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In This Life, the Divine Lord Searches for the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Banyan Spirit 这一世，神君为寻万年小榕灵
This story has just begun. If you enjoy it, please leave a five-star rating. If you don’t, quietly moving on is the kindest thing you can do. I’m grateful to every reader. Slow-paced + Invincible Protagonist + Daoism + Ancient Romance + Reincarnation + Cultivation + Sweet Romance + Fates Entwined Across Two Lives + No System + Reincarnated Banyan Tree Spirit In her previous life, a young spirit born from a ten-thousand-year-old banyan tree had only just taken human form when she was accidentally
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My Cat-Demon Big Sister Loves Me Best 猫妖姐姐最疼我
[Strong Heroine + Mutual Firsts + Satisfying Read + Harem Intrigue + Coming-of-Age Romance + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] I was a dignified cat demon of a hundred years, and now I’ve turned into a tiny kitten who can do nothing but eat, drink, pee, and poop! And some worthless little brat keeps kissing me, hugging me, and holding me up high... Good heavens! I’m a dignified cat demon. Don’t I have any pride? I might as well buy a block of tofu and bash my head against it! But why does that litt
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Wu Junyan’s Path to Immortality 吴君彦修仙传
Wu Junyan is a pampered yet naive and mischievous rich young man in the Song Dynasty. Forced to study under his father’s strict discipline, he unexpectedly becomes infatuated with the path of cultivation. With a mysterious book titled The Immortal’s Travels in hand, he sets out on a cultivation journey full of absurdity and setbacks. From the farce of refining immortal pills into laxatives to the embarrassment of transmigrating into the modern era and stumbling into a scam, he repeatedly lands h
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How to Lose Money and Become a Tycoon, Starting with Herbal Milk Tea 亏成首富从卖中药奶茶开始
After being bound to the Get-Rich-by-Wasting-Money System, He Xizhou's business logic is turned completely upside down: He picks locations that even ghosts avoid, sets prices that are a straight-up stupidity tax, and markets his businesses by telling customers to stay away! He enters the herbal-medicine milk tea business, selling Liuwei Dihuang drinks to elementary school students; He opens a gym in the middle of farmland, so farmers can work out after coming back from the fields; He opens a cof
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- 405 When Our Contract Ended, the CEO Begged Me to Renew It 协约到期后，总裁疯狂求我续约 Their three-year agreement comes to an end, and Jiang Wanxin walks away with her head held high. The aloof CEO Qi Lian finally comes to his senses and pursues her relentlessly, asking only to renew their contract. Qi Lian’s mother makes moves behind the scenes, throwing obstacles in her career, thwarting her at every turn, and refusing to accept her. Business rivalries, love and conflict. When the contract expires and their arrangement comes to an end, can they overcome pressure from their elder 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 406 Sole Master of Dream Control: All Things in the Universe Are My Manifestations 控梦独尊：宇宙万物皆是我法身 Don't Worry About the Rating! It Just Opened, and It'll Go Up! Ordinary People Repay Their Karmic Debts in Dreams. Urban Dream Control + Ordinary Protagonist + Little Romance + Slow Pace, Invincible Protagonist + Male-Oriented + No System + Urban High Martial Arts + Fantasy. If you like it, please support it with a comment. If it's not for you, quietly leaving is already the greatest kindness. Bai Fan, a shy 26-year-old internet company office worker and corporate drone, catches a cold in a torr 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Nine Heavens Chaos Daoist Chronicles 九霄混沌问道录
> Jiang Chen had spent ten years as a menial disciple of the Xuantian Sect, yet his cultivation remained stuck at the first level of Qi Refining. > It wasn't until the celestial phenomena changed across the Nine Heavens and an ancient ruin appeared that he realized he was the embodiment of the laws of the Heavenly Dao. > The nine great sects fought bitterly over the inheritance within the ruins, unaware that an even greater crisis was about to descend. > When the first bolt of Purple Heaven Divi
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Forty Thousand Years as a Ghost, Reborn as the Protagonist 做鬼四万年，重生当主角
He had lived for tens of thousands of years, a “god” with everything except a soul. Liu Along was born aboard the apocalyptic ark Dawn. He had an almost endless lifespan and strength beyond that of any human, yet he was hollow inside. Without a soul, he could not understand love. Qing Nu, a girl from the Zhongtu tribe, fell in love with him and vowed to find him the legendary “Flower of the Soul,” Manzhushahua. She sailed alone into the East Sea, but was captured by the Sea Folk and vanished wit
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Both Red King and My Childhood Friend, the Junior, Have Fallen for Me 雷德王和青梅学妹都喜欢上我
(The writing might be a little rough, so please give it a look. Don't make me get down on my knees and beg you. The opening might be average, but it gets a little better in the middle.) (This book is not an Ultraman fanfic.) Luo Hao was an ordinary high school senior. He thought the biggest crisis in his life would be running out of spending money before the end of the month, until a mechanical monster crushed his action figure. A meteor shower a year ago opened the door to the “Miracle Sequence
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- 410 I Had No Spiritual Root, but I Rose to Immortality by Slashing the Heavenly Dao 没有灵根的我靠砍天道飞升了 The day Su Hanxue slaughtered her sect, her enemy roared, “Wretch! After raising you for a hundred years, we get this ungrateful wolf in return!” She drove her sword through his Golden Core. “Raised me? Did you ever think of that when you refined my entire Su clan into pills using their blood?” After ascending to the Immortal Realm, she shattered the guiding celestial light with a single sword strike. “The Heavenly Dao? Nothing but a cage!” The God Realm was enraged, and countless immortals surr —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Transmigrating into a Low-Martial World, Starting as a Grandmaster-Level Stand-In! 穿越低武，开局宗师境代打！
[Fantasy, ensemble cast, invincible protagonist, lighthearted, decisive and ruthless] Also known as The Holy Venerable of Azure Heavens When the Calamity Gate was first founded, the Netherworld came first. The Holy Venerable fell, and a great calamity was about to begin. In the primordial age, the Heavenly Dao founded the Calamity Gate to maintain balance and govern the Nine Profound Yi Gates. But the Netherworld Ancestor discovered a flaw in the workings of heaven and established the Netherwo
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Fated by Snow's Song 雪吟缘
I vow to spend three lifetimes with you, and grow old by your side. I’ll wait for the first snow to fall, and for an old friend to return. The snow between my brows has yet to melt; my longing cuts to the bone. A shallow love scatters like the wind, while a deep bond leaves snow along the road. A white horse breaks through the green mountains; swordlight glints coldly on the wine. I walk alone beneath snow-covered shoulders; an empty tower holds an old sword. Twenty-seven farewell letters, as th
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High Martial: I Become Strong Against My Will Through Infinite Soul Transmigration 高武：从无限魂穿开始被迫变强
At the moment the Antarctic entered its long night, an unknown "thing" slipped past the eternal laws of nature. And so the fusion began... As the fusion brought more intelligent life forms, reproductive isolation arose between the fused beings and the old forms of life. The era when nations were divided by human political systems came to an end, and the era of nations classified by species officially began. Four hundred years later, a college student transmigrated from the underground world to t
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After Being Reborn, the Sweet Little Crybaby Turns Out to Be a Vicious Idiot 重生后，软萌小哭包竟是恶毒蠢货
Jiang Er is reborn, back three years in the past. The soft, cute, easily riled-up little Jiang Er treats Qi Yu like this: With tears in his eyes, he accuses her, “You deserve to die.” His voice is soft and sweet. The foolish, vicious, crazy little Jiang Er treats Qi Yu like this: With tears in his eyes, he denounces her, “You deserve to die!” His voice is shrill and sharp. Qi Yu has a nervous breakdown and is nearly driven mad. One second, Jiang Er is still passionately in love with him.
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[Slow-paced + lots of daily life + romance + ensemble cast + classic novel-style “late-game” cultivation? + heartwarming and healing?] Note: (1) The author is a beginner and isn’t good at writing details, so the early chapters may be a little dull. (2) The System will become less prominent, as will the male lead, so the male and female leads get more page time later on. (3) The tags are misleading. The entertainment-industry part of the story is just one variety show at the beginning.) [The worl
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Zhou Zhiruo: The Sword of Mountains and Rivers 山河故剑周芷若
Based primarily on the serial version of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, this story reimagines that world with Zhou Zhiruo, daughter of Zhou Ziwang, as the protagonist. Many plot details have been changed, and the changes are substantial. If you’re deeply attached to the original novel, please read at your own discretion. The story begins when Zhou Zhiruo encounters Zhang Sanfeng on the Han River. Things get a little angsty at first, but the further you read, the more satisfying it gets.
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One Hundred Divine Weapons 百设神兵
[Sci-Fi]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Theories That Can't Be Beat]+ [Lighthearted Comedy] The main idea is to have fun amid the grim atmosphere of a sci-fi Apocalypse. When Heaven is about to entrust someone with a great task, it first tests their resolve, exhausts their body, leaves them hungry and destitute, and frustrates everything they try to do. Then it puts their meridians through the wringer, so they can improve themselves. In the Age of Divine Weapons, the power of divine weapon souls descended, ble
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Transmigrating into a Book: The Seventies, I Tore Up the Rebirth Plot 穿书七零：我撕了重生剧本
The foremost master of the mystic arts fails his tribulation and transmigrates into the life of a pitiful girl in the 1970s. Living in a cowshed, scavenging for scraps, bullied by the whole village? Shen Qingci pulls out a copper coin: “There's a benefactor to the southwest, gravely wounded and on the verge of death.” She knows the original story: Zhao Hongmei, who has been reborn, plans to steal this man. Then I'll just pick him up first. This man has the face of someone who brings death to h
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The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传
In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh
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Southeastern Crescent Moon 东南下弦月
[Traditional fantasy] [Multiple elements] [Pure love above all (no prejudice against any kind of love)] In a past life, you were my lord; in this life, I am your disciple. All the darkness of the past is smoke and clouds. I care only about the moments before me, here and now. Later, Liu Xuan discovered that he too had once been a famous figure, though unfortunately he had been a demon. Now reborn as a mortal, his hidden abilities still attract plenty of attention from humans and demons alike. Fo
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Echoes of the Superstring 超弦回声
On the day he finished his CET-6 exam, Lü Fanyi found a small, dull gray orb by the elevator. When he opened his eyes again, he had become that orb. To make matters worse, a fourteen-year-old boy from the snowy wastes took him home and bit him. The boy, Lu Wushuang, had no parents and lived with his grandfather. Lü Fanyi became bound to his mindscape, and before he could figure out what was going on, Wushuang’s grandfather left behind three sentences and disappeared into the snowy wastes. Th
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Black Ice and the Other Shore's Red Spider Lily 黑冰之彼岸花
I love Black Ice so much. The story is set during Guo Xiaopeng's studies in the United States, where Wang Jingwen is also interning at a major hotel. It's perfect for building a couple pairing for Guo Xiaopeng and Wang Jingwen.
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The Capital Game: She Makes the Rules 资本游戏：她即规则
(No System · Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy · High-IQ mind games · Multiple twists · Read at your own discretion) When the first blood moonlight pierced my bedroom curtains, I thought it was just a hallucination from a hangover. Until the corroded bronze doors clanged shut behind me and a mechanical voice announced: “Welcome to the Capital Colosseum. The winner lives; the loser is erased.” As one person after another turned to data dust in the capital games, I thought surviving required
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A Good-for-Nothing's Rise: Slaying My Way Through the Three Realms with the God-Slaying Pot 废柴逆袭，靠斩神壶杀穿三界
The pot conceals a world within, and with one divine vessel, one can seek the Dao and eternal life. Cui Bufan, a useless disciple of the sect who was bullied by everyone, unexpectedly obtains the ancient divine artifact known as the Godslaying Pot. It can contain the world and refine all things, and it also holds the secret to attaining the Dao and eternal life. With the pot, he defies fate, slays demons, and fights his way to the Ninth Heaven, carving a path to immortality through mountains of
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The Abyssal Realm: Cursed Pact 渊境：诡契
On the last subway train of the night, every passenger’s face suddenly turned into a blank, writhing wax mask. Only Lin Yuan survived. He was dragged into a terrifying space called the Abyssal Realm, where he was forced to enter one twisted, reality-bending horror instance after another. There was no gore here, only dissonant whispers that drove sanity to zero, shadows that lagged behind, living people swallowed by their memories, and corpses that kept calling to him in his younger sister’s voic
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Shared Mission System: My Boyfriend and I Ascend to Godhood Together 任务共享系统，我和男友并肩封神
Fang Chumian and Lu Jingxian return to their high school days. On the brink of death, Fang Chumian unexpectedly binds herself to a mission-sharing System. Only she can control it, but she can bring one person back to the past with her. They don't have to tackle missions separately: they can complete them for each other and share the workload, and every reward they earn is doubled and shared between them. With an incredible System and the person she loves by her side, Fang Chumian joins Lu Jingxi
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Cleansing the Mortal Dust 涤凡尘
No transmigration, no being reborn, no System: just solid, down-to-earth cultivation. As a child, An Yi risked his life to seize an opportunity and fortuitously encountered a path to immortality. When his cultivation hit a bottleneck, he entered the mortal world to seek the Way. The Great Way is simplicity itself; all else is empty illusion!
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League of Legends: All My Plays Are Copyrighted LOL：我的操作全是版权
[1,037 replications, 0 original plays.] [System Binding: Rewards are given only for actions no one in the world has ever completed. For any given action, only the first person in the world gets credit.] "The data puts the success rate at 3.7%. I don't recommend going for it." Zhou Zheng walked into the dragon pit. "...But someone's got to fall into that 3.7%." In 2026, iG's starting jungler Wei was hospitalized with appendicitis. Coach Lao Xu found Zhou Zheng, a data analyst who had been laid of
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Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记
A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug
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Since Ancient Times, Forbidden Affairs Have Ended in Death: A Fateful Bond 自古奸情出人命之孽缘锁
A Fateful Bond: Where Forbidden Affairs Have Always Led to Bloodshed
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Starting Today, I’m a Dog Demon: Rising to the Top of All Races 今天开始做犬妖，逆袭万族之巅
[Another World + Transmigration + Everyman Protagonist + Battles + Decisive and Ruthless + Growth + Fortuitous Encounters and Treasure Hunting + Foreshadowing] (Also known as The Demon Devours the Immortal Ancient) After transmigrating to another world, Lin Feng became a lowly dog demon. On the brink of death, he accidentally devoured the remnant soul of an ancient powerhouse. With the power to devour, Lin Feng grew stronger without pause, charging ever onward! Schemes? Seduction? Powerful back
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Those Years I Spent Hunting Ghosts in Kunming 在昆明抓鬼那几年
[Modern Celestial Master] [Criminal Investigations] [Forensic Pathology and Ghosts] I'm Zhang Chenfeng, a celestial master who can draw Five Thunder Talismans, and a “Special Case Investigator” specially appointed by the police. Last year, I handled 47 paranormal cases and nearly lost my life 12 times. My approach to solving cases is hardcore: ✓ Forensic examiners test DNA; I measure the concentration of yin energy. ✓ Criminal investigators hunt down the culprit; I guide the dead to the afterl
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- 433 Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Bestiary of Strange Beasts 山海经.异兽录 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Record of Strange Beasts 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
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As [Fortune], I Shape My Heart Through Dreams and Worlds 作为【气运】的我，受由梦世立心
A fanfiction based on the animated series Three Bars, Five Unusuals from the Incredible Continent If you want to watch the original, try finding a bigger one and see if you can transmigrate through it…
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- 435 Those Years I Spent in Dongguan 我在东莞那些年 My Years in Dongguan 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
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The Allied Forces 联军
On an utterly ordinary night, a stone unexpectedly traveled from the far reaches of the universe to Earth. Yet this unremarkable stone was like a messenger of misfortune, bringing an endless string of disasters to the planet... At the same time, a mysterious force seemed to appear among humanity, quietly protecting everything. Who were they, and could they lead humanity to change its fate of annihilation?
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The Xuanlong Clan 玄龙族
In the final years of antiquity, a hundred clans vied for supremacy, and one great figure after another emerged. Some fell, some went into seclusion, and some reached the very top. Great wars frequently erupted in the process, leaving the world in utter chaos.
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Slay Demons and Exorcise Evil, Trading Merit for Divine Powers 斩妖除魔，我以功德换神通
The Tianyuan Continent shines like the midday sun, illuminating the nine provinces, the four seas, and the realms in every direction. True immortals sit together and discuss the Dao, opening altars to spread their teachings. Meanwhile, earthly hells abound, where demons and monsters gather in the mountains and forests, bringing endless slaughter. The mortal world rolls on, and countless beings sink into a sea of suffering. The ways of the world surge like tides; though tens of thousands seek the
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When Heroes Gather: The Yang Yi Chronicles 风云际会：杨仪传
A failed scholar makes a trip to the capital and recovers the memories of his past life. A despondent, helpless heroine, an ambitious empress, a scheming witch, a fairy with peerless cultivation, a shrewd constable, a bloodthirsty assassin... Countless beauties gather around you, united by a common ideal. Yet the role you must play is neither the emperor who rules all under heaven nor the martial arts overlord celebrated throughout the jianghu. Behold these splendid lands, so captivating that co
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- 441 Bone Maiden of the Great Wilderness: I, a Mortal, Subdue Gods and Demons 大荒骨女：我以凡躯镇神魔 Daughter of the Great Wilderness: I Hold the Gods and Demons at Bay with a Mortal Body 258Reads—Score—Shelves
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Mending Bones, Restoring Love 动骨恢情
[Face-slapping + scumbag takedown + a little angst with sweetness + humor + souls swapped between a man and a woman + down-to-earth and relatable + ordinary people with great wisdom + wealthy families + workplace business battles + youthful, sweet romance. Impossible to put down!] The years pass peacefully. Everyone has a first love in their heart, but not everyone can have a Jiang Miao Jie in theirs! In her previous life, Lin Muzi was robbed of her destined match, missed out on her dream guy, f
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Crossing the Shore by Lamplight 灯火渡岸
(No CP, a coming-of-age story) When pain becomes a language, love twists into control. In her third year of middle school, Jiang Wanyu is caught in the fatal pull between herself and Shen Jin. Amid the ruins of her birth family, she uses self-destruction to send out a plea for help. This is a long journey with no miracles. Between suffocating love and silent wounds, she must learn to breathe through the pain and practice taking control amid the chaos. Years later, the scars on her wrists have fa
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Rule Horror: It Takes Two 规则怪谈：双人成行
[The rating just came out and is rather low, but it will rise] [Two Minds Sharing One Body] [Rules-Based Horror] [Original Scenarios] [Mind-Bending Twists] [Lighthearted Bickering] One moment, Wei Minghua was conquering an S-rank rules-based horror scenario. The next, he woke to find his body gone. His consciousness was trapped in the mind of a nineteen-year-old girl named Mingxi. Mingxi pressed a knife to her throat. "Get out of my body, or we'll both die." Before they could reach an agreement,
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- 445 Classic of Mountains and Seas: With a Mortal Heart, I Subdue Ten Thousand Demons 山海经：我以凡心镇万妖 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Hold Back Ten Thousand Demons with a Mortal Heart 80Reads—Score—Shelves
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Legend of the Realm Guardian 守界者传说
Lin Chen accidentally discovered a jade pendant his father had left behind, then transmigrated to a world of cultivation. Unfortunately, his aptitude was too poor for cultivation, leaving him no choice but to become a menial disciple. Fortunately, he could travel between Earth and various cultivation worlds, using the different regional resources of each world to make enormous profits. At last, he managed to establish himself in the cultivation world.
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The Sin-Eater: A Biography of Shi 食罪者释传
They were born of suffering and sin, and the world knows little about them. At last, in this age, a Sin Eater has entered the world. The answers he (or she?) seeks can only be found after stepping into it.
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- 448 The Tiger Carries His Beloved Home! 虎驮良人归！ A Tiger Carries the Good Man Home! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
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Redemption: An Autumn of Heartbeats 救赎：心动的秋天
(I'm a new author with a new book, so please share any suggestions.) [Redemption] + [Pure Love] + [Single Heroine] + [Youth and School Life] My name is Lu Ling. I'm a school delinquent, the kind of hopeless case teachers are always talking about. To be honest, I think so too. With no parents and no money, do I really have a future? Then, on the first day of senior year, a timid girl stumbled into my life in the clumsiest way possible. She moved into my heart without asking, and I think I'm lucky
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The Star Brocade Chronicles 锦星录
[Modern Setting + Two Male Leads + Sweet Romance + Unforgettable Love + Angst + The Love of a Lifetime + Bad Ending] This is just a practice story. I don’t know what I’m doing, so I’ll look things up as I go. It’s purely for practice, and I’m writing it all over the place. Two boys meet and begin to support each other and grow together. One is bright and sunny, playful and adorable; the other is composed, reserved, and courteous. One burns like the blazing sun, the other is gentle as moonlight.
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