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- 1 The Garment of a Hundred Ailments 百病衫 A country lad was blessed with an extraordinary physique. One day, an old monk enlightened him. He entered the Buddhist faith. On the day he arrived at the temple, the abbot’s eyes gleamed as if he had found a priceless treasure. He brought out a mysterious kasaya that had been sealed away for years and bestowed it upon the young man. But from then on, the young man suffered from an illness by day, only to recover completely at night. Just as he mistakenly thought he was possessed, the old abbot 0Votes3.3kRecs0Fans
- 2 Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil from Infancy 从婴儿开始斩妖除魔 Monsters and demons run rampant, the people suffer, and the world is in turmoil. Lin Chu unexpectedly transmigrates and is reborn as a baby. In this strange new world, he discovers that slaying demons and exorcising monsters makes him stronger! Burdened with a heavy responsibility, Lin Chu resolves to restore the fortune of humanity. Joining forces with like-minded companions, he sets out on a long journey to slay demons and exorcise monsters. 0Votes4.5kRecs2.4kFans
- 3 The Yan Family Patriarch of the Siheyuan 四合院之闫家老大 Granny Deaf never made shoes for the Red Army. Qin Huairu's salary isn't 27.5 yuan. Sha Zhu's house isn't his family's ancestral home. The Yi family, Sha Zhu's family, Granny Deaf's family, and the Jia family are all just tenants. 0Votes21.2kRecs161.6kFans
- 4 Lord of Ten Thousand Arts, Starting in the Demon-Occupied Zone 万法真君，从魔占区开始 At the start of the Third Human-Demon War, Tang Zherui transmigrated to the Demon-Occupied Zone and the Dao-Destroying Academy, where he obtained the one-of-a-kind [Combat Immortal Talisman]. As long as he defeated an opponent and won their wholehearted submission, he could claim one of their abilities as a trophy. Using this as his opportunity, he would pose as an ancient god or demon, forge alliances, and rise to power at lightning speed! He saw through schemes and plots, and unraveled the mys 0Votes1.4kRecs48Fans
- 5 My Path to Immortality Has Infinite Resources 我的仙路有无限资源 Lu You is a menial disciple with a mixed spiritual root, and there is a treasure basin in the space inside his mind. Put in one spirit stone, and it instantly becomes countless spirit stones. Put in one talisman, and it instantly becomes countless talismans. Years later, after grinding his way to the Golden Core stage with endless resources, Lu You tried putting his own Golden Core inside. “Good heavens, so this is how you use the treasure basin! I’m invincible!” 0Votes4.1kRecs33kFans
- 6 The 90s: The Reborn Lucky Beauty Gets Rich 九零：锦鲤美人重生年代暴富了 [Fast-paced plot * power-ups * face-slapping * getting rich * older-sister type heroine * younger puppy-like male lead] Yi Congxin is reborn in a small mountain village in the 1990s. Starting with not even a roof over her head, she tears down scum, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, and powers up all the way. She never gives up on growth or hard work, carving out a path of her own to rise against the odds. Who says elders and seniors must always be treated with respect? -- Yi Congxin: Freaki 0Votes3.3kRecs2.1kFans
- 7 The Ten-Tailed Imperial Fox 十尾帝狐 From the moment she was born, she was the ruler of all demons and the sovereign of the Eastern Sea. From the moment she was born, she possessed the ancient divine art, the Emperor’s Thunder Annihilates the World. From the moment she was born, she had ten fox tails, a sight unmatched throughout history. She is a woman, a woman named Su Bujin. 0Votes45.3kRecs22.4kFans
- 8 Infinite Role-Playing, Starting with Eating 无限跑团从吃开始 At last, I don't have to worry about people ditching my tabletop RPG sessions. Here, the games are compulsory, and they're played in person. Infinite terror, infinite excitement: Hong Kong comics, movies, games, and different lives, all through tabletop RPGs. Could the Hunyuan Treasure Mirror take on Kamen Rider? You can use the Tathagata Palm, pilot a mecha, or transform into Ultraman. You can even become a Safi'jiiva. Maybe we should throw in some thunder magic, too. And of course, you can alw 0Votes2.1kRecs14.3kFans
- 9 Reborn in the 1980s: Doctor Su Becomes a Sensation 重生八零，苏医生她在年代爆火了 A self-indulgent writing exercise, written for my own enjoyment. Book friends might find it melodramatic (lol). [Strong female lead, building wealth, business battles, adored by everyone] After a plane crash, Su Xiaoli, a plastic surgeon, was reborn in an unfamiliar small county town. Everything else was fake. Being poor was real. Before she could even make sense of things, her relatives had already sold her of 0Votes10.6kRecs21.4kFans
- 10 Global Wasteland: I Got a Top-Tier Shelter from a Loot Box 全球废土：我开箱出了顶级避难所 New book: “You Were Told to Wait for Rescue, So You Terraform Mars?” has been signed and released! A meteor wipes out the world, and the entire human race transmigrates to a wasteland! Catastrophic floods, an ice age, the arrival of mutated beasts, plant plagues... With a random disaster striking every seven days, you must build a higher-level shelter if you want to survive! Lin Yue awakens a System that guarantees a treasure chest every time, and from then on, his life takes a completely differ 0Votes18.9kRecs142.1kFans
- 11 The Space-Time Fleet: Echoes of the Pacific 时空舰队之太平洋的回响 New book: Pacific: My Backyard Is a Naval Port is now out. New and returning readers are welcome! History may be forgotten, but it should not be mocked. This is a Pacific War fan novel. The early pacing will be fairly slow as I lay as much groundwork as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into Fletcher, an aircraft carrier commander in the Pacific Fleet. There is no System and no golden finger. The story will go from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines, then Midway, Guadalcanal, Rabaul, a 0Votes5.8kRecs18.8kFans
- 12 Reforging the Three Kingdoms: Only the Uphill Battles Are Fun 重铸三国：逆风局才有意思 Huh? It's the twenty-third year of Jian'an? Liu Bei is about to become the King of Hanzhong this year and reach the pinnacle of his life, but then comes the fall after the peak: Guan Yu, whose might shook all of China, flees after his defeat at Maicheng, and the Sun-Liu alliance turns against itself. Liu Bei's dream of restoring the Han dynasty for a third time is about to be crushed by troubles within and without. Thinking back to the three visits to the thatched cottage, Master Shuijing once g 19Votes205kRecs68.7kFans
- 13 Mystic Heaven 4: The Great Mystic Transforms the Heavens 玄天4：太玄化天 After one hundred and ninety-six generations, the story of the Mu Clan finally reaches its conclusion. He had not yet been born, yet his succession to the throne was already determined. He is the Fourteenth Immortal Lord, and also the final Immortal Lord of the Left Chronicle of the Profound Heaven. This is the Immortal Realm's version of the Last Emperor. The Right Chronicle called him: “The Love of the Immortal Realm.” Please look forward to the fourth installment of the Profound Heaven serie 0Votes1.3kRecs0Fans
- 14 Holding Up the Ming 挟明 [A story of resisting the Qing with the Ming, seizing the throne, and conquering the realm...] On the eve of Li Zicheng’s capture of Beijing, at the end of the Ming dynasty... Xiao Jingchuan, a guerrilla general in the Capital’s Divine Engine Battalion, escapes with the Crown Prince! They flee through the mountains and forests, cross southern Zhili, recruit soldiers and gather supplies, then head south to establish a new dynasty! But outside, the Manchus invade through the passes, while rebel ba 0Votes6.1MRecs25.5kFans
- 15 EN Dragon Rising from a Low-Martial World 我从低武世界开始化龙 Bai Chuan has an incredibly powerful ability: he can take anything in the world apart like a model, select its best traits, and make them his own. If he had been born into a world of mythology, given enough time, he could have swept through the Myriad Worlds and become an immortal patriarch. If he had been born into a world with supernatural beasts and divine beasts, given enough time, he could have become the strongest divine beast, hailed as invincible and immortal. Unfortunately... he was bor 0Votes26.8kRecs285.7kFans
- 16 EN Rewriting Time Through Gaming 我用游戏改变了时间线 Can playing games really change the world? [Black Technology] [Mass Mental Contamination] [Timeline Divergence Points] [Chronicles of Civilization] To me, it is an epic written through cycles of death and reloading, again and again. If civilization advances through the darkness, I will stand in the gaps between ten million timelines and seek a path toward dawn for it. 2Votes22.9kRecs131.7kFans
- 17 EN Konoha: Starting from the Caged Bird's Release! 木叶：从解开笼中鸟开始！ Vast blue chakra spread like a storm. A terrifying blue vortex tore through the ground, leaving behind a hideous crater as if a meteor had struck. “Shinra Tensei!?” “Rotation.” “You call that thing Rotation?” “Want to see my Gentle Fist?” “What the hell, that’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack?!” So, if hard work lets you level up your skills without limit, then starting out in the Hyuga Branch Family isn't so bad, right? 0Votes23.6kRecs171.5kFans
- 18 I’m Really Not Weak 我真的不虚啊 Chen Che transmigrated into an eerie cultivation world with an overdrive cheat. Every time he entered overdrive, his body suffered some kind of discomfort. His cultivation speed increased, but he coughed weakly. His martial arts comprehension improved, but his arms swelled and reddened. His supernatural abilities advanced faster, but his head throbbed with unbearable pain. … With a cheat at his disposal, Chen Che appeared sickly and chose to cultivate in secret. Then came the first year of the D 0Votes32.2kRecs279.9kFans
- 19 My Dad Is a Hidden Billionaire 我的爸爸是隐藏首富 “Xiao Li, can you do the job or not? If you can't, get lost. Plenty of people can do it.” “I'm so fed up.” Xiao Li checked her WeChat chat history. The messages clearly recorded the conversation, so she could confirm whether she'd really made a mistake. Client: “Make a 60-by-90 lightbox panel.” Me: “OK.” A few days later... “Xiao Li, can you do anything right? What did the client actually ask for? Look at what you've made. It's all wrong! They wanted a landscape lightbox panel. What did you make 0Votes271.4kRecs0Fans
- 20 Li Yiyi Goes to War 李依依征战沙场 Li Yiyi arrived in another world engulfed in war. Charging across the battlefield, she stood amid the bloody carnage of war, bloodlust flickering in her eyes. Faced with this turbulent land, could she fight her way to a world of her own on the battlefield, establish herself at the pinnacle of this other world, and become an immortal legend? (Probably a slow-paced coming-of-age story.) I hope everyone enjoys it! 0Votes172.4kRecs0Fans
- 21 The Immortal of Great Li 大离长生仙 Good news: no more being worked like a beast! He's transmigrated! This is a world where martial arts flourish, and a grandmaster can split a river with one finger! Bad news: he's become the heir to a marquis! A martial arts washout! His father is the emperor's blade! And from the start, he's kidnapped by a fox demon! (Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidental!!!) 0Votes8.7kRecs130.9kFans
- 22 One Piece: A Cultivator Pretending to Be a Devil Fruit User 海贼王：当修仙者伪装成能力者 (Original title: The Pirate King: Blood Emperor) Lang Xiaoming, an ordinary archaeology PhD who grew up in a modern socialist society, never imagined that simply following his advisor into a tomb would lead him to stumble upon two Mahayana cultivators battling from afar! Caught in the crossfire, he falls into the world of the Pirate King, bringing with him all the belongings of another unlucky immortal cultivator. What? I transmigrated? What? I even transmigrated to the world of the Pirate King? 45Votes5.1kRecs14.9kFans
- 23 I Formed the Strongest Swordsman Guild 我组建了最强剑客集团 After transmigrating to Japan in 1860, at the end of the turbulent Edo shogunate, an era known as the Bakumatsu, he found himself in a time of upheaval. The overseas powers, having completed the Industrial Revolution, used steam warships to force Japan’s doors open, bringing turmoil and opportunity to the country. “Live by the sword, die by the sword”: the shogunate loyalists who were willing to die defending the old order; the reformists 6Votes264.2kRecs319.8kFans
- 24 The Immortal Fate of the Mystic Umbrella 玄伞仙缘 After spending a night at a desolate temple, Ji Cang steps into a turbulent martial world. He stumbles upon a startling secret: his family's old umbrella holds a whole world within… [Ordinary Protagonist] [Longevity] [Alchemy] [Talisman-Making] [Formation Master] 63Votes26kRecs57.5kFans
- 25 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 26 Beast-Taming Envoy 御兽巡使 New book: Spirits of the Culinary World When Lin Su discovers he can travel between two different worlds with his pet beasts, the world gains a workaholic who puts in 48 hours a day. No System, no female lead, travel between two worlds, original beast-taming 5Votes99.2kRecs308.8kFans
- 27 Longevity Martial Arts: Starting with the Five Animal Health Fist 长生武道：从五禽养生拳开始 Su Chang Kong woke up one day in a world ravaged by war and overrun by demons. His aptitude for martial arts was mediocre, but he discovered that as long as his [Lifespan] increased, his talent and potential could also improve [Infinitely]! Five-Animal Frolics: Mimic the tiger, deer, bear, ape, and bird. Practice it to strengthen your body, sharpen your reflexes, and ward off all illness! Turtle-Breathing True Meditation: A breathing art modeled on the thousand-year-old turtle. Breathe deeply an 1Votes177.8kRecs949.4kFans
- 28 I'm the Lone Star of Misfortune, but I Love Making Friends 我，天煞孤星，爱好交友 Hey, how dare you slander my good name and call me a jinx? So I attended the Dragon Gate Tournament, and a few candidates died. Then I became the only candidate left, and suddenly I’m a bringer of bad luck. And what’s that about everyone who had a grudge against me ending up dead? How could that possibly have anything to do with me? I don’t know how they died, either. I’m just a lowly constable. Congratulations, Host! Your master died a gruesome death. Cultivation +10,000! 0Votes178.2kRecs351.3kFans
- 29 Mythic Card Master 神话制卡师 Standing before you is Mythic Card Maker, president of the [Heavenly Palace] club, founder of the [Netherworld] project, pioneer of the Immortal-and-God Faith card school, and grandmaster of the Folk Customs series… … Ji Nian transmigrated into a world of cards and became a rookie apprentice card maker. By chance, he discovered that the world’s knowledge of mythology had long since vanished. From the start, he was caught in the path of ghost soldiers crossing over. To protect himself, he wasted 0Votes78.7kRecs683.6kFans
- 30 The Flower-Cherishing Sword 惜花剑 He had only just set out into the world when gods and Buddhas began hunting him, making him the most wanted fugitive in the entire world. His heart was kind, yet he was framed by villains and, through a twist of fate, became the leader of the Four Great Flower-Picking Bandits. In the eyes of the world, he ran rampant and committed every evil. Even the boldest girls would tremble in fear upon hearing his name. On the day he first transmigrated into the Yunmeng World, Jiang Chen had absolutely nev 13Votes13.7MRecs213.4kFans
- 31 I Really Don't Want to Fight the Gods 我真不想跟神仙打架 Back in the 1990s, that innocent era when gods clashed, Jing Xiaoqiang puts his peerless instincts and voice, along with his unflappable, couldn't-care-less attitude, to work as a top-tier arts professional. He clocks in, takes the stage, clocks out. Worship and glory in the music world? To hell with all that. 5Votes1.5MRecs460kFans
- 32 If I Can't Become a Live-In Son-in-Law, I'll Just Have to Become a Saint Through My Fate 当不成赘婿就只好命格成圣 Lu Jing transmigrates into Dafu and becomes a young scion of a prominent family, soon to be married into another clan. This world is strange and fantastical. From the start, Lu Jing is saddled with the lowly status of a live-in son-in-law, yet he cannot even go to his wife's family. His future looks bleak. But after reading the Book of Changes from cover to cover, he awakens the Fate of Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune! Everyone has a fate! So Lu Jing begins accumulating fates, findi 0Votes283.4kRecs2MFans
- 33 EN The Sage of Idle Tales 我用闲书成圣人 A coffin from the start. Chen Luo's transmigration begins in a mourning hall. This is a world where reading can grant extraordinary power. Read the Confucian classics, and you can cultivate righteous qi; read Daoist scriptures, and you can generate innate source qi; read Buddhist sutras, and you can comprehend the true meaning of reincarnation. Yet Chen Luo's golden finger is a pile of frivolous books that the Heavenly Dao forbids from existing in this world! … What? The Demon Kingdom considers 17Votes805.7kRecs3MFans
- 34 Universe’s Professional Player 宇宙职业选手 Following Desolate Era, Swallowed Star, Panlong, Lord Snow Eagle, Stellar Transformation, and others, this is Tomato's eleventh novel. After becoming part of a galactic civilization, the home planet struggles forward along the path of civilization, fighting to survive. And the countless humans living on it have also begun their journey of evolution... 22Votes2.9MRecs3.9MFans
- 35 Reborn: The Years Flow Like Water 重生之似水流年 A battered middle-aged soul travels back in time and embraces the mottled sunlight of 1998. Then it dawns on him: those really were the best days of youth, and the years were fragrant. Making mistakes was what growing up meant. Youth could be so wonderfully free... 10Votes1.1MRecs2.2MFans
- 36 EN Red Heart Patrols the Sky 赤心巡天 The print edition of The Redhearted Path is now available everywhere. In ancient times, the demon race vanished without a trace. In the near-antiquity era, the dragon race disappeared. The age when the divine path flourished has faded like smoke, and the age of flying swords at their peak has finally fallen into decline... What happened to this world? Who will listen to the truth of history buried in the river of time? Across a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, I write of corpses lying low 2.1kVotes8.2MRecs8.1MFans
- 37 EN I Never Intended to Become an Immortal 我本无意成仙 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. I am a stranger in this land, with no intention of becoming an immortal. After twenty years of cultivating the Dao in the mountains, Song You's master sends him down the mountain to witness demons and monsters, the many faces of life, and the famous mountains and rivers, and to seek out the immortals of legend. He says that is what true cultivation is. Who would have thought that after traveling the length and breadth 192Votes1.2MRecs4.1MFans
