From Cultivation to Alternate History, I Love Every Genre, Especially Feel-Good Reads 从修真到历史架空,啥题材都爱,唯爱爽文
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- 1 The Great Bandit 大流寇 In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse. Should he surrender to the Qing or resist them? 4Votes181.1kRecs218.2kFans
- 2 If You're Reborn, Be a Little Harder on Yourself 重生就要对自己狠一点 I came back from that glorious era to walk the road again, not to make up for any regrets, but to find out what my true limits are. If you’re ruthless enough with yourself, even Heaven will lend you a hand! 0Votes526.1kRecs366.2kFans
- 3 Nightwalking Through Tokyo, Beginning as a Kappa 从河童开始东京夜行 Reborn in Tokyo with the ability to become yokai and divine beings, Kamiya Seiichi has no dreams of ruling the world. In summer, he turns into a kappa and dives into the sea to fish. In winter, he becomes a snow woman and creates beautiful snowy landscapes. Come autumn, he rides a white fox and brings the fields a bountiful harvest. In spring, he takes a nine-tailed fox girl out to enjoy the cherry blossoms. Life is carefree and easygoing. Sometimes he beats up a few little yokai, sometimes he t 0Votes46.6kRecs57.4kFans
- 4 Madam, Please Show Some Self-Respect 太太请自重 After transmigrating here, he skipped the romance stage entirely and instantly gained a son and a daughter. Liu Changqing was deeply depressed. His eldest son was sensible and clever. His young daughter blamed Liu Changqing for her parents' divorce and was hostile toward him. The previous owner of his body had been such an extreme simp that, under an agreement from his mother-in-law, his ex-wife took all the property in exchange for custody of their two children. After the factory went bankrupt, 0Votes377.2kRecs644.9kFans
- 5 I’m Refined and Easygoing, Not a Demon 儒雅随和的我不是魔头 Literary version: A thousand spells, ten thousand divine arts. I ask just one question: can any of them withstand one punch from me? … Easygoing version: Sorry, I’m not singling anyone out. I mean every single one of you here is trash. … This is the moving tale of Ni Kun, an easygoing and refined protagonist who is repeatedly mistaken for a demon, yet remains unfailingly polite and persuades people with reason [and physical force]. 1Votes222.6kRecs247.8kFans
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Ancestor Simulator 祖宗模拟器
‘Consume 10,000 points of energy to randomly nurture 10 outstanding family members within the clan’ ‘Consume 50,000 points of energy to increase the entire clan's basic comprehension by 1 point’ ‘Consume 80,000 points of energy to grant newly born family members the talent: accelerated spiritual energy absorption’ ‘Consume 100,000 points of energy to obtain 1 genius with the potential to become a Saint’ Zhong Cheng never expected that after becoming the ancestor on the ancestral tablet, his true
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- 7 EN The First Evolution 最初进化 The strangest and most unexpected fate, The fiercest clashes of wits, The most brutal battles to the death, The wildest and most bizarre fantasies, The most outlandish truths... The beginning is here. Let’s fight for another ten years! 6Votes4MRecs1.2MFans
- 8 A Journey Through the Mysterious World 诡秘世界之旅 “Little monk, what are you doing before the Buddha?” “Listening to the Buddha explain the path to refuge.” “The Three Refuges?” “The Four Refuges.” … The Buddha saves all living beings. I’m here to save you. [A childhood-sweethearts story woven through an eerie, mysterious atmosphere.] 0Votes124.8kRecs162.4kFans
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The Grand Sui Preceptor 大隋国师
With a brush in my hand, I can write a thousand splendid essays, paint prosperous mountains and rivers, and depict the grand affairs of the human world. I can also strike down foolish rulers and treacherous ministers. With a stroke of my brush, I can send them to the underworld. With a sword at my waist, I can slay demons and monsters, and sweep away every injustice in this world. My name is Lu Liangsheng, Grand Preceptor of the Great Sui.
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I'm a Sword Immortal in Tokyo 我在东京当剑仙
He transmigrated from an era of spiritual qi revival to Japan, one year before spiritual qi revival, and became a sixteen-year-old high school student named Kimura Kazuki. He trained diligently and nervously, scrimping and saving to prepare resources, hoping to leave all of humanity behind once spiritual qi revival began. But Heaven played a cruel joke on him. A year later, spiritual qi revival... still hadn't arrived.
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- 11 I'm a Monk in Tokyo 我在东京当和尚 Reborn in Tokyo, Japan, he becomes a trainee monk at a temple. Bai Shixiu only wants to study, chant sutras, learn, improve himself, and spread positive energy. But his peaceful daily life is constantly disrupted by monsters and spirits. With no other choice, Bai Shixiu rolls up his sleeves and picks up his monk's staff... “Benefactor, it's time to move on!” Book club: 659287099 0Votes375.1kRecs412.7kFans
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The First Sequence 第一序列
On the wasteland, human civilization clings to survival. One bastion after another rises from the ground, yet order continues to collapse. Some say that when disaster strikes, the human spirit is our first line of defense against danger. Some say, “Don’t let the sorrows of the age become your own.” Others say, “I’ll make my sorrow the sorrow of this age.” This time, it’s a new story. After the cataclysm, at last, the light.
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- 13 The Undisputed Number One 绝对一番 “Always be number one” means “fight for first place forever and never give up”! After transmigrating to Japan just as its bubble economy collapses and the country enters a severe recession, Lu Zhishou takes a look at his empty wallet, next month’s rent bill, and transmigration perks. He promptly heads for a TV station and begins his quest to claim the top spot. He also finds the woman of his dreams. He makes plans, enlists accomplices, and doggedly pursues her, but the outcome... Disclaimer: Thi 10Votes2.6MRecs736kFans
- 14 EN The Game of Fate 烂柯棋缘 Fallen leaves beside the ancient Go board, an old tree where no one plays. A move at the center of the board, made on a whim; look back, and mountains and seas stretch into the distance. … When Ji Yuan woke up, he had become a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain god temple. A sword in the hands of a true immortal, a glib tongue in the hands of a charlatan: these are Ji Yuan’s means of making a place for himself in this terrifying world. VIP verification group: 72Votes4.1MRecs3.5MFans
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Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命
A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. …
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Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主
Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th
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Days Spent in the Great Song Dynasty's Martial World 混在大宋江湖的日子
New book: Water Margin Life Simulator. Zhang Ping'an plunged into the water to save someone and barely survived by holding his breath. An ordinary young man unexpectedly joined an escort agency. His master's kindness was as vast as the sea. He joined the agency and roamed the jianghu, delivering whatever was entrusted to him, no matter how perilous the journey. Bound by deep brotherhood, he joined Liangshan, united under a righteous cause, and acted in Heaven's name, ki
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The Sage Who Transcended Samsara 一世之尊
In this life, I ask nothing of the past and seek nothing in the next. I’ll live boldly, settle every score, defeat the greatest heroes of every race, and laugh proudly at the gods and demons of the Six Paths! Ten thousand years later, a great calamity begins anew. The Tathagata’s Golden Body or the Primordial Dao Body: which is stronger? The Tathagata Divine Palm or the Seven Forms of Severing Heaven: which will reign supreme? Amid the cycle of reincarnation, Meng Qi begins his journey at Shaoli
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- 19 Han Si Becomes an Official 韩四当官 A beautiful woman and a golden mansion await within the pages of a book. Once you have mastered your studies, you can be a humble farmer in the morning and enter the emperor's court by evening. Han Si knows nothing of the classics or histories, nor the works of the philosophers, and has no chance of passing the imperial exams. If he wants to bring honor to his family, his only option is to buy an official post! 0Votes701.9kRecs161.2kFans
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Way of the Devil 极道天魔
New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. Demons and monsters run rampant, and the people suffer. Divine weapons and demonic blades shine over the land. A game modifier on Lu Sheng’s phone accidentally became a supernatural ability in his mind. It also became his only lifeline in this dark, chaotic age.
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- 21 The Northern Hero 北雄 In the sixth year of Daye, the mighty Sui Dynasty reached a turning point. That year, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui began preparing to conquer Goguryeo, setting the rebellions that would bring down the Sui in motion. In the years that followed, the realm fell into turmoil, and heroes rose up everywhere. Eighteen rebel kings and sixty-four insurgent forces, rough-hewn heroes and powerful aristocratic clans all appeared on the stage, vying for dominion over the realm. To the north, the Turkic Khaganat 9Votes711.6kRecs327.3kFans
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Conquering the World 席卷天下
At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the warlords fought among themselves. How many heroic tales were merely struggles for power and profit, with the various sides attacking one another? They may have seen only the authority to decide life and death from a lofty position, but not the exhaustion of the nation's lifeblood. After the Sima clan usurped the realm, the War of the Eight Princes opened the gates for the northern tribes to descend south, and the Central Plains entered a dark age. Liu Y
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Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群(聊天群的日常生活)
One day, Song Shuhang accidentally joined a chat group for veteran sufferers of immortal-cultivation chuunibyou. Everyone in the group addressed one another as fellow Daoists, and their profile names were all things like Palace Master, Cave Master, Perfected One, and Celestial Master. Even the group owner's lost pet dog was described as a great demon hound that had run away from home. All day long, they chatted about alchemy, exploring secret realms, cultivation experiences, and such. Then one
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Dark King 黑暗王者
Disaster struck. The world came to an end. The survivors were surrounded by walls of iron and steel, and established a new order within them… Lust for power, faith, and darkness seeped into one another, leaving layer upon layer of scars in every corner of the human heart. With the virus running rampant, what becomes of our true nature? “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.”, Du Dian … The author has written three apocalyptic novels: Terror Storm of the Apocalypse, Dark Civilization, and Rest
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Return to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince 回到明朝当王爷
[The animated adaptation, The Beacon Fire of March, is now airing] Through a series of mishaps, Zheng Shaopeng, a well-meaning fool for nine lifetimes, finds himself back in the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. It is a colorful age, filled with the wickedness of the Eight Tigers of the capital, the romantic flair of the Four Great Talents of Jiangnan, the teachings of the great Confucian Wang Yangming, and the absurd antics of the Zhengde Emperor, Zhu Houzhao. Having stumbled into this world in
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