A Reading List from a 30-Year Veteran Bookworm 三十年老书虫的书单

3 我 My Brother-in-Law Is the Crown Prince 我的姐夫是太子 Going Up the Mountain to Fight the Tigers上山打老虎额Historical3.3M WordsCompleted During the Yongle reign of the Ming dynasty. Zhang Anshi is ignorant and good-for-nothing, with crimes too numerous to count. His brother-in-law is the Crown Prince? Oh, then it’s fine! 2Votes1.8MRecs3.1MFans

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During the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Anshi was an ignorant and incompetent man whose crimes were heinous. His brother-in-law is the crown prince? Oh, never mind then!

4 超EN Super-Dimensional Wizard 超维术士 Mu Hu牧狐Eastern Fantasy16.4M WordsOngoing 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 225Votes2.6MRecs696kFans

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Wizards hold a supreme position across all continents and planes. Mysterious, wise, cruel, and bloody—these are practically synonymous with wizards. But what are real wizards like? After coming into contact with the wizarding world, Angor came to a conclusion: Wizards are a group of people who use idealistic thinking to illuminate themselves, yet use a materialistic attitude to dialectically analyze the world. In other words, they are a group of unconventional scientists who trudge alone on the path of pursuing truth with a rigorous attitude. Multiple worlds, endlessly overlapping. Intelligent beings, guided by some unseen force, have forged their own paths of civilization. The wizarding world, with its unique cultivation civilization, spans countless planes. Even with the Wizarding World's immense power, the true nature of the universe and the mysteries of dimensions remain unfathomable. Until, a traveler from across the multiverse visited this world. (The traveler is not the protagonist, not the protagonist, not the protagonist—I'm saying it three times because it's important!)

5 不 The Immortal Mortal 不朽凡人 I'm Old Five, the Goose鹅是老五Xianxia3.7M WordsCompleted In this world, only those with a spiritual root can cultivate immortality. Those with ordinary roots are destined to remain ordinary people. Mo WujI has only an ordinary root. He is nothing but an ordinary man! 2Votes9MRecs3.2MFans

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Here, only those with spiritual roots can cultivate immortality; those with mortal roots are destined to remain mortals. Mo Wuji is only a mortal, a mere ordinary person!

7 赤EN Red Heart Patrols the Sky 赤心巡天 Qing He Yishen情何以甚Xianxia11.0M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Redhearted Path is now available everywhere. In ancient times, the demon race vanished without a trace. In the near-antiquity era, the dragon race disappeared. The age when the divine path flourished has faded like smoke, and the age of flying swords at their peak has finally fallen into decline... What happened to this world? Who will listen to the truth of history buried in the river of time? Across a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, I write of corpses lying low 2.1kVotes8.2MRecs8.1MFans

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(The physical book "A Loyal Heart Across the Heavens" is now available for purchase online.) In ancient times, the demon race vanished. In recent times, the dragon race disappeared. The era of the flourishing of the divine path has faded like smoke, and the era of unparalleled flying swords has ultimately declined... What happened in this world? Who will listen to the historical truths buried in the long river of time? A thousand miles of mountains and rivers bear the image of corpses, a hundred years of heaven and earth depict a hungry tiger. Heaven and earth are impartial yet seemingly indifferent. I have a pure heart, ready to survey the heavens! Welcome to the world of Xianxia, where emotions run deep.

8 我EN The Sage of Idle Tales 我用闲书成圣人 Journeying Eighty Thousand Li出走八万里Xianxia4.2M WordsCompleted A coffin from the start. Chen Luo's transmigration begins in a mourning hall. This is a world where reading can grant extraordinary power. Read the Confucian classics, and you can cultivate righteous qi; read Daoist scriptures, and you can generate innate source qi; read Buddhist sutras, and you can comprehend the true meaning of reincarnation. Yet Chen Luo's golden finger is a pile of frivolous books that the Heavenly Dao forbids from existing in this world! … What? The Demon Kingdom considers 17Votes805.7kRecs3MFans

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The game begins with a coffin. Chen Luo's time travel begins in the mourning hall. This is a world where reading can grant extraordinary power. Reading Confucian classics can cultivate a noble and upright spirit; Reading Taoist classics can generate primordial Qi. Reading Buddhist scriptures can help one understand the true meaning of reincarnation; Unfortunately, Chen Luo's cheat ability is a bunch of trivial books that even the Heavenly Dao wouldn't allow to appear in this world! What? The Book of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is regarded as a heavenly book by the demon kingdom? What? "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" opened up a whole new world of martial arts? Don't panic, don't panic, it's nothing serious! This scholar, have you heard of the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," which boasts a multitude of fierce generals and brilliant strategists? Hey Taoist priest, have you ever read *Investiture of the Gods*? You Taoists are really something else in that story! Hey, venerable monk, please wait a moment. I have another copy of "Journey to the West" here. Are you interested? The classics, histories, philosophical works, and literary collections represent the celestial way; storytelling and dramatization depict the human world. You cultivate the Yang Spirit, he cultivates Buddhism; in this mortal world, I laugh towards the heavens.

9 深EN Ashes of the Deep Sea 深海余烬 Yuantong远瞳Sci-Fi2.6M WordsCompleted On that day, dense fog sealed everything away. On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. On that day, he crossed the dense fog and confronted a world that had been utterly overturned and shattered. The order of old had vanished without a trace, bizarre phenomena ruled the endless seas beyond civilized society, and isolated island city-states and fleets challenging the ocean had become the last lights remaining in the civilized world, while the shadows of ancient days still stirred rest 307Votes5.9MRecs16.4MFans

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On that day, thick fog enveloped everything. On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. On that day, he crossed the thick fog and faced a world that had been completely overturned and shattered—the former order had vanished, strange phenomena dominated the endless seas beyond civilized society, isolated island cities and fleets challenging the seas had become the only remaining lights of the civilized world, while the shadows of the past still lurked in the deep sea, waiting to continue to devour this dying world. But for the new captain of the Lost Home, there was only one question he needed to consider first— Does anyone know how to sail a boat?!