During the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang received multiple reports that Li Fan, the county magistrate of Fengyang, was extorting excessive taxes and living off the state while the people suffered. This top scholar, personally appointed by the emperor, had his integrity questioned, prompting Zhu Yuanzhang to investigate personally.... more>>

Li Fan was accused of blocking roads to collect tolls, arbitrarily imposing harsh taxes, paying lip service while disobeying imperial orders, inventing excuses, and extorting excessive taxes.

Tax collection had become so excessive that it felt like it had continued into the year 2050. The people of the Ming Dynasty had become impoverished, raising concerns about their ability to live well.

Zhu Yuanzhang: Today we will execute this treacherous official Li Fan. I doubt the Ming Dynasty can last two thousand years with such corruption.

Empress Ma: Li Fan is a crucial minister of the state! Ensuring the continuity of the Ming Dynasty for two thousand years!

Zhu Biao: Father, Li Fan only collects taxes from the wealthy, allowing the common people to live in peace and prosperity!

Zhu Di: Father, Li Fan helped me defeat the Franks and said we should collect taxes for five thousand years first! <<less

When the protagonist woke up, he discovered that he had become Song Qingshu, who had his meridians destroyed in a contest of martial arts and... more>> was banished from his sect. He also found out that this was a chaotic world that incorporated Jin Yong’s 14 novels. What will he do now? <<less

After meeting his demise, Ye Ning finds himself in the body of a low-ranking official. However, he is far from unlucky. He has received an all-powerful system that will allow him to become the invincible Heavenly Official.... more>>

The only catch is that he must first succumb to death without committing su*cide.

Surely, that isn’t so hard, right?

But he soon discovers that this world is toxic.

Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty: “One glance at Ye Ning leads to a lifelong mistake. If he dies, I absolutely refuse to live.”

Immortal of the Upper Realm: “People in this world are mostly indifferent, only Mr. Ye has never abandoned me, so I will do my utmost to protect him.”

Countless people: “Anyone in the world can be dispensable, only Mr. Ye must be protected. He is a saint for all ages!”

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Ye Ning: “Please, can we not add any more drama? I’m almost invincible, why can’t I die yet?” <<less

In the stables, Qing Jiu rescues a young girl. This girl, with a stubborn streak, insists on following them. Qing Jiu allows her to stay, watching her grow day by day, only to eventually realize that what seemed to be a mere stubborn rock is in fact a precious jade.... more>>

Qing Jiu reflects, "Today I've found a seed, buried it in the soil, and nurtured it day and night with great care. Will a delicate flower bloom from it next year?"

In the depths of despair, Yu’er was given a helping hand. Qing Jiu's arrival was the first ray of light piercing through her darkness, and since then, she has stayed by her side. Even if she is as elusive as a flower in a mirror or the moon's reflection on water, being a bit closer to her is enough.

Yu’er wonders, "Today, a bright moon settled in my heart. I chase after her relentlessly, day and night. Can I be closer to her next year?" <<less

Cultivating truth, uncovering true self. Those who achieve this are known as "True People", reaching their Original Soul and transcending life and death.... more>>

Record of Extinction Destiny, a guide to extinguishing destiny?

A time-traveling wanderer who stumbles upon ancient immortal techniques embarks on a journey of cultivation across countless worlds and realms. <<less

The 13th generation disciple of the Great Mount Hua Sect. One of the Three Great Swordsmen. The Plum Blossom Sword Saint, Chung Myung.... more>>

After slicing the head of the peerless Heavenly Demon, who threw the world into chaos, he slept an eternal sleep on the peak of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. Jumping over a hundred years, he comes back in the body of a child.

But… what? Mount Hua declined? What the hell are you talking about!?

It’s only natural to want to live if you’re going broke.

“Decline? Even though I’m here? Who would dare!”

Plum blossoms eventually fall.

But when the cold winter passes and spring comes, plum blossoms shall bloom again.

“But I’m gonna die first before Mount Hua gets revived! If you’re gonna go bust, might as well do it right, you bastards!”

The beginning of the Plum Blossom Sword Saint, Chung Myung’s solitary struggle to save the thoroughly declining Mount Hua Sect. <<less

One day, I opened my eyes and found myself in a wuxia novel.... more>>

I became a female servant in the Sacheon Dang Clan, a family of poison and assassination!

Wash clothes stained with Dang Clan’s poison? Clean the training hall where they trained with the poison?

What if I get poisoned and die? What? This is the law of the strongest player?!

…Aren’t they crazy people? Please save me!

However, as I survive day by day, the main characters in the novel come to me.

“Child. Would you like to learn martial arts from me?”

The poison king, Dang Jung.

“You are not just anyone. When I get back, I will… send you an official letter.”

The young lord of the Namgoong Family, Namgoong Hwi.

“Young Miss. It would be best for you to follow me obediently.”

Jinseong, the future number one swordmaster.

…I, will I be able to survive safely under the strongest player? <<less

"...This is insane."... more>>

Join the former Heavenly Demon from the murim world, as he embarks on an epic journey through Greek mythology. Reborn from the abyss with immense power, he navigates a landscape of gods, monsters, and shifting alliances. This gripping saga promises grand battles, mystical powers, and captivating confrontations. <<less

Baek Yigang is a son of the Baek Clan, one of the seven great clans of Zhongyuan. Afflicted with the Taiyin Qi Blockage, he is... more>> cursed with a shortened lifespan and the inability to collect internal energy. He had been peacefully spending the rest of his days indoors when he was ambushed by a group of masked people. During the ambush, he lost his servant who was like a sister to him. Chased by the attackers, Baek Yigang escaped through a secret underground path. When he came across a blocked path, he decided he’d at least die fighting and picked up a rusted sword that was stuck in the ground… <<less

Human life depends on Heaven’s. And now, my time has come too.... more>>

A Grim Reaper from the underworld, dressed in black clothes, sways like an illusion before me. Second call.

[…Hyeok Ryun…]
Ha, yes, yes. Let’s go now. What else can I do in this life?

“It’s the Herb of Immortality! I’ve finally found the Herb of Immortality! My lord!”

What? The Herb of Immortality? Someone stop this damned Grim Reaper!

Evil Sect’s Heavenly Lord Hyeok Ryun Mugang. At the moment of death, thanks to the miraculous arrival of the Herb of Immortality, I head to Murim once again…

AHHHH, why Wudang of all places~~!!! <<less

2021’s Grand Prize Winner!... more>>

A wild wulin journey with a grandfather who has returned to his youth and his invincible granddaughter! <<less

Ten miles out of Langluo, there was an academy governed by Confucian sages, and under them were nine gentlemen and three hundred scholars. It was a place that epitomized literary aura. All disciples of the academy, once appointed a gentleman, will cry out “one sentence” to become his life’s maxim and will forever strive towards this maxim. This maxim became known as “Jun You Yun” (A Gentleman Says). Su Baiyi, Feng Zuojun, and Xie Yuling were disciples of the Academy, all working hard to one day become a gentleman…... more>>

(Note: the story in this novel is not connected to the Shao Nian series but is set in the same universe a few hundred years before Shao Nian.) <<less

I've ended up inside the novel I always enjoyed reading.... more>>

But, this is a side story that happens after the main story ends!? <<less

My second life as a fighting streamer!... more>>

Following his unfortunate death while setting up his first stream, Song Tae-min is reborn as Zhao Gangho in the wuxia world of Chinese martial arts! With his mysterious ability to stream his ancient Chinese life in the present time, he sets out to become both the greatest merchant and martial artist. <<less

After defeating all the enemies of the Murim Alliance, the Demonic Alliance and the internal enemies; Chunha Jin, the master of the Murim Alliance who held the title Strongest Under Heaven brought forth peace to all of Kang Ho. But one day he dies unexpectedly.... more>>

Once he openes his eyes, he is in a body of a twenty year old youth named Byuk Lee Dan. How will the man who once held the title Strongest Under Heaven live this new life? And what will his death entail to Kang Ho? <<less

Ever since he traveled to this world, Shen Qianling has been troubled by three things the most. The first is too many fans, the second is too many fans, and the third is too many fans.... more>>

Qin Shaoyu: “Another group of people came from down the mountain and said they wanted to learn how to make rainfall from you”. Shen Qianling was shocked, “when did I master this skill?” <<less

I, who thought I had been abandoned, was the child whom Namgoong had been looking for for a long time.... more>>

It was only when I was killed by Hyeolma whom I called Master, that I found out about it, and waking up again as a 13-year-old, I decided to go back to Namgoong.

I have no intention of wanting to be recognized as a family.

It’s just, I was just trying to prevent Namgoong from being destroyed in vain like before, but…

“These are the jewelry, silk, gold bars, and elixir that the Lord has given for the Young Miss.”

“Now, Little Kid. It’s a gift from me to celebrate your return.”

As soon as I was recognized as the granddaughter that Namgoong had lost, I got delicious food, precious clothes, gold and silver treasures, and even high-quality swords!

I have a grandfather and father who would cry and laugh for me.

Just what in the world is this tingling sensation in my chest that I feel every time they do that?

To protect the laughter of those whom I had killed with my own hands,

To preserve this tingling and warm sensation for a long time,

I am trying to change the blood-red future differently from my previous life, but…

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A shadow clouded Namgoong Mucheon’s face.

‘Is this child really raised as an assassin?’

A deep mu*derous energy and the sword method of attributes she could do, which are essential for an assassin, were bottling up her life intact.

‘That damn bastard.’

Anger rose from Namgoong Mucheon’s inner thoughts.

Since he was about to gush out coarse swear words in front of his granddaughter, he repeated the same remark unpleasantly only to himself.

‘How dare he try to raise my granddaughter as an assassin?’

The blue energy that covered up Namgoong Mucheon intensified. <<less

I became the younger sister of the male protagonist in a martial arts novel.... more>>

A terminally-ill side character, who was sold to the Demon Cult for the family’s sake.

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“How come you don’t want anything from me?”

He, who was to be my husband, would occasionally ask, as if he couldn’t understand. Whenever he asked, my answer remained the same.

“Because there’s nothing I want.”

However, despite my answers, he would gift me many things. He sent money to my family, bought me jewelry, and gifted me with the ivory and silk from the western lands.

“Don’t you want anything more?”

He asked again if I wanted something, and I still just shook my head.

Normally, he would nod and turn away, but today, he stood there staring at me. When I approached him, asking if something was wrong, his head drooped weakly onto my shoulder.

“Why do you lie to me every single time?”

He slowly lifted his hand and grabbed my wrist.

“Why won’t you ask me…”

He sounded desperate, as though he would fall apart at any moment.

“…To save you?” <<less

Everyone in the Namgung Clan despised me. It was a life in which I was shunned even by my siblings.
However, the moment the whole clan had been exterminated, the one whom my siblings chose… wasn’t the clan, but me.... more>>

“I've never even once thought that you weren’t my family.”
“Live. Even if it’s a shameful and dirty life. Live, Ahee.”

How come you guys saved me?
Revenge was achieved while I carried that question in my heart my whole life.
At that end, I finally closed my eyes, and after that.

“Baaaa?”

I ended up turning back time!

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If it’s martial arts, then it’s martial arts, if it’s money, then it’s money, if it’s strategy, then it’s strategy.
I decided to help my siblings who possessed outstanding talents and protect the Namgung clan this time.
But it's weird.

“Ahee likes me the most.”
“What are you talking about. She likes me more than you, who knows nothing but duties of the Head of the Clan.”

My older sister and brothers, whom I had thought hated me, are now arguing over me, and are fretting that they can’t give more to me.
And...

“Wait for me, Master. Since I'll be back with proper prey in my mouth. Don't hang around in unnecessary places.”
“What?”
“If I come back after finishing the thing I’ve been told to do but then see s*upid things get tangled up next to you, I’ll go crazy, you know.”

...Somehow, it seems I also gained one dangerous subordinate who considers himself as a dog while smiling impertinently? <<less

Starting from today, I am retired. But what should I be doing? I neither have the skills, nor the mind to do business, my only advantage is this pair of hands which have taken this world. What a headache…... more>>

Note: The usage of the term "retired" here doesn't mean retiring from old age, work etc. It's a specific term to refer to not involving oneself in the affairs of a certain society. <<less

Confucius did not speak of extraordinary things, valor, rebellion, and spirits.... more>>

Analects, Xue Er chapter <<less

After his qi center is destroyed, a martial arts instructor of the Blood Demon Cult is assigned to learn and research the martial arts of four captured murim masters. However, when the Cult betrays him and decides to kill him, he fights back and everyone in the Cult dies, including himself.... more>>

He then mysteriously wakes up in the body of Baek Suryong, a young martial arts instructor in the rural countryside with a disease that will kill him within three years. He realizes that the martial arts he had learned holds the key to healing his new body’s illness, but in order to do that, he needed money. A LOT of money.

Baek Suryong thus embarks on a journey to become the Star Instructor of the Azure Dragon Martial Arts Academy, and earn enough money to save his own life! Perhaps he would even manage to educate some kids along the way… <<less

It wasn't even malicious criticism.... more>>

I just gave feedback in the tone I was asked to.

So why the hell did I, the writer who just wanted to help a junior, possess this body of the prospective groom… a villain, who died in the hands of the heroine on their wedding night? <<less

What is fate?... more>>

Destined? Providence? Irreversible?

I don’t understand.

I only know that I can’t bear to see your hair turn white before your time, a sword to end a love that has yet to begin. <<less

Instead of struggling meaninglessly, he acknowledged his place.