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Two Hundred Years Later, I Alone Hold Back the Apocalypse 两百年后，我独自镇压末世
I was once the world's first transcendent, a pioneer who ventured into the unknown. When I returned from two hundred years of being lost, the world had changed, and the mighty ran rampant. They said I was merely a relic abandoned by the times, the remnant of an ignorant fantasy. There was no place for me in the new world. What they did not know was this: I had witnessed the most insane horrors and the grandest downfalls. Dormant within me was an exalted existence capable of shattering the very l
360.3kReads9.3Score33.3kShelves
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The Godhood Game: Starting by Kidnapping All of Humanity 登神游戏，从绑架全人类开始
[Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Decisive and ruthless] [Smart protagonist] [High-martial-apocalypse setting] See injustice on the street? Kidnap a vicious bandit and rob him blind. Be even more ruthless than the bandit himself. The world is in chaos? Kidnap a foolish emperor and trade him for a divine martial art, then kill him once you have the technique. Save the Blue Star? Don’t get the wrong idea. I just happened to be passing by. The truth is, I want to kidnap all of humanity!
18.5kReads7.8Score1.4kShelves
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Time Stop, Time Stop, Time Stop, Time Stop, Time Stop, Time Stop, Time Stop! 时停时停时停时停时停时停时停！
[Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov
987.2kReads9.4Score84.9kShelves
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Lunacid: Supervisor! My Stat Bar Is Overflowing 月计：主管！我的属性栏溢出来了
(The Project Moon trilogy: Lobotomy Corporation, Library of Ruina, and Limbus Company. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless. There is a System, but it doesn't feature prominently. Angela is the heroine.) The Wings of the World. At first, this was the title given to the twenty-six companies that led humanity out of the apocalypse. At the time, the Head, or Company A, led Companies B through Z in building the City's last human settlement amid the wasteland. The reason these Wings of the World
15.3kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
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Limbus Company: The Broken Wing's Feather 月计：折翼之羽
[Contains a fair amount of original worldbuilding. If that bothers you, please steer clear.] My name is Lin Yan. I’m 22 years old, unmarried, and live in the civilian district in the southern part of Nest K. I work at a branch of Lobotomy Corporation, and every night I have to work overtime until eight before I can go home. I don’t take Enkephalin, and I only drink in moderation. I go to bed at eleven and get a full seven hours of sleep every day. Before bed, I always drink a cup of warm water,
12.9kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
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Project Moon: Star of the Mortal World 月计：尘世之星
(The opening contains a lot of defensive disclaimers.) [The complete Project Moon collection, with the dream of pulling out every knife. No System, no transmigration, just the author's own indulgence.] Carmen: "Mr. Youno, I cordially invite you to join our research institute!" Youno: "I'm not going." Carmen: "Mr. Youno, I cordially invite you to join our research institute!" Youno: "I'm just a man of action. I'm afraid I'm not up to the task." Carmen: "Mr. Youno, I cordially invite you to join
30.1kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
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From the Start, I Had a Bewitching Physique, and My Empress Master Went Mad for Me 开局女难之体，女帝师尊为我痴狂
[Empress + Special constitution + Mischievous rebellious disciple + Shamelessly adorable schemer + Lighthearted comedy] After transmigrating to the immortal realm, Lin Xingyun spent eighteen years listening to music in the pleasure quarters. Then his father and older brother, the family head and young master, suddenly vanished under mysterious circumstances. He was about to be driven out of the Lin family along with his mother. “No matter. I’ll handle this!” “Wait, there’s something off about th
27.1kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
1.1MReads9.9Score172.2kShelves
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
1.8MReads9.9Score186.2kShelves
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From the Start, Selling Muscle-Building Tonics at a Street Stall 开局地摊卖大力
[The Dali anime premieres on July 29. Search the title on Tomato to watch the PV.] 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. Muscle-Boosting Potion? Detoxifying Soybeans? Lucky Cherries? They can't keep them in stock! The world's top tycoons, richest men, popular streamers, and strongest experts all come to buy them. Jiang Nan: "I'm not even a tiny bit interested in money!
349.4kReads9.7Score43.7kShelves
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The Beasts We Ate Until We Burst Back Then 那些年，我们一起撑死的异兽
“We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi
72.5kReads9.1Score9kShelves
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High Martial: A Matchup? I Can Beat Even the Empress! 高武：对比？女帝我也包赢的！
My name is Xu Anyan. In my previous life, I left Blue Star, ventured into the stars, attained the throne of an emperor, and subdued the heavens. After I fell, I was reborn and bound to the [Comparison System] alongside the boy staying at my house. Every so often, the System compares our strength. If I win, I receive a huge cache of resources to help me grow faster. If I lose, I have to take on a [Devoted Simp Challenge]. I have absolute confidence in myself. There’s no way the latter could e
119.1kReads8.9Score14.3kShelves
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Are the Senior and Junior Sisters a Couple? I’ll Break Them Up! 师姐师妹是一对？给你拆散咯！
(Not a System novel + not a traditional cultivation novel + everyday romance + very slow pace + multiple heroines + junior sister first, then senior sister + ninety percent pure romance, ten percent something else) Jiang Ming unexpectedly discovers that his aloof, stunning senior sister and his soft, adorable junior sister have been in love for ten years. But as he spends time with them, he realizes their feelings are mistaken. They were simply relying on each other for survival when they were y
44.3kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
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The Supernatural Returns, and the Eternal Night Begins 灵异复苏，永夜降临
[Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa
398.3kReads9.3Score39.6kShelves
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I Was Reborn Invincible, but the System Sealed Me for Eighteen Years 重生即无敌的我被系统锁了十八年
After a life full of ups and downs and hardships, Gao Yang, an old man, finally found some peace in his seventies. Then a line from a beautiful livestreamer in a video, “You have to ride Route 318 at least once in your life,” got stuck in his head. He promptly hopped on his motorcycle and set off for the Potala Palace. But before he could even leave the city, he rode against traffic and came face-to-face with a fully loaded, hundred-ton truck that couldn't stop in time! With a splat, Gao Yang wa
94.6kReads7.8Score7.7kShelves
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Growing One Point a Year: From Country Bumpkin to Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 每年加一点从山野村夫成仙界道祖
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
847.8kReads9.7Score96.6kShelves
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Invincible the Moment I Leave the Village: How Will You Deal with Me? 出村就无敌，阁下如何应对
Liu Ye had always thought he was a good person, especially a devoted son. He was particularly filial to his mother. The Festive Funeral Ghost: What a load of crap! He was kind and gentle toward his father. The Water Ghost: Waaaah... Don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll kill myself! He would go through fire and water for his friends. The other ghosts: You mean you’d stab us twice, right? All in all, Liu Ye felt that he was a very happy person. All the ghosts: Isn’t your happiness just our tragi
210kReads9.5Score32kShelves
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Horrifying! I'm the Holy Father in a World of the Weird 惊悚，我在诡异世界当圣父
Liu Shu is a young man who grew up in a village. He is determined to become a respected paragon of virtue, just like his father! To achieve this goal, he leads by example! He treats a deaf-mute uncle who refuses to see doctors for his toothache! Zombie: “He pulled out every single one of my teeth. How can they still hurt when they’re all gone? What? My gums hurt? That’s not his problem. He only deals with toothaches!” He builds houses for the lonely elderly in town! Cannibal chef: “The bricks yo
10.9kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
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My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物
[Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster
645.9kReads9.5Score52kShelves
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Xuanhuan: Blind, I Wander the Martial World 玄幻：成为瞎子，我游历江湖
(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
186.4kReads9.6Score20.8kShelves
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Bureau of Legend Management 传说管理局
(No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would
207.3kReads9.6Score28.9kShelves
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I Taught Orphans to Read, but They Wiped Out the Entire Martial World! 我教孤儿读书，他们却屠尽武林！
[Comic adaptation in progress...] [The short drama of the same name is now streaming! Watch it on Hongguo!] [The only ensemble martial arts novel on the site with such a wild imagination!] [Over 1.5 million readers at its peak, ranked seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves!] [Ensemble cast + System + traits + martial arts] Chen Ye transmigrates to the Great Wu Dynasty and binds himself to an orphan-training System. As long as he raises orphans, he earns points, whi
118.6kReads8.9Score12.9kShelves
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From the Start, I Had Eternal Life: Laying Low in the Mortal Realm Until I Ascended 开局长生，苟在下界吃土飞升
[Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm
218.3kReads9.0Score15.2kShelves
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Supernatural: I Have a Copy of Journey to the West 灵异：我有一本西游记
[Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost
242.7kReads9.5Score29.3kShelves
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
1.8MReads9.9Score232.6kShelves
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A Carefree Journey Through Ten Thousand Worlds 万世逍遥游
The Myriad Worlds + Invincible + No female lead He is a traveler who roams the heavens, a mortal who journeys through countless worlds. He is the past that was never forgotten, the future that could never be recalled. The heavens bear his footprints, and the myriad worlds echo his name. His name is Lin Ziyi. An ordinary, supreme being. PS: This is about the Myriad Worlds, not a historical novel...
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The World's Number One Must Be Pretty Fast at Running Away 天下第一跑路一定很快吧
[Invincible Protagonist + Lighthearted + One Heroine + Sweet Romance] There is a young swordswoman, so poor she can barely get by, leading a skinny horse and determined to right every wrong in the world; A young wanderer tries to make a living by the roadside; A naive monster and an innkeeper; To the east is an elegant young gentleman who cares far too much about saving face; And a legitimate princess who became a nun halfway through life to avenge the man stolen from her; This is the story of t
17.9kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
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Cutting Spring 斩春
༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi,
27kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
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A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality 凡人修仙记
[Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever
120.4kReads8.9Score7.1kShelves
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The Underworld Chat Group 地府交流群
Just as Zhang Fan was getting ready to meet his online-game girlfriend in person, he was unexpectedly pulled into an underworld group chat by a guy called the City God of the Yellow River. From then on, Zhang Fan's life changed beyond recognition... In his spare time, he chatted about life with Ox-Head and Horse-Face; when bored, he played Fighting the Landlord with Black and White Impermanence; when in a bind, he struck deals with the Judge and King Yama. Want a mansion? No problem. Trade me a
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Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Why Is Being an Idle Prince So Hard? 穿越大唐：当个闲王这么难
[No System]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Farming] Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you transmigrated to ancient times with no System and no golden finger? You’re not a physicist, chemist, or historian, just an ordinary person from the future. Everything you know comes from movies, TV, short-video platforms, and the media. How would you survive? Follow an ordinary person who transmigrates into Li Shen, Li Shimin’s tenth son at the beginning of the Tang dynasty. With nothing but his limited knowledge
136.1kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
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Fantasy Westward Journey: The All-Class Five-Account Player 梦幻西游之全职五开
Back in the pioneering days of Fantasy Westward Journey, Zhuang Xiaosheng uses his knowledge of the game’s most significant historical bugs to build his own Fantasy empire, one step at a time. No cheating System. Come along and relive the most original, authentic version of Fantasy Westward Journey.
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In the Name of Qi Tongwei: Sha and Li? No, Gao and Li! 名义祁同伟：沙李配？高李配啊！
[Qi Tongwei reborn] + [No System] + [Plot-focused] In his previous life, Qi Tongwei lacked political acumen, repeatedly making baffling moves and dragging Gao Yuliang down with him. He became the biggest weak link on his side, and ended up disgraced, taking his own life beneath Lone Eagle Ridge. A gunshot rang out atop Lone Eagle Ridge. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the night before the Dafeng Factory incident. This time, Qi Tongwei came to his senses and resolved to learn fr
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I Told You to Make a Pact with a Ghost, but You Made One with Zhong Kui? 让你契约鬼，你契约钟馗？
[A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af
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Carrying the Living and the Dead 载人也载鬼
After losing his job, the protagonist plans to buy a car and drive for a rideshare service. Instead, he ends up buying a Soul-Ring Car and helps a female ghost solve the mystery of her death. He then becomes a rideshare driver who transports ghosts.
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Master in Another World 异界师尊
Being able to hear the Sage Nuwa preach is something countless immortals, demons, and monsters can only dream of. But Zhang Ping has his own troubles: to him, what use are the Three Thousand Great Daos? He can become a sage just by writing novels, take in countless disciples, and become a master in another world.
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Above the Immortals 仙人之上
(No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be
91.3kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
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The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期
Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!”
49.5kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
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The Undying Emperor’s Mentor 不死帝师
Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave
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I Have a Disease. Its Name Is Immortality 我有病，病名，长生
[Longevity] [Daily life] [Eras] [Not really a System] … I was sick, terribly sick. From that day on, I fell into a deep sleep. I slept for so long, then woke up, then fell asleep again, for longer and longer stretches. … I thought medicine would cure me. But it didn’t. … Later, I fell asleep again. And woke up again. I looked around, bewildered. My family was gone, and so was Nancheng. I had come to a strange place, where immortals and immortal sects existed. … I thought cultivating immortality
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