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Immortality. It feels like a word drawn from the edge of a dying man’s imagination. Does it even exist, or is it something people speak of in passing, half believed and half dismissed? Many say it is nothing more than a myth. Others claim chasing it is the obsession of fools. Longevity? A few extra centuries, if one is lucky. But true immortality? That belongs to stories, not reality. Jiang Chen has heard it all. But his answer is simple. What is a man’s insanity? It is to walk a road knowing it may lead nowhere, and still refuse to turn back. To make an enemy of the world, to be hailed as a genius and feared as a demon. To become heartless and cruel, unmoved by the fleeting pleasures of life. To stand apart from the mundane, untouched and unbound by the shackles of regret. To dare. To believe. To struggle. Tell me, does it make sense? Do you understand his heart? Truth be told, Jiang Chen cares not for your understanding. From an unnoticed outer sect disciple to a demonic figure who shakes four continents, this is the story of a man who gave his heart to immortality. ------ Tags: #Selfish Protagonist #No Romance #Pursuit of immortality #Evil Protagonist

Distant green mountains, a secluded village, and an ordinary youth whose only goal was survival. Yet, a mundane mortal life transforms into the arduous path of cultivation. In such a place, who is genuine and who is a facade? Who will be the one to finally find themselves as an eternal companion of the bright moon? The world of cultivation begins from this moment Support my Patreon (ekkothedemon), which is ahead and has free chapters. (Chapters upto 1600 on patreon. scheduled upto chapter 800 here , which will be sometime in June to get to Chapter 800)

"I woke up inside a corpse that died in Chapter 7. Brain-dead by page 12—just disposable lore for the real hero. But the vessel opened its eyes, and I drew Death (XIII)." His [Cursed Mouth] speaks structural truths: "Your leg will bleed tomorrow." They called it a devil's curse when the mother screamed. He calls it pattern recognition. Now he wields the Rumoured Deck—22 Major Arcana, 22 ghost contracts. Each secret housed makes him harder to delete. He calculates death with a deck of ghosts. The only question is whether he collapses the panel borders first—or the plot swallows him whole.

Tao Hua's life is fucking miserable, and that misery somehow earns him the title of "Village Disgrace." In order to cope with the awful treatment, he often retreats into words untold, dictated by the flip of a page. These worlds leave him with the dream of escaping this piece of shit town. To his utter dismay, his wish comes true, but not in the way all those fairytales promised. His saviour is a man he becomes enthralled with and whom he names “Lord No-Name.” This male lead is a touchy man with many faces. And for lack of a better word, Tao Hua can’t decide if he’s either the story’s love interest or villain. But the two share a common sentiment. This prince, alike Tao Hua, is also fucking miserable. But arguably worse! And instead of coping like a normal fucking person, he does the opposite. He doesn't escape. He doesn't cope. He just tries to fight against the already fated truth of his demise. 0/10, worst prince ever written. Misery aside, this fateful encounter will force Tao Hua to make a choice, leaving him with only one question: "What was one mean-spirited beast to a town of people who despise a beauty's entire existence?" ──── ୨୧ ──── Beauty and the Thief is a slow-burn, stop to smell the roses, type of novel. That being said, the roses are beautiful, and upon closer observation they’re less floral than once thought. It follows the POV of Tao Hua, as he tries to navigate his new life in a place that actually values him, and the prince of this story’s mood swings. ──── ୨୧ ──── !!!!Disclaimer!!!! This story borrows the premise of Beauty and the Beast, by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, relying heavily on the trope while also twisting it to smithereens. The beast element is exchanged for a power dynamic, and the curse differs from the original story. The narration borders on sarcastic and self-aware, while also targeting deeper topics. It often breaks the fourth wall as a stylistic choice. A lot of the work will be edited over time, but the bones will remain the same.

In a world governed by ancient forces, existence itself is shaped by Embodiments—beings that represent the fundamental truths of reality: wind, war, peace, time, judgment… and freedom. For centuries, these powers have quietly influenced the fate of nations and clans, guiding the balance of the world. Kaito Kaze was born into the prestigious Wind Clan, living a peaceful life surrounded by family, laughter, and dreams. But destiny had already chosen him. Within him lies a power unlike any other. Not only is he the Embodiment of Wind, he is also the vessel of something far greater. The Guardian of Freedom. A force older than kingdoms. A power that refuses to be chained. But freedom has a price. As the world begins to shift and ancient powers awaken, Kaito’s peaceful life begins to crumble. War, betrayal, and loss tear away everything he once held dear. The people he loved most disappear one by one, leaving him alone in a world that fears the very power he carries. Yet the wind does not stop moving. And neither can he. Burdened by grief but driven by purpose, Kaito must rise above despair and walk a path few could endure. A path where gods, embodiments, and monsters clash for control of existence itself. Because freedom is not simply given. It must be fought for. And sometimes…The one who carries freedom must walk alone.

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  

Ryan Zhao, a disillusioned young man from Earth, dies and unexpectedly wakes up in the body of Li Wei, a boy considered the biggest waste of the Li Clan. In a world where strength decides everything, he is mocked, bullied, and despised because he can’t cultivate at all. But everything changes when he accidentally slaps a fly to death and activates the God of War System. With instant upgrades, martial skills, and powerful abilities dropping into his hands, Ryan rises from “trash” to a nine-star warrior overnight. He gains mystical skills like the Sky Eye Technique and Three Thousand Flames, allowing him to crush enemies and erase them without a trace. Along the way, he grows closer to Li Xue, a beautiful girl who secretly admires him. When bullies try to humiliate him again, Ryan fights back, this time with overwhelming power. Determined to keep leveling up, he heads into the dangerous Forest of Death to farm monsters all night, unaware that even his father suspects he has gained a great opportunity. This is the story of a transmigrator who ended up in the body of a once-useless boy and turned himself into an unstoppable powerhouse, with a system, confidence, and beauty by his side. * Author's Note: Currently, I have about 366 chapters of raw chapters. Until the chapter count reaches the figure, the Update schedule will be 40-45 chapters per week (120-180 chapters/month) * Do comment and give power stones or golden tickets to support the author. To provide financial support to the author so that he can maintain a high update schedule: patreon.com/snowstar

the overrr lorrrd follows a young man named Li Banfeng, whose mind does not quite work like everyone else’s. To save his best friend He Jiaqing’s life, he stepped onto Platform No. 96 and boarded the green-skinned train 1160. Upon arriving, he finds himself in a strange realm that resembles 1900s China, but everything runs on steam, and nothing is quite as it seems. Furthermore, he now holds an item that many covet and he must escape the claws of those hunting him. In this land of peculiarities, there are cultivators of every kind: Wanderlust Cultivator. Homebound Cultivator, Agrarian Cultivator, Hedonism Cultivator, Gourmandism Cultivator, and so many more. Some people can grow two extra heads or can take on the forms of other creatures, while certain cultivators attach hooks to their skulls to use as telephones. There are Jianghu rules that everyone is said to follow, but can someone whose mind works differently truly obey them? As Li Banfeng ventures deeper into this steam-powered world, questions begin to surface. How did he truly arrive here? Was his best friend really the one who summoned him to Puluo? If so, then who lies comatose in the hospital bed back home? Who is the voice within the gramophone? What other peculiarities await him in this strange land? And when his two cultivation paths finally collide, will he rise to achieve longevity, or lose himself completely to the madness of Puluo? Most importantly, is Li Banfeng… really a sane man?

Xiaojun, a six-year-old boy living in extreme poverty, is forced to steal to survive with his younger sister, Xiao Mei. Xiao Mei, who is still innocent and full of hope, becomes Xiaojun's only reason for persevering—even though the world around them continues to teach that violence is the only language understood. Poverty, cruelty, and strangeness are not the beginning of this world. They are the work of humans for humans. ———— Here's a note from the author. I want to apologize if chapters 1-2 aren't very good, but please continue reading because the rest is good, I hope. Heheheh I hope you all like my work. Love you all

Jin Qianqian never would have thought that just by inheriting a legacy, she would inexplicably gain a mysterious space. She didn't know where the space led to—the apocalypse, transmigration, or infinite survival? The moment she thought of all those web novels she had read, Jin Qianqian couldn't sit still anymore. It was time to hoard, hoard as much as she could, preferably filling the entire space. Just as she had squandered all her money and was preparing to head back, the person in the seat next to her turned out to be the dreamboat of her dreams. While she was agonizing over whether to confess her feelings, the plane crashed, and she actually traveled back to ancient times with her dreamboat! The ground was parched, her mouth full of sand and grit. She had become one of the fleeing refugees. Looking down at her own emaciated body, she didn't forget to pat her chest. Shamelessly, she comforted the dreamboat who was in the same predicament, "Senior, don't worry, I'll support you!"

Chen Wanqing is over eighteen and still unmarried. One day, her grandmother comes to visit, wanting to give the marriage painstakingly arranged for her to her younger cousin, and her cousin's fiancé to her. Sisters swapping fiancés—if word got out, it would be a huge laughingstock. Chen Wanqing firmly refuses! Her younger cousin, furious and desperate, confronts her: "In your last life, you took a winding path for half your life before finally choosing him. Now, I'm letting you two be a loving couple ten years earlier. What are you hesitating for!" Chen Wanqing: "!" * The difference in Zhao Jing's life, from being a commoner to enjoying a prosperous official career and leaving his name in history, was just one Chen Wanqing. * Younger cousin: "What about Zhao Jing's bad luck? What about his life full of hardships? How is it that after marrying my older cousin, he has risen rapidly and enjoys a prosperous official career?" I'm totally freaking out! Could it be that I was reborn just to bring them together sooner!

Ye Chutang, the heir of an Ancient Medical Family, toiled her entire life, only to die unexpectedly just as she was about to take over. Reborn into a new life, all she wants is to be a salted fish and laze her life away. Who knew she would start with a critical blow: her parents and eldest brother were assassinated, leaving her and three children behind. Her third brother was gravely injured, her fourth brother was in a coma, and there was a nursing baby crying out for food. She weighed the cold corn bun in her hand and looked up at the sky in despair; one person dragging along three, this hand of cards was so bad it would be better to start over. The Little Milk Group tugged on her pant leg. "Hungry." Ye Chutang: "..." Get up and get to work! Ye Chutang's plan was perfect: raise the children, then retire to live out her days. But as it turned out, a certain man would not let her have her way. "Second Miss Ye, you've delayed me for so many years. You ought to give me an explanation." Ye Chutang: "6." You were the one who lingered at my door and refused to leave back then, and now it has become my fault? The Ye Family became extraordinary: The Ye Family's third son is the dynasty's top scholar, the Ye Family's fourth son is renowned in the Northwest for his great military achievements, and the Ye Family's Fifth Miss has a business empire that spans the world, her wealth rivaling a nation's. Only Second Miss Ye of the Ye Family, busy raising her younger siblings, had unknowingly grown older, her marriage prospects becoming a worry. Until one day, the all-powerful Duke Dingbei, Shen Yanchuan, arrived with a ten-li-long bridal procession to marry her. Ye Chutang was silent for a long time. "This time, you're in charge of the kids."

The Immortal caressed my head, tying my hair and receiving longevity. A lone girl, Jiang Yuebai, ascends Ninefold Mountain to the Azure Clouds, only to seek the Immortal’s path, wandering the world and Cloud Stepping. The path of Immortal Cultivation defies the heavens. Compete with the heavens, compete with the earth, compete with people, compete with oneself. Senior sister recites ten scrolls daily; I read books until dawn. Senior brother swings his sword hundreds of times; I return amidst the stars with my lance. Master refines elixirs sitting overnight; my Pill Furnace Fire stays unextinguished! If I don’t exhaust myself through cultivation, I’ll exhaust others, aiming to make the entire Cultivation Realm cry from cultivation. [Focus on alchemy, due to excessive refinement, the pill furnace can’t withstand the pressure and explodes, Alchemy Skill Level -1] [Continue alchemy with an iron pot and unexpectedly find fire control easier, herbs heat more evenly, Alchemy Skill Level +5] [Congratulations, your Alchemy has leveled up!] Note: Early stage involves Immortal Cultivation Data Panel, has a satire attribute, no point addition, no rewards, no tasks, low appearances, discarded later stages, dislike, please do not disturb, abandon the book without notice! No CP!

Lin Youning had spent her life in hardship, enduring everything until her son finally became the top scholar. Just as she was ready to enjoy her twilight years, Gu Yixuan’s visit made her so furious she choked—and died. Reborn, Lin Youning has only one goal: to live well and die of natural causes.

After entering the book, Gu Lan became the unruly Young Master in the Imperial Family! Beating up the Prince, angrily rebutting the Crown Prince, flirting with the Princess, insulting the Empress Dowager, turning the mischievous Princely Heir into a compliant child, and being ambiguously involved with the Prince raised in the Imperial Court, earning himself the title of the Capital City's top wastrel and Dayan's biggest freeloader. But later, the Young Master could govern the country with his scholarly talents and command the battlefield with his martial skills, becoming the pillar of the state! ...... In order to escape her cannon fodder fate, Gu Lan disguised as a man, studied diligently, and strove to become the most handsome young man in the Capital City. But why does that Regent King, who only focuses on career and not on feelings, insist on forming a sworn brotherhood with her? Wait, is it a matrimonial bow? One day--- The Young Master asked, tearfully: Isn't the Regent King uninterested in women? The Regent King pressed closer: What I'm interested in is men. The Young Master said: Great, I'm a woman! The Regent King threw away the incense burner and changed into wedding attire: Then no sworn brotherhood, let's wed. [Female disguise as male, enter the book 1V1, strong couple plot]

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)

I reincarnated and became the young sect master of a sect that dominates a region. I originally thought that with my solid backing, I will not have any worries in this life. However, sudden changes occurred and the sect declined. When the last ten disciples were forced to leave, only a deaf old man and a dog named 'Haha' remained in the sect, I suddenly discovered that the buildings in the sect could be upgraded! I'll upgrade the main hall! I'll upgrade my residence! I'll even upgrade my kitchen! A super sect is currently rising inexorably like the Sun... Welcome to my sect. I only accept disciples that are geniuses. Even super experts have to pay if they want to join. There's no free lunch in the world!

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

The weak cry out with all their might, yet no one cares; The strong whisper softly, yet their words penetrate deeply into the heart. A Talent Tree ablaze with flames, every leaf bearing different spirit runes, Lu Ye, reduced to a mining slave after his sect was destroyed, used this to become a cultivator and stirred the winds of change in the Nine Provinces...

[You have transmigrated, named Gu Sheng, and are a farm boy.] [This is a dynasty in chaos, where demons and monsters lurk and bandits run rampant; as someone at the bottom, you face hellish survival difficulties.] [You decide to lay low.] [You awaken a mastery panel.] [You breathe a sigh of relief, you can start grinding.] [You grind Chopping Wood to Perfect, chopping bones and breaking tendons with ease.] [You grind archery to Perfect, becoming a godlike archer who can hit a louse at a hundred paces.] [You learn the Iron Stone Fist, set foot on the path of a Martial Artist, and grind it to Perfect, with punches as heavy as a million pounds.] …… [You learn the Longevity Eternal Youth True Art, greatly extending your lifespan, giving you more time to grind, and greater hope to lay low.] …… [You grind to the limit, steadily laying low, and one day you suddenly realize, you are invincible.]