Looking for a Great Novel About Long Life or Immortality 求寿命很长或长生,并且好看的小说
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Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生,我熬死了所有人
Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave
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My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年
[The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t
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- 3 EN 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 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
- 4 I Have a Disease. Its Name Is Immortality 我有病,病名,长生 [Longevity] [Daily life] [Eras] [Not really a System] … I was sick, terribly sick. From that day on, I fell into a deep sleep. I slept for so long, then woke up, then fell asleep again, for longer and longer stretches. … I thought medicine would cure me. But it didn’t. … Later, I fell asleep again. And woke up again. I looked around, bewildered. My family was gone, and so was Nancheng. I had come to a strange place, where immortals and immortal sects existed. … I thought cultivating immortality 8.6kReads9.2Score890Shelves
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Mess With Her? She’s an SSSSS-Rank Abnormality, the Real Deal 惹她?她SSSSS级异端真祖宗
[The heroine and hero are both genuinely unhinged and murderous! Read the content warning at the end of Chapter One before starting!] [Fantasy setting, secret identities, wish fulfillment, powerful characters, face-slapping and punishing scum, fantasy and sci-fi, sweet romance] [The heroine is the strongest and unbeatable in this story. Both leads are violent, unhinged hard cases who would rather throw a punch than waste words, and are far from normal.] Ye Sang, the eldest daughter of the Ye fam
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Immortal and Undying: Taking It Easy in the Cultivation World 长生不死,我在修仙界悠哉度日
[A laid-back daily life, not mindless, farming-style cultivation, not a power fantasy, with an exceptionally gentle protagonist.] The pace may be slow at first, but the story gets more exciting as it goes on. He had once lived through the golden age of the cultivation world, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races vied for supremacy, and prodigies filled the skies like stars, too many to count. He had also lived through the depletion of spiritual energy, when all manner of magic vani
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- 7 One Dao Fruit a Year, and I Become a Saint Through My Dao Fruit Body! 一年一道果,我以道果肉身成圣! Li Changsheng transmigrates into a world where martial strength reigns supreme and immense power belongs to the individual. Martial arts flourish here, and the strongest can cross the void with their physical bodies. But after transmigrating, Li Changsheng is an ordinary man with no connections, no strength, and no talent. He thinks he’ll spend his whole life wasting away, but just one year after transmigrating, he obtains a Forging Dao Fruit. As he keeps forging, he can enhance the fruit’s abil 50.9kReads8.5Score4.8kShelves
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The Mortal's Cultivation Journey: Ancestor of Talismans 凡人修仙之符祖
[Mortal's journey, no System.] Xu Changshou, a young cowherd, is brought into the world of cultivation after saving an errand disciple of the Green Immortal Sect. He later awakens a bloodline jade talisman and obtains a legacy in the Dao of Talismans. Starting with the art of drawing talismans, he steps onto the path of cultivation, ascends to immortality, slays demons, attains eternal life, questions the heavens, creates the Great Dao of Talismans, and achieves the rank of Talisman Ancestor.
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Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟,别这么修仙
By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone
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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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- 11 EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死,我就能无敌 Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.3kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
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Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀
Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in
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- 13 Urban: I’ve Lived for Ten Thousand Years, and I Can’t Hide It Anymore 都市:长生万年的我瞒不住了 Ye Tian has lived for ten thousand years. He once helped the First Emperor ascend the throne and unite the six kingdoms. He once sat and discussed the Dao with Laozi. He once enlightened the Buddha beneath a bodhi tree. He even traveled across Europe and helped spark the Renaissance. … In modern times, after far too many years and witnessing countless partings and deaths, he decided to return to an ordinary life. He adopted a child and went to live in the countryside. Eighty years passed in the 7.3kReads8.8Score549Shelves
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Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣
Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the
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- 15 Immortal and Undying, the Lord of the Sacred Dynasty Invites Me Down the Mountain 长生不死,圣朝之主请我出山 The mortal world is vast. How could a hundred years be enough to see it all? In his previous life, Gu Changge had worked hard for half his life. Just as his career was beginning to bear fruit, he died with regrets. Given another chance at life, all he wanted was to see the flowers bloom and wither across the world, and devote himself to the Dao in pursuit of immortality. Who could have guessed that, when he looked back, everything he had done without a second thought would already have come to f 67.3kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves
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Longevity: One Life from the Start, and All My Cultivation Depends on Laying Low 长生:开局一条命,修为全靠苟
[Long-life cultivation, lighthearted and humorous] Everyone says that only by embarking on the path of cultivation can one ascend to the Dao and prove one's immortality. Yet in this vast world, not a single cultivator has ever been known to achieve eternal life. But Jiang Mu reached the end of the cultivation path on the very day he transmigrated: eternal life and immortality. Though born with terrible spiritual aptitude and unable to cultivate, his cultivation level increases with the passage o
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Immortal Longevity Forges the Strongest Dao Foundation: I'm Invincible Among My Peers 长生铸最强道基,我同境界无敌
A mortal’s path to immortality. No System. Decisive and ruthless. Invincible. The protagonist, Wu Ping, uses his longevity to hone every cultivation realm to its limits. Each time, he breaks through at the absolute limit, forging a path that cultivates both immortality and martial arts, and remains invincible all the way. Against enemies he’s certain to beat, he strikes hard and kills in one blow, never dragging things out. Against enemies he isn’t sure he can beat, he steers clear of danger and
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Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽:绝世妖女倾天下
[Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her
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The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期
Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!”
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- 20 If I Can't Break Through the Heavens, Can't I Still Establish My Foundation? 破不开天,我还不能筑基了? Zhou Jian transmigrated to the Xuantian Realm. Despite having supreme talent, he was stuck at the Qi Refining stage for a hundred thousand years! He could neither make progress nor die. In those hundred thousand years, the little girl he once taught became the terrifying Empress of the Demon Race. The chicken he raised became the Phoenix King. Even a tree he planted on a whim became Willow God. And because he was still at the Qi Refining stage, he couldn’t cultivate powerful spells and could onl 677Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 21 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Zhao Mu transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and gains the power to grow young again. Whenever one life reaches its end, he returns to his youth, living forever without ever dying. For fifty years, I serve as an official at the entertainment bureau, leisurely watching celebrated courtesans dance and seeing every beauty the world has to offer. I live through the rise and fall of dynasties, watching wise rulers bring peace and foolish emperors plunge the realm into chaos. I roam the rivers and l 73.3kReads8.4Score6.4kShelves
- 22 Immortality 长生 Ever since he was young, the boy Changsheng has inexplicably been struck by heavenly lightning time and again. He is saved by Daoist Lin, who takes him in as his final disciple. Daoist Lin was an abandoned disciple of Gezao Mountain, with the Daoist title Luoyangzi. For years, he explored tombs not for wealth, but to find treasures that could extend the life of the woman he loved. Before his death, he divides the secret manuals taken from the tomb among his five disciples and entrusts Changsheng 28.7kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
- 23 Immortal for Eternity, Healing the Cultivation World 长生不死,我在修仙界悬壶济世 A slow-burn, heartwarming story that only gets better as it goes. Gu Bai transmigrated into a cultivation world. Though his aptitude was ordinary, he gained the ability to live forever. The road to immortality was long, and Gu Bai didn’t want to provoke anyone. He only wanted to keep his head down in the cultivation world and witness its prosperity. But as he watched his friends and loved ones grow old around him, he could do nothing to help them. Gu Bai decided to cultivate the way of medicine. 8.1kReads8.7Score517Shelves
- 24 Immortal Cultivation: A Celestial Touch Bestows Eternal Life 仙侠:仙人抚我顶,我授仙人长生 Gu Ning'an accidentally transmigrated to a world of immortals and heroes, where he came across an immortal cultivation manual called The Daoist Path. After years of practice, he mastered its techniques and killed a tiger with a single finger. Feeling capable of making his way in the world, Gu Ning'an descended the mountain and traveled for five years. Over those five years, he explored the martial world and mortal life, made new friends, and slew demons. Then one day, he spotted a copy of The Da 18.3kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 25 After Five Hundred Years Bound in a Forbidden Land, You Cry When I Become a Rogue Cultivator 自缚禁地五百年,我当散修你哭啥 [Published] [Immortal Cultivation + Traditional Fantasy + Invincible + No System + Unrelentingly Satisfying + Decisive and Ruthless + Rogue Cultivator] Five hundred years ago, Gu Xiu bound himself to a forbidden sect ground for five hundred years, offering himself as a source of fortune for the sect. Returning at last, he should have been welcomed home in glory. But the world had changed beyond recognition in those five hundred years. His master abandoned him, his senior sisters despised him, an 131.9kReads7.9Score13kShelves
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I've Been Laying Low for a Billion Years, and Now I'm Unbeatable 悄悄苟了亿万年,我已无敌手
[Invincible + Immortality + Keeping a Low Profile + Cultivation + Comedy + Slow Growth] After transmigrating into a world of cultivation, Lin Yu gains immortality from the start. Every year he stays alive earns him another attribute point. Lin Yu has an epiphany: As long as he outlives all his opponents, he'll become invincible! So he decides to keep a low profile. Any enemy he can't defeat can be left to grow old and frail before he steps in to deal with them. And if he accidentally outlives on
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- 27 Starting with Maxed-Out Fortune, I Lay Low Until I Become Invincible 开局点满气运,我苟到无敌了 Unlucky Su Qi awakened a System from the start and thought he was about to become invincible. He never wanted to transmigrate, but his luck was so terrible that he was forced to do so. “Thanks to my System's heroic efforts, I managed to get the Host out of the low-martial-arts world he was originally meant for. But something went wrong along the way, and he landed in a cultivation world!” Then the System crashed. The only good news: “A System bug gave you an immortal body.” “I want to max out my 23.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
- 28 Immortal Martial Arts: I Lay Low in the Imperial Palace for Three Thousand Years 长生武道:我在大内苟活三千年 [Longevity] [Pseudo-invincible] [Fake eunuch] After transmigrating into the imperial palace as a low-ranking eunuch in the Lihuo Dynasty, he obtained a Nascent Soul golden figurine that could cultivate automatically and deduce the next stages of cultivation techniques. From then on, he enjoyed a prosperous and carefree daily life! The Longevity Spring Art adds one year to your lifespan with each level. Watch my golden figurine go “th-th-th-th” all the way to level 9,999. The Profound Yin Scriptu 4kReads7.6Score144Shelves
- 29 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人,亦眠亦醉亦长生 [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves
- 30 EN Eternal Prudence: Starting with a Suona, Funeral Rites to Immortality 长生苟道:开局吹唢呐,送葬修仙 [Immortal Cultivation + Comedy and Memes + Ordinary Protagonist + Heroine + Laying Low + Status Panel] Bai Yu transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world. From the start, he was immortal, and performing funerals made him stronger. Bury a grandmaster martial artist and gain a max-level Golden Bell Shield, with the vitality of a dragon! Bury a Nascent Soul cultivator and gain a top-tier Heavenly Spirit Root, with extraordinary talent! Bury an Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and gain the T 51.7kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves
- 31 Immortality: I Sell My Lifespan to a Demon, and Become Invincible 长生;把寿命卖给魔头,我无敌了 Lu Li transmigrated and gained an infinite lifespan, only to be imprisoned in the deepest level of the Heavenly Prison. He thought he would spend his life there in obscurity, but then discovered that the prison held many fiendish masters whose lifespans were nearly at an end. So Lu Li began trading his own years of life with them. “Lu Li, can I trade my supreme demonic body for three years of your life?” asked the Supreme Demon Lord. “Lu Li, I’ll teach you the forbidden arts of the Ancient Gods 8.8kReads6.5Score1.1kShelves
- 32 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Eternal Life 修仙从长生不死开始 A short drama with the same title is now available. If you're interested, go check out Cultivation Begins with Immortality. System + transmigration + keeping a low profile Lin Jiang transmigrates to the world of cultivation and gains a longevity sign-in System. Sign in for one day, gain one year of lifespan. Lin Jiang: “Cultivation doesn't seem all that urgent after all. I'll take my time.” (Not a dark, overpowered power fantasy. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.) 39.4kReads8.2Score4kShelves
- 33 Speedrunning Immortality: I Have the Great Dao’s Word List 速通修仙:我有大道词条 [Super Genius + Comedy + Cultivation + Traits + Witty + Decisive] Chen Fan transmigrates to a world of cultivation, accompanied by a highly intelligent donkey, and obtains a ridiculous trait System. From then on, eighty million stars blaze across the heavens, while he shoulders the sorrows of ages past and present! [Never Come Back Empty-Handed While Fishing: You always catch something] One cast of the net brings up a Nine-Orifice Golden Core? The undying bones of a demonic giant? A nail-headed 19.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 34 Cultivating for Immortality: Starting as a Sect Errand Boy 长生修仙:从宗门杂役开始 [Immortal Cultivation] [Ultimate Caution] [Steady and Calculating] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead, Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] Chen Tian transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and is immortal from the start, with an endless lifespan. What’s more, every 100 years he lives, he randomly receives a divine reward. These might include every kind of cultivation craft, a divine storage space, or a divine avatar, among others. Then Chen Tian gets it. To cultivate immortality, all you h 4.7kReads6.8Score272Shelves
- 35 Defy Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, Prove Eternal Immortality 断阴阳五行,证万古长生 [System + Sign-In + Taking an Empress as His Master + Imperial Clan + Invincible + Immortality] When I was three, the System granted me the cultivation of an Immortal King, but I decided to keep a low profile. The newbie gift pack gives me an Emperor-grade cultivation technique? I'm the young master of an imperial clan? I was born with the Third Divine Eye, the Rinnegan? And I have the bloodline of an Immortal Emperor? But none of that matters much, because I also have six unbelievably powerful 2kReads6.2Score137Shelves
- 36 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 10kReads7.9Score892Shelves
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I Have a Mirror That Peers Into the Immortal Realm 我有一面窥仙镜
The Mirror in the Stone reveals hidden opportunities. An ordinary boy from a mountain village happens upon a stone mirror, and from then on, his life takes a dramatic turn. Watch as Shi Jin uses a single mirror to leap across a thousand mountains and enter the world of immortal cultivation, despite having an ordinary, mixed spiritual root! Then see how he rises from an obscure, down-and-out rogue cultivator to become a revered immortal who shakes Heaven and Earth. “The most important thing in cu
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Eternal Life 长生
The road to immortality is long, and with no roots of destiny, he cultivates his heart. Watch as an ordinary young man rises with the wind!
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- 39 Immortality 长生 Lin Yueqi's junior brother used my own sword to kill me, then gouged out my eyes and offered them to her. After my spiritual roots were ripped out and my face disfigured, he even captured me in his Spirit-Summoning Banner after my death. Day after day, I was tormented by karmic flames, unable to reincarnate. I watched with my own eyes as Lin Yueqi truly believed Wen Jingjue's one-sided account and spent her days entangled with him. Lin Yueqi thought I had abandoned her and burned everything conn —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Immortality 长生 Immortality 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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- 42 Immortality 长生 Looking at Changsheng's expectant eyes, Song Yi fell silent for a long while. Then he said, “All my life, everything I sought has been beyond my reach. At seven, I sought my mother and could not find her. At thirteen, I sought my father and could not find him. Now, the only thing I seek is you, Changsheng.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢,长生不死 [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 309.5kReads8.7Score13.8kShelves
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A Long-Lived Wanderer’s Cultivation Journal 长生路人修仙记事
[No romance + everyday life + slow burn + years passing like days + technological cultivation, boundless magic] He Tao has spent a full thousand years since transmigrating into a book. It isn't until three years after the female lead destroys the demon clan that she remembers her plan from when she transmigrated: follow the female lead around, enjoying the gossip and watching the show. The female lead ascended to immortality three years ago. He Tao doesn't know if she's still in time. Anyway, sh
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- 45 Immortal Travel of Longevity 长生仙游 An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl 5.7kReads8.9Score779Shelves
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Cai Dongfan's History of China: The Yuan Dynasty 蔡东藩中华史:元史
Cai Dongfan's History of China is a vernacular edition of his popular historical romances about China's successive dynasties, a vast and accessible history of China. Spanning more than a thousand chapters, it recounts the rise and fall of dynasties from Qin Shi Huang to 1920, covering 2,166 years of history across 11 parts. Its sweeping timespan, vast cast of characters, and immense scope make it one of the greatest historical romances ever written. Cai Dongfan is hailed as "a historian of his a
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- 47 A Popular Romance of the History of the Yuan Dynasty 元史通俗演义 Throughout Chinese history, the throne was passed down among the Han people. From time to time, ethnic minorities invaded the Central Plains, but their fortunes rose and fell, and they came and went. Though the cavalry of the Five Barbarians, the Khitans, and the Jurchens blazed with power, none could unite China. The Mongols originated as a branch of the Shiwei during the Tang dynasty. They lived in northern China, hunting for a living and forming their own tribes. At first they submitted to t 23Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 48 Geography and World Power 地理与世界霸权 A classic 20th-century work of geopolitics that had a major impact across Europe and became a bestselling geography textbook at universities in Europe and North America. With its sweeping view of the interplay between geography and the course of history, it offers a uniquely insightful account of the development of human civilization. 176Reads8.7Score109Shelves
- 49 The Lasting Customs of Hangzhou 杭俗遗风 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long and rich history, marked by great originality, innovation, and literary merit. Early forms of thought were distinctive and wide-ranging, encompassing religious theology, classic texts on Chinese medicine, ancient military treatises, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism and the Hundred Schools of Thought, feng shui and esoteric arts, the Twenty-Four Histories, local customs and gazetteers, and much more. This series, Treasures of Classic Chinese Studi —Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 50 A Letter to My Descendants 与子孙书 I record my experiences and insights about engaging with and withdrawing from the world in writing, to pass them down to future generations. Passing on family wealth is certainly important, but passing on family traditions and values is even more so. Human life is finite, but the spirit can live on. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

















































