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No Running for the Fox Demon Fiction
No Running for the Fox Demon

As a third-rate demon hunter, Duan Qing finally managed to openly cohabit with his beloved Fox Demon King, Yin Xuguang. But one morning, Duan Qing woke up to find a stranger lying next to him in bed instead of his partner. Ahhhhhh—who are you?! Why are you sleeping in my bed?! Huh? Didn't you call me here? I didn't call anyone!!!! Just then, the Fox Demon King coincidentally walked into the room and caught the third-rate demon hunter cheating on him. The demon hunter quickly put on an innocent look and smiled, saying, 'Darling, let me explain! This is all just a misunderstanding!!!' This is a sequel to 'Where's the Fox Demon Running.' Hope everyone enjoys it.

219.61 Million words | 2021-09-21 06:16Update

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Take the steamed buns and go cultivate immortality. Fiction
Take the steamed buns and go cultivate immortality.

Waking up from a deep sleep, I found myself transformed into a pregnant woman. What?! And not only that, but a pregnant woman who is considered worthless in my family? Is this reincarnation an accident or a conspiracy? As the family's unwanted daughter, I have endured countless disdainful looks and have been imprisoned in the Mad Valley. With two souls fighting for one body, I will eventually embark on a path to become stronger, witnessing all the vicissitudes of life! Mini-play: Lu Tianqing pokes at the little bun curled up in bed. The little bun turns over. Another poke. Another turn. One more poke. The little bun gets angry: "Hey, I'm telling you, my mother and father want you to come home

98.10 Million words | 2022-06-05 20:59Update

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Ink for the Rest of My Life: First Love Fiction
Ink for the Rest of My Life: First Love

I kept my secret in a glass bottle of time. I carefully guarded my love. I shed my proud self and redeemed the estranged family ties. You are the brightest light in my life, the most beautiful first love in my dreams, and also the culprit who threw me into an unfathomable abyss. I looked back in disarray and then realized there was someone silently accompanying me. He said, 'You treat sweet words as jokes, but do you know? For the rest of my life, I only want you. The rest of our lives are so short, I just want to give it to you alone.'

61.21 Million words | 2021-02-28 06:06Update

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Greedy wife is hard to appease. Fiction
Greedy wife is hard to appease.

She was a delicate flower from the Jian family, while he was a sprout from the Si family. Despite being a perfect match in terms of social status, their personalities were vastly different. Protecting the food in her hand, she protested cautiously, "I don't want to marry you!" He smirked mischievously, exuding confidence, "You don't have a say in this!" And so, with Jian Xiaoxi running away in the front and Si Dasao chasing after her, a cat-and-mouse game began! In the end, he laughed cunningly and beckoned, "Come here, my dear, time to eat!" And just like that, with a whimper, the little food lover transformed into a meal!

337.28 Million words | 2022-05-07 14:04Update

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Surviving Together: The Family's Journey Through the Zombie Outbreak Fiction
Surviving Together: The Family's Journey Through the Zombie Outbreak

A typical city in Northeast China, an ordinary but extraordinarily cold Sunday in winter, a seemingly ordinary family of five, faced with a sudden zombie outbreak. Living in an apartment building, the ordinary couple, Duo'er and Canaan, along with their parents and young children, must find a way to survive and ensure their safety and warmth. How can they establish a zombie-proof new home and secure their basic survival needs? When their once safe community becomes compromised, how will the survivors in the neighborhood, armed with nothing more than ordinary people's intelligence and strength, seek a safer place to hide and survive? No superpowers, no alternate dimensions, no

442.51 Million words | 2023-02-02 13:32Update

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Rebirth of the Shining Jewel Wife Fiction
Rebirth of the Shining Jewel Wife

She returned from shopping in Paris, only to find her husband entangled with their close friend. She rushed forward to fight, but was struck on the back of her head by a desk lamp, and everything went black... When she woke up, she found herself sitting in a library, with her high school friend beside her. As she looked up, she saw a young man in a white shirt and khaki pants, who turned out to be her future husband at the age of nineteen. It turned out that she had traveled back to her seventeen-year-old self... Piglet's new book, "Pharmaceutical Manufacturing," is currently trending: In the previous life, her family's fortune was taken away, but in the next life, she seized someone else's fortune and expanded her modern enterprise to create a new generation multinational corporation! Let's cheer and support Su Yi Yi in her journey of striving ^_^ Piglet's Group: Without the need to knock, the door is open, Piglet is waiting at the doorstep.

98.57 Million words | 2021-01-14 21:06Update

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The Butcher's Young Wife Fiction
The Butcher's Young Wife

A modern agricultural Ph.D. expert transcended into the role of a foolish country girl, neglected by her father and not loved by her mother, and married to a fierce butcher. With her inherent space, she embarked on farming and achieving prosperity. Shen Hua's long skirt fluttered as she looked at the man in front of her, her face full of disdain: "You're ugly, deaf, dumb, and crippled. Who knows if you can do anything..." Yun Hu Zi approached with confidence, "Whether I can or not, Madam will know after trying." New book available: "Awaiting Your Return in the Spring Breeze" http://mm.motie.com/book/_

96.33 Million words | 2021-12-23 08:51Update

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Perfect War God Fiction
Perfect War God

This is the most glorious golden age and the most tragic dark age. If the world calls me the forsaken child of God, I shall take its place and become an invincible God! - Su Han.

516.66 Million words | 2021-07-19 22:07Update

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The Beautiful Concubine in the Painting Fiction
The Beautiful Concubine in the Painting

After her death, she became a maiden in the Song Mansion. Unexpectedly, she acquired an unmarried fiance who was beautiful but had a bad temper. She wanted to break off the engagement, while he wanted to delay the wedding. Just as Song Yige was about to successfully break off the engagement, she discovered that her supposed adoptive father had died, leaving no one to take charge of the mansion. She had intended to endure humiliation and rely on her unmarried fiance for support. Unexpectedly... a stunning revelation... her current unmarried fiance turned out to be her husband from her previous life?!

70.91 Million words | 2020-09-11 12:11Update

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Reincarnation Camp Fiction
Reincarnation Camp

I ask, "Am I your wife from my previous life?" You reply, "More accurately, you are my wife in every life." At the age of twelve, he takes control of her body and soul. At the age of twelve, she only wants to escape. Tangled together, inseparable. Life after life, we share joy. In this world, amidst the noise and chaos, there are two types of people among ordinary individuals: the reincarnators, who are reborn with their own tasks, and the re-born, who carry deep desires to defy fate. My task is to end the lives of those re-born individuals on the day they should have died.

159.23 Million words | 2023-01-14 13:13Update

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Mystery Sea Quest Fiction
Mystery Sea Quest

An accidental escape led six young people who had never set foot underground into an inexplicable thousand-year-old tomb-robbing mystery. However, they had no choice but to move forward with courage, fueled by their passion and determination, embarking on a never-ending journey of tomb-robbing. This novel combines friendship, adventure, romance, love, ghosts, underworld, and death, showcasing how the characters struggle to break free from the entanglement of fate.

569.67 Million words | 2023-04-16 01:43Update

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I am not the protagonist. Fiction
I am not the protagonist.

Yes, I have traveled through time. And I became a humble young wife without any ambitions, just a bystander. I didn't seek to influence or obstruct history in any way. However, it turned out that I couldn't sit idle, and inadvertently witnessed the birth of an Empress.

189.59 Million words | 2020-07-29 04:25Update

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My Ancient Primitive Husband Fiction
My Ancient Primitive Husband

Shen Yuanping never imagined that he would marry such a delicate and beautiful young wife. How could he not dote on her? Mu Zhige never expected to marry an illiterate brute. Mu Zhige: Husband, these twin maidservants are a gift from the Lady of Pingyang Marquis. Shen Yuanping: Don't worry, my dear, I will return them to Lady Pingyang. Mu Zhige: Husband, Mrs. Liu said I cannot bear children, it damages my womanly virtue. Shen Yuanping: Tonight, my dear, I will do my best!

436.23 Million words | 2020-07-17 09:25Update

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The Empress Reigned Eternal Fiction
The Empress Reigned Eternal

A century's golden special forces soldier, transmigrated as the abandoned waste of the Ye family. As the legitimate daughter of the Ye family, she faced designs to destroy her heart's jade, seize her home, and was left homeless. Revealing her sharp edges, she embarked on a path of becoming a peak legend on the mainland, facing the challenges of her uncle's schemes, the obstinacy of outsiders, and the swarming of handsome men. No problem, she can kill gods if needed and slay Buddhas if necessary! 'Waste, you dare to compete with me for the position of the alliance leader, but you are not qualified!' The woman shouted arrogantly, beckoning three illusionary beasts. Night Zihan sneered, raised her hand, and seven majestic illusionary beasts appeared behind her, a summoner proficient in seven elemental beasts! 'Even I, such a waste, can summon seven elemental beasts, so what are you?' A certain glamorous man appeared, his smile enchanting, 'No one in this world dares to bully you, and if heaven dares to oppress you, I will shatter the sky!' You say you are a god? But, you belong to me!

141.98 Million words | 2022-12-13 13:39Update

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Apocalyptic Dragon Martial Artist Fiction
Apocalyptic Dragon Martial Artist

Zombie outbreak, the end of the world has come! Everything returns to its origin! What matters is no longer wealth or status, but strength! The only thing that matters in the apocalypse is survival!

525.79 Million words | 2021-12-26 14:17Update

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The Abandoned Concubine: The Imprisoned Beloved of the Arrogant Prince Fiction
The Abandoned Concubine: The Imprisoned Beloved of the Arrogant Prince

【Completed. Subscription KB spent will be fully refunded】 He married her for revenge. It was just a touch of tenderness that melted her icy heart, and in the end, she became addicted to the meticulously planned love never experienced before. However, she discovered that it was all just an illusion... 'Our child, the unborn child. Are you satisfied with this gift?' On the day he married the legitimate wife, she smilingly presented her gift. The room filled with the smell of blood, shocking him. 'As you wished, I fell in love with you!' A sharp dagger pierced her chest as she smiled, tears of blood flowing, her eyes filled with desolation. Baili Cangming, you were heartless, so don't blame me for being unjust! Phoenix rebirth, rising from the ashes...

285.95 Million words | 2020-07-25 06:41Update

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Heartless Lady Fiction
Heartless Lady

Li Jingyi never believed in the saying that a gentleman takes revenge ten years later. For her, a gentleman takes revenge from morning till night. You, deceive me, betray me, harm me. I, kidnap, escape, and leave! And in another place, there is actually another him, so perfectly in sync with her!

120.21 Million words | 2022-02-27 03:09Update

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Regret Redemption System Fiction
Regret Redemption System

Have you ever felt regret for the death of Xiao Feng in "The Return of the Condor Heroes"? Have you ever felt helpless at the death of Ace in "One Piece"? Have you ever felt the pain of the deaths of Lin Yueru and Zhao Linger in "Chinese Paladin"? Have you ever felt angry at the false accusation that led to the death of Yue Fei at the hands of Qin Hui in history? All these regrets, helplessness, and anger can be changed once you possess the Regret Redemption System. It allows you to enter parallel worlds and alter the fate of characters in novels, manga, games, and history. Moreover, the skills acquired in each parallel world can be

302.15 Million words | 2020-12-15 12:18Update

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The Flower Field Mistake: Taking a Daughter to Marry a Husband Fiction
The Flower Field Mistake: Taking a Daughter to Marry a Husband

Eight years ago, she picked up a child, little did she know, it was the illegitimate daughter of the current Crown Prince; eight years later, she married that man, only to find out he was a wanted criminal! She was just an ordinary village woman, hoping for a simple life of farming and weaving. But fate had other plans for her, leaving her unsure of which path to take... should she stay by her daughter's side as a stepmother in the palace? Or should she follow the man, living a life on the run?

14.09 Million words | 2022-10-31 06:19Update

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Appointment with the Corpse Husband Fiction
Appointment with the Corpse Husband

I was conceived by my mother at the burial mound. The people in the village cursed me as a devil child, a harbinger of misfortune. On the day of my birth, my mother died... and the village was plagued by calamities. A coffin capable of burying the entire village was dredged up from the Cang River. Everyone avoided me, except for him! Every night, he would sit by my bedside, claiming that I am his new bride...

518.94 Million words | 2022-04-03 12:45Update

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