Traditional High Fantasy That Makes You Think 传统玄幻烧脑
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云
In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish
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The Strongest Man to Emerge from the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出的强者
Eight years ago, Qin Zimo was the great general who protected the Nanxuan Kingdom, renowned throughout the heavens and feared by every nation. Now, Qin Zimo has emerged from a dark, icy prison, and the winds of change are rising once more.
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The Nine Suns Emperor 九阳帝尊
Lu Xuan, the Mad Lord, was one of the Five Emperors and One Madman. After exhausting himself to kill Qionglu, the Demon Emperor and the greatest master under heaven, he was ambushed and killed by his friend, Emperor Zhuoyang. Three hundred years later, he is reborn into a world where everything has changed, but his hatred remains. Lu Xuan points at the statue of Emperor Zhuoyang. “I'll make everyone who wronged me regret every single thing they did!” “Just thinking of me will be a nightmare! Hea
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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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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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One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤
[Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham
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Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊
Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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Heavenly Emperor of Chaos 混沌天帝诀
The claws of primordial beasts crush the stars across the heavens. Alien evil clans howl, seeking to confuse all living things. Demons in the dark abyss open their eerie, blood-red eyes, while ancient gods awaken from their slumber. This is an age of great strife! Humanity’s strongest warriors reach for the heavens with their swords, standing tall and unyielding among the myriad races of the universe! By chance, Chu Jianqiu obtains the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art, rises from humble beginnings, an
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The Eternal Emperor 亘古大帝
[A complete epic spanning ten million words, with one heroine, decisive violence, and unstoppable thrills from start to finish] Ten thousand years ago, Lin Yan suppressed the Demon Emperor, only to be betrayed by his brother and saddled with a reputation as a villain for ten thousand years! Now his imperial soul has returned, and his good-for-nothing body has awakened to the power of rebirth! They steal his sacred bones? He'll forge bones that defy heaven! They break off his engagement? He'll ki
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Supreme God of Slaughter 无上杀神
Killing one is a crime. Killing ten thousand makes you a hero. Kill hundreds of millions, and you’re a hero among heroes! A lowly servant is beaten to death on the spot, only to unexpectedly inherit the legacy of the God of Slaughter. He cultivates the Five Palaces God-Slaying Art, and across the Myriad Worlds, among all the gods and demons, there is none he cannot kill!
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The Supreme Martial God Art 太上武神诀
A genius young man is tricked by his fiancée into losing his dantian, leaving him crippled. Then fortune falls from the sky: he obtains a mysterious golden core and inherits the cultivation art of an ancient Martial God, the Supreme Martial God Art. He walks the path of martial arts and defies the heavens! He builds the Nine Heavens, treads across mountains and rivers. Across the Myriad Worlds, I alone am supreme.
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Lord of Ten Thousand Gods 万神主宰
A passionate young man refuses to give in, no matter how many setbacks he faces. One day, his bloodline awakens, and he commands the gods of countless worlds. He cultivates divine arts, forges an unparalleled battle physique, and contends with the greatest prodigies. He slays demons, crushes countless worlds, and shakes the heavens.
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Archaic God Venerable 太古神尊
Original title: The Ancient Divine Venerable. Three thousand years ago, Ye Feng, crown prince of the Creation Divine Dynasty, was unable to cultivate because he possessed a cursed body. When foreign enemies invaded and the dynasty fell, he was powerless to fight back and was killed in humiliation. Three thousand years later, the world has changed beyond recognition, and those who were once his enemies now stand above all like gods. But Crown Prince Ye Feng awakens once more, unleashing a god-tie
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The Supreme God Emperor 无上神帝
Mu Yun, an immortal king of his generation, is reborn ten thousand years later as a useless instructor bullied by everyone? Troublemaking students? Kneel before this immortal king. A beauty offers herself to him? Sorry, you're not worthy. Back to the top, starting as an instructor
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The House of Dread 诡舍
[Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of
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Betting on Spirits in Another World 我在异世界赌灵
What is spirit gambling? Is it gambling for money? No, no. Spirit gambling is much more thrilling than gambling for money. Don't believe me? Come in and see for yourself! Since ancient times, where there are immortals, there have also been demons. The line between immortals and demons is like the line between good and evil, and it all comes down to the choices cultivators make. A hundred thousand years ago, the ancient world collapsed in the war between immortals and demons. Its legacy was shat
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The Strongest Combat Soldier 最强战兵
He is the sharpest blade on the battlefield, a crimson storm. Wherever he goes, bloodshed follows. Yet he is ordered to leave the military and return to the city, where he begins a wild conquest. Men turn pale when they see him; women blush. Whether on the battlefield or in the glittering city, he is the most powerful man and the most badass soldier.
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Instant Kill 秒杀
The moment his soul awakens, a new world appears before him. It is an unfamiliar world, a world of talismans. There are countless secret realms and talisman beasts, and even higher-level worlds of talismans. Guo Shier is like a pawn crossing the river, instantly killing any enemy that stands in the way of his survival. He must keep growing stronger and find more powerful talismans. But when he reaches the summit of the talisman world, will he still be able to go further?
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Cracking the Classic of Mountains and Seas: Digging Through the Myriad Realms 破解山海经：挖穿诸天万域
November 3, 2025, 11:45 p.m. Miaoyuan Village, Jiuyi Mountain, Hunan. A deep rumble of engines shattered the otherwise utterly quiet rural night. A convoy of seven jeeps and pickup trucks bearing special geological survey markings entered the village. With a clear destination in mind, they pulled into the village committee courtyard. A massive, unusual celestial body was about to enter Earth's orbit, inevitably on a collision course with the planet. Every department immediately began devising pl
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Fight for the Heavens 争天
[Passion and high stakes, an expansive world, intelligent storytelling, a new cultivation system, and a deeply layered plot] The order of Heaven and Earth is shattered, the Six Paths collapse, dark clouds blot out the sun, and evil spirits engulf the skies! But where did these demons come from? And what brought this calamity upon the world? What earth-shaking secret lies behind the spreading fog? A lone young man stands tall. All he sees is the suffering of the people, and every path he takes le
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Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！
[Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho
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The Blade Masters of the Myriad Heavens Empower Me 诸天刀客加持我身
The age’s turmoil belongs to my generation; once I enter the martial world, the years rush by. Empires and ambitions are the stuff of idle talk; nothing compares to getting drunk beneath the human sky. Chen Sheng accidentally transmigrates to another world and becomes a blind boy. He thinks he’ll spend his life playing the erhu and singing for alms to scrape together enough to eat, wasting away ten years. But then he unexpectedly figures out how to use his golden finger. All he has to do is defe
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After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊
He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this…
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Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好
Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It
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Jujutsu Kaisen: Above the Throne 咒术回战：王座之上
[Dark Tone] [Self-Interest] [Mangekyo] [No Heroine] This book is also known as: [Anime Crossover: The Blood-Eyed Kamui of Jujutsu Kaisen] The Jujutsu Kaisen world arc is complete and ready to read, as is the One Piece arc. Good news: I was reborn into the Zenin clan, one of the Three Great Families. Bad news: I was reborn into the Zenin clan with naturally weak cursed energy. The Mangekyo eyes were awakened by a childhood tragedy. Kamui Annihilation can destroy anything, while Kamui Intangibilit
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God Gave You the Power of Deception, and You Turn Around and Trick Me? 神：赐你欺诈，你反过来骗我？
[A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai
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The Way Begins, the Struggle for the Way 道起道争
When Heaven and Earth first came into being, the myriad paths descended, yet eternal enslavement became the fate of every race. When the sinister Dao sweeps through the heavens with a blood-red fog, devouring all creation, and the ominous Dao spreads like a plague, corroding the foundations of the myriad paths, the entire cosmos becomes a flock of lambs waiting for slaughter. Lin Jin, a young man from a remote border town, rises to prominence after accidentally obtaining a fragment of the source
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