Five-Star Reads: Urban Fantasy, Taoism, and Realistic Xuanhuan 10分好书,都市,道教,真实的玄幻。
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Whatever I Call for Appears: My Strength Comes Entirely from Imagination 喊啥来啥,我的强大全靠想象
[Feel-good power fantasy + System + transmigration] Li Mu transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the eldest holy son of the Qilin Great Sage at the Great Luo Sacred Ground. From the start, someone stole his Supreme Emperor Bone, shattering his foundation and stripping him of all his cultivation. Just as ill-intentioned people came knocking to humiliate him... Li Mu stood tall with his hands behind his back and recited aloud: “With the sun and moon in my grasp and stars in my hand, there i
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Xuanhuan: Born with a Chaos Constitution, Rejected by the Empress 玄幻:开局混沌体,被女帝退婚
Ye Tian transmigrates to the Kunwu Dao Domain’s sacred grounds, only to be jilted from the start by the future Empress revered throughout the Myriad Worlds. He also discovers that his entire life has been nothing but a miserable simp’s devotion. Luckily, he awakens the ability to view people’s life scripts and gains the strongest gift in the Myriad Worlds: the Chaos Body. Ye Tian is at a loss for words. “So I’m a simp, and because I worshipped that Empress who later broke off our engagement, my
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You Cast Me Aside for My Mediocre Talent, but an Immortal-Grade Bloodline Chooses Me? 资质平庸弃我,仙级血脉认我?
[Rebirth + rapid power-ups + gods and demons + bitter regret + never looking back + blood extraction for alchemy] Chu Liang opened his eyes and found himself the Ninth Radiant Saint of the Blazing Sun Sacred Sect in Qingyi Divine Province. He was the third young master of one of the three ancient clans. His father was the War Heaven Divine General, one of the Five Great Divine Generals of Qingyi Divine Province, and his mother was the Grand Elder of the Fuyao Immortal Sect. His maternal uncle wa
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Master, Don't Turn Around, I'm Your Martial Mother! 师尊别回头,我是师娘!
After transmigrating to a xuanhuan world, Chu Yuan unexpectedly activates a System that lets him see everyone's potential and invest in them for huge returns! [Ding! Successfully invested one spirit stone. Reward: 10,000 spirit stones!] [Ding! Successfully invested one low-grade pill. Reward: Immortality Divine Pill!] [Ding! Successfully invested in one low-level cultivation technique. Reward: Supreme Emperor Scripture!] A young man with an Ancient Sacred Body: “If not for Senior Chu Yuan's inve
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The Age of Ghost Tamers: I Tamed Hundreds of Millions of Female Ghosts! 御鬼时代:我御了亿万女鬼!
[Ghost taming + wish fulfillment + total domination + no heroine + brutal beauty + utterly inhuman = 100,000 words every week?] The age of ghost taming: people fight with ghosts. At eighteen, everyone gets one chance to awaken a ghost as their fated companion. Ordinary people can awaken at most two, but after Lin Mo is reborn, he obtains the Female Ghost Alliance System. He can only awaken female ghosts, but there’s no limit to how many. At a single call, billions of female ghosts descend. Maid
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Kill to Stop Killing: History's Greatest God of Slaughter 以杀止杀,史上第一杀神
In his previous life, Lu Hen Ge burned up his divine soul and shattered his body to save all living beings. With his own strength, he stopped the fated male lead from activating the Heaven and Earth Furnace. He even went so far as to shatter the path to immortality and sever the bonds of cause and effect! Yet in the end, all living beings stabbed him in the back... The master he respected crushed his divine bones. The junior sister he cherished stole his life-bound weapon and gave it to the male
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Keeping a Low Profile, Sweeping the Sect and Signing In, While My Disciples Go on a Rampage 苟在宗门扫地签到,徒儿们杀疯了
[Sign-In System + Relaxed and Easygoing + Sect Life + Taking Disciples + No Female Lead + Cautious + Attaining the Dao + Immortality...] (Part ensemble cast, part behind-the-scenes, with plenty of characters beyond the protagonist.) Lu Qingyun transmigrated to the boundless wilderness and became a Daohe Heavenly Sect servant whose job was to sweep the floors. From the start, he obtained a sign-in System. By signing in at different places, he could earn all kinds of rewards! Sign in at the Dao Pa
1.4kReads7.9Score117Shelves
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Dear Little Brother, Please Come Back. The Family Is Doomed 好弟弟,求你回来吧,家族要灭了
[Classic fantasy + no System + bitter regret + no forgiveness + no filler + carefree and unrestrained] To keep the empire and his family alive, Jun Zizai willingly served as a hostage for twenty years, enduring endless torment and living a fate worse than death. Twenty years later, the Azure Dragon Dynasty flourishes, and the Jun family dominates the region. Jun Zizai, the greatest contributor of all, returns home in glory, only to be barred from entering the family residence. He is made to live
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When Tang Sanzang Learned Sun Wukong Had Been Killed, He Turned to the Dark Side 唐三藏知道孙悟空被杀后,黑化了
[Primordial World + Ruthless and Decisive + Schemes + No Female Lead] Everyone believes Sun Wukong became the Victorious Fighting Buddha after completing his pilgrimage. But they don't know that Sun Wukong was killed during the ordeal of the Fake and Real Monkey Kings, and that the Six-Eared Macaque took his place. Sun Xiaokong transmigrates into Sun Wukong, who has just been killed. He's terrified. If the Buddhist sect discovers he is still alive, they will surely kill him. Fortunately, he bind
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I'm Just a Eunuch, So What's Wrong with Having a Few More Beautiful Women? 我一太监,红颜多点很合理吧
[Hunt down transmigrators] [Ensemble cast] [No saintly heroine] [Three empress sisters] [Rebellious disciple] “Anyone who inexplicably plagiarizes poetry shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who makes soap, cement, or gunpowder shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who writes simplified characters or speaks strangely shall be executed without mercy!” “Any good-for-nothing whose cultivation suddenly skyrockets and who claims that even the heavens can’t block his sight shall be executed w
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Miss Immortal, Calm Down! I'm Really Not Your Dead Husband from a Dream 仙子冷静,我真不是你梦中亡夫
Ye Yu transmigrates to a fantasy world and unexpectedly obtains a Dream Simulation System. Before each dream begins, he can randomly gain a novel dream talent to help him roam freely through the world of his dreams. When the dream ends, he can also earn rewards based on how he performed in it. Just as Ye Yu thinks he’s on his way to becoming the strongest, the fairy from his dream suddenly shows up at his door. Wait, wasn’t it supposed to be just a dream? How did she become real?
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Simulation: I’m a Human Sacred Physique, Yet Demons See Me as Food 模拟:我人族圣体,竟是妖魔血食
[Simulator + xuanhuan + fast-paced power fantasy + hellish start + laying low + pseudo-invincible + cultivation progression] After transmigrating, Lu Zixing is targeted by demons because of his unusual constitution. At the critical moment, Lu Zixing activates the Life Simulator System. By simulating his life over and over, Lu Zixing, who knows nothing about the outside world, begins to understand what lies beyond. This is a world where demons keep humanity like livestock. The lofty Ten-Thousand-
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Infinite Tech Points: Mecha Girls, Line Up to Be Stored! 无限科技点,机娘们请排队入库!
[Mecha Girls]+ [School Belles]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Mecha Battles] This is a world of explosive technological progress where everyone has a mecha. Every woman awakens a Mechanical Heart, allowing her to perfectly merge with a mecha and become a Mecha Girl, while men forge mechas to support them in battle. For men, obtaining more high-quality Mecha Girls is the key to standing at the pinnacle of the world! Lin Luo transmigrates into a good-for-nothing who has given up on life, and from the star
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Wilderness Exploration: God-Tier Acting, Qilin Blood from the Start 荒野探秘:神级扮演,开局麒麟血
His younger sister is critically ill. To save her life, Qin Ming joins a celebrity survival-adventure show. From the start, he activates the Roleplaying System and takes on the role of Zhang Qiling. As long as he meets certain conditions, his roleplay progress increases and he earns System rewards. The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, mysterious ancient corpses, venomous insects in the mountains... Seven-star ancient coffins, nine dragons dragging a corpse, ten dragons surrounding a pearl... Mayan ci
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I Pulled Out the Immortal Essence the Goddess Gave Me and Traded It for Demonic Bones 我抽出神女送我的仙髓换回魔骨
I pulled out the immortal marrow the Goddess had given me and replaced it with the demonic bones I once had. Every immortal sect was stunned. They all knew the Goddess had spent half her immortal power to give me that immortal marrow, protecting my life and keeping the Demon God from devouring my mind. But they didn't know I had long since planned to leave this world. Whenever the Goddess helped me resist the Demon God's corruption, she would secretly spend the night with her little immortal att
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The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世,我囤积了百亿物资
Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war
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I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档,洞悉所有底牌
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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I, the Hidden Demon Venerable, Become a Father by Accident from the Start 我,隐世魔尊,开局意外喜当爹
[One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [Raising a Child] [Invincible] Ning Yechen was once an unparalleled Demon Venerable. He unified the Demon Realm by himself, beat the Immortal Realm to a pulp, and struck terror into the hearts of the Six Realms. Tired of all the fighting and killing, he eventually chose to live in seclusion among mortals, quietly enjoying life as a carefree hermit. Then one night, an Immortal Realm Empress, afflicted by a lust-inducing aphrodisiac, fell into the mortal world a
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I’m Already Invincible, So Why Bother Cultivating? 本就无敌,何须修炼
[Invincible + So Satisfying You’ll Question Reality + Silver-Haired Male Lead + An Invincible Background] The previous life on Earth was far too competitive. In this life, Su Chen has no interest in fighting and killing. All he wants is to sip wine and enjoy the sights of the world. That’s all. But no matter what he does, if he doesn’t go looking for trouble, trouble comes looking for him. With no other choice, he casually kills an Immortal Emperor in an instant. From then on, no one dares to bo
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From the Start, I Had Only a Knife: A Death Row Inmate Slays His Way to the Throne 开局一把刀,死囚杀成王
[Reborn + invincible + ruthless + the ultimate path] Li Dao is reborn in the Great Qian Dynasty as a third-rank earl. During a palace banquet, he accidentally gets drunk and stumbles into a palace. Just then, his memories of his previous life return, and between the memory confusion and the alcohol, he ruins the virtue of the palace's mistress. In a rage, the emperor sends Li Dao to a death-row camp on the frontier, hoping he'll die beyond the border. Instead, he unexpectedly awakens a “gain sta
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Sima Yi Eats His Way Through the Three Kingdoms: Complete Collection, 5-Book Set 司马懿吃三国大全集(套装共5册)
This is the complete five-volume set of Sima Yi Devours the Three Kingdoms, telling the story of Sima Yi’s life in detail. Why did the lively Three Kingdoms ultimately belong to the taciturn Sima Yi? He was no match for Cao Cao in cunning, nor for Zhuge Liang in strategy. And in martial prowess, any one of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, or Lu Bu could have crushed him. Yet he stayed by Cao Cao’s side for decades, doing as he was told. He pretended to be weak, foolish, sick, paralyzed, and even dead, deceivi
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After She Went Blind, a Powerful Tycoon Took Her In and Spoiled Her Rotten! 失明后,她被大佬捡回家!宠上天
The short drama adaptation, A Deep Confession in Your Eyes, is now available. Go watch it on Hongguo, everyone! [First Married, Then in Love + Devoted Couple + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Mu Qianqian accidentally goes blind while saving an old lady, then marries the old lady's grandson on a whim just three days later! Before her sight returns, Mu Qianqian worries every day that she's married an ugly guy with no car or house. Once she can see again, the man lifts her chin, his thin
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关
Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year.
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Peerless Martial God 绝世武神
On the Jiuxiao Continent, martial arts reign supreme. The weak live ordinary lives and suffer at the hands of others, while the wrath of the strong leaves rivers of blood in its wake.
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Eternal Gate 永恒之门
The gods and demons wage war, the myriad worlds collapse, and only the Eternal Immortal Realm endures. After countless ages, a battle god named Zhao Yun gathers the essence of heaven and earth and reforges the primordial universe. From the depths of the underworld, he fights his way to the Eternal Immortal Realm and, in the name of the divine, rules over the myriad paths. From then on, his words become legend.
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After Coming Down the Mountain, I Open a Restaurant to Raise My Daughter 下山后,开个饭馆养女儿
Chen Ning, young master of the Five Gates, discovers that he has a biological daughter who is three years old. For her sake, Chen Ning comes down from the mountain and opens a little restaurant, settling into a quiet, ordinary life. He spends his days cooking, making buns, and searching for his daughter's mother. Life is peaceful and carefree. As the restaurant grows more popular, more and more important figures come to eat there, and many even show up seeking medical treatment! One day, some th
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Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会
Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil
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Rejected After Confessing to the Campus Beauty, I Became an Arms Dealer 表白校花被拒后,我成了军火大商
Ten years ago, Yang Shuya, the campus belle whom Chu Ran had pursued since childhood, rejected him because he was too poor. After he was reborn, the same thing happened all over again. But this time, I, Chu Ran, am going to live for myself, and for the person I love. Sorry, campus belle, but I choose my own beloved Fang Xihe! At the same time, Chu Ran stumbled upon an arms-trading forum and awakened the Super Arms System. From the start, he sold five million dollars’ worth of weapons. Soon, all
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Like Father, Like Son? But My Dad’s a Big Shot in the Military District 虎子犬父?可我爸是军区大佬啊
[Military life + special forces + lighthearted + passionate + hilarious] Lin Hui was unexpectedly reborn as a spoiled playboy. His father and older brother were big shots in the military, and his mother was the chairwoman of a corporate group. With such a wealthy family, surely Lin Hui could just slack off and live like a lazy fish, right? Just as he looked forward to a life of doing nothing, his father sent him into the army, where he had to serve for at least two years. After that, he could do
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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I Arrived in the Cultivation World from the Start, and the System Gave Me an Invincible Body 开局降临修仙界,系统赐我无敌身
[This is a lighthearted, entertaining story with both satisfying moments and everyday life. It's about a man who becomes invincible, establishes a sect, and enjoys life along the way!] After Lin Xiao transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent, he is forced into a deep sleep by the System because he is too weak. When he wakes again, he discovers that a hundred thousand years have passed, and he has somehow become a Great Emperor, rising straight to the top of this world. The System also suddenly app
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I'm Just a Student, So It's Only Natural I Have Trillions in Assets 我一个学生有几万亿资产很合理吧
This book is also known as The Ice-Cold Campus Belle Brought Me Water on the First Day of Military Training. Ye Chen downloads a game called “I Earn 3,000 a Month, Yet I'm the World's Richest Man.” In the game, you can buy anything just by paying. [Campus belle delivers water, price: 0.1 yuan] [Ferrari SF90, price: 0.2 yuan] [50-million-yuan detached villa, price: 0.3 yuan] [100-billion-yuan real estate conglomerate, price: 3 yuan] … Curious, Ye Chen purchases the campus belle's water-delivery
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Cast Out by My Sect, I Only Want to Roam the World 被逐出师门的我,只想逍遥天下
[Swordsmanship] + [no System] + [not a power fantasy] + [invincible] Thirty years ago, Li Xuanxiao of the Qingyun Sword Sect was the greatest swordsman under heaven. In the campaign to vanquish the demons, Li Xuanxiao traded all his cultivation for the life of the Demon Cult's emperor. Peace returned to the world. Thirty years later, his cultivation was destroyed and he was tainted by a demonic soul, so people came to see him as an ill omen. Having practiced the Dao since childhood, Li
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Hong Kong Action Films: I Asked You to Go Undercover, Not Become the Boss! 港片,让你卧底,没让你当老大!
Hong Kong Island in the 1980s: the era of the Four Great Detectives has just ended! Mo Ran transmigrates into this world where Hong Kong movies have merged, becoming a two-timing rat working under Big B of the Hung Hing gang while serving as an undercover agent for Wong Chi-shing! There’s no chance Wong Chi-shing will restore his identity. If he has to be a lowlife, then he’ll be the biggest and toughest one around! First, he takes the position of Causeway Bay’s top boss from Chan Ho-nam. Th
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The Nanny Switched Me and the Real Heiress, and I Just Smiled 保姆调包了我和真千金后,我笑了
On my tenth birthday, Auntie Zhang, our drunk nanny, hugged me and said I was her daughter. I pretended I hadn't heard. I continued living a lavish life, adored by my parents. I got my first house at ten, my first company at fifteen, and at twenty-two, I returned from studying abroad to fulfill my engagement to the Gu family, the richest family in the country. Meanwhile, Auntie Zhang's daughter Zhaodi was responsible for cooking and housework for the whole family at ten. At fifteen, she was forc
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Thriller: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚:我只卖凶宅
Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things…
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