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The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生
In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse!
249.6kReads9.6Score31.4kShelves
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Embers of the Wheel of Fate 命轮余烬
Cthulhu-style + Chinese wuxia + pollution punk. A divine protagonist finds their humanity among the common people, then uses that humanity to master their divinity. Written in an epic style, this experimental work explores suffering, human nature, and fate. Please bear with it.
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Rain in Los Angeles, Wind in Beijing 洛杉矶的雨，北京的风
This is a story that begins with a breakup and ends with a home. It tells of another kind of love: not standing shoulder to shoulder at the peak, but supporting each other through the lowest moments. After weathering the storms, their bond becomes all the more unbreakable.
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This Princess Just Wants to Lie Flat, but the Prince Keeps Dragging Me into the Rat Race 本妃只想躺平，奈何王爷他卷我
Lin Wanyu, a modern-day overworked corporate drone, accidentally transmigrates into the body of Lin Wanyu, the lazy eldest daughter of a high-ranking official in ancient times. The original owner was looked down upon by the capital's nobility for being such a slacker. Lin Wanyu decides to stick to her lazy ways, but by a twist of fate, she uses modern ideas and knowledge to resolve one crisis after another, catching the eye of the most powerful backer in the capital: Lu Beichen, the God of War a
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The Peak and the Place to Call Home 巅峰与归处
This book is entirely fictional. Please don’t read it as being about the real people! Just enjoy it as entertainment and a wish for their happiness! I feel like the Oatmeal fans have already read far too many stories with a perfectly happy timeline, so this one starts right after the Olympic gold medal win. It’s also my greatest wish! I don’t like angsty stories. Their table tennis careers have already been so difficult in the first half of their lives, so I hope everything from here on out is h
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Nine Revolutions of the Double Pupils 重瞳九转
On the day of the palace selection, An Lingrong is back, with no love in her heart, only calculation. In her previous life, she died miserably deep within the palace. Now she opens her eyes again, still a lowborn candidate for the imperial harem, looked down on and at everyone’s mercy. But this time, she no longer yearns for the emperor’s favor or clings to false sisterly affection. The Forbidden City devours people whole, so she will be the clearest-minded player at the board. The emperor is a
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Mathematics and Roses 数学与玫瑰
[Rational Genius x Romantic Top Student | A Power Couple's Love from School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns] At six, he built a "game theory model" with her over a strawberry. At eighteen, by the banks of Weiming Lake, he used functions to prove that "she is the one and only optimal solution." Everyone knows that academic genius Lin Jichen is cool and composed, while Su Tangyin shines like the sun. But no one knows that, from the day they first met, her name was already written across his entire world
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Rhyme of Jitang 霁棠对韵
When a physics guy with no clue about romance collides with the class's literature rep, an impact of 2.5 newtons sparks sixteen years of sweetness! On the first day of school, Ji Shutong's backpack landed squarely on Fu Jichen's back. He said without changing expression, “The impact force was about 2.5 newtons. Be careful next time.” And so began an “equal exchange” between a physics genius who put reason above all else and a literature-loving girl whose mind was full of rapid-fire commentary:
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Contract Marriage, a Hit from the Start 合约夫妻，开局即爆红
A deal led her to "buy" herself a husband under contract. Three months later, he became her salvation, her glory, and the only love of her life. As the hidden big shot's layers of secret identities came to light, he tore up the divorce papers and applied for permanent residency in her heart.
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Beneath the Shackles, Born Toward the Light 枷锁之下，向光而生
Orphaned Jiang Yufei bears the truth behind her mother’s brutal death. Struggling to survive her stepmother’s abuse and her father’s betrayal, she grows up and enters a love-hate relationship with Lin Yimo, the boy her mother once saved. Together, they uncover the conspiracy and find redemption in a revenge romance full of pain. Exceptionally tender, thrilling, and sweetly indulgent: the heroine is cherished like a queen.
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Grandma Teaches Me to Be a Spirit Medium 奶奶教我学神婆
My name is Chen Wanxing, and my grandmother is a renowned spirit medium throughout the surrounding villages. As her life neared its end, she did two things: First, she passed the Lady of the Green Lamp, whom she had worshipped for fifty years, on to me. Second, she taught me to recognize all the “unclean things” she'd spent her life collecting knowledge about. “When the pendant turns hot, a guest is coming. If its glow turns bloodred, it's a death-seeking ghost. If you feel it starting to freeze
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The Tycoon’s Sweetheart: Darling, Be Good and Spoil Me 财阀小甜妻：老公，乖乖宠我
Jiang Chenyu, the business world's emperor, swore he would never marry. Then one day, he was saddled with a sweet little wife, and Young Master Jiang began a whole new chapter of his life! “CEO, your wife smashed up the Wei family’s place.” “Has she calmed down?” “Not yet...” “Get a few more people over there to help her.” “CEO, your wife got into a fight and sent someone to the hospital.” “Is she satisfied?” “No.” The man kept working. “Carry on.” One day, when he heard that she’d gotten into a
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The Cauldron That Unites All Things 万物归一鼎
Wang Ming, a modern-day treasure hunter, has a keen eye for identifying treasures and tracking down spirits. While exploring a secret cave deep in the mountains, he accidentally touches the ancient treasure, the Myriad Things Return to One Cauldron. In a flash of golden light, his soul transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation. He becomes a child in a dirt-poor farming family, with cultivation barely reaching the Body Tempering Realm and a life hanging by a thread. Fortunately, the div
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The Spirit Herb Dimension: Five-Element Roots Are the Perfect Dao Foundation 灵药空间：五灵根才是完美道基
Born with all five spiritual roots, Lu Qinghe can only become a menial disciple of an immortal sect. Then he discovers a pocket dimension where spirit herbs grow a hundred times faster. From century-old herbs to millennium-old herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines, they are all within his reach. Lu Qinghe grows spirit herbs, refines immortal pills, raises spirit beasts, and cultivates divine abilities. Even with all five spiritual roots, he can still set foot on the path to immortal
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Crow Immortal 鸦仙人
Crows cry in the cold night as a young man embarks on the path to immortality. Han Yu curls up in a corner of a dilapidated courtyard, barely clinging to life. Then a crow lands on his shoulder. “Hand over the treasure, boy, and this Daoist will teach you a skill.” The black-robed old Daoist's voice is hoarse. Han Yu hands over his ancestral token of immortal cultivation, but quietly makes a second copy in his palm. From then on, his path to immortality follows one ironclad rule: Anything I've t
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Cultivation: Starting as a Cruel Servant, I Fled to a Sect as a Menial Disciple 修仙：恶仆开局，逃入宗门当杂役
Li Guo transmigrates into the body of a servant and flees for his life to a sect alongside the First Madam of the Huang family. From then on, he becomes a handyman disciple. With no System, Li Guo begins the grueling path of cultivating immortality on a diet of medicinal brews. Many years later... The First Madam succeeds in surviving her tribulation and is about to ascend. “Li Guo, once I ascend, you’ll be free.” “This bottle of Longevity Pills will let you live another thousand years in this w
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System Sign-In: Starting with the Cultivation of a Heavenly Emperor 系统签到开局天帝修为
Ye Xingchen, an orphan from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrated to another world, only to land among the demon race. By a twist of fate, he became the husband of the demon empress and awakened a sign-in System. From then on, he could have soared to greatness, but instead Ye Xingchen played the pig to eat the tiger, swept aside the geniuses of every race, married the empress, and trampled demonic prodigies beneath his feet. See how Ye Xingchen leads the demon race down a differen
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The Sword That Slays Ten Thousand Dao 剑灭万道
I wield a sword that can destroy ten thousand Dao! [Decisive and ruthless + fast-paced + not depressing + characters with brains] Are all mortals mere ants? If an ant is strong enough, even the Three Thousand Great Daos will bow before it!
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I Inherited Daoist Arts, and Now I’m Finally Rich 得到道家传承，我终于发达了
[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
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The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱
“Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of
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Xuanhuan: All My Disciples Have the Bearing of Great Emperors 玄幻：我弟子全是大帝之资
After transmigrating, Zhang Bufan became the new sect master and activated the Sect System, earning System bonuses and rewards! But he still had a trash spiritual root himself. Before he could even lament his fate, he turned his attention to his disciples... and everything changed! His first disciple was a freakishly powerful woman who could ascend and advance her cultivation at the drop of a hat. His second disciple was a peerless genius who could reach enlightenment after only a few words! His
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The Divine Emperor's Secret Art 帝王神诀
A legendary Sword God lives another life, obtains the Emperor's Divine Veins, and masters the Emperor's Divine Art. A single sword strike can shatter the heavens, decide life and death, and turn the world upside down. If my sword points to hell, the seas will shift and the world will change! If my sword points to the heavens, who can stand against me!
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I Said You Could Touch It, Not Comprehend the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao 让你摸一下，没让你领悟天道三千
Lin Xiao transmigrates to a fantasy continent with max-level comprehension. He can master any divine ability or cultivation technique in an instant. Just when he was struggling to find cultivation resources, he was captured by a demonic sect and made one of the guardians of the Brahma Sword Tomb. His daily job was to wipe swords. Wiping the sword Lihuo earned him a Heaven-tier sword technique. Wiping the sword Miming let him comprehend thirty percent of the Sword Intent of Annihilation. Wiping a
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I Have a Hundred Invincible Masters. How Can You Hope to Fight Me? 我百位无敌师父，你怎么跟我斗？
[An unstoppable power fantasy, every line is satisfying, the plot moves at lightning speed, with no dragging and decisive action] At my graduation banquet, my parents and brothers were brutally killed. Hunted down, I barely escaped with my life. After five years of martial arts training on Mount Kunlun, I've returned in triumph! “You're an elite rich kid, and you think I can't afford to offend you? My master could kill you with a slap!” “You're the king of Chinese medicine? My master is an hei
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A Thousand Years Sweeping the Underworld, I Emerge with an Immortal-Demon God Body 地府扫地千年，出世仙魔神体
After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall
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I'm an Immortal Emperor at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and You Want Me to Marry into Your Family? 我渡劫期仙帝啊，你要我入赘？
Lin Yun, the Great Emperor of the Firmament who once suppressed the Myriad Worlds, failed his tribulation and was reborn on Earth as a live-in son-in-law. In his previous life, he had a beautiful, mature, sexy wife but never touched her. What will he do in this life...? In his previous life, he was a good-for-nothing everyone looked down on. In this life, he's the Divine Doctor Lin of the medical world, the All-Seeing Lin of the antiques world, Master Lin of feng shui, and Lin Cangqiong of the m
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Reborn: There’s No Escape, I’m a Bandit 重生插翅难逃我为悍匪
My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Becoming a Tycoon by Collecting Antiques 收古董成为大佬
After being reborn, he builds a business from scratch: collecting antiques, opening an antique shop, getting into real estate, buying courtyard houses, and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He quietly makes a fortune and ultimately becomes a winner in life, with everything under his control.
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Reborn as Daiyu: A Princess from the Start, Saving the Nation with Poetry 重生黛玉：开局公主，诗词救国
[Lin Daiyu is reborn and binds to the Civilization Heritage System from the start] Lin Daiyu dies after shedding all her tears. When she opens her eyes again, she has become Princess Wen'an, a title personally bestowed by the emperor. The poems she burned in her previous life are now revered by an enemy nation as “cursed verses that doomed a dynasty,” and are being used to shatter the morale of my frontier troops! The court calls her “a hen crowing at dawn,” while the barbarians mock us, sayin
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Pure Yang Awakens and Meets the Goddess of Luo: Mastering the Universe and Shaping Fate 纯阳觉醒遇洛神，执掌宇宙定乾坤
“Xiao Feng... M-Master is feeling awful...” Lin Xiyao’s beautiful eyes were half closed as she murmured in a daze. Her frail body could no longer hold itself up, and she slowly sank to the cold floor. Her already rosy, stunning face had now taken on a strange, deep flush. Her expression was dazed and pained. As her skirt slipped down, her two long, pale legs were completely exposed, and tiny beads of sweat appeared on her skin from the heat. “Master, please calm down! I... I can’t be disresp
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Jiang Shijun: Legend of an Amazonian Elite Mercenary 蒋士军之亚马逊巅峰佣兵传说
My name is Jiang Shijun, codename “Godslayer.” I'm a legend in the mercenary world, and everyone's favorite target. A simple escort mission landed my thirteen-man squad in the hell of the Amazon. The Vulture Mercenary Corps blasted us with rockets, the Golden Society's assassins hunted us from the shadows, and even my old flame from three years ago, “Enchanting Rakshasi” Lin Wan'er, turned her love into hatred and was the first to come after my head with a knife. All we want is a “Nazi mineral
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Blood Wolf of the Golden Triangle 金三角血狼传
The Legend of the Golden Triangle Blood Wolf has no System, no cheats, and no golden finger! When the bullets run out, the knives come out. My name is Jiang Shijun, codename “Death.” I’m a legend in the mercenary world. But now, my Death Squad and I are trapped in the man-eating jungles of the Golden Triangle, surrounded by more than a hundred guns. This isn’t a game, and no one comes back reborn. One wrong step, and you’re torn to pieces. The ground beneath us is a poisonous swamp, and sniper
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