Looking for Western Fantasy with a Male Protagonist and No Female Lead 想看西幻 主角是男生 无女主

1. 1 就 I Was Only Borrowing the Protagonist’s Aura, So How Did I Turn Evil? 就蹭蹭主角光环，怎么就黑化了？ Iced Watermelon Lemon Tea冰镇西瓜柠檬茶Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Fake villain + no female lead + not invincible + no cliches + lighthearted + ensemble cast + Western fantasy setting + academy + unconventional corruption arc + slow burn (the main corruption storyline begins with the third instance)] After an unexpected transmigration, Cavies becomes a remnant of the demon race with both ice and dark affinities. He thinks he's been handed the role of a villain everyone loves to hate, but at the age of 14, he binds himself to a Fortune System. Not only can he s 2.2kReads9.3Score243Shelves

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   It's very good; you'll see the only flaw when you read to the last chapter.

2. 2 骑 Sir Knight, the Demon King Really Doesn’t Exist 骑士先生，魔王真的不存在啊 The Everlasting Explosion Magic User Huihui永久的爆裂魔法使惠惠Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Light novel] [Reincarnation] [Another-world adventure] [No System] [No harem] [Funny and lighthearted] [Hot-blooded] [Ensemble cast] A disillusioned, down-and-out half-elf bard is caught up in a crisis. The one who comes to save him is… The greatest knight, the sun that rends the darkness, former stage actor, a few cards short of a deck, permanent pope-in-waiting of the World Church, friend to the elves… Tang! “The Seven Deadly Sins are wreaking havoc, and the Demon King who will destroy the wo 67.7kReads9.2Score7kShelves

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3. 3 冰 Epic of the Frozen Sea 冰海史诗 Qian Yimo Hua浅伊墨华Anime Fanfiction136k WordsCompleted In the 11th century, the cold waves of the North Sea battered warships as Viking longships cut through the fog, their dragon-headed prows like blades of fate aimed at the coast of England. In this age steeped in blood and fire, the eyes of one young man burned with the flames of revenge. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 西 Western Fantasy: With the Twelve Talismans in Hand, I Enjoy Life 西幻：手握十二符咒，我享受生活 Rong Dou of Mount Nanlin南麟山的荣斗Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing Welcome the avenger from the Magic Academy, the creator of Bloodskull Mountain, guardian of maritime trade, fearless monster knight, supernova of the tournament, dragonslayer, foul-mouthed knight, Prince of Plenty of the Kingdom of Hals, Prince Torres of the Isackson Empire, Marquis Reis of the Duchy of Kruger, conqueror of the Western Lands, Lord of the Southern Mountains, Baron of Roman Island, Count of the Bountiful Lands, friend of the stars, Golden Khan of the Centaur Plains, the one feared 49.7kReads7.0Score4.5kShelves
5. 5 中 The Legendary Witcher of the Middle Ages 中世纪的传奇猎魔人 Whispers of the Void虚空低语Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy] [Soulslike] [Dragons] [Mythology] [Adventure] An unknown soul awakens in another world, carrying an unknown mass of flesh as it journeys onward. Scattered laws are the steps to godhood. I am both hunter and prey. My power is my only weapon, and my deepest curse! 45.2kReads8.3Score6.2kShelves
6. 6 我 I Became the Pope in a Western Fantasy World 我在西幻世界当教皇 Shen Mingxiao沈铭萧Eastern Fantasy691k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Otherworldly Continent + No Female Lead + Western Fantasy + Slow Burn + Leveling] After transmigrating into the role of the Fate Church’s pope from the start, Phil Gray finds himself under a lot of pressure. Before he can even get used to life as pope, he’s plunged into one crisis after another. Fortunately, the gods favor him. Other people blessed by the gods devoutly worship a particular deity, offering thousands upon thousands of prayers just to earn a single glance in retur 3.5kReads9.1Score400Shelves

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   This is a seriously underrated Western fantasy novel. The early and middle parts are very well-developed, but the pacing seems to accelerate suddenly in the later stages, perhaps in an effort to finish the story. Kudos to the author!

7. 7 你 You Dare Touch Me? I Have Seven Max-Level Accounts 你丫敢动我？我有七个满级号 Ink-Stained Junjun墨染君君Eastern Fantasy327k WordsCompleted [No CP + Western fantasy + character growth + slow burn + grand worldbuilding + smart protagonist + not a wish-fulfillment story] [Version A Synopsis:] Ning Busan spent a whole year finally beating the game Invaders from Beyond, achieving the perfect ending where he saved the world! Right after finishing the game, Ning Busan transmigrates ten thousand years into the future. The invaders have returned, and the Lantia Continent is on the brink of ruin! The good news: He has seven max-level charac 6.5kReads9.2Score890Shelves

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   I read it in one go. It's a Western fantasy, the main character is male, there's no female lead, and no romantic pairing.

8. 8 国 The King and the Pope 国王与教皇 Gu Jiuyue Chen古九月尘Two Male Leads941k WordsOngoing Dual male leads + Western fantasy + farming + infrastructure building + slow-burn plot The first six volumes are complete! The story has reached Volume Seven: A Thousand Years Ago! This isn't traditional Western fantasy. We don't really know how to categorize it either. It's a big pot of all sorts of things, so dig in while it's hot. Welcome to a world full of magic. Legend has it that in the ancient age of Western magic, there were dragons, elves, dwarves... and gods... Zhou Tu (Askan) and Lin 157Reads—Score122Shelves

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   There are two male leads, but it's unclear if there will be a romantic subplot; there's been no sign of it so far, and they seem to have a very straight-male vibe. The plot is slow-paced, so it's worth a try if you're looking for something to read.

9. 9 西 Western Fantasy: I'm a Man, So Why Does Everyone Call Me Mom? 西幻：男，但怎么都叫妈 I Really, Really, Really Don't Know我真真真不道啊Eastern Fantasy249k WordsOngoing [Light Novel] [Western Fantasy] [No System] Five foot three, bunny ears, delicate and soft... What the hell, this is a bunny-eared pretty boy! What the hell? I went to sleep and woke up in this place. How did I even change species? Lin Mian wakes up in another world, transmigrated into a body facing hellish difficulty from the start. He comes to in a slave transport cage, with no memories of the body’s previous owner and no System... This is the story of a beautiful bunny-eared boy who levels up 288Reads8.1Score127Shelves

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   It's good, the plot flows smoothly, and the storyline is clear. Especially the scenes of Lu Bu beating up Ultraman Tiga and Tyson fighting Taro are very touching. Overall, it's a very good watch.

10. 10 无 The God Without a Master 无主之神 Yu Xiaoshi Sheng余笑诗生Eastern Fantasy817k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Western Fantasy + Gods + Male Protagonist] The gods descended. Above the sky appeared the “Eye of the Gods.” This world became a pawn in the gods’ game, and its pitiful, powerless inhabitants crawled on their knees, praying for the gods’ attention in the name of “faith.” And so, civilization fell. Everywhere I go becomes the domain of the “gods.” How, then, can I catch even a glimpse of my homeland? When I move the pieces in my hand once more, I offer the gods a wager in the name o 2.6kReads8.1Score418Shelves

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    Just you wait and see 👀, they're all completely silent, it's so unique! The first chapter alone is packed with foreshadowing!

11. 11 西 Western Fantasy: The Straight-Laced Knight Can’t Stay Away from Me 西幻：直男骑士对我流连忘返 Four Treasures, Given Name Riches四宝儿大名富贵儿Two Male Leads1.8M WordsCompleted [Also known as: I’m a Skeleton Undead, and I Contract the Silverglow Saint from the Start] [Also known as: Western Fantasy: The Straight Knight Can’t Stay Away from Me] [Potential warnings: A slow-paced, pure-love story, told from two perspectives rather than one. It’s a story about personal growth, not wish fulfillment. The protagonist isn’t a bloodthirsty killer. One part early on wasn’t written very well and made him come across as a caretaker, though the intention was for their relationship 16.1kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves

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    An accident transports high school student Bai Anli to another world. When he wakes up, he is nothing but a skeleton. Fortunately, the Thousand-Machine Eye System awakens, allowing him to see through everything and unravel opportunities. Starting from scratch, his obsession is reborn, and he only wants to gradually become a living person again.

12. 12 莫 Sir Moshe Chooses to Keep His Cool 莫歇阁下选择保持冷静 Salt Prosperity Lord盐旺爷Eastern Fantasy868k WordsOngoing [No heroine, no romance, no System + My take on Western fantasy + Not invincible + Not a lone wolf + Family bonds and friendship] [Warning: Few reviews and an irregular update schedule, so the rating is extremely low; the first volume is very slow-paced; the male lead is periodically insane but usually gentle; poor writing; questionable logic; stream of consciousness; weak plot; no detailed outline] “If gods really exist in this world, and if this really was the will of a god, then in my next li 315Reads8.3Score—Shelves
13. 13 双 After Crossing Between Two Worlds, I Wrecked the Underworld 双穿后，我把黑夜传说搅崩了 Xuezi Xiao雪子笑Eastern Fantasy686k WordsCompleted I've started a new book. It's on my profile, titled "Born to Be a Spirit Warden? You're Just a Corpse Collector!" [Dual Transmigration] [System] [Technological Overmatch] [Get Rich] [Supernatural Vampires] [Lord] [Mage] [Modern World, I'm the Only One with Supernatural Powers] [Later: the Myriad Worlds] I am Gris, the lowliest mixed-blood bastard of the Night Vampires. In this world, where bloodlines reign supreme and the strong prey on the weak, no one thinks much of a mongrel like me. But they 926Reads6.3Score107Shelves

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    Trust me. You definitely won't regret clicking this link.

14. 14 魔 A Magic-Wasting Talent, but I Can Cultivate Immortality 魔法废材，但我会修仙 Eight Taels of Dried Meat八两肉干Eastern Fantasy102k WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy + Cultivation + Farming] Allen Augustus, the empire's good-for-nothing prince, has zero magic power and is sent to die in a border territory overrun by magical beasts. But he has a secret: in his previous life, he practiced immortal cultivation. No magic power? Then he'll use spiritual energy. Barren territory? He'll set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation and cultivate spiritual fields. No money or soldiers? He'll refine pills, sell grain, and build an industry. When a half-orc mer 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book was so enjoyable! The Western fantasy + cultivation trope, while others might write something like a Frankenstein's monster, this author has truly mastered it. The male lead has no magic? He simply absorbs spiritual energy to cultivate spiritual fields and refine elixirs, practically maxing out his technology in a monster-infested world. It's not just mindless fun; it genuinely gives you the solid feeling of building a foundation. The elf girls and orc mercenaries flocking to him made me want to slap my thigh: Brothers, this is what a loser's rise to power should look like! It's still ongoing, but there's plenty of content; you won't regret jumping in.

15. 15 魔 The Witch's War 魔女的战争 Whirlpool Quicksand漩涡流沙Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Li Yan is transported to a strange world after a car accident. A church? Magic? Witches? Awesome! It's a magical world! Now I have to become a great mage! What? They burn witches here too? What? I've never been to school? No big deal! What? I have no talent for magic? Oh no! Didn't the System that brought me here say it would give me a golden finger? I object! Wait, if there are witches, why are there also “sorceresses”? Hold on, the sorceresses are about to fight. You want me to join in too? Se 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are many female characters, but no true female lead.

16. 16 我 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 Xing Xing Zi星星子Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 382.6kReads9.2Score32.3kShelves
17. 17 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves
18. 18 无 Infinite Fusion: My Bonded Gu Have All Become Immortals 无限融合，我的本命蛊都成仙了 The Bearing of a Sixty-Year-Old Hall六十岁殿堂之姿Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted A bloody catastrophe shattered a dynasty that had ruled for a thousand years. Li Yuan, its sole surviving prince, concealed his identity and fled to the southern frontier, where he joined the Gu Master lineage and unexpectedly awakened a Gu-Insect Synthesis System. Lords from every corner of the land, demons and monsters, and the various martial-world factions were all looking for him. They wanted to use his bloodline as the key to unlock the Martial God treasure left behind by the founding empe 93.1kReads9.0Score11kShelves
19. 19 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
20. 20 世 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化，却忘了生成玩家 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 209.6kReads9.3Score18.9kShelves
21. 21 重 Reborn as Zhongdong: Forcing Shadamu to Abdicate from the Start 重生中冬：开局逼傻大木退位 The River Flows with a Sound川流有声Urban131k WordsOngoing Chen Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the second prince of the Kingdom of Babylon. His father is a notorious tyrant, and a war that will destroy the kingdom is about to break out. He's facing hell from the start. To stay alive, Chen Fan decides to risk everything. Watch as Chen Fan turns his life around, step by step. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 开EN 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 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [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 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
23. 23 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
24. 24 我 I Have Billions of Clones, So Why Are You Making Me Mine? 我有亿万分身，你抓我去挖矿 Slightly Tipsy Every Day日日微醺Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Exploding Clones + Invincibility + Playing It Safe + Master Schemer + If I Can't Beat Them, I'll Call for Backup + No Rules] My name is Fang Yun. I had just transmigrated when I ascended to the Immortal Realm. Turns out, the ascension was a trap! I became a lowly mine slave in the Immortal Realm, digging for five hundred years. Then! I awakened the Infinite Clone System in the mine. These clones not only share my cultivation level, they can also help me cultivate. Best of all, they can change t 42.5kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
25. 25 种 Growing Cursed Plants to Survive: Cultivating an Evil God After Reaping Death 种诡求生，从死亡丰收后种植邪神 Flower God Ye花神叶Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted [Unconventional farming, scavenging corpses, burying the dead to grow the strange, hardcore tomb building, slow burn, tons of female ghosts] Everyone transmigrated to a world of filthy soil, where they had to grow the strange to survive. Su Ye had always believed that you reap what you sow. He never expected that in this world of filthy soil, growing a ghost bride could give him a strange wife, while growing a ghost groom could give him a strange husband. Who could resist that kind of temptat 22.9kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
26. 26 八 All Eight Empresses Betrayed Me: Reborn to Die of Regret 八女帝全背叛，重生悔到肠断 Li3 Feng李3疯Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [Wife-Chasing Crematorium]+ [Deep Regret]+ [Ridiculously Satisfying]+ [Absolutely No Reconciliation]+ [Commentary That’ll Make You Die Laughing]+ [Comedy] In his previous life, everyone envied Lu Ye, the Nine-Lives Heavenly Venerable. Not only did he have nine lives, he also had eight stunningly beautiful confidantes. Who could have imagined that when Lu Ye attempted to become a Heavenly Dao Saint, all eight of his confidantes would join forces to strike him down? Nine Heavens Sword 21.6kReads8.9Score2kShelves
27. 27 重 The Reborn Path to Proving the Dao Through Technology 重生科技证道之路 The Half-Demon World of Zhengbei正北的半妖世界Male-Channel Fanfiction649k WordsCompleted The Myriad Worlds Transmigrate across the heavens Systems are all bait cast by powerful beings! Li Mi was reborn in 1998, back when he was a high school freshman. After being reborn, he wasn’t sure whether he had returned to the same Blue Star as before. There were no supernatural beings on Blue Star, and everything was more or less as he remembered it. The difference was that he now had a memory, logical reasoning, and computational ability that surpassed ordinary people. Since he’d been reborn 9kReads8.6Score485Shelves
28. 28 圣EN The Holy White Crown 圣白冠冕 Feng Xiao Ya枫潇呀Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Fast-Paced] [Explosive Action] [Emperor] [From Eaglefolk Tribe to Angel Empire] [Ascend to Godhood from the Throne] [Gods' War for Supremacy] [Early Transmigration] [Minor System] [Single Female Lead] [The Animated Adaptation Is Out, Come Watch] Demon God: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you! Jiang You: Wrong. Abyss, when you gaze at Heaven, Heaven gazes back at you! The First Chapter: The Primordial Age of Chaos. Humanity did not yet exist. The ancestors of the elves were 116.7kReads9.0Score10.7kShelves
29. 29 星 Conquest of the Star Sea: Am I the Only One Choosing to Ascend Through Natural Disasters? 星海争霸，只有我选择天灾飞升？ Red Ram红羊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse877k WordsCompleted [This book is the sequel to "Cultivating Immortality Is Hard? I Can Just Rewind Infinitely"!] [StarCraft + Warhammer + Fourth Calamity + Scheming and Hilarious + Rivers of Blood + No Female Lead] When human civilization broke free of gravity and reached the sea of stars, a brutal yet dazzling game of war began. Every powerful lord was a precious beacon of hope for all of human civilization, bringing blessings that would lead it forward. Just as civilization was flourishing in every direction, te 8.5kReads9.2Score688Shelves
30. 30 神 Divine Fall Storm 神陨风暴 Brother Niu, Fourth Most Handsome Under Heaven牛哥天下第四帅Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Monsters and magical beasts, war-torn empires, elemental temples, the ten High Gods... Alan Smith, a fallen noble with the legendary bloodline of angels, will stir up a storm in this world of magic and battle aura! It all begins with the fall of a god... 1.1kReads6.5Score152Shelves

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    Traditional Western fantasy. Rich plot. Numerous foreshadowing elements. Slow-burn, fast-paced yet exciting story. Enjoy!

31. 31 我 I Turned the Apocalypse into a Game 我把末日世界做成了游戏 Reading in the Middle of the Night半夜翻书Urban273k WordsCompleted This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages… At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of 996. Here, you get to experience 007, with overtime piled on top. All right, enough talk. The great Lord Lin Yuan is calling me to haul bricks. That lord said that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another set of brand-new divine gear. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where w 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the best Western fantasy/urban novel I've ever read. It's so good and so interesting. While we Earthlings think we're playing a game, we're actually living in a real world.

32. 32 静 The 101st Dawn of the Silent Court 静默王庭的101次破晓 Clear Spring Surging in the River江涌清泉Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted [Male Lead Focus · Western Fantasy Setting · Game Dungeons · 1v1 · Forced Love · Mutual Salvation · Size Difference · Skin Tone Difference] Leon x Ji He The amnesiac male lead infiltrates a player party and frantically solves puzzles, only to fall in love at first sight with the queen, wife of the dungeon's great villain. He gets wildly jealous over everything and wants nothing more than to rescue his beautiful wife from the "tyrant." Then his memories return, and the moment he picks up the roya 574Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Why isn't anyone recommending any new books?! This one is really good! I'm completely hooked on it lately 🥰

33. 33 钢 Steel and Sunflower 钢与葵 Ripples of a Dream梦的涟漪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing This is a serious, dark-toned epic fantasy set on an imaginary continent. It features multiple protagonists, intricately interwoven plotlines, and a profound world. Its many elements include historical realism, political intrigue, steampunk, Cthulhu, mystery, and character growth. It is a slow burn, but never drags. Welcome to a world that belongs to no heroes. Here, pure light does not triumph over darkness. Instead, faith and fate clash in a bloody struggle. Supernatural powers are not blessin 271Reads9.2Score239Shelves

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    A novel with no flaws or clichés, a truly enjoyable read.

34. 34 西 Working and Making Money to Raise a Treasure in a Western Fantasy World 西幻之打工赚钱养宝 Big Cancer大克癌Modern Romance317k WordsOngoing Wu Wei transmigrates into a Western fantasy world. How will he survive in this world? How will he make a living in Fengyan City, in the Red Maple Empire? The fearless will ultimately become invincible. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Pack it up, the male lead Wu Wei just chickened out again.

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