I'm in a Terrible Reading Slump. Please Recommend a Top-Tier Masterpiece 超级厌书期,求顶级神作
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1951
Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷
[The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he
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1952
The Official and His Charms 官人官色
The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred...
276.2kReads9.4Score21.9kShelves
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1953
Still Waters Run Deep 静水流深
Can money really fall from the sky? Almost everyone says no. Li Wentao, a deputy director at the municipal government office with no connections or powerful backers, had given up hope of getting anywhere in his career. Then, unexpectedly, a windfall really did fall into his lap: he was appointed director of the municipal government office. By Li Wentao's own reckoning, it was a pretty minor post. But as soon as he took office, he was sidelined. His appointment was merely a compromise in a power
14.4kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
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1954
The Number One Son-in-Law: I Really Don't Want to Rebel! 第一赘婿,我真不想造反啊!
Historical fiction, a touch of ensemble cast, not mindless wish fulfillment, everyday interactions with the heroines, and family life. Also known as: My Wife Is a Grandmaster. Who Wouldn't Lie Flat? No one helps me reach for the clouds, so I tread through snow to the mountaintop alone. If fortune was never meant for me, I'll climb Kunlun by myself! The strategist risks everything by entering the game, all to bring Dongling back into the light! One vow: “I hunger to feast on the flesh of the nort
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1955
I Woke Up to Find Myself a Son-in-Law 一觉醒来变赘婿
Lan Yuheng dies suddenly from overwork at school and is ultimately dragged back to the underworld by Ox-Head and Horse-Face. The Judge discovers that he's a virgin for the ninth lifetime and takes pity on him, sending him to an ancient parallel world. Here, those so-called poets don't exist, and the Tang dynasty is not the prosperous era it once was. In the end, his fate is changed, granting him endless romantic encounters. But because something goes wrong with Granny Meng's soup, his soul trans
8.3kReads8.2Score748Shelves
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1956
The Campus Belles Are the Only Reason I'm Still Alive! 我能活着,全靠校花们续命!
[Short drama now available] [Everyday school life + lighthearted comedy + light novel] Jiang Yu was panicking because he was about to die, but then he unexpectedly awakened a golden finger, which seemed to mean he wouldn’t have to die after all. But in exchange... [Host, confess to the student council president, Shangguan Xiyue. Your reward is one year of life.] With his life on the line, Jiang Yu confessed to student council president Shangguan Xiyue at the freshman orientation ceremony. J
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1957
Born with Terrible Luck in Love, From the Start I Meet a Playgirl Senior 天生烂桃花,开局遇到海后学姐
Lighthearted comedy + the regretful chase for a lover + love-triangle drama + campus life + multiple heroines + happy ending + light System The good news: Lin Luo is very popular with women. The bad news: All the girls who like Lin Luo are bad girls. My name is Lin Luo, and I'm surrounded by bad girls. In elementary school, girls all wanted to be my friends. In middle school, my female classmates dreamed of sitting beside me. By college, my charm was unstoppable. But nobody told me that the only
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1958
I Grow Stronger Only When My Confessions Fail 告白失败才能变强
[System + wacky comedy + slice-of-life youth + overactive imagination + light novel + anime] Su Cheng transmigrates into another world. Just when he finally manages to get into a prestigious academy, he discovers that he has a System, and that the way to earn rewards is utterly ridiculous. So, for the sake of the rewards, he has no choice but to get ridiculous himself. Su Cheng: “It’s just a System mission, that’s all.” But what puzzles Su Cheng later is that he already thought he was ridicul
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1959
I Was Just Playing a Game, So How Did I Become the Savior? 我就打个游戏,咋是救世主了?
One day, Li Mo accidentally clicks on an ad and downloads a pixel-art mobile game called Savior Game. He draws the Bloodstained Nurse character and beats monsters senseless with a giant syringe. He thinks it’s just something to kill time with, never realizing that… The bosses he stabs to death in the game are S-rank supernatural creatures that destroy cities in real life; The little girl NPC he casually rescues is the illegitimate daughter of foreign nobility; And a forum post ranting about the
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1960
The Song Dynasty’s Bugs: A Programmer’s Fixes and Refactoring 大宋的BUG:码农的修复与重构
A modern architect transmigrates to the Northern Song, bringing along an AI connected to the civilization of the future. He sparks a Renaissance and sets off the Industrial Revolution ahead of schedule, turning a dynasty into the engine of human civilization. In this world, there is no sea of blood from colonialism, no devastation from the two world wars, and no shadow of nuclear weapons. Shaped by the benevolence of the East and the finest technology, human civilization sets out early toward th
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1961
Thirty Days to Live: With Brain-Computer Tech, I’ll Ascend with 1.4 Billion Chinese People 绝命三十天:我用脑机,让十四亿华夏集体飞升
Thirty Days to Live: I Use Brain-Computer Interfaces to Ascend with 1.4 Billion Chinese People
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1962
Defying Fate: I Used a Billion-Dollar Lever to Hostile-Takeover the Heavenly Dao 逆转天命:我用百亿杠杆恶意收购了天道
Defying Fate: I Used a Ten-Billion-Yuan Lever to Hostilely Acquire the Heavenly Dao
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1963
My Family Stole My Fate? I Poisoned Them in Return and Sent Them to Hell 全家偷我命格?我反向投毒送他们下地狱
My whole family stole my fate? I poison them in return and send them all to hell
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1964
Cultivation Through Dimensional Reduction: I Use First Principles to Suppress the Heavenly Dao 降维修仙:我用底层逻辑镇压天道
Cultivation Through Downgrading: I Use First Principles to Crush the Heavenly Dao
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1965
Fifty Credits Off for Being Late: I Eat Cyber Gods for Dinner 超时扣五十,我把赛博神明当饭吃
Fifty Deducted for Every Minute Over: I Eat Cybernetic Gods for Dinner
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1966
Weaving Heaven and Earth: I Use Heavy-Duty Machine Tools to Create Cyber Brocade 天织玄黄:我用重工机床织造赛博云锦
Weaving Heaven and Earth: I Use Heavy-Duty Machine Tools to Weave Cyber Brocade
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1967
Suspect Lin Yuan: I Used Chemistry to Hold All of Humanity Hostage 嫌疑人林渊:我用化学绑架了全人类
Suspect Lin Yuan: I Held All of Humanity Hostage with Chemistry
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1968
After the Algorithm Stripped Me of Human Status, I Took Down the Cyber Elite 被算法开除人籍后,我掀了赛博豪门
After the Algorithm Stripped Me of My Humanity, I Took Down the Cyber Elite
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1969
The Severing of Heaven and Earth: I Use My Bloodline to Restart the Ancient War of the Gods 绝地天通:我用血脉重启上古神战
Heaven and Earth Cut Off: I Restarted the Ancient God War with My Bloodline
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1970
War of Resistance: From the Start, a Blood Sacrifice Brings Every National Treasure and Ancestor Back to Life 抗战:开局血祭,国宝祖宗全活了
War of Resistance: From the Start, a Blood Sacrifice Brings All Our National Treasures' Ancestors Back to Life
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1971
Doomsday Architect: I Turned the Wasteland into a Hellish Joke 末日架构师:我把废土玩成了地狱笑话
Doomsday Architect: I Turned the Wasteland into a Hellish Joke
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1972
The Grand Show of Life: The Top Player 人间大戏:首席玩家
The Grand Spectacle of the Mortal World: The Top Player
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1973
The Day I Was Diagnosed, My Scumbag Brother Popped Champagne at a Nightclub 确诊那天,人渣哥哥在夜店开香槟
The Day I Was Diagnosed, My Scumbag Brother Was Popping Champagne at a Nightclub
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1974
After Inheriting My Ex-Boyfriend’s Billion-Dollar Fortune, His Diary Was Exposed and the Whole Internet Broke Down in Tears 继承前男友亿万遗产后,他的日记曝光全网泪崩
After inheriting my ex-boyfriend’s billion-dollar estate, his diary is revealed and the whole internet breaks down in tears
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1975
Food Delivery Rider: From the Start, I Had Root Access, and I Right-Clicked to Delete the Gods 外卖员:开局Root权限,我右键删除了神明
Delivery Guy: From the Start, I Have Root Access, and I Right-Clicked to Delete the Gods
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1976
The Grudge Kitchen: The Last Supper 怨菜私房馆:最后一道晚餐
Grudge Kitchen: The Last Supper
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1977
Hated Across the Internet? From the Start, I Livestreamed a Trial, and This Award-Winning Actress Went on a Rampage! 全网黑?开局直播审判,这影后杀疯了!
Hated by the whole internet? She livestreams a trial from the start, and this actress is killing it!
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1978
Death Penalty from the Start: My Left Eye Holds My Dead Wife’s Trial, My Right a Nuclear Bomb in My Heart 死刑起步:左眼亡妻审判,右眼心脏核弹
A Death Sentence from the Start: My Left Eye Judges the Dead, My Right Eye Holds a Nuclear Bomb in My Heart
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1979
Wasteland Mechanist Immortal: I Can Level Up Without Limit 废土械仙:我能无限升级
The wasteland apocalypse has arrived. The gods have fallen, and machines run rampant. Lin Che is just a lowly scavenger. To save his younger sister, he ventures into a radiation zone, only to awaken the [Myriad Things Analysis System] on the brink of death. From then on... While others cultivate immortality with spiritual roots, he does it by dismantling machines, refining cores, and modifying cybernetic limbs. Machines can be upgraded, bodies can be rebuilt, and even the remains of gods are jus
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1980
Pillar Project 支柱计划
[Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another,
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1981
Espionage: Aboard the Lone Boat, I Start with a Death Note 谍战:人在孤舟,开局死亡笔记
Transmigrate to 1941 with a Death Note from the start, and who would still choose to be a spy? Armed with a weapon that controls cause and effect, he must realize that he is the big boss pulling the strings! [No need to save your brain]+ [A Chinese take on Final Destination]+ [In cold weather, wear an extra secret identity]+ [The protagonist doesn’t suffer]+ [Peak-level caution]+ [No female lead] Xiao Cheng transmigrates to the streets of Suzhou in 1941! A legendary Death Note lies within arm’
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1982
High Martial: Starting at the Investigation Bureau 高武:在调查局开始
[From the Start, a Top Investigator + Light Superpowers + Giant-Beast High Martial World + Status Screen] (There are many female characters, so don’t read if that’s not your thing!) In 2024, a sudden purple meteor shower swept across the globe, ushering in Spiritual Qi Revival. The wave of evolution began. The world underwent a profound transformation. All things evolved, Superpowers awakened, and cyber martial arts clashed with traditional martial arts. Humans were no longer Earth’s masters. M
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1983
I Logged In Early, and as an NPC, I'm Invincible 提前登录,身为npc的我无敌了
[Early access] + [NPC] + [Two transmigrations] + [Imperial power struggle] + [Summoning heroic spirits and mythological figures] + [Scheming behind the scenes] + [No romance] + [Fourth-dimension players] + [The Myriad Worlds] + [Subverting expectations] Just as Xia Wenmin, who has transmigrated from Earth to Blue Star, is making a fine living as a writer who rewrites famous works, a reborn man kidnaps him! But an experiment ends in the reborn man’s accidental death. Xia Wenmin, meanwhile, transm
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1984
Primordial World Game: I Am the First Ancestor of Humanity 洪荒游戏,我是人道初祖
[Virtual Invasion of Reality] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Mastermind Big Boss] [No Female Lead] This is a primeval world that begins with humanity's struggle! Pangu opened the heavens, and Nuwa created humanity. The primeval world appeared as a virtual game in a parallel universe much like Earth. Wow! What a beautiful goddess! What? Why is the NPC welcoming us playing with mud? No way! Humans were molded out of clay? Damn it, why is there a Boss in the starting village? On their first day in the gam
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1985
Lord Survival: Starting from a Deep-Sea Base 领主求生:从深海基地开始
[Lord] [Survival] [Doomsday] [Eerie] [Disasters] [Construction] [Farming] This is the graveyard of civilization, where the remains of countless worlds lie buried. The death of a civilization is as natural as the rising and setting of the stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic despair, staying alive has become an impossible wish. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, eerie forces, ancient gods, the supernatural, mist, deities, sparks of hope, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalypti
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1986
Werewolf: I'm the Knight, So Why Did You Give Me a Check? 狼人杀:我骑士,你给我发查杀?
Player Eleven: “I’m the Seer. Player Five is a Werewolf!” “Wait! Where’s that background music coming from?” “Seek the dragon’s gold and read the mountains’ veins; each winding ridge conceals another pass. “If the gates stand eightfold, fraught with danger, then yin and yang cannot escape the shape of the Eight Trigrams. “Behold my might, unstoppable and invincible!” “Player Eleven, maybe that’s enough...” “Player Six! Face my blade!” “Evil! Show your true face!” Bai Chen transmigra
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1987
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: A Lone Army Against the Tide 太平天国之逆流孤军
Think he's staging a rebellion? No, he's reshaping the world's order. When the supernatural meets physics, when cold weapons collide with rifling, when folk songs give way to The Internationale... History has never been a script set in stone. It was rebooted by a fisherman who got struck by lightning at just the wrong moment. A friendly reminder: Don't fish during thunderstorms, unless you want to rewrite modern history. Note: This book has no System, no harem, and no hidden agenda. It's simply
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1988
Ladies Who Would Save the World, I’m Really Not an Evil God 救世主小姐们,我真不是邪神
He transmigrates into a horror game with themes like the grotesque, cosmic horror, steam, punk, depression, beautiful girls, and dress-up, and nearly kills the heroine, his little sister, from the start. With its cosmic horror setting, the game is destined to end in despair. To survive, Andy decides to unlock the hidden happy ending! But little by little, the so-called perfect ending is no longer enough for him. In this world, nothingness and existence coexist. Human reason twists fate, and trut
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1989
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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1990
His Majesty the Demon King 魔王陛下
[Western fantasy + no System + one female lead + lots of farming + lots and lots of everyday life + really, really lots of everyday life] Summoned here to become a powerless Demon King, with no System and no subordinates, Rhode thinks he’ll just grow crops and drink tea in this desolate backwater, living a carefree and leisurely life. But things never go as planned. As a benevolent Demon King, he welcomes all sorts of people into the Demon King’s castle. They enjoy a happy life filled with putti
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1991
A Guide to Everyday Life with Nonhumans 非人类日常注意事项
[Speculative sci-fi + urban + no System + one heroine + slice of life] After the world’s order collapsed and was rebuilt following the sudden appearance of monsters, an ordinary person who wanted nothing more than a quiet life gained the ability to turn into a monster. His everyday life was anything but ordinary.
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1992
I Have No Emotions, So I Found a Sniper for a Girlfriend 情感缺失的我找了个狙击手女友
(One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma
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1993
A Crossover: Tokyo Has Become Way Too Urbanized 综漫,这个东京太城市化了
Birth: Using a clever trick to break free of the confusion in the womb, he remembers his past life and all his dragonlike exploits One month old: Age is no barrier to ambition. You can have your first haircut while you're still an infant Four years old: The international hot money hunt begins. I, the Stock God, enter the fray Five years old: The stock market crashes. The Stock God starts over from scratch Seven years old: Industry makes the nation prosper! Mixue Bingcheng rings the Nasdaq op
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1994
Insect and Immortal 虫且真人
The protagonist, Wen Xiang, is named after the film Scent of a Woman. When the Heavenly Dao unleashes filth to destroy the world, Wen Xiang is drenched in it and dies, only to be reborn three years in the past with the “Insect Immortal” cultivation system. With a second chance at life, he must develop in secret until he can defeat the various Immortals and use his insect body to attain the Great Dao. Three years later, when the Heavenly Dao destroys the world, Wen Xiang reveals his true form, st
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1995
Young Hero, Need a Ride? 少侠,打车不?
From the start, Lu Ping'an has nothing but a beat-up donkey cart, but in another world he becomes a ride-hailing driver. Complete System orders to earn points. You can exchange them for martial arts cultivation, rare treasures, and all kinds of other things, as well as upgrade your vehicle. Everything you could want is available. Lu Ping'an gives the reins a tug and asks, “Young hero, need a ride?”
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1996
Turning Falsehood into Truth: Weaver of Reality 炼假成真:现实编织者
An ordinary programmer unexpectedly gains the [Make the Fake Real] System, giving him the power to weave reality. As long as people believe what he says, he can accumulate “reality points” and turn fiction into fact! Teach a lazy orange cat to do a backflip, “arrange” a surprise afternoon tea for his hard-working colleagues, make his “bootlicking tyrant” boss suffer a humiliating defeat... But that's only the tip of the iceberg. What will happen when he turns his gaze to the deeper currents of h
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1997
The Twelve Talismans: I Become an Immortal in Late Ming 十二符咒我在明末当仙人
Because Lin Shendu shares his name with the great villain, Shendu, from the world of Jackie Chan Adventures, he was bound to the Twelve Talismans Inheritance System. As long as he can raise his profile, he can keep unlocking the talismans’ divine powers! From the start, his beginner’s gift pack gives him the Horse Talisman, which can heal anything. And that’s not all: the System also gives him a portal that lets him transmigrate to the late Ming dynasty! At first, Lin Shendu only wants to travel
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1998
I Can't Keep Playing the Protagonist 这主角我当不下去了
[Infinite Flow] [Original Worlds] [Troll System] [Growth and Adventure] [Multiple Female Leads, Probably] A philosopher once said that recognizing how insignificant you are is a sign of maturity. At the age of twenty-two, Yu Yuanbao finally realized he was one of eight billion parts of a vast system. Just as he gave up acting like a teenager and decided to get a job, his golden finger suddenly awakened. [Hello, Host. I’m the Protagonist Simulator, and my goal is to make you a one-in-ten-thousand
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1999
In Another World, I Pick Up an Amnesiac Girl From the Start 人在异界,开局捡到个失忆少女
One female lead, a little angst, loads of sweetness, a DNF reskin story A boy with fragmented memories transmigrates to another world, where he meets an amnesiac girl and begins a sweet everyday life. “By the way, didn’t you lose your memory? How do you know so much?” Lin Mo asked the bold girl in front of him, puzzled. “Lin Mo taught me,” Seria replied sweetly, though she kept one thought to herself: “But in the future.” A new author with a new book. The first ten chapters really are a bit rou
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2000
Honghuang: A Primordial Yin-Yang Flood Dragon, So There Is No More Golden Flood Dragon Scissors 洪荒:先天阴阳蛟,再无金蛟剪
[No System] [Has a Heroine] [Slow-Burn] [Traditional Style] [Sound Logic] [No Conspiracy Theories] [Creative Liberties] I transmigrated into the Primordial World. The good news: I’m a primordial lifeform, and later generations will remember me as a legendary figure. The bad news: the source of that legendary reputation is the treasure made from my corpse, the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, not me while I’m alive, the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon born of primordial yin and yang energy. The convergence of
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