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- 1 EN Surviving the Fourth Calamity 在第四天灾中幸存 A civil engineer is reborn on a magical continent, where he ends up as a wood, earth, and water mage. While still wondering where his Earth Bear bloodline came from, the Chosen One next door summons players. Watching someone else lead a life full of adventure, Hill only wants to keep his head down. New novel: The Honorable Knight of the Broom 17Votes391.8kRecs410.3kFans
- 2 EN The Witching Hour of 1994 全民魔女1994 He wakes up to find the world changed beyond recognition. He has gone from the 2013 timeline of a world of ordinary humans to 1994 in a world where everyone is a witch. “Maybe witches don’t exist at all, or maybe everyone is a witch.” 71Votes521.6kRecs491.7kFans
- 3 Detective Conan: I'm Not a Snake Spirit 柯南之我不是蛇精病 After transmigrating into the world of Detective Conan, Chi Feichi was sent to the hospital. Tuesday. Doctor: “What day is tomorrow?” Chi Feichi: “Wednesday.” Doctor: “Ahem, tomorrow is Friday.” Chi Feichi: “...” August 21. Doctor: “What date is tomorrow?” Chi Feichi: “August 22.” Doctor: “Ahem, tomorrow is January 1.” Chi Feichi: “...” When everyone believes that the distorted timeline is correct, and one person cannot recognize it as such or fit in, that person is an outsider, a patient! Once 39Votes2MRecs962.4kFans
- 4 The King of Completed Novels 完本之王 The nobody author Yue Qingyan worked himself to death rushing to meet a deadline. But even for an author, dying from overwork for a mediocre book is exceedingly rare. And so, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came his way. He was reborn, and gained a strange ability: Every time he finished writing a story, he would gain a skill, either from one of its characters or from the story’s original author. It was as if the world was finally going to start being kind to this nobody… 0Votes46kRecs33kFans
- 5 EN I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student 我只想当一个安静的学霸 "Do you yearn for knowledge?" "Once you reach the pinnacle of human knowledge, you can have anything you want." "Then I yearn for knowledge!" 0Votes940.8kRecs693.2kFans
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Super-Dimensional Wizard 超维术士
Wizards hold an exalted, unrivaled status across the continents and the multiverse. Mystery, wisdom, cruelty, and bloodshed are practically synonymous with wizards. But what are wizards really like? After encountering the world of wizards, Angel reached a conclusion: Wizards are a group who use idealist thought to illuminate themselves, yet approach the world dialectically with a materialist attitude. In other words, they are a breed of rigorous scientists who walk alone on the road to discoveri
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The Naga Divine Clan 娜迦神族
My name is Talos, second in line to inherit the title of Black Sea Lord in the Naga Kingdom. I'm one of the transmigrators, a bloodline knight, and exceptionally skilled at descending into other planes. I'm all man. Unfortunately... The Naga are a matriarchal clan. Group number: 473, 098, 879
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- 8 Advanced Player in the Electric Arc 电弧中的高级玩家 Specialists in nuclear submarine repairs, nuclear warhead refurbishment, modification, polishing, and painting, as well as space shuttle maintenance and filter changes. High-altitude cleaning, dusting satellite surfaces, and planetary design. Nuclear warheads of all kinds available wholesale. Bigger orders get better prices! Though, it seems... my actual day job used to be as an art student! 0Votes314kRecs350.6kFans
- 9 Reborn in Japan as a God of Cooking 重生日本当厨神 After making a reckless grand vow that he'd rather eat himself to death than stop enjoying good food, Xia Yu arrives in a world of Food Wars! completely unfamiliar to him. What? A God of Cookery training program? "You have to satisfy more than just ordinary human appetites. There are all kinds of demons and monsters out there, and a hundred ghosts roaming the night. Win them over with f 0Votes1.5MRecs479.6kFans
- 10 A Cross-Dressing Literary Life 女装文艺人生 Once-beautiful women have grown old, leaving behind only fleeting moments of radiance on screen; Once-great masters have become yesterday's news, while traffic-chasing pretty boys and fresh-faced starlets take the stage; Then Zhou Yi, the cross-dressing superstar of a generation, makes an invincible and spectacular debut. Peerlessly elegant, overturning the natural order, he rampages through Chinese showbiz like a great demon king! 0Votes181.8kRecs69.5kFans
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Meow Overlord 喵霸
Reborn as an orange tabby who loves life, family, and good food, Ron keeps gaining weight, growing more famous, adding digits to his bank balance, and gathering more underlings. He becomes a police cat and catches fugitives, an internet celebrity who earns money through livestreams, and a movie star. Other than being eaten, Ron experiences everything a cat possibly can. An orange tabby is a cat of great importance. See how Ron the tabby rises to the top and becomes the undisputed feline king. Re
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The Entertainment Industry’s Detective 娱乐圈刑警
Writing songs and solving cases: I can enjoy my work and my free time at once. What? It's all because of my looks? No way!!!
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The Creator of Entertainment 文娱缔造者
You can be lonely or you can be vulgar. P.S. I'm here to set entertainment fiction writing straight. That's all.
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This Monk Wants to Return to Secular Life 老衲要还俗
The myriad faces of humanity and countless divine powers amount to nothing more than a mountain, a temple, and a monk. My new book, The Rabbit Must Die, starts updating on June 1. If you enjoy Huang Liang’s work, check it out!
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- 15 The Omniscient and Omnipotent One 全知全能者 Part One: Set in a modern city, a cultivation story about a rogue cultivator’s journey. (Complete) Part Two: A grandmaster’s identity, and his travels through the world. (Complete. Friends who have been saving this one can finally start reading.) Part Three: A grandmaster behind the scenes, a rookie in plain sight, and the path to enlightenment in a cultivation world through a dual identity. (Ongoing) 0Votes745.3kRecs291.2kFans
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The Gourmet’s Supplier 美食供应商
“In the distant East, there is a strange little restaurant that has turned down Michelin three-star ratings several times. It’s expensive: a bowl of egg fried rice with soup costs RMB 288. Oh, I forgot, it also comes with a plate of pickles. Even so, plenty of people line up for a table. The restaurant doesn’t take reservations. You have to queue in person, and countless people fly in on private jets just to get in line. Of course, there’s no place to park your plane or your car. The service is
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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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- 18 Shining Superstar in Chinese Entertainment 华娱之闪耀巨星 Back in 2001, Nie Wei is determined to become the brightest star in the entertainment industry. 0Votes266.2kRecs287kFans
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The Culinary Traveler 美食旅行家
Ever since Zhang Xiao was able to expense his travel costs... He was either on the road or planning his next trip. He had stayed in presidential suites costing hundreds of thousands a night, sampled sumptuous dishes decorated with gold leaf, and lived in the lap of luxury. He had conquered the perilous Amazon rainforest and gazed out at the vast, breathtaking peaks of the Himalayas. He had no regrets in life. The top magazine Time had this to say about Zhang Xiao: “His job is undoubtedly the mos
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- 20 The Gourmet of the Wilderness 娱乐之荒野食神 Leaving behind the automated City of Appliances and the prosperous metropolis shrouded in smog, he sets out to travel the world, visiting deserted islands, swamps, mountains, rainforests... He seeks the most thrilling adventures and the most rustic delicacies! Charcoal-grilled spiny lobster and king crab, golden pan-fried matsutake and termite mushrooms, fragrant braised camel hump and bear paw, fresh, delicious truffles and caviar served on lotus leaves. I'm Nicholas Dog, and this is Wild Gourm 0Votes1.4MRecs818.3kFans
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The Great Path of the Lord God 主神大道
Time wanders on. In whose hands does life rest? The galaxy stretches on, vast and boundless. Where do drifting specks of dust go? Through the ages, who sings in the halls of history? With hair full-grown, one suddenly looks up and gazes at the passing years of a lifetime. Flowers bloom at dawn and fade by dusk, while all things race past in a flash. Who shines as the brightest star in the long river of history? Winners become kings; losers are villains. Heroes meet tragic ends. The victors paint
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- 22 An Antique Dealer’s Treasure-Hunting Journey 古董商的寻宝之旅 An antique dealer and collector with decades of professional experience returned to the mid-1980s, when he was young. Then he discovered that finding high-quality collectibles was surprisingly easy. As for getting rich? Sorry, that still had to happen one step at a time… QQ group number: 424089826. Everyone is welcome to join. (Six years after Blood Bat's The Soviet Hero, I'm back. I've been running an antiques business on the side all these years, so this book is relatively close to realit 1Votes1.2MRecs346.5kFans
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