Ten-Year Bookworm Bai Ka’s Handpicked Recommendations 十年书虫,白卡先生严选力荐
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Am I the Only Living Soul in This Chat Group? 这聊天群就我一个活人?
Gao Tian, an ordinary man, accidentally joined a strange chat group. The group members all had bizarre names, things like “Ghost Baby,” “Ghost Cave,” “Living Person Apartment,” and “Burned-to-Death Ghost.” They often discussed bizarre and terrifying horror stories, and occasionally sent black lucky packets. The names of the packets were even more bizarre: “Paranormal Item,” “Urn,” “Soul-Sucking Jar,” “Blood Shroud”... Gao Tian never paid them any attention. One day, a group member suddenly said:
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The Heretical Path to Immortality 方仙外道
The young Daoist was sixteen, in the springtime of his life, when desire stirred his troubles. Each day he saw the suffering of aging, sickness, and death, and the pangs of love, hate, anger, obsession, and resentment. I do not want my beauty to wither and fade. I do not want age spots to mark my skin. I do not want my limbs to shrivel, my organs to rot, and my bones to stink. The young Daoist was sixteen, and all he wished for was eternal life. A tale of an ordinary mortal refini
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Becoming an Immortal Ancestor by Making a Money Toad Spit Coins 从金蟾吐钱开始成仙做祖
Upon waking, Su Ji finds himself a wandering tadpole. With the help of the Heaven-Deriving Abacus, which can make predictions, he manages to survive and gains some unexpected rewards. “Obtained the Divine Ability [Golden Toad Transformation]. Absorb golden qi to transform into a golden toad.” “Obtained the Earth God Temple spirit weapon [Talisman Order]. Become the lowest-ranking deity.” Some say I'm a golden toad who loves the smell of money, but honestly, offerings are pretty nice too. Som
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Cultivating Immortality for Eternal Life: I Own a Pocket World 长生修仙,我有一座小世界
Lin Chang'an transmigrated into a world of immortal cultivation and became the lowest-ranking elephant keeper in the Xuansha Sect. Faced with a terrifying world of cultivation where immortals and demons ran rampant and the strong preyed on the weak, Lin Chang'an was scared out of his wits. Luckily, he had a golden finger: a “small world” with some bizarre rules. Time cheat! Six days pass inside the small world for every day in the outside world. A mark of spiritual energy’s origin! Any cultivato
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Observe the Mountain! 观山!
[True Immortality] + [Vast Spans of Time] The mountain is still that mountain. The people are no longer the same. Xu Ran obtained the Dao Fruit of Immortality and embarked on a cultivation journey with no end in sight. He watched prodigies fall and sects rise and decline. Those who once drank and laughed with him eventually became bones in their graves. On the road to immortality, old friends all depart, and the Great Dao is walked alone. Seas turn to fields and worlds change, but he alone remai
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The Emei Sword Immortal 峨眉剑仙
Gu Jinghong awakens from a long dream to find himself in the chaotic world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. At the time, Zhang Cuishan and his wife have shed blood on Wudang Mountain, leaving their young son behind to weep alone. The road through the jianghu is long, with winds as sharp as knives and frost as cold as swords. A mere porter, with a life as worthless as a blade of grass. All he has is the talent [One Proof, Forever Proven]. Fortune brings him into the Emei sect, and from then
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Great Ming: Moral Blackmail? I, Chongzhen, Have No Morals! 大明:道德绑架?我崇祯没道德!
The eleventh year of Chongzhen This was the Ming dynasty's last chance at redemption! That year, a decrepit ship that had sailed for more than two hundred years was held captive by ancestral rules, public opinion, and silver, and was about to run aground and sink! That year, the Ming emperor changed! That year, the Ming emperor began settling scores, unleashing the Four Great Cases of Chongzhen! That year, the Ming emperor cared nothing for benevolence or blame, honesty or corruption. He cared o
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Great Ming: The Dead Return 大明:亡者归来
In the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, the battered ship of the Great Ming Empire was taking on water at a frantic pace amid wind and rain. Meanwhile, the assembled officials of the court wore mourning clothes and pretended to weep in the Hall of Heavenly Purity, while secretly scheming over how to divide the power of the new dynasty. Then the late Emperor, Zhu Youxiao, kicked open the heavy coffin lid made of golden nanmu and sat up. You want to talk to him about ancestral rules? The sages? G
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Demonic Cultivator 魔修
[I humbly beseech the Heavenly Book to show me what opportunity awaits me today.] [In a cold pool fifty miles beyond the mountain gate, there is a spirit fish you can catch.] [I humbly beseech the Heavenly Book to show me the cultivation method best suited to me.] [Mount Lu Sword Sect’s seventh-grade The White-Robed Yuan, A Sixty-Year Song of Slaying Dragons; Qixia Mountain’s fifth-grade The Rainbow-Gathering, Mist-Refining Profound Scripture; the Innate Demon Sect’s third-grade The Profound Lor
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The Night My Family Was Slaughtered, I Perfected the Yijin Jing! 灭门夜,我易筋经大圆满!
Fang Shuwen transmigrates into a martial arts world. After nineteen years of hardship, he has tried everything, yet still has no chance of mastering martial arts. All he can do is become a lowly guard instructor for the Zhou family. But then, quite unexpectedly, he activates the Guard System. Complete guard missions to earn all sorts of rewards. [Guard mission reward: Yijinjing, perfected!] [Guard mission reward: Heavenly Will Four Symbols Art, perfected!] [Guard mission reward: Golden Bell Shie
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Lying Low While Cultivating Immortality in Two Worlds 苟在两界修仙
The fortunes of the years, the turning of spiritual influences, the transformations of yin and yang: these are but minor achievements of the Year Keeper… This is the story of a young man who transmigrates between two worlds to cultivate immortality, and strives to become a Year Keeper…
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Who Hid My Corpse?! 谁把我的尸体藏起来了!
“You know, I used to be the most powerful person in the world. Even the gods couldn’t do anything to me. If I can get my body back, I can come back to life.” “So?” “So... who hid my corpse!”
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Southern Ming: This Emperor Is a Little Too Steady 南明,这个皇帝有点稳
Question: What medicine should you take for low blood pressure? Answer: Go read A History of the Southern Ming. I’ve read three hundred histories from beginning to end, but can’t bear the eighteen years of the Southern Ming. People say the world is one giant amateur operation, but the Southern Ming took it to a whole new level. Well, that’s just how things were, and there was nothing to be done about it, because someone had transmigrated to the Southern Ming. He’d planned to just coast along, bu
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Goblin: Severely Dependent 哥布林重度依赖
“Bro, why did we become adventurers?” “A goblin’s bounty is three silver coins.” “No, you’ve got me wrong, mate. I mean, what’s the ultimate goal of this line of work? We toil away all day long, but what’s it all for?” “One goblin. Three silver coins.” “…” “Three silver coins.” “All right, there’s a job to clear out a goblin nest. You…” “I’m in!” Elements: [down-and-out adventurers], [mash-up setting], [DND-inspired]
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Immortality Begins with Stacking Infinite Talents 长生从无限叠加天赋开始
[Mortal's journey] [Slow burn] [Building an enterprise] [He has formed his Nascent Soul. The story only gets better from here, so feel free to dive in!] [Over 8,000 words updated daily, without fail!] The vast lands of Qianyuan stretch far and wide, while the immortal path lies distant. All races vie for supremacy, and ordinary mortals live as briefly as mayflies. Xu Chuan's soul crosses into this world. With a bloodline genealogy in hand, he transforms from mortal to immo
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Cultivating in the Demonic Sect as a Talent 苟在初圣魔门当人材
Lyu Yang transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a disciple of the First Sacred Sect, a demonic sect. Fortunately, he obtains a wondrous treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lives. When he dies, he can begin a new life and start all over again, while bringing back treasures, cultivation, and even lifespan from his previous life. He can even awaken special talents. Unfortunately, his chances are limited. He is not truly immortal. With chaos about to engulf the cultivation worl
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My Eternal Life in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界长生不死
When he wakes up, Zhou Yi has become a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison. He is blessed with the Dao Fruit of Immortality, but has no way to protect himself! With demons and monsters running rampant in the cultivation world, dangers lurk everywhere. Zhou Yi decides to hide away and cultivate for hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of years! The tides of fortune shift, and time flows on. The child he let go a century ago becomes the founding sage ancestor of the Great Qian. The young ma
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Wulong Mountain Cultivation Chronicles 乌龙山修行笔记
A day-to-day chronicle of a rogue cultivator from Wulong Mountain, recording the little moments of a cultivation life... A woman fears marrying the wrong man; a man fears choosing the wrong career. Since Liu Xiaolou became a lowly rogue cultivator from the start, one from Wulong Mountain, notorious for its bandits, he can only accept his lot and struggle to survive in a world ruled by prestigious sects. He busies himself for a single spirit stone, pill, artifact, or spirit herb. The daily necess
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Crimson Dust Corpse Immortal 红尘尸仙
Xu Qing woke up one day to discover he had become a Jiangshi. [Jiangshi] are immortal and live forever, but have no way to evolve or advance! In a chaotic dynasty where propriety has collapsed and demons, monsters, and strange beings emerge one after another, Xu Qing chooses to hide in plain sight. He becomes the most inconspicuous corpse driver in the occult trade, and from then on gains all kinds of skills every day by laying the dead to rest. Tiger seals and dragon-elephant strength, heavenly
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The Earth Immortal Only Wants to Farm 地仙只想种田
Lin Donglai found a miraculous Dao seed at the site of a meteor’s fall. It could evolve into blessed grotto-heavens, send roots into the Yellow Springs, and reach its crown to the highest heavens! It could even stabilize the land and purify the spiritual energy of heaven and earth! Even the dewdrops gathering on its leaves had limitless uses! They could accelerate growth, help spiritual medicines advance, and even awaken spiritual plants into the spiritual roots of heaven and earth! While others
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Cultivating Immortality in a Chaotic World of Demons and Martial Arts 苟在妖武乱世修仙
Fang Xi transmigrated, and this is his second time! In the cultivation world, he keeps his head down; in another world, he hits back hard! Who would have thought that thousands of years later, he would become a big shot in the cultivation world too? (Cautious cultivation and longevity + infinite worlds. A Wen Chao production: every book is a gem. Readers, feel free to add this to your library and enjoy.)
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Becoming a Fox Immortal in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 从聊斋开始做狐仙
Being human is hard; being a fox is even harder. Gong Mengbi has no choice but to cling to Lady Mount Tai's coattails and become an immortal official first. For a fox, making connections far and wide is the way to cultivate immortality. Only later do people realize that this fox seems to be everywhere, no matter how vast the world is.
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The Scripture of Crossing Souls 我有一卷度人经
Immortals and Buddhas receive incense from the living. I alone fulfill the wishes of the dead. I walk the mortal world, but I do not relieve suffering, avert calamity, or save people from disasters wrought by nature or man. I only ease hearts unwilling to accept their fate, settle grievances that cannot be laid to rest, and fulfill wishes left ungranted. I ferry all beings across and establish the cycle of reincarnation anew. In Weishui, Great Xia, a boy who watches over graves happens upon a st
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Corpse Liberation Immortals in the Age of Dharma's Decline 末法时代的尸解仙
Emperors and generals, world-shaking achievements; virtuous scholars and exiles, writings that endure for millennia; fine carriages and beautiful women, heroic spirit… I ask just one thing: Can any of it grant eternal life? This is a story about transmigrating to an ancient age in the declining Dharma era and seeking immortality. Time flies, the years pass; shed the mortal body and ascend, and live forever in this world.
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Surviving Immortality in the Cultivation World 我在修真界苟道长生
[True Cautious Cultivation + Immortality + Ruthless and Decisive + Ordinary Protagonist] Transmigrated into the world of cultivation. He had thought he’d soon be fighting those ruthless cultivators to the death for a sliver of a chance at immortality. Unexpectedly, he came with a panel that granted him an endless lifespan. What should you do when you suddenly become immortal? “Countless people fight to the death for a chance at immortality.” “That’s because their lives are short. If they don’t f
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Becoming a God, Starting as a Water Monkey 从水猴子开始成神
[A completed, high-quality novel with an average of over 7,000 paid subscribers. Quality guaranteed, so read with confidence.] Choosing the right path matters more than hard work! Martial masters fight tooth and nail over terrestrial treasure trees, while deepwater divine herbs are ignored. After transmigrating as a fisherman, Liang Qu gains the Cauldron of the Waters. He refines the [Water Monkey] talent, commands aquatic beasts, reaps rewards at every turn, and rises to the top! [Water Monkey]
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Heavenly Official of Blessings and Virtue 福德天官
When the false is taken for true, even the true becomes false; when nothing is mistaken for something, even something becomes nothing. A fake Earth God: I shall become the cycle of reincarnation! A real Earth God: Once I kill you, I’ll set up a grand feng shui formation and give you a nice-looking burial mound. A fake Earth God: Great virtue bears all things. A real Earth God: Not bad. I’ll take that. Heavenly treasures belong to whoever has the virtue to claim them. Fake Earth God: Honest and s
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