Tomato Books: Are There No Good Reads Besides the 9.9-Rated Ones? 番茄，除了9.9就没有好书了
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The Literary Champion of Great Song 大宋文魁
Zhang Tangqing, the young owner of a shop in the ancient city of Qingzhou, transmigrates to the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, an era bright with stars. Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Bao Zheng, Di Qing, and a host of other great figures all make their entrances. See how Zhang Tangqing makes his mark in the Great Song, becomes its most dazzling literary talent, and leads the dynasty down the path to wealth and strength.
3.8kReads8.9Score377Shelves
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The System Just Activated, and the Goddess Called for Help 系统刚激活，女神打来求救电话
[Satisfying Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System + No Cultivation + One Female Lead + Dad Hero + Business Wars] Zhou Yuchen used to be a programmer at a gaming company. After being laid off, he started a successful business. Then he was diagnosed with liver cancer and transmigrated to a parallel world, bringing along the game he had developed. All Zhou Yuchen had to do was study diligently and improve his proficiency to gain the corresponding skills from the game. It took him four years to fi
45.2kReads8.8Score3kShelves
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The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令
[Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave
304.2kReads9.5Score44.2kShelves
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The Ming Dynasty's Greatest County Magistrate 大明第一县令
After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, Xia Ren spent five years turning impoverished Pei County into the greatest county in the empire, all so he could enjoy a life of nightly music and entertainment in the pleasure quarters. Yet in his annual memorials to Zhu Yuanzhang, he complained of poverty every year, claiming that the people had no food and bandits ran rampant... Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang came to Pei County to pay respects to his ancestors, and decided to have the rotten official’s h
818Reads7.8Score101Shelves
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The Great Ming Shrimp Prince 大明虾亲王
Xiaren went to teach in a remote mountain village, but by a twist of fate ended up in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era as Empress Ma's nephew. A single song about the Zhu family being doomed threw the Hongwu Emperor into turmoil and sent the wheel of Ming history veering onto a different path!
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Drought in Ancient Times: Leading My Family South to Escape Famine 古代旱灾：带领家人南下逃荒
(Adapted into a comic drama) [Drought and Flight from Famine + Turbulent Times + Sign-In + Alternate History] The final years of the Great Ji dynasty were marked by upheaval. Drought, famine, banditry, plague, and war: one disaster after another struck the land. Xia Ren, once an elite mercenary on Blue Star, died and arrived in this chaotic age, his soul transmigrating into the body of a man with the same name. A drought and famine were underway. To survive, he led his family south to flee the f
14.1kReads7.9Score1kShelves
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I Took a Super Mall on a Tour of Ancient Times 带着超级商场逛古代
[Print edition published] [Complete] [Alternate History + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Modern Weapons + Power Fantasy + Farming + Lighthearted Comedy + Daily Life] No money? I can pull out anything from my pocket dimension and live off it for the rest of my life. You’re a grandmaster? Let’s see how many bullets you can withstand. Want to get stronger? I just need a sip of water from my pocket dimension. I punish thugs, kill villains, fleece the Japanese, and take on the West. Food deliver
34.2kReads8.9Score3kShelves
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A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州
Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye
30.3kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
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I Lived from the Early Ming Dynasty to the Founding of the People's Republic 我从明初活到建国
[Longevity] [Healing] [Feel-good power fantasy] In the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, Yang Xuan met Xu Da, who had returned from a failed northern campaign. To fill his belly, Yang Xuan agreed to become Xu Da’s disciple, beginning his years in the Great Ming dynasty. He lived through the bloodshed of the Hongwu era, witnessed the nations paying court during the Yongle era, and saw the prosperity of the Ren and Xuan reigns. He was Zhu Biao’s close friend and confidant. He was the person Zhu Di t
36.2kReads8.7Score3kShelves
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The Carefree Heir: Being a Hero Is Way More Fun Than Being Emperor 摆烂世子，当皇帝哪有当大侠爽
No System The laziest idle young lord in the capital lets something slip while drunk, and his careless remark is taken as a brilliant strategy for governing the country. For a young man whose heart belongs to the martial world, it’s like being struck by lightning. “What? You want me to become the Crown Prince’s heir? Grandfather must be out of his mind.” “Don’t make me turn morning court into a dueling stage and use the Imperial Seal as the prize!” “The martial world is waiting for me, clamoring
14.5kReads6.9Score1kShelves
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Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁
[Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec
120.8kReads9.2Score11.2kShelves
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Three Days Until I Transmigrate to Ancient Times, So I Took Out a Loan to Clear the Shop 三天后穿越古代，我贷款清空商城
[Stockpiling Supplies] [Multiple Heroines] [System] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] [Decisive and Ruthless] As a modern-day worker trapped in the 996 grind, Li Da was cheated on by his wife and betrayed by his brother. He was about to end his life on the rooftop. But to his surprise, he was bound to the [Rise of the Ancient Era System], which also gave him a portable storage space. In three days, he would be able to transmigrate back to ancient times! Li Da was overjoyed. If he couldn't make it in th
38.8kReads7.5Score2.9kShelves
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Great Qian’s Top-Tier Star: The Fugitive Son-in-Law Who Ran from His Wedding 大乾顶流：逃婚驸马爷
[Transmigration + alternate history + no System + showing off and face-slapping] My name is Su Yan, and I transmigrated into the body of the spoiled son of a Duke of the Great Qian Kingdom. At first, I wanted to start a small business and coast on my father's glory, living the carefree life of a god: fighting crickets, walking dogs, taking a whole harem of wives and concubines, and listening to music at the pleasure quarters whenever I had nothing else to do. Then my father told me I was betroth
231.1kReads8.5Score19.2kShelves
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I Opened a Clinic in the Great Tang 我在大唐开诊所
Chu Tianqing, an emergency room doctor, transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty after a medical dispute. With his modern medical knowledge and a System called “Modern Community Hospital,” he becomes a renowned physician of the Tang dynasty. Chu Tianqing: “Your Majesty, your blood pressure is a little high!” “Minister Fang, your blood sugar is through the roof.” “Duke Su, I always thought you were all muscle under that layer of fat. Turns out your blood lipids are high too!”
34.2kReads8.1Score2.9kShelves
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Young Master’s Guide to World Domination 小富即安？不，本公子意在天下
[Slow burn + farming + poetry plagiarism + political intrigue + the martial world and the imperial court + beauties] Chen Xiaofu transmigrates into the Great Zhou Dynasty as an illiterate illegitimate son of the Divine General of Kaiyang's household. He owns the Huaxi estate and a thousand acres of fertile land. More importantly, he has a fiancée who is breathtakingly beautiful and considerate. There is no melodramatic broken engagement, and Chen Xiaofu is perfectly happy with his life. He plans
52.5kReads8.2Score3.2kShelves
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Transmigrated to a Year of Famine, I Lead the Whole Village to Become Bandits 穿越荒年，带着全村当山贼
[Alternate history] [One heroine] [Comedy] [Dual Systems] [Dual Transmigration] [Keep a low profile and build strength early on, then head south to capture the dragon] Jiang Jingshi: "I got hit by a car and ended up at the bottom of a river, then transmigrated to a dynasty suffering from a great drought and famine, with wars raging at home and abroad. I've got a sick mother, a little sister to look after, and a 'sweet and innocent' wife I married on the cheap. Luckily, I have a Bandit System. Th
16.3kReads7.6Score1.5kShelves
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You Pulled Strings to Make Me a Scholar, and I Passed All Three Exams? 走后门让你成秀才，你连中三元？
The print edition of A Match Made in Heaven is now available. Search for the author's name, Cai Bibi, on major platforms to buy a copy. Su Yu transmigrates to ancient times. On the day he fails the imperial exam for the fifth time, he marries the Princess of Changle, who has disguised herself as an ordinary girl. Before Su Yu can roll up his sleeves and earn a living to support his lovely wife, news of an imperial exam result that had been overlooked suddenly arrives. From then on, the good news
29.5kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
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Great Tang: The Treasury Rats Leave in Tears, While My Private Vault Is Overflowing 大唐：国库老鼠含泪走，我的私库堆不下
[From the start + ancient farming + prince + transmigration] Li Xiang transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty, just before the glorious reign of Zhenguan. All he wanted was to make money and enjoy life in this ancient world. By making sugar and salt, he could easily earn a fortune of a million strings of cash. Just as he was planning to enjoy the decadent pleasures of life in ancient times, a man called Old Li and his wife showed up at his door, often asking him about major court affairs. “You mean Li
796Reads7.9Score135Shelves
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A Special Forces Soldier Reborn in Ancient Times, With Five Deadweights from the Start 特种兵重生古代，开局五个拖油瓶
The legendary special forces king Xiao Zhan is reborn, only to wake up as a consumptive invalid in a rundown courtyard in ancient times, with nothing to his name. Five gaunt children huddle in a corner: some are crying, some have fainted, and one has wet their pants. Gritting his teeth, Xiao Zhan struggles to his feet and is just about to find something to eat when someone kicks the broken door open. “Consumptive, pay back your debt today, or I’ll take your brats as payment!”
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The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避
[Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions
253.2kReads9.4Score21.2kShelves
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No More Wage Slavery After Graduation: I'm Becoming a Bounty Hunter 毕业后不做牛马，去当赏金猎人
[Comedy + Alternate setting + A touch of mystery + Adventure + Urban + No female lead] Investigating a murder from more than a decade ago, he pits his wits against a deranged serial killer. He transmigrates into a primeval jungle no one dares enter, searching for the bodies of people lost in a sinkhole. He enters a mysterious village deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find a little girl... What drove a recent college graduate to embark on this one-way journey? It all began with a haunted
104.9kReads9.3Score11.7kShelves
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Ordinary Immortal of the Nine Domains 九域凡仙
The path to immortality is uncanny, and humanity is lowly. All living beings are but pagodas, while the immortal heart is cold as frost. The young Fang Chen unexpectedly gains an immortal opportunity, but he has only one wish: to wield the immortal sword in his hand and bring peace to the world for all generations.
72.3kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
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Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始
(The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for
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The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm 长生剑，红尘仙
[Steady even in the thick of things, sharp-minded, kind-hearted, skilled in both combat and scholarship.] [Upright values, a conscience, and unmatched strength. Keep a low profile to the extreme, and you can afford to live boldly.] A little Taoist priest who has not yet mastered his skills arrives on the Flowing Cloud Continent. True to his unwavering Taoist convictions, he slays demons, exorcises evil, and upholds justice. This book is also titled The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal
27.7kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
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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
538.5kReads9.4Score47.6kShelves
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Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨
Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are
94.8kReads8.9Score8.4kShelves
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The Eldest Miss’s Exclusive Troublemaking Lackey 大小姐的专属惹事跟班
My name is Qin Luo, and I found myself inside an urban novel that combined every kind of Dragon King storyline. From the start, I got the “Strongest Lackey System.” The more lackey-like things I did, the stronger I became. What else could I do? I chose to become Su Muwan's personal lackey. She would eventually become the final great villain. I provoked all sorts of chosen ones, seized their opportunities, and did every kind of evil. You ask who is pulling my strings? Hmph! You're not worthy of k
64.2kReads9.2Score6.6kShelves
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Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！
Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte
233.9kReads9.0Score24.4kShelves
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The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！
[Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O
73.4kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
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Dual Transmigration: Hardship in the Fantasy World, Luxury in the City 双穿：玄幻吃苦，都市享福
Also titled: My Fantasy World Corpse Scavenging Makes Me Invincible, My City Life Makes Me a Tycoon Dual-world travel (fantasy and modern city), feel-good power fantasy with no suffering for the protagonist, all thrills from start to finish. The protagonist gains a devouring space, letting him act as a middleman between the modern city and the fantasy world, making a fortune while pursuing immortality. In the fantasy world, the devouring space can consume cultivators' corpses and memories, the
54.1kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves
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The Tale of Reincarnation 转生传
[Reincarnation + pocket dimension + cultivation + alchemy + divine beasts + hilarious] The Ancestor Ye of the Danfu Sect has a grandchild! This child fell from the sky, is exceptionally gifted, and is adored by all. The entire sect treats the little one like royalty. The Demon Emperor told Ancestor Ye, “There’s an almighty being behind this child. I keep feeling like a pair of eyes is watching me.” After the little one entered a secret realm for the first time, a life of cheating their way to su
17.6kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
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Cultivation: Recording the Good Life 修仙：记录美好生活
After obtaining the Record System, all Lu Yao has to do is capture interesting moments to earn all kinds of rewards. And so begins his recording journey in the world of cultivation. “This year’s list of prodigies has to have Saint Son Lingyun at the top, right?” “The top swordsman of Beiyuan would be a reasonable choice too.” “The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Demon? It’s a bit of a stretch, but I guess that works too.” “...” “What do you mean some nobody defeated every prodigy single-handedly, and there
116.9kReads9.0Score10.8kShelves
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Reborn: Patenting Every Technology to Sever the West’s Tech Advantage 重生：全系专利，斩断欧美科技树
[Cutting-edge technology + business + military industry + defending the country + upright values] Carrying the memories of two thousand scientists from every field, Chen Hao is reborn on the day of the college entrance exams in the year 2000. He missed the exam and scored just 180 points? He solves the ten greatest conjectures in mathematics, and the top ten universities fight to recruit him! His father is bankrupt and about to jump off a building from the start? He builds the XP System and
31.4kReads9.0Score3kShelves
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Dragon Head 龙头
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
28.7kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
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I Turned My Superstitious Father into the Chief Councilor 我把神棍老爹卷成首辅
[Ensemble cast + imperial examinations + daily life + farming + court politics later on] Father and son join forces to build a Ming dynasty on which the sun never sets. Yan Xun transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and discovers that his father can do everything except study. His dad has so many secret identities, like an onion with layer after layer to peel back. Huh! If I push Dad hard enough to make him Grand Secretary, can I become a Junior Grand Secretary? The filial son Yan Xun sells everythin
27.1kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves
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Lying Flat at the Brothel, Listening to Music, and Now the System Is Panicking 躺平勾栏听曲，系统急了
[Lighthearted + funny + invincible master lineage + bandit System + powerful backer + whole sect full of sneaky schemers + everyone’s favorite + throwing his weight around + cultivation, but not too serious, all about mining] After spending five years listening to music in the pleasure quarters, the System can't take it anymore. [System: Buddy, do you want to be invincible in this world? Just complete the beginner's quest...] Xu Anshan: Do you think I need that? I am the Peak Master of Wushi Pea
49.9kReads9.4Score4.7kShelves
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Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力
[Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na
339kReads9.7Score47.8kShelves
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I'm a Goofball, So Being a Little Invincible Is Totally Reasonable 我一个沙雕无敌亿点很合理吧
Top rich kid Lin Bei becomes intellectually disabled after a car accident, commonly known as an idiot. At the same time, the world undergoes a global upheaval: demons and monsters return, and danger keeps closing in. Lin Bei: You don’t actually think I’m a moron, do you? [Ding! System warning: Host, please don’t use your mental impairment as an excuse to do whatever you want…]
58.5kReads9.3Score12.7kShelves
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After the Goddess Died Tragically, I Drew My Sword and Slayed Ghosts! 女神惨死后，我拔剑斩鬼！
That day, I received a strange food delivery order. A goddess who had died a tragic death was begging me for help. After that, I became a spirit courier. I clear the way for wronged souls and guide the dead on their final journey!
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Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球
This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror
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