Easy Power Fantasies Are Boring, but Brainy Stories Are Exhausting. What Should I Read? 爽文又无聊，带脑子的又累，咋办啊？有什么书适合
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Your War Beast? Mine! Pet Care Can Tame Beasts 你的战兽？我的！宠物护理能御兽
[Interstellar + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Cute Pets + Ferocious Beasts] Qin Jiu had loved stories about all kinds of battle beasts since she was little, and she was determined to become a beast tamer. After finally managing to get into the number-one school in every aspiring beast tamer's heart, she thought her dream was about to come true! Then she saw all the zeroes on the tuition bill for the beast-taming program, and fell silent. She leafed through the admissions broc
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Entangled in the Misty Harbor 雾港缠绵
[Marriage first, love later + Hong Kong tycoon family + sizzling chemistry + flirtatious desire + devoted couple] [Possessive, obsessive tycoon and powerful executive ✖️ alluring heiress and CEO] Song Qingyun, a daughter of one of Hong Kong City’s most prominent families, hides a wild, untamable nature beneath her good-girl disguise. Three months into their arranged marriage, she has completely forgotten her contract husband, name and all, and has instead picked up a hot guy at a bar overseas. O
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The Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Dragon Cub Becomes a Global Sensation for Her Fortune-Telling 三岁半龙崽崽靠算命火遍全球
[Explosive! Sweet and satisfying from beginning to end! The three-and-a-half-year-old dragon cub is doted on by everyone!] Three-and-a-half-year-old Nuan Bao earns money telling fortunes on an overpass. At home, her heartless uncle and aunt beat and abuse her, and she nearly gets sold to a wicked human trafficker. Fortunately, her maternal uncle arrives just in time. From then on, Nuan Bao becomes the happiest little princess in the world, spoiled by her four impossibly cool and powerful uncles!
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I’m Back with a New Identity, and This Time You’ll Follow My Lead 换个身份回归，这次你得听我指挥
[Strong heroine + military life + devoted to each other + some angst] A year ago, Feng Xiyun took part in Leng Mingjue’s mission as an assassin. But their cover was blown, and they were relentlessly pursued, resulting in one of Leng Mingjue’s comrades being killed and another injured. Everyone pointed the finger at Feng Xiyun, convinced she had betrayed them. At last, Leng Mingjue aimed his gun at Feng Xiyun. The bullet struck her right in the heart. Feng Xiyun narrowly escaped death and managed
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Max-Level Goddess’s Guide to Winning Hearts [Quick Transmigration] 满级女神撩人攻略[快穿]
[Season One and Season Two of the short drama based on this book, Quick Transmigration: The Lovesick Male Lead Is Jealous Again, are now streaming. The print edition, titled He's Jealous Again, is available in Volumes One and Two.] Qu Yan is famous among quick transmigration agents for being beautiful, seductive, spoiled, and carefree. She has never failed a mission. No matter how arrogant and unruly a man may be, eventually he will become The cold, domineering CEO: “Be a good girl, darling. I
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I, for One, Specialize in Getting Myself Killed 鄙人独善作死
After transmigrating to another world, he obtains a Hatred Absorption System. He has to absorb hatred to increase his combat power. Well, then, my apologies, everyone. Hey, sis over there! Have you eaten? If not, take this punch!
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The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水
Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable
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The 1970s Female Officer: You Call a First-Class Merit Award a Supply Run? 七零女军官，你把一等功叫进货？
[Military Marriage + Mountain Adventures + All Kinds of Fluffy Animals + Golden Finger and Space + Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads] [Early on: Sent to the Countryside. Midway: Builds a Factory and Joins the Military Region. Later: Enlists.] With her powerful psychic abilities, Qin Miaomiao survived for ten whole years in the apocalypse! She had no regrets about leaving that world behind. But as she lay dying, she couldn’t help thinking of the big cat that had kept her company for so many years.
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Go to College, Build the Power Grid! She Conquers the ’70s 考大学，搞电力！穿七零她赢麻了
~A short drama is in production. Stay tuned!~ Gu Yaotang’s life dream is to be a happy, irresponsible gambling addict. Just as he runs farther and farther down the road to becoming a scumbag, his usually obedient daughter suddenly starts acting like she’s been struck by lightning. Every day, she rebels and finds new ways to torment him. Whenever this little devil of a daughter catches him gambling, she beats him up, then makes him work! Enough! Why should I put up with this? Gu Yaotang’s coun
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Isn't It Only Natural for a Slime Like Me to Crush a Dragon? 我一个史莱姆吊打巨龙很合理吧？
[Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a..
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I Dug a Fishing Pond, and Anglers Across the Country Hailed It as a Sacred Site 挖了个鱼塘，全国钓鱼佬奉为圣地
Farming + everyday life + family and village affairs + comedy + development + fishing + no female lead (focused on work). A leisurely pace, starts slow and builds momentum, so dive in without worry. After three years drifting in Beijing, Li Fan unexpectedly obtained a fishing-ground System after a night of drinking at a club. He returned to his hometown, Ligang Village, dug fish ponds, and opened a fishing park. Starting with one small fish pond, Li Fan gradually built his business up step by st
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My Fortune-Telling Livestream Is So Accurate, Even the Underworld Is in an Uproar 直播算命太准：地府都轰动了
[Fortune-Telling Livestream + Oddballs + Supernatural + Cases + No Female Lead + Mythology] After Zhang Kai, a rebel of the Daoist sect, sets a Daoist temple on fire and curses the statue of the Celestial Master, he starts a career fortune-telling on livestream. A billionaire angrily throws off his cuckold’s hat because of him, a woman obsessed with raising ducks has a sudden change of heart because of him, and a wholesome streamer ends up in prison because of him… As one absurd and ridiculous i
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I Donated Billions in Assets, Then Transmigrated to the Famine Era! 捐了亿万资产后，穿饥荒年代！
[The 1960s + blended family + both leads’ first relationship + raising kids + copy space + outspoken heroine + everyday life] [The short drama is now streaming. Search for “A Heart Like Fine Brocade.”] In her previous life, Qiao Yu had cancer and never married. She made a fortune using her special space to buy cosmetics overseas for clients. After dying young, she finds herself in the difficult 1960s. The bad news: her late husband left behind two children, and her current husband has adopted th
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1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了
This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield
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The Jin Yuanbao Family’s Sudden Fortune from Demolition Compensation 金元宝一家的拆迁暴富日常
Old Madam Jin dreamed of a golden ingot while pregnant. She asked each of her four favorite daughters-in-law, but none of them admitted it! Could it really have been Ying Canru, who could never get enough to eat and always burned the bottom of the pot when she cooked? ~~ In the delivery room, Ying Canru screamed as she gave birth. Outside, Jin Laifu paced back and forth, glancing at his watch from time to time as he muttered, “Please let the baby be born on the eighth day of the eighth month. Ot
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Unsafe House: Who Took My 500,000? 危房：谁动了我的五十万
Dangerous Building: Who Took My Five Hundred Thousand?
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Is My Husband a Hopeless Romantic? 我的老公是个恋爱脑？
Is My Husband a Hopeless Romantic?
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I Went to the Gynecologist, and the Doctor Was My High School Desk Mate 来看妇科，医生竟然是高中男同桌
I Came in for a Gynecological Exam, and the Doctor Turned Out to Be My Male Classmate from High School
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Journey to the West: I Am the Six-Eared Macaque 西游之吾乃六耳猕猴
Journey to the West: I Am the Six-Eared Macaque
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Journey to the West: Bound by Love for Nine Lifetimes, the Monkey King Went Mad for Me 西游：情缠九世，这泼猴为我疯魔
Journey to the West: Bound by Love for Nine Lifetimes, This Monkey King Goes Mad for Me
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A Heart's Mark: The Campus Heartthrob's Secret, Sweet Devotion 心动烙印：校草的秘密甜宠
The Mark of a Beating Heart: The School Heartthrob's Secret Sweet Romance
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The Queen of the Silver Screen Returns: Master Fu's Feisty Little Wife 影后归来：傅爷的小娇妻飒爆了
The Movie Queen Returns: Master Fu’s Daring Little Wife
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Walking Your Dog Without a Leash? I'll Make You Pay Until You're Bankrupt! 遛狗不拴绳？让你赔到倾家荡产！
Walking Your Dog Without a Leash? I'll Make You Pay Until You're Bankrupt!
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My Childhood Friend Lured Me into His Arms: A Love Long in the Making 竹马诱我入怀：蓄谋已久的爱
My Childhood Friend Lures Me Into His Arms: A Love Long in the Making
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The Cold King's Seduction: His Substitute Bride Physician Is Fierce 冷王诱宠：替嫁医妃飒爆了
The Cold King’s Seduction: My Substitute Bride Doctor Is Fierce
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My Nephew Slashed My Bag, but My Sister-in-Law Said He's Just a Child 侄子划烂我的包，嫂子却说小孩子
My Nephew Tore My Bag, but My Sister-in-Law Said, “He’s Just a Child”
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After I Retired, My Ungrateful Son Immediately Found Me a Job 退休后，不孝子立马给我找份工作
After I Retired, My Unfilial Son Immediately Found Me a Job
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After My Sister and I Were Reborn 我和妹妹重生之后
My Sister and I Were Reborn
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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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Dragon Slayer 斩龙
At the end of science lies theology, At the end of theology lies geography. Feng shui was never superstition. Geography is! Believe in science! Reject superstition!
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Storms Over the Northern Frontier 塞北风云
[Underworld Kingpin]+ [Rise to Power]+ [Take Down the Boss and Claim His Wife]+ [Multiple Female Leads]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Passionate Underworld Adventures]+ [Scheming and Hilarious] Be an ordinary man: greedy for money and fond of beautiful women. That was one thing I realized after getting out of prison. I used to be an underworld boss who could turn the tide with a flick of my hand. But my brothers were either locked up or gone. I used to be a pushover too, until I met that woman. She changed
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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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Five Blessings at the Door 五福临门
[Novel based on the hit drama Five Blessings] Produced by Huanyu Entertainment and directed by Yang Huan, starring Lu Yuxiao, Wang Xingyue, Ni Hongjie, Liu Xiening, Chen Heyan, Wu Xuanyi, Huang Shengchi, Ke Ying, Liang Yongqi, Huang Yangtiantian, and Dong Sicheng, with Zhao Qing, Mi Jin, Luo Zekai, and others. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song, Lady Li, a wealthy woman in Luoyang, moves her entire family to Bianjing to find suitable husbands for her five beautiful daughter
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Transmigrated as the Eldest Brother’s Wife: Taming a Wealthy Family in 1990s Hong Kong 穿成大嫂，调教豪门【九零香江】
Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b
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With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行
Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members
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She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反
[Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and
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Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦
An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to
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The Pinker the Car, the Fiercer the Driver: I’m Claiming the Top Spot 车越粉人越狠这榜一我当定了
Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec
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I’m Clearly a Rookie, Yet Everyone Thinks I’m a Hidden Powerhouse 明明是个菜鸟，总被当成隐藏大佬
No CP + System + mass misinterpretation Luo Yuejian has always thought of herself as plain and ordinary, with a touch of social anxiety and a poker face. Someone like her would be utterly unremarkable in a crowd and completely ignored by everyone. After dying under bizarre circumstances, she is forced into a survival game. She knows her own limits and realizes she has no chance of coming back to life in a terrifying survival game. As she agonizes over whether to fight with all she has or give
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Infinite Backpack: I Stockpile Supplies and Become a Legend in the Apocalypse Game 无限背包：我在末日游戏囤货封神
[Apocalypse Game + Survival Stockpiling + Golden Finger + No Romance + Lone Wolf] Fang Jiaojiao has just lost both her parents and hasn't had a chance to process the overwhelming grief when a strange substance invades the world she lives in, contaminating all food and water overnight. A world that was functioning normally the day before comes to a standstill overnight. Everyone is plunged into a state of panic. On the verge of dying of thirst, Fang Jiaojiao is chosen to enter an apocalypse game.
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Furnace-Vessel Extra Was Both Beautiful and Wild 穿书，炮灰炉鼎她又美又狂
Bound to an irreverent System, I enter an irreverent novel. I also get the worst possible start, with a character who's delicate, soft, and easy to push around. Ye Chuxue says all she wants is to become invincible. Watch her level up, fight monsters, and found a sect along the way. Content warning: This story has a couple. It is not a feel-good power fantasy; it's a serious drama. Check out my new novel: Reborn as a Demoness, I'll Shatter the Immortal Mountains of the Demon Realm. Lan Yan, a wi
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Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！
[Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee
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I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱
[Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b
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I Told You to Do Evil, Not to Take Out the Evildoers! 让你做恶，不是让你做掉恶人啊喂
[Traditional high-level martial arts + memes + sharp tongue + comedy + clever plotting + one heroine] Xu Yuan transmigrates unexpectedly to Planet Earth, where divine martial arts reign supreme. A Crime List appears in his mind. As long as he commits evil, he earns Crime Points and can climb the rankings to claim rewards. The higher his rank, the greater the rewards. Xu Yuan thinks, So I'm supposed to become a scumbag? What about my family? But he soon discovers that doing good deeds actually de
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A Zombie Transmigrates and Gets Tricked by a Villain into Becoming a Stepmother 丧尸穿越后，被反派诓去当后娘
What should I do after transmigrating? Chu Chi held her head in her hands and thought for ages. A zombie's brain has only just grown in, so she has to make good use of it. When in doubt, sleep on it first. After Lin You'an woke up, the first thing she did was grab her little sister and escape the wolf's den. Along the way, she also found herself a stepmother. “So, you’re saying you’re my son?” “Mm-hmm.” “How old am I?” “Eighteen?” “How old are you?” “Eight.” “I’ve read plenty of books, so don’t
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Blood as Medicine: A Forbidden Gift 以血为药，禁忌的馈赠
A taboo gift, with blood as its medicine
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My Treacherous Official Husband Fell for Someone Else. What Does That Have to Do with You, Empress? 我奸臣移情别恋，关你女帝屁事
[Alternate history] [Political intrigue] [Villain] [Empress in black stockings] Also known as: The Sickly-Sweet Empress Is Threatened by the Man She Hates Most Every Night. The moment Lin Ming transmigrates, he inherits his treacherous father's power and becomes so influential that he can rule the court with an iron fist. But knowing how dangerous the imperial court is, with open attacks easy to dodge and hidden blows hard to guard against, he plans to run away and settle down as an idle playboy
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High Martial: You Asked Me to Lead Troops, So I Built an Assassin Legion 高武：让你带兵，你打造刺客军团
[Invisibility, X-ray vision, area-of-effect skills, behind-the-scenes scheming, battles of wits, instances] The day Luo Xiu transmigrated to a high-martial-arts world, he awakened two talents: [Invisibility] and [X-ray Vision]. His classmates jokingly called him a “born lecher’s holy vessel” and “the ancient Greek god in charge of seducing women.” But no one knew that he had awakened a hidden martial soul capable of strengthening talents: [Temple God]! When he got home, his elderly father handed
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Global Awakening: I Can Summon China's Gods 全民觉醒：我能召唤华夏诸神
[Youthful passion + summoning the gods of Huaxia + decisive killing + crushing the greatest talents] This is an era of spiritual qi revival, when everyone awakens their supernatural talent. Li Yebai transmigrates into this world as a peerless genius, yet awakens only the lowest-grade abstract talent: split personality? The academy that once took pride in him expels him and strips him of his cultivation resources. His beautiful girlfriend dumps him outright. But under the doubtful gazes of everyo
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Heartsteel from the Start: I’m the Ultimate Stat Freak in a High-Martial World 开局心之钢，我是高武第一数值怪
[High Martial Arts + Pure Power Fantasy + Thrilling Battles + Total Stat Supremacy + Revenge Without Delay + Fast-Paced] Note: Life and death are no big deal. If you don't like it, fight. In Daxia, he awakens the ultimate Stat Monster System from the start. First up, Heartsteel: I don't even have to show up before my health bar is shoved in your face! Haymaker: One punch sends your whole family flying into the sky! Overlord's Blood Armor: It converts health into attack power. Touch me, and you'l
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