Looking for Cultivation Novels About the Eldritch Path: The Heavenly Dao Is Corrupted, and Cultivators Devour People! 求诡道类修炼小说，天道被污染，吃人修仙！
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This Might Be the Grand Finale 疑似已经大结局
[Girls' Love + Horror Cultivation + Female Lead Is the Top and Never Backs Down + A Cultivation World Riddled with Transmigrators] Horror cultivation, with the female lead killing her way through everything! The Heavenly Dao pursues her relentlessly, until she finally flips the table in a rage! Writhing chunks of flesh, twisted cultivators, a bunch of useless immortals drawing salaries without doing their jobs, and a warped world consciousness?! Was becoming cannon fodder after transmigrating in
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The Flawed Dao, the Strange Immortal 道缺诡仙
The Heavenly Dao is missing, and the immortals and Buddhas are uncanny. Is this real, or an illusion? Is it Wu Zai who is sick, or the Great Abyss? Where is Baiyujing? What is an immortal? Wu Zai can’t tell. He really can’t tell…
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Financial Ruin 破財
Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depended on each other. Life was hard, but the uncles and aunties of Yunshui Town were always kind to the two of them, often giving them a helping hand. That was until Cen Ziyu rescued a boy named A Yao at the old tomb temple. After that, everything grew strange. The adults began instinctively avoiding Cen Ziyu, and his childhood playmates started vanishing one by one, as if they had disappeared from the world. Cen Ziyu could clearly feel an eerie, ink-dark silence s
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Immortal Through Cunning Arts, I Can Ignore the Cost 诡术成仙，我能免疫代价
[No female lead] [Eerie cultivation] [Urban setting] [Modern technology aids cultivation] Some eerie arts require you to destroy your own eyes. Others demand that, as a child, you cut off your limbs at the roots, then leave them immersed in a vat for three years. Some can only be mastered by driving a wooden spike into your head. After Yu Xiu transmigrates into this world, he is lucky enough to gain the ability to access an information feed, allowing him to learn eerie arts without paying their
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Eternal Demon 永魔
Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!!
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I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊
[Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path
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The System Is Getting Creepier, What Does That Have to Do with Me, a Priest? 系统越来越诡异关我牧师什么事
[A System That Makes You Stronger by Talking People into Things] [Cthulhu] [Western Fantasy] [Comedy] [No Harem] Teammate A: Rupert, you have the priest’s [Blessing], right? Rupert: I’ll play the [Demon’s Murmurs] on repeat for you. It’s basically the same thing. You’ll be fearless. Teammate B: Rupert, you must have the priest’s [Holy Shield], right? Rupert: I’ll stick a [Void Tentacle] into you. Don’t mind its looks, it’ll protect you. Teammate C: Rupert, you have the priest’s [Holy Healing Aur
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Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者
[Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide
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Rule Horror: I Heard the Path to Godhood! 规则怪谈：我听到了成神之路！
“You might not believe me, but being chosen by a rules-based horror story isn’t something to be afraid of.” “Then what would you call it?” “A blessing!” Facing a reporter’s questions, Ye Ling says calmly, “Rules-based horror is the grave of the mediocre, the doom of the timid, and the executioner’s blade for the arrogant.” “But more than that, it is…” “The path to godhood for the strong!” … From “A Family of Three” to “The True Immortal of Ancient Jiang,” from an ordinary nobody to ascending to
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I Stack Buffs in a Strange World! 我在诡异世界叠BUFF！
[Decisive and ruthless, multiple Systems, boundless imagination, no-brain fun, extreme-path cultivation] Zhang Yang transmigrates into an eerie world, but the only thing he brings with him is a rather underwhelming BUFF System. But after using the BUFF System to reach the top of this eerie world, he realizes this is only the beginning. The boundless continent beneath his feet is merely an insignificant fragment. When he kills the first reborn person, he discovers that he isn't the only lucky one
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My Left Eye Is from the Olden Days 我的左眼是旧日
[Lovecraftian horror + anomalous containment + supernatural powers + mystery + the uncanny] More than three hundred years ago, humanity received the "Pioneer Gilded Aluminum Plate" from a higher-dimensional world. Based on its pictographic writing, they provisionally translated its name as Shenhulu. At the same time, The entire world ascended to a higher dimension, and humanity evolved. Humans deciphered the arcane entities from higher dimensions recorded in Shenhulu. They also realized that the
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Seek Fortune and Avoid Disaster: With Fate on My Side, How Could I Lose? 趋吉避凶，天命在我怎么输？
[Decisive and ruthless + both saint and demon + political scheming and battles of wits + no System + divination by lot + progression-focused story + no female lead] In this corrupt world of the Five Turbidities, people are tormented by the eight sufferings. Hearts are wicked, no one cultivates virtue, false views prevail, and heresy flourishes. No living being escapes harm. Whenever Zhou Qingfeng reached a crossroads in life, he would draw a lot and cast a divination, avoiding misfortune and cho
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The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭
Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age.
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Trapped in an Uncanny World: My Panel Makes Me a Martial Sage 人在诡异世界：我面板武圣
Martial arts + System stat upgrades + supernatural resurgence! The supernatural resurgence brings a crumbling dynasty, warring warlords, chaos across the land, and suffering among the people. Bai Lu is reborn in this world as a lowly hired laborer. With the wisdom gained over two lifetimes and the power of his awakened System, he practices martial arts, studies secret techniques, slays monsters, and punishes the wicked amid the chaos. Martial arts, demonic arts, immortal techniques, and secret t
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The Years I Spent Raising Corpses and Nurturing Ghosts in the Graveyard 我在坟场种尸养诡的那些年
Lin Feng wakes up as a tomb keeper in a world plagued by natural disasters and sinister calamities. The slightest mistake could cost him his life. Fortunately, he can plant corpses to raise ghosts, sowing dead bodies to reap all kinds of skills and ghosts. The Opera Ghost plays the Monkey King, bringing the seventy-two transformations to life and sweeping through the turmoil of the mortal world. The Embroidery Ghost mends everything under the sun, weaving a tragic song of a troubled age and craf
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Rule Horror: I'm Even More Twisted Than the Supernatural! 规则怪谈：我比诡异还变态！
[Unhinged + rebellious + no female lead + hilarious + bizarre + national destiny] My name is Xu Ye. I was born without the ability to feel pain, and my favorite thing is looking for a thrill. I heard that the Rule-Bound Horror arrived, and every country would randomly select a “Chosen One” to enter a game instance. After waiting a whole month, and watching five Chosen Ones die one after another, I finally got my wish and became the sixth Chosen One, the real wild card representing the Dragon Kin
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Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群
[Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's
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Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！
Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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Xuanhuan: Burning Bright to Slay the Gods, Starting with Sacrificing Pain 玄幻：火旺斩神！从献祭痛苦开始
A mad genius slaughters his way through the Three Realms! The more it hurts, the more berserk his combat power becomes! [Madness from the start] He is Patient 07 at a psychiatric hospital, and also the “mad dog” outer disciple of the Cangyang Sect in another world! When the red fog infects Earth, he tears through space and time amid the smell of disinfectant and rust. With his left hand, he subdues Elder Deadwood and makes him bark like a dog; with his right, he snuffs out the Purple Moon Phoeni
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The Strange Immortal Records: The Whole World’s Memories Have Been Altered 诡仙录：全世界都遭到认知篡改
[Eerie]+ [Cultivation]+ [Lovecraftian]+ [Warhammer]+ [The Foundation]+ [One Female Lead] Sight, hearing, smell, and touch are merely the brain's interpretation of sensory signals. If cognition itself is compromised, how can you be sure that anything you perceive is real rather than an illusion? This is a tainted world. The pills that cultivators eagerly seek are actually living insect eggs, while the beautiful, aloof sword pavilion immortal maiden was long ago refined into a long sword of twiste
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Weird Fantasy: I Carry the Peerless Poison Demon with Me 诡异玄幻：我随身携带着盖世毒魔
[Traditional fantasy, no heroine, no System, poison cultivation, Gu cultivation, unconventional cultivation, a world unlike any other.] After arriving in a Miao frontier world where everyone raises Gu and knows how to use poison, Nie Yu discovers that he not only knows a hundred ways to poison someone, but also has three hundred Gu techniques. More terrifying still, the ultimate boss from a game is following him around…
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Extracting Evil God Traits, I Will Become a God 提取邪神特性，我将成神
[Hidden Sequence + System + Evil God Traits + Ruthless] This world has ten ancient paths to godhood. Those who embark on these paths are known as Sequence-Bearers. The moment Zhang Yang swallowed a spiritual catalyst, an evil god set its sights on him. As it happened, Zhang Yang had his own designs on the deity. [Extracting Evil God Trait!] [Ding! Evil God Trait acquired successfully!] [Flesh Remolding, Immortal Life: As long as the soul's spark remains, flesh can consume energy and reassemble i
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Demon Star, Treacherous Path, Destined to Become the Emperor of All Dao 妖星诡道，终成万法天帝
On the continent of Jiuzhou, warriors roam freely and demons run rampant. Reborn as an ancient demon star, he wields a treasure cauldron and commands the world, battling across the four seas and eight wildernesses.
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Pollution Evolution: From Righteous Cultivator to Lovecraftian Demon God 污染进化：从正道修士到克系魔神
My name is Lin Mo, and I became the unluckiest transmigrator in the cultivation world. From the start, the family spirit vein I inherited was mutating. Anyone in the clan who cultivated would go mad and grow tentacles. Then I discovered that devouring this corruption could actually raise my cultivation! "Ding! Absorbed the remnant will of an ancient god. Sanity +10%." "Warning! Mutation progress has reached 79%..." By day, I'm a righteous legend admired by all. By night, I become an indescribabl
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Frozen Earth, I Am the Apocalypse 冰封大地，我即末日
[Otherworld] [Lord] The Fourth Era of the Dite Continent. Dragons rule the skies, elves command the land, and naga roam the deep seas. This is a world of magic and conflict. When Li Xia arrives in this world, he wakes up as a war orphan, subjected to relentless bullying. He successfully awakens a god-tier talent: the ability to absorb the strengths of everything around him. Li Xia never imagined that his arrival would turn the Dite Continent upside down…
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Abnormal Phenomena: I Can Turn Anomalies into Weapons 失常异象，我能将异常化为武器
Mo Yuan, who was terminally ill, joined the “Gateway” project and unexpectedly arrived in an entirely new world. This world had once been destroyed by anomalies. Humanity rebuilt seven great cities atop the ruins, trying to reclaim the lands that had once belonged to them from the anomalies. Aberrants, aberrations, apocalypses, sorcerers, navigators... All kinds of bizarre things kept appearing before Mo Yuan. He was astounded, then discovered to his amazement that he could turn anything anomalo
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The Heavenly Dao Forces Me to Cultivate, So I Make It Eat 天道逼我修仙，我逼天道干饭
After transmigrating, master chef Ao Ying finds himself in a world where people cultivate by guzzling pills and grinding endlessly. He stakes the culinary wisdom of two lifetimes on turning the rules of cultivation upside down. He exposes sinister plots, slays monsters, cooks delicious food, and makes a fortune. The Heavenly Dao is elusive, and cultivators across the land compete in cultivation levels while exploiting ordinary people, making life hard for all. He’ll feast on delicacies made from
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Demigod 1: Tales of New Shanghai 次神1：新沪怪谈
Praise the Fool, Azathoth | The author promises original ideas and an innovative plot: What you owe isn't money, but “psychic loans” and “existence taxes.” Overdue and unpaid? You automatically become a sacrifice or have your “existence” erased. Debt collector → half-human, half-god “demigod candidate.” New Shanghai → a cyberpunk city infiltrated by the Old Ones.
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The Banquet: From That Day On, We Became Subjects of Observation 晚宴：自此，我们沦为观测对象
The Banquet: From This Day On, We Became Subjects of Observation
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The Garden of Sinners: Beyond the Root, Breathing Comes First 空之境界：根源之外，呼吸先行
Beyond the Origin of the Boundary of Emptiness: Breathe First
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Dragon Raja: Snowbreak Iris, Eternal Prisoner 龙族：断雪鸢尾·永生囚徒
Dragon Raja: Broken Snow Iris · Prisoner of Eternity
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The Garden of Sinners: The Magician, Have You Ever Seen Nothingness? 空之境界：魔术师·你见过‘无’吗？
The Garden of Sinners: Magician · Have you ever seen “nothingness”?
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Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0, Awakening of the Cocoon, the Fool's First Cry 诡秘：序列0--蚕茧觉醒·愚者初鸣
Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0: Awakening from the Cocoon · The Fool’s First Cry
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Workplace Release: I Became a KPI Survival Expert 职场放生：我成了KPI生存大师
Workplace Release: I Became a KPI Survival Expert
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A Superbrain Invades the Heavenly Dao, Making Cultivation Progress Without Limit 智脑入侵天道，修炼无限提升
[Superintelligent AI + All-Knowing Information + Invincible Protagonist + Jack of All Trades + Power Fantasy] Ying Tiansheng unexpectedly transmigrates to the Xuanwu World. The superintelligent AI bonded to him can actually invade the Heavenly Dao like a computer virus. After gradually devouring the Heavenly Dao, it even becomes the new Heavenly Dao! And he becomes the master of the Heavenly Dao, an all-knowing being! The world holds no secrets from him! Ancient ruins are like his backyard! He c
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I Cultivate a World in My Dantian by Devouring All Things 修丹田世界我靠吞噬万物
Passion, wisdom, invincibility, and the pleasure of settling scores Born with a Heaven-Grade Spiritual Root, he was cruelly crippled. After awakening his divine physique, he set out to exact his revenge. From then on, Gu Chen embarked on the path to invincibility. The treachery of human hearts cannot stop my unstoppable march. My rise is thanks to my enemies. Even Immortal Emperors and God Emperors can only bow and submit! The Heavenly Dao kneels before me and begs for mercy!
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After Becoming Invincible in the World, the Heavenly Dao Made Me Hold Everyone Back 世间无敌之后，天道让我压制众生
My new book, They All Say I’m a Good Person, and I’m at My Wits’ End!, is currently serializing on Tomato Novel. It’s a good story, so if you’re interested, why not give it a try? You might end up liking it! After being invincible for thousands of years, Gu Ming suddenly decides he wants to ascend. Just then, a Heavenly Dao girl named Xiao Zi tells him, “The path to ascension is closed. We’re not accepting applications. Not only can you not ascend, but I also have to suppress everyone so no
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I Just Became the Heavenly Dao, and Someone’s Already Trying to Devour Me 刚成为天道，就有人要吞了我
[Lighthearted] [Funny] [Invincible] [Behind the Scenes] [Character Growth] On the day the Seven Stars aligned, the wandering mage Lin Yu was forcibly sent away by an off-road vehicle. As he slowly rose into the sky, his grimace grew more and more twisted... "My holy sword!" "I haven't even deleted my browser history!" "Boss, could you let me take care of one little thing first?" "Vroooom-----" And so, leaving his sins behind, he became the Heavenly Dao of another world. But he was only happy
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Shunned in the Cultivation World, I Eventually Refined the Heavenly Dao 修仙界遭人排挤的我最终炼化天道
[Fantasy] [Transmigration] [Villain] [No Cheats] [Smart Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] Heh heh heh, ahhhhhhhhh! Why did I have to write a cultivation novel! I've never once enjoyed writing a novel.
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I Am the Heavenly Dao, the Will of the World! 我，天道，世界意志！
[Heavenly Dao + child of fortune + transmigrator + prodigy of the demon race + System + quick transmigration + mastermind + cultivation...] The previous Heavenly Dao got itself killed through sheer stupidity. The new one, Chu Tian, transmigrates straight into its place and becomes the Heavenly Dao. With help from the Heavenly Dao's assistant, he gradually takes control of the world. First, he selects children of fortune to steadily increase his own Heavenly Dao power. Next, he takes in a transmi
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Invading the Heavenly Dao 入侵天道
"Beneath the Heavenly Dao, I'm invincible. Above the Heavenly Dao, I'll trade one for one. Hello, my name is Lu Qin, Lu Qin, invader of the Heavenly Dao." This is a story about invading the Heavenly Dao and rising above it.
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Devouring the Heavens 噬苍天
(A somewhat overpowered, dark story with a villain protagonist and no heroine. No forced character dumbing-down.) Why does everyone tell you that every protagonist has to be a good person? Why can't bad people get rewarded? Legend has it that Heaven gave birth to two pearls, one good and one evil. A great power obtained them and fought so fiercely that the Immortal Realm was split in two. So in the end, did evil defeat good, or did good defeat evil?
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From the Start, I Became the Heavenly Dao and Sent Living Beings to Transmigrate Across the Heavens 开局成为天道，我送生灵穿越诸天
[Behind the scenes + transmigration + the Myriad Worlds + fourth-calamity players + System] What’s it like to become the Heavenly Dao from the start? When Gu Ran woke up one day, he discovered that he had become Earth’s Heavenly Dao. As events unfolded, he learned that ordinary-looking Earth concealed a huge secret. The myths of ancient times were no legends. They were real events that had happened in the past. For certain reasons, the Ancestral Planet shattered into countless small worlds scatt
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Devouring Evil Thoughts and Slaying Ten Thousand Foes: At the Peak of High Martial Arts, I Am the Heavenly Dao 吞恶念斩万敌，高武之巅我即天道
[High Martial Arts] [Wish Fulfillment] [Overwhelming Power] [Fast-Paced] [Decisive and Ruthless] Ye Xuan transmigrates to the Azure Continent and awakens the Malice Conversion System! The more people look down on him, hate him, and scheme against him... the stronger he gets! The malice directed at him is the fuel that will take him to the top! "Ye Xuan, where's your advanced enhancement spirit serum? With your talent, using it would be a waste. Why not give it to my boyfriend? Maybe he'll lo
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The Immortal’s Path of a Funeral Garment Shop Owner 寿衣店老板的修仙路
An Accidental Ghost Cultivator Begins His Path to Immortality Luo Ze is an art teacher at an art training school. After 30 years of teaching, he has become a renowned teacher with students all over the place. After a car accident, he unexpectedly transmigrates 20 years into the past, only to find himself possessing the body of a 19-year-old who runs a funeral clothing shop. While providing someone with a complete funeral service, he unexpectedly acquires an ancient bronze mirror of unknown origi
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Midnight Terror: The Strange Radio Broadcast 午夜惊魂之电波诡事
In the winter of 1998, Liu Siyang, a broadcasting college graduate, was assigned to Shengjing Radio. He took over a long-dormant late-night program, named it Midnight Frights, and set out to tell the insomniacs of this old industrial city some unusual stories over the midnight airwaves. He unearthed three bizarre cases from the radio station’s archives and old police files: the sweeping sounds that never ceased after the death of “Big Black Tooth,” the library’s caretaker; the green powder stuff
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The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头
The Stone That Remembers the Light
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I Love Your Numbness, I Love Your Spice, I Love You Till My Stomach Gives Out 爱你的麻，爱你的辣，爱得老胃直拉胯
I love your numbing spice, I love your heat, I love you so much my stomach’s a mess
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Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了
Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore
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