Any Books With a Protagonist Who Has No Desires and a Transcendent Mindset? 有没有主角无情无欲心境超脱的书
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From the Start, I Report the System and Transcend Beyond It 开局举报系统，我超脱了
“Attention, passengers. The train is about to arrive at Tai'an Station. Passengers getting off at Tai'an Station, please prepare your luggage and get ready to disembark.” “Attention, passengers...” Zhou Zheng carried his luggage out of the station with the surging crowd, then boarded the Number 1 bus without hurry. Out of habit, he walked to the back of the bus and took a window seat in the last row. He closed his eyes to rest and silently thought to himself: “System!” A screen of light invisibl
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Turning into a Butterfly, Transcending the Great Dao 化蝶，超脱大道之外
Of the three thousand paths, mastering any one lets you become one with the Dao and live forever. All things come from nothing, and return to nothing. The Dao, too, will one day be destroyed. But I eventually transformed into a butterfly and transcended the Dao. (No System)
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Reborn as a Woman: They Call Me the King of the Underworld 重生变女，我外号阎萝王
[Rebirth + gender swap + single protagonist + post-80s generation + countryside + miracle doctor + childhood The story centers on childhood life in the countryside, with medical skills and showing off as minor elements. It's a nostalgic childhood tale.] Chen Le was reborn into the body of her counterpart in a parallel world, only to discover that this version of herself was a girl. With the System's intervention, Chen Le came to terms with it. She would simply live a brand-new life! After gainin
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The Doomsday Giant Turtle: The Nation Helps Me Farm Passive Skills 末日巨龟，国家帮我刷被动
[Evolution + Lighthearted + Fun + No Longer Human] Wu Yan was reborn as a turtle. He'd planned to peacefully live out his days as a long-lived turtle, die of old age in this apocalypse-like world, and then be reborn. But he realized something seemed off! [You've obtained the passive ability: Grasp of the Undying!] [You've obtained the passive ability: Heartsteel!] [You've obtained the passive ability: Spiked Shell!] [You've obtained the passive ability: Thornmail!] … So Wu Yan decided to grow b
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I’m Just Some Singer, So Why Are You Calling Me a God-Tier Prophet? 我个破唱歌的，你说我是神级先知
[Anti-Entertainment System + Prophetic Foresight + Life Simulation + Overpowered Protagonist + No Romance] A singer? No, a prophet! But Xu Bai has no idea that he’s a prophet. He has no idea that this world is far more brutal and complicated than he ever imagined! Xu Bai awakens an anti-entertainment System and simulates different lives. He gains an S-rank superpower, is hunted by the Five Forms Cult, and racks up a debt of five million! Just when his life seems hopeless, everything takes a sudd
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I Died a Billion Times, Copied the Ultimate Talent, and Slaughtered My Way Through the Myriad Races! 死亡亿次，我复制天赋杀穿万族！
“My name is Su Mu. By the time you read this, humanity will have been wiped out...” Su Mu unexpectedly came across a diary, and its first sentence sent a chill down his spine. Ten thousand years ago, countless races invaded Blue Star, ushering in a global era of advanced martial arts. When people turned eighteen, they awakened their talents and set out on the path of martial arts. Over the past ten thousand years, humanity had produced countless powerful fighters. Thanks to their efforts, humani
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The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死
This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to
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My Daughter Was Murdered, So I Turned Evil and Became a Max-Level Celestial Master to Get Revenge! 女儿被害，我黑化满级天师复仇！
“Dad... I’m sorry. I’ll be a good daughter to you in my next life!” “In that other world, there shouldn’t be any more pain.” “Dad, please forgive me...!” Chen Feng is a single father who has lived his entire life for his daughter, Chen Xiao. He went to great lengths to get her into an elite school, but who could have known that the news awaiting him would be so devastating? Chen Feng received a call from his daughter just before she jumped to her death. Only after arriving at the scene did Chen
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Immortal for All Eternity: I Lie Low Until I Become Invincible Across All Realms 长生不死，我苟到万界无敌
[Immortality + Resurrection + Lighthearted + No Tragedy + Lying Low + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Multiple Female Leads + Gets Better as It Goes] Lin Bai transmigrated to the cultivation world and obtained an Immortality System. Every year he lived earned him one attribute point, and every thousand years gave him a chance to resurrect! But just after transmigrating, he nearly attracted the Heavenly Dao’s notice. The System could only stay behind to invade and deceive the Heavenly Dao, l
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The Day the Chef Left, the Diners Wept Until Their Tears Ran Dry 厨子跑的那一天，食客老泪都流干
Xu Yuan never expected that, as a recent college graduate, he would one day get bound to a System. The System said, “As a chef, your job is to let diners experience delicious food.” Then it added, “But as the creator of delicious food, how can you let work tie you down?” And so... “Ding! This month’s mission: Apply for a job as a restaurant chef, then quit after working for half a month to claim your System reward...” Xu Yuan: “You little schemer!” And so it went. Restaurant owner: “I’m not brag
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Journey to the West: After the Gods Returned from Studying in the Modern World 西游：众神圣自现代留学回来后
After graduation season, Jiang Liu transmigrated. The strongest Tang Monk System: ready to slaughter his way through Journey to the West? Then let’s do it! And then... General Yin: Lao Jiang, I’ve missed you so much! Yang Jian: Lao Jiang, you’re Tang Monk, for crying out loud! Sun Wukong: Let me out first! The Jade Emperor: Hey, Old Zhao, how about we kill Mahavairocana for fun? Zhao Gongming: Why don’t you go do it yourself? At Mount Lingshan... The Buddha: Oh my goodness... Stop, classmate
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I Switched Bodies with the Cool School Beauty 我与高冷校花互换了身体
(Spiritual qi revival + campus beauty + one female lead!) When Huang Quan woke up one morning, he discovered that he had switched bodies with the campus beauty in his class. Their lives, once completely unrelated, were turned upside down!
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The Book of Enlightenment: A Guide to Beating the Game of Life 开悟神书，人生游戏通关指南
A divine book, a divine book! A book that can boost your wisdom, unleash your imagination, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you unstoppable with cheat-like powers! Now launching with a bang! Seeing Things as They Are Cling to appearances, and you fall prey to delusion; let go of appearances, and all becomes divine. Donning a robe, one plays gods and demons, with countless faces for each. Each face takes countless forms, yet none can be grasped. Like reflections in a mirror, se
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Contemplation on Returning to the Source 妄尽还源观
A book that unveils the truth about the universe and human life. This book helps you know yourself, find enlightenment, gain understanding, and awaken. May it help all those destined to encounter it find their way here.
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I Made My Fortune with a Spirit Plant Space 我靠灵植空间发家致富
Shen Dian The crew of the variety show "Country Life" comes to Yazi Village, tucked away in the mountains, to film. The show brings enormous changes to the village and unveils the mysteries hidden deep in the mountains. Well, Hai Tiao is over, so that's the ending. Take the hint!!!
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Quick Transmigration: World Survival Time Loaded 快穿之世界存活时长已加载
[Quick Transmigration + No Male Lead + Ordinary Daily Life] Thanks to her mom’s connections, Xi Ming successfully lands a permanent government job. From then on, her daily routine is to lie flat, wait for retirement, and live on welfare. There are no missions in this Quick Transmigration story. She starts out as an orphan, and the longer she lives in each small world, the greater her rewards. She’s also given a golden finger, and every day Xi Ming feels completely content.
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You Dare Bully My Disciple? Do You Really Think I Only Know How to Teach? 欺我弟子，你真以为我只会教书？
(The new novel The True Immortal of the Dao is now serializing. If you’re interested, check out Lao Jiu’s profile.) There is a small school in Longquan Town. And there is a Mr. Xu at the school. In this sealed-off land of Jiuzhou, he steadily pioneers the Way of Letters, passes down the teachings of the Dao, and enlightens otherworldly beings, transforming them into spirit folk. At last, Jiuzhou enters a golden age. Then one day, Jiuzhou shatters, and the Divine Land sinks. Mr. Xu stands alone w
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Are All the Heroines Complete Weirdos? I'll Knock Some Sense into Them 女主全神人？用拳头让她们清醒
[Everyman male lead] + [Doesn't simp] + [Utterly indifferent] + [A uniquely satisfying power fantasy] + [Everyday school life] + [Light novel style] + [Love-triangle chaos later on] + [Mind-blowing ideas] (All fanfic characters in this work are reimagined and adapted from their original versions.) Lu Mingfei, an orphan whose parents died when he was young, begins his high school years. But what kind of school life awaits him? Darkness, loneliness, fear? Bullied by the class's popular girl? Not a
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I'll Cultivate My Path of Ruthlessness. What Are You Crying and Begging For? 我修我的无情道，你们哭着求什么
[Lighthearted comedy + no heroine + a twist after one hundred thousand words] Zhu Jin spent thirty years completing every master-disciple quest. He was just one tribulation away from ascending to immortality. But before the tribulation arrived, his seven disciples stabbed him in the back. The disciples of the Zhu Sect: “Master, your tribulation is here!” Master Zhu: “...” After living in obscurity for ten years, Zhu Jin resolved to sever his worldly ties and stop involving himself in Jianghu aff
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After Switching to the Ruthless Dao, I Forge Immortality as a Mortal! 改修无情道后，我以凡人之躯铸长生！
On the Xuan Cang Continent, immortals reign supreme. An immortal can regard the world with detachment, or live freely within it. An immortal can roam the heavens and earth at will, and can also live forever. I was born an ordinary person, but my heart yearns to become immortal. The path to immortality leaves countless traces. Cultivate the body and keep emotions at bay. Steady the body and calm the mind. Look upon the mortal world without becoming attached. With a mortal's body, I will forge my
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Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇
Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles
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No Tortured Romance for Me. This Heroine Cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness! 婉拒虐恋，女主我修无情道的！
In pursuit of the Great Dao, Shi Ran accepted a trial involving endless cycles of tragic romance. They said that those who followed the ruthless path must first experience love, then be hurt to the depths of their hearts. Only after suffering the utmost torment could they see through love and passion, undergo life and death, and achieve true enlightenment! But Shi Ran thought, if he dies and I live, haven't we both experienced life and death? If I torment the male lead to the limit, can't I see
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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Transformed into an Unparalleled Immortal, I Save the World with Medicine 变身倾世长生仙，我以医术救世人
(Gender-bending, longevity, slow burn, lighthearted comedy, no angst, healing, positive themes, no System) An untitled book records the suffering of all living beings and the darkness of the world. It tells of people caught up in the martial world, unable to control their own fates. After a wondrous dream, she transmigrates into a chaotic age of ancient martial arts, changes from a man into a woman, and becomes a lowly physician’s apprentice at Mirror Lake Manor. She studies under a family of
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The Healer Returns Home to Practice Medicine 从医到药的归家人
[Not a devoted wife]+ [Two protagonists]+ [Strong female lead]+ [Patriotism] Shui Yun has been in this world for some time. To gather the medicinal herbs she needs, she leaves the deep mountains and enters the world of men. She meets a young master who is blind, a roguish young man who is impotent and childless, and a marquis paralyzed in bed. Before she ever left the mountains, she found and treated a man with a face as warm as jade and eyes gleaming with a piercing chill. After leaving the mou
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The Virtuous Temple and Its Vice-Ridden Immortal 功德道观缺德仙
[No System, no naive do-gooder, no harem, no tired tropes, and not abandoned] [If the gods can't dispel the darkness, then dancing with ghosts is a kind of kindness, too!] On a clifftop high in the mountains, Lin Daoxuan raised his trekking pole to the sky and roared, “Damn you, heavens! You think I'm scared of a little thunder? Give me one more scare and I'll punch a hole right through you!” As Lin Daoxuan's roar faded, muffled peals of thunder rolled across the sky, like the heavens' furious g
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A Life of Lying Low in the Brocade-Clad Guard 苟在锦衣夜行的人生
His younger brother, who shared his mother but not his father, went missing. Bai Yu opened the black suitcase the boy had left under the bed and understood one thing: The world is a bride beneath a veil. Whoever lifts her veil, she belongs to him. Fifty years spent cloaked in luxury, walking unseen through the night. Life is like dust beneath the bright moon.
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Watch Closely: This Is How You Use an Ability 看好了，能力是这样用的
[Mind-Bending Epic + Tight Logic + Original Worldbuilding, No CP, No Cliches, All Kinds of Elements, Including Transformation] “I died, and I’ve forgotten my past.” “The good news is, I’m now a quasi-Heroic Spirit.” But without powerful abilities, how can I survive in one world after another? Yu Si stared at his ability, rated F-, and fell into deep thought. “Maybe I can make it work if I develop it a little?” With enough reason and determination, a path that was both idealistic and materialisti
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Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙
[No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that
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The Most Hated Contestant on a Dating Show? I'm a Grim Reaper, Yet I'm a Hit in the Underworld 恋综万人嫌？当鬼差却在阴间爆红
If someone offered you a million to join a dating reality show for ordinary people, with a script that required you to play a mean, tactless, universally disliked character, and you knew the public would drag you onto the trending charts to bash you, would you take the job? Lin Xian, who failed at investing in a haunted house, works at a funeral home, and has a gravely ill younger sister to support, replies: “Director, you mean I don’t have to care what people think, I can insult whoever I want
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德
I’m a Scout: Zhan De
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All Things as One: Transmigrating Across Light-Years to Protect You 万有一体：穿越光年守护你
Fantasy cultivation, Eastern Zen, and post-apocalyptic science fiction intertwine in a beautiful romance between immortal and mortal. An immortal spirit descends to the mortal world to turn the tables and change her fate. With an expansive imagination and a plot full of twists and turns, the story blends cultivation and tribulations, a love spanning dimensions, and the secrets behind the universe’s ascension to a higher dimension. Set against Earth’s ascension to a higher dimension, the novel fo
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A Tranquil Heart 此心湛然
At seven, he heard the words “The mind itself is principle” and was deeply moved. At forty, he met Wang Yangming and became his sworn friend at first sight. He resigned from the post of Minister three times in his life, was still lecturing at ninety-five, and founded dozens of academies. Together with Wang Yangming, he was known as one half of the pair “Wang and Zhan.” This novella tells the story of Zhan Ruoshui, a great Confucian scholar from Lingnan, and his lifelong journey of learning and c
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