
A Nobody Becomes King
草芥称王
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- 3.5M Words
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- Historical
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- Alternate History
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- 10h ago
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Can we please stop making it so that every time the protagonist rises to power and gains advantages, it's because of a woman. It's as if the woman is attracted to him, so he gets all the benefits. Can't it be a combination of intelligence, courage, and power? It's fine while watching, but the moment a woman is involved, it loses its flavor... It feels like the world is ruled by lust.
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The online novels I read when I was in school, such as "Back to Ming" and "Night Walk in Brocade Robes," were some of the earliest ones that inspired me. I'm ashamed to admit that I read pirated copies of them... It was these books that inspired me to start writing online novels. It's not too late to give back to my youth now!
A family feud that takes hundreds of chapters to write is really getting tiresome and I'm losing patience. I'll wait until it's finished before reading further.
It's too much of a perfectionist and cliché. Every woman loves the protagonist, and every now and then a new female lead appears, followed by a long romantic subplot. The main plot isn't progressing at all. After over two million words, the protagonist still hasn't unified the world.
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A very comfortable book
Yue Guan truly lives up to his reputation as a veteran author. I treat my fellow book lovers as friends. He likes many chapter reviews, which shows he reads them carefully and pays attention to the overall quality. He doesn't use many unnecessary adjectives, like "like a kite with a broken string" or "like...