Novels like A Strange Cultivator in the City
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- 51 The Emperor Comes to the City 帝临都市 [Snow-white + Showbiz + turning everything over to the country + Cultivation + Japan, Korea, Europe, and America + womanizer + smoking, drinking, and getting a perm] Immortal Emperor Chu Mo is reborn at the gates of his old school, with the past vivid in his mind. This time, when the campus beauty gets into trouble, he resolutely chooses to stand by and do nothing. But fate's gears turn once again, and he still gets dragged into it. “Don’t leave! We’ll explain everything at the police station!” 126Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 52 The Azure Emperor Returns: A City Cultivation Tale 都市修仙之青帝归来 "If one day I become the Azure Emperor, I'll make all the peach blossoms bloom together!" The Azure Emperor was destroyed by a heart demon while undergoing tribulation. Returning to his youth on Earth, he begins cultivating immortality in the modern city! 1.2kReads7.4Score10014d adds
- 53 Urban Cultivation: Starting with an Inherited Taoist Temple 都市修仙:从继承道观开始 [Modern city + End of the Dharma Age + Taoist temple + Cultivation + I’m the only one with magic powers early on + Showing off in public + Spiritual qi revival later on + Invincible...] After transmigrating to a parallel world much like Earth, Peng Changqing inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple and unexpectedly embarks on the path of cultivation! A bag of spirit rice is all it takes to gather true qi for cultivation. An ordinary talisman can cure every illness with a wave of the hand! Practice t 160Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 54 Urban Cultivation: I Awakened First 都市修仙:我身先醒 As spiritual qi revival begins and myths return, a world of low-level martial arts, sealed away for ages, slowly awakens as an ancient cultivation civilization. In a rainy-night ambush, high school student Niu Sangao awakens on the brink of death, mysterious golden patterns appearing on his right arm. He becomes one of the “key bearers.” He has no idea that the blood in his veins carries the three-hundred-year-old wish of a family sworn to protect the world, nor that the so-called “spiritual qi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 I Cultivate Immortality in the City and Crush Anyone Who Dares Defy Me! 我于都市修仙,杀穿一切不服! Reborn into a second life, Ye Hao has died twice. In his first life, he died a miserable death. In his second, he rushed into the forbidden Abyssal Rift in pursuit of a higher realm and died with his head held high. Now he has entered a third life, returning to the moment he died in his first. This time, Ye Hao won't be reckless. He is determined to perfect both his cultivation and his life. And so, a god who kills without hesitation arrives in the bustling city. The campus belle throws herself 294Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 56 The City’s Powerful Cultivator 都市修真强少 On his very first day reborn on Earth, Lin Zifeng did something huge: he dumped Ye Qingrou, the most beautiful woman in the capital, then voluntarily cut ties with the Lin family. One problem after another soon came his way! Watch as a good-for-nothing climbs to the pinnacle of the world! 976Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 57 A Pocket Dimension at My Side 随身一个空间 During the busy farming season, Wang Yang took leave from the city and went home to harvest the rice. By chance, he found the Innate Five-Spirit Pearl in a ditch! In an age as restless as this one, Wang Yang carved out a life of his own! During an unexpected expedition in the west, he met a middle-aged man who was determined to improve the local living conditions through his own efforts. He worked at it without complaint for more than thirty years. Deeply moved by him, Wang Yang decided to stay 3.3kReads7.5Score35014d adds
- 58 Reborn as a Carefree Immortal in the City 重生都市休闲仙 [Reborn] + [Daily Life] + [Only I Can Use Magic] + [Modern Cultivation] + [Multiple Heroines] A Great Ascension Immortal Lord fails his tribulation and is reborn in his youth. In modern society, he experiences the human world and enjoys the leisurely life he never got to experience in his previous life. 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Reborn as an Ordinary Cultivator 重生之俗人修真 After drifting aimlessly through his thirties, Chen Hao is reborn in 1998. In his previous life, he achieved nothing and faded into the crowd, constantly scrambling to make ends meet and trapped by money. He was nothing but an ordinary, worldly man! In this life, the ordinary Chen Hao starts a business while cultivating immortality, using his advantage of knowing what lies ahead to build a financial empire. Through cultivation, he discovers an astonishing world he never knew existed in his previ 313Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 60 Urban Cultivation: After Eight Years of Immortality, I Return Invincible 都市修真:修仙八年,归来既无敌 [Urban cultivation + endless power fantasy + decisive killing] Qin Changqing falls off Mount Tai and accidentally lands in a secret realm of cultivation, where he obtains the legacy of an Immortal Lord. After eight years, he finally breaks through to the Golden Core realm and returns in triumph, beginning a legendary life! One day, Qin Changqing stands above the powerful families and martial clans, clad in white like a young immortal descended from the heavens. Qin Changqing: “I’m invincible. Do 2.7kReads8.1Score23414d adds
- 61 Express Delivery: I Cultivate Immortality and Become an Emperor by Making Big Brothers 极速快递:我靠认哥修仙封帝 Overworked delivery courier Chen Zifeng tumbles into a ditch during a stormy night and unexpectedly binds to the Three Realms Logistics System! Delivering packages lets him cultivate immortality, and making big brothers gets him invincible? He quits on the spot and goes into business for himself. He’s barely hung up his sign when the nine-tailed fox immortal Su Ziyao crashes through his roof from the sky and forces her way onto the team. From then on, he gathers an oddball crew of ordinary peopl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Blazing Dream That Burns the Heavens 炽梦焚天录 Is everyone born with a mission? Do things really happen because they are destined to? Do cause and effect, and the Way of Heaven, truly exist? I hope that no matter how wretched this cruel, devouring world may be, there will always be a ray of light in the darkness, shining resolutely and persistently into this endless abyss, awakening the last flicker of justice within everyone who has lost their way. “The returning is the movement of the Dao; weakness is the means of the Dao.” 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Who’s Calling Heaven? Please Hang Up! 谁在呼叫天界?请挂断! Spiritual qi is abundant, and everyone can cultivate. Some use spiritual qi to meditate and temper their bodies, simply hoping to live longer. Some study techniques and practice magic, seeking to improve their skills. Others reach for a higher level, seeking to overcome death and explore the possibility of “becoming an immortal.” But everyone who reaches the “Divine Refinement” stage encounters a “bottleneck,” also known as “failing to ascend.” They remain stuck in the mortal realm, unable to ad 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Urban Cultivation 都市修仙 Do immortals really exist? It's hard to say, but there are certainly people in this world who continually cultivate in pursuit of immortality… 619Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 65 Reborn as the Sword Sovereign of the City 重生之都市剑尊 The legendary Sword Venerable Qin Yun is reborn five hundred years in the past. In my previous life, I was invincible across the heavens, yet utterly alone. In this life, I’ll sweep through the mortal world with my sword and tread among the stars. I swear to live without regrets! 1.5kReads8.3Score13214d adds
- 66 The Immortal Emperor Reborn: Starting as a Freshman 仙帝重生:从大一新生开始 Xie Fan, who had been fighting for the Dao Fruit in the Immortal Realm, was besieged and unexpectedly reborn on Blue Star. “This body is way too weak...” Xie Fan woke up in a hospital bed, completely bewildered. “Bet you didn’t expect me, Xie, to still be alive...” “Once I regain my cultivation, I’ll fight my way back to the Immortal Realm.” Determined to enjoy himself in the mortal world, Xie Fan set off on his journey across Blue Star. “Have you saved enough for tuition?” I, Xie, am a dignifie 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Cultivating Immortality on Earth 在地球修仙 A cultivation prodigy, reborn on Earth, shaking the world and proving the eternal Dao! In his previous life, he devoted himself to cultivation and the Dao, only to die in a war between sects. By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Earth. From then on, he could turn the clouds with one hand and bring the rain with the other. 368Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 68 Global Awakening: But I’m Containing the Gods 全球觉醒:我却在收容神明 “You say you're Sun Wukong? Fine, show me your somersault cloud.” “Even the Jade Emperor has to pay rent. Those are the rules.” “Other people awaken with a cheat ability. I awaken with a shelter, and they don't even damn well pay me.” “Can you gods stop wrecking my home when you fight? I rent this place, and I had to pay three months' rent upfront.” The gods of the entire world are being hunted by an unknown presence, and the protagonist is the only “vessel” capable of containing divine essences 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Cultivating the Dao Through Carpentry 从木工开始修真 Cui Shiguang was an apprentice carpenter. While following his master deep into the mountains to cut timber, he fell into a cave while fleeing from a venomous snake. There, he obtained the legacy of a cultivator and began his journey toward immortality, one step at a time. 3.8kReads9.0Score34414d adds
- 70 My Transmigration Failed, So I Can Only Pretend to Be Cultivating Immortality 穿越失败的我只能假装修仙 Huang Musong successfully bound himself to a System and was supposed to transmigrate to a cultivation world, but instead he unexpectedly found himself reborn in the summer right after graduating from high school. But the System he bound to is still a cultivation-type one! What is he supposed to do now? The way of life in a world of immortals and the real world have absolutely nothing in common! Is he going to have to fool the System and pretend to cultivate? [System Quest 1: You are about to enc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Urban: The Divine Emperor Is Reborn, Starting as a Live-In Son-in-Law 都市:神帝重生,从上门女婿开始 [Invincible + Ruthless + Power Fantasy + Live-in Son-in-Law + Immortal Cultivation + Urban Cultivation] Divine Emperor Long Junlin tried to defy the heavens in the divine realm, only to be beaten to death. Reborn in the modern city, he begins a spectacular journey of cultivation to regain his Divine Emperor status. Then one day, he discovers that chasing women is more fun than cultivating. And so, a wily old monster who puts seduction first, cultivation second, and is always ready to defy the he 4.3kReads8.1Score46014d adds
- 72 Urban Cultivation: The Ancient Divine Artifact, the Tower Through Heaven 都市修真:上古神器通天塔 [Urban + campus + otherworld + strong female lead] The female lead’s picture is out now! This novel has none of those formulaic plotlines. It’s a cultivation story with characters who can think and a plot that makes sense. The protagonists begin their trials at the Pavilion of Literary Depths on the first floor of the Sky-Piercing Tower. Watch as they grow. 41Reads—Score314d adds
- 73 Reborn: The Immortal Emperor Chen Mo Returns to Campus 重生之仙帝归来之校园陈默 Immortal Emperor Chen Mo is betrayed by his closest friend and beloved during a great battle in the Immortal Realm. His body and cultivation are destroyed, but his consciousness unexpectedly returns reborn to when he was 17, in the body of a boy with the same name who ranks last in his class at Qingyun High School. Watch him climb back to the throne of Immortal Emperor, one step at a time! 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I'm a Cultivator. What's Wrong with Going All In? 我是修士,狂点怎么了? [Modern Urban Cultivation, Urban Fantasy, Xianxia] After Han Fang’s soul transmigrates into the cultivation world, he transmigrates back. Once he wakes, he deals with the fake young master who turned him into a vegetable, then resumes cultivation using resources he brought back from another world. There’s too little spiritual energy to cultivate these days, but fortunately, he has a soul dimension filled with spirit springs, spirit herbs, and spirit fruits beyond counting. He reaches Foundation 435Reads7.6Score10114d adds
- 75 After a City Office Drone Meets a Little Girl with a Divine Spirit 都市牛马邂逅元神小女孩后 While practicing meditation, Lei Weiran accidentally cultivated a “mindscape” and attracted Xiao Qi, a little girl whose primordial spirit came from another world. She had come seeking refuge. Cultivators with designs on her began to appear. They claimed that whoever obtained Xiao Qi would learn the secret of ascending to immortality. In their eyes, Lei Weiran became a “walking treasure trove.” Lei Weiran's path of cultivation began with protecting this little girl with a primordial spirit! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Reborn as the Strongest Abandoned Son, Arrogant in the City 仙帝重生,狂傲都市 Immortal Emperor + reborn + urban cultivation + scheming + no saintly do-gooder + martial arts versus cultivation In his previous life, Nangong Junmo was a once-in-a-million cultivation prodigy. He cultivated his way to becoming an Immortal Emperor, only to be stabbed in the back by his senior brother and reborn on Earth. With everything starting over, he gets the chance to cultivate the strongest technique in the cultivation world, the Supreme Scripture, and become the strongest of all. Those w 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Golden Core Cultivation from the Start: Confessing to My Childhood Friend, the Campus Belle 开局金丹期:向青梅校花表白 [Invincible] + [Urban Cultivation] + [One Female Lead] + [Reborn] + [Immortal Emperor] Lin Xuan, the Qian Kun Sword Emperor, had reigned supreme in the immortal realm for ten thousand years. Just as he was about to overcome his tribulation and ascend to godhood, his sworn brothers ambushed him and brought about his death. He was Reborn on Blue Star. Back on Blue Star, Lin Xuan is determined to rewrite the hardships of his past and protect his family, as well as his childhood sweetheart, who has 875Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 78 Super Cultivation Reject 超级修真弃少 Su Bai, a tribulation-transcending Immortal Venerable from the vast world of cultivation, suddenly comes to his senses and discovers that he has become the abandoned son of a wealthy family on Earth! He also finds that not only has his clan cast him aside, but he is living under someone else’s roof, enduring cold looks and mockery even from his relatives, including his cousin... This is the story of an Immortal Venerable rising to power in the city, sweeping away the great clans, and settling sc 14.4kReads7.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 79 Special Investigation Bureau 001 特勘局001 Spiritual energy is quietly returning to this continent. In this world of humans, demihumans, and elves, why did spiritual energy suddenly disappear, leaving behind a world of cultivation where it is pitifully scarce? The protagonist, Lu Feng, is a university student in Lanjiang City about to graduate. But in the final week before graduation, he gets caught up in a mysterious and bizarre supernatural murder case. Rescued at the brink of death, he joins the mysterious Special Investigation Burea 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Record of Reborn Cultivation 重生修行录 A second life, and a life full of excitement. Office workers, young wives, sisters, celebrities… Beautiful women are just one of the lovely sights along the road to the top. I’m no saintly gentleman, but I’m not despicable enough to have no limits. Since ancient times, the strong have always had more! 6.1kReads7.9Score41114d adds
- 81 Cultivating Immortality in the City with My Original Space 坐拥原空间在都市修仙 At eighteen, Lin Yi experiences his grandfather’s death and a family dispute over property. During a heated argument, his parents are injured, and he is beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital. By chance, he obtains an ancient space and embarks on the path of cultivation. From then on, he plays the pig to eat the tiger and gets the better of everyone. 582Reads7.0Score10914d adds
- 82 Everyday Life of Qingxia High School Students 青夏高中生日常 [Light cultivation + laid-back daily life + Chinese-style school setting + ensemble cast + no System + the only immortal] [An ensemble story about life at a Chinese-style school] The hero who saved the world returns to reality and starts down the path of cultivation again. All right, this is actually the everyday story of a beleaguered hero returning to reality and going back to being a high schooler, stuck at school from seven in the morning until ten at night. 3.5kReads8.4Score25714d adds
- 83 The Urban Cultivation Mad Doctor 都市修仙狂医 Qin Che sat on the ground in the corner of a narrow alley, drenched in sweat and gasping in terror. He could hardly believe that immortal cultivators existed in this world, let alone that they could seize another person's body. But he had no choice but to believe it: he had experienced the bizarre process firsthand. A powerful cultivator from a thousand years ago had tried to take over his body, only to be countered by Qin Che. From then on, Qin Che wielded immortal cultivation techniques in one 7.3kReads8.6Score96914d adds
- 84 Ten Years of Cultivation, Back in the City and Invincible 修仙十年,重回都市我无敌 My name is Wang Fan. I was framed and sent to prison, where, by a twist of fate, I spent ten years cultivating immortality. Ten years later, armed with heaven-defying abilities, I returned to the city and discovered that I had long since become virtually invincible. This time, I will reach the summit of the universe, look down upon countless worlds, and lord it over all creation! I will make everyone who ever bullied me pay a terrible price! I will settle every score and cut down every enemy 19.2kReads8.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 85 A Qi Refiner Transmigrates to the City 练气士穿越都市 Xu Shan was a low-level Qi cultivator in the Netherworld. After buying a copper ring at the marketplace and putting it on, he somehow transmigrated to a modern, high-tech city. This world was short on spiritual energy, and immortals existed only in legends. Xu Shan was the only cultivator in the entire city, with no one else able to follow his path. The copper ring could take him between worlds, and by drawing on the resources of several different worlds, he rose from a lone cultivator to a powe 396Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 86 Cultivation Community: I Manage the Property, and the Big Shots Line Up to Pay 修仙小区:我当物业,大佬排队交 On the day he is reborn, Qin Changsheng slaps a Nascent Soul grandmaster. The greatest rogue cultivator of his past life is now a property manager earning 3,500 a month. The residents' chat group is full of complaints: sword cultivators report exploding furnaces, while members of the Harmony Sect sob that their bellybands have been cut up. Qin Changsheng picks up a mop. “At Qingyun Tianjing, the property manager is king.” Eventually, even the Heavenly Dao has to pay property fees. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 A Long Song for the Dawn 祈明长歌 These are the best of times. The Immortal Dynasty reigns supreme, and all nations pay tribute. The ancient Church has ruled its corner of the world for a thousand years. Geniuses rise one after another, dazzling the world. These are the worst of times. Divine authority reigns supreme, and the people live in misery. Evil cultivators run rampant, and demons roam unchecked. Behind the sacred halo lies a mountain of corpses. Beneath the Church, the Immortal Dynasty, and the Divine Eagle Federat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Supreme God King in the City 至尊神王在都市 (My new book has reached 1.4 million words and is still updating. It's an apocalyptic zombie story that turns the usual tropes on their head, with an intelligent plot that follows the logic of real life. Fellow readers who are interested can click my profile picture and check it out. Thanks so much! "I Really Don't Want an Apocalypse" is also known as "The Zombies Came, but My Apocalypse Wasn't Like the Web Novels") [Urban Cultivation + Superpowers + Alien Technology + Invincible] What would you 465Reads5.0Score10014d adds
- 89 Cultivating Immortality in the City: Coming Down the Mountain as a Defiant Rebel! 都市修仙,下山当反骨仔! [The Record of Leaving the Dust] Animated series now streaming! [Urban power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + Nascent Soul powerhouse + invincible + multiple realms + master descends the mountain] The rules of the city? The prestige of the wealthy? The games of the powerful? In front of me, Ye Lingtian, a rebel to the core, they are all complete bullshit! Sorry, but starting today, I make the rules around here! Punch arrogant rich heirs, kick evil-doers to the curb, save a beauty when I have ti 4.3kReads8.3Score32014d adds
- 90 Missing for Five Years, I Cultivate Immortality in the Mountains and Become Unrivaled 失踪五年,我!深山修仙举世无敌 Five years ago, the world bullied me, and my girlfriend left me. Heartbroken, I leaped alone from Mount Kunlun. Five years later, I return, having cultivated the path to immortality! Every old grudge will now be repaid in full! No matter how wealthy you are, rich enough to rival a nation! No matter how high your position, powerful enough to control everything! I, Qin Wendao, have but one sword, and with it I shall cut down all under heaven! 26.1kReads6.4Score3k14d adds
- 91 The Cultivation System That Helps Me Become an Immortal Emperor 都市之修仙系统助我成就仙帝 In a modern city where spiritual energy is scarce, Xiao Yuchen accidentally activates a cultivation System with his Primordial Saint Body and embarks on the path of cultivation. By taking on various challenge missions, he gains top-tier alchemy, medical, and artifact-refining skills, along with mastery of the highest-level formations. Along his journey, he helps those who deserve kindness, punishes those who deserve scorn, and saves those worthy of respect. In the end, he marries the person he l 4.4kReads8.9Score38614d adds
- 92 I Returned from Cultivation, and You’re Telling Me My Daughter Is Dying? 修仙归来,你告诉我女儿快死了? “Daddy, Nannan hurts so much. Is Nannan going to die...?” After vanishing for five years, Lin Xuan had already reached the pinnacle of the cultivation world and earned the title of Abyssal Heavenly Emperor! He tore through the void and returned, only to find his wife missing. His elderly father had spent everything to save his granddaughter and suffered humiliation at the hands of local thugs. And his sweet, well-behaved daughter was suffering from a “terminal illness,” with her life hanging by 10Reads—Score10014d adds
- 93 An Ordinary College Junior, Transmigrated to the Cultivation World to Live in Luxury 大三小人物,穿到修仙界苟富贵 An ordinary third-year college student falls into a parallel cultivation world, where one wrong step could make him vanish forever. Sect battles and bizarre secret realms unfold one after another, as prodigies scramble for immortal opportunities and chase eternal life. Everyone sees him as an insignificant nobody. In the end, the entire cultivation world is stunned to realize that he has reached the point where it’s time for them to “answer for themselves.” “Fellow Daoists, give me an explanati —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 I Just Got Back from Journey to the West, and You Say Everyone's Cultivating to Immortality? 刚从西游回来,你说全民修仙? In 2020, Li Qingyun transmigrated to the world of Journey to the West and took Sun Wukong's place on the pilgrimage to the West. When he transmigrated again and returned to Earth, a hundred years had passed. It was now 2120. A century ago, spiritual qi revival swept across the globe. Countless demon beasts burst from the earth. Cultivation powerhouses of every kind established their own sects and forces, carving out territories for themselves. The authorities were powerless to control them, and 21Reads—Score10614d adds
- 95 Urban Cultivation 《都市修仙》 Urban Immortal Cultivation 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Spiritual Zen 灵禅 At the summit of Ku Wu Mountain, Lingchan Sect was once a giant of the cultivation world, with immortals flocking to pay homage. Now it has become a national 5A-rated tourist attraction. In this age of declining magic, the spiritual veins have dried up and all living things are destined for the grave. Only security guard Xu Xian has cultivated himself into the one and only immortal of the age, using nothing but a mouthful of wasted energy. See how this security guard of the age of declining mag 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 First Year, New Semester: Welcome, Ancestor of the Nascent Soul 大一新学期,恭迎化神老祖 [Cultivator Returns + Technical Mastermind, Unbeatable + Lighthearted and Witty + Calculated Carnage + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] After accidentally transmigrating to the cultivation world, I weathered three thousand years and finally became an ancestor at the Deity Transformation stage! Who could have guessed that one careless move would get me stabbed in the back by my betrothed Dao companion? With no choice but to grit my teeth, I broke through layer upon layer of encirclement and escaped t 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 I Am the Emperor! How Dare You Call Yourself Supreme? 吾为帝!尔敢称尊? [Emperor Lord + Reborn + Invincible + Modern World + Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics + All the Heavens!] Lu Qingxuan was once a native of Blue Star, but after an accident transmigrated to the Immortal Mystic Continent, where he became known as Lu Jiuxiao. He once wielded the six great Origin Emperor Weapons, ruled over the nine great sacred grounds, and suppressed the three forbidden lands. He was the greatest Emperor Lord in the Immortal Mystic Continent’s history. 5.5kReads8.2Score53414d adds
- 99 Urban Cultivation 都市修仙 After returning from a drinking session with his roommates, Lin Lang wanders onto the hill behind campus and unexpectedly gains the soul of “Lin Sanlang” from the Xuanchen Continent. Lin Lang's soul merges with Lin Sanlang's, and they discover that the world they inhabit is in the “Age of Declining Magic.” As time passes, it begins to enter the “Age of Prosperity”... 231Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Reborn: The Celestial Emperor Cultivates in the City 重生之天帝在都市修仙 “Peerless Heavenly Emperor” Ye Youchen was assassinated by the Ten Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm and was reborn on Earth. From the start, he seemed to have hit the jackpot: he was a student at a top university. Little did he know that it was the beginning of a life of drudgery! Faced with taunts from romantic rivals and threats and temptations from rich heirs, only his grandfather worked tirelessly, farming and scavenging, to put him through university. He resolved to cultiva 3Reads—Score—14d adds

















































