Looking for BL Political Intrigue Novels. Not Too Long, Not Too Short, and No Simpering Wives 求双楠权谋文 不要太长 也不要太短 不要娇妻
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Mind Reading: After My Failed Suicide, I Became Everyone's Favorite 读心，求死失败后我成了万人迷
[Everyone’s Darling + Unconventional Heroine + Mind Reading + Wealthy Family + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + No Fixed Couple + Otome-Game Vibes] [Main story complete. It’s recommended that you turn off the comments while reading.] She, Lan Yetan, is a mentally ill girl with no desire to stay alive. After dying, she inexplicably transmigrates into the novel Green Tea Sweetheart: Soft and Sweet. At first, she plans to drift aimlessly through the world as a lonely ghost. Wait. Why has she bee
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After Marrying the Enemy Nation’s Crown Prince, I Turned the Tables 嫁给敌国太子后，我逆风翻盘了
New novel: After Becoming the Tragic, Powerful Villain Rong Se transmigrates into a book and becomes the sinister, ruthless villain in a political intrigue novel, a man who murders his father and brothers and covets the throne. But he is nothing more than a tool and a backdrop for the main couple’s flirtation. He repeatedly gives his all to help their romance, only for them to live happily ever after in the imperial palace while he dies alone, abandoned by everyone and without a whole body. Rong
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Additional Inheritance 附加遗产
Yaya was gone. She had killed herself. Though they weren't related by blood, she had been his older sister for over ten years. Now she had vanished just like that, leaving him a sizable inheritance and... a child. He was only nineteen that year, still a child himself, yet somehow he had to look after a teenager. The kid wasn't difficult to care for. The moodiness and rebelliousness of adolescence were nowhere to be seen. He was brilliant, far more mature and levelheaded than his age suggested, a
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Who Takes Whom Seriously? 谁把谁当真
One is a fickle playboy who lives life as he pleases. The other has been through countless trials and puts reason before emotion. A relationship that began with “living in the moment” gradually turned into a bloodless battle of wits, where each tried to win the other’s heart. They distrust each other, yet feel drawn to one another, constantly testing each other’s limits with suspicion and probing. They knowingly fall into the trap, surrendering to feelings in confusion, until they’re caught in a
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Yet You Love Someone Else 你却爱着一个他
Proud and self-assured, Jian Suiying loves fiercely and hates fiercely. He relentlessly pursues Li Yu, his younger brother Jian Suilin's classmate. But his arrogant, domineering attitude makes Li Yu feel deeply humiliated and provoked, awakening the beastly, frenzied side of this pampered young heir. Desire and affection become hopelessly entangled, impossible to separate. What seems to be nothing more than a pursuit and contest between the two gradually spirals out of control because of Jian Su
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The Sissy of the 188 Club 188男团娘娘腔
Li Chengxiu was timid and taciturn, and ostracized throughout his school years. Shao Qun’s passing whim gave him the only warmth he had ever known, but it also pushed him, while still young, into even deeper darkness. More than a decade later, they meet again. To Shao Qun, Li Chengxiu is a sweet treat he never dared taste back then, so he deliberately draws close. Will this be a chance to redeem the past, or the beginning of another disaster?
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Raising a Darkened Power Minister 养成一只黑化权臣
A bronze mirror belonging to overworked modern office worker Lin Wei becomes a magical tool for “raising” someone in ancient times. In the mirror is Xie Heng, the future Chief Councilor who will wield power over the court and become ruthless. For now, though, he is a pitiful boy everyone bullies. And so begins a cross-temporal “science-powered cheat”: > Framed? [Use washing soda and vinegar to make a smoke bomb and escape!] > Short on money and food? [Here’s a guide to growing potatoes and swee
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Woman in a Man's Body: Is the Heroine's Child Mine? 女穿男：女主的崽是我的？
[Female-to-male transmigration + transmigrate into a book + devoted couple] Yan Xi fell asleep and transmigrated into an old-school male-led novel. Staring at the soft, feminine face in the mirror and the extra parts between her legs, it took a long while for her brain and eyes to reconcile what they were seeing. Only then did she realize she had gone from a woman to a man, and not just any man, but one who dressed as a woman!!!
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Spring Ripples 折春漪
Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve
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A Sweet, Obedient Woman Gets the Best of Life, and the Crown Prince Can't Get Enough 乖巧的女人最好命，太子欲罢不能
(P.S. Strong male lead, weaker female lead, pure historical romance, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, sweet romance.) Wen Li'er is gentle and mild-mannered, the cherished darling of her parents. She thought she'd marry a man she loved and spend her life raising children and managing the household. But an imperial decree from the Empress made her the lowest-ranking consort in the Eastern Palace. Unable to bear the blow, Wen Li'er fell seriously ill and spent half a year bedridden.
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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Every Psycho I Bullied and Toyed With Fell in Love With Me 我欺凌玩弄过的疯批，都爱上我了
*Quick transmigration | devoted couples | no romantic rivalry between women | male pursues female *Elegant, self-interested, rational heroine × sexually voracious, unhinged male leads❗ Yun Siyao was sickly and frail, yet cold and self-serving by nature. Bound to a System, she traveled to various small worlds to complete missions. Who could have guessed she’d get entangled with a sinister madman every time, each one refusing to let her go! [World One: Beautiful, vicious female powerbroker vs. unh
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The Poisonous Consort 一品毒妃
Su Ziyu is a poison-medicine doctoral expert from the twenty-second century, undefeated in the art of poison and unmatched among poison doctors. But fate had other plans. In an instant, she transmigrated thousands of years into the past, to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, becoming Su Ziyu, the cowardly, weak-willed, foolish concubine-born daughter of the prime minister’s household. Imprisoned, with her birth mother dead, her stepmother persecuting her, and her sisters poisoning her, she faces a brutal
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The Way to Break the Deadlock 破局之道
My new novel is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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After I Helped My Violent Husband Cheat the System, He Demanded Kisses Every Day 我带暴戾夫君开挂后，他日日索吻
[Court Intrigue + Woman Disguised as a Man + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Female Lead Joins the Army Early On and Enters Court Politics Later + A Little Household Drama + Country and Family + Winning Back the Wife + Love-Brained Male Lead + Romance] The general of the empire, Zhan Xunye, took up arms alongside his father at eighteen. A heroic young man, he was brave in battle and a military genius without equal. But he was also violent, quick-tempered, cruel, and bloodthirsty. People feared and hat
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Twin Crowns of the Ashen Palace 烬宫双冕
[Dual male leads, both sexually inexperienced. A bold, passionate bottom versus a calculating, deep-minded top. A slow-burn story with some angst, but a happy ending] He is the crown prince of a fallen dynasty, left with no family or country. When he meets the crown prince of the current dynasty, they hit it off at once, and feelings grow between them amid repeated probing and entanglement. Threads of fate wind through the vortex of power. As they struggle amid political schemes and endure heart
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After My Father the Emperor Grew Suspicious of Me, I Chose to Rule the World 被父皇猜忌后我选择统领天下
This book has been adapted into a short drama. After my father the emperor grew suspicious of me, I chose to rule the world. Suspected despite being the crown prince, I chose to become a bandit. Reborn as a cannon-fodder crown prince who was framed, I threw a tantrum on the spot. [Father and son turn against each other + unhinged crown prince + face-slapping + ruthless kills + exhilarating thrills + going crazy] Li Yi transmigrates into a political intrigue novel as the crown prince, bringing al
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The Emperor’s Favorite Minister? No, I’m Rebellious to the Bone! 皇帝宠臣？不，我一身反骨！
[Power Struggles] + [Political Scheming] + [High-Stakes Play] + [Not Mindless] The great clans grew powerful and took control of the imperial court. The emperor wanted to use me as a weapon to reclaim imperial authority, but he devised countless ways for me to die. Once he realized how useful I was, he even wanted to castrate me and turn me into a eunuch, so I could continue serving as his blade. The Left Chancellor, head of the great clans and a man of unfathomable depths, pointed to the fish
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Reborn: The Regent Plots to Overstep His Bounds Every Day 重生后，摄政王每日想着以下犯上
[Two male leads!!! No female lead, two equally powerful leads, one-on-one, both reborn] [The cold and restrained Regent, secretly passionate and aloof × the cold and languid Prince, secretly endlessly indulgent] I’m terrible at summaries, so just bear with this! “Your Majesty, please abdicate.” On the day the palace was surrounded, the Regent made his request in a cool, calm voice. The Emperor smiled. “I abdicate and yield the throne to you. How does that sound?” The Regent had supported the Fir
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Big Brother, You Handle the Emperor. I'll Take the Empress 大哥你来搞定皇上，皇后交给我
[Alternate History + System + Political Intrigue + Cunning Protagonist] Thanks to choosing the right pose, Xiao Ke transmigrates into the most powerful family in the land. His elder brother is a minister whose influence reaches across the court. He is allowed to wear his sword and shoes in the palace, walk without bowing before the emperor, and receive honors without having his name announced. The emperor feels as if a thorn is lodged in his back whenever he sees him... As the younger brother of
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After Faking My Death Failed, the Frail Young Master Was Spoiled by a Treacherous Official 装死失败后，病秧子被奸臣宠上天
(Completed) [Two male leads + equally powerful + healing and mutual devotion + ensemble cast and court intrigue + top’s perspective] [Entering the game as a treacherous minister to set things right × calculating people’s hearts from a frail body just to find a way to survive] The court is thrown into turmoil. A new emperor usurps the throne, and the imperial family’s legitimate line becomes trapped like beasts in a cage. Shen Jinmo is forced to flee as a child. After ten years living under an as
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The Regent Plots to Seize the Throne 摄政王他谋权夺位
Regent Xie Jinxu (bottom) ✘ Emperor Song Zelin (top) [Two male leads, alternate history, System, two lifetimes, devoted one-on-one romance] A ruthless, hypocritical, profit-driven, sickly beauty of a regent / A hopeless romantic emperor who often acts on a whim First Lifetime At first, A minister urged the emperor: “Your Majesty, the regent’s power has grown too great. I fear...” Song Zelin: “If the regent truly intends to rebel, I will kill him myself.” A friend urged the regent: “Jinxu, it’s
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How to Make Money with AI 如何使用AI赚钱
When AI Becomes a “Money Printer”: Unlocking the Business Secrets of Artificial Intelligence From voice interaction to scientific simulations, artificial intelligence has become a key force in business. It’s more than a tool for improving efficiency: it is reshaping how money is made. Some people profit from AI models, others earn passive income through plugins, and companies use AI to break through in fiercely competitive markets. The key to making money with AI is combining technology with r
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A Million-Dollar Dream for a Temp Girl 零工女孩的百万理想
Fang Tang is suddenly laid off at the end of the year, and it feels as if the sky has fallen. At 28, she’s unmarried, unemployed, and has barely any savings. Standing among the towering buildings and rushing traffic, she feels lost and helpless. What should she do next? What can she even do? She packs her things and returns to her village. At her first meal back, her mother says, “If you don’t have a job, get married!” Fang Tang looks up at her mother, whose hair has already gone gray at the tem
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The Countryside: Building a Peach Blossom Mountain Retreat 乡村：打造桃源山庄
[Mature Beauty + Mountain Foraging + Mushroom Farming + Rural Daily Life] Three mountains, one river, and a few acres of farmland. The farmer's spring water tastes a little sweet. There's land to plant and till, plus a stretch of woodland where you can pick mushrooms. Every mother-in-law loves a son-in-law like this.
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We All Grow Up Eventually 总会长大的
Feng Jin always says, “It’s okay. My mom and dad will always be by my side.” But she doesn’t know that one day, her parents may leave her forever without warning. Just like she thought Zhou Chunyi, whom she met, would never leave her, only for their departures to catch her completely off guard.
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After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫，新夫不见旧夫哭
(Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc
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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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After Reincarnating as a Cannon Fodder Boy, I Let Loose 穿成炮灰哥儿后放飞自我了
A sharp-tongued, versatile, level-headed bottom VS a buttoned-up, secretly passionate, devoted top A light, sweet 1v1 romance with both leads’ first times Modern short-video creator Chang Qing accidentally transmigrates into a book set in an unfamiliar dynasty, becoming a young man whose mother died early and who is about to be married off. From the start, two thugs corner him on a mountain, intent on assaulting him, but a village hunter comes to his rescue. When he faces the real culprit, his b
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The Max-Level Expert Becomes a God in a Supernatural Reality Show 满级大佬在灵异综艺里封神
Don't bother reading. Avoid this one, I ruined it… [Two male leads + transmigration + supernatural + livestreaming + entertainment industry + modern city life + romance] A powerful cultivation master transmigrates into the modern world, taking over the body of a small-time celebrity with the same name who is hated across the internet. Unable to afford the astronomical penalty for breaking his contract, he goes to a bridge to tell fortunes, where someone advises him to start livestreaming to m
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The Transmigrated Young Man Farms to Support His General Husband 穿越小哥儿靠种田养活将军汉
The little ge'er is the least valued person in the family. Everyone knows he isn’t a true son of the Song family, so they all treat him like a servant. After someone plots to send him tumbling off a cliff, he happens to be found by a hunter. Before he passes out, he grabs the man’s trouser leg and cries for help. When he wakes up, he’s become the lead in a “pants-pulling” incident. Song Tianzhen was blind as a dog in the apocalypse. His scumbag boyfriend and his boyfriend’s brother schemed to ki
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Transmigrating to a Famine Year: I Use My Pocket Dimension to Spoil My Husband 穿越荒年：我用空间娇养小夫郎
Transmigration + pocket dimension + natural disasters + husbands + children + farming + slow-paced Kang Sui’s entire family transmigrated into a novel she had once read. Luckily, her pocket dimension came with them. Otherwise, they never would have survived. The country was at war, and men were conscripted year after year. Life in town was difficult, so Kang Sui’s family moved to the countryside. After they moved, one natural disaster followed another: blizzards, three years of drought, locu
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An Infinitely Restocking Fridge: Raising a Chubby Husband 冰箱无限刷新：养夫郎，胖胖的
[Male-male romance] [Infinite refreshes] [Daily life] [Farming] [Dual Systems] Lin Feng transmigrated to ancient times, where his parents had died early, leaving him the blue-brick, tiled-roof house his grandfather had left behind. When relatives and friends coveted the property and tried to seize it, he stood his ground. During this time, he unexpectedly discovered that the person next door, Li Qing, was his childhood sweetheart from another world, who had transmigrated here with him. Thus beg
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Transmigrating Into a World of Clear Skies and Bright Moonlight 穿越之风光霁月
Two male leads + transmigration + farming + pocket dimension + romance Feng Ji transmigrated to ancient times and found himself a prince for a boyfriend. Their parents accidentally caught them together. Feng Ji: “A Heng, do you think we’ve done something wrong?” Jun Muheng: “What? You want to break up with me?” Feng Ji: “No! When did I ever say that???” Jun Muheng: “Once you’re mine, you’re mine. Don’t even think about leaving me. You’re mine in life and mine in death. Hmph!” Feng Ji: “???? You’
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The Reborn Grand Secretary Seeks Revenge with the God of War General 首辅重生，和战神将军一起复仇
“Two male leads, both powerful, one-on-one, both virgins, reborn, sweet romance, political intrigue, switch, happy ending” Scheming, possessive chief minister x domineering, icy, jealous God of War In his previous life, blind and foolish, he met his end torn apart by five horses. Reborn, Xu Yinuo decided to enter officialdom early and fight for a different ending. What you owe me, you’ll pay back. Blood debts must be repaid in blood. I’ll take my enemies’ money bags. I’ll take their strateg
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Who Can Cultivate Immortality Without Going Crazy? 搞修仙的谁不疯呢
[Just started getting ratings, and they’ll go up, so enjoy without worry] [Two male leads + both powerful + transmigration into a book + comedy + one-on-one, both pure] [Sharp-tongued king who’s also genuinely strong, the bottom x a refined gentleman on the surface, but actually possessive and obsessive, the top] Yan Yangsheng transmigrates into a book and discovers he has become the male protagonist. Terrified, he quickly finds an upright, powerful man to cling to. When Yan Yangsheng’s identity
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I Tried to Save the Tragic Beauty, but the Mad Jealous One Played Me Instead 拯救美强惨，反被疯批醋精套路
[Reborn + madman + sweet romance + no female lead] Wei Jinshu is reborn. His family hasn't been destroyed, he hasn't fallen into slavery, and his enemies haven't handed him over as a plaything to the gloomy, bloodthirsty Prince Regent Chu Xie. He's still the pampered young master of the Loyal and Brave Marquis's household. Meanwhile, Chu Xie, the madman who stood above everyone in Wei Jinshu's previous life, the man who frightened him so badly his legs went weak, is now wandering among the commo
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The Concubine-Born Son Beneath the Silken Hair 庶子青丝之下
[Two Male Leads + From Rivals to Lovers + Mutual Firsts + A Mystery of Their Origins] After getting drunk, Qin Chu somehow ended up spending the night with a man and didn’t return home. To protect his reputation, Qin Chu fled in the middle of the night. Little did he know that this man would one day become his husband! Qin Chu, a concubine-born son of the Qin family, kept his face hidden behind his long hair every day because of a disfigurement. After hiding behind his hair for more than a decad
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The Ninth Empire 第九帝国
[Alternate Empire + War Among a Hundred Races + Supernatural Powers + Battles Across Different Worlds + Hunter Guilds + Slow-Burn Opening + Ensemble Cast + Both Thrills and Heartbreak] God gave life to all things and created the world. As God lay dying, humanity betrayed the divine, seized greed and wisdom, and founded an empire. The successor inherited the gods' power, swore to destroy the world, and founded the Church. From then on, the Empire and the Church waged war for ten thousand years. T
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You Said It Was a Famine Year, So Why Is Your Table Covered in Meat at Every Meal? 说好荒年，怎么你家顿顿满桌肉
Hunter + farming + stockpiling grain before making a move + rebellion and conquest + ten kingdoms, countless beauties [Current fate star: Mountain dweller] [Today's fortune: Blessings and misfortune intertwined] [Great fortune: At the northern foothills of Second Black Mountain, a deer has died of old age in the mountains. Go there to claim its entire hide and carcass.] [Fair: At the foot of Little Black Mountain, a pheasant is caught in the brambles. Hurry over and you might find something extr
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The Deadly Martial Arts of Online Games 网游之死亡武侠
Down-and-out fitness blogger Su Wangchuan takes a high-paying job at a gaming studio, grinding for gold and farming resources. After starting work, he realizes something is off. Why does he seem to have gotten stronger...?
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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...
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Everyone Stakes Their Life: I Become the Grim Reaper and Save the Goddesses of the World 全民氪命：化身死神救济天下女神
[Transmigration into another body + multiple heroines + hidden secrets + everyday life + cheat ability + ruthless decisiveness + absurdly high stats + two-form transformation + Titled Douluo certified] Take it slow at first, then become invincible in the middle and late stages! Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: I transmigrated into a tabby cat! In this world, people awaken their Life Wheel Spirit Mark at eighteen, and lifespan is quantified as a stat. To get stronger, you have to spend
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Join the Army and Get a Wife? I Marry Eighteen Women in a Rage 当兵就发媳妇？我怒娶十八房老婆
“What? You can get a wife for free if you enlist? Then I’m joining the army!” Li Wannian is reborn into the declining Li Tang imperial family. He proceeds carefully, extending the Li Tang Dynasty's life by three hundred years!
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