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In a quiet province on Qingluan Continent, there’s a boy named Jin Wushuang. He isn’t loud, talented, or chasing greatness. He grows up learning cultivation as part of daily life—training, helping family, eating together, and slowly getting better over time. Then that life ends. After his clan is destroyed, Wushuang survives and keeps moving forward. Not because he’s special, but because he’s careful. The story follows him across a very long stretch of time as he joins sects, leaves them, loses people, and keeps cultivating at his own pace. Power comes slowly, and most of his life is lived between breakthroughs. At its heart, this is a story about endurance, time, and what it means to live too long without losing yourself. Author’s Note: This isn’t a fast-breakthrough or overpowered protagonist story. There are no constant realm jumps or instant victories. Cultivation is slow but steady, life gets in the way, and a lot of the story happens in the quiet moments between major events. If you like long-term growth, character-focused cultivation, and worlds that feel lived in, you’ll probably enjoy this.

[Fantasy with Eastern pacing] Li Wei Transmigrated. When he opens his eyes, he was no longer in his room, but in the body of a young man lying among the ruins of a destroyed town, pierced through the chest by a blade that should have killed him. Surrounded by corpses and silence, he is forced to endure pain, shock, and despair while his body refuses to die for reasons he cannot understand. With no answers and no strength to rely on, Li Wei must learn to survive in a harsh fantasy world governed by power hierarchies, rigid cultivation paths, and gods whose authority is believed absolute. Possessing neither talent nor status, he moves cautiously observing, enduring, and investigating. Aware that a single mistake could erase him completely. As he recovers and begins to move again, fragments of a life that is not his surface unexpectedly, blurring the line between who he was and the body he inhabits. The world offers no explanations, no mercy, and no interest in the insignificant. Survival becomes a matter of patience, restraint, and ruthless clarity. This is not a story of a chosen hero rising effortlessly to the heavens. It is the story of a man who refuses to disappear and the long road he must walk in a world where even gods are bound by limits.

In the 170th year of Yong’an of the Great Wei Dynasty, a secret scandal broke out within a princely household, one that shook both the imperial court and the immortal sects alike. The only son of the Northern Garrison Prince, infamous throughout the realm as utterly worthless and rotten to the core, was in truth the lowly son of a stable slave, switched at birth years ago by the Demonic Sect. The real heir, meanwhile, turned out to be a true disciple of a Sage, newly appointed top Scholar, having already cultivated a breath of Righteous Qi of the Vast Heavens. For a time, all of Great Wei erupted in jubilation. People everywhere congratulated the princely household on rectifying the origin and returning to the source, on finally recovering their qilin-born prodigy. ....... “Yeah, it really is worth celebrating, if only this so-called fake heir weren’t me.” Gu Fangchen faced the Northern Garrison Prince and the true heir who had come to confront him, then glanced at the randomly assigned profession hovering above his head: [Emperor (1 day)] [Skill One: Mandate of Heaven (Passive)] [Skill Two: Power of Life and Death (Active)] That year, the Northern Garrison Princess Consort was still gentle as water, doting on her child to the point of indulgence. The Eldest Princess was cold as frost, proud and aloof, a single smile worth a fortune. The Younger Princess was sweet, foolishly adorable, obsessed with heroic young knights, and most of all despised shameless villains. The Grand Princess struck fear across battlefields as a peerless war god. The female State Preceptor could overturn clouds and rain with a mere turn of her hand. The moment Gu Fangchen opened his eyes, he knew it: He had transmigrated to become an emperor. Those who follow me shall prosper. Those who oppose me shall perish.

In a world ruled by sacred dynasties and ancient sects, oaths are stronger than laws, and bloodlines are worth more than human lives. Xuán Yèmíng was once nothing more than an insignificant heir, destined for a quiet and forgettable existence. That fate ended the night his entire family was sacrificed during a forbidden dynastic ritual—betrayed by those who claimed to safeguard the balance of the world. Declared dead and erased from history, he awakens bound to an ancient and forbidden power: the Black Oath. Granted by a vanished entity whose name even the gods fear to speak, this power offers Xuán Yèmíng overwhelming strength—at the cost of slowly driving the world toward destruction. To exact his revenge, he infiltrates sects, manipulates dynasties, and binds powerful women to his fate through blood, desire, ambition, and hatred. With every oath he forges, the foundations of the world begin to crack. Ancient seals tremble. Forgotten prophecies awaken. And soon, the apocalypse will no longer be a distant threat… but an unavoidable consequence.

A prodigy mocked as a failure… until the Chains awakened. --- He was the shame of the Taima Dan. Born with the strength of a captain, the instincts of a warrior, and the speed to outrun veterans — yet completely useless on the battlefield. Because no matter how hard he trained, no matter how many times he swung his blade… he couldn’t kill a single demon. He couldn’t channel his Ki. His talent meant nothing. And the prodigy they once praised became the failure they mocked. Still, he refused to break. He trained, bled, and endured, hoping that one day his Ki would finally answer him — and he could stand as a true demon slayer. But everything changed on the day the Chains awakened.

Yang Xiong, an ordinary man from Blue Star, is reborn in the Douluo Continent. His father serves as an outer sect deacon of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and he awakens a Body Martial Soul that others dismiss as useless. Yet Yang Xiong knows its hidden power. Through relentless body cultivation and soul training, he rises step by step, transforming from an underestimated youth into a Soul Master capable of rivaling the gods themselves. A journey of reincarnation, cultivation, and power growth begins. Thank you for the support, friends. If you want to read more chapters in advance, go to my Patreon. Read 40 Chapters In Advance: patreon.com/Cortez10  

⸻“Give this story a chance; the first 25 chapters progress slowly.” In a world ruled by martial cultivation, where strength is decided by bloodlines, domains, and talent bestowed by the heavens, Lin Ye was born with nothing. No spiritual pulse. No visible talent. No place in the Empire’s records. He should have lived and died as an error. Sixteen years ago, an entire hour vanished from the sky. The Empire erased the truth. The gods remained silent. And the world quietly began to break. Now, invisible anomalies spread across the continents—moments that do not align, spaces that remember paths never taken, ordinary people touched by echoes of a broken timeline. At the center of this silent collapse walks Lin Ye, the bearer of a forbidden system that does not grant power… but steals discarded seconds from reality itself. Lin Ye does not cultivate like others. He does not absorb energy. He does not awaken glorious bloodlines. Every time he interferes, he pays a permanent price. Every borrowed instant erases a future that will never exist. As the Aureon Empire watches him as a tolerated anomaly, hidden factions hunt him, forgotten continents recognize him, and fragments of an ancient entity—the Eye of the Throne—begin to respond to his existence. Fire that does not burn, thunder that does not destroy, and space that remembers become the foundations of an incomplete Threshold Domain, where Lin Ye does not dominate the world… but decides when it is allowed to touch him. And when time itself begins to bleed across all continents, one truth becomes unavoidable: Not all disasters can be solved with strength. Some must be endured… or inherited. A slow-burn progression fantasy filled with political intrigue, ancient bloodlines, continental conflict, and a protagonist whose greatest power is not dominance—but survival in a world that is breaking. ⸻

Yi Chen never asked to transmigrate into a cultivation world, but he still ended up here. However, the good part was that he was granted a system which came with an Innate ability. The ability to check the status of others! Even though it was only Level 1 for now, he had decided to make the best use of it by collecting enough money and leaving the town to find where the cultivators were and join a sect… until a certain young lady decided to choose him on that particular day. 'Wait, why did Miss Yu choose me? I’m not even handsome!' Glancing at her status, he gawked. ‘What?! She's going to be the phoenix empress...? Great god...I can't even run away then,' Accepting his fate, Yi Chen got married. What he didn't know was that this marriage would become the spark that would make him go on a journey where he would go through countless crises, jump several realms, fight numerous cultivators, slay innumerable beasts and explore all corners of this world of cultivation. Follow Yi Chen as he stumbles, complains, and somehow survives everything this cultivation world throws at him. _________ "One day, even you might get transmigrated here, like me. So read this novel carefully… it might just save your life!" – Yi Chen __________ Upload Time: Daily at 00:15 (GMT + 8) Discord server: https://discord.gg/Tr8KDS3npV

Synopsis This is not a tale for the faint-hearted. It is not a story of heroes or justice. This is a world ruled by iron will and rotting hypocrisy—where morality is defined by those in power, where lives are discarded like hail swept away by the wind, and where strength is forged through theft, betrayal, death, and sacrifice. In such a world, I rise. In such a world, I rebel. And in such a world, the earth will tremble at my name— Shen Mo. ……… Author's note This novel leans heavily into darkness. If judgment must be passed, let it not be guided by a conventional moral compass. There will be gore. There will be cruelty. There will be acts that feel wrong—yet in this broken world, such things are normal to those who survive within it. Character development is a core focus. The protagonist is not a psychopath, even if many around him are. He is flawed, imperfect, and capable of mistakes. He is not chosen—power is never handed to him. Every step forward is paid for. This is not a slow burn. Expect frequent action, intense conflict, and relentless momentum. There is romance but it is dark romance. No harems. If that is what you seek, this is not your story. If you enjoy dark fantasy grounded in grim reality, then step forward. Good luck. Spectral672

"In a world ruled by Immortals who treat mortals like dust, a boy with crippled veins decides to do the impossible: solve the Equation of Divinity. He doesn't have talent, but he has the numbers. And numbers never lie." Title: Heaven's Calculation Summary: Zhou Fan was born into a world where spiritual veins are the only currency of worth. Born with "Crippled Veins" that leak energy like a broken vessel, he was destined to be a footnote in the history of the Long Yuan Sect—a slave to those who could shake mountains with a flick of a finger. But Zhou Fan possesses something the Immortals have long forgotten: A mind that treats reality as a series of variables. After discovering the forbidden "Heavenly Calculation Record," Zhou Fan realizes that the universe isn't a mystical creation, but a flawed mathematical construct. While others cultivate to become part of the Heavens, Zhou Fan cultivates to dismantle them. He doesn't fight with brute force; he calculates the resonance of your bones to make them shatter. He doesn't escape; he calculates the probability of your failure. In a world of gods and demons, the most dangerous man is the one who knows exactly how much your soul is worth—and how to subtract it from existence. "The Heavens may have ignored me, but I have already calculated their downfall."

The story opens on one of his lowest moments — not the end — then traces the path that led there... In a cultivation world where talent is law, Li Shen is a statistical error. Declared “nearly impossible to cultivate,” he enters a minor sect not as a disciple ...... but as a servant: disposable labor at the bottom of the ladder. No reincarnation. No hidden master. No heaven-sent treasure. Only a battered body, a stubborn mind, and a journal where he records every microscopic gain ..... then turns those notes into method. While geniuses rise like comets, he advances by brutal iteration: failure, adjustment, repeat. In a world designed to forget “trash,” what happens when the trash industrializes survival?

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Gaze into the Abyss, and the Dao gazes back

Where should I even begin? To help you understand better, I'll start from the very beginning... Beware: This book tells the story of Monolya (Fox) Grimvole- a girl who falls for someone she should never love. Everything started the moment I saw a man leaning against the wall on the palace balcony. Who could have known that this man would change me forever...? This story takes place across two different universes. Please like, comment, and don't forget to follow. I hope you enjoy it...

Ruan Susu, an older female otaku, transmigrated to become a young lady of the Duke Mansion in a fictional dynasty. Although she is an illegitimate child whose mother has died, her life is considered prosperous and luxurious! However, within half a month, Sister Ruan realizes she has transmigrated into a book about an illegitimate daughter striving for success! And she merely appears once at the beginning of the book, without even a name, only referred to as Thirteenth Lady, a Bystander! What's more tragic is that the Duke Mansion is about to face confiscation and exile, and Ruan Susu is about to swiftly change from a rich beauty to an Official Slave, feeling the universe's harsh malice coming at her, isn't she?

To be exact, the female lead is an "older sister" type, amid many beauties and handsome guys, she's no white lotus. Also, it's said that the name of this book is the same as a brand of sheep's milk powder. PS: New book "I Just Want to Farm" will be launching on December 1, 2017. It's a modern farming story with a bit of quick transmigration. Words are just words, go and see for yourself~~ (Official group: Fans with a value over one thousand can apply to join the support group, 590653483, those with a fan value over ten thousand can enter the VIP group—first apply for the former one)

People know that ghosts are terrifying, but ghosts understand the malice in human hearts. This is a traditional supernatural novel.

Amidst a world plunged into chaos, where rituals have collapsed and music has spoiled, and the universe is muddled, Gu Qingfeng finds himself transported to this tumultuous era. Initially, he only desired to live out his remaining years in peace. However, the birth of his first son made him realize that things were not as simple as he had imagined...

Chen Yuan transmigrated and became a Mountain Patrol Military Officer. The eight hundred miles of Langdang Mountain is his pasture. Unfortunately, the Great Qian Dynasty is in its final years, with its fate collapsing. Demonic disasters plague the land, bringing devastation to all living beings. The human world becomes a battleground, entering the mortal realm to face calamities. Monstrous beings and malevolent spirits take the stage, disrupting the martial world. Chen Yuan, armed with the Tiger Talisman for Mountain Moving, patrols on behalf of heaven, cutting down mountains and destroying temples. In the eight hundred miles of Langdang Mountain, demons and monsters shall not appear!