Looking for Tragic Stories Where the Protagonist Saves the World with a Smile 想看一些主角微笑着拯救世界的刀子文
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Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁
[No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three
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Proud Little Cat, See You Tomorrow 傲娇猫,明天见
[The print edition of Tsundere Cat, See You Tomorrow is now available on all platforms] What should you do when an abandoned tsundere cat becomes clingy? Sweet romance + one-on-one couple + happy ending + transmigration + mutual devotion + healing fairy-tale vibes Tsundere, sharp-tongued beauty cat top VS gentle, cheerful hero bottom Ling Qingjue was just like his name: aloof and solitary, taciturn, and so gifted that he stood above all things. He looked at everyone as if they were dogs. His
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You Will Fight Alone in the End 你终将孤独地战斗
A crossover with multiple heroines, not a single heroine. Ultraman-inspired, featuring Your Name, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Bocchi the Rock!, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, and more. Zuogong transmigrated. He transmigrated to Japan in a parallel universe. He became a handsome Chinese student studying in Tokyo. In this unusual parallel universe, there were Shuchiin Academy, Sobu High School, the town of Itomori, the Shinomiya Group, Kessoku Band, and many, many other things tha
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After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 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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The Lovable Airhead Became Everyone’s Too-Early Lost Love Again 迟钝万人迷又成了早逝白月光
[No CP (?) + two male leads (?) + universally adored + the white moonlight + beautiful, powerful, and miserable + lots of battle injuries and illness] A game called Saving Transmigrators appeared on Shen Zhao's phone. Game mission: Save the transmigrators in another world. … Transmigrator No. 1 landed in a cultivation world centered on a male protagonist's rise to power and became a villain who was destined to be humiliated. According to the original plot, he was supposed to die without a whole
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After Entering a Comic, I Became Everyone's Moonlight 穿进漫画后我成了所有人的白月光
[Main story complete] [Bonus chapters updating regularly] [No romance, no romance, not even for the key characters! The only tags are no romance, happy ending, System! A wish-fulfillment story!] The talkative, chuuni, drama-loving male protagonist, Zheng Guanqi (known as Yazhou in the comic) The Dungeon Guidebook became a huge hit thanks to its breathtaking art and merciless plot. But as the story progressed, readers realized that one after another, the main characters seemed to be dying, and t
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The Hated Villainous Extra Becomes the Beloved Who Died Young 万人嫌反派炮灰成了早逝白月光
[No CP + Pretend Everyone Hates Him, Actually Everyone Loves Him + White Moonlight + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic + Secret Identity + Battle-Scarred, Faked Death + Live-Stream Comments] Cen Yan, the Administration Bureau's number-one lapdog, died. Unfortunately, he came back to life. Something calling itself the world's consciousness found him and inexplicably asked him to save the world. Cen Yan didn't want to save the world. He didn't even want to live. So he refused without hesitation. World
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Those Years the Boss of a Certain Winery Played Both Sides 那些年某酒厂BOSS渣过的红黑
[Mastermind protagonist, with Japanese entertainment-industry elements, original characters remain intelligent, no-CP Detective Conan fan fiction, complete] Tell a colossal lie and make the whole world dance to its tune. If the road ahead is shrouded in darkness, I will become the darkness itself., BOSS Asakawa Kazuki. Years later, facing a glass of Black Pinot at the Twilight Manor, Rei Furuya would recall that distant afternoon when he first met the boy. Back then, Asakawa Kazuki was a rising
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A Top-Tier Star’s Career Crashes? I Strike Back and Make the Whole World Cry! 顶流塌房?我反手刀哭全世界!
[Singing + Acting + Charity + No Romance + Everyone’s Darling + Fake Angst + Misunderstandings + Frail Hero] After waking up, Li Ruoxun transmigrates into the body of a disgraced top-tier star. His mother runs off with the family money, then breaks down in tears on a variety show, accusing him of being unfilial. People despise and loathe him, wishing he would leave showbiz for good. A born actor and schemer, Li Ruoxun figures he can still turn things around. “Under the Sea,” “The Wandering Song,
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The End of Ten Days 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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Honkai Impact 3rd: In This World, For the Ones We Love 崩坏:此世,为了所爱之人
A note before you read: This book is based on whatever the author dreams up. The beginning may seem a little chaotic, but I’ll do my best to keep the plot coherent and the characters true to themselves. The story involves many different worlds, so it’s actually a crossover fanfiction. The protagonist isn’t invincible or an overpowered, self-insert hero, so if you’re looking for a power fantasy, you may be disappointed. The story follows several plotlines centered around the protagonist. A lot ma
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When Nexus Appears in the Real World 当奈克瑟斯出现在现实
[Real World] + [Gut-Wrenching Tragedy] + [Nexus] + [Dark Tone] + [A Solitary Walk into the Abyss] + [Ultraman Fanfiction] + [Vast Multiverse] + [No Female Lead] + [Tearjerker] What would happen if Ultraman really appeared in the real world... Eighteen-year-old Yue Ji wakes from a dream. A painful childhood and broken family have left him with a life more brutal than most. An upheaval in an unknown time and space has affected the higher-dimensional real world. In this reality, where Ultraman show
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The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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Crayon Shin-chan: My Anime Crossover Carnival 蜡笔小新:我的综漫嘉年华
[Tearjerker + everyday life + heartwarming + passionate + youth + romance + humor could use some work + all-star cast + fresh crossover concept] [This work incorporates Doraemon, Your Lie in April, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Your Name, Detective Conan, and a series of other anime. Note that this is not a harem novel. If you’re looking for a wish-fulfillment story, check out the neighboring section.] This time, it’s not high school anymore. It’s
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The Savior’s Lies: The Laws of Fooling the World 救世主的谎言愚世法则
Synopsis: First: Lies are the flowers that bloom from trust. Second: Lies are the buds that sprout from desire. Third: Let the lies fly for a while. Fourth: 1 + 1 = 1. Fifth: Reverse the sentence, not the thought. Finally, saviors never lie. Reader: Why isn’t there any plot in the synopsis? Luo Feng: All eight of these lines are the plot.
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Lost in the Infinite Flow with a Map, I Slaughter My Way Through 路痴的我手握地图在无限流杀穿了
[Infinite-flow + two male leads + powerful leads + livestreaming + happy ending + extremely deadpan jokes] (Completed) Also known as: “With a Map in Hand, I Became a Tour Guide in the Infinite-Flow World” As someone with no sense of direction, Bai Zhijiu is undoubtedly unlucky to be dragged into a labyrinthine infinite-flow world. But! His skill just happens to be a map! Bai Zhijiu always follows navigation, and will even try to cross a river if the route says so. Now that he has a map that upda
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I Finally Slept Well in a Horror Live-Stream Game 失眠的我在恐怖直播游戏里睡饱了
[Infinite flow + two male leads + livestreaming + powerful duo + little lunatic and sweet on the outside, dark within + happy ending] (The other male lead won’t appear until the third instance, and it gets a little angsty.) Also known as: "Bound to an Achievement System in a Horror Game" When He Feng, who suffers from insomnia, was dragged into a horror game and forced to livestream, he was surprised to discover that his insomnia seemed to be cured. Hey! He Feng, who normally had to rely on luck
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Dragon Raja: What Do You Mean, I’m Supposed to Solo Lu Mingfei? 龙族:什么叫我要单杀路明非
[Book Transmigration]+ [Slow Pace]+ [Healing]+ [Mostly Ensemble Cast] Jiangnan, you old bastard, give me Erii back! Lu Yun is furious about the plot the old bastard wrote. He figures that if he were in the story, he could definitely change the ending! Then he wakes up and gets his wish: he has transmigrated into the book. His mission from Principal Angers from the start is: Be ready at all times to kill Lu Mingfei single-handedly!
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The Experimental Subject War God Is Everyone’s Darling 实验体战神被团宠啦
(Also known as: The Serious and the Whimsical, Beloved by All) Yi You (Ji Ningran) should have been cherished by everyone, but the arrival of a mysterious person changed the course her life was meant to take. Abuse, experiments, survival: Yi You endured every kind of suffering before finally growing up, no longer hoping for sunlight. But the love of her parents, the affection of her brothers, and the care of various other people (still haven’t decided who ˳⚆ɞ⚆˳) continued to warm Yi You, teachin
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Between Light and Shadow: The Cowardly Knight 光影之间:懦弱的骑士
Amid the endless struggle between light and darkness, a storm that will shake the divine realms is quietly drawing near. The thousand-year pact once sanctioned by the Father God of Creation has shattered with a roar. Athena's divine spear and Lucifer's black wings herald the renewed clash between gods and demons. Hyperion, God of Light, and Erebus, God of Darkness, are preparing for war. Behind them, the gods covet the flesh and blood of every race, seeking only to sate their insatiable hunger f
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Demon Slayer: I’m His Master. Got a Problem with That? 鬼灭:他的师傅是我,有意见?
(No female lead, not a conventional System story. The System in this book will be extremely annoying, so don't read it unless you're prepared! The early chapters aren't feel-good and may be frustrating, so consider yourself warned if that's a dealbreaker.) After transmigrating to the world of Demon Slayer, Jikuni Aodori becomes the last direct descendant of Yoriichi Tsugikuni. After more than a decade of grueling training, Jikuni Aodori finally masters every Breathing Style. Just as he's prepari
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A Journey That Begins in Demon Slayer 于鬼灭开始的旅途
[The Demon Slayer arc is complete.] [The Snake and Love bonus story is complete.] [Bonus story: Train to Busan is complete.] The book has been renamed: The Journey Begins in Demon Slayer. A sword of unknown origin, with no known destination, suddenly descended into the world of Demon Slayer. Within it dwelled a mysterious sword spirit. What sparks will fly when this sword spirit, who knows nothing of its past and has a detached disposition, meets the pure-hearted Tanjiro? Demon Slayer means o
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Demon Slayer Watch Party: Running Toward a Better Tomorrow 鬼灭观影:奔向更好的明天
[Watching the Story] After the battle at Mount Natagumo, Tanjiro met the legendary Hashira. Just as everyone was about to put the boy who traveled with a demon on trial, a screen of light appeared in the Master’s courtyard. What it showed left everyone stunned. Kyojuro Rengoku: Hmm? The Mugen Train? Upper Rank Three? Everyone, eyes brimming with tears: Kyojuro, you did so well. As more and more footage played, everyone also began to see the inexperienced boy carrying his sister on his back in a
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Starting with Demon Slayer, I Become a Thousand Demon Blades! 从鬼灭开始,化身万千魔刀!
[Roleplay + Myriad Worlds + System + Demon Blade + No Female Lead] After being caught up in a freak accident and forced to transmigrate, Lin Fan arrives in the world of Demon Slayer and unlocks the Ultimate Demon Blade System! Forced to become a demon blade, he can grow infinitely stronger just by collecting emotional energy, and can even draw abilities from the Myriad Worlds. He draws a template from the start and takes on the form of Asuramaru. Lin Fan: “Tanjiro, go get your revenge! Let all y
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Anime Crossover: Saving the Childhood Anime Characters We Can’t Forget 综漫:子供向动漫拯救意难平
A fairy cursed into becoming a doll to stop the human world from being destroyed must find a human partner whose heart resonates with hers to break the curse. She originally built a dollhouse and waited for her human partner to arrive, but why did the fairy disappear the moment she became a doll? All worlds are separate, and each world has only one fairy! The fairies are sane. Lots of author-created settings, and characters may be out of character! A crossover anime story focused on friendship.
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Demon Slayer: I Just Used a Cheat, No Need to Make a Fuss 鬼灭:我就开个挂而已,别在意
Shirei is an outstanding professional gamer. He can achieve a perfect clear in any game, and once set a record that had game designers begging him not to finish so quickly. It made them feel like they hadn’t accomplished anything. But surely there wasn’t no game out there that could be more fun? Then a System descended from the heavens and took up residence in his mind, finally giving Shirei the game he had always dreamed of. A game where you can actually feel the damage? You expect me to believ
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Demon Slayer: My Brothers Are an Upper Rank and the First Swordsman 鬼灭:我的哥哥是上弦和初始剑士
This book is also known as [The Third Child of the Tsugikuni Family] and [The Child Adopted by the Tsugikuni Family] (There shouldn't have been any dots in the title, but none of the versions passed review [sad]) Now for the content warnings. 1. The protagonist is a demon, and a tsundere. Read with caution if that's not your thing. 2. The story's angst is wrapped in sugar, and I can promise it's all sweetness (?). But sometimes I end up making it angsty without meaning to. 3. There's no CP. Ther
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The Office Pantry's Strange Tales 公司茶水间的怪谈
The Office Pantry's Urban Legends
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The Overtime Pay Was Hell Money, But I Signed Anyway 加班费是冥币,但我还是签了
The Overtime Pay Was Ghost Money, but I Signed Anyway
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A Nation Ruined by the Author's Pen 笔下亡国
A Fallen Kingdom, Written Into Being
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A Glimmer of Light in the Wasteland! 废土微光!
A Glimmer in the Wasteland!
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Snow Festival! 雪祭!
Snow Festival!
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Ten Years After My Death, He Dug Up My Body in a Mass Grave 我死后十年,他在乱葬岗挖我尸体
Ten years after I died, he dug up my body from the mass grave
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By the Time He Kissed Me, I Was Already Cold 他吻我时,我已冰冷
He kissed me when I was already cold.
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Two Critical Condition Notices, One Boat Ticket, and an Elopement with No Tomorrow! 两张病危通知书,一张船票,和一场没有明天的私奔!
Two critical condition notices, one boat ticket, and an elopement with no tomorrow!
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I’m His Third Substitute 我是他的第三个替身
I’m His Third Replacement
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He Traded Heart for Heart 他以心换心
He Repays Heart with Heart
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Divine-Grade 神品
Three Law Secret Realms have appeared in the underground city of the East Sea, sparking a fierce scramble among countless factions. The reason is that the protagonist possesses the divine ability to make his words come true! He can complete alchemy and artifact crafting with just a thought. And since he also has an immortal artifact, he joins the competition for the secret realms!
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Honkai Impact 3rd: The Miracle That Exists Because of You 崩坏:因你存在的奇迹
Absolute gravity, and the inferiority complex it creates, are what teach them to love! (No idea how the ratings will be. Maybe it'll get some?) (Never going on hiatus!!!) (I've never transmigrated, so I can only use my imagination.) Anyway, if you're tired of stories that stick to the plot, give this one a try. (Three golden chapters? Forget it. Who made all those rules? This author's just writing fanfiction, not some fast-food novel!) The following tags were added manually. (The ending is all s
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Framed as the Villain, I Lay Low Until the End of Time 污蔑我是反派,苟到天荒地老
[Ex-Wife Chases Her Husband to the Crematorium + Multiple Female Leads + Regret Story + No Forgiveness + Cautious Survivor + Not a Power Fantasy] In his previous life, Lu Yu saved the world, only to be falsely accused of trying to destroy it. Chen Mo, the one who truly brought about its destruction, was revered by everyone. In the end, Lu Yu was betrayed and killed by those closest to him: his master, senior sister, and junior sister. Reborn into a new life, all he wants is to leave the sect, li
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I Saved the World, Yet They Slandered Me. So I'll Destroy It Instead 救世反被污蔑,那就换我来灭世
[Dark Cultivation + Invincible from the Start + Shocking Ending + Decisive and Ruthless + Subverting Expectations + Clever Protagonist] Xiao Xuanyu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the body of the strongest ancestor in the cultivation world, with boundless magical power and a lifespan of a thousand years. Before he can enjoy even one day of an invincible life, the supreme leaders of the human, demon, and monster races kneel and beg him to act: an ancient evil demon is about to bre
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The Mengjin Crossing 盟津渡
Also known as The Awakening of the Ferry Boy. Wu Heyuan, a young man from a Yellow River ferry crossing, suffers the massacre of his entire family, and his younger sister goes missing. After delivering a letter to the Weishui Alliance for a mysterious stranger, he becomes Jiang Shang’s disciple and embarks on a path of political intrigue. When his sister is trained to become an enemy nation’s assassin, when his beloved tastes poison to save him from the brink of death, and when his master gives
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Alpha Wolf II: One Hand Shrouds the Sky 头狼Ⅱ只手遮天
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
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I Returned from the Apocalypse 我自末日归来
[Reborn] + [Superpowers] + [One heroine] + [Urban high-martial-arts] Spiritual qi revival, awakening among the masses, invasion by foreign races. Ling Yu awakens the power of Solar Flame and is determined to burn every last enemy to ashes. Beast God Temple: “Oh my god! Don't come any closer!” Fairness Church: “You had connections? Why didn't you say so earlier!” Mechanical Divine Church: “You bastard, you stole my treasure!” The superpowered: “So which of them are the villains, and which one
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Three-Line Cycle: Reversing Course Westward 三线轮回:逆骨西行
A mysterious letter drags me into a deadly game spanning centuries! In the modern-day snowfields, I face evil spirits. Amid the flames of war in the Republic of China era, I save our ancestors. In the hidden palace chambers of the Ming dynasty, I uncover the secrets of the Jianwen Emperor... Piao Zhixuan and I battle across time, unlock the bronze mirror’s seal, and fight an evil spirit a thousand years old. Family destiny, duty to our country, and bonds forged through life and death knot togeth
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Yulin Epic: Watching Over the Dawn 玉林史诗:守望黎明
[True Ensemble Cast × No System × Detail-Oriented × Passionate] [Slow Burn] [Growing Up] [Fantasy Wuxia] “Everyone, take your seats and lend me your ears.” In Yulin City, now at peace once more, a silver-clad woman in a golden cape sat among the ordinary spectators, listening as the storyteller struck his block and slowly began recounting a memory she knew well, yet had once remembered only vaguely. The story began with a Spiritborn Tournament she was forced to enter, with a stubborn girl gritti
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Seeking a Lonely City in This Sea of Stars 于此星海寻孤城
As psionic technology reaches its full development and humanity enters the Star Era, can the Federal Community of Humanity, whose voice is controlled by the great families, truly be called a utopia? How will a technological civilization that has abandoned the “gods” face the “gods”? And where should the wandering twins Xing Hai and Gu Cheng, who have left the Federation behind, go to find their promised land?
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The Reborn Little Fox Fairy’s Tale 小狐仙的重生物语
On the first day after being reborn, Luo Xiao suddenly finds himself with a “younger sister.” His longtime best friend, whom he has secretly loved for years, is ultimately no match for the fairy who appeared out of nowhere. Beneath their growing affection lies a five-thousand-year search, and a sage's obsession will ultimately transcend time and space.
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Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙
[No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that
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The Sorrow of the Dao Tribulation 道劫之殇
This is a slow-paced cultivation story, so please don't read it if that's not your thing! It's a story meant to inspire reflection, so please don't read it if that's not your thing! “I seek neither immortality, invincibility, nor transcendence. This isn't one of those cultivation wish-fulfillment stories with warped values, mindless characters, or lowbrow content. Insight and opportunity are left to the reader to interpret; the focus is on elaboration. No System, no transmigration, no rebirth.”
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