In a Reading Slump: Looking for Novels with Deep Insights into Daoist Classics 书慌中求购几本对道家经典理解很深的小说
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Cangshan Ashes: The Dao-Demon Chronicle 苍山烬，道魔启世录
[Steady updates, and it will never be abandoned!] “Master, weren't we here to catch ghosts?” “Today is inauspicious. We shouldn't make a move!” “Master, you just can't beat them, can you?” “Don't talk nonsense. Demons and ghosts have their place in life.” “Disciple, don't go around exorcising demons and slaying monsters at the drop of a hat.” “Cultivating the Dao means cultivating the heart. We should be kind.” “Remember, all things under heaven have life, and life comes first. If we run into so
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Laozi Explains the Tao Te Ching to Me 老子给我讲道德经
As a sacred text of humanity, the Tao Te Ching has inspired countless interpretations throughout history. One day, I had the chance to meet Laozi, who personally explained it to me. I am publishing his teachings now: first, to restore the original meaning, and second, to clear up doubts and confusion.
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A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记
[Professional Taoist + slow burn + folk customs + the supernatural + mild horror + realism + gradual development + no wish fulfillment] (The central theme of this second novel: people and their relationships.) The Taoist's Journey into the Mortal World is a continuation of The Little Taoist of Qingshan. New readers can enjoy it on its own, while returning readers will find it an even richer experience. Do you want to learn about folk spiritual mediums? Curious about spirit mediums? Want to know
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A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士
A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help.
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Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水
Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa
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- 56 A Commentary on the Daily Sutra 功课经注解 This book provides a detailed, line-by-line explanation of the Taoist classics, including the Morning Scripture, the Noon Scripture (Scripture of the Three Officials), the Evening Scripture, and the Scripture of the Northern Dipper. It fully explains the meaning and function of these scriptures, making it a rare and valuable textbook. 146Reads—Score5214d adds
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Tales of the Dragon and Tiger Mystic Heroes 龙虎玄侠传
In the Age of Declining Dharma, spiritual qi revives. Evil spirits wreak havoc, and dragons and tigers descend from the heavens. With the Nine Heavens Divine Pill reappearing in the world, orthodox and unorthodox factions alike prepare for battle. The arts of the occult, talismans, soul-binding, poison and witchcraft clash in a contest of skill. Ye Chen and Xiao Jun, two disciples of the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters, are summoned by Heaven's will to exterminate demons and defend the Dao. Bound by th
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A Complete Guide to the Four Pillars of Destiny 八字大全讲解
Do you believe in fate? In just eight words, this book captures its true meaning. It's especially suitable for beginners, and can also be used as a reference. I hope you study hard and never stop learning.
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My Twenty Years as a Spirit Medium 我出马的二十年
He cultivated his character deep in the mountains, then left his secluded cave to make a name for himself across the land. Over twenty years, he broke through countless barriers and witnessed countless things. This is the true story of those twenty years, meant both to introduce this industry to those unfamiliar with it and to share experience with fellow professionals.
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Cultivating in the Mortal World: The Path to Enlightenment 红尘修行：证道之路
No System + No Transmigration + Ordinary Mortal’s Journey + Historical Fantasy + Traditional Xianxia + Detailed Cultivation Techniques + Insights into Cultivation Lin Qingyang was born deep in the Qinling Mountains in the third year of the Jiajing era. Gifted with a “White Jade Physique,” he dreamed of the starry sky from childhood and was guided by an old man with white hair, marking him as extraordinary. At twelve, he became the disciple of the wandering Daoist Li Sanren and began his path of
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Fortune-Telling Master Prequel: The Way to Immortality 测字大师前传：有道长生
Immortality is the ultimate pursuit of every human being. In ancient times, our Chinese ancestors observed heaven and earth, sensed the transformations of nature, performed shamanic rites, and communed with ancestral gods in their quest for immortality; In the medieval era, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cultivated virtue and established customs, created writing, sought harmony with heaven and humanity, gathered herbs and refined elixirs, and cultivated their meridians, acupoints, and in
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I Guard the Realm with My Dao 吾以吾道守山河
[Taoist Priest + Spells + National Destiny + Supernatural + Taoist Arts] Disciples of the Taoist sect command spirits and generals, exterminate evil and vanquish demons, all because the Tao endures! Has the ghost army deep in the Taihang Mountains really seized control of China's dragon vein? Could the lost Heavenly Master's sword really be on the roof of the Peace Hotel? As the Heavenly Master's representative, he actually destroys a temple with thunder and fire at the slightest provocation! He
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- 63 The Dao: What Is the Dao? 道，何是道 If you had to pick the Chinese character with the most meanings, it would surely be “Dao.” It can refer to a dish, the ancient Yellow River route, the way to govern a country, respect for teachers and the Way, a Buddhist monk and a Daoist priest, unorthodox methods, or eloquence. With each use of the character, you may find its specific meaning differs. This is one reason it cannot be translated precisely into other languages. The Dao as understood by Chinese people also varies depending on the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Monster-Hunting Was Exposed, So I Had to Livestream Explanations of Monsters and Ghosts 捉妖被曝光，只好直播科普妖与鬼
[Livestreaming explanations of monsters from authentic ancient Chinese texts + One female lead + Two incredibly powerful protagonists + The Classic of Mountains and Seas + What the Master Does Not Speak Of + All kinds of folk customs, researched in meticulous detail] As the saying goes: I offer the gods fine incense, and they say it isn't good enough. When a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers came down from the sky wearing sunglasses and smoking Huazi cigarettes, the viewers fell silent. Lin Qin
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- 65 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Take a Side Job, So Why Am I Fortune-Telling at a Stall? 娱乐：让你做副业你摆摊算命？ In his previous life, he was a true immortal of the Daoist sect. In this life, he transmigrates to Blue Star's entertainment industry as a nobody. Yang Lin unexpectedly joins a livestream show called Work Hard, Everyone! To build their image as ordinary working people, the celebrities either perform on the street or set up stalls selling snacks. Yang Lin, however, simply pulls a Daoist robe from his bag, puts it on, and starts telling fortunes. He lifts a curse for a female CEO and earns a ten-t 18.4kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 66 After Returning from Cultivation: The Ordinary Girl Goes Viral Online! 修仙回来后：素人她全网爆红啦！ [Farming + Livestreaming] Xu Qingqing was lucky enough to take a month-long trip to the cultivation world, and she brought back a golden finger! Now that she’s back, why bother going to work? She’s going home to farm! This book just has a touch of cultivation. There won’t be any actual cultivation~ (The cultivation world is only where she gets her golden finger, so please don’t complain.) 1.6kReads9.0Score10814d adds
- 67 The True Awakening of the Supreme Old Lord's Daoist Heart 太上老君道心启真 Take the void and the natural way as its guiding principle; take clarity, purity, inaction, and non-interference as its substance. Act without intention or attachment; unite with the One, and all things are accomplished. The Supreme Lord Lao, the foremost teacher of the Dao, embodies profound virtue that flows far and wide. His every word and deed contains the ultimate principles of the Great Dao. The Lord Lao often presents himself with a calm and peaceful bearing, every gesture displaying comp 1.8kReads6.8Score35514d adds
- 68 I Just Became a Tang Dynasty Celestial Master, Then Discovered This Was Journey to the West 刚成大唐天师，发现是西游 He transmigrates into Journey to the West and becomes Li Chunfeng, a strategist under the Tang emperor. A child prodigy and Taoist, he knows that when the two empresses rule together, Wu Zetian will suppress Taoism and promote Buddhism. Determined to honor his master's wishes, Li Chunfeng offers counsel to Li Shimin. Using his knowledge of the future, he gradually becomes the greatest founding contributor to the Tang dynasty and takes the foremost place in the Lingyan Pavilion. In the thirteenth 5.4kReads8.8Score31614d adds
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The Hilarious Illustrated Guide to the Tao Te Ching 道德经爆笑讲解版
The Dao De Jing, Explained in Hilarious Fashion
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There's a Fox Spirit Living in My House 家里养个狐狸精
After getting drunk, college student Li Yundong obtained a Human Origin Golden Elixir, which transformed his body. When he woke up, he found a cute, alluring fox spirit beauty sleeping beside him, and his life changed forever! With the power of the Human Origin Golden Elixir, he became invincible, and joined forces with the little fox spirit in dual cultivation to create a legendary romance between humans and demons!
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Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin 九龙拉棺
I became a corpse retriever to get rich and marry a wife. But before I could make a fortune, I pulled a delicate, stunning beauty out of the Yellow River...
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- 72 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds
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Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic 道医馆笔记
[All plotlines in this book are fictional and included solely for the purposes of the story. They do not represent real-life views. Please keep that in mind and don't confuse fiction with reality.] After graduating with a master's degree from an ordinary university of traditional Chinese medicine, the protagonist didn't go to work at a hospital. Instead, they joined a Daoist medical clinic and began recording their encounters with strange and baffling illnesses.
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The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下
[Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it...
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Livestream: Teaching Kids to Write Essays and Be Good People 直播：教孩子写作文，学做人
Writing compositions is easy! This book shows parents how to guide their children in writing and in learning how to be good people. Drawing on traditional Chinese thought, it explores methods and techniques for parent-child education.
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Every Word Reveals Prajna 字字见般若
He had studied Buddhism for twenty years, recited countless sutras, paid his respects to many masters, and completed all kinds of religious practices. His mind was calmer than before, but the suffering remained. When a friend came to pour out her troubles, he sat across from her, thought for a long time, and couldn't find anything to say. She had been a university lecturer and run a business. She had made money and lost it. Eventually, she realized that the hardest thing wasn't making or losing
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Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记
Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy!
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- 78 Questions and Answers from the Spirit Realm 灵界问答录 I have nearly ten thousand years of memories from my past lives, so my understanding of the Spirit Realm is fairly comprehensive. In my spare time, I write about the things I’ve encountered in those past lives: mythology, aliens, reincarnation, the heavenly eye, cultivation, liberation, destiny, changing one’s fate, the laws of the universe, the discriminating mind, karma, the Heavenly Dao, and more. Ask me anything, and I’ll answer whatever I can. 327Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 79 Huaxia Bureau for Protecting the Nation from Alien Affairs 华夏外星事务护天局 This book is a prequel to Strange Tales of Chang'an, which will continue to be updated. All ideas come from deep space. I wrote it independently, and it was not generated by AI. Updates whenever inspiration strikes. To the advanced-civilization infiltrators among my readers: please ignore me. I can't see through your light-based disguises, so I don't know who's who. 733Reads8.4Score11414d adds
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The Way of Not Knowing 不知，道
[Alternate history + martial arts world + political intrigue + extraordinary people and arts + mystery] The pursuit of the Dao is not about seeking immortality. The bustling mortal world is full of the Dao; the only question is, what is the Dao? There are countless great paths in this world, yet most people are trapped by fame and status, enslaved by external things. They act only when circumstances permit, and in the end never attain freedom. The Dao is not found in temples or scriptures, but i
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That Guy Is Both a Northern Shaman and a Southern Taoist 那家伙既是北马又是南茅
Join the Old Immortal in gathering merit and spreading blessings across the land! Anyone with a “little circle” on them is there to help others. This is a little master who is both rather laid-back and a bit of a slacker, “part Taoist, part Marxist,” and specializes in helping people solve their problems and helping the Old Immortal accumulate merit! He’s also an expert at exposing fakes! Ha, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that!
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The City's Supreme Wizard Immortal 都市极品巫仙
[Four Pillars of Destiny + Feng Shui + I Ching + Family Witchcraft + Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism] Qian Yi was born with a perfectly Yang Four Pillars chart, with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches identical in his year, month, day, and hour pillars. A one-in-ten-thousand rarity. He bears the mission of carrying on an ancient tradition of witchcraft, and must find a girl with a perfectly Yin chart whose four pillars are all identical so he can find a partner. Only by joining Yin and Y
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After Eighteen Years of Foolishness, I Became a Yin-Walker 痴傻十八年后我成为了走阴人
Every ancient village has a mysterious legend passed down through the generations: the Village Guardian. They bear a secret duty, using their broken bodies to ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, shouldering every calamity alone. People say they have come to the mortal world to endure hardship, and that their suffering in this life will bring blessings in the next. Yet fate treats them cruelly. Most die young, grow old alone, and endure endless mockery and cold stares. And I am one
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A Love Story from the Antique World 古玩江湖情
Recognize your innate wisdom and complete your character. The martial world isn’t just about fighting. It’s about human relationships and the ways of the world. A buried history, a story, a reflection, a voice, a responsibility... Books cannot express everything, and words cannot convey every thought. This book will bring you a different kind of “fireworks,” along with the hopes and private musings of the heart. Life is a dream. I’ll pour a cup to the moon over the river...
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Reborn: Learning Witchcraft in Western Hunan 重生之我在湘西学巫术
This work is entirely fictional and adapted from handwritten manuscripts of the Wu Sect’s personal records. In 1993, the author’s maternal grandfather copied the Wu Sect’s personal records by hand. As no one has practiced the art, it is now nearly lost.
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- 86 Warring States Strategies: Guiguzi's Game (15 Volumes) 战国纵横：鬼谷子的局（全15册） The Chinese version of Game of Thrones, The Stratagems of Guiguzi is a sweeping historical novel. It tells the magnificent tale of Guiguzi, the revered founding master of strategists, military tacticians, political persuaders, yin-yang scholars, and Daoists, as he plots the course of the world! During the middle of the Warring States period, an old man lived in seclusion in a secluded valley on Yunmeng Mountain. He was revered as Guiguzi. For more than two thousand years after his time, strategi 1.3kReads9.5Score33314d adds
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The Ghost-Hunting Security Company 捉鬼保安公司
Pure supernatural horror + comedy, no harem, no formulaic plot. He focuses on solving all kinds of bizarre cases. From the start, he subdues a red-clad female ghost at Erxian Bridge and hires her, develops a ghost-hunting ride-hailing app, punches his way through a zombie manor, and kicks his way through a haunted alley from a former dynasty alongside a death-seeking streamer. The madness never lets up.
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- 88 A Complete Translation of the Tao Te Ching: An Easy-to-Understand Explanation 道德经全译通俗易懂讲解 The Tao Te Ching, written by the Spring and Autumn period philosopher Laozi, is a classic work of philosophy and the core text of Taoism. It is hailed as the “pinnacle of Chinese wisdom.” The book contains just over five thousand characters and is divided into two parts, the Tao and the Te. It presents the Tao as the source of the universe and the principle governing its workings, advocating that “the Tao follows nature” and that rulers should govern through non-action. It reveals the dialectica 17Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 89 The Turning of Heaven and Earth 流转乾坤 The world depicted in this book is clearly different from the real world. No matter where they are in the Three Realms, every ordinary person struggles to survive. Perhaps life has no meaning to begin with, but the greatest meaning of being alive is to explore the truth of life and the value of our existence! I hope that when my dear readers discover the truth about this world one day, they’ll still love it! Let’s keep doing our best together! 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 90 Rusty Sword 銹剑 (No brainless plot, no System, no harem, not a power fantasy, and only half committed to lying flat) Pull the helpless drops of water out of the martial world. Use rivets that refuse to be ordinary to pry up an entire edifice. Let a one-of-a-kind self return to heaven and earth. Draw the rusty sword that has earned its rest from the Yellow Springs. Warning 1: This book is a broad, multi-perspective narrative with a certain reading threshold. Please don't leave your brain at the door. Warning 2 21.9kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 91 Duke Zhou's Dream Interpretation 周公解梦 Everyone dreams, but few people know what their dreams truly mean. Even fewer understand that dreams are actually omens, warning us whether the things about to happen in our lives will bring good fortune or disaster! Just as cats and dogs behave strangely before an earthquake, and ants tirelessly move house in the days before a flood, our dreams guide us whenever a major change is about to take place in our lives… 19.9kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
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The Splendor of the Kaiyuan Era 开元盛景
[History + political intrigue + Taoism + Tang Dynasty + Kaiyuan era + a touch of fantasy] Li Longji was originally just a concubine-born prince of a deposed emperor, imprisoned deep within the palace from the moment he was born. With a woman disrupting the court, his mother murdered, and the realm in turmoil, all he could see was endless darkness. With the help of Celestial Master Ye Fashan, he boldly rose up in the struggle and successfully restored his father to the throne. He himself was nam
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You Can Cultivate Immortality While You Lie Flat 躺平也可以修仙
These are my personal insights and experiences in cultivating the Dao and refining qi, woven into a novel that creates a strange and eerie supernatural world through both dreams and reality. If you enjoy supernatural mysteries and immortal cultivation, give it a read. It’s unlike anything else, and the opportunity is rare. When this old man achieves a perfected Golden Core, you’ll all be disciples of my Qingfeng Sect.
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- 94 The Charlatan 神棍 A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1kReads8.7Score13614d adds
- 95 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 550Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 96 The Black Blade Ghost Slayer 黑刀斩鬼人 No System, no clichés, not a naive protagonist, and no livestreaming. Mysticism, the Hetu and Luoshu, yin-yang, the five elements, the eight trigrams, and the nine palaces. Fantasy and supernatural events include a ghostly flood dragon in Changbai Mountain’s Heavenly Lake, a water spirit in the Peach Blossom Spring, a black dragon in Heilongjiang, a serpent transformed in the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan, an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains, a wormhole in Ailao Mountain, an underwater 156Reads—Score—14d adds
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Legend of the God-Haters 厌神传说
In a world of chivalry and honor, several great powers fight over the last Yan Shen brocade pouch. The states of Wei and Ming have been at war for years, leaving the people destitute. Strange and uncanny events abound, as the years pass like flowers in an array. Bai Ze, driven from his homeland after its destruction, wanders the martial world, encountering one astonishing twist of fate after another. The martial arts masters A Jiu, Feng Luoyu, Huangfu Tingfeng, Ye Cenglou, and others embark on a
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- 98 Tearing Through the Void, Devouring the Stars 破空噬星 (Urban cultivation, fantasy, comedy) Heaven and earth are dark and yellow; the universe is vast and primeval. The sun and moon rise and set; the stars are arrayed across the sky. The Great Dao cycles through rebirth; the void slips away and crumbles. Ascend the throne. “I, Deng Anhui, swear to become the greatest in this universe.” From then on, the young man sets out on the path of cultivation. Beyond the depths of primordial chaos lies yet more primordial chaos. The evolution of countless worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Xuanhuan: After 100,000 Years of Slumber, I Became the Ancestor of My Clan 玄幻：沉睡十万年，成了家族老祖 [I slept for a hundred thousand years, willingly becoming the Fang family's hidden trump card] After Fang Han transmigrated to the Ancient Wilderness, he defied the heavens and became a Saint, only to suffer damage to his divine source. Unexpectedly, a hundred thousand years later, he was accidentally awakened by an unscrupulous disciple of his clan. He thought his lifespan had run out and that he was about to die, but at the last moment, his System awakened! [Reward: Repair your divine source a 2Reads5.8Score—14d adds
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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖法宝坛经
Opening Verse The supreme, profound, wondrous Dharma is rarely encountered, even in a hundred million kalpas. Now that I can see, hear, receive, and uphold it, may I understand the Tathagata's true meaning. The true nature of the universe: those who hear this true Dharma can awaken and be reborn, break free from the illusory cycle of reincarnation, and attain liberation and freedom!
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