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- 1 The Scarlet Hero 赤侠 “Brother Wei, you live and study out here all by yourself. How did you manage to make such a feast? Could it be... that you’re hiding a beauty in your cottage?” “Huh? Didn’t you send someone to bring it over every day, Brother Chen?” “Did I?” “Wasn’t that you?” “Perhaps I gave the order to my servant and then forgot about it.” After a few rounds of drinks, Wei Hao saw his guest out. The next day, he shouldered his farm tools and pretended to head for the fields. Halfway there, he turned back hom 2Votes294.5kRecs409.8kFans
- 2 Seeking Immortal Fate 莫求仙缘 Immortality is not something you can beg for. That is how Mo Qiu got his name. 0Votes217kRecs330.4kFans
- 3 Celestial Officials of the Heavenly Dynasty 天朝仙吏 Chu Chen arrives in the Great Chang Dynasty with a temple in his heart and joins the Daoist sect. He cultivates the alchemical Dao within and practices talismans without. He chants scriptures, breathes in qi, and performs ritual ceremonies. He commands the power of thunder, forms sword seals with his fingers, walks the steps of Yu, prays for clear skies and rain, summons gods and dispatches generals, dispels misfortune, saves people, and vanquishes demons... 3Votes335.2kRecs640.3kFans
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The Corpse Mender of Autumn Execution Grounds 我在秋斩刑场当缝尸人那些年
[A human face with a ghost’s heart, drawing on the past to speak of the present. I am the master of the martial world.] Lin Shou wakes up to find himself a corpse-sewer at the execution grounds where prisoners are beheaded in autumn. Fallen leaves return to their roots, and the dead must be laid to rest. The corpses of executed prisoners must be sewn back together before burial. Otherwise, they will be buried improperly and bring disaster. Lin Shou discovers that sewing up corpses can earn him a
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- 5 Starting as a Daoist of Mount Lao 从崂山道士开始 Awakening from a great dream, the world turns through its cycles. After transmigrating, Wang Yan discovers that he has become Wang Sheng from "The Taoist Priest of Mount Lao." The original Wang Qi longed to seek immortality and learn the Dao, but he couldn't endure hardship. After finally mastering the art of walking through walls, his improper intentions caused the spell to fail, making him a laughingstock. The Wang Yan of today refuses to settle for mediocrity and isn't afraid of hardship. Whe 0Votes10.9kRecs49.4kFans
- 6 All Laws Are Without Fault 万法无咎 July 7, 2023: My new book, Master of the Illusory World, is now out. Its prose is more accessible than this book's, but its worldbuilding is far more precise and detailed, and its preparation far more thorough! Highly recommended. Enjoy! This book is in its final volume and is still being updated~ 2Votes271.5kRecs197.7kFans
- 7 The Strongman Who Walked Out of a Psychiatric Hospital 从精神病院走出的强者 Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital is full of talent. Lin Fan: I am absolutely not a psychiatric patient. I’m a perfectly normal person who likes to cultivate. I just touch power outlets, climb high-voltage cabinets, and stand on the rooftop during thunderstorms to perform staff techniques for the heavens. Old Director of Qingshan: Son, let’s talk this out. Don’t do anything rash. Director Li: And you still say you’re not a psychiatric patient? Evil Thing: I’m just passing through. Please don’t eat m 0Votes342.9kRecs569.9kFans
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Immortal Destiny at Lanruo Temple 兰若仙缘
New book, Subduing the Dragon. You’re welcome to give it a read! A thousand-year-old tree sways in the wind; a ten-thousand-year-old black mountain lies silent. Withered bones build the Buddhist temple; blood stains the imperial city. Practice Buddhist arts, train with Shushan swords, and command the underworld. At the ancient Lanruo Temple, my dharma name is Wusheng. I don’t beg for alms; I only deliver souls!
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- 9 Celestial Venerable Yuxu 玉虚天尊 The pinnacle of the Dao is called the Heavenly Venerable. One who bears Kunlun’s supreme treasure, inherits the legacy of the Jade Pure lineage, and rules the Yuxu Celestial Palace is the Great Heavenly Venerable. 1Votes247.3kRecs79.7kFans
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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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- 11 The Immortal of Yujing 玉京仙 The Kunlun Immortal King is reincarnated and returns to the mortal world, uncovering an ancient cause and effect. Dragons battle in the wild; a catastrophe engulfs heaven and earth. Immortality comes at a price, creation brings calamity, six sects slay gods, and the ten directions divide the heavens. 0Votes32.4kRecs36.7kFans
- 12 My Deskmate Is Ferocious 同桌凶猛 His childhood friend and deskmate has actually become a superstar: fierce yet adorable. VIP group: 9555-74517 (subscribe to any one of the following in full: "Deskmate", "Hunting Forgeries", or "Dragon King") 0Votes12.5MRecs694kFans
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The Minister in the Skirt 裙上之臣
Du Jian tells everyone he meets that he already has a wife, putting on the appearance of a chaste and virtuous husband. Chang Ying scoffs at this. Her mind is occupied entirely with earning merit and rising through the ranks, leading her followers to follow some future prince toward the pinnacle of life. Who would have the spare time to covet him?
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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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The Bird Lord’s Leisurely Life 鸟爷的悠闲生活
Before turning into a myna bird, Zhou Jiu lived by two principles: “What’s it to you?” and “What’s it to me?” After turning into a myna bird, all Zhou Jiu wanted was to run off to a corner and cry, clutching his cowlick: “What kind of bird-brained mess is this?!” A lighthearted, humorous slice-of-life story. No contrived plot twists, no cultivation. Feel free to save it for later if you like it. If you don’t, please don’t leave hate
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Slaying Evil 斩邪
He rises with sword in hand to exterminate ghosts and monsters, then sits quietly with brush in hand to write. With heaven and earth in his grasp, he slays evil and preserves righteousness: A single song, “Song of Righteousness,” and vast righteousness rises into the boundless world.
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- 17 Records of Daoist Martial Immortals 道武仙侠录 After witnessing a battle between immortals, a country boy enters the Earthmaster's residence to practice martial arts. He becomes a spiritstone smith, crafting spirit stones for cultivators. What kind of stir will he cause in the cultivation world in this role? 0Votes13.4kRecs13.1kFans
- 18 EN The Carefree Sect 逍遥派 One Nanhua Jing, one Xiaoyaoyou, and countless martial arts manuals and secret techniques emerge into the world. A mere scholar, guided by the ‘Medicine King,’ cultivates the art of rejuvenation and masters a heaven-defying technique. When his divine art is finally complete, he becomes invincible, unseals the Supreme Demonic Blade, and activates the Great Heavenly Array. The throne of the Demon Palace, vacant for ten thousand years, awaits its master. A thousand years of grudges in the martial w 0Votes374.2kRecs634.3kFans
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Rise of the Poor Scholar 寒门崛起
This is the story of a graduate student in Classical Chinese who, after being battered again and again while searching for work, returns to the middle of the Ming dynasty and enters the body of a young child in a mountain village. His father is stiff and taciturn, his mother is fiery, and his relatives are all a troublesome lot. There's no shortage of squabbles in the little farmyard. Luckily, I have several thousand years of accumulated history behind me, and the Four Books, Five Classics, and
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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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- 21 Knocking on Heaven’s Gate with a Sword 剑叩天门 Reading, playing chess, farming, practicing the sword. A half-flask of wine beneath the white clouds, home ten thousand miles away; one autumn-water blade chills ten provinces. This is the story of a young man who raises his sword and knocks upon Heaven's Gate. 0Votes261.6kRecs266kFans
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Little Demons Don’t Go to Heaven 小妖不上天
Huan Ge was an honest, down-to-earth little demon tasked with patrolling the mountains. Then a meteorite from beyond the heavens knocked something loose in his head, and all sorts of strange words started popping into it every day. What kind of cat is a Tmall? Calabash Brothers? Don't scare me, bro. Since when can gourds become spirits? There's even a kind of chicken called “Kende Chicken,” and apparently it's delicious... Huh, why am I drooling just talking about it... All right. Huan Ge just t
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Dao Traverses Nine Heavens 道辟九霄
Literary Version: The Double Ninth Festival lingers, where once I solved the mystery beneath the peach blossoms. My heart opens to the Great Way, and I rise to the ninth heaven. I look back from the ends of the earth, but my three or four old friends are nowhere to be seen. I ascend to immortality and soar away, joining the undying celestial ones. Comedy Version: I transmigrated to a world of immortals with a mysterious dragon scale. The immortal path? The demonic path? This is just a stage pla
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Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生
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
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