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- 1 Beast Taming in the Immortal Mansion 仙府御兽 Others tame beasts to slay demons. I tame beasts to give people rides! In the cultivation world, where the strong prey on the weak, Fang Qingyuan, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, possesses an ancient immortal estate, yet chooses a path that leaves his fellow disciples dumbfounded. While his fellow disciples stain secret realms with blood in their scramble for heavenly treasures, he sails rivers aboard a black tortoise beast-ship, making a fortune ferrying passengers. While the sect’s prodig 0Votes37.7kRecs228.5kFans
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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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- 3 And You Still Claim You're Not an Immortal 还说你不是仙人 In a single game of immortal chess, the blue stones weather away; several long cries echo among the white clouds. Chen Yuan merely watched a game of chess. When he wakes, three leisurely years have passed. Though the world remains outwardly the same while people have changed and seas have shifted, he has entered the immortal path amid the mortal world. … Ghosts comprehend the Dao, foxes meditate on Zen, and immortals and gods roam Penglai. A cup holds the bright moon, while a candle illuminates 0Votes6.5kRecs65kFans
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I Am an Eternal Immortal 我为长生仙
Immortals, gods, demons, and monsters; princes, marquises, generals, and ministers. Dragon maidens hold the lamps, while the sea fills the cups. Wild foxes contemplate Zen, fierce tigers comprehend the Dao. They roam the North Sea by morning and traverse Cangwu by evening. Immortals and gods exist in the world, while demons and monsters establish kingdoms. Originally, none of this had anything to do with Qi Wuhuo. Qi Wuhuo, who always saw square characters in his dreams, only wished to take part
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- 5 EN The Han Family's Path to Immortality 韩氏仙路 There was a small island in the East Sea, long in shape, broad in the east and narrow in the west. Lush vegetation covered it, and courtyards stood side by side amid rockeries and ponds, with jeweled pavilions and sweeping eaves. A flock of white cranes circled high above. From afar, the entire island looked like a giant gourd, and so it was named Gourd Island. A Han family of cultivators lived there, and this is where the story begins. (A family-cultivation story. Please 0Votes107.7kRecs174.6kFans
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Hold Your Blade, Heroine! 女侠且慢
“Hold on, heroine. Do you know who I am?” “I do. You’re the empress’s favorite courtier, the rebel leader’s lover, and the young master of a prestigious martial arts clan. You’re playing all three sides. You’re exactly the kind of person I cut down!” The author has completed two novels with over 10,000 paid subscribers, “The Heir Is Fierce” and “The Immortal Maiden Is Fierce.” You can count on their quality and the author’s integrity. Interested readers are welcome to check out their earli
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- 7 EN The Ascended 仙者 With an incense burner in hand, he lights a stick of incense. As its smoke curls into the air, in that instant, his divine sense reaches through heaven and earth, and every shackle in the world vanishes into nothingness. That is what it means to be an immortal. 22Votes8.4MRecs1.3MFans
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Beyond the Timescape 光阴之外
Heaven and earth are an inn for all living things, while time is a passing traveler from antiquity to the present. The difference between life and death is like the difference between dreaming and waking. Everything changes chaotically, beyond all investigation. Then, having transcended life and death and broken free from heaven and earth, what awaits us beyond time? This is Er Gen's sixth full-length novel, Beyond the Timescape, following Renegade Immortal, Pursuit of the Truth, I Shall Seal
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- 9 The Life Simulator of King Zhou 纣王的人生模拟器 After King Zhou, Di Xin, obtained a life simulator, the world of Investiture of the Gods took a different turn. After years of careful planning, the Great Shang established a mortal dynasty and made the Jie Sect its state religion! The Lord of Heaven, Tongtian, was honored as the Great Shang's Supreme Sage! The Jie Sect's Four Great Disciples were appointed as the Four Sovereigns, while the Four Sages of Kowloon Island were named the Great Shang's Four Heavenly Kings. Shen Gongbao was appointed 0Votes2.8kRecs12.3kFans
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Red Heart Patrols the Sky 赤心巡天
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
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- 11 EN Please Don't Disturb My Cultivation 请不要打扰我修仙 To reincarnate and cultivate immortality, Lin Wen is forced to work in the mortal world. But before he knows it, he becomes the only light in this vast sea of humanity. This is the story of a man who seeks immortality and sweeps across the mortal realm, conquering every direction. - 3Votes114.7kRecs283.7kFans
- 12 EN The Tribulation Stage is When the System Arrives 大乘期才有逆袭系统 After Jiang Li transmigrated here, he discovered that he had no golden finger and could only cultivate the old-fashioned way. Five hundred years later, he became the strongest person in Jiuzhou. Then a System suddenly appeared, claiming it could help its Host rise from the Qi Refining stage to become the number one person in Jiuzhou. Jiang Li looked at the first task and fell into deep thought. “Please defeat your co 107Votes325.7kRecs3.1MFans
- 13 A Taoist's Nighttime Sword 道士夜仗剑 Travel far to attend a wondrous feast in the mortal world, and behold the splendor of the red dust! … Wielding a sword and walking alone, I shall meet the ghosts and gods of the world! 0Votes343.8kRecs758.3kFans
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Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon! 请公子斩妖
[Nonsense] [No Shame] [No Clichés] … The vast human world, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. A world of flowers and delights, where cultivating immortality is pure fun. When Chu Liang opened his eyes to find himself a disciple of the Mount Shu Sect, with a strange pagoda inside him, he embarked on a path he had never imagined. Smoke rises at dawn from thirty-six peaks. Eight thousand miles away, he returns after slaying a dragon! … “Please, young master, slay the demon!”
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- 15 EN Feasting on Mortal Incense: Turns Out I'm in the Underworld 飨食人间香火,我这竟是阴间 A Taoist furnace, three sticks of incense. I accept the offerings of all living beings and endure the tribulations of the mortal world, from hell to the immortal realm, weathering calamity among mortals. … Could it be that we’re poor because no one up there is burning paper offerings for us? They say hell is empty, and the devils are all here in the mortal world. Could it be that this place of ours is… the underworld, an endless realm of darkness? That day, I heard murmurs of incense and paper o 0Votes42.2kRecs221.5kFans
- 16 EN Ascension on a Chosen Day 择日飞升 As a snake catcher, Xu Ying had always been honest, diligent, and conscientious, until one day he caught a very unusual snake… On the first day of the third month, incense smoke rose across the land of Shenzhou. The statues of the gods who guarded villages, towns, cities, and provinces all awoke to receive offerings from the common people. But from that day onward, all under heaven fell into chaos. This book is also known as "996 Cultivation", "007 Cultivates the Truth Too", "The Rat Race", "Wor 61Votes5.3MRecs4.2MFans
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