Grand Prose, Never Gets Old: A Veteran Reader's Booklist 文笔大气，白看不厌，老白书单

1. 451 时 Time-Stop Hero: A Trouble-Maker Who Puts Every Challenge in Its Place 时停勇者：爱搞事，专治各种不服 Mysteries of the Stars星辰玄妙Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Time stop + invincible protagonist + Western fantasy + the Myriad Worlds + magic world The entire continent laughs at Lin Yi for being useless. In an era of elemental magic, everyone can command water, fire, wind, and lightning. He alone awakens the universally despised power of “Time Stasis.” “This ability can't even freeze a fly. It's completely useless!” His mentor shakes his head and sighs, dumping him into the worst class in the school. Then the demonic dragon burns a city to the ground, a 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Who knows? This fantasy novel hit all my favorite spots! At the beginning, the protagonist awakened and was ridiculed by the entire Internet for the most useless time-based talent. Everyone looked down upon him. However, when the dragon destroyed the city, he directly activated the time stop, picked out the dragon's heart with his bare hands, and slapped everyone in the face. The contrast was immediate! From the countdown in the academy all the way to the torture of geniuses, various abilities such as time-stop, retrace, and time clones are upgraded crazily. The plot is so fast-paced that people who watch it by pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, and counterattacks and reversals are excited! The structure expands from the academy to the world, and the emotional line is also very difficult. The whole process is free of cruelty and brainless. The more I watch, the more I get addicted. I stay up all night chasing and can't stop. I close my eyes and rush to the book!

2. 452 大 Winter Solstice Sacrifice at the Suburban Altar, Year Eighteen of Jinghe, Great Yong 大雍景和十八年·冬至郊天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今8k WordsCompleted Winter Solstice Sacrifice to Heaven in the Suburbs, Year Eighteen of Jinghe in the Great Yong Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 453 剑 Zhuangzi, the Sword Immortal: Roaming the Ninth Heaven 剑仙庄子：逍遥九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Sword Immortal Zhuangzi: Carefree Across the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 454 浩 Venerable Lord of the Vastness Sword: Mencius Descends to Earth, His Aura Reaches the Ninth Heaven 浩然剑尊：孟子临凡，气贯九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted Sage of the Righteous Sword: Mencius Descends to the Mortal Realm, His Spirit Piercing the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 455 残 The Tang Dynasty in Turmoil: Reforged in the Year of the Fire Horse 残唐鼎沸：丙午再造 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今26k WordsCompleted The Tumultuous Late Tang: Rebuilding in the Year of the Fire Horse —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 456 太 The Marquis of Liu Through the Ages 太玄留侯 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The Great Mystery and the Marquis of Liu —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 天 The Heavenly Secrets: The Life of Guan Lu 天机箓之管辂传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今13k WordsCompleted The Records of Heaven’s Secrets: The Biography of Guan Lu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 凤 The Phoenix Strategy 凤策 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Historical597k WordsCompleted The Kunlun divine veins hold the Six Kingdoms in check, while the rules of the Divine Palace conceal deadly traps. A researcher of ancient civilizations transmigrates as Zhao Yan, a dissolute prince. With the phoenix as his wings and strategy as his blade, he rises against all odds to the throne and rules the world. 113Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   It looks pretty good, I recommend it.

9. 459 玄 The Black-Armored Strategist: Cui Hao’s Chronicle 玄甲定天：崔浩谋世录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted The Black-Armored Strategist Who Settled the Realm: The Chronicles of Cui Hao 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 没 You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban451k WordsCompleted A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too… 293Reads8.1Score—Shelves
11. 461 庆 The Invisible Grain of Qingli 庆历无影粮 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今9k WordsCompleted The Shadowless Grain of Qingli —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 92Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 长 The Rhapsody of Changmen: Ashes of the Golden Moon 长门赋·金月烬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted Ode to the Gate of Longmen: The Golden Moon Burns to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 九 The Ninth-Rank Artifact Crafter 九品炼器师 Xiao Shisanlang Talks About the Three Kingdoms萧十三郎说三国Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Artifact Refining] [A Young Man’s Rise] [Industrialization] [Fantasy Warfare] [Ensemble Cast] [Comedy and Satire] [Slow Burn] Young Qian Duoduo transmigrates through space! As a mortal, he starts from scratch! Thrown into prison, he’s facing certain death from the very start! If he doesn’t want to die, he’ll have to fight! To make matters worse, his bargain-basement master, a skinny old man, puts him over the fire to roast! If you want to read abo 27.6kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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    Excellent fantasy novel!!! 2.4 Million words!!!

15. 465 寒 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 466 刺 The Assassination of Ke Bi 刺杀轲比 Xiao Shisanlang Talks About the Three Kingdoms萧十三郎说三国Historical168k WordsCompleted At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, Han Long, a soldier in the Youzhou army, accidentally saved his enemy, Kebineng, the Xianbei chieftain who had long plotted a rebellion. After being rescued, Kebineng not only laid an ambush that killed Han Long’s mentor, but also nearly murdered his uncle. To make amends for his mistake, win the love he longed for, and bring peace to Youzhou, Han Long decided to kill Kebineng with his own hands. He set out from Youzhou for Longcheng, deep in the desert, 63Reads8.2Score—Shelves
17. 467 万 All Realms Return to the Stars 万境归辰 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted All Realms Return to the Stars 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 468 陶 Tao Zhu’s Mystic Strategy: Mastermind of Heaven’s Secrets 陶朱玄略：天机谋主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今22k WordsCompleted The Tao Zhu Strategy: Mastermind of Heaven's Secrets 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 469 这 This Shadow Guard Is a Little Sweet 这个暗卫有点甜 Wu Liyou吴李又Two Male Leads673k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Xiao Qi transmigrates. She was a young woman, but wakes up in a man's body, and not just any man: a shadow guard who can't show his face. What is she supposed to do? Should she just die? She has already died once, and she can't bear to die again. But living like this is no good either. Xiao Qi had made a name for herself at school as a tomboy, but this gender mix-up just feels wrong. When Xiao Qi opens her eyes, the first thing she sees is a handsome man of noble bearing. The two are a 94Reads7.9Score—Shelves
20. 470 神 Divine Numerology: The Secret Scroll of the Supreme Principle 神数衍天：皇极秘卷 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Divine Numerology Reveals Heaven: The Secret Scroll of the Emperor's Pole 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 471 苍 Nine Transformations of the Azure and Yellow: Li Si’s Cauldron 苍黄九变：李斯鼎 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今19k WordsCompleted Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth: Li Si Ding 3Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 472 我 I Wove Brocade Using Ancient Techniques and Took the Internet by Storm 我靠古法织锦，爆红全网 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今16k WordsCompleted I Went Viral Online with Ancient Brocade-Weaving Techniques 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 473 我 Me, an Outer Sect Disciple, Became the Immortal World's Ancestor by Keeping a Low Profile 我，外门弟子，苟成仙界老祖 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted I, an Outer Sect Disciple, Cautiously Became the Immortal Realm's Ancestor 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 474 灵 The Hidden Treasures of the Spirit Pivot 灵枢天藏 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted The Celestial Treasury of the Spirit Pivot 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 475 枫 Red Leaves in the Wind 枫叶飘红 Picking Shells from the Sea008沧海拾贝008Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted Without reading, you cannot understand reason; without studying history, you cannot clarify your aspirations. Looking back, the past stretches as far as the eye can see, like maple leaves drifting slowly down from the branches, farther and farther away, redder and redder. Take history as a mirror, and savor life... 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New feeling, unique...

26. 476 玄 Li Mi, the Mystic Chancellor: Divining the Cosmos and Aiding Four Dynasties as an Immortal 玄相李泌：易数定乾坤，仙踪辅四朝 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今20k WordsCompleted Li Mi, the Mystic Chancellor: Divination Sets the World in Order, an Immortal Aids Four Reigns 5Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 477 玄 The Mystic Pivot: Zhang Heng’s Record of Heavenly Secrets 玄枢：张衡天机录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Mystic Pivot: Zhang Heng's Record of Celestial Secrets 4Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 478 棱 Prism Space 棱镜空间 Picking Shells from the Sea008沧海拾贝008Urban109k WordsCompleted Life is like a prism, and so is human nature. If you could start over, what would you choose? Would you bring your loved ones back to life? Have a loving mother and devoted children? Or return as a top student? Achieve financial freedom and thrive in your career? Everyone thinks differently at every moment... So let's begin from the start, as a way to look back on the past and perhaps inspire others... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 长 Changle Lane: A Golden Age Just as I Wish 长乐里：盛世如我愿 Xiao Qi Jiao骁骑校Urban285k WordsCompleted Zhao Dianyuan was the illegitimate son of a martial actor in a traveling opera troupe and a wealthy heiress. With a jade-like face and a slender waist above broad shoulders, he had been blessed with a handsome appearance from birth. After the September 18 Incident, he was driven south of the Great Wall and eventually made his way to Shanghai. Amid the city's glittering distractions, he experienced all kinds of strange adventures and saw how the land lay shattered, the times in chaos. Then one da 9.5kReads9.6Score1.4kShelves
30. 480 山 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Kunlun Ruins 山海经·昆仑墟 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今26k WordsCompleted Classic of Mountains and Seas: Kunlun Ruins 5Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 灯 Lantern Light Over Chang’an 灯影照长安 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Lamplight Over Chang'an 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 482 我 I'm Luo Yujin! Come Fight Me If You Dare 我叫洛玉锦！不服来战 Bright as the Stars亮如星辰Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted [Innate super strength + dependable best friend + special abilities + guiding threads + backing from a mysterious world] I am the First Female Official of the mighty Zhaoguo! The top-ranked martial arts champion! And yet the empress drove me out of the capital to carry out some ridiculous, important mission of hers. I don't want to! I can't bear to leave the capital's pork knuckles behind!!! Isn't a life of good food and drink wonderful? After more than a decade spent wandering far from home, wh 23Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    Very well written and high quality ancient poems

33. 483 遁 The Mysterious Pivot of Dunjia: Eight Gates That Guard the World 遁甲玄枢：八门镇世 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted The Mysteries of Dunjia: Eight Gates Subdue the World 2Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 484 过 The Expired Convenience Store 过期的便利店 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今16k WordsCompleted Expired Convenience Store 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 485 系 The Claiming the Throne Series: Historical Romance Collection 《夺嫡》系列古言套装 Moonset月落Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted [Sweet Historical Romance + Mutual Devotion + Palace Intrigue] Popular author Yueluo's trilogy of sweet romances: lighthearted and hilarious, with sweetness turned up to the max! "The Fight for the Throne": A feisty young lady who always gets even × the scheming, lovesick Ninth Prince. A laugh-out-loud, sugar-sweet battle for the throne! "Joy with You": A venomous, calculating king × a clever and decisive queen. A perfect match who will conquer the world together! "A Fine Day Bestowed upon You": 60.1kReads9.6Score7.6kShelves
36. 486 命 The One Whose Fate Record Was Left Blank 命籍留白者 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The One Whose Fate Record Is Blank —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 487 簪 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.6kReads9.6Score1.7kShelves
38. 488 旧 The Echo Museum of Old Things 旧物回音馆 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Echoes of Old Things —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 489 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 20.3kReads9.6Score4.7kShelves
40. 490 长 Song of Changgan: A Promise of Lotus Hearts 长干行·莲心许 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted Song of Changgan: A Lotus-Heart Promise 2Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 491 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 152kReads9.7Score60.6kShelves
42. 492 皇 The Book of the Supreme Principle Governing the World 皇极经世书 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今18k WordsCompleted The Book of the Supreme Ultimate's Worldly Order 16Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 493 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 150kReads9.6Score20.5kShelves
44. 494 仙 Hidden Among the Immortals: The Life of Tao Hongjing 仙隐：陶弘景传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今18k WordsCompleted Immortal Seclusion: The Biography of Tao Hongjing 2Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 495 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 159kReads9.6Score21.9kShelves
46. 496 阴 The Hidden Talisman Records of Yan 阴符照燕录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical19k WordsCompleted The Record of the Yan Kingdom, Illuminated by the Yin Talisman 3Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 497 满 Spring Over the City 满城春 A Copper Coin一枚铜钱Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted [New Bonus Chapters] The Liu family of the capital is an illustrious noble house, so powerful that even the imperial clan treats them with deference. Liu Yan, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Liu family's second branch, is gifted and blessed with both wisdom and good fortune. When her stepmother joins the family as she turns five, Liu Yan expects a fierce battle. But her stepmother turns out to be quite unlike anyone expected. With her older brother looking out for her and her childhood s 19.7kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
48. 498 真 I'm Not Useless, I'm Just Too Lazy to Act Like a Big Shot 真不是废物，只是懒得装大佬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted I’m Not a Good-for-Nothing, I Just Can’t Be Bothered to Pretend I’m a Big Shot 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 499 超 Superpowered Spycraft: An Agent's Blissful Path to Immortality 超神谍武，特工修仙爽歪歪 Chu Yuxiang褚豫翔Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Truth and illusion are hard to tell apart, And love, hatred, and old grudges stretch beyond count! Greed, anger, delusion, sorrow, joy, and resentment, Who among us hasn’t tasted them all? Spy wars, schemes within schemes, a world of temptation, Half-drunk, half-sated, still unable to enjoy the night. I can change a thousand ways, And unleash every supernatural power. Why should I fear their schemes and plots, Their sharp tongues and cutting words? I roam the sea of stars to settle old scores, W 4.3kReads9.5Score482Shelves

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    Funny technology cultivating immortality

50. 500 玄 The Mystic Star Quells a Chaotic Age 玄星镇乱世 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Eastern Fantasy44k WordsCompleted During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, heaven and earth were in upheaval. Years of unending warfare threw the spiritual veins of the Nine Provinces into disarray and shifted the stars from their courses. A catastrophe was about to descend upon the mortal world. The Star Pivot Order governed celestial divination and the protection of spiritual veins. For generations, its members had taken it upon themselves to determine Heaven's will and safeguard the people, but the demonic Netherdar 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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