Afternoon Cafe (๑><๑) Recommendations from a Ten-Year Reading Veteran for When You're Out of Books 午后咖啡馆(๑><๑) 十年老书虫书荒推荐
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- 1 The Fire Thief of Tomorrow 明日盗火者 Tomorrow will come at last, as dusk fades and civilization rises and falls. We travel through the mists of time, step beyond the forbidden threshold, and gather the flames of civilization, until at dusk they blaze into a splendor that sets the wilderness alight. 0Votes62kRecs63.5kFans
- 2 EN Nine Star Poisonous Milk 九星毒奶 The physical edition of Nine-Star Poisoned Milk, titled Starfall, is now on sale. It is available on Taobao, Tmall, and JD.com. Just search for Starfall. Thank you all for your support. Also: the new book, Lord of the Nine Stars, has accumulated enough chapters. You can start reading it now! Synopsis: This is a parallel world filled with astral power. Star charts, astral skills, astral pets, and astral warriors are widespread. Jiang Xiao, whose soul has crossed over into this world, car 8Votes4.5MRecs2.7MFans
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Tales of Herding Gods 牧神记
The ancestral rule of the Great Ruins says: When night falls, do not go outside. The old, weak, sick, and disabled residents of the Great Ruins’ Remnant Village find a baby by the river and name him Qin Mu. They raise him with painstaking care. One day, night falls and darkness engulfs the Great Ruins. Qin Mu steps out of his home… Be a villain who revels in the spring breeze! That’s what the blind man tells him. Qin Mu’s rise as a villain is just beginning!
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Myriad Hearts 万千之心
This is the story of an ordinary person who unexpectedly obtains a System that randomly gives him all kinds of identities and backgrounds. Every week, he receives a randomly generated identity. Assassin, hypnotist, mage, martial artist, ancient race, member of a mysterious organization, secret chairman of a massive multinational conglomerate, and more... Random identities, extraordinary journeys. A new book sets sail: Hidden Dead Ends, a tale of future horror. Give it a try!
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- 5 Demons Descend 魔临 A legend has been passed down in this world for as long as anyone can remember: One day, the Demon King will descend upon this world. Under his command will be seven terrifying demon lords, and they will bring the darkness of despair to this world. The Demon King's Advent leadership group: 893, 107, 381 (verification required) The Demon King's Advent Fan Li group: 113, 552, 0983 (no verification required) The physical editions of The Demon King's Advent are on sale across Tmall, Dangdang, and JD 96Votes3.8MRecs2.2MFans
- 6 EN Inner Demons 心魔 The new book, The Netherworld Painted Skin Scroll, is currently being serialized. The print edition has already been published under the title Formless. Perhaps on a cold winter night, you hear someone softly singing on the other side of a wall: A feather-robed heart, as pure as clouds, a zither, a sword, and a brush. Light snow, a red brazier, yellow-sprout wine, reading the Purple Star and Dongting scriptures by night. The lingering melody sounds like mus 4Votes410.7kRecs584.5kFans
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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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Mythical Version of Three Kingdom 神话版三国
Chen Xi watched a soldier toss aside a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds and stared speechlessly at the heavens. Is this really the late Eastern Han? Lu Bu single-handedly tore through an army of ten thousand. There’s no way that’s scientifically possible. Zhao Zilong really seems to have a dragon’s soul possessing him. He split a mountain with one sword. Is he even human? Dian Wei protected Cao Cao by himself as they fought their way out of the enemy camp, casually slaughtering thousands of e
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- 9 Proud Across the Heavens 傲世九重天 A smile shakes the winds and thunder; a fury chills the vast seas. One hand shatters the sky, one sword dances beneath the heavens! One man, one sword, standing proud above the Nine Heavens! 13Votes2.6MRecs1.4MFans
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The Seat of Arcane Arts 奥术神座
“Knowledge is power.” “Gods are nothing more than especially powerful arcanists.” Xia Feng has transmigrated, bringing a mountain of knowledge with him.
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Joy of Life 庆余年
A family that does good deeds will surely enjoy blessings in abundance. Leave blessings for the future, leave blessings for the future, and in time meet a benefactor. How fortunate, how fortunate, that my mother accumulated hidden merit. I urge people to help the needy and support the poor… But who could know that, though we inherit the blessings of those who came before us, in the end we must choose our own path in life? Thus, at the fork in the road: The east wind brings clouds and rain, and y
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The Legendary Mechanic 超神机械师
Han Xiao, a veteran power-leveling player in Stellar Sea, was thrown into the transmigration crowd by a mysterious force from the East, or rather, from a certain otaku. With a player interface in tow, he became an NPC and returned to the days before Stellar Sea's open beta. He resolutely chose the highest-difficulty class: Mechanic. Warships sail in formation across the stars, star-powered mechs twist through the heavens like dragons, psychic cannons lay waste to worlds, and an endless mechanica
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Ever Night 将夜
Fighting heaven is endlessly enjoyable. …
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Demon Mark 魔痕
The world-defying life of a man on the brink of death! If I live, I will endure alongside the brilliant sea of stars. If I perish, the world will perish with me! Xiao Hong is terminally ill, and the magic patterns at his fingertips are his only means of saving himself. To stay alive, he has no choice but to grow stronger and stronger, rising step by step from a lowly miner to a peerless overlord. In the end, everything he does is for one thing alone... to live!
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- 15 The Ice and Fire Chef 冰火魔厨 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
- 16 EN The Great Dao Leads to Heaven 大道朝天 “Having become human, I want to become an immortal; born on earth, I want to ascend to the heavens.”, Lu Xun. (The official First Group for A Path Toward Heaven, group number: 311875513; the official Second Group for A Path Toward Heaven, group number: 220593959; the VIP fully subscribed readers' group, group number: 670061923. Everyone is welcome to join.) 41Votes6.9MRecs1.6MFans
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