Looking for Modern Chinese Cultivation Novels Set in China, with Detailed Cultivation and a Realistic Feel 求华夏近现代修真，修炼细节丰富，较贴近现实生活
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The Records of Qingxu’s Exorcisms 清虚伏魔录
A traditional Taoist novel based on real events. This is not a power fantasy. The first forty-seven chapters lay the groundwork for the grand story to come, so please read them patiently. Nine to five, I’m an office worker tapping away at a keyboard in a high-end office tower, walking through the city’s central business district in a shirt and leather shoes, using office software to bustle between reports and proposals. At dusk, I’m a Qingwei Taoist of the San Tian Gate, carrying ritual implem
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After My Divorce, I Cultivate Longevity by Selling Tea 离婚后，我从卖茶修长生
[Urban Cultivation] [Mortal's Journey] [Fantasy] [Ancient Martial Arts] [Pocket Dimension] [Adventure] Chen Yuan's life hits rock bottom: bankrupt in middle age, his wife has run off, and he has nothing left. Then he unexpectedly gains an immortal inheritance. A spring of spiritual water gushes forth, and a tender shoot at his fingertip becomes spirit tea. One sip sends his cultivation soaring, and selling a pound brings in a fortune! Powerful tycoons line up to hand him money, a policewoman c
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The Day I Came Down from the Rooftop, I Gained the Heavenly Eye 天台下来的那天，我开了天眼
The day my coworker framed me, I stood at the edge of the rooftop. A 210,000 yuan shortfall, a suspension pending investigation, and my father in the hospital. Below me, the lights of countless homes gleamed across the river. My phone rang. It was a video call from my daughter. “Daddy, will you fly back and tell me a story?” I didn't jump. That night, I opened the Quieting the Mind Scripture, passed down through four generations of my family. For the first time, I saw the thoughts in my mind: gr
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I Returned from Cultivation, and You Want Me to Go to College? 修仙归来，你让我上大学？
I just got back from cultivating immortality, and now you want me to go to college? Fine. I’ll begin this life’s bloody path of cultivation right on campus…
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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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Reborn as the Holy Venerable, Returned 重生之圣尊归来
An Immortal Venerable is reborn, advancing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and beyond. With a mature state of mind, he overwhelms martial artists. This epic tale features an expansive world, a fast-paced plot, ruthless decisiveness, and an invincible protagonist. Welcome!
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The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农
An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element
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Period: I'm a Post-70s City Cultivator 年代：我是70后都市修仙者
[Historical era, growing personal space, decisive and ruthless, immortal cultivation, strategy] The soul of a modern person from 21st-century Earth transmigrates to the early 1980s in a parallel world. It also brings along a golden finger in the form of a personal space. This golden finger can be upgraded step by step. Once he gathers the nine origins of the world, he can create a real continent of his own. And each time he gathers an origin, the golden finger grants him knowledge of a new skill
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Reborn in 2001: I Start Boxing and Live Life to the Fullest 重生2001从练拳开始快意人生
[Rebirth + Pocket Dimension + Top Student + Traditional Martial Arts + Pressure-Point Techniques for Five Hundred Coins] Everyday urban life, reborn in high school, keeping a low profile at school, an ancestral martial arts manual, cultivating inner energy, mastering pressure-point techniques, dual-cultivation methods, a harem of multiple women, wealth, companions, techniques, and territory, exploring mysteries and searching for treasures, doing business and managing enterprises, fighting foreig
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- 10 Classmate, I'm Really Not a Cultivator 同学，我真不是修仙者 The Hongmeng Pearl is said to be the most mysterious treasure in the vast Hongmeng Great World, possessing supreme power. A young man accidentally inherits the Pearl’s legacy, changing the course of his life. At the same time, he gradually uncovers why cultivators vanished. Can the Ancestral Star see the return of the cultivation civilization it once knew? Furthermore, after the Investiture of the Gods, the human race fell victim to the Sages’ schemes, and the Human Sovereign became the Son of H 13.7kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
- 11 The Strongest Expert on Campus 校园最强高手 Saints are said to be the most powerful beings among cultivators. A saint can cross billions of miles in an instant, shift the stars with a wave of the hand, annihilate star systems, and reverse time and space. Saints can do anything. They are immortal and indestructible. It is said that somewhere between heaven and earth grows a tree known as the Sacred Tree. The Sacred Tree takes billions of years to flower, billions of years to bear fruit, and billions more for its fruit to ripen. Its fruit i 7.1kReads8.4Score551Shelves
- 12 Urban Cultivation: A Primordial Daoist Palace from the Start 都市修仙传：开局一座太初道宫 After Lin Tian is framed, he accidentally causes a divine artifact to recognize him as its master. Through a twist of fate, he gains an astonishing opportunity. But Lin Tian refuses to take the ordinary path. Not only does he go further and further in his cultivation, he also becomes a thorn in the side of every major field... The world of mathematics: What? He, he, he solved another century-old conjecture? The world of technology: How does he end up everywhere? Lin Tian's motto: Once you're 26.4kReads8.1Score2.9kShelves
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I Got the Hongmeng Pearl, and Now My Whole Family Cultivates Immortality 得到鸿蒙珠，我带全家修仙
Truck driver Liang Hai accidentally obtains the Primordial Pearl and sets out on the path of cultivation. “Don't come after me. I just want to cultivate with my family.” But the trees long for peace while the wind refuses to die down!
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- 14 The Ninefold Mysterious Yellow Art 九转玄黄功 Lin Yuan, a food delivery rider, awakens the Xuanhuang Bloodline and cultivates the Nine Transformations Xuanhuang Art. Along with like-minded friends, including the campus belle Su Xueyao, he fights demons and defends the way, ultimately joining her to forge an eternal legend. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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One Man and One Mouse on the Path to Immortality 一人一鼠要修仙
Ding Yu, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, was attacked by a host of immortals while in seclusion, preparing to ascend to Heavenly Venerable. As he fled, he entrusted his primordial spirit to a treasure and escaped, vanishing without a trace... During a flood in the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, an old fisherman surnamed Ding found a little boy in the Huai River and named him Ding Tianci. Though he endured countless hardships, the boy eventually embarked on the path of cultivation. With a rat for a
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I Handed Over the Cultivation World, Was Betrayed, and Reborn 上交修仙界，被背刺后重生了
[Reborn] + [Two Worlds] + [Cultivation] + [righteous male lead] Lu Chen had always thought he was the protagonist of his own story. At eighteen, he found the key to the Cultivation world. He and his father were awarded the Federation's “Highest Honor Medal,” and the whole nation celebrated as everyone dreamed of ascending to immortality. But when cold shackles closed around his wrists, he finally understood: he had never been the protagonist. When profit was at stake, those self-righteous people
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A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂
[A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer
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Urban Cultivation: I Scattered the Old Man’s Ashes 都市仙修记：老登骨灰被我给扬了
A bundle of belongings, a box of ashes, and one last request: “Just scatter them wherever.” Lin Xi, a courier, never expected this delivery to expose a fraudster’s dark sorcery, or to send an old man’s ashes flying. It was only after he handed a jade pendant to the old man’s daughter that he realized it was a lost secret treasure, one that could guide qi cultivation and had vanished three hundred years ago. Meanwhile, a ghost-raising mystic, a mysterious man in a gray jacket, and the beautiful y
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The Shan Hai Ring 山海戒指
This is a mirror universe, with an Earth-like terrestrial planet called Earthstar. Its planetary system is known as the Xuanyang System, and the stretch of stars overhead is called the Milky Way, though the stars visible through a telescope are not the same ones. For billions of years, this universe has remained sealed off. Lin Qian’an, once a hopeless romantic, naively believed his first relationship was true love. After the breakup, he lost heart. His second relationship, begun on a whim, turn
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The Ninefold Refinement of True Yang Through Inner Observation: A Scientific and Metaphysical Analysis 内观真阳九炼功及其科学玄学解析
The Ninefold Refinement of True Yang: A Scientific and Metaphysical Analysis
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- 21 A Detailed Guide to Training in the Embryonic Breathing Beginner Stage 胎息入门阶段的修炼过程详解 A Detailed Guide to Cultivation in the Initial Embryonic Breathing Stage 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Human-Form Supine Technique 人形正卧功 The Human-Form Supine Technique 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 A Guide to Mastering the Human-Form Supine Technique 论人形正卧功的修炼须知 A Guide to Mastering the Human-Form Supine Technique 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Guide to Preparing for Cultivation 论修炼前置准备 A Guide to Preparations Before Cultivation 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Righteousness of Haoran 浩然正气法 The Righteous Qi Method 124Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Young Man and the Ancient Martial Serpent 古武蛟蛇少年
Spiritual qi revival + internal cultivation + Classic of Mountains and Seas. Ling Feng, a special forces soldier, strays into a serpent-dragon's territory while pursuing drug lords and is swallowed by the beast. In desperation, he accidentally swallows a strange treasure that looks like the serpent-dragon's inner core...
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- 27 The Daoist Record of Crown Prince Xuanyuan 玄元太子修道录 The Crown Prince Xuanyuan is the Great Emperor Zhenwu. He was once a prince of a kingdom, but his devotion to the Dao led him onto the path of cultivation. Born to the royal house, his heart yearned for the Dao; he left his splendid estate for the mountains and springs. By lamplight, he studied the scrolls and sought the true covenant; amid purple mists, he tended the altar and refined cinnabar and lead. He cast off the trappings of the world and turned toward Wudang, dwelling among the cliffs a 125Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Divine Transcendent Returns, and I Just Want to Lie Flat 化神归来，本尊只想躺平
After hundreds of years of cultivation, Tang Zhengtian finally reached the Deity Transformation stage. He opened a spatial node and returned to Blue Star, intent on lying flat. But he arrived just as spiritual qi revived and demonic beasts invaded. He had no choice but to join forces with others to drive them back... and deal with the other dangers...
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The Message from the People of the Earth's Core 地心人的传话
This is a science fiction novel, inspired by an unusual dream I had and written after I collected some information. Please read it as science fiction. It is purely fictional, so don’t take it seriously. Another reason I wrote it is that I hope human civilization can truly unite, live in harmony, and advance science and technology together until we reach an early-stage civilization and enter the golden age we dream of. Finally, I want to tell everyone that I have never encountered the so-called s
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- 30 The Book of Changes in Plain Language, by Ji Wufan 姬无烦白话文讲易经 After my work about the Inner Earth people was published, many readers enjoyed it and strongly urged me to use their technology to publish other works. After giving it much thought, I decided that, to honor the readers' wishes and support, I would use Inner Earth technology to translate China's classic, the Book of Changes, as simply as possible. This will help readers understand the Book of Changes, learn, reflect on life, grow spiritually, resolve their doubts, and seek good fortune while avoi 204Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局
A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life.
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- 32 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 4.6kReads7.0Score387Shelves
- 33 Refining the Void and Uniting with the Dao 炼虚合道 (No cultivation for anyone under 16. Self-study is not recommended for anyone with an IQ below 120. Remember this.) Jiang Haitian was once an alchemist’s disciple who refined pills for the Ancestral Dragon. Not long after he began his studies, disaster struck. Fortunately, his yin spirit survived, and after more than two thousand years, he was reincarnated to resume his cultivation. In the modern city, he pursues the ultimate realm of refining the void and merging with the Dao, welcoming the fut 2.2kReads8.7Score387Shelves
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The Way of Feng Shui Cultivation 风水修行路
The protagonist, Guan Tianlong, is the heir to the Guan clan of the south. After grasping the essence of his family’s core technique and receiving an infusion of spiritual energy from Heaven and Earth, he soars to greatness, and his clan’s power surges as well. He unexpectedly acquires the Nine Dragons Cauldron, which enables him to pioneer a new method of forming a golden core. With the help of feng shui, formations, alchemy, and artifact forging, he embarks on a legendary journey, even contrib
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I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差
I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha
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- 36 The Immortal Cultivation Art of Heaven Devouring 修仙之吞天诀 The male lead of this book was once a laborer at the bottom of society. He dropped out of school and went to the city to work, enduring all the hardships life had to offer. A chance encounter brought him the legacy of an ancient immortal! With talent that defied the heavens and extraordinary insight, he drew on the strengths of countless schools, created an unparalleled cultivation art of his own, and saw his power soar! He punishes evil and upholds justice, advancing in cultivation as he rises 14.3kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
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Cultivation Through Archaeology, Immortality Through Tomb Raiding 修行靠考古长生靠盗墓
I woke up to find that the book had finally received a rating. It’s still below passing, but I’m grateful for all the readers’ support! Zhang Qilin scored just over 500 on the college entrance exam, yet managed to get into the archaeology department of a top-tier university through a lucky opening. During his first-year break, he remembered the mysterious cave behind his family’s home, where he used to play as a child. Armed with only a half-baked knowledge of the subject, he
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The Last Cultivator on Blue Star 蓝星最后一个修士
[Classic fantasy] [Urban cultivation] [the Myriad Worlds] [Eastern xianxia] A parallel world. With no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration, Fang Yun was an ordinary country boy who practiced martial arts and cultivated qi. By a twist of fate, he received his master's legacy on his deathbed, becoming the last cultivator in this world. From then on, martial arts and the Dao merged, and his mortal body laid the foundation for cultivation. See how the last cultivator wages war across the lands.
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Hunted in the Cultivation World, I Escape Back to Earth with My Senior Sister 修仙界被追杀，带小师姐逃回地球
[Modern cultivation + invincible power fantasy + golden finger] After his sect is wiped out, Lin Feng's soul transmigrates into the cultivation world, where he becomes a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Along with his senior sister Qing Linger, who looks eight but is actually at the mid-stage of Golden Core, he is hunted by a Nascent Soul powerhouse. The two tear through space and escape. Seven years later, they unexpectedly return to Earth. But after his return, Lin Feng has already been de
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After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田
[Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling
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- 41 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 369Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 42 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 91Reads—Score—Shelves
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Life in the Jianghu: An Electrical Engineer's Extraordinary Adventure 人在江湖：一个电力工程师的奇遇
Li Fangao, an electrical engineer, unexpectedly gains supernatural powers. In a daze and against his will, he finds himself stepping into the modern-day underworld. His powers bring him one extraordinary encounter after another, and with each new experience, his abilities continue to advance. Moving between the underworld and everyday life, he thrives in both. The underworld today has no more flashing blades or torrents of blood, but it is rife with open and covert power struggles, with deadly d
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Before Spiritual Energy Resurged, I Started Cultivating Immortality Early 灵气还没复苏，我就提前开始修仙
[Joyful cultivation + lighthearted daily life + hilarious absurdity + thrilling power-ups + spiritual qi revival in the middle and later stages + myriad heavens + an age of great upheaval… A satisfying story with a clever protagonist!] Zhang Xuan lost both parents at the age of seven and was raised to adulthood by a kind-hearted nanny. Then one night, a young man breaks into his house and claims to be his long-lost grandfather, who has successfully cultivated immortality and returned from the mo
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After a City Office Drone Meets a Little Girl with a Divine Spirit 都市牛马邂逅元神小女孩后
While practicing meditation, Lei Weiran accidentally cultivated a “mindscape” and attracted Xiao Qi, a little girl whose primordial spirit came from another world. She had come seeking refuge. Cultivators with designs on her began to appear. They claimed that whoever obtained Xiao Qi would learn the secret of ascending to immortality. In their eyes, Lei Weiran became a “walking treasure trove.” Lei Weiran's path of cultivation began with protecting this little girl with a primordial spirit!
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Wei Xiaobao Conquers the World 韦小宝争霸天下
Funny, lighthearted, a little System, transmigration, souls returning... Nong di ge dong, xian ren ban ban, Xiao Xuanzi, I didn't rebel, but somehow I became a wanted criminal! What a load of nonsense! For the sake of a thousand generations, Xiao Xuanzi, I'll take your throne, and you can have Tongchi Island back!
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- 47 Warlord of the Republic: I Turned Shanghai’s Nightlife Upside Down 民国枭雄：我掀了夜上海的天 When Chen Mo wakes up, he has returned to the age of fifteen, facing the hellish slums of Shanghai. In his previous life, he lived an unremarkable life and died in humiliation. This time, he’ll overturn this world that devours people! Armed with the [Warlord System], his fists draw blood and his blade takes lives. Starting in Fangualong, he recruits followers, seizes territory, and gathers wealth... He swears to become the greatest warlord in all of Shanghai’s pleasure quarters! The underworld i 10.5kReads7.0Score579Shelves
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The Mission of the Dragon Ring 龙戒的使命
[Modern Cultivation] + [Dragon Clan Legacy] + [Ascension] + [Pocket Dimension]. Forced to become a mercenary candidate at the age of seven, he endured one life-or-death trial after another before finally proving himself and becoming a qualified mercenary! After twenty years in the field, he was betrayed during a mission. His teammates gave their lives to buy him a chance to survive, and with no other choice, he disbanded the unit and returned home. There, he learned that the truth about his orig
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My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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Chaos Sovereign 混沌君主
Earth, minor worlds, the Central Continent, the world of cultivation, the Immortal Realm... Fellow cultivators, let’s ascend together! When the void shattered, Jiang Fan happened upon a Creation Lotus Seed and had his soul transported into a body on Earth. He seized the creation of heaven and earth and unraveled the mysteries of the sun and moon. He ruled the modern world, swept through the cultivation realm, shook the worlds of immortals and demons, and claimed the throne beneath the heavens!
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