Brilliantly Written, but Abandoned at the Worst Possible Moment 文笔一流,但是惊天大太监
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Wanli Emperor 万历明君
In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending
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The Eunuch Governor 督公
Are lords and generals born to their stations? I’ll climb from the very bottom, starting as a lowly eunuch, step by step, all the way to the top…
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Records of the Celestial Bureaucracy 天官志
When Heaven unleashes its killing intent, the stars shift and constellations change. When Earth unleashes its killing intent, dragons and serpents rise from the land. When humankind unleashes its killing intent, heaven and earth are overturned.
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I Rewrote My Family’s History 我重写了家族历史
We've all seen stories about modern people transmigrating. But what kind of story would it be if a 120-year-old man living in the 21st century were reborn in his own youth? It was the final years of the Qing dynasty, a time of upheaval. Xu Cong was reborn as a wild fox. As a fox immortal, he began guiding his former self and making up for past regrets... “Great-grandpa, did you ever follow a celebrity? I like Jay Chou. The little yellow flower in the story has been drifting since the year I was
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Starting with the Gu Huo Bird 从姑获鸟开始
The body is as light as a goose feather, life as fragile as wild grass. I have witnessed the darkest night, so the blazing, brilliant flame in my heart has never wavered. The physical edition of From the Gu Huo Bird's Beginning (Volume One) is now available. Search for the title on Dangdang, JD.com, Taobao, Douyin, and other platforms, or purchase it from a physical bookstore. Thank you all for your support.
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Starting Out as the Best in Jinmen 从津门第一开始
A golden-inlaid saber at my waist, the road to the ends of the earth beneath my feet. Ferrying travelers across the myriad worlds, beginning in Tianjin.
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A Master of Ghostly Tricks 戏鬼神
A strange, fantastical journey shrouded in mystery. The story of a group of guardians at the gates of the human world…
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Cyber Yokai Record 赛博百鬼录
When technology reaches the singularity, the gods descend. Beneath their radiance, demons and ghosts lurk like shadows. But fox spirits don't drain people's life force, and evil spirits have no desire to devour flesh and blood. You are being consumed without even realizing it. How will you protect what's left of your body?
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Demon Painter 画妖师
This Buddhist disciple treads the earth and makes lotuses bloom, changes in size, exhausts his afflictions, and wields wondrous supernatural powers. This Taoist travels a thousand miles with sword in hand, roams in spirit and commands the vital energy, flies free of all traces, and practices marvelous arts. But I have only one brushstroke, with which I portray the human heart and paint across heaven and earth!
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Alchemy Notes 炼金手记
I awoke from chaos to the roar of steam in my ears. Soot blotted out the sky, and shadows blanketed the world. Mysticism, spiritual cultivation, the Tower of Babel, fusion, transmutation, the Philosopher’s Stone… To seek the truth, or become the truth: this is the legend of an alchemist. …
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Swordmaster 剑魁
This is a world of Qi cultivators. The imperial court has fallen, and the Hundred Schools hold sway. The sixteen provinces bask in a glorious age, while beneath the Mechanism City, ghosts roam by the hundreds. Airships, puppets, yaoguai, and beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas; supernatural arts, talismans, curses, and Qi cultivation! A young man seeks the Dao in his dreams, studies the classics of the Hundred Schools, nurtures his vital essence, refines his spirit, competes for inheri
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Horizontal Blade 横刀
The saber is the courage of a hundred weapons. Fear neither life nor death. Settle old scores and grudges. Cut through the heavens above, and strike down all beneath. P.S. Book group: 161-544-505
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