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  1. The Biography of Jia Xu 贾诩传 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠7k WordsCompleted The Biography of Jia Xu 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. The Broken Glass River 断璃河 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical190k WordsCompleted The howling north wind drove icy pellets of snow against an abandoned earthen kiln outside Linqing City. Inside, a few broken bricks barely propped up a chipped clay pot, where clear water boiled with a few wilted yellow leaves. Liu He’s wife gripped the edge of the stove with her withered hands, her knuckles white with strain. The faint, flickering flames were reflected in her cloudy eyes, while an all-consuming despair lay deeper within. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. Empress Xiao: A Woman of Strength and Grace 风骨萧皇后 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Ancient Romance173k WordsCompleted Empress Xiao, wife of Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang, was born into the imperial family of the Southern Dynasties. Fostered away from home as a child, she was gentle, courteous, and skilled in medicine and divination. After marrying Yang Guang, then Prince of Jin, she shared a deep bond with him and played a major role in helping him secure the throne. Once Yang Guang became emperor, she was made empress and continued to earn her husband’s respect. Later, Emperor Yang’s extravagance and tyranny 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. New Tales of the Strange 聊斋新故事 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Eastern Fantasy688k WordsCompleted Over the course of forty years, I have collected a number of folk tales and compiled them into this book for all my readers. Within, you will find human relationships and social conventions, moral constraints, spine-chilling mysteries, and tales of fox spirits, gratitude, and vengeance. Each chapter is a complete story in its own right. I hope you enjoy them. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. The White Horse Was a Dragon All Along 白马本是龙 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Eastern Fantasy86k WordsCompleted Guanyin never imagined that the little White Dragon could be so powerful. A mere wicked dragon should have been killed with a single blow, so how could he fight Wukong back and forth on equal terms? The way he gnaws at the white horse looks as if he is chewing through a thousand-year plan to fetch the scriptures in the West. Deep in the Dragon Palace of the Western Sea, Ao Run strokes the cold golden crown of his second son. "Go. Claim the golden body and right fruition for the Dragon Clan!" 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. Folk Tales of the Supernatural 13 民间灵异故事13 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠10k WordsCompleted Folktales of the Supernatural 13 —Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. Edict of the Underworld 幽冥敕令 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical116k WordsCompleted In the final years of the Great Qi Dynasty, the land was in turmoil. Plagues swept across the country, leaving the people in misery, while powerful ministers schemed for control at court and foreign tribes on the borders watched hungrily. In remote Youzhou stood a mysterious place known as the Nether Crossing, rumored to connect the worlds of the living and the dead. Strange events often took place there. Xiao Yi, the general stationed in the area, had offended a powerful minister and was sent t —Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. The Cultivation World's Gourmet Supplier 修仙界的美食供应商 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Ancient Romance121k WordsCompleted On the surface, this is a food-and-farming story about running a business, but at its heart, it’s an adventure in which the heroine searches for the truth about her identity. Lighthearted, humorous everyday moments drive the plot, while a grand secret that could determine the fate of the world lies hidden beneath the surface. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  9. Transmigrate and Encounter The Red Lantern 穿越遇到红灯记 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical479k WordsCompleted The revolutionary modern Peking opera The Legend of the Red Lantern was all the rage during that turbulent era. Almost everyone could sing parts of it, but it also gave rise to many questions and much room for imagination. This book tells three stories of transmigration. Readers can return to the plot of The Legend of the Red Lantern, uncover its secrets, resolve the questions that have lingered in their minds, and gain a much deeper understanding of what life was like for young people at the ti —Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. Ice-Cracked Lava 冰裂熔岩 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Modern Romance85k WordsCompleted Gu Chenzhou, the young and successful CEO of the Gu Group, falsely accuses his four-month-pregnant wife, Shen Shuli, of a crime and has her thrown in jail, all to win the favor of his new sweetheart, Lin Wanqing. The cold, dark detention center becomes Shen Shuli’s nightmare. Under the immense physical and emotional strain, the unborn child in her womb is reduced to a pool of blood on a cold operating table. Her unbearable grief does not break Shen Shuli. Instead, it ignites the deepest hatred a —Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. The Girl Who Transmigrated in Her Dreams 梦中穿越的妞儿 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Ancient Romance47k WordsCompleted I came down with a strange illness: whenever I fell asleep, I would transmigrate. One day, I transmigrated into this picture and met a young nobleman. And so the story began. It was quite a winding tale, with an ending that leaves you sighing. Let me tell it to you. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. Hell Reflected in Gold Coins 金币倒映的地狱 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Urban89k WordsCompleted To pay off the gambling debts my father had racked up, I was forced onto the perilous path of illegal border crossing. On the morning I reached the shore of a foreign lake, I finally saw banknotes scattered along the water's edge. The dollar signs from my dreams had become real, piled up before me. As I tremulously picked them up, I was stunned to see the creditor's twisted, vicious grin appear on every bill. The reflection on the water showed magnificent snow-capped mountains, yet in the still —Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. Light-Years of Education 教育的光年 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Modern Romance81k WordsCompleted Core theme: How can pure idealism find a foothold and shine amid the contest between commercial realities and the complexities of human nature? The story explores how true success comes from bringing rational planning together with the heartfelt ideals that first inspired us. Character profile: Lin Zhixia, the heroine, is a graduate in early childhood education, equal parts rational and passionate. She is good at using theoretical tools such as SWOT analysis to plan her life, but as a newcomer, —Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. The Pearl Earring Lost in the Seventh Court 珍珠耳钉遗失于第七庭 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Modern Romance106k WordsCompleted When Gu Jun signed the divorce papers, she was still wearing the old keepsake she’d had for ten years: a single pearl stud earring. Next door, the opposing lawyer from the merger case she was handling walked out of court. Cheng Lang had graduated from medical school, yet he’d changed careers to practice law for her. They run into each other while working late one night. He looks at her earlobe and asks, “That earring I gave you back then... do you still have it?” With trembling fingers, Gu Jun r —Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. Dust and Saddle 尘鞍 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical150k WordsCompleted In Chang’an in the third year of the Qianfu era, Liu Xingche, the legitimate heir of the Qinghe Liu clan, sells the last ancestral jade pendant at his waist. He needs the money to bribe a salt merchant’s son and secure a ticket to sit the imperial examinations. Yunxiu straightens his collar, her fingertips trembling. “Young Master, did you really sell your poems?” Lao Tie brings over Sulu. The saddle is covered in a peony-patterned felt pad, its design blending the styles of the northern frontie —Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. Marching in Golden Armor on a Snowy Night 雪夜金甲行 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical21k WordsCompleted In the bitter winter of 1726, Nian Gengyao entrusts his five-year-old son and an imperial gift, a gold armor adorned with dragon designs, to his tutor, Yue Zhongju, while in prison. As they flee through the snowy night, Yue Zhongju discovers in horror that their pursuers are the capital’s elite Blood Drippers. To evade inspection, he hides the armor against the five-year-old’s body and disguises himself as a traveling merchant crossing the Yellow River. They have barely left the shore when a clo —Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. Forever Separated by Tea Smoke 茶烟永相隔 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Modern Romance44k WordsCompleted Through the fantastical premise of twin tea trees and the secret arts of the Mirror Palace, the story explores the dialectical relationship between personal love and duty to one’s country, and between traditional culture and the impact of modernity. It presents the Eastern philosophy that “physical distance does not prevent spiritual coexistence.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. Burn the Scrolls, Wield the Wu Hook 焚卷持吴钩 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical191k WordsCompleted Gu Linchuan, famed throughout the capital in his youth for his talent at carving ice and sculpting snow, cast aside his books when the nation fell. He fought through the flames of war to earn his general’s title and rise to prominence in a chaotic age, never realizing that the most perilous battle of his life would take place behind embroidered curtains. Behind those curtains, on the night the Chancellor’s daughter, Liu Fuyan, secretly gifted him a jade pendant bearing military secrets, she quie —Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. The Yellow River's Lost Orphan 黄河遗孤 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Eastern Fantasy156k WordsCompleted When the Yellow River flood swept my people away, I caught hold of a cold dragon bone. Its patterns pierced my flesh, and from then on, time stood still within me. I watched my beloved Lei wither from black fever. I watched Yu the Great spend ten years taming the floods, only to become another dragon bone in the end. At a market in Shang, a bronze mirror reflected my youthful face and aged eyes. The taotie patterns in the mirror roared their questions at the Way of Heaven. As the morning bells o —Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. The Ancient Buddha's Ferocious Eyes 古佛狰瞳 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Mystery48k WordsCompleted The statue of Buddha is no true Buddha, but an ancient entity that seals away the Old Ones. When a geological survey team accidentally triggers the seal, the “sword” in the statue’s hand becomes the only key to reinforce it, while countless fanatics plot to break it and welcome the “god” back. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. The Guangxu Secret Archives 光绪密档 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical120k WordsCompleted Through a boy’s encounter with the last eunuch, the novel weaves together the struggles of ordinary people trying to survive and the sense of individual fate swept along by the tide of history. It explores truth, responsibility, and legacy. The cave is both a physical refuge and a tunnel through which past and present intersect, reflecting the joys, sorrows, and steadfastness of ordinary people in a sweeping age. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. The Ravens of Ghost Perch Manor 鬼栖庄的渡鸦 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Mystery56k WordsCompleted In 1928, I received a commission from Ghost Perch Manor in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. But written in blood on the back of the letter was the warning: “The first to be decapitated will be the person singing The Peony Pavilion tonight.” Only after I arrived did I discover that the famous actress dressed as Du Liniang for the banquet had indeed been beheaded in the west wing, whose door was locked from the inside. Over the next seven days, bodies kept appearing in this manor that blended Chinese and Weste —Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. Phoenix and Owl Against Fate: After the Playboy and the Ice Lotus Switched Bodies 凤枭逆命：纨绔与冰莲互换后 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted Princess Lin Jin fell into a lake, only to be rescued by Shen Jin, a notorious wastrel. When they opened their eyes again, they were horrified to find they had swapped bodies. To keep their secret, he investigated the injustice surrounding her birth mother, while she joined the army to quell a rebellion in his place. The court officials submitted a memorial: “We request that the princess marry Young Master Shen as soon as possible to quell the rumors.” In Shen Jin’s body, Lin Jin reluctantly agr —Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. Defiant Bones Burn the Heavens: The Tale of Yin Jiao and Yin Hong 逆骨焚天：殷郊殷洪传 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Eastern Fantasy51k WordsCompleted On the eve of Empress Jiang’s murder, she hid her two sons behind a screen so they could witness everything. As the brothers fled for their lives, they crossed paths with their birth father, Di Xin. Yin Jiao’s eyes turned bloodshot and he nearly charged out to take revenge, but Yin Hong dragged him back with all his might. After twelve years of studying under Kunlun’s masters, Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi were astonished to discover that the elder brother screamed “Kill the tyrant!” in his sleep —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. Twisted Bones, Wicked Flame: Nezha and the Crown Prince Switch Fathers 错骨孽火：哪吒和太子换了爹 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Eastern Fantasy53k WordsCompleted At Chentang Pass, Li Jing cuts open the ball of flesh his younger brother has become, only to find a demon pearl instead of a spiritual child. In the Kunlun Immortal Realm, the ball of flesh in which Nezha is born bursts open. Rising from within it is a royal grandson with a face as red as a jujube. From then on, when Li Nezha pulls the Dragon King’s son’s sinews, the sensation feels strangely familiar. When the Shang prince draws his sword against King Zhou, he is as violent as a demon. On the —Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. The Fox's Calamity and Lord Guan's Trial 狐祸关公劫 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Mystery56k WordsCompleted During the Republican era, the elderly carpenter Li Maocai happens upon an ancient bronze mirror carved with a nine-tailed fox. From then on, his temperament changes completely: he starts applying rouge and powder, and his behavior grows uncanny. His son, Li Chengye, suspects that a fox demon has possessed his father. While investigating in secret, he discovers that the mirror was actually formed from a fox demon's core and can capture people's souls. To save his father, Li Chengye braves the ra —Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. Lingyin Rebuilds the Land 铃音重塑山河 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Eastern Fantasy131k WordsCompleted A physician who devoted his life to healing was asked by a thousand-year-old flood dragon to treat its abdominal illness. As he reached for his sword, memories of his bloodline awakened. Only then did he learn that the execution sword in his hand had once pierced the dragon's lover. “Compassionate healer?” The wicked dragon's wild laughter shattered the cliff face. “When your ancestor used this sword to flay her scales, did he show any compassion?” As he turned the blade and plunged it into his —Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. The Wild Northern Wind 北风狂士 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠Historical489k WordsCompleted The story takes place in a prosperous, peaceful ancient city. The gap between rich and poor is stark: the prominent Xi and Dong families live in extravagant luxury, while the protagonist is an ordinary young scholar with the world at heart. Border conflicts are frequent, unrest grips the Hehuang region, and danger lurks beneath the dynasty’s rule. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. The King of Hell and His Son-in-Law 阎罗翁婿 Pearls in a Sea of Words文海寻珠53k WordsCompleted How does hatred become twisted under an absolute alliance of interests and across the vast scale of time and space, giving rise to an unbreakable, warped alliance that transcends ordinary emotion? Song Jiang and Gao Qiu becoming father- and son-in-law in the underworld? Now that’s a story worth reading. —Reads—Score—Shelves