Looking for Heartbreaking Novels. Lately, I Think I've Become Immune to the Angst 刀子文求书，最近我好像对刀子文免疫了
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A Different Ming Dynasty: I Became a Saint with a Hundred Lives 异世大明：我用一百条命成圣
Alternate-history Ming Dynasty / Fighting for the People / The Art of Toppling Dragons / Loyal Ministers Who Risk Their Lives to Remonstrate / Rules Horror Lately, the atmosphere at court in the Fengtian Hall has grown rather grim. For several days in a row, officials from one particular residence have been risking their lives to remonstrate, and they really do die on the spot. “I stake my life on this remonstrance!” Here we go again. But Emperor Zhu Chongba has changed his approach, too. “Do yo
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Bound by Contract: My Grudge Against the Cursed Campus Belle Is Irreconcilable 契约绑定：我与怨种校花不共戴天
Synopsis: [Comedy + Cunning Schemer + One Heroine + Love-Hate Relationship + Power Fantasy + Symbiosis + Myriad Worlds] This is a parallel world overrun by strange beasts. Fortunately, humanity has awakened the ability to form symbiotic contracts and fight back. Contractual symbiosis: Two people are bound together. One enters another world to cultivate and adventure, while the other makes choices on their partner’s behalf. In the end, both grow stronger. While the other contracted pairs stand un
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The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙
“Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem
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Dark Survival Game 黑暗生存游戏
You wake to find darkness engulfing the world outside. A storm rages, strange bloodstains seep into the corners of the walls, mournful cries ring in your ears, and a figure outside the window never leaves. You and countless other survivors huddle in fear inside your own ten-square-meter shelters. Starving, you open the door a crack and peer outside. [Chance of catching a cold from the rain after going outside: 100%] A cold isn't a disease. It just lowers your immunity and increases your chance o
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The Lucky Life of a Layabout 咸鱼的开挂人生
Jiang Mo suddenly noticed that a yellow exclamation mark had appeared above the convenience store owner's head, the pen on his desk, and the lazy orange cat on the balcony. Behind every person or thing bearing an exclamation mark lay a strange and wondrous world. A plane crash site, evil spirits knocking at the door, a world inside a dream, a day trapped in an endless loop... Jiang Mo had wanted to be an ordinary couch potato, but the world was no longer ordinary.
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Genshin Impact: After Falling Out with Ying, I Became a Big Shot 原神：和影反目后我成了大佬
[The Ex-Husband Chase, a Path of No Return] + [Twists] The shocking first appearance in Liyue Harbor of the legendary boy who possesses four Visions, the Fatui's Twelfth Harbinger, Shaoqing, Xuelie Die! Rumor has it that the Fatui's Twelfth Harbinger, Shaoqing, was originally named Gu Yihan and once served under the Raiden Shogun in Inazuma... In Liyue Harbor, Gu Yihan raised a hand to shield his eyes from the glaring sun and looked toward the distant, cloud-darkened sky, softly murmuring Ying's
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Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神
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
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Genshin Impact: The Samsara Is Revealed, and the Female Characters Break Down in Tears 原神：轮回曝光，女角色们泪崩了
In his first life, Su Yang helped Raiden Ei emerge from the darkness. He and the woman who had given up her divine powers lived in a little cabin out in the wilderness, sharing a single bed. Thanks to Su Yang’s efforts, little by little, he heard bedtime stories from Ei; experienced a full-body massage from her strong hands; and tried her lovingly prepared, poisonous bento… Then, on the final day, beneath the bright moon, Ei: “The moonlight is beautiful tonight.” Su Yang: “I’m tired of this! You
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There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼
Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu
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Star Dome: My Simulated Life Resets Every Week 星穹：我的模拟人生每周刷新
After transmigrating into the Star Dome world, Jiang Fan awakens a life simulator. As long as he simulates his life, he can grow stronger. Herta: “In your next life... will you recognize me at first sight? ...I want to ride the Ferris wheel with you.” Cocolia: “I overturned the whole world just to set your reflection right.” “That's how farewells are, really. The one who leaves first casts a shadow that stretches far, far across the ground. No matter how hard you chase after it, there's nothing
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Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人
After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became
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Genshin Impact: Storytelling in Liyue Harbor Leaves Hu Tao in Tears 原神：璃月港说书，胡桃泪目
[A hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, bringing Hu Tao to tears] There were no twin [Raiden sisters]. It was only a cliched story made up by the dying Thunder Demon. There was no free-spirited [bards]. It was merely the wind becoming a boy's eyes, seeing the world beyond the tower for him. There was no immortal [zombie Qiqi]. It was just the dying old man's humble plea, heard by a god. Li Mo had lived a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation in Genshin Impact. He only had one final life's task left
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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After Being Reborn, I Became the Beloved Female Side Character 重生后，女配的我被团宠了
Warning: This is not a female-lead power fantasy about revealing a secret identity. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can leave. [Some angst + reborn + adored by everyone + sweet romance + variety show] In her previous life, after the youngest daughter of Beijing’s wealthy Lu family went missing, they blamed their eldest daughter, Lu Yinghan, for failing to look after her little sister and drove her out. Lu Yinghan made her own way in life, but on her twentieth birthday, she was diagnosed w
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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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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One Man, One Dog, One Zombie 一人一狗一丧尸
[No superpowers + no System + plot-focused + no harem] Huang Jin, a young man who secretly worked in a specialized line of business, received a call from his boss at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. His boss ordered him to stay put in C City and wait for the organization to rescue him. But time passed, and after waiting for two whole years, Huang Jin still saw no sign of anyone from the organization. He decided to head to Z City, where his boss was, on his own. Along the way, he came across
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Genshin Impact: Nine Lifetimes of Endless Erosion 原神：九世轮回，我经历无数磨损
After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se
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Star Legend: Code Name: Civilian Hero Plus 星际传奇：代号平民英雄Plus
On January 1, 2024, an evil alien civilization of the Scorpion race, ranked at Level 2.61, sets out to destroy Earth’s civilization, which is only Level 0.81. Under the surveillance and assistance of a god-tier civilization System, I am chosen to enter a parallel universe and take the place of Lu Bu’s soul. My codename is Commoner Hero Plus. In other words, I am Lu Bu, the new Lu Bu. On January 1, 224 CE, I begin my journey to restart human civilization in the parallel universe. The System tells
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The Transcendent Time-Space Soldier King 超时空兵王
This story follows Heda, a human hero from the Sunlit Star Domain. He rises from an ordinary man at the bottom of society, enduring hardship, to become a legendary super-temporal soldier king. The story is set against the backdrop of a human interstellar engineering expedition being hunted by an unknown spacefaring civilization. Forced to flee, the expedition accidentally enters the Great Attractor, and its four starships are flung into the Sunlit Star Domain of the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster.
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The Age of Su Hong: Battle for the Stars 苏红时代丨决战星宇
“Either the East Wind prevails over the West Wind, or the West Wind prevails over the East Wind.” The Soviet call has sounded, and the Soviet flag will one day fly proudly among the stars. One red Soviet Alliance starship after another sets out for the sea of stars. The glorious Red Soviet Era is bound to arrive, and the ideals of the Internationale will ultimately be realized among the stars.
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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I Really Am a Snake, Not the Source of Darkness! 我真是一条蛇，不是黑暗源头！
[Mythical Beast + Immortality + No Female Lead + Taking Disciples + Invincible] Zhu Jiuyin transmigrates into a snake that eats raw flesh and drinks blood. He starts out with eternal life, only to be sealed beneath Mount Buzhou for all eternity. Fortunately, he activates the Master-Disciple Rewards System. His disciples’ cultivation can be returned to him a thousandfold! To win his freedom, Zhu Jiuyin begins taking disciples like crazy. [Ding! Your disciple has gained one year of cultivation. Re
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Immortal Travel of Longevity 长生仙游
An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl
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Campus Belle, Stop Acting So High and Mighty. I'm Getting Married 校花别傲娇了，我都要结婚了
[Reborn + Campus Beauty + One Female Lead + No System or Golden Finger + Light, Everyday Romance] After his bad friends egged him on, Luo Geng confessed to the campus beauty Qi Qianru. All he got in return was a smiling, “I don’t believe you.” Luo Geng thought she was testing him. To prove he really liked her, he pursued her even harder. Only later did Luo Geng realize that “I don’t believe you” really meant, “I want you to keep being my doormat.” After he finally worked himself to death in a ho
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The Otherworldly Adventures of a Reincarnated Poker-Faced Little Mage 转生面瘫萝莉法爷的异界旅行
[Gender Swap] [Transmigration] [Invincible] [No CP] Angel has become a little girl, and not just any little girl, but an expressionless catgirl. Worse still, she wakes up deep inside a vast underground labyrinth, surrounded by monsters. Luckily, she gets a mage-fast-track System from the start, and with its help, she levels up and takes down boss after boss. After enduring countless hardships to clear the labyrinth and make it back to the surface, she discovers she's become a god. Then she s
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I Want to Save Someone, but She Lived a Thousand Years Ago 我想救个人，可她活在一千年前
[Xianxia] [Convergence of Time and Space] [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [Plot-focused] “Are you a disciple of the Sword Sect?” “I'm the Sect Master.” “Then you should still have a long time to live, right?” “Why do you ask?” “Put down your sword first. I need to tell you something.” “Go ahead.” “Do you know that the place I'm standing in is the ruins of the Sword Sect?” “...” “This may sound strange, but what I mean is that your Sword Sect was destroyed a thousand years ago. Your past, your
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Singing for a Living in a World of Immortals 我在修仙世界卖唱讨生活
I sang “Tears Behind Bars” in the prison cell and “Ten Kneels for Father and Mother” for the demon lord. Don't think I'm all that impressive. I'm just trying to stay alive. I've been kind my whole life and never done a single bad thing, yet none of life's hardships have spared me. The world is a fine place, but I won't be coming back in my next life. A kind young man had hoped to spend an ordinary life singing for a living. But after being deceived and betrayed time and again, he was led down a
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Great Ming: My Father Is Yongle, and I Shall Guard the Realm Forever 大明：家父永乐，永镇山河
In the final years of the Jianwen era, the Prince of Yan entered the capital, took the throne, and adopted the reign title Yongle. A great empire was turning a brand-new page, on the verge of ushering in an age of peace for the ages. A young man from the future transmigrates into the famous “Grilled Meat Prince,” Zhu Gaoxu. Before him stand the brilliant Yongle Emperor, Zhu Laosi; his frail, sickly eldest brother, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi; his beloved nephew, the Good Holy Grandson Zhu Zhanji…
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A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生
[This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master
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The Candle-Bearing Immortal of the Night 仙夜秉烛人
I wield a sword that cuts through the mortal world's roads. I hold a lamp that illuminates the sorrows of past and present. I make a wish for suffering to vanish from the world. I have a heart... to investigate things, extend knowledge, make my intentions sincere, set my heart right, cultivate myself, bring order to my family, govern the state, and bring peace to all under Heaven! “Heaven's movement is vigorous; the noble-minded person strives without cease.” “The earth's nature is receptive; th
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As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看
[Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them,
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The Dragon Loves Farming 巨龙爱种田
After transmigrating into a giant dragon and acquiring a farming System, he plans to keep his head down and enjoy a leisurely life as a farmer. Who could have guessed that his battered old hoe would cut through metal, that one spray of insecticide would wipe out an entire alien insect swarm, or that the System's seeds would be even more powerful? “Boss, the elves, human empire, metal dragons, beastmen, and others are here to see you. They want a seed of Creation from the Primordial Chaos, and ar
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A Carefree Journey Through Ten Thousand Worlds 万世逍遥游
The Myriad Worlds + Invincible + No female lead He is a traveler who roams the heavens, a mortal who journeys through countless worlds. He is the past that was never forgotten, the future that could never be recalled. The heavens bear his footprints, and the myriad worlds echo his name. His name is Lin Ziyi. An ordinary, supreme being. PS: This is about the Myriad Worlds, not a historical novel...
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Niu Xia Ke Luo’s 11th Book 牛下课咯第11本书
He transmigrated into the primordial world and became the first turd in existence. Shi Hao Tian had originally planned to give up on life, but then he discovered that his origins were extraordinary. The world’s filth, in liquid form, was the Sea of Blood. In solid form, it was him. Even the Three Pure Ones would have to call him Daoist friend if they met him. He swore brotherhood with Zhen Yuan Zi and Hong Yun. He fought for a meditation cushion in the Purple Cloud Palace. Then Shi Hao T
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