Taoist Priests and Metaphysics, Preferably with No Romance 道士、玄学最好无CP
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She's a Deity! Of Course Catching Ghosts and Exorcising Demons Makes Sense 她！神明！抓鬼收妖很合理吧
[Alternate Universe + Goddess Descends to the Mortal World + Real-World Ghost Hunting + A Few Adorable Monster Companions] Luo Sheng is a baby who fell from the sky. She grew up with her master at a Taoist temple, and only came down the mountain when she started university... On her first day of school, she meets an upperclassman plagued by yin energy and pursued by a female ghost. Her roommate is being stalked by a water ghost after saving someone's life. She forms a contract with a thousand-ye
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He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！
[Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot
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- 3 A Max-Level Metaphysics Expert's Daily Fortune-Telling Livestream 满级玄学大佬的直播算命日常 [No female lead + livestreaming + metaphysics expert + feng shui secrets + ghost hunting + immortal cultivation] After failing to ascend, the head of the Divination Sect transmigrates into the body of a small owner of a paper effigy shop. To cultivate the Great Dao anew and ascend once more, this top-tier metaphysics expert begins livestreaming his daily fortune-telling sessions. Reading faces, telling fortunes, locating dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, reading feng shui: this half-immo 29.1kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
- 4 EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves
- 5 The Daoist Descends the Mountain: The Revival of Eerie Energy 道爷下山之诡气复苏 The uncanny returns, throwing yin and yang out of balance. Ghosts and monsters roam by night, slaughtering people until the human world becomes a living hell. Everyone lives in constant fear. Only I emerge from a mountain Taoist temple. I cultivate the Great Way of Yin and Yang, wield the art of slaying the uncanny, and shatter all illusions and evil spirits. Evil spirits wreaking havoc? I will suppress them with Taoist arts. The uncanny tide spreading? I will cut it down with a single sword. De 9.6kReads8.3Score694Shelves
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I Asked You to Pose as a Taoist Priest, So Why Are You Wearing a Celestial Master's Robe? 让你假扮道士，你怎么披上天师服
[Hardcore] [Popular Science] [Urban] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ye Guan cosplayed a mad Daoist priest at an anime convention. His costume was so convincing that people mistook him for a real Daoist and invited him to their company to perform a ritual. Just then, he awakened the True or Fake Celestial Master System. The company wanted a lucky start to business? He invited the Three Gods of Wealth right through the door. But when a video of the ritual was posted online, netizens lau
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- 7 Amazing! The Taoist's Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, the Police Stake Him Out to Rack Up Cases 惊！道长算命太准警察蹲守领业绩 [Metaphysics Expert + No System or Golden Finger + Real and Fake Young Masters + Underworld + One Heroine, Marriage First and Love Later + Satisfying and Sweet] When her childhood sweetheart and fiancé left to study abroad, Qin Wushuang, head of the Qin family conglomerate, was left behind. To get back at him, she signed a marriage contract with an orphan, Su Chen, who would serve as his substitute. For three years, Qin Wushuang left him alone in the villa, only visiting once in a while. The ser 15.8kReads7.9Score1.4kShelves
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A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客
[No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side.
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I Work as Meng Po's Underling 我给孟婆当小弟
I’m the young apprentice of Meng Po. I’m your comeuppance. I’m the most terrifying urban legend. I’m a mage who walks in the darkness. I’m the guardian of the order between yin and yang. I’m also the unluckiest person in the world. The story begins on Tomb-Sweeping Day, when I arranged to meet a girl I’d been chatting with for a long time...
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- 10 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 149.1kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves
- 11 The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗 [Rookie climbs the ranks + No System + Not a power fantasy + Slow burn] Fan Shengman graduated from Longhu Mountain Taoist Academy with a four-year bachelor's degree. Legend has it that once a Taoist priest receives a celestial register, his name is entered into Heaven's official records and he is appointed an immortal official. By upholding justice, slaying demons, and building merit in the mortal world, he can keep rising through the ranks, eventually earning a place among the immortals. As a 1.8kReads8.9Score134Shelves
- 12 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 168.2kReads9.1Score15.8kShelves
- 13 Laying Low as a Villain in the Cultivation World 苟在修仙世界当反派 [Xianxia + lighthearted + hilarious + ordinary mortal + absurd] After accidentally transmigrating to a cultivation world, I discover that I’m the sect’s most hated bully, and that I have an unscrupulous master who disappeared after visiting a brothel. I meant to turn over a new leaf and start behaving, but everyone wants to harm me. So I’ll just have to work hard and become the strongest under heaven! I raise spirit pets, puff on a pipe, and know exactly how to charm fairies. I slay immortals an 52.8kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves
- 14 Beyond the Extraordinary 奇人之上 [Not a power fantasy] [Comeback] [Carefully laid groundwork] [Schemes within schemes] [Mystery] [Growing protagonist] [Ensemble cast] [High martial arts] [Transmigration] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Devouring and sacrifice] [Alternate world] [Technology] [No limits] [Everyone is unhinged] [Heartbreak after heartbreak] What exactly is up there? Lu Lin was blind for half his life, then got lucky and regained his sight. The world lit up, and he was left numb. From then on, ghosts and spirits o 1.7kReads9.3Score147Shelves
- 15 The Urban Rogue Immortal 都市无赖神仙 [A Guide to Finding New Jobs for Laid-Off Heavenly Court Immortals] He had once been a stubborn stone used as a footrest beneath the Eight Trigrams Furnace of the Supreme Lord Lao. After five thousand years of being roasted by the furnace’s divine flames, he took human form, then spent over three thousand years cultivating in the Heavenly Court before finally joining the ranks of the immortals. He was the most carefree rascal in the Ninth Heaven, yet countless female immortals accused him of har 17.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves
- 16 Immortal King, Please Hurry Back! 仙王，求求您快回去吧 To better temper himself in the mortal world, a generation's Immortal King entered a world in the Age of Declining Magic. Little did he know that once he went, he would never want to return. "Immortal King, have you had your fun? If you have, hurry back! The Immortal Realm can't do without you!" "No way. There are no short videos or games in the Immortal Realm. I've spent billions of years there. I've had enough!" "I want to see for myself what this world has that's worth staying for!" From then 12.1kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 17 A Cultivator in Modern Society 现代社会的修仙道士 “Taoist priest, can you do magic?” “Magic? People believe in science these days, young man. You should believe in science.” With that, the Taoist in his robe leaps off a cliff and flies away on his sword, leaving the hiker who had camped in the wilderness staring in stunned disbelief. 14.5kReads8.5Score612Shelves
- 18 Memoirs of a Folk Taoist 民间道士回忆录 Everyone has a different path to walk at every stage of life. Just as people have periods of misfortune and prosperity, they also have ten-year cycles of good fortune. When your next cycle begins, it will mark a new starting point in your life. A folk Taoist priest is here with his memoirs, offering you a glimpse into authentic folk Taoism. 3.7kReads9.3Score702Shelves
- 19 Tales of the Shangqing Sect 上清宗往事 After accidentally stumbling into the Four Fiends Soul-Suppressing Formation, he finds his life ticking down to its end in seven years. He joins the Daoist sect in pursuit of immortality, grows stronger as he encounters zombies, ghosts, demons, and monsters, travels the human world and seeks out hidden realms, slays demons and monsters to prove the Dao, and searches through the Six Paths of Reincarnation for true immortality. Only today does he finally realize who he truly is. 5.9kReads8.8Score563Shelves
- 20 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 54.4kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
- 21 The Fated Divine Seer 天命神相 This world began from nothing. It all started at the very beginning! As Laozi said: “The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things!” From the moment I was named Jiang Yi, my fate was already sealed! Especially after I used my family’s ancestral fortune-telling art to read a classmate’s fortune on my eighteenth birthday. It completely changed the way I saw the world... 25.4kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
- 22 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
- 23 The Daoist in Blue 青衣道士 The Heavenly Dog devours the moon, the sky turns blood-red, and the Ghost Gate opens for the first time in a thousand years. A chaotic age begins. Can humans and ghosts coexist peacefully? Can the world remain safe? A young man emerges from the mountains, carrying on the most mysterious branch of the Divine Land's Daoist tradition. Burdened with a heavy responsibility, he enters this chaotic age and stirs the very fabric of the world... 2.8kReads—Score269Shelves
- 24 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
- 25 The Face Reader Comes Down From the Mountain 相师下山 A country boy receives the true teachings of a Taoist master, then heads down the mountain and makes his way in the city. What can a rough country boy like him do? Qin Hai smiles faintly. “I can read faces and bones, appraise antiques, cast the Six Yao, and tell your fortune from your birth chart!” 38.2kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
- 26 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
- 27 The Dragon Vein's Sunken Coffin 龙脉沉棺 My grandfather was the last tomb raider in the trade to wear an official uniform while plying his craft. When he was buried, what he held in his mouth wasn't a soul-calming pearl, but half of a bronze fragment. Seven years later, an archaeological team discovered a Shang-Zhou sacrificial pit beneath my family's old house. The team leader quietly handed me a photo that night. Engraved on the bronze fragment were the words: “Tomb Raider Captain, read this and meet your doom.” Only then did I reali 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Yin Fourth Gate 阴四门 [One heroine + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium] (Adapted into an audio IP) Prequel to "A One-Stop Funeral Service, with Cyber Immortals by My Side" (It’s perfectly normal for a funeral officiant like me to summon immortals, right?). The Yin Four Trades: an occupation that lives entirely off the dead. What would happen if the strongest spirit medium within thousands of miles joined one of the Yin Four Trades… 824Reads8.6Score150Shelves
- 29 The Imperial Physician of the Capital 京华御医 Using medicine as her path to power, Ling Ran begins with her extraordinary medical skills. As she treats and saves lives, she meets all kinds of people and builds a network of connections. With wisdom beyond her years and a keen understanding of human nature, she resolves one crisis after another amid complicated political, commercial, and family rivalries. She punishes corruption and advances the capable, all while uncovering the mystery of her own origins. Step by step, she rises to the pinna 21Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 30 The Ghost Mercenary Corps 幽灵佣兵团 A decisive protagonist, no filler, one heroine, and a steady update schedule of at least 6,000 characters a day. After returning home to avenge his younger sister, Chu Feng went abroad and formed his own mercenary group. As he built it up, one opponent after another emerged to challenge him. Along the way, he gradually uncovered the world's hidden secrets. This is mainly a feel-good power fantasy, with a small cast and a fast pace. There are no idiotic villains or contrived scenes of suffering j 5.9kReads8.9Score459Shelves
- 31 The Mountain Keeper 守山人 My family has been guarding the mountain for generations. Every generation, someone meets an untimely end at the age of forty. The curse was broken in my grandfather's generation, but it came at a great cost. A soul dwells in each mountain, and one person holds each mountain at bay. 4.1kReads8.7Score472Shelves
- 32 Miscellaneous Writings from the Mountains 山野杂文录 At the dawn of ancient Huaxia civilization, humanity yearned for immortality. Across countless generations, not one mighty figure escaped death in the river of time. Yet people still toil in pursuit of eternal life, unaware that someone has already broken the curse of mortality, only to be denied by Heaven itself. 8Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 33 Records of the Daoist Gate's Strange Cases 道门诡事录 [Ghost Raising, Supernatural Suspense, Curses, Dark Arts, Witchcraft, Uncle Jiu, Folk Mysticism, Zhuyou Healing, One Female Lead] I make ghosts my slaves and evil spirits my servants, walking through the shadows shunned by the Daoist sects. I refine corpses and raise ghosts, use blood sacrifices to command spirits, summon ghosts to ask for directions, borrow life with talismans, seal ghost pacts in tattoos, and refine corpse parasites into puppets... At midnight, ghosts clap their hands. In the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Peerless Celestial Master 绝代天师 My grandfather was the last feng shui master. Before he died, he arranged five betrothals for me. I observed mourning for three years. The moment I emerged from seclusion, the five families, newly wealthy after changing their fate, joined together to humiliate me and force me to break off the engagements! But they don’t know that the price they’ll pay for breaking off these engagements will haunt them for the rest of their lives... 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Strange Tales of Suolong Mountain 锁龙山异闻 Her grandfather died mysteriously deep in Suolong Mountain. His body was covered in bite marks, yet his palm clutched half of a bronze plaque engraved with a dragon. Lin Mo, a graduate student in history, returns to her hometown to investigate, only to uncover a series of strange events: seven people have gone missing from the mountain village in six months, and the construction crew hears crying every night. The “Bone Dragon legend,” which she once dismissed as superstition, is closing in on he 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Mysterious Taboos 诡秘禁忌 A nameless young man, obscure and patient, has spent twenty years in Jiangnan. His mastery of ingenious mechanisms is astonishing. A young wanderer in the Northeast has lived by the sword, and each of his ten fingers is deadly... The Clay Doll Steward, the Bodhisattva, the Blacksmith, the Scholar, and the Other Shore Flower. What secrets lie within the burial ground that once sent the six greatest tomb raiders from north and south fleeing in disarray? Could it really have something to do with im 340Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 37 The Three Realms Are in Ruins, and Three Rebellious Troublemakers Cry, 'We're Back in Business!' 三界被砸，三大反骨仔高呼来活了 There are no more worshippers in the West, so Yahweh had a brainwave and joined forces with the eight great religions to wage a divine war against the Three Realms of the East. The three notorious troublemakers in the Heavenly Court were itching for a fight. Monkey: I think the Garden of Eden would make a fine place to grow Peaches of Immortality. I’ll just take it. Lotus Root Powder Monster: The Aegean Sea is mine. Poseidon, go ask Ao Guang for a job. Three Eyes and a Dog: You guys have picked 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Celestial Prison of the Three Realms 三界神仙监狱 Otaku Lin Fan's soul transmigrates! By chance, he becomes the warden of the Celestial Prison in the Immortal Realm. His position is even lower than that of the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, but thanks to his cunning, he soon makes a fortune. Taibai Jinxing peeped at the Seven Fairies bathing, so he gets locked up for forty-nine days? Lin Fan: “Great Immortal Taibai is such an upright man. How could he do something so vile? I don't believe it!” Taibai Jinxing: “Brother, you're the only one with 338Reads6.9Score125Shelves
- 39 The Secret Records of the Strange Artisan 诡匠秘录 Also known as The Strange Craftsman of the Countryside: Lamplight in the Well and The Corpse-Sewing Lantern Young Chen Qiyue’s grandfather is a mysterious corpse seamster. On the night he disappears, all he leaves behind is half a dirty corpse-oil lamp and a warning never to be ignored. The villagers are tight-lipped, afraid because of his identity as a “strange craftsman.” Ignoring their pleas, Chen Qiyue hears his grandfather coughing from the deep well in the old house and finds a fragment o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 At the Corpse Inn, a Hundred Mouths Chew on Karmic Debts 尸栈百口嚼孽债 A hundred families fed me, and the corpses of a hundred families sent me on my way. I grew up eating at funeral feasts, and became the youngest corpse-carrier in the whole region. One night, a headless bride arrived at the funeral home. By the old rules, a living person had to carry the yin corpse. I gritted my teeth and hoisted her onto my back, when suddenly a giggle came from beneath her wedding dress: “Young sir, you stole my offerings when you were three, knocked over my eternal lamp whe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
- 42 The Master of Ma Yi Divination 麻衣相师 My great-uncle had all kinds of abilities. One day, he told me he’d buried a treasure for me in a feng shui paradise… 28.1kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
- 43 Heir to the Maoshan Legacy 茅山传承人 I was born of a ghost. My mother died as soon as I was born, and no one knew who my father was. An old Taoist priest came to my home on the day I was born. When I was six, he took me up into the mountains to learn Taoist magic. 243Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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Daozhen Xuanbian 道真玄边
A remarkable encounter when I was six changed my entire life, allowing me to tell the true story of my life in a different way. The more I learned, the more I realized how little I understood. I marveled that everything in this world has its own laws, and that all forms among living beings are ultimately formless. The world is vast, and I am small. We can only do our best.
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The Taoist Tradition: Calamity of the Common Folk 玄门薪火：苍生劫
The Profound Gate: Calamity of All Living Things is a gripping supernatural mystery novel that draws readers into a fantastical world filled with secrets and terror. The story follows Lin Mo, a Taoist priest tasked with inheriting his family’s traditions and vanquishing demons. In a remote town stands an ancient mansion abandoned for many years. Not only is it said to hold a mysterious treasure, but its many eerie legends have also made it a place everyone avoids. In recent years, strange event
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- 46 I'm a Frail, True Heiress, So What's Wrong With Knowing a Little Mysticism? 我病弱真千金，会亿点玄学怎么了 [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying revenge + absurd comedy + no romance] Chi Le had lived for sixteen years before finding out his younger sister had been switched at birth! His parents said, “Your sister is frail and sickly, and can't take care of herself. You have to look after her.” One sleepless night, Chi Le went outside for a walk and saw his frail, sickly sister jump straight down from the third floor without a scratch. Chi Le: ? Then his supposedly helpless sister punched a thou 198.6kReads9.5Score35.2kShelves
- 47 Livestream Fortune-Telling: I Encounter a Wanted Criminal from the Start 直播算命：开局就遇通缉犯 [No Romance] [Strong Female Lead Power Fantasy] [Transmigration] [Livestreaming] [Fortune-Telling] [Ghost Hunting] After failing to ascend through tribulation, Jiang Ye, an ancestor of the cultivation world, transmigrated into the modern era. The lightning had stripped away most of her cultivation, so she had no choice but to go into seclusion. But after 156 years in seclusion, she was dug up by a reckless paranormal livestreamer! From then on, Jiang Ye began livestreaming fortune-telling and gh 3.3kReads8.9Score385Shelves
- 48 My Fortune-Telling Livestream Is So Accurate, the State Wants Me to Come Forward 直播算命太准，国家请我出山 [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Ghost Hunting + Satisfying Read] After being ambushed, the metaphysics expert Jiang Yi is reborn and unexpectedly bound to a merit system. System: “If you want to stay alive, you must ward off calamities and drive out ghosts to earn merit points. Otherwise, you'll drop dead immediately.” Jiang Yi: “???” Isn't “drop dead” a little too harsh? To keep herself alive, Jiang Yi decides to become a metaphysics streamer and earn merit by tellin 27.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
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