It's been 15 years now. I recently tried the mobile version, but it wasn't very good, nowhere near as fun as the old pay-by-the-hour days! The male lead plays a Wizard. He started out in 19FB and went through 29FB, 39FB, 49FB, 59FB, 69FB, 79FB, 89FB, and 99FB, as well as guild battles, city sieges, and all kinds of other
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A Record of Memories from Those Years 那年忆事录
Reborn, all her father wants is to kill his girlfriend!!! All because her father is my landlord, and also the biggest “capitalist” and “slave owner” in this city!!! I open my eyes and find myself back in my student days. Can I, still a student, change my fate and my sister’s fate!!! Can I, still a student, undo everything from my past life that I couldn’t make peace with!!!
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I'm Not a Famous Teacher 我不是名师
With the government banning tutoring in academic subjects, education worker Wen Qingci is torn between reality and her ideals. She makes the wrong choice, and eventually suffers an emotional breakdown. “How many things that were articles of faith yesterday have become lies today?”, Montaigne It was late autumn, and even the willow trees seemed to share the season’s melancholy. A gust of west wind sent withered yellow leaves rustling down onto the path, laying out a hopeless autumn. The voice was
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Transmigrated to the Side of Daji as a Cannon Fodder Girl 穿越到妲已身边的炮灰女嬷
An ordinary wage slave suddenly turned into a fox spirit, and everyone in the village was a fox spirit too. Before he could figure out what was going on, a man in black threw him into a black hole, and he transmigrated to the foxes’ lair in Investiture of the Gods. The consolation was that his secret crush had followed him there. Together, in that ancient, desolate age, they united the demon clans, adopted Daji, and set out on a very different path to godhood.
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- 760 The Apocalypse Has Arrived, and I'm Sticking with the Protagonist! 末世来临，我跟着主角混！ The White Lotus saintess was pinned beneath my foot, yet she still scolded me haughtily. “You bootlicker! You’re helping the wicked! I hate you!” My neighbors watched me enjoying the good life alongside Zhang Wen. “You bootlicker! How could you hang around with someone like him? You’re a disgrace!” “Please, Brother Gou, say something nice to Zhang Wen for me and ask him to spare me some food!” “Of course, of course. Auntie, get up. Oh? If I remember right, your Wan’er is almost eighteen...” In t 32Reads7.5Score—Shelves
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Rule Horror: Starting by Ruining Childhoods 规则怪谈，从毁童年开始
He Yiyou came to another world to look for his brother, He Yichou, but was unexpectedly pulled into a world of rules horror. And so began a series of childhood-ruining adventures. At the start, he actually had to play Cotton Candy. A grown man like him had to call a little boy who hadn't even started kindergarten Big Head Brother... Later, he played Bald Qiang. Looking at the thick head of hair on top of his head, he fell into deep thought... After going through so many instances, where exactly
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One Master and Three Apprentices 一个师傅仨徒弟
The past and present lives of the Tripitaka Master, and the story of Journey to the West and what came after. They endured eighty-one trials to obtain the true scriptures, but getting them was no easy feat. A Journey to the West side story: Celestial Maidens Scatter Flowers. Buddhist disciples claim to have cast aside all worldly concerns, yet the four master and disciples are ruled by the six desires and seven emotions.
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Feel Inferior, You Wretched First Wife: An ABO Story 自卑吧，糟糠原配ABO
(An ensemble story about awakened Omegas, clear minds and hearts, a suspenseful plot, and Song Xuesong is not really gone for good) The craziest, bravest thing Su Tao ever did was show up to provoke a general’s wife, only to fall in love at first sight. Wen Songxue, a female Omega who was supposed to be “mediocre and dependent,” dragged him into a storm that would overturn the Alliance. The truth about the Alliance is buried deeper than the stench of a corpse: Why do attendants suffer mental br
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- 764 The Thirteenth Rose 第13朵玫瑰 Desai An, a famous general from Country A, is a powerful Alpha, blessed with both beauty and strength, yet coveted by many. [ABOE] + [slight everyone-loves-him vibe] + [a chaotic mix of kinks] His name is Desai Er. He is not human, and though he tries hard to fit into human society, he is at a loss when faced with the affection some humans feel for him. His name is Leuer. An ordinary human Omega, he encounters the salvation of his life and falls in love with Desai Er, the one he should not love. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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In the Dark 黑暗处
A struggle for control of the underworld: undercover agents, human smuggling, shady businesses, pursuits, drug busts, and arrests. In the end, one side will inevitably take the place of another. No one has the right to stand above the law. Criminal organizations will ultimately be stamped out.
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The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿
[Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of
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The Burning Ifrit 燃烧的伊芙利特
"To save the world, please let me possess you." On a subway platform that had turned into a disaster zone, a mysterious red-haired girl named Ifrit made a startling request of Lin Fangdu. Ifrit called herself a "Solar Spirit." She had the power to generate flames and burn everything. After she got her wish and possessed Lin Fangdu, he gained the same power. Ifrit's request was simple: to prevent Earth from being destroyed by the immense energy of the Sun, they had to find the other three "Solar
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You Lured Home a Little Wife with a Bottle of Soda? 你用一瓶汽水拐回一个小老婆？
(One heroine + mutual salvation + lighthearted comedy with no angst + gradual yandere development + sweet everyday romance + happy ending) Rest assured, this one's guaranteed to be sweet. (This is a brand-new book, so please, everyone, don't let it pile up in your reading list. It'll get buried to death (ToT)) The first twenty years of Gu Hui's life were shrouded in an endless rainy season, but he fought to become a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds of Hangzhou's plum rains. Then, one
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The Battlefield Below, The General Above 疆场在下，将军在上
He defeated his opponent with a single move on the training ground. Then he set out with the army and won battle after battle. Before long, the name “He Zimu” rang across the nation, becoming synonymous with the God of War. “Where the white horse rides, the gates of hell open!” But the tallest tree catches the wind. A violent storm was brewing amid his string of victories, and a cruel fate lay in wait for this exceptional young man... Yet fortune favored the boy: he found a fine master to teach
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I Created a Shadow Army in Another World! 我在异世界创建影子军团！
When death becomes the starting point, shadows will devour the gods. A moment ago, he was a high school student crushed by fate. After reincarnating, he gained the god-tier talent “Shadow Power”: anyone defeated by him becomes an immortal shadow puppet soldier. Undead calamities? Abyssal monsters? To the Shadow Monarch, they’re all excellent recruits! While everyone else is still struggling through cultivation, Lin Mo is already sweeping across the continent with his shadow army: he tames a demo
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The Ultimate NB System 最强NB系统
(Transmigration + System + comedy + cheeky protagonist + smart protagonist + cunning) I really will make every one of you submit to me! After arriving in this brand-new world, Lin Fan discovers he has a System that lets him level up without limit, unconstrained by the rules of the world. Once he learns the powerful “Monkey Steals the Peach” technique, Lin Fan realizes he’s ready to become the strongest man alive. But how boring would that be if the whole world didn’t know his name? Shameless. Ri
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Mental Patient? Idiot! Call Me Officer! 精神病？蠢货！叫我警官！
Author: I know a way to make money over there. The profits are pretty high, but there's some risk. I don't know if you're brave enough to try it. Reader: What kind of opportunity? Author: I'll make you the boss of Sakura Country. Reader: For real? Author: As true as pearls! Reader: How does it work? Author: Keep reading and you'll find out. Reader: I can hardly wait! (Entirely handmade, no AI. Read with confidence.)
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Farming: I Carry a Living Spirit Vein to Grow Spirit Plants in the Back Hills 种田我抱着活灵脉在后山种灵植
Don't panic about the rating, it just came out and can still rise! [Male-Oriented Farming Power Fantasy] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Face-Slapping] Starting with everyday life, family affection, and business rivalries, the story expands into elements such as turning the tables, family disputes, and devotion to the country. After the protagonist unexpectedly signs a contract with an ancient Ink Spirit Vine, he gains the power of life and sp
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An April Fool’s Day Story 愚人节的故事
This book explores the psychology and inner struggles of people with physical disabilities. In a sense, every one of us is sick. Remember: no matter when or where, there is one person who will never give up on you. That person is your mother...
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A Long Dream of a Fleeting Life 浮生若长梦
Having weathered a lifetime of tribulations and tasted every flavor of human life, she transmigrates through the storms of life and death, turning hardship into tenderness and loneliness into a light that shines on all. While everyone believes she is searching for a place to belong, only she knows the truth: this long journey of hardship and wandering was not about meeting anyone. It was about becoming, in this dreamlike world, a lamp that could light the way for others. A long ballad of life in
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The Spirit-Seeking Detective and the Offline Swordsman 通灵神捕与断网大侠
Mu Liuyan's spirit-communing arts keep losing their connection whenever she encounters a mysterious man named Zhuang Moxi. To block Zhuang Moxi's interference, Mu Liuyan designs a talisman to ward off his disruptions. Gradually, the mystery of Zhuang Moxi's origins finally comes to light, and Mu Liuyan discovers that the man she has fallen in love with is neither human nor ghost...
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I'll Hold You in the Palm of My Hand 爷把你捧在手心里
A new tavern opened next door, and business there was booming. An Hui, who had worked at the hotel front desk for over a year and enjoyed plenty of downtime, suddenly found herself swamped. She was about ready to curse out the hotel next door. They were earning the same salary, but her job was no longer as relaxed as before. Meanwhile, the hotel owner was deeply grateful to the tavern owner next door. Wang Yang was An Hui's friend, and through the sociable Wang Yang, An Hui met Zhou Qu, the tave
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Mad Journey to the West: I'm No God of Theater 疯癫西游之我不是戏神
The four masters and disciples of Tang Sanzang transmigrate to another world and become the 97th experimental group to undergo a trial. Will they succeed? A string of bizarre, hilarious incidents will reveal a fun story with the truth behind it.
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The Capital Game: She Makes the Rules 资本游戏：她即规则
(No System · Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy · High-IQ mind games · Multiple twists · Read at your own discretion) When the first blood moonlight pierced my bedroom curtains, I thought it was just a hallucination from a hangover. Until the corroded bronze doors clanged shut behind me and a mechanical voice announced: “Welcome to the Capital Colosseum. The winner lives; the loser is erased.” As one person after another turned to data dust in the capital games, I thought surviving required
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I'm a Security Guard in Heaven: I Alone Decide Who Becomes a God 我在天庭当保安：成神唯我说了算
(Invincible) (Lighthearted Comedy) (No Female Lead) (Security Guard) (Sun Wukong) (Yang Jian) (Heavenly Court) The gateway to the path of godhood, the route from the mortal world to the Heavenly Court, is a modern skyscraper. The Ascension Gate is on the top floor, while Chen An sits in the security office on the first floor. In his own eyes: a temp, slacking off and eating instant noodles until he gets fired. In the eyes of mortal cultivators: a hidden powerhouse, unfathomably deep. In the e
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The Cannon Fodder Villainess Wants to Take It Easy 炮灰女配想摆烂
Mu Lingyu was born into a life of pampering and affection. Her father was the sect leader, her mother an elder, and all the senior members around her doted on her. During a trip down the mountain to deal with a demon, she stumbled into a monster’s trap. As her consciousness faded, she saw her own future: she would make many terrible mistakes because of her fiancé, then ultimately die. Mu Lingyu found it ridiculous. If this fiancé was no good, she could just find someone else. So why couldn’t she
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After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法
[Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced
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- 783 Guardian of Bear Ridge: I Explore the Mountains with Three Bears 狗熊岭护林员：我带三只熊寻山 (No livestreaming, no System, no female lead, laid-back daily life, adorable pets, farming) The Animal Residents’ Committee of Bear Ridge Is Busy Again Today After inheriting his great-grandfather’s diary, Chen Yuan became a proud forest ranger, all so he could find a treasure buried a century ago in the heart of Bear Ridge. On his very first day at work, before he even caught a glimpse of the treasure, three bears cornered him in his cabin and demanded protection money. Two black bears and 4Reads—Score121Shelves
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The Path of the Seal Master 印师之路
[A cast of highly intelligent characters + traditional fantasy + one heroine + ruthless and merciless] “If you had nine lives, what would you do?” “I’d spend eight lives learning to forget, and use the last one to end everything.” “Spirit Aptitude” has been awakened. Nine lifetimes of reincarnation begin here. This world has flourished for countless ages. Clans stand side by side, sects rise in their multitudes, and good and evil are locked in conflict. Becoming a Seal Master is the only path fo
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The Backside of the World 背面世界
Dong... Dong... Dong... The clock strikes midnight, and one by one, the gates to the positive world swing open. Black-robed figures emerge, seeking to devour the Awakened and seize their talents. Meanwhile, danger lurks everywhere in the positive world: a corrupt government, fantastical spirit realms, and several organizations with hidden agendas. People will stop at nothing to grow stronger.
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Dreams and Destiny 梦与命运
What truth lies behind the dream that has come to him every time he has had a fever for the past twenty years? Can someone who has always been by his side truly be trusted with his whole heart? Is he destined to be a mere pawn of fate, or can he truly defy fate and change his life? What is the real world like? No, I don't care. I just want to live an ordinary life.
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- 787 EN 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 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
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Shattering the Heavens, Guarding the Realm 破天守域
The sect's number-one good-for-nothing, called Uncle Long by everyone; sweeping the cemetery, gaining an opportunity, and making explosive breakthroughs in cultivation. He practices the Hidden Dao Art, concealing his strength to protect the sect and his junior sister... then wipes out the Demon Domain... His identity is exposed. So it was you! ...
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After Meng Po Ran Away, the Entire Underworld Went Wild Searching for Her 孟婆跑路后，全地府追疯了
After brewing soup for a thousand years, Meng Po steals the secret recipe, grabs her soup pot, and flees in the middle of the night, taking Black Impermanence with her. White Impermanence is forced to stay behind in the underworld and endure the King of Hell’s scolding and beatings. The half-demon powerhouse Xiao Huajuan traverses the realms of yin and yang in pursuit of love, while the King of Hell is driven to madness every day by underworld paperwork. One after another, wild ghosts, spirits,
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Superpower Rewind: I Dominate the World by Exploiting Weaknesses 异能回溯：我靠破绽碾压全球
In an age when everyone practices high-level martial arts and the weak are like ants, I awaken a lethal regression ability. I can see through the flaws in any technique and endlessly reset the instant of a killing blow, crushing opponents above my level, turning the tide of life-and-death battles, and tearing through the upper echelons' stranglehold. From a good-for-nothing at the bottom, I fight my way to become the world's one and only forbidden Martial Venerable.
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- 791 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 181.8kReads9.4Score16.6kShelves
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The Immortal Realm's First Martial Maiden: I Seek the People, Not Immortality 仙界第一武仙子，不向长生向苍生
(A short story, and a prequel to another one of my books) The Immortal Realm had endured for countless ages, constantly fending off invasions from other worlds. Thanks to the Yun, Qing, and Xing families, it could draw breath amid the chaos of the cosmos. But... By the time that pitch-black sword was forged, it was already too late... The Immortal Realm was plunged into darkness... At the final battle “The very reason we exist is to await this moment,” Qing Yulin said calmly. “In this world, t
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Young King! The Driving Force Behind Shaanxi and Gansu, the Hidden Hand That Toppled the Qing 幼扶王！陕甘推动者，覆清的幕后
Young Prince Fu is a historical web novel about events during the Tongzhi era at the end of the Qing dynasty. Against the backdrop of the Taiping Rebellion, the protagonist Fu Hao, also known as Chen Fu Wang, becomes embroiled in historical events such as the Hui uprising in Shaanxi and Gansu. Political maneuvering and military conflict drive the story forward. Main plot Told from the perspective of Fu Hao, son of Chen Decai, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s Prince Fu, the novel depicts the compl
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Dragon God Continent: I Know This World Inside Out 神龙大陆，这个世界我熟
[Passionate Legend + Game Enters Reality + Races Vie for Supremacy] In the year 3000 of the Blue Star calendar, a huge black rift appears in the sky above Blue Star. Hoping to discover why the black hole has appeared, countries across Blue Star send representatives inside. But they vanish without a trace, like stones sinking into the sea. Not until a year later, when Lin Changqing returns to Blue Star from the black hole with two babies, do people learn that a strange world lies within. But no o
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- 795 The Uprising’s Million-Man Army 起义之百万雄师 During the Tongzhi era, chaos erupts in Guanzhong. Ma Dai, who has transmigrated from another era into the body of Ma Dai, joins the Northwest Guanzhong rebels. He then overthrows local tyrants and redistributes their land, bringing the Nian Army, the remnants of the Taiping Army, the Dali Army, and the White Lotus Sect under his command, and ultimately toppling the Qing Dynasty. 309Reads—Score—Shelves
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Her Kingdom and Her Sword 她的国与剑
A powerful story with two female leads, where duty to country and people stands above all else. The essence of war is politics winding up for a fight. War is when politicians turn the world upside down, wealthy merchants pay their way out, and ordinary people give their lives. I hope that one day there will be no more wars, no more infighting at court, and laws will be enforced fairly, with no distinctions of rank.
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Dad, Hurry Up and Rebel! Our Family Really Is a Bunch of Traitors 爹，快造反吧，咱家真是乱臣贼子
[Transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good story + sweet romance + a cast of overthinkers] Lin Wanyue transmigrates into a book as the only daughter of Great Chu’s chief treacherous minister. According to the original plot, the Lin family’s rebellion will fail in three years, the entire family will be executed, and she will be burned alive in a lantern. Luckily, she binds to the [Rebel System]. If she can successfully squander her family’s wealth and provoke the imperial family into c
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I Survived in the Cultivation World Until I Became an Immortal Grass Lord 我在修仙界苟成灵草仙君
[Low-key growth + comedy + useless spiritual root] In his previous life, Chen Xuan died after being hit by a speeding truck while saving someone. Reborn in the cultivation world, he came with two “talents”: a face so handsome that even a saintess would chase after him, and a “useless spiritual root” mocked by the entire sect. Female disciples gaze at him with stars in their eyes, while male disciples look down on him with contempt. Until the day of the battle between good and evil, when blood
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Severing from Rong 离戎
Some memories must never be forgotten, and some hatred can never be erased… There are countless immortals in the heavens, yet who knows what age it is in the mortal world? I came from the desert, and I have a sword that can slay every immortal in the world.
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Sora’s House 索拉的房子
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