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  1. 1 The Biggest Mess in History 史上第一混乱 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted I'm truly unlucky, really. Other people transmigrate, while I can only be transmigrated into. Other people pick up girls, while I can only be picked up by girls... At my umpteenth pawnshop, I received a series of clients named Jing Ke, Li Bai, Guan Yu, Qin Hui, and so on, leading to one hilarious story after another. This book is packed with comedy, and cultivation, transmigration, urban life, and romance are all indispensable. That is why it is titled The First Great Chaos in History. 12Votes1MRecs1.6MFans
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  2. 2 I Really Don’t Want to Ascend to Immortality 我真不想飞升啊 Mystery & Supernatural5.9M WordsCompleted [Winner of the First World Chinese Mystery Literature Contest] On the mountain road home, Meng Fan encountered a supernatural phenomenon and stumbled into a wondrous new world… There is a nine-story tower that everyone yearns for. I am its master! There are divine weapons so sharp that everyone wants to claim them. I am their wielder! When mighty foes descend and everyone trembles in fear, they fall to their knees before me! 0Votes22.6kRecs70.3kFans
  3. 3 Supreme Archer 至尊箭神 Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted Ye Xing unexpectedly arrives on the Star Continent, where his brain merges with a supercomputer and a legendary journey begins. The Star Continent has no magic and no battle aura! Warriors absorb the power of the stars to strengthen themselves, shake Heaven and Earth, shatter the starry sky, and conquer the universe! Sword energy sweeps across the heavens, saber energy rips apart the firmament. One thrust of a spear shatters the stars; one shot of a divine arrow can sever souls across worlds! A 0Votes344.4kRecs234.6kFans
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  4. 4 Flirting with the Entertainment Industry 调戏文娱 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The wind belongs to the sky. I borrowed it for a little while, but it stirred the fires of life below. 0Votes281kRecs316.8kFans
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  5. 5 Heaven-Slaying Blade 弑天刃 Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsCompleted With no justice in the martial world, I rise with my blade drawn. A sharp edge cuts through the sky, leaving my conscience clear. When the world itself lacks justice, my blade shall strike down all beings. I gaze coldly at the starry sky, sword in hand, looking down upon all beneath heaven. The road to heaven is long and thorny, but one slash will cut it open. I alone shall reign supreme! 0Votes1.1MRecs622.4kFans
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  6. 6 The Divine Gate 神门 Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Super-popular fantasy] This is a strange and mysterious world... Mountains, rivers, stones, flowers, grass, trees, the sun, the moon, and stars... Everything under heaven and earth is a source of power. All the classic books from my previous life exist here, but under a new name: The Dao Canon! So you can gain power just by reading? Fang Zhengzhi is torn. Should he start with the Dao De Jing, Strange Gates and Dunjia, or the Analects... or Dream of the Red Chamber? Using the Dao Canon as his fo 0Votes6.2MRecs707.3kFans
  7. 7 Absolute Choice 绝对选项 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing When an Absolute Choice appears, time will remain frozen unless you make a choice. If you make a choice but fail to complete its task, time will rewind and Absolute Choice will start over. [Option One: Defeat the Demon Realm's Great Demon King single-handedly] [Option Two: Win the heart of a thousand-year-old virgin in three sentences] Shi Xiaobai chose Option One and was tortured to death in countless creative ways millions of times. He chose Option Two and was given the brush-off in countless 0Votes231.8kRecs191.2kFans
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  8. 8 My MCV and Doomsday 我的末世基地车 Sci-Fi1.9M WordsCompleted The apocalypse is coming, and Jiang Liushi unexpectedly obtains a piece of black technology that can modify and upgrade vehicles. Just scan a vehicle, and it can be upgraded right away. What, you think this is a minibus? Actually, it’s a super base vehicle that can plow through hordes of zombies and monsters, and even transform. It’s bulletproof and zombie-proof, and comes with a bedroom, kitchen, shower, and even a generator. The apocalypse is full of misery, but Jiang Liushi lives in comfort. 11Votes594.2kRecs546.5kFans
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  9. 9 The Age of Arcana 奥术年代 Western Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted I'm Xiwei the mage, and I speak for the Arcane Arts. This is an age of heroes and grand upheavals. This is an age of earth-shattering change. And in the end, it will be an age of the Arcane, ushered in by me! 0Votes126.8kRecs122.9kFans
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  10. 10 Mr. Ballhandler 控球先生 Sports1.5M WordsCompleted This was the NBA's most glorious era since the post-Jordan years. Shaq and the Admiral took turns ruling the league. The likes of Kobe, Iverson, McGrady, and Carter each made their mark. The Class of 2003 burst onto the scene. The small-ball revolution had arrived... This was also the calm before the storm that would reshuffle the power structure of Chinese-language entertainment. Hong Kong stars headed north, Taiwan's entertainment industry waned, and mainland China's youn 0Votes232.7kRecs119.2kFans
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  11. 11 Transmigrating as Ning Caichen 穿越宁采臣 Xianxia2.9M WordsCompleted Ning Fei had a dream. He dreamed he was in Lanruo Temple, where there was a female ghost named Nie Xiaoqian, a big-bearded man named Yan Chixia, and a thousand-year-old tree demon... Then Ning Fei woke up and discovered that he had become Ning Caichen, dressed in white with long sleeves, like a scholar from ancient times! 0Votes235.7kRecs216.8kFans
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  12. 12 Champion Legend 冠军传奇 Sports4.9M WordsCompleted “My country isn't a soccer powerhouse, so I might never get the chance to play in the World Cup during my career. That's why the Champions League final is my World Cup!”, Chu Zhongtian A Chinese student who had once been forced to give up soccer started playing again in England's amateur leagues. He never imagined that one day he'd have a chance to say something like that. Back then, all he wanted was to add a few different memories to his otherwise uneventful life as an overseas student. In the 0Votes928kRecs119.7kFans
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  13. 13 Endless Sword Gear 无尽剑装 Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted A disciple of profound energy who holds a low position in his clan happens to obtain a strange piece of jade from a roadside stall. Hidden inside is an unparalleled sword formation cultivation method passed down from an ancient sword cultivator! Ice and Fire Two-Ceremony Sword Formation, Triple-Stacked Zither-Sound Sword Formation, Four-in-One Eighth-Level Sword Formation, Six-Meridian Five-Element Sword Formation, Seven-Star Eight-Trigram Sword Formation, Nine-Heavens Thunderfire Sword Formatio 0Votes440.9kRecs204kFans
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  14. 14 The Chronicles of the Primitive Era 原始战记 Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted "One day, we will return to our homeland. Our glory still shines, and the Flame of the Yan Clan will never go out." 12Votes2.6MRecs723.6kFans
  15. 15 Heaven's Domain, Azure Firmament 天域苍穹 Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsCompleted I laugh at all the heroes beneath heaven; within the universe, I alone am sovereign! Across rivers and mountains, I reign supreme; throughout the eight directions and six realms, I alone stand victorious! I shall command the winds and clouds, tower above the world, tread the heavens, and ascend the firmament! Who can rival me?! Would you join me, my friends, and stand at my side as we tower above the world, dance among the clouds, and conquer the heavens above?! Heavenly Domain official grou 0Votes1.6MRecs1.4MFans
  16. 16 Tales of Demons and Gods 妖神记 Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing The Demon God is reborn. Who can stand against him? This is a world of demon spirits. People hunt demon beasts and obtain their spirits. By integrating them into their Soul Seas, they can gain immense power. Thanks to a Book of Temporal Demon Spirits, Nie Li returns to his youth... ~~Tales of Demons and Gods is a fantasy novel that Snail has carefully crafted into something truly different. The comic adaptation is also being released on Tencent Animation, with beautiful artwork. Please show your 0Votes376.5kRecs722.2kFans
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  17. 17 Tomb of the Gods 神墓 Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted A perfectly ordinary young man, dead for ten thousand years, comes back to life in an ancient tomb of the gods… 14Votes5.8MRecs2.2MFans
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  18. 18 Martial Universe 武动乾坤 Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted The path of cultivation is to steal from yin and yang, seize the workings of creation, undergo nirvana, command life and death, and master reincarnation. At the pinnacle of martial power, one shatters the vault of heaven and shakes the world! 15Votes2.6MRecs3.6MFans
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  19. 19 EN Supreme Human 人道至尊 Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted Since Pangu created heaven and earth, the Three Sovereigns ruled the world and the Five Emperors established its order. Humanity stood foremost among all beings beneath heaven... But now it is the final age of the Human Emperor, one of the Three Sovereigns. The Five Emperors have yet to be established, and humanity is not yet foremost among all beings. This is a wild, primordial age. Demon gods, evil gods, and celestial gods rule in great numbers; demons, fiends, and devils run rampant. Countles 28Votes2.6MRecs1.1MFans
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  20. 20 War God of Chaos 混乱战神 Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted The weak rarely get to live well. The strong rarely get to die well. So-called fate is choosing between a wretched life and a wretched death. One of the few cultivators living in the modern world, he lost his body in an unfortunate accident, destroyed in a massive explosion that killed both him and his enemy. He fought to preserve a remnant of his soul and arrived in a completely unfamiliar world of magic. Starting over, he rose from a fallen noble to become the Chaos God of War, who ruled the c 0Votes748kRecs635.8kFans
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  21. 21 Full-Time Villager 全职村民 Eastern Fantasy88k WordsCompleted From salaried worker to general in the apocalypse, then from apocalyptic general to villager in another world. Reborn into history’s weakest class, the Villager, he enters a dungeon among the ruins of the gods and fights his way from goblins all the way to dragons! 0Votes24.2kRecs8.9kFans
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  22. 22 The Shaman Healer Awakens 巫医觉醒 Xianxia1.6M WordsCompleted Able to communicate with ghosts and gods, as well as practice medicine, since witchcraft and medicine have never been separate. Once one reaches the pinnacle, neither ghosts nor gods dare question them, and calamities cannot draw near. But can one who has reached the pinnacle also heal the human heart? Behold the awakening of the strongest witch doctor~ 0Votes513.1kRecs223.3kFans
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  23. 23 Sword-Wielding Art 仗剑诀 Martial Arts1.8M WordsCompleted . [Synopsis of The Sword Art] The jianghu in The Sword Art is authentic. The government and the era take a back seat; everything in the jianghu is maintained by its own people, and they are the ones who disrupt it as well. “Profit” and “order” are the themes of this jianghu. This is a martial world of powerful cl 1Votes277.3kRecs55.8kFans
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  24. 24 A Literary Life 文艺生活 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted There are two great pitfalls in life: living for others to see, and watching how others live. To avoid falling into them, you have to live as your true self. This is the story of an artsy young man running wild in a parallel world. 0Votes539.2kRecs307.6kFans
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  25. 25 EN I Come from the Mortal Realm 我从凡间来 Xianxia7.8M WordsCompleted I came from the mortal world, seeking immortality here. 0Votes8.2MRecs1.2MFans
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  26. 26 Five Elements 五行天 Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted As all worlds fused together and spiritual energy vanished, the cultivation world that had endured for a million years collapsed. The savage wilderness launched a massive invasion, and the Five Elements Heaven became the cultivators' final line of defense. A thousand years later, a lowly youth from the Old Lands spent three years laboring deep in the savage wilderness, then won the exceptional chance to further his studies at the Five Elements Heaven. Driven by a desire to control his own fate a 4Votes9.2MRecs1.1MFans
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  27. 27 Sorcerer of the Witching Realm 巫界术士 Western Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted Leilin transmigrates with an AI chip and becomes a wizard apprentice of noble birth. Making use of his advantages, he studies to become a wizard, obtains a sorcerer's legacy, and embarks on the path of bloodlines. He goes on a series of adventures in the mysterious and uncanny world of wizards, ultimately attaining eternity. Details: 1. One extra chapter for every 100 monthly ticket 7Votes550.9kRecs495.9kFans
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  28. 28 Father of Wuxia 武侠之父 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Deng Zheng, an artsy drifter in Beijing, is reborn, only to find himself in a parallel world much like Earth. He has a search engine in his head, and he's also a student majoring in traditional martial arts forms at the Martial Arts Institute of Capital Sports University. Here, copyright protection is robust and the cultural and entertainment industries are thriving. But because history took a different turn, the wuxia genre, which would influence the entire Chinese-speaking world and take the 0Votes151.9kRecs175.1kFans
  29. 29 One Sword, Flying Immortal 一剑飞仙 Xianxia2.1M WordsOngoing Tempered a thousand times in raging fire and thunder, ten years to forge a sword whose light chills the world. I endured every hardship, keeping my claws sheathed, all for this day, when I soar into the heavens! 0Votes1.9MRecs543kFans
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  30. 30 EN The Physician Who Rules the Realm 医统江山 Historical5.4M WordsOngoing A doctor who died of overwork in his previous life is reincarnated into the household of Da Kang's greatest traitor, possessing the body of an idiot boy who had been deaf and mute for sixteen years. Is this his good fortune or his misfortune? Having worked too hard in his past life, all he wants now is a beautiful wife, lovely concubines, and grandchildren gathered around his knees, living comfortably as a wealthy second-generation heir who muddles through each day. Yet he never expected his fam 2Votes2.2MRecs979.1kFans
  31. 31 Release That Witch 放开那个女巫 Western Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted Cheng Yan thought he had transmigrated to medieval Europe and become a glorious prince. But this world doesn't seem quite like the one he imagined. Witches really exist, and they actually have magic? A witch-farming story, taking farming all the way. 549Votes7.3MRecs6.2MFans
  32. 32 The Outsider 间客 Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted There are two things that deeply stir the human soul: the lofty moral law within us, and the brilliant starry sky above us., Kant When Xu Le looked away from these words and saw for the first time the countless stars scattered like sesame seeds beyond the dust, he wasn’t moved. On the contrary, he was furious: the stars beyond the District’s sky were so dazzling, who could stand it? Being blinded by their light every day would turn him into one of those feral cats on the mining roads, brain-fri 43Votes2.8MRecs1.4MFans
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  33. 33 Forty Millennia of Cultivation (The Star Domain: Forty Millennia) 修真四万年(《星域四万年》) Sci-Fi10.8M WordsCompleted It isn't easy for a little seedling to grow, so it needs the care of all you brothers and sisters. This fresh-faced newcomer, Xiao Niu, asks for your support! I'll be sure to summon the spirit of a newborn calf that fears no tiger, work hard, and do everything I can! “Even if this universe really is a cruel, blood-soaked dark forest, we cultivators will still burn our lives to make a faint spark! 28Votes2.4MRecs1.9MFans
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  34. 34 The Immortal Realm 长生界 Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted The Immortal Realm anime premieres exclusively on Tencent Video every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. starting October 29. Join Xiao Chen as he ventures into the game, and witness the Immortal Realm together! … Who in this world can escape death? No matter how peerless your beauty or unrivaled your charm, in the end you will become a skeleton. No matter how extraordinary a hero you are or how vast an empire you command, in the end you will become a heap of dust. And yet, legends of immortality have endure 6Votes3.5MRecs1.3MFans
  35. 35 Supreme Face Reader 超品相师 Urban9.5M WordsCompleted There are nine grades of mystic masters, and each grade is a whole new level. An ordinary young man from the twenty-first century unexpectedly inherits Zhuge Liang's mystical arts. Qin Yu has no grand ambitions; he just wants to stay home with his wife and children, enjoying a warm bed. But through a series of coincidences, he gradually reaches the pinnacle of mystic mastery and becomes a supreme master. He reads the land, the people, and the hearts of beauties. 0Votes2.3MRecs1.4MFans
  36. 36 Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生 Urban2.3M WordsCompleted I thought this was going to be a realistic urban-life story, but then the setting changed without warning! Spiritual qi revival, the return of Taoist arts: this is probably a story about modern civilization transforming into a cultivation civilization. This book still takes its time. Reader group: 666-464-52. VIP group: 465-455-757 14Votes2.5MRecs1MFans
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  37. 37 EN Lord of the Snow Eagle 雪鹰领主 Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted In Anyang Province of the Xia Clan, there is a tiny, unremarkable territory called Snow Eagle Territory! And this is where the story begins! Following Desolate Era, Swallowed Star, The Nine Cauldrons, Panlong, Stellar Transformation, Inch of Radiance, and The Legend of Xing Feng, this is Tomato's eighth novel! 77Votes9.3MRecs3.3MFans
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  38. 38 Douluo Dalu 斗罗大陆 Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted Tang San, an outer disciple of the Tang Sect, was rejected by the sect for secretly learning its inner-school techniques. When he leapt from a cliff to prove his resolve, he discovered that he had not died. Instead, he had arrived in another world under a different identity, a world of Martial Souls called Douluo Dalu. There is no magic, no battle qi, and no martial arts here, but there are wondrous Martial Souls. When people turn six, they awaken their Martial Souls in Spirit Hall. Martial Soul 55Votes6MRecs5MFans
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  39. 39 Shrouding the Heavens 遮天 Xianxia6.4M WordsCompleted The Shrouding the Heavens animated series airs every Wednesday at 10:00 on Tencent Video. VIP members can watch two episodes early. Ye Fan, the Empress, Wushi, and others will appear before you in three dimensions. Come watch! Deep in a universe where cold and darkness coexist, nine enormous dragon corpses pull an ancient bronze coffin through eternity. This is an astonishing image captured by a space probe in the desolate universe. Did the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin return to ancient times, 594Votes6.3MRecs18.2MFans
  40. 40 The Boxing Superstar 拳坛巨星 Sports1.5M WordsCompleted In an age when traditional Chinese martial arts are declining, a Chinese boxing champion sweeps through the professional boxing world. Huang Yifei, reborn in 2006, perfectly combines Wing Chun's inch power and Tai Chi breathing techniques with boxing, striking fear into every opponent in the ring. He becomes an Olympic gold medalist, then turns professional and becomes the first Chinese fighter to win a world title belt! He is hailed as the greatest boxer of the twenty-first century. Time magazi 0Votes194.5kRecs129.6kFans
  41. 41 The Mercenary’s War 佣兵的战争 Urban7.2M WordsCompleted Gao Yang is a military enthusiast, a very ordinary one. He loves knives, guns, and adventure. After an accident sends him to Africa, he is unlucky enough to be caught in a plane crash. He survives by sheer luck, but from then on he can only earn a living at gunpoint, because he has become a mercenary. How far can a military enthusiast rise in the international mercenary world? Wait and see. 28Votes2.3MRecs3.1MFans
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  42. 42 EN The Trafford Trading Club 特拉福买家俱乐部 Urban19.1M WordsOngoing Luo Qiu unwittingly becomes the owner of a “club.” But there is something strange about this club. It has a puppet maid who has worked there for three hundred years, and it also sells all kinds of bizarre things. Luo Qiu gradually discovers that the society he lives in is full of people driven by desire. They all come before him and trade everything they have, their lifespans, treasures, even their souls, to buy the things they covet. Every successful transaction grants Luo Qiu more time to live 371Votes2.5MRecs1.2MFans
  43. 43 The Ice and Fire Chef 冰火魔厨 Western Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Seven peerless divine blades. The Ice Goddess's Sigh: the Dawn Dew Saber. The Fire God's Roar: the Blazing Sun Saber. The Whisper of the Free Wind: the Proud Sky Saber. The Melody of the Awakening Earth: the Everlasting Life Saber. The Six-pointed Star of Infinite Wonders: the Mystic Pivot Saber. The Dawn That Spans Heaven and Earth: the Holy Radiance Saber. The Curse of Eternal Hell: the Demon-Eater Saber. These are seven divine sabers, and also seven magic staffs wielding ice, fire, wind, eart 5Votes3.2MRecs748.3kFans
  44. 44 EN Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群(聊天群的日常生活) Urban8.5M WordsCompleted 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 170Votes17.6MRecs15.7MFans
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  45. 45 Wings of Frost 霜寒之翼 Western Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted “Boss, you’re saying that’s a white dragon?” The dwarf stared at the half-visible dragon wing protruding from the great glacier, his face pale and his legs already trembling. The dragon’s wings blotted out the sky, dimming the sun. Its chilling presence seemed to freeze the heavens themselves. “Maybe it is... Fall back. We should leave...” A nameless chill ran through the captain. “Move! Prepare for battle!” A powerful gust tore across the sky, knocking the mercenaries to the ground. The dragon 0Votes608.7kRecs364.9kFans
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  46. 46 The Phoenix Descends Upon a Crumbling Han 凤穿残汉 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsOngoing Cai Zi Mei swallowed five million in stolen money; Cai Zi Mei was sent flying by a Buick; Cai Zi Mei was reborn as Cai Ji. What? This is the late Eastern Han, with heroes rising everywhere? What? This is a brutal age where all creation is treated like straw dogs? What? You, a woman, dare to proclaim that you’ll make the sun and moon shine on a new world? In the next moment, the reborn Cai Ji smiled. Those who are meant to die will die in the end, and those who aren’t will live on. What matters i 3Votes1.7MRecs75.2kFans
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  47. 47 Brocade Paulownia 锦桐 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Li Tong was reborn and finally saw clearly. It turned out he had never loved her or cherished her... Jiang Huanzhang defies fate and returns. This time, he will climb even higher and become the true The Outcast, above everyone but one... Ning Yuan has come from a thousand miles away: Jiang Huanzhang, I make a living out of ruining people, and I never get tired of it... 1Votes1.7MRecs958.1kFans
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  48. 48 EN Kingdom’s Bloodline 王国血脉 Western Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing A lowly beggar, a noble prince, a monster hated by the whole world. If you had three paths before you, which would you choose to be happy? Tyles has no answer. He only knows that he has arrived in a vast and turbulent otherworld, facing a future set to nightmare difficulty: the glorious empire fell a thousand years ago, the rotten royal house is beyond saving, the legendary holy war is shrouded in darkness, and the divided world is in turmoil. And Tyles has nothing. All he has left is an unshaka 108Votes1.5MRecs766.3kFans
  49. 49 Back to the Past as a Cat 回到过去变成猫 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted At the gate of the East Family Housing Compound at Chu Hua University, the gatekeeper uncle answered a phone call, then threw open the window and roared toward the nearby grove in a booming voice: “Black Charcoal, your mom’s calling you home for dinner!” Whoosh! A black cat shot out of the dense grass at the edge of the grove and raced toward one of the buildings, disappearing into the entrance in the blink of an eye. After it, one cat head after another poked up from the grass. It was mealtime: 60Votes1.2MRecs1.1MFans
  50. 50 The Ming Dynasty's Literary Champion 大明文魁 Historical4.1M WordsCompleted Before the Forbidden City stand nine gates in succession. Officials in their caps and finery arrive from the southern gate. With palace flowers tucked in their hats, they face the emperor; in the Golden Hall, their names are announced for all to hear. They ride through the imperial avenue for ten miles, hailed as the Ming dynasty’s top scholar. 10Votes1.6MRecs544.3kFans

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