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- 1 Myriad Forms Dao Lord: Starting with Education and Developing Downline Recruits 万相道君：从办学发展下线开始 Li Changfeng is easy on himself and awakens a pyramid-scheme-like golden finger. As long as he develops underlings, and underlings beneath them, he can keep taking a cut of what they gain from cultivation. In this chaotic era, with the dynasty nearing its end and foreigners running rampant, he chooses to start a school and take in students, turning them into underlings, then into underlings' underlings... The students swear their loyalty, and Li Changfeng gains the beginnings of a Vermilion Bird 0Votes9.9kRecs11.2kFans
- 2 A Peach Blossom Spring for Homebodies 宅居桃花源 After struggling for several years in the city and suffering setbacks in both love and career, the orphan Tao Yuan began yearning for a quiet life in the countryside. He quit his job and returned to Taohua Village, the abandoned home of his childhood, to spend the rest of his days alone. Living by himself in a deserted, overgrown village, he spent his time growing flowers and vegetables, fishing, and the like. Free of the worries of the outside world, he found himself feeling much happier. “Pick 0Votes2.2kRecs4kFans
- 3 A Century of Corpse Looting: From a Rising Clan to an Immortal Dynasty's Imperial House 摸尸百年：从家族崛起到仙朝皇族 A ramshackle house, a cold bed, an empty rice bowl, four hungry children, and battles raging outside the village one after another... Chen Changsheng says, “I’m not worried!” With the Tianyuan Cauldron in hand, I can refine corpses into fertilizer inside it, while farming outside gives me hope of attaining immortality! Ahem, immortality can wait too. First, I need to find the children a mother wh 0Votes24.6kRecs68.7kFans
- 4 After Being Reborn, I Developed a Split Personality 重生后我精分了 On a university campus, beneath the cherry blossoms. A beautiful girl stepped in front of a handsome young man. “Chen Mo, why are you pretending not to know me? Did you take advantage of me and then refuse to take responsibility?” The young man stared at her in bewilderment. “Who are you? I really don’t know you!” “You bastard!” The girl slapped him, then ran off in tears. Clutching his stinging cheek, the young man watched her go. “...Who the hell did I offend?” One day, on a campus path, h 0Votes10.4kRecs31.7kFans
- 5 The Kangxi-Qianlong Golden Age Is as Good as Mine! 康乾盛世，我吃定了！ Kangxi: “I ruled the empire for sixty-one years, diligently tending to affairs of state. The economy flourished, and the nation grew strong. Would you call that a golden age?” Zhu Yijiong: “Well said. Someone, grant Emperor Kangxi the posthumous title Shundi as well!” Kangxi: “?” 0Votes11.8kRecs67.7kFans
- 6 The Money-Spending Martial Saint 氪金武圣 Five Qi Returning to the Origin Fist: Beginner+ Energy: 1 (Recharge with grain, meat, medicinal herbs, and other items to gain energy points) After transmigrating into a chaotic age plagued by war, Qin Yi grits his teeth and heads up a mountain to become a Daoist priest just to stay alive. Life is hard, but fortunately, with his peerless talent and strenuous efforts, Qin Yi grows stronger step by step and eventually reaches the pinnacle of martial sainthood! 0Votes38.2kRecs133kFans
- 7 Back to 2006 回到2006 Back in the height of summer in 2006, he sent a long-overdue message to seven people. His life took a different turn as a result. 0Votes34.5kRecs75.8kFans
- 8 The Tycoon Begins with a Self-Discipline Challenge 神豪从自律挑战开始 Zhong Yun, a wage slave, obtains a self-discipline challenge System. No more cola. Stay disciplined for one day, earn fifty yuan. No more dating. Stay disciplined for one day, earn one hundred yuan. After one full month, the rewards double. Overjoyed, Zhong Yun plans to quit his job and go home to lie flat. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that claiming those rewards won’t be so easy. All kinds of temptations and trials begin appearing in his life. “Want to try cola chicken wings?” One da 0Votes20.9kRecs86.9kFans
- 9 The Vast Realms 大千界域 Alone in a foreign land, where is the road back home? A story about someone fighting to return! 0Votes8.7kRecs12Fans
- 10 EN Longevity: Fortifying the Five Viscera and Six Bowels 长生从强化五脏六腑开始 New release: Deriving All Laws: From Rickshaw Puller to Great Dao Lord The five viscera are the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. The six bowels are the small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, bladder, and triple burner. The five viscera and six bowels complement one another, storing essence and energy. They are the foundation of the human body and the basis of cultivation. Zhao Ya transmigrated into a chaotic age with an attribute panel. He also had outline diagrams of t 0Votes21.9kRecs266.4kFans
- 11 The Sword Rises in the Stars, Poison Leads the Way 剑出星宿毒为锋 On arriving in this new world, the Old Immortal of the Constellation Sect fires poisonous flames! Racing against time, a sales director breaks through a crisis! The strong prey on the weak, and fellow disciples tear each other apart like insects in a jar! Born with a venomous constitution, he follows a scientific plan to master divine arts! With high-minded principles and soaring ambition, he has brothers at 2Votes40.7kRecs70.5kFans
- 12 Reborn, Starting with Marrying a Female Educated Youth 重生从娶女知青开始 Reborn in the past, Ji Yuanhai carried the memories of two lifetimes. This time, he would strive to live a better life and make himself proud. The first thing he would do was marry the most beautiful educated youth in the village! 0Votes84.9kRecs474.7kFans
- 13 The Azure River Demon Master 青河魔师 Huang Sixi transmigrated to the end of the Ming dynasty and unexpectedly gained the ability to devour martial arts. From then on, he embarked on a journey through the martial world to collect the supreme arts of a hundred schools. The road through the martial world is long, but he must still advance courageously with sword in hand, assassinate the Tatar chieftain amid armies of soldiers an 0Votes35.9kRecs82.4kFans
- 14 The Strongest Qi Refining Stage in History (Also Known As: Five Thousand Years of Qi Refining) 史上最强炼气期（又名：炼气五千年） After nearly five thousand years of cultivation, Fang Yu still hasn't broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I'm really only at the Qi Refining stage, but don't mess with me!” Also known as Qi Refining for Five Thousand Years. 1Votes102.3kRecs160.9kFans
- 15 I Became a Divine King in a World Inside a Jar 我在缸中世界当神王 Lin Ge has a world in a tank where he can create anything. He scattered sand inside, and it became stars and mountains. He sprayed in water mist, and it gathered into rivers and seas. He put food from the fridge inside, and the food transformed into demons. Finally, he tossed in the books from the shelf, and magic appeared in the world inside the tank. 0Votes14.9kRecs57.3kFans
- 16 Demon Emperor 妖天子 Ruan Hu turned into a demon. He became a ridge beast atop a palace, glaring down at mortals all day long. On the first day, he watched the Son of Heaven listen to poetry in the imperial garden. On the second day, he watched the Son of Heaven enjoy dances and music in the palace hall. One beautiful woman after another came and went at the emperor’s side, as music and revelry filled every night. With a single word, he could decide who lived or died, taking whatever he pleased. On the fourth day, R 0Votes30.2kRecs99.7kFans
- 17 I Have an Immortal Dao World 我有一个仙道世界 Beneath the Daoist pagoda on Mount Laojun. There is a painting of Laozi departing west through Hangu Pass. This painting connects to another world. Jiang Xuan does not know that world's name, so he forcibly named it: the Hangu Realm. P.S.: This novel is also known as The Immortal Path Through Hangu Pass. 1Votes21.1kRecs60.8kFans
- 18 EN The Scripture of Crossing Souls 我有一卷度人经 Immortals and Buddhas receive incense from the living. I alone fulfill the wishes of the dead. I walk the mortal world, but I do not relieve suffering, avert calamity, or save people from disasters wrought by nature or man. I only ease hearts unwilling to accept their fate, settle grievances that cannot be laid to rest, and fulfill wishes left ungranted. I ferry all beings across and establish the cycle of reincarnation anew. In Weishui, Great Xia, a boy who watches over graves happens upon a st 0Votes52.1kRecs461kFans
- 19 The Crown Prince of Chongzhen 崇祯太子 The Yangzhou Massacre shattered the resolve of everyone in the Southern Ming. The Hongguang Emperor fled Yingtian overnight without making any preparations. At this moment of crisis, the people of Yingtian spontaneously broke the so-called “fake crown prince” out of prison… With human nature at its most complex, fierce internal strife, a calculating mind, and an identity no one would acknowledge, can Zhu Cilang seize this golden opportunity? 0Votes16.8kRecs70.2kFans
- 20 The Carefree Mountain Lord 逍遥山君 Study books and learn to read, cultivate virtue and nurture the spirit, claim a mountain as king, and refine qi into spirit. This is not a traditional monster-slaying, level-up story. There is no clearly defined cultivation system, and the focus is more on everyday life. 0Votes27.1kRecs65.7kFans
- 21 Now That We're Reborn, Who Wouldn't Raise a Little Sister? 都重生了谁还不养个妹妹 A father who’s gone, a mother who disappeared, and a girl whose life has fallen apart. Why does this plot sound so familiar? Xu Mingyuan looks at the tearful little Yangzhi. Well, serves you right for deceiving me in your past life. Seeing how miserable you are now, I can finally relax. 2Votes62.1kRecs277.1kFans
- 22 Cultivating Immortality and Longevity, Starting as a Fisherman 从钓鱼佬开始修仙长生 The mastermind behind the cultivation world, and the only one with supernatural powers in the real world! After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Su Ping diligently cultivated for twenty years. Trapped by his poor aptitude and unable to see any hope of establishing his foundation, he decided to lie flat and live as a wealthy landowner. Luckily, he activated the Fishing Enthusiast Game System. It let him obtain game items, strange fish, and a pocket dimension through a fishing game, none of 1Votes51.3kRecs233.9kFans
- 23 I, Murong Fu, Only Want to Cultivate Immortality! 我慕容复，只想修仙！ What? There are only four retainers and two maids in the family, and you expect me to revive the Yan dynasty? If you’d had even a single peanut to eat, you wouldn’t be this drunk! To hell with reviving the Yan dynasty! I, Murong Fu, just want to stay home and cultivate immortality! Right, I’m a transmigrator, and now I’m Murong Fu. I don’t know what I hit while transmigrating, but after I arrived, a cultivation technique somehow appeared in my mind. It follows the path of Qi Refining, Foundation 0Votes31.8kRecs288.5kFans
- 24 EN Cautious Cultivation in an Eerie World 我在诡异世界谨慎修仙 With scarce resources and demons lurking everywhere, Chen Lin transmigrated into a bizarre world. Cultivators, who should have stood high above the rest, had become prey for monsters and demons here, struggling to survive. Faced with such a situation, Chen Lin could only proceed with caution, taking every step as if his life depended on it. Gradually, he discovered that this world was far more mysterious and vast than it seemed. The deeper he delved, the more complicated it became. Strange and w 220Votes274.7kRecs391.9kFans
- 25 The God of Drama! 戏神！ After sixteen years of training in opera, he took the stage to slay ghosts and gods. As Judge Bao, he heard the cries of wronged souls and brought down the Dragon-Head Guillotine to execute Yama. As Zhong Kui, he swept demons from the Nine Provinces and captured evil ghosts to go with his wine. As Guan Yu, his loyalty reached the heavens, and his Green Dragon Crescent Blade swept away every injustice. As the Great Sage, his mighty cudgel rose to clear the skies of dust for ten thousand miles! .. 2Votes61.1kRecs222kFans
- 26 The Last Building on Earth 地球上最后一幢楼 Wang Xuan entered Longmao Plaza and became trapped inside. By the time he finally managed to get out, he discovered that... It was the last building left on Earth. I've completed seven novels. Feel free to check them out if you're interested. 0Votes104.8kRecs482kFans
- 27 I Am Going to Be Emperor 老子就是要当皇帝 What can you do after transmigrating into the body of a refugee at the end of the Ming dynasty? What else? Rebel and become emperor! What, you say rebellion is hard? What if it fails? What else can you do? Make do with what you've got... In short, life and death be damned. Raise an army and go for it. Either die or become emperor! 0Votes59.5kRecs161kFans
- 28 Hold On, Let Me Start a Game First 别急，容我先开一局游戏 After Lin Qianxing transmigrated to another world, he discovered that both his gaming platform and cheat platform had come along for the ride. Beating a game earns him a character template and its abilities. In Ascending Mount Shu, he used the [Midair Footwork] cheat to beat the game and gained the ability to jump endlessly. “Kid, even if you had wings, you couldn’t escape today.” “I don’t have wings, but I should be able to fly anyway.” In Flying Daggers, he obtained the [Hidden Blades] cheat: 0Votes30.7kRecs201.1kFans
- 29 EN Breaking the Human Limit 从打破人体极限开始 “Flesh and blood alone: how can one become king?” “To rule over all beings, first devour the Buddhas, dragons, and elephants!” It all begins when Wu Dao breaks through the limits of the human body. 0Votes30.1kRecs207.2kFans
- 30 They Conquer the World for Me 她们为我打天下 A Compilation of Anecdotes from the New Dynasty [The Gaozu Emperor's Love of Beautiful Women] Empress Mi was originally married to Lu, Duke of Yu. After he was convicted of a crime and cast out, she happened to meet the Gaozu Emperor during his obscure early years, and the two became husband and wife. Lady Li was the consort of the former ruler. After being captured by the Gaozu Emperor, she became his favorite. Soon afterward, the Gaozu Emperor went west on a campaign and destroyed Zhao, taking 1Votes90.8kRecs206.2kFans
- 31 A Vast Immortal Realm 仙寥 The quest for the Dao burns like a flame, and life is its fuel. One's nature is the kindling, never to be extinguished. A treatise titled The Master of Nurturing Life brings Zhou Qing into a fantastical world of immortals and chivalry. From then on, he seeks only to escape the Three Realms and the Five Elements, becoming a being free from every shackle. 0Votes75.6kRecs540.8kFans
- 32 Come at Me, You Wicked Witch! 妖女看招 When he was six, Su Zhen, frail and frequently ill, adopted the village’s old banyan tree as his godmother and prayed for her protection. The next day, the tree, which had lived from the Qing dynasty to the present, mysteriously withered and died. “How do you know about that?” Ten years later, Su Zhen, now a high school student, hears someone recount the strange incident. “I’m your godmother.” The ghostly young woman smiles at him. In October 2000, unprecedented torrential rain sweeps across 39Votes111.9kRecs171.4kFans
- 33 EN The Anomalous World: My Body Suppresses All 诡异世界，我以肉身镇万物 The bizarre runs rampant, demons and monsters wreak havoc, and the people suffer beyond measure. Corrupt officials treat human lives as worthless, while powerful clans wreak havoc across the land. Chen Mo arrives in this world carrying the Mortal Shedding Pearl, which lets him continually remake himself and improve his physical body without limit. To protect himself in this world, he has no choice but to walk a path of using his body to suppress the bizarre and sweep all evils from the land. 0Votes31.6kRecs367.5kFans
- 34 Mutated Martial Arts 异化武道 In the final years of the Great Zhou dynasty, regional military governors and warlords carved up the realm, while natural and man-made disasters followed one after another, leaving the common people unable to make a living. The great sects also emerged from seclusion and entered the world. Grandmasters of both the righteous and evil paths mutated into strange an 1Votes70.5kRecs409.7kFans
- 35 Wanli Protects the Ming 万历佑明 Zhu Yijun: I am the Wanli Emperor. In this life, I have decided not to neglect the affairs of state! I will safeguard the Great Ming, live up to my teacher, and prove worthy of the formidable imperial authority entrusted to me! 1Votes45.9kRecs222kFans
- 36 My Little Mountain Kingdom 山林王国 Farm, live well, farm, live well, live well, live well, live well... From a house and a patch of land to a city and a nation, build a mountain kingdom of your own. 0Votes57.2kRecs214.4kFans
- 37 Starting a Business in Late Tang 创业在晚唐 Two hundred and fifty-seven years after the Mandate of Heaven passed to the Li clan. The once-glorious Great Tang, to which all nations had paid homage, stumbled into the winter of the first year of the Qianfu era. That winter, only three months remained before Wang and Huang raised their banners, and just thirty-three years before the fall of the Tang. That same winter, Chang’an’s nobles remained lost in the fading glow of a golden age, while in the southwest of the empire, the petty kingdom of 697Votes162.9kRecs411.9kFans
- 38 EN Leveling Up in the Real World 我在现实世界加点修行 Chen Jue, 27 and newly unemployed, was feeling a little lost. Then he accidentally awakened a real-world cheat that let him add points, and realized that the money, career, love, and social status he'd cared about before were all fleeting compared to the evolution of life. Cultivation chat group: 298662232 (mischievous) 0Votes149.1kRecs641.9kFans
- 39 EN Doomsday Simulator: Proving Transcendence with the Sword 末日模拟器，我以剑道证超凡 First person: My name is Zhao Cheng. I’m 16 and live near Qingyuan Middle School in Xiangnan City. I’m single. I attend Qingyuan High School, and every day I have to study until 9 p.m. before I can go home. I don’t smoke or drink. I go to bed at 11:30 p.m. and get a full seven hours of sleep every night. Before bed, I always drink a glass of warm milk, then practice breathing exercises for twenty minutes. I never let any fatigue carry over into the next day. Third person: When darkness descends, 0Votes108.8kRecs363.5kFans
- 40 Farming and Training in Martial Arts to Pacify the World 种田练武平天下 The world is harsh, and all the family has is three acres of poor farmland. Yet Chi Qiaosong manages to cultivate a brilliant world from it. A new story for 2022, painstakingly conceived by Bai Yuhan. Please enjoy. 2Votes154kRecs330.1kFans
- 41 Conquering Mountains and Rivers for Ninety Thousand Miles 横推山河九万里 Would that I could raise a mighty fist to the sky and sweep across mountains and rivers for ninety thousand miles. A young man with an unusual background, and an “utterly ordinary” attribute panel. This is the story of a martial path that shakes the world and fists that subdue mountains and rivers! 0Votes85.3kRecs213.4kFans
- 42 Notes on a Corpse Monster's Cultivation 尸怪修行笔记 That year, I awoke beneath the earth, with the ground for a blanket and the quiet for my bed. Years later, The mountain’s demons gather, while I sit alone in the tower and pass the long, clear night. 24Votes146.5kRecs371.7kFans
- 43 Venerable of the Turbid World 浊世武尊 In the third year of the Great New Republic, the nation is falling apart. The southern government has just been established, while northern warlords carve up the land and fight among themselves. Western ironclads batter at the gates, and the ghosts of the previous dynasty refuse to fade. This is an era when firearms and physical prowess vie for supremacy, and rebels dance alongside evil spirits. Beneath the undercurrents of revolution, folk cults flourish, alongside martial warriors, demons, str 65Votes113kRecs669.3kFans
- 44 EN Love Purification Protocol 恋爱净化协议 “The three essentials for an easy life are extraordinary good looks, exceptional intelligence, and a healthy, strong body. And I’ve got all three.” Reborn in a parallel world, Yan Huan, a disciplined and ambitious university student, was all set to welcome his golden years. But... more than a decade after his reincarnation, five girls with all sorts of bizarre golden fingers had set their sights on him. “...We should all stay positive.” Faced with the girls watching him like hawks and sharpening 35Votes254.9kRecs712.9kFans
- 45 Shi Potian Transmigrates into Linghu Chong 石破天穿越令狐冲 Shi Potian, who had just sworn brotherhood with Zhang San and Li Si, woke up one morning to discover that he had become Linghu Chong, the Huashan Sect's senior disciple. And so... [Scene One] Yue Buqun: “If you aren't Linghu Chong, then who are you?” Shi Potian: “I am Dog Bastard.” Yue Buqun: “???” [Scene Two] Yu Canghai: “Do you mean that, in your eyes, all the disciples under my command are useless? That you could kill every one of them without lifting a finger?” Shi Potian: “No, no, how could 2Votes129.3kRecs332.2kFans
- 46 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 47 I Have a Stat Board 我有一块属性板 You go to the classroom building alone in the middle of the night to pick up a book and accidentally run into a banshee. You panic and run, but the banshee is faster than you. You think you’re about to die, but your vision blurs and you find yourself in a strange place. You stare at the Golden Bull Martial Arts School before you and fall into deep thought... Back in the real world, you beat the banshee to a pulp with your max-level basic fists, basic inner cultivation, and max-level One Qi skill 0Votes196.1kRecs271.5kFans
- 48 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 (The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope 734Votes169.4kRecs430.8kFans
- 49 EN Super-Dimensional Player 超维度玩家 [Capturing a Human Avatar] [Infiltrating the reality universe...] [Infringing upon the root laws of the world!... Detecting higher-dimensional life forms!... No life forms from other dimensions detected...] [Loading human avatar!] You are a player who can transmigrate beyond all dimensions, wielding authority almost like God's illegitimate child. You have countless identities: beggar, lowborn, pirate, gladiator, ranger, northern dragon, infernal executioner, interstellar wanderer, monster hunter 3Votes295.6kRecs705.7kFans
- 50 EN Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验 A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger. 142Votes284.6kRecs873.3kFans
