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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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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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- 3 The Sword Sect’s Unorthodox Branch 剑宗旁门 A young sword sect acolyte who has unexpectedly recovered memories of his past life on Earth is ready to hit the road and go wild! Unfortunately, this world is too cruel. Though he lives in a sword sect, he has no talent for swordsmanship, and in the end can only take up an unorthodox path of cultivation. The Tianlie Sword Sect is famed for its swordsmanship, so naturally, those on unorthodox paths are denied its true teachings. Yet later generations would say: that was the year the Sword Sect w 0Votes199.8kRecs253.5kFans
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Forty Millennia of Cultivation (The Star Domain: Forty Millennia) 修真四万年(《星域四万年》)
It isn't easy for a little seedling to grow, so it needs the care of all you brothers and sisters. This fresh-faced newcomer, Xiao Niu, asks for your support! I'll be sure to summon the spirit of a newborn calf that fears no tiger, work hard, and do everything I can! “Even if this universe really is a cruel, blood-soaked dark forest, we cultivators will still burn our lives to make a faint spark!
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- 5 The Age of Great Industry in the Cultivation World 修真大工业时代 The new 2025 novel, I Study Evolution in the Post-Apocalypse, is now online. It is version 3.0 of The Great Data Cultivation, with several bugs fixed. It uses science fiction to explore cultivation and evolution, ultimately creating a purely data-based lifeform. 0Votes303.2kRecs177.8kFans
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My Senior Brother is Too Steady 我师兄实在太稳健了
*The annual Youku season of the animated adaptation, My Senior Brother Is Too Steady, is about to conclude.* Reborn in ancient times, before the Investiture of the Gods War, Li Changshou became a minor Qi Refiner. He had no great fortune bestowed upon him, nor was he a chosen one destined to face a catastrophic tribulation. All he had was a cultivation dream: to live forever. To make a living in
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