The Male Lead Retires from the Entertainment Industry, Then Makes a Huge Comeback Years Later 男主隐退娱乐圈，时隔多年再次回归，再次爆火🔥

1. 301 镜 The Silver-Haired Me in the Mirror Meets My Future Self 镜中银发的我与未来的自己相遇 Bai Yiqiong白衣穹Urban504k WordsCompleted [Gender transformation + yuri + daily life + urban + romance + System + turning into a girl + campus belle + pure romance + multiple love interests early on, then one-on-one] Potential dealbreakers: The female lead has little screen time early on, and after transforming, the protagonist doesn’t move out of the dorm right away. On his way to buy dessert for his girlfriend, Shen Zhuxin is nearly flattened by a speeding “Baby Bus.” The unlucky guy is forced to bind himself to a totally useless Syst 1.5kReads9.2Score243Shelves
2. 302 变 I Turned into a Little Girl: The More Romances I Have, the Stronger I Get? 变身萝莉，情缘越多我越强？ Titanium Alloy Pigeon King钛合金鸽子王Urban219k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 176Reads8.2Score—Shelves
3. 303 社 Social Identity 社会属性 Mrs. Cui, for Want of Rice Even a Clever Cook Is Helpless巧妇难为无米之崔女士Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted (A workplace story set in the entertainment industry, with a levelheaded heroine, a male star, and a female agent.) Min Yicheng, an artist’s assistant who only wants to become an agent, and Lu Zhengyu, an artist with his head in the clouds when it comes to love. A chance encounter back when he was still unknown leads Lu Zhengyu, now an artist, to lend a hand to Min Yicheng after she loses her job. But she soon finds herself caught up in the scandal of an artist dating a staff member. After infig —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist was branded as a know-it-all because of his past relationship and ran away from home. The female protagonist took advantage of the internal strife in the company and became her agent to get the male protagonist back. The male protagonist not only cleared his grievances, but also transformed into a drama actor. However, his misunderstanding of the female protagonist became deeper and deeper.

4. 304 重 Reborn in 1989: Building China's Technology Empire 重生1989：缔造华夏科技帝国 Thousand-Sea Guanyin千海观音Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Reborn from 2035 into the golden age of 1989, Xu Huasheng, a top Chinese chip expert, stands at the forefront of the times with a mind full of technological knowledge. He swears that this time around, he won't let himself be pushed around. Starting with the VCD industry, then moving into home appliances, pagers, mobile phones, chips, lithography machines, the internet, cars, drones, new energy, medical equipment, rockets, and satellites, Xu Huasheng begins with his own electronics factory and se 52.1kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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   Rebirth, chronicle, entrepreneurship! Entertainment star

5. 305 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Carefree Young Hunter 重生六零年代：逍遥小猎户 An Ren安仁Urban696k WordsCompleted The soul of a modern man transmigrates back to the 1960s and becomes a poor young hunter in a mountain village. Fortunately, he has a spirit-mountain space with him. Armed with a modern man's ideas and knowledge, watch Liu Dazhu grow alongside his country and rise to new heights in this era, when New China has only just been founded... 3kReads8.6Score142Shelves
6. 306 重 Reborn: Don't Compare Backgrounds with Me, I'm Afraid My Real One Will Be Exposed 重生：别和我比背景，我都怕暴露 Xuan'er Who Loves Braised Meat and Vegetables爱吃焖荤素的玄儿Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Reborn Power Fantasy + Business + The Rise of a Great Nation + Richer Than a Country + Conquering the World] Su Ze, the CEO of a publicly listed company in the twenty-first century, is reborn in the 1980s in a parallel world. What! You think the courtyard houses are unsafe and ready to be condemned? Don't touch them, I'll buy them! What! You say these Year of the Monkey golden snub-nosed monkey stamps are worthless trash? I'll take them all! The stock market guru? He's a nobody next t 11kReads8.8Score638Shelves
7. 307 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Won’t Let Go of My Rough-Hewn Man 重生七零：抱着糙汉不放手 Chubby Orange胖胖橙子Modern Romance717k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + pocket dimension + adorable pets + sweet romance] In her previous life, she was blind to the truth and foolishly turned away the man who cherished her. In the end, her family was destroyed, and someone pushed her off a cliff. Reborn as Jiang Jinxiu before her divorce, she was determined never to let go this time. She'd been foolish to leave a man who loved her so much. In this life, she would keep her distance from the scumbag and his mistress and get her revenge. She 1.9kReads8.9Score213Shelves
8. 308 年 Hunting in the Old Days: King of the Changbai Mountains 年代狩猎：长白山猎人王 Overthrow倾覆Urban842k WordsCompleted [Reborn, historical era, hunting] Good news: He was reborn... in 1979, when the winds of reform were sweeping across the land. Bad news: Those winds still needed time to blow. Life was still hard, supplies were scarce, and every meal was cornmeal, brown rice, and sweet potato porridge. They were so poor you could hear the coins rattling in their pockets! Good news: His parents had found him a bride... Bad news: They couldn't make ends meet, and his wife was planning to run away... Good news: The 2.5kReads8.6Score163Shelves
9. 309 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score183Shelves
10. 310 赘 The Reborn Son-in-Law's Road to a New Life 赘婿的重生之路 Gray Eagle苍鹰Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Period Drama + Urban + Feel-Good] Yin Tianshui was an orphan. At eighteen, he was chosen by the Feng family in a neighboring village to become their live-in son-in-law. The Feng family’s daughter had a married lover, and she was already pregnant when she got married. On their wedding night, her whole family conspired to get Yin Tianshui drunk, making him believe he had consummated the marriage and injured his new wife in the process. Yin Tianshui endured twenty years of abuse and humi 34.7kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
11. 311 重 Back to 1988 重返1988 West Wind Beyond the Pass关外西风Urban3.9M WordsCompleted Lu Feng had become a billionaire and achieved great success when he unexpectedly returned to the 1990s. Looking at his adorable daughter, he was completely bewildered. Even more bewildering was the question of who this beautiful wife of his was. With a second chance at life, making money was a piece of cake. He would not only reach the pinnacle of wealth, but also teach business tycoons how to make money, give the future richest man a few pointers on starting a business, and then casually stand 4.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
12. 312 重 Reborn in 1985: After Prison, I Rebuild a Business Empire 重生85：出狱后，重塑商业帝国 I Raised Lots of Cats我养了很多喵Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [1980s setting + realism + romance + business + political intrigue] The year 1985 marked a turning point in economic reform, as an extraordinary era began to unfold. Lin Mochi is lucky enough to return to this age of abundant opportunity, but fate seems to be playing a cruel joke: he is reborn in the body of a recently released convict. In the face of everyone’s disdain and misunderstanding, he always responds with a smile. You can’t explain ice to a summer insect. Who could possibly understand 3.2kReads9.0Score231Shelves
13. 313 游 The Gaming Empire: I’m Not Running a Charity, I’m Designing Games 游戏帝国我不是做慈善的游戏设计 Yu Xitongzai于睎同在Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted The female lead accidentally transmigrates into a game she designed, and the male lead also ends up inside the game. A mysterious person has changed the game... Who is this mysterious person...? Faced with an unfamiliar world, the male lead is overcome with fear. Even the female lead feels afraid in the game she designed herself. After the two meet, they team up to fight monsters and level up, determined to escape this terrifying game world. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine accidentally entered the game she designed, and the male protagonist also entered the game. The game was changed by a mysterious person... Who is the mysterious person... The male protagonist faces a strange world and has a sense of fear. The heroine also has a sense of fear in the game she designed. After the heroine and the male protagonist meet, they fight monsters together and upgrade, leaving this frightening game world.

14. 314 华 Chinese Showbiz: A Carefree Life 华娱：潇洒人生 The General Below将军在下Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I joined the entertainment industry to experience life! I’ll act in whatever I want, and I won’t act in anything I don’t want to! I’m not short on money! I’m a billionaire, so who am I supposed to be afraid of? The life I want is one of freedom and carefree living! 51.3kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
15. 315 娱 You're a Top-Tier Star, Yet You Choose an Ordinary Teacher as Your Partner? 娱乐圈真顶流，你择偶普通教师？ Quietly Arriving悄然而至Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chu Ze was reborn in his family’s old, rundown factory. From the start, he awakened a Factory System that could upgrade the plant and grant bonuses in different fields of research. He could level it up and earn rewards by accepting orders, fulfilling them, and selling the products. Chu Ze returned to Northwestern Polytechnical University and became a teacher. “How can our great nation depend on others for its survival?!” “Dignity lies at the tip of the sword, and truth lies within the range of o 30.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
16. 316 致 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 31.9kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
17. 317 满 The Max-Level Expert Becomes a Legend Through Metaphysics 满级大佬靠玄学成为传说 Northern Feather Kite北翎之鸢Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jun Ci, a big shot from the demon realm, transmigrated overnight into an obscure entertainment-industry nobody who had tried to mooch off a top-tier star and then been exposed online for faking her suicide. When her company put her on ice, Jun Ci didn’t bat an eye. She simply inherited the little Taoist temple her grandfather had left her. From then on, she built a thriving business telling fortunes and catching ghosts. A business tycoon waved a wad of cash at her: “Master, will this project suc 2.5kReads9.1Score347Shelves

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    System flow, invincible flow, metaphysics, star

18. 318 让 I Was Asked to Tell Fortunes, So Why Am I Solving Crimes and Saving the World Too? 让你算命，你破案救世五项全能？ Scorching Sun赤日炎炎Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + fortune-telling + solving cases + ghost-hunting + no romance + supernatural revival] Ye Chu, a crazed powerhouse from the world of metaphysics, was reborn into the body of a university student in another world who had the same name. Unfortunately, the girl was destined to die young, so Ye Chu fell back on her old trade: livestreaming fortune-telling, punishing the wicked, and driving away misfortune for good people to earn merit and prolong her life. “Master, my daughter has bee 1.9kReads9.1Score200Shelves
19. 319 娱 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Take a Side Job, So Why Am I Fortune-Telling at a Stall? 娱乐：让你做副业你摆摊算命？ Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.0M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was a true immortal of the Daoist sect. In this life, he transmigrates to Blue Star's entertainment industry as a nobody. Yang Lin unexpectedly joins a livestream show called Work Hard, Everyone! To build their image as ordinary working people, the celebrities either perform on the street or set up stalls selling snacks. Yang Lin, however, simply pulls a Daoist robe from his bag, puts it on, and starts telling fortunes. He lifts a curse for a female CEO and earns a ten-t 11.9kReads8.7Score1kShelves
20. 320 玄 A Metaphysics Guru Drops into Showbiz and Becomes Famous for Exorcisms 玄学大佬空降娱乐圈，靠捉鬼爆红 Vanya's Snowman万尼亚的雪人Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + face-slapping + feel-good story + entertainment industry + sweet romance] Mysticism master Yuan Yiyi transmigrates overnight and becomes a nobody at the very bottom of the entertainment industry. With a cheeky grin, she tears into scumbags and homewreckers, then goes viral for her razor-sharp tongue and candid snapshots. From there, she rises to the top with ease, becoming a queen of film, television, and music, as well as an ambassador for traditional culture. Nothing is beyond her 242Reads7.6Score—Shelves
21. 321 开 Mystic Powers from the Start! Face-Slapping Frenzy in Showbiz 开局玄学加身！疯狂打脸娱乐圈 Two Mao二毛钱Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted [No romance + mysticism + showbiz + livestreaming + wilderness survival + variety show + food + mystery-solving + bizarre happenings + author who doesn't care about logic] An Ran, a powerful cultivator, failed her tribulation and woke up in the modern world as an obscure little star who couldn't even afford fish. Plagued by scandals and surrounded by rivals? Tch. Let me teach you all how to behave. Trying to build a mystic persona for publicity? Oh, then let's go catch ghosts on a livestream. A 873Reads8.9Score101Shelves
22. 322 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Miss, You're About to Suffer a Bloody Disaster 直播算命：姑娘你有血光之灾 Shang Jiu上九Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Ye Chen took over his master's Daoist temple. He should have been content to live as an ordinary young Daoist, but instead he started livestreaming fortune-telling. “Daoist priest, do you think I can land this 50-million-yuan project?” Ye Chen scolded him: “You've committed countless evils and used up all your ancestors' accumulated virtue. You already have the look of a dying man!” “Daoist priest, why am I so unlucky?” Ye Chen replied coolly, “Your fate is cursed with loneliness and calamity. Y 7.1kReads9.2Score634Shelves
23. 323 大 A Big Shot in a Washed-Up Celebrity's Body, with Amazing Fortune-Telling Skills! 大佬穿糊咖，算命顶呱呱！ Yan Ruxi颜如溪Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted [No CP + Metaphysics + Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Satisfying Read + Absurd Comedy + Showbiz] After waking up, a powerful cultivator from the cultivation world discovers she has become a notorious celebrity, an obscure actress who has to apologize even for spitting. Losing all her cultivation and being unable to return home is bad enough. But the original owner was also an unpopular actress buried in debt? Is this a terrible hand to be dealt? No. Just watch Yun Shu turn the tables against 114Reads8.2Score—Shelves
24. 324 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.5kReads—Score130Shelves

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    The male protagonist was reborn after taking the college entrance examination, and became a rich man from the World Cup. He started a low-key business and traded stocks in college, and was surrounded by beautiful women.

25. 325 戏 Fiction Becomes Reality: Is Your Junkie Act Really That Convincing? Investigate Him 戏假成真：演瘾君子这么像？查他 Deadpan Nonsense一本正经胡写Urban4.6M WordsCompleted Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an unknown extra. After finally signing up for the hit variety show What Is an Actor?, he runs into a well-connected internet celebrity in the very first round of auditions. The fix is in, and he gets the worst script. He has to play a drug addict. At the critical moment, the “Make-Believe Becomes Reality” System successfully binds to him. [Ding! Target role: drug addict. Congratulations, Host, you are now a real drug addict.] What the hell 84.1kReads8.3Score11.3kShelves

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    There are laughs and curses, gags, and countless jokes, but there are also endless scenes of true feelings and touching hearts. There are big battle scenes and small plots of shoe embroidery. The imagination is rich, the plot is exciting, the setting is complete, and the author has strong plot control skills!

26. 326 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 319.3kReads9.4Score29.7kShelves
27. 327 大 The Great Sage Returns: Sun Wukong Vows to Slaughter Every God and Buddha! 大圣归来，我孙悟空誓必屠尽神佛！ Heaven-Mandated Mayfly天命蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted As the four disciples of Tang Sanzang received their titles on Spirit Mountain, a man who looked like a beggar stood at its foot, disdain in his eyes. He muttered bitterly, “Tathagata, I, Old Sun, will be back.” A different Journey to the West, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's journey of revenge. 28.7kReads9.1Score6.4kShelves
28. 328 我 I Became a Buddha, So Why Are the Cursed Rising Again? 我成佛后诡异复苏？ Humorous Dart Man幽默飞镖人Urban880k WordsCompleted (No female lead) After transmigrating as Tang Sanzang and achieving enlightenment, he suddenly loses consciousness at the foot of Mount Ling. When he wakes, he discovers that he has somehow returned to Earth, while the gods and Buddhas have vanished. “What? The supernatural is returning?” “A Hell Apartment that issues missions on a timer?” “And this Hell Apartment has exactly eighteen floors. Could that have something to do with the Eighteen Levels of Hell?” “Mount Wutai has disappeared? Journey 325Reads9.0Score—Shelves
29. 329 开 From the Start, I Was an Invincible Great Emperor, Ruling the Ages Alone! 开局大帝境无敌，一人独断万古！ Fei Huang飞煌Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing Mu Chen emerged from Earth, passed through Yinghuo, entered Beidou, reached Ziwei, and battled the Eternal Realm. After tens of thousands of years, he finally perfected the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body. Invincible and peerless for a million years, his physical body ultimately could not withstand the ravages of time. In the shattered Immortal Realm, across the boundless Sea of Boundaries, one ancient supreme being after another, beings once driven away like dogs, awoke and watched him covetously! 1.7kReads6.4Score157Shelves
30. 330 刚 I Just Arrived in the Apocalypse, and They Mistook Me for the Reincarnation of the Victorious Fighting Buddha 刚到末世，被误认为斗战胜佛转世 A Thousand Miles to Stay千里留行Mystery250k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Wild Imagination] [Power Fantasy] [Rules-Based Horror] [Comeback] [Supernatural Horror] In an apocalyptic world governed by horror rules, everyone dies if they fail to follow them. But everything changes after Ye Mo arrives. "If someone asks you a question, answer it. Even if you're a supernatural horror, you still have to answer! Get it wrong, and you won't just lose face. You might lose your heart..." "If you encounter Zhong Kui, don't look him in the eye if you're a supernatural 7kReads6.6Score345Shelves
31. 331 西 Journey to the West? No! Hear My Decree, Monks: March West to Spirit Mountain 西游？不！传贫僧法旨，西征灵山 Mengwei Zimo梦薇紫陌Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted At Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Sanzang recites a rebellious poem. At Eagle Sorrow Stream, the White Dragon sends a false letter? At Lion Camel Ridge, the demons arrange themselves by rank, while Tang Sanzang speaks fervently of his lifelong ambition? What would happen at the end of Journey to the West if Tang Sanzang grew stronger every time he took on a new disciple? Sun Wukong: “I'll storm Leiyin Temple and destroy Mount Ling. If I leave and never return, then so be it!” Zhu Bajie: “Tathagata's 8.1kReads9.0Score834Shelves
32. 332 玄 Xuanhuan: I'm Doomed! How Did I Become Invincible? 玄幻：夭寿了！我怎么就无敌了？ Passing By, Never Forgetting陌往莫忘Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Sign-In + Invincibility + Multiple Worlds + System + Divine Son + Prodigy + No Female Lead] Zhang Chen is born in the Beiming Dao Domain. His father was the previous Divine Son of the Ancient Zhang Clan, and his mother was once a monster-level talent on the Prodigy Rankings. From the start, he awakens the Indestructible Hongmeng Physique and is named the clan’s Divine Son! After that... Sign in for the Forgotten Life Blade Art: one slash sends all into reincarnation, where life 22kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
33. 333 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 33.1kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
34. 334 穿 I Transmigrated, So Why Am I a Wolf? 穿越了，怎么是狼 Baby's Not Crying Anymore宝宝不哭了Urban160k WordsCompleted Some transmigrate into the body of a farmer’s son, pass the imperial examinations, and become pillars of the nation. Some transmigrate into the body of a prince and remain unshaken amid raging storms. But how come I transmigrated into a wolf, and not even a grown one, but a wolf cub? 28Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 335 尖 Screaming City: Overtime Hell 尖叫城市之加班地狱 Baby's Not Crying Anymore宝宝不哭了10k WordsCompleted Screaming City: The Overtime Hell 3Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 336 轮 After Reincarnation, You're Still a Scumbag 轮回后的你依然是渣男 No Dreams Left for the Post-80s80后已经没有梦想Mystery12k WordsCompleted Even after reincarnation, you’re still a scumbag 51Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 337 6 A Sixty-Year-Old Man Is Reborn and Soars to the Top 60岁老大爷重生后一飞冲天 Baby's Not Crying Anymore宝宝不哭了18k WordsCompleted A 60-year-old man is reborn and rises to the top overnight —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 338 悲 A Tragic Rich Kid Opens a Tourist Attraction 悲剧富二代开景区 Baby's Not Crying Anymore宝宝不哭了Urban999k WordsOngoing I transmigrated, my family fortune was stolen, my luxury car was gone, my mansion was gone, and so was my company. Oh, I still have three islands. Damn this System, making a transmigrator work for a living. How about opening a tourist attraction? The mermaid legend could work, and Journey to the West could work too. Peach Blossom Island is out of the question: I’m the island master. Should I add immortal cultivation? Maybe demonic cultivation too? 135Reads—Score—Shelves

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