High Martial Arts + Stat Allocation + Consistent Power Scaling, No Overpowered Foes From the Start 高武+属性加点+战力不崩（别开局就各种越大境）

1. 251 打EN Cultivating Immortality: My Path to Unrivaled Power 打坐就能涨法力，贫道要无敌 Qian Li Tongfeng千李同风Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Crushes every opponent] [From setbacks to triumph] [One explosive breakthrough after another] [The ways of the world] [Rapidly becomes invincible] Under a gloomy sky, demons run rampant and evil spirits abound. Ordinary people struggle to survive under the protection of extraordinary forces. Cultivation sects stand high above the world, Dao Lords look down on the ants with indifference, and the word “immortal” has become the greatest taboo. Young Li Qingyun is an 54.3kReads8.7Score5kShelves
2. 252 高 In the High-Martial Era, I Max Out My Talents by Saving and Reloading 高武时代，我靠存档无限刷满天赋 Akira AoAkira傲Urban100k WordsOngoing The campus belle dumped me in public, saying my vitality was too low. A scion of a powerful clan stole away my cultivation opportunities, and everyone looked down on me as a worthless nobody. Then I awakened the Martial Arts Save System, and every last humiliation was turned around! Treasures in secret realms can be farmed endlessly, and I can predict my opponents’ moves in advance. Everyone who ever bullied me will end up beneath my feet. Foreign races invade? Demons descend? I’ll reload my sav —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 开 Transmigrate at the Start: The System Awakens the Twelve Ancestral Wu for Me 开局穿越，系统带我觉醒12祖巫 Barn Full of Rice稻米满仓Urban113k WordsOngoing [System] [Transmigration] [Primordial World Ancestral Witches] [Pangu] [Urban Superpowers] [Academy] [Urban Martial Arts] [Sign-In] [Ability Users] Pan Tianye is a real oddball. He got into a huge online argument with a fellow netizen over whether the abilities in Shrouding the Heavens or the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Primordial World were stronger. In the heat of the moment, he knocked over a glass of water, got electrocuted, and transmigrated! As luck would have it, the world is now in a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   As a fast-paced, action-packed novel, its fight scenes are spectacular, vividly depicting the protagonist's battles and thrilling moments, giving readers a sense of immersion. Furthermore, the novel avoids melodramatic plot points, features well-developed characters, and celebrates righteousness and life, making it a thrilling and exhilarating high-martial-system novel.

4. 254 觉 After Awakening the Righteous Path System, the Evil Cultivator School Beauty Was Terrified 觉醒正道系统后，邪修校花吓哭了 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车Urban658k WordsOngoing The rating has just appeared and will go up later. [Advanced Martial Arts + Scumbag Male Lead + Hypocritical Moralizer + Scams and Swindles + PUA] The moment Pang Guang opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to Blue Star, where spiritual qi had revived. Traditional cultivation methods still existed here. But ordinary people lacked resources, making cultivation difficult. So most took the path of one kind of unorthodox cultivation or another. Fortunately, Pang Guang awakened the Righteous Cultivat —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   You'll come back and thank me 😄😳

5. 255 我 I’m the Last Cultivator, and I Manually Triggered Spiritual Qi Revival 我，最后的修真者，手动灵气复苏 The Past Won't Come Again往日不再来Urban282k WordsOngoing Qin Xuan transmigrated to Blue Star a century in the past. At the time, humanity was still a mortal civilization. A century later, it would enter the age of spiritual energy. In his previous life, Blue Star entered the age of spiritual energy too late, and not enough powerful humans had emerged. When disaster struck, Blue Star was destroyed! Qin Xuan knew that humanity could only save itself by entering the age of spiritual energy as soon as possible! And he understood that the arrival of the Im 159Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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   The mortal civilization of Earth is about to face its end. Qin Xuan has made plans a century in advance, using the arena competition to awaken humanity's extraordinary understanding!

6. 256 废 Useless? I’m the Number One! 废物？我才是第一人！ The Melancholy Ink-Black Wolf忧郁的墨色狼Urban419k WordsOngoing [Male Protagonist] [Face-Slapping] [Another World] [Slaying the Heavens and Gods] [Powerful Technology] [Clever Plot] After losing his job and his girlfriend, Meng Chengyuan awakens the lowest-ranked X-level ability, “Detection,” and is mocked as a good-for-nothing. But in the early days of the Turbulence Era, he becomes the first person to enter another world, turning his fortunes around with his ability to locate portals. When technology becomes widespread, “Detection” is rendered completely u 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book. It's of high quality and covers a wide range of topics. The current chapters are particularly engaging, moving cleanly and efficiently from initial speculation and analysis to solutions, without being drawn out or unnecessary. It's not just mindless entertainment; it's a very enjoyable read.

7. 257 新 My Bride Was Switched on Our Wedding Night, So I Cut a Path Through the Jianghu 新婚夜被偷梁换柱，我杀穿江湖 Dreamer of Books and Ink书海笔尖幻想者Eastern Fantasy414k WordsCompleted [Gain experience by killing enemies + take revenge with a vengeance + strike decisively.] In the Nine Provinces of Great Yu, with its thirty-six commanderies, the imperial court is in turmoil, and the martial world is shrouded in intrigue. The Five Sects and Four Schools dominate the martial world, the orthodox and demonic factions scheme in secret, and foreign tribes threaten the people. On his wedding night, Lin Fan is replaced by a lookalike. He's done being a live-in son-in-law! He awakens t 18Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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   I stayed up all night to watch it, and it's really good! I'm still watching!

8. 258 斩 I Begin by Slaying Demons, Then Attain Sainthood Through the Flesh 斩妖除魔开始，肉身成圣 The Moon in My Arms, Mountains and Rivers in My Dreams明月入怀山河入梦Eastern Fantasy422k WordsOngoing [Ancient setting, high martial arts and high fantasy + wish fulfillment + no romance + female lead + strong heroine] [Wuxia jianghu, suspense, the uncanny, and horror] The mountain path lay under a thin veil of mist in the early morning. The sound of suonas and a noisy crowd drifted through the fog, lively and boisterous, drawing closer and closer. A red procession slowly emerged from the mist. The four people at the front played suonas, singing and dancing. Behind them came a line of bearers ca 1.2kReads8.7Score115Shelves

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   Take a look, the book is pretty good.

9. 259 第 The Greatest Villain 第一恶人 A Bad Idea一个坏念头Mystery183k WordsOngoing Main characters: He Li and Cheng Nianhe (No System, and no brainless decisions.) A web of intrigue, elusive truths, and explosive, blood-pumping battles. A century into the New Era, the world has changed. Evil men hold sway, and evil spirits run rampant. The young He Li is descended from heroes, yet he has become a villain feared by all. When the Villain Decree is issued, he is wanted across the world and forced into the game as he searches for the truth behind it all. Between evil spirits and e —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Absolutely top-tier martial arts!

10. 260 高 Sent by a High-Tech World to Infiltrate a Fantasy World? 高科技世界派我到玄幻世界卧底？ A Flash of Sparkling Brilliance一闪漫天亮晶晶Eastern Fantasy218k WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Xuanhuan] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Psychologically Unhinged] Thirteen moons in the sky, limitless mysteries of heaven!!! Tonight, watch as time and space collide!!! When thirteen moons share the sky, great chaos is sure to follow!!! After transmigrating to a new world, Fang Yunqing discovers that he is a clone and undercover agent planted in this world by a high-tech civilization. He also learns that twelve of the thirteen moons are satellite bases built by the Federation around 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is worth reading.

11. 261 灾 Disaster Containment Bureau: Zero Restart 灾厄收容局：零号重启 A Song with Three Twists一曲三折Urban119k WordsOngoing Daylight Purge Protocol, Article Three: Keep the blade pointed outward, and the way to survive inward. “Director, Zero Seven... hasn’t crossed the line.” The calamity erupted in full. The Alliance stripped Shen Jin, Director of Bureau Zero, of his command, shackled him like a death-row inmate, and forced him to the front lines as cannon fodder. But no one knew that the world-ending calamities keeping the entire city from daring to open fire were the very ones Shen Jin had personally rescued from 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is intricately plotted, becoming increasingly captivating as it unfolds! A medley of narratives, a high-stakes game, and a slow burn—the daytime eradication protocol is in effect, and a great war between humanity and calamity is imminent. #Tweet

12. 262 拜 Come On, the Guy Who Plays with Nuclear Radiation Is Way Too Sinister 拜托，玩核辐射的男人也太阴了吧 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车Urban90k WordsOngoing [Superpowers + System + Revenge] Su Yuan transmigrates into a high-martial world where everyone awakens superpowers and alien beasts run rampant. From the start, his father is a top-tier powerhouse with an S-rank superpower. Su Yuan should have awakened an S-rank superpower too, and lived a happy life. But he is betrayed by villains, leaving his family destroyed and everyone dead. He is also controlled and stripped of his superpower! Furious and unwilling to accept it, he longs for revenge but i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You'll come back to thank me. [Awkward laugh][laugh][admiration]

13. 263 又 My Third Book: Cheesy and Hilarious 又土又逗的第3本书 Rustic and Hilarious又土又逗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse517k WordsOngoing With a thought, I command ten thousand swords. With a blade, I cleave the stars. I devour the cosmos, command billions of clones, and share a world with them. I tread upon all races beneath the stars. Who can stand against me? [Martial Artist, with vital energy like a dragon; Mind Master, whose thoughts move the stars; Spirit Contract Master, bonded to all spirits] A world tree sharing its origin with me; a soul contract with the Thundershadow Leopard; the star-devouring Ghidorah; the Touch of O 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With a thought, one can traverse galaxies; with a blade, one can cleave stars; one can devour the cosmos; one can create countless clones…

14. 264 火 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse341k WordsCompleted An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Blood Demon King of Venus and his kin's war

15. 265 泰 The Titan Chronicles: The Stardust War 泰坦战记：星尘之战 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse266k WordsCompleted Reni, a Martian, meets Amanda, the queen of motorbikes, at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr. Together, they take part in the colonization of the stars and a mission to combat space pirates. But then mysterious time hunters launch a killing spree. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 来 Greetings from Planet E 来自e星的问候 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse181k WordsCompleted Whenever I look up at the sky, the dark insectoid mothership looms across the horizon. Greetings from Planet E is a grand extraterrestrial adventure starring Yang Mo. As he builds a business and uncovers a rebellion plot among Planet E's factions, Yang Mo uses his wits to foil the conspirators and the insectoid race, winning the love of the Swan Princess and the Dragonfish Princess. The Solar Chariot tells the story of Yang Mo, the son of Yang Ruo, who arrives on Planet E a thousand years later 22Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 太 The Chariot of the Sun 太阳战车 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse202k WordsCompleted Everyone has someone they can't forget, or something they can't let go of, whether it's love or a career. When faced with a life-or-death choice, how should you decide? This is the story of Yang Ruofeng, who sets off for Titan aboard a solar sail ship on a mission from the Dragon Kingdom. There, he discovers alien ruins and pits his wits against the lurking space pirates. The story follows two main threads: the protagonist's romance and his scientific expedition. Across the vast reaches of inter 26Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 268 抗 The Iron-Blooded God of War Against Japan 抗日之铁血战神 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Urban367k WordsCompleted Elite soldier Wang Longfeng transmigrates to 1937, bringing modern tactics and a body built like a tank. At the Marco Polo Bridge, he teaches the Japanese invaders a lesson. From thirty brave men to an army of thirty thousand, he blows up blockhouses, seizes supplies, recruits fierce generals, and rescues beautiful women, turning the War of Resistance into a real-life battle royale. The only difference is that his “blue zone” covers the entire Japanese Empire! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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19. 269 黄 A Legendary Warrior Emerges from the Eleventh Whampoa Class 黄埔十一期杀出一个最强传说 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Huangpu Military Academy’s Class 11 was widely regarded as its most useless class. No connections: anyone with influential family ties had gone to Classes 1 or 2. No resources: anyone with support from above had gone to Classes 4 or 5. No luck: they graduated just in time for the Battle of Shanghai, and so many died that even the roster was burned. But after Lin Ye arrived, the most useless class became the deadliest blade. On the Shanghai battlefield, they were the blade driven into the Japanes 63Reads6.1Score123Shelves
20. 270 哇 Whoa, My Moments Feed Connects to the Three Realms and Shapes the Future 哇塞我的朋友圈直通三界影响未来 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Urban75k WordsCompleted ✦ Connected Across Three Realms: One social circle brings together top-tier stars from politics, business, academia, and entertainment ✦ A Closed Time Loop: Talking with his past self, pitting himself against his future self ✦ A Father-Son Time Gap: The father who abandoned him twenty years ago is the mastermind behind it all ✦ A Mother-Son Connection Across Time: His mother’s final three words hold the key to crossing twenty years ✦ Awakening Variables: From pawn to player, from gatekeeper to t —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 被 Dumped by My Girlfriend, I, an Oil Worker, Awaken Prehistoric Power 被女友甩，油工的我觉醒史前神力 I've Already Sacrificed the Feudal Lords in Blood已血祭诸侯Urban140k WordsOngoing After 15 years working the pumps at a gas station, he is heartlessly dumped by his girlfriend and publicly humiliated by his coworkers. Then he awakens the power of prehistoric beasts and makes an incredible comeback! No one knows that all the crude oil scattered across the world was formed from the remains of human warriors and dinosaurs who died in an ancient battle. With a Tyrannosaurus's brute strength, a Pteranodon's speed, a Shantungosaurus's headbutt, and a Plateosaurus's stamina, Shen J 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dumped by his girlfriend and bullied by his coworkers, a gas station employee awakens prehistoric powers and explores various prehistoric behemoths in a modern city. Intrigues, schemes, and pawns—the protagonist gradually breaks free from his constraints and becomes the king of a new order.

22. 272 被 Banished to the Demon-Suppressing Tower, I Pick Up Cultivation and Become an Emperor 被贬镇魔塔，捡修为成大帝 Lush Mountains and Rivers青翠山河Eastern Fantasy725k WordsCompleted Jiang Wushuang transmigrates into a world of martial arts and divine powers. From the start, he’s an ordinary mortal, demoted to guard the Demon Suppression Tower, where the most powerful monsters and demons in the world are imprisoned. If nothing unexpected happens, he won’t survive two years. Just as he’s preparing to lie flat, he discovers that simply touching monsters and demons lets him pick up their cultivation. The more he picks up, the faster his strength rises. Need a martial skill? Jus 15.6kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves

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    With advanced martial arts skills and attribute point allocation, his combat power will never falter, because he can gain combat power simply by touching others, and he can also collect memories to obtain inheritances and optimize them. He goes from an absolute novice to a combat power powerhouse faster than a rocket. For those who enjoy system-based, fast-paced novels.

23. 273 紫 Purple Lightning Apocalypse: I Repaired the Universe’s Scars 紫电天启，我修复了宇宙伤疤 And the Mountain Hermit和山人Urban178k WordsOngoing A short story about the origins of a new supernatural power. Wu Xinghui, an astrobiologist, triggers an ability in a laboratory in the Great Xia Kingdom and nearly dies. After unraveling the secrets of purple lightning, stellar tides, the Lingshu enzyme, and dormant genes, he even manages to rescue his grandfather, who disappeared after a mining accident and has been in deep hibernation for fifteen years. A new work is on the way. Stay tuned! 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Superpowered Weapons, Super Brain, Electric Eel, Fungal Membrane, Planarian, Cockroach, Bark Spider, White-faced Lemur, Passion Fruit, Thermophilic Archaea, Radiation-resistant Fungi

24. 274 网 Online Game: Reborn in the Nine Heavens 网游之重生九霄 Illusory Muzi虚幻木子Sports519k WordsOngoing When the groundbreaking virtual online game "Nine Heavens Illusion" arrives, who could have imagined that it would be a gateway to a real world of cultivation?! In his previous life, Yun Wuya, the Venerable Dao of the Nine Heavens, was betrayed and killed at the summit of the universe. In this life, he wakes up reborn in his youth, back when he had lost both parents and was so poor he could barely afford the cramped rental room he lived in?! Ding! ✨ [Fragments of the Nine Heavens Divine Jade] —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Online games influence reality, with attribute points used to define the game's narrative. The game's storyline is half real-world and half real-world, with a logical plot, rigorous data, and neither mindless nor stereotypical.

25. 275 高 High Martial: A Hundredfold Daily Settlement, and I Max It Out with One Click 高武：百倍日结算，我只一键拉满 Writing Ten Thousand Words a Day to Support My Senior日万赚钱养学姐Urban163k WordsOngoing [High Martial Arts + System + Underdog Comeback + Passionate Action + Power Fantasy + No Self-Sacrifice + Crushing All Opposition] With mutated beasts running rampant across the world, is he a down-and-out commoner? Or is he starving and on the brink of death? Just as Lin Tian thought his second life after being reborn would come to a tragic end at the age of eighteen, the Daily Settlement System activated. Lin Tian was stunned, then overjoyed. After all, who could roam the Tomato platform and n 9Reads—Score110Shelves
26. 276 高 High Martial: From the Start, Ten Consecutive Draws, and a Golden Legend Drops 高武：开局十连抽，爆出金色传说 Airplane Clouds in the Sky天上飞机云Urban132k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Decisive and Ruthless] [High-Martial Arts Space Opera] [One Heroine] [System] [Transmigration] [Devour All Races] In the interstellar age, martial arts flourish. Chen Buxiu binds himself to the [Mission Lottery System], which grants him ten draws from the start. He hits the jackpot and pulls a legendary gold-tier reward! Anyone who tries to show off and provoke him gets sent flying! After completing his first System mission, Chen Buxiu makes five draws and gets a stunn —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 大 The Great Universe's Divine Envoy 大宇神巡使 A Serious Person Who Neither Hypes nor Hates不吹不黑正经人啊Eastern Fantasy100k WordsOngoing One day, atop the peak of the world, who can stand against the boundless martial path of the Martial God? Third-Rank Warrior, Second-Rank Expert, First-Rank Peak Expert, Innate Realm, Grandmaster Realm, Great Grandmaster (Earthly Immortal). Internal cultivation stages: Qi Gathering in the Dantian, the Sea of Qi Circling the Heavens, Qi Surging Through the Hundred Meridians, and Divine Spirit Hidden in the Profound Acupoints. Martial skill stages: Initial Mastery, Complete Mastery, Pinnacle, and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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28. 278 极 The Ultimate Exorcist 极道诛邪 Pick a Random Name随机抽个名字Eastern Fantasy851k WordsCompleted System + Invincible Protagonist + Passionate Battles + No Female Lead [Ding! You killed a “Low-Level Walking Corpse” and gained 10 Exorcism Points!] [Ding! You killed an “Ironclad Corpse” and gained 100 Exorcism Points!] This is a world where killing is the only way to grow stronger. Wielding a sharp blade, Chen Fan fights his way out of Qingyang County, hunting down yellow hides, slaying Corpse Kings, and crushing the Netherworld Cult. No convoluted schemes, just overwhelming power! If there 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

29. 279 亿 With Billions of Talents, I Sweep Across All Races and Become Myself Again 亿万天赋，我横扫万族，做回自己 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车Urban232k WordsOngoing [Invasion by all races + supernatural abilities + apocalypse + ensemble cast + emotions + psychology + somewhat dark + not mindless + not a power fantasy + slow-paced] After the invasion of the myriad races, the aloof campus belle fell in love with me after I awakened supernatural abilities. Was it love that came too late, or a desperate compromise for survival? Disaster followed disaster, and everything seemed to reek of conspiracy. Was it the outsiders' scheme, or was someone acting with ulter 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You'll come back and thank me. [Crying][laughing]

30. 280 星 Immortality in the Interstellar Age? What Kind of Nonsense Is That? 星际时代，修仙是什么鬼 User10857711用户10857711Eastern Fantasy971k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the interstellar era, I become a hostage held by pirates. My classmate's first words are, “Are they going to harvest our kidneys?” Luckily, I have an SS-rank bonded beast: nine tentacles capable of grafting and evolving. Absorb a spirit plant, gain a new ability. Absorb a Bloodsucking Vine, and my tentacles can drain enemies' mana; absorb a Diamond Tree, and my body becomes twice as tough. The pirates want to kill me? I kill them first. The Zerg want to wipe me out? I fig 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Interstellar high-tech weaponry, super companion beasts, high-octane battles

31. 281 精 The Esper in the Psychiatric Ward 精神病区的异能者 Little White Senior小小的白前辈Urban248k WordsOngoing Human thought gave birth to the gods. And when humanity began to contradict itself, fighting for peace, excluding others for self-preservation, and lying for the sake of truth, the gods went mad. Corrupted gods twisted humans into monsters, and the end of civilization began its countdown. Countries formed organizations of superpowered individuals to secretly fight this silent war. And I am the only one who can see the source of the corruption. But I live in a psychiatric hospital. My medical f 3Reads7.1Score101Shelves
32. 282 武 Forging Martial Arts into the Abyss: Maxing Out Proficiency to Become a Martial Venerable 武炼成渊：熟练度拉满，成武尊了 Pick a Random Name随机抽个名字Eastern Fantasy607k WordsOngoing “Others train for ten years, but I train for ten days. As long as the spirit stones are there, my realm can rise in an instant!” From the start, he has nothing to his name and even trains in the Basic Body Tempering Art more slowly than everyone else. Then he activates the [Proficiency Panel] ✅ Training progress at 100%? Break through the very next second! ✅ Bone-Splitting Palm at 37.2%? Add points and max it out! Others rely on talent; he relies on grinding. Others compete for resources; he co 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book!

33. 283 灵 The Age of Psychic Awakening 灵能复苏时代 Eight Grams of Corn八克玉米Urban408k WordsCompleted In the future, spiritual energy begins to revive on Earth, and people with powerful psychic abilities are known as psychics. Psychics and ordinary people are locked in an all-out conflict over resources and living space. Ordinary people armed with “superweapons” can hunt psychics at will, while psychics are constrained by rules and forbidden from harming ordinary people... Yet the assassination organization ignores those rules. It makes a living by slaughtering ordinary people, hoping to overt 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High-level martial arts novels are actually quite difficult to write; there are many in this genre. This one is worth checking out.

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