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GREAT ADVENTURES OF IBN BATUTA

Khalid ibn al-Walid is born into the House of War trained from childhood to read terrain, exploit weakness, and bend momentum to his will. As a young general of Quraysh, he proves his genius at Uhud, turning near-defeat into victory through a single, devastating maneuver. Yet that triumph plants a seed of doubt: discipline can be broken, belief can be weaponized, and victory can lie. Watching Islam endure setbacks without collapsing, Khalid recognizes a force he cannot defeat by force alone. His conversion is not surrender but alignment an act of intellectual honesty by a man who understands structure when he sees it. Thrown into crisis at Mu’ta, he saves a doomed army through deception, rotation, and restraint, earning the name “the Sword of God” a title that will later become a burden. After the Prophet’s death, Arabia fractures. Khalid is unleashed to preserve unity during the Ridda Wars, confronting false prophets and shattered loyalties. At Yamama, he makes the hardest decision of his life: to break tribal formations and reorganize the army by faith, turning chaos into coherence at an unbearable cost. Islam survives, but it is scarred and Khalid knows scars last longer than victory songs. Beyond Arabia, empires fall faster than they understand. In Iraq and Syria, Khalid defeats Persia and Byzantium not by annihilation but by movement cutting supply lines, refusing set-piece battles, and replacing plunder with governance. Conquered lands are stabilized, not erased; life continues under new rules. As prophecies unfold and history tilts, Khalid’s reputation grows dangerously large. He senses idolatry forming not of stone, but of reliance. Demoted to protect the message, Khalid accepts without protest. From then on, he commands without a title advising quietly, shaping outcomes from the shadows. At Yarmouk, the decisive battle against Rome, victory comes not from a hero at the center but from a strategist who refuses the center. The empire collapses; the legend does not claim the credit. In his final years in Homs, Khalid outlives war. The man who sought martyrdom dies in bed, surrounded by the silence he learned to accept. His greatest victory is not a battlefield won, but a self diminished so the faith could endure without him. This is a story about power redirected, obedience chosen over glory, and the hardest triumph of all: knowing when to step aside.

After accidentally falling off a cliff, Faye Yardley finds herself transmigrated into a male-oriented sea survival novel she had read. Not wanting to become the cannon fodder character who shares her name, and determined to ensure her brother survives, she resolves to clear this sea survival game and leave the game world alive.

In her past life, Tang Mo accidentally lost her own Space Jade Pendant when the apocalypse began, losing her biggest golden finger. Afterwards, her superpower training went awry, she lost her loved ones, suffered from ostracization, and utterly ruined the good hand she was dealt, ultimately dying at the mouths of mutant beasts. Opening her eyes again, Tang Mo was reborn one week before the start of the apocalypse. None of the tragedies has happened yet! How will she seize the opportunity and walk her own path to becoming a powerful figure in the apocalypse?

The renowned powerhouse of the Space-Time Administration Bureau, Sister Yun, frantically accumulated points for an early retirement. After accepting a mission for a supporting female character's counterattack, she made the male and female leads cry with anger! Sister Yun's famous quote: A supporting female character who doesn't make the male and female leads cry with anger is not worthy of retiring~ The First World: The Humble and Long-Suffering Wife of a Bygone Era After transmigrating into the role of the original, long-suffering wife, she not only broke up the officially designated couple but also stole the male and female leads' Golden Finger, making a fortune by hoarding goods. The Second World: The Fair, Rich, and Beautiful Fake Heiress of a Bygone Era Tragically Becomes Cannon Fodder As the beautiful-as-a-flower cannon fodder fake heiress, after latching onto the supporting male lead, she lived a delightful life~ The Third World: The Devoted Supporting Female Character in a Historical Era Novel After transmigrating into the role of a hopelessly devoted supporting female character, she had a change of personality, dumped the heartless male lead, returned to the city to flirt with the supporting male lead, and found it so satisfying~

"You should get up from where you fell down. Wifey, don't you want to hold your head high and show off in front of them in this life?" the man whispered close to the woman's ear, his tone full of temptation. "Are you really that kind?" The woman took a wary step back, completely unwilling to fall for it: "Those people aren't just anybody. Aren't they your dearest parents and siblings?" "Wifey, I am clear on who is close to me and who is distant. From now on, you and the children are the ones dearest to me." A pained look flashed in the man's eyes; it took him a lifetime and a painful price to finally understand—if he himself doesn't know how to fiercely protect his own wife and children, how can he expect others to hold them in any regard? This is actually a story where both the male and female leads are reborn, one after the other, and the male lead, after learning from his painful experience, ultimately undergoes a Cultivation to become a "loyal dog." With a spatial dimension and a superpower, see how Gu Nuan Nuan brings her mother along for a magnificent reversal in this life!

The first time Ji Huan was to be married, the groom died just as her bridal sedan chair arrived at his door. The second time Ji Huan was to be married, the groom was struck by lightning just as the auspicious hour arrived. Having been 'returned' twice, her ominous reputation spread throughout the surrounding villages, and it seemed she would be left on her family's hands. Her grandmother, who favored boys over girls, slapped her thighs and wailed, "What sins did I commit in my past life, that you can't even be sold for a single tael of silver!" Ji Huan: "...You might not believe this, but I'm destined for great fortune in the future." Yikes! There's a rule that "those who are unmarried by the age of seventeen will be assigned a husband by an official"? Not to worry, not to worry, I'll just find a fake husband to deal with it. That vagrant at the village entrance... if he cleans up, he's actually quite presentable. It'll be him!

Before Feng Yi ascended the throne, no one wanted to marry this prince who lacked presence and was out of favor. After his ascension, the harem was filled with the daughters of high-ranking court officials. They were an eyesore to look at and vexing to deal with. He felt that even favoring them would defile his own dragon body. He decided to choose a woman with a fiery, arrogant, domineering, and jealous nature to enter the palace, to cast all this "trash" into the Cold Palace on his behalf. Song Yunzhao had transmigrated to ancient times for fourteen years, all the while laying low and just trying to get by. She was just waiting for the plot to begin, then she would transform into a villainess—arrogant, domineering, fiery, and jealous—so that she would be rejected from the selection and could then choose a husband to live a carefree and happy life with. Later, Song Yunzhao watched as His Majesty smiled at her with immense indulgence and said, "Zhaozhao, come here." Song Yunzhao immediately felt that something was terribly wrong, a chill running up from the soles of her feet. The damned Emperor wore a gentle expression, but his eyes were as cold as ice; he clearly wanted to use her as his blade!

Bai Zhi transmigrated into a novel. The good news? She’s bound to a Godly Rich System. The bad news? She’s the story’s wicked, unforgivable villainess. Right in front of her lies her incomparably handsome Beast Husband—covered in scars from her abuse, just choked unconscious by her own hands. And the system’s mission? Spend money on her five Beast Husbands. Bai Zhi can only smile bitterly. Every one of them wants her dead—and honestly, who could blame them? The original owner committed far too many atrocities. With no other choice, Bai Zhi relies on the Godly Rich System, throwing money at them in hopes of soothing their anger. The charming Fox Clan Beast Husband likes rare gems? Buy, buy, buy! The dependable Wolf Clan Beast Husband, the beauty-obsessed Winged Beast Husband, the Tiger Clan Beast Husband, and the cunning Snake Clan Beast Husband—whatever they want… buy it all! Only when their long-stagnant Superpower Levels begin to skyrocket does Bai Zhi finally get a moment of peace. …Or so she thought. Bai Zhi: “Hey, hey—stop crowding in! My bed is small; it can’t fit all of you!” Lang Qiu: “Hu Yan has already reached SSS-level. You can’t play favorites.” Yan Yichen: “You said you liked my feathers the most. I’ll let you touch them~” Sang Mo says nothing—only silently parading in front of her in sheer clothing.

To cope with the fierce competition between the various Cosmoses, the top-tier gods of the prime Cosmos to which Blue Star belongs, inspired from an unknown source, organized a Lord Competition that spans the entire Cosmos. With the spirituality of intelligent lifeforms as the core, supplemented by the power of a world, they are cast into the chaos outside the Cosmos. The power of chaos is transformed into a sanctuary, and the intelligent lifeforms become the masters of these small worlds, known as Lords. Then, using the connection between the intelligent lifeforms and the prime world as a guide, these newly created small worlds are drawn into the prime Cosmos. Then, through the competition, powerful Lords are selected. The eliminated Lords will have the connection to their territories severed and will be sent back to their original worlds. A portion of their territories will be given as rewards to the powerful Lords, while another portion is absorbed by the prime Cosmos, taken by the gods, or becomes a new planet in the Cosmos. The competition will continue until the participating Lords become gods, only then will they be able to leave the competition. An unknown amount of time has passed, and another competition is about to begin. Lin Yu, with his god-tier talent, drew a World Tree Seed from the novice benefits, creating a World Tree Territory and bringing new changes to this Cosmos.