Novels like Red Spirit Sword Maiden
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- 101 Journey to the West in Plain Language 白话文西游记 Compared with other translations of Journey to the West, mine has a few distinctive features: First, I have broken down every chapter. Except for the first three, each chapter is divided into three sections: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. Each section has also been given a more fitting title. Second, I have split up long paragraphs into the shorter paragraphs popular in novels today, making the book more enjoyable to read. Third, I have added notes in [...] and comments in ^...^. I hope you 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Gods Descend Upon the Nine Heavens: Slaying Evil 神临九天：斩邪 She falls off a cliff and finds a fortuitous opportunity, then fights Heaven for its blessings. She learns alchemy and identifies spirit materials; hard work can make you rich. Her stunning, charming junior sister has an invincible Daoist physique. She travels the nine provinces with her sword, free to roam between Heaven and Earth. Her family makes her take the blame, while gods and demons alike target her. An ordinary person with a single sword can still shatter the firmament!!! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Chronicle of Frost, Snow, and Sword Songs 霜雪剑歌录 [Martial arts + traditional fantasy] Legend has it that deep in the misty forest, a man wearing a tattered cloak drags a coffin along the road. No one knows what’s inside. Some say it holds countless treasures of gold and silver. Others claim it contains a peerless divine weapon. Still others are convinced that the coffin hides an ultimate cultivation manual, one that can reveal the deepest truths of the universe and grant the reader ascension to immortality… Yet no one has ever seen what lies i 17Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 104 Heavenly Revelation Divine Diagram 天启神图 The Great Sun fell, and the Great Night withdrew from the world, allowing the demonic path to run rampant and plunging the realm into chaos. The young Jiang Chen stumbles upon a Divine Revelation Map. Accompanied by a talking rabbit, he sets out to exterminate demons and banish evil, saving the people from dire straits. 249Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 105 Reborn as a Demon Slayer 重生之降妖师 Lin Feng never imagined that the soul-rebirth stories in novels could actually happen, let alone to him!!! That’s right: Lin Feng, a truck driver hit by a midlife crisis, is reborn in a world where humans, demons, ghosts, and monsters coexist. Exorcist Lin Feng sets off on a journey to hunt demons and find his way!!! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Sword Seeks Immortality 剑问仙 I wield a sword that points up to the divine courts of the Ninth Heaven and down into the underworld's deepest reaches. With a single stroke, it can cleave mountains and rivers and split the sun and moon. With my three-foot sword, I shall sweep away the three thousand paths of immortality. If I must be the greatest beneath heaven, then I shall cut down every immortal and demon in the cosmos. With this sword in my hand, I roam freely between heaven and earth. With me in the world, the Sword Dao s 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Seven-Colored Chaos Pearl 七彩混沌珠 Taking a beating toughens my body. Fighting enemies lets me steal their martial skills, and battle makes me level up. With a blade in hand, I carve out a path to greatness, fighting my way to the peak, undefeated. I have no powerful backer. I am my own greatest backer. 2.1kReads—Score20814d adds
- 108 The Six Paths Confer Divinity 六道封神 The path of spiritual cultivation: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, and Great Ascension. The path of body tempering: Copper Body, Hundred Shatters, Thousandfold Weight, Ten Thousand Pythons, Space Shattering, Star Breaking, and Heaven Sealing. A classic fantasy tale with one female lead, no System, and the Myriad Worlds, where hundreds of races stand side by side. Watch Fang Tian take one steady step after 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Xuanhuan: The Heaven-Chosen Swordsman 玄幻：天命背刀人 If it weren’t for showing off, I wouldn’t even bother drawing my blade. Peerless prodigies, born Dao heirs, gods, demons, immortals, and Buddhas... There’s nothing a single slash can’t solve. I, Chen Xuansheng, the Fate Defier, have held the world in check with my blade for a hundred thousand years! 2.2kReads8.6Score17014d adds
- 110 I Cut Off the Gods' Incense Offerings in the Mortal World 我在人间断了神明香火 [No System + no female lead + no transmigration + no saintly do-gooder] The gods sit enthroned above the heavens, feeding on the incense of the mortal world. The common people scrape by in the world below, crushed by hardship and oppression. From the moment I set foot on the path of martial arts, I inherited the faith, will, and courage of all living beings in their fight against the gods. If their faith demands that I bow and scrape, then I'll show these gods the pride of a martial artist! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Supreme Dragon Emperor 至尊龙帝 One sword splits the firmament, one sword dances through the skies. We stand between Heaven and Earth. If you won’t accept it, then let’s fight! 233Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 112 The Ninefold Profound Meridian, A Sword Chilling the Heavens 九绝玄脉剑惊寒 Born with the Nine Absolute Profound Meridians and nine naturally sealed apertures, he is dismissed as the family good-for-nothing and subjected to endless scorn and bullying. By chance, he discovers a mysterious sword embryo and a tattered ancient scroll in a hidden compartment in the ancestral shrine. Just then, heaven and earth undergo a strange upheaval. Blood-red laws descend, and the rules of another world quietly begin to erode the human realm. Betrayed by his family, he is treated by the 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Turning of Heaven and Earth 流转乾坤 The world depicted in this book is clearly different from the real world. No matter where they are in the Three Realms, every ordinary person struggles to survive. Perhaps life has no meaning to begin with, but the greatest meaning of being alive is to explore the truth of life and the value of our existence! I hope that when my dear readers discover the truth about this world one day, they’ll still love it! Let’s keep doing our best together! 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 114 Chronicles of the Xuan Yao Corpse 玄曜尸纪 (No brainless protagonist, no heroine, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy.) Qin Yan has spent ten years robbing tombs and never once failed, until he breaks into an imperial mausoleum that shouldn’t exist. The thing inside the coffin responds to knocks from the living, and in the darkness, a fourth person’s footsteps can be heard. When he wakes again, he has no pulse and fears sunlight. The evil-detecting lamp turns blue in his presence: he has become the lowest kind of zombie. Yet 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I'm Just a Blacksmith, I Just Happen to Have a Lot of Divine Weapons 我，一个铁匠，就是神兵多了一些 Lu Jin has lived in seclusion in Blackstone Town for a million years, posing as an unremarkable village blacksmith. He keeps his world-creating might in the art of weapons under wraps and seals away his supreme Dao foundation. Everyone believes he is just an ordinary man of the marketplace. No one knows that he is the sole progenitor who suppressed the Age of Darkness, commanded the origin of all weapons, and roamed the myriad heavens throughout the ages. The final ancient war ended, space and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Master of the Starry Firmament 掌星穹 This is not a story where the protagonist is invincible from the start. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read it. We appreciate your understanding. [Overwhelming progress + decisive and ruthless + sly schemer] The first 800,000 words are a high-spirited tale of crushing all opposition. After that, the protagonist grows decisive and ruthless, striking hard at every turn and pulling all kinds of sly tricks, with one exhilarating moment after another. From the start, young Lin Chen obtained t 722Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 117 One Sword, a World Beneath Me 一剑小天下 [Traditional fantasy] [Epic, passionate heroism] [No System] [Single female lead] [Gradually becoming invincible] On the turbulent Hidden Dragon Stage, the three princes' carefully laid death trap has been sprung. Can the young man, facing three enemies alone, escape alive? After a fierce battle, the wheel of fate begins to turn. The fortunes and destinies of all those involved quietly take a different course... In youth, I commanded ten thousand armored troops. With a sword in hand, I ask the v 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Ascended as a Taoist Priest, Then Met a Transmigrator! 我当道士飞升后，遇到穿越者！ Yan Wuji, a Taoist priest from Earth, is forced to ascend. He never expects to meet two wildly unconventional transmigrators in a fantasy world. From the moment they meet, the wheels of fate begin to spin wildly, plunging the world into unprecedented chaos. He stirs up storms, turning all the worlds into a chessboard and all living beings into pieces in a breathtaking game. Every move shakes heaven and earth, drawing forces from every side into a fierce struggle. The flames of war spread from th 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Good-for-Nothing Prince: From Border Soldier to Lord of the Six Wastes 废柴皇子：从边军到六荒共主 That year, nothing much happened in the primordial world, and the Three Pure Ones got into another argument with the Twelve Ancestral Witches. The shockwave swept across the mortal realm, and a wage slave who'd stayed up until the early hours simply died. Daoist Ancestor Hongjun couldn't be bothered with the trouble. He took that one sliver of life hidden in "Fifty in the Great Dao, with one escaping," tucked it into a Chaos Pearl, and tossed it into the blood and fire of the Great Zhou Dynasty' 2Reads—Score29114d adds
- 120 I Am the Mortal Emperor 我为凡帝 [Traditional fantasy + complete story + decisive and ruthless protagonist + no saintly behavior + no System] The world ranks innate talent into nine grades, with the first being the lowest and the ninth the highest. Lin Fan has the lowest grade, a useless first-grade talent. But his talent comes with its own space. While others cultivate for one day outside, he can cultivate for thirty days inside. One day... "Lin Fan, you're nothing but a mere first-grade talent. What makes you think you d 750Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 121 Imperial Bloodline 帝脉 [Highly Recommended! Exhilarating Fantasy, Razor-Sharp Pacing, Blood-Pumping Action, Decisive and Ruthless, No Pathetic Setbacks!!!] Young Lin Xiao was betrayed by his fiancee. On a rainy night, she stole his Dao Mark and crippled his meridians, leaving him unconscious in bed for two whole years! As his soul scattered and he died full of hatred, he awakened the memories of his past life as an Immortal Realm Emperor! The betrayer of years past had now become the Immortal Realm's foremost Heavenly 2.4kReads8.2Score26514d adds
- 122 Peerless Sword God 绝代剑神 In an age of taboos, the Chaos Sword Master seals the heavens with a single strike and sets the reincarnation of myriad worlds in motion! Nine divine swords capable of destroying heaven and earth! A legacy that surpasses gods and demons! The youth Su Chen rises against fate from within chaos, shatters taboos, and lays the heavens low! 1.2kReads7.9Score14914d adds
- 123 All the World's Affairs Come Down to the Sword 天下事不过一剑事 (Told through multiple storylines, spanning just over twenty years. Please read with that in mind.) His Majesty taught me benevolence, yet my great kingdom of Nanxia has fallen. This benevolence shall be passed on to Your Highness. And I will bathe the world in blood, building a grand vision upon it. The world sees me as a demon, and the sages see me as a thief. But so what? I will bear the burden of these atrocities alone. 33Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 124 The Unfinished Hexagram 坎未济 Yi Xuntian was born with godlike insight, yet laziness was in his nature. On the night the Yi family was wiped out, he had neglected to train his body because he was “lazy,” and could only watch as his loved ones were slaughtered. Ten years later, he returns with the family heirloom jade pendant and awakens his innate enlightenment. He enters the Dao through divination and practices medicine as his craft, scheming against the world amid the mortal realm. As he pursues the truth, he meets beautif 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Dao Pass 道关 Living beings draw the energy of heaven and earth through their spiritual roots. A root is made up of tendrils. An ordinary person’s spiritual root is like a bud about to break through the soil, still tightly closed: this is a useless spiritual root, and cultivation is impossible. A slightly better one, with no tendrils at all, is an empty spiritual root, which makes cultivation impossible or extremely difficult. One to three tendrils indicate low aptitude for cultivation; four to six indicate a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 We Sword Cultivators Do Whatever We Please 我辈剑修，修的便是为所欲为 The Heavenly Demon descends, and spiritual energy is corrupted. The end of the Age of Dharma, the apocalypse of cultivation. The four great families of Qinglian City: the Li, Zhao, Liu, and Wang families. Li Jianxuan of the Li family possesses the Formless Sword Body, but is deceived by Liu Ruyan of the Liu family. Liu Ruyan conspires with Zhao Xingchen of the Zhao family, who possesses the Star Sword Body. Before the Heavenly Demon descended, Li Jianxuan stole the Li family’s ancestral tre 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Silent God’s Renown 默神有闻 (Eastern fantasy + no System + talent + scheming + male protagonist) An age of chaos is coming, and the great edifice is on the verge of collapse. Who will save the billions of innocent, ordinary people? Lin Motian possesses a sacred physique. After upheaval strikes his family, he enters the world of immortal cultivation and stirs up enormous waves. Lin Mo thinks things through before he acts, and his cunning schemes show no mercy. One enchanting night in the Wolf King’s Cave leaves Lin Mo with 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Great Cultivators of the Nations 列国大修士 Spiritual energy across the continent has been waning. For centuries, the cultivation world has been locked in constant warfare over its dwindling resources. Countless sects and aristocratic clans have fallen, yet spiritual energy grows ever scarcer... This has triggered a chain reaction. The nations of the Mortal Realm, once affiliated with different sects, have also descended into war. The continent is ravaged, and its people suffer in poverty. The Daoist sects once said that a true dragon cou 426Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 129 The Sevenfold Floating Spirit 七转浮灵 [Traditional fantasy] [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Transmigration] One turn, one lifetime; half a life, half a world of glass. On an autumn day, as a gentle breeze stirs beside a serene lake, a young man obtains a black greatsword, and a game of chess that lay dormant for a thousand years quietly awakens. Will his appearance change the stalemate gripping the world? And what secrets lie hidden behind the layers of mist? 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 130 Defying the Heavens 藐视上苍 [Fantasy + alternate world + wild imagination + growth + twists + power fantasy] The path of cultivation means seizing the wonders of Heaven and Earth, fighting for opportunities, defying life and death, treading the cycle of reincarnation, and seeking immortality. Not even a thousand deaths can shake my resolve to attain the Dao. I will soar to the ninth heaven. 16Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 131 Benefactor, This Little Taoist Knows a Few Fist Techniques 施主，小道也略懂一些拳法 This book is mainly about fighting, with flirting as a side dish. The protagonist is either fighting or on his way to flirt with a girl. He's rather passive. The girls are always the ones who make the first move and pin him down! The most obscure star in the Big Dipper is called the Tiansha Star. It brings misfortune to one's closest relatives, a life of hardship, no companion in old age, and a lifetime of loneliness. This is the fate of the Tiansha Lone Star. “Amitabha. This humble Daoist is th 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Qingya Sword Immortal 青崖剑仙 The path to immortality is fraught with danger, and human nature is cold. The strong rule, their hearts as icy as stone. The weak are lowly, their lives worth no more than blades of grass. Xu Xiaoshan, a boy from the mortal world, is fortunate enough to embark on the path to immortality. With the sword in his hand, he will carve a ray of sunlight into this frigid world of cultivation and bring it a touch of warmth. 15Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 133 The Misty Immortal Path: The Human Realm Arc 缥缈仙途传人界篇 [Mortal cultivation, no System, slow-paced, traditional xianxia] The road to immortality drifts through mist and haze, while worldly ties and mortal affairs teem with danger. The seasons turn and storms rise; seas change into mulberry fields as the journey home awaits. 392Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 134 Exiled from the Start, I Forge a Hundred Thousand Swords on the Frontier 开局被流放，我在边疆种出十万剑 Xie Kaishan is stripped of his heir's title and exiled to the desolate province, given nothing but a land deed and a stretch of barren earth. The county office demands grain, the people have nothing to eat, and the immortal sects declare that mortals have no chance of attaining the Dao. Yet he can sow lost laws and reap them as crops: a single ear of sword-rice opens a sword aperture, while a field of spirit rice strengthens an entire city's people. Others choose the gifted for their sects; he f 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Human Race's Demon Lord 人族妖主 On Soul Abyss Continent, humans and demons stand opposed. To save her fallen beloved, Bai Li, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Empress, burned away her bloodline and a thousand years of cultivation to perform the forbidden art of “Reincarnation to Continue Our Bond.” Before she vanished, she left behind only one sentence: “A thousand years of waiting, all so I can await your return to this mortal world.” The young Lu Chen carries a hidden demon bloodline, making him unwelcome among both humans an 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Book of Curses: The Immortal Realm’s Ancestor Is Actually Me 咒厄天书：仙界老祖竟是我自己 “Cursed energy contamination: 99.8%. Complete mutation is expected in one year.” Wang Chuan had no time to resist before he was exiled to the harsh Spirit Realm. As the mighty figures of the Immortal Realm reaped the Dao fruits painstakingly forged by countless cultivators across the Earthly Spirit Realms, the Ancestral God in Wang Chuan’s Niwan Palace erupted. He briefly broke free of the Life-Erasing Curse’s grip and glimpsed an ancient cultivation technique in which cultivators fed on curses. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 With My Wasted Body, I Devour the Myriad Daos 我以废躯噬万道 Jiang Jin, the cast-off son of the Jiang clan of Linyuan City, was born with “sealed meridians and blocked spirit channels.” For sixteen years, he couldn't absorb a trace of spiritual energy. Cast out of his clan, jilted by his fiancee, and branded a bringer of disaster by the entire city, he had nothing left. Then an ancient devouring sigil awakened in his dantian, and he learned that the “crippled body” everyone mocked was, in fact, the only one in the world capable of cultivating the Devourin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Heaven’s Will: Wolf Souls in Troubled Times 天道：乱世狼魂 Heaven is not benevolent. It treats all creation like straw dogs, while the blood feud between humans and demons has dragged on for ten thousand years, without end since time immemorial. A tragic accident took Lin Yue's mother from him, but awakened the talent of a half-human, half-demon. He slaughtered demons across the world for the sake of humanity, only to discover that the hypocrites behind him wanted to cast him into an abyss of depravity. In a fit of rage, he transformed into a demon and 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Xunlin Illusory Mirror 巽蔺幻镜 He should have abandoned his true nature… Kindness invites weakness, and having someone you cherish gives you a weakness. My body is like steel. My heart is like dark iron. I must not answer the calls of others. Only my own heartbeat echoes around me. When my heart trembles, you will be reduced to dust. I don't want to write flashy plays or wish-fulfillment stories. I only want to use the most authentic scenes to capture the mysteries of life and death, and the sparks that fly between emotions. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Beneath the Soaring Clouds 凌云霄下 [Mortal's Cultivation] [No System] [Traditional Cultivation] [Slow-Paced Growth Power Fantasy] [All by Hand] Xiao Chen, an outer disciple, accidentally obtains a silver booklet with no words. Why is its method of cultivation so different from everyone else's? Everyone says that with my useless spiritual roots, I'll never amount to anything. Then I'll cultivate both qi and body, and leave nothing out! All you geniuses and prodigies, if you don't accept that, come challenge me! I'll shatter you 262Reads—Score11914d adds
- 141 Dancing Sword of Xiaoxiang 潇湘剑舞 [Traditional Xianxia + Tragic Human-Demon Romance + Classical Fantasy (The first few dozen chapters are a little melodramatic, but it gets better later. Not for readers who can't handle that.)] Qian Liuyin is entrusted by Li Yiqiu, the greatest swordsman under heaven, with delivering a letter to Yuhengzi, the head of Tianzhui Sect. On the way, he gets bitten by Qing Xue, a snow fox spirit. Furious, he chases her all night, but eventually lets her go. He even saves her life later, only to find hi 151Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 142 Breathe Deep and Live to See Peace 深呼吸活到太平时 He transmigrates into a chaotic age plagued by demons and becomes a cultivator hunted by his entire village. He doesn’t want to die, so he has no choice but to follow a cat with a broken tail. The cat says, “If you’re alive, you work. If you work, you get food.” He takes a deep breath and starts enduring... Enduring the pursuit, enduring the winter, enduring until the day peace finally comes. 3Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 143 The Chronicles of Heavenly Evolution 衍天修行录 [Soul transmigration] + [comedy] + [slow pace] + [no filler] A soul from the 21st century unexpectedly transmigrates into a fantasy world. The moment the young Qiu Han opens his eyes, he gets the shock of his life: he was born without spiritual roots, a good-for-nothing destined to have no chance of cultivating immortality. But he refuses to accept his fate. He grits his teeth, trains hard, and searches for a way forward, only to stumble upon a mysterious path of cultivation no one has ever walk —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Beyond the Path of Immortality: Wielding My Sword to Slay the Mortal World 超脱修仙路执剑斩凡尘 No System, no golden finger, no old master A pure cultivation novel. The first three cultivation realms are Spirit Refining: Spirit Qi entering the body, Spirit Qi turning to liquid, and Spirit Qi condensing into a core. Next comes Spirit Qi returning to the mortal state, also called the Spirit Transformation stage, the turning point in cultivation. There are three transformations: first, illuminating the heart; second, tempering the body; third, condensing the spirit… The cultivation method is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Immortals and Mortals of Taowu 桃坞仙凡 [The Greatest Xuanhuan Novel of All Time] [Its title did it a disservice. More than ten outside sites have already pirated it. Veteran fantasy readers, jump right in.] The master is invincible, and the protagonist starts out with a cheat... The Cangyuan Continent, with its vast lands and mysterious seas. Wang Xiaoshi, a young islander, stumbled onto the path of immortal cultivation by chance. But his first attempt ended in failure, and from that day onward, a rainbow hung across the sky. When th 167Reads8.6Score1014d adds
- 146 Lord of All Worlds: Starting as a Servant for Sale 万界之尊：从卖到杂役院开始 [No System + invincible power fantasy + one heroine + ruthless + Infinite Flow + even better in the later chapters] Yun Xuan left his small mountain village to uncover the mystery of his origins, only to be unexpectedly sold to Wufeng Sect as a servant. Trials in a land chosen by the gods, the mystery of his background, countless cycles of reincarnation across endless divine realms, and one man with one axe cleaving open the primordial cosmos. The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the sto 3Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 147 The Woodcutter Boy's Record of Immortal Encounters 砍柴少年仙缘录 At fifteen, Zhao Fei was a woodcutter from a remote mountain village in the Kingdom of Nanchuan. One day, a wondrous object fell from the sky, sending the young woodcutter down the path of immortal cultivation… 8.6kReads7.5Score99514d adds
- 148 Martial Dao God 武道神尊 The Three Saints die, the Five Emperors fall, the Dragon God perishes, and humanity mourns! The Great Dao shatters and the apocalypse descends. Even if your talent rivals that of the ancient emperors, your path will still fade into obscurity. Your once peerless brilliance will wither, and in the end, you will turn to dust! The Heaven-Devouring Demon Physique is reborn, devouring heavenly treasures, transforming earthly wonders, refining the firmament, and consuming the stars. I trample prodigies 2.5kReads8.4Score31914d adds
- 149 Peak of the Firmament 穹苍之巅 The young Mo Chen disappeared for five years. Now, five years later, he has returned in triumph. Watch this dashing young man overcome one obstacle after another and climb to the very peak of the heavens. 2.3kReads8.5Score15114d adds
- 150 A Sorcerer's World: I Carry a Tech Chip Wherever I Go 术士世界随身携带科技芯片 [Not a power fantasy] [Everyday slice of life] [Lighthearted] [Slow-paced] [No playing it safe] [No protagonist torture] [One heroine. Come on in!] Zhou Xiang transmigrates to a strange world, only to find that the auxiliary chip inside him has come along too. Here are mages who fly through the sky and burrow underground, all kinds of beasts and monsters that eat people without leaving a trace, and sects of every kind. In this life, Zhou Xiang vows not to get caught up in the rat race again, but 61Reads6.3Score—14d adds
