Looking for a Long, Completed Urban Novel, Ideally with Ming, Dark, and Transforming Force Before Cultivation 求都市完结长篇小说，最好是明境暗劲化劲然后修真
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A Master Descends the Mountain to Cultivate in the City 高手下山之都市修仙
[Overwhelmingly Satisfying Power Fantasy] [Invincible] [Master Returns from the Mountains] [Urban Cultivation] [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Martial Arts] In modern society, spiritual energy is scarce and cultivation is difficult. Yet Jiang Chen spent just ten years on Mount Kunlun cultivating from an ordinary mortal to the late Foundation Establishment stage, demonstrating peerless talent. He was so exceptional that even his mysterious and powerful master couldn't help feeling jealous an
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Immortal and Undying, the Lord of the Sacred Dynasty Invites Me Down the Mountain 长生不死，圣朝之主请我出山
The mortal world is vast. How could a hundred years be enough to see it all? In his previous life, Gu Changge had worked hard for half his life. Just as his career was beginning to bear fruit, he died with regrets. Given another chance at life, all he wanted was to see the flowers bloom and wither across the world, and devote himself to the Dao in pursuit of immortality. Who could have guessed that, when he looked back, everything he had done without a second thought would already have come to f
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Fish of the World 天下游鱼
By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me...
103.3kReads9.0Score10kShelves
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Reborn to Cultivate the Dao in This Life 重生之道修今生
He's a capitalist, yet he loves taking his adorable pets across countless mountains in search of rare herbs and treasures! He's also a Daoist who controls an entire industry and commands boundless wealth! After dreaming through an entire lifetime, Song Chenyang wakes up determined not only to become a business tycoon, but also to pursue his original dream: exploring dangerous places, gathering immortal herbs, and refining immortal medicine. What secrets lie within the mysterious, towering Kunlun
16.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
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Senior Sister, Please Show Some Restraint! 师姐，请自重！
[Decisive and Ruthless + Passionate to the Extreme + Deep Emotions + Senior-Sister Romance + Maximum Showmanship] In a single night, disaster strikes Qin Xuan’s family, and both his senior sister and the Xuan Sect’s greatest treasure disappear. Armed with astonishing abilities, Qin Xuan makes a powerful descent from the mountain! Peerless medical skills: he can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bare bones. If the King of Hell says you’ll die at the third watch, I’ll keep you alive
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Five Years of Cultivation, Invincible the Moment I Descend the Mountain 修仙五年，下山就无敌
[Passionate urban action + decisive and ruthless + funny and lighthearted + no do-gooder heroine] “Dear apprentice.” “Your master is begging you, come down from the mountain.” Five years ago, Ye Fan was abducted by his beautiful master and taken to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate immortality. He became the temple's only male disciple. Five years later, Ye Fan, who had vanished and was believed dead, returns in triumph, possessing peerless powers. A hidden dragon plunges into the depths, stirring up
11.2kReads9.1Score935Shelves
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Global High Martial: My Martial Arts Techniques Train Themselves 全球高武：我的武功能主动修炼
In a world of high martial prowess, my martial arts keep cheating on their own all day... No, wait! I just have moments of enlightenment and train hard for 24 hours a day, that's all! Ning Chuan had only planned to develop steadily and get into a good university. But during the hundred-day countdown ceremony before the college entrance exams, Thunder Sparrows attacked. Ning Chuan drew his blade and killed three in an instant! From then on, he began crushing everything in his path! At the genius
55.4kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
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A Hundred Thousand Years of Immortality 长生十万年
A hundred thousand years ago, Su Yi ended the entire age of gods and demons with a single palm strike. Now he’s stepped onto a university campus to experience life as a student in the modern age. Su Yi: “I want to keep a low profile, but my strength just won’t let me. I’ve tried so hard to be an ordinary person!”
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I'm a God, So Why Are You Telling Me to Tighten Screws?! 我是大神，你却叫我打螺丝！
He was a peerless genius, yet his life took a tragic turn like Zhong Yong's. After scraping by in this world, a twist of fate turned him into a cultivator. He rose to prominence once more, standing proud and independent as a king returned. Not only did he sweep aside others' contempt and mockery, he also ascended to the peak of this world, becoming a Divine Lord who looked down upon all creation.
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A Thousand Years of Sign-In in the Underworld, Then Reincarnating Makes the Empress Cry 地府签到千年，投胎气哭女帝
After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall
11.5kReads8.6Score17.5kShelves
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From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境，打造太古神宗
After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the
30.1kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
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The Chaotic Record of Mending the Heavens 混沌补天录
[No System, no being reborn, cautious cultivation, sound logic, quotable lines, and hilarious comedy] Please don't expect this to follow the usual formula of some cultivation novels, where the protagonist becomes invincible and starts killing as soon as he begins cultivating. This story follows the protagonist's transformation from an ordinary person, and strives to stay closer to real life, with plenty of introspection and social criticism. Starting as a law-abiding citizen, the protagonist fir
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I Pick Through Trash, Yet I'm the Immortal Sect's Live-In Son-in-Law 捡垃圾的我，竟是仙门赘婿
On my first visit to her home, my future mother-in-law threw ten million at me to make me give up. How do I show her just how formidable I am? Also known as: The Immortal Was Once a Demon and I Can’t Fight, But I’m an Immortal
64.6kReads9.0Score6.6kShelves
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Seven Hundred Years of Cultivation, Reborn in the City and Invincible 修仙七百年，重生都市我无敌
The undefeated Immortal Venerable, who cultivated for seven hundred years, returns reborn. Decisive and ruthless, he plays the pig to eat the tiger, makes up for every regret in his heart, and cuts down everything that displeases him!
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A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市
After his gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, an ordinary young man from the city unexpectedly inherited the legacy of a mighty cultivator. From then on, he could summon wind and rain, becoming an immortal among mortals. A renowned traditional medicine doctor? My disciple. A gang boss? My underling. A top power player? My subordinate… With one hand, I turn the clouds and bring in endless wealth; with the other, I summon rain and slap faces. Life is this exhilarating, this satisfying! I leave
22.5kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
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Buy a Rock and Cultivate Immortality 买个石头去修仙
[Urban + period setting + immortal cultivation] Thanks to a mysterious stone, high school student Zhao Ming unexpectedly begins his journey of immortal cultivation. While his peers are still studying late into the night, worrying about the cost of dating and fretting over their future careers, he has already become a top tycoon, a miracle doctor, and a big shot in a special government agency.
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Maxed-Out Cultivation in the City: I’m Absolutely Invincible 满级修为在都市，我绝对无敌
(Modern urban cultivation power fantasy + invincible power fantasy + max level + decisive and ruthless + no saintly do-gooder) Ye Chen returns from the Primordial Era to Blue Star with all his powers intact. He dominates the city, ruthless and decisive. Who else could possibly compare? Grandmasters must not be insulted? So what if I insult you? A Golden Core big shot? I can destroy you with a single thought! A Nascent Soul old monster? You're no better than an ant in my eyes! A Tribulation Trans
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Urban: I'm Invincible in the Age of Declining Spiritual Energy 都市：末法时代我已无敌
[Urban Cultivation + Invincible Throughout + Multiple Heroines + Decisive and Ruthless] Ten years ago, Lin Hong's family was wiped out. He narrowly escaped, but was left carrying the blood feud of his entire clan. Ten years later, he returned in overwhelming strength to take his revenge. Cold and ruthless, Lin Hong kills without hesitation, seeing every enemy who stands in his way as an insect. He lives by the principle of “rooting out the weeds,” leaving no threat behind. His world holds only g
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Urban: Ten Years of Cultivation, and I’m Unrivaled the Moment I Descend the Mountain 都市：修仙十年，下山即无敌
The new book has built up a backlog of chapters and can be found on the author's homepage. It tells the story of the hundred thousand years after this book. [Expert Descends the Mountain + Invincible Cultivation + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Decisive Killing + Multiple Realms] The Great Dao is flawed, and spiritual energy has withered. A mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation traveled the world. By chance, he discovered a peerless prodigy born with a spiritual physique, forcibly took
255.9kReads9.1Score22kShelves
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A Hundred Million Years of Cultivation: The True Immortal of the City 修仙一亿年：都市真仙
[A president as his servant] [A saintess as his maid] [The world’s teacher] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Urban cultivation] Cultivation realms: Xiantian, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Hollow Void, Tribulation Transcendence, and Mahayana Protagonists: Ye Qingxuan, Third Young Master Ye Immortal Emperor Ye Qingxuan attained the Dao and departed, believing his soul had been scattered beyond recovery, only to return to the city a hun
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A Mortal Asks the Heavens: I Wish to Become an Immortal 凡人问天我欲成仙
[Traditional fantasy] [No System] Her parents disappeared, and her village was slaughtered. The boy was taken in by an immortal sect out of pity, but his useless spiritual roots earned him nothing but scorn. Even his master was mocked for accepting him. His master gave him a tattered book and told him it was an ancient secret scroll. But word of his useless reputation spread, and he endured humiliation wherever he went. One day, he happened to return home and discovered that the mysterious littl
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Cultivation to Immortality 修仙
Cultivation
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The Modern Cultivator 现代修真者
Modern Cultivators
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A Mortal's Immortal Fate 凡人仙缘
Main character: Li Yi. [Traditional cultivation] [Mortal's journey] [One female lead] [Spatial powers] [Farming] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] An ordinary boy from a mountain village leaves home to pursue immortality, fighting his way into the cruel, dark world of cultivation. With his clever, decisive, and cautious nature, he cuts down his enemies without hesitation and encounters countless wondrous opportunities for immortality. After passing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment
37.2kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves
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The Lone Cultivator 独行修仙传
Lin Fan was born in a remote mountain town. From childhood, he loved martial arts and hunting, and had no interest in attending the village school. While out hunting one day, he came across a mortally wounded martial artist and helped him fulfill his dying wish. In return, he obtained a cultivator’s storage pouch. Later, deep in the mountains, he had a chance encounter with an old beggar. One barbecue meal earned him a celestial opportunity and set him on the long road of cultivation. He took th
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Ascension Record of a Hundred Refinements 百炼飞升录
He was an ordinary boy from a mountain village until he accidentally ate an unknown vermilion fruit and embarked on the path of cultivation. Starting out as a weapon refiner and relying on his talent for crafting talismans, he ventured alone through the perilous world of immortal cultivation. Just as his cultivation was advancing smoothly and success seemed within reach, an unexpected change came over him. Was it a blessing or a curse?
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Aspiring to the Immortal Path 问鼎仙途
[Mortal-style cultivation + no System] Su Shier, a village boy of mediocre aptitude, is forced to embark on an endless, arduous path to immortality in pursuit of revenge for a blood feud. It is a world of deceit, the law of the jungle, scheming, and hardship... The road ahead is long, the way fraught with danger. Though this humble mortal must fight through every obstacle, he swears to forge his own path to immortality.
199.7kReads8.9Score19.9kShelves
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The Ultimate Immortal Ancestor 终极仙祖
Ye Chen was an ordinary man, until he unexpectedly transmigrated to a world much like Earth, but filled with cultivators. He also acquired the Myriad Realms Shopping App, a gateway to endless worlds that lets him purchase extraordinary items from all kinds of places: rare treasures that boost cultivation, mighty magical artifacts, cultivation techniques that strengthen their users, and even bodyguards for hire. Along the way, he meets some fascinating fellow cultivators, including powerful big s
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Sevenfold Tribulation, Turning Wheel 七劫转轮
I trace the starry skies to prove the ashes of calamity, as tides swallow the azure heavens and I seek the cycle of rebirth. The Bodhi's shadow shines through countless worlds, while Dharma rain hangs like pearls in a mustard-seed cup. One thought opens the heart, and ten thousand forms collapse; nine layers of heavenly tribulation forge the first mold. All forms are formless, inscribed by the wind; only then do I realize that sacred Mount Ling is where I return.
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Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代
Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him.
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Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪
Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity…
7.1kReads5.8Score312Shelves
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Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战
Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the
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A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金
Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More
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Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代
Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!!
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Dual Transmigration to the 1960s: A Prosperous Nation and Strong People 双穿六零之国富民强
In 2025, Su Tianci was just another overworked wage slave. He ate a roujiamo at Red Romance, then opened his eyes to find himself back in that fiery era. What’s more, he had somehow become a wanted criminal. See how Su Tianci fares with the System’s help: will he be doomed from the start, or turn danger into safety?
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Dual Crossing to Republican-Era China: A Blood Sacrifice to the Land 双穿民国之，血祭山河
Su Tianci is an ordinary office drone from 2025. To make ends meet, he joins a film crew shooting short dramas. Who could have guessed that he would lose his footing and fall into a deep pit? When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated to 1937, a year engulfed in war. Fortunately, he has a portal that lets him travel back and forth between this war-torn era and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before Su Tianci…
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Dual Travels in Republican-Era China: Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 双穿民国之屠戮倭寇
Li Xiaren was an outstanding young man who had been 25 for years. After finally finding a girlfriend, he was just about to duo queue with her when a ball lightning bolt whisked him away to Shanghai during the Republican era. To his surprise, the mark left by the ball lightning lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. In an instant, two monumental eras open up before him...
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Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下
Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing
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Traveling Between Two Worlds: 1970 两界穿梭之1970
After getting drunk in an accident, Wu Xiaoyao somehow transmigrated to the fiery era of the past. With a System that lets him travel between two worlds, he now has two great eras before him...
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Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973
An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him!
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Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起
After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era.
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The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥
Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis
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The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明
Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart
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Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风
A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world.
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Transmigrate to the Late Han and Fight for the World 穿越汉末争天下
Wu Xiaoyao, a Chinese special forces soldier, is betrayed by a traitor while carrying out a mission in an island nation. To cover his teammates' retreat, he detonates the bomb strapped to him, taking the enemy down with him. Unexpectedly, he awakens the destiny of China. His body is remade, and he transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era. By a twist of fate, he meets the peerless master Li Yan, who takes him on as a disciple! With his extraordinary combat skills, assassination techniques, and aut
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Transmigrating to the Late Han Dynasty to Rule the World 穿越汉末霸天下
Wu Xiaoyao is an active-duty special forces king. While on a mission in the Sakura Islands, he is betrayed by a spy who had been hiding in China for more than thirty years. To protect his teammates as they retreat, he single-handedly takes on the entire Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces unit, more than 180 men, and kills over a hundred Japanese devils. Exhausted, he raises his head to the sky and roars, "I have the will to kill the enemy, but not the strength to turn the tide!" Then he detonates
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The Urban Cultivator’s Carefree Life 修真者都市逍遥
Wu Xiaoyao was a young man from China. While climbing Mount Laojun, he was accidentally sucked into a black hole and transported to a world filled with powerful cultivators. As an ordinary mortal, he thought he was as good as dead, but unexpectedly, he gained the cultivation legacy of the Venerable of Ten Thousand Swords. Relying on his Chinese bloodline, he fought his way through every obstacle. After countless trials and hardships, he rose to the realm of Supreme Sovereign of the Myriad Worlds
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