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Transcending Dreams #1

Transcending Dreams 1

Name: Transcending Dreams 1
Rating: 4.36 (576 reviews)
Author: S.C. King

S.C. King January 30, 2024

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Synopsis

What happens when cultivation is gamified?

Ever dreamed about waking up in a world you only thought existed in a book? For William, that dream quickly spiraled into a nightmare.

Bound by captors with dark intentions, the sight of innocent lives taken wakes William to his new reality. One where his life was very much in danger. As his hopes faded and it was his turn to meet his end, a passing cultivator saved him on a whim.

But freedom didn’t mean safety. Now, William found himself navigating the treacherous terrains and society of a cultivation world—something that any amount of reading wouldn’t have helped.

And if that wasn’t enough? The locals had a new name for Wei Liang.

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