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A Thousand Li: The First Step
by Tao Wong
A native-English cultivation bridge that values a mortal beginning, social texture, and small earned steps more than instant dominance.
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A rice farmer conscripted into an army receives a chance to join the Verdant Green Waters Sect, beginning a patient path through martial arts, spirit beasts, friendship, and the cost of immortality.
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