I've Run Out of Books to Read. I Knew This Day Would Come Eventually 书荒了，终究还是逃不了这一天

1. 251 开 Become a Wild God from the Start? I Prove Myself a True God Through Worship! 开局成野神？我靠香火证道真神！ Have a Tangerine吃个橘子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Slow-Burn] After an accident, Song Xuanqing transmigrated to a strange world where immortals no longer existed and gods and Buddhas had vanished. In this world, monsters and evil spirits ran rampant, ghosts devoured people, wicked arts flourished across the land, and immortal mountains, gods, and Buddhas were nowhere to be found. Demons wreaked havoc, ghosts caused chaos, and heretical practitioners used evil arts to eat people and refine pills. Ordinary folk lived in constan 112.3kReads9.1Score9.3k14d adds
2. 252 军 Warlord: Gangland Godfather? I'm a Dictator! 军阀：黑帮教父？我独裁元首！ Red-Dust Wanderer of the Heavens诸天红尘客Historical551k WordsOngoing [A ruthless, dark power fantasy!] [Starting from nothing] (Currently commanding four armies with 300,000 soldiers) Wang Xiao: from a desperado to a mafia godfather, and then the leader of the [Youth Army]! Starting with nothing, he steps over the corpses of countless powerful families and clans, fighting his way to the very top, one step at a time! Wang Xiao roars: “A true man should feast from five cauldrons in life! Even in death, he should be boiled in five cauldrons!” [Protagonist Wang X 117Reads9.3Score—14d adds
3. 253 停 Working Part-Time at the Morgue, I Carried Out My Ex-Girlfriend? 停尸房兼职，搬出了前女友？ A Flower Flying on a Leaf一叶飞花Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing The Dao has both civil and martial paths. The martial path: uphold the law and slay demons. The civil path: read faces and understand the world. I am Jiang Rui, skilled in both. You can call me Handsome, or you can call me Ah Zu. Passerby: “Master Jiang, I think I’ve been haunted. Please, you have to save me!” Jiang Rui smiles calmly. “Come on, there’s no such thing as ghosts.” As he speaks, he discreetly pinches a yellow talisman between his fingers. Passerby: “Master Jiang, can you find a feng 20.7kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
4. 254 一 A First-Rank Commoner 一品布衣 Li Poshan李破山Historical3.5M WordsCompleted [War + passion + history] “Mu, want a wife? Just say the word and I'll bring one over for you later.” A streetwise young rascal crosses paths with a wealthy girl fleeing disaster. I transmigrated into a chaotic age. Armed with blades, bows, and horses, I'll protect my family and keep us alive. 16.5kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
5. 255 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.9kReads8.9Score12.4k14d adds
6. 256 龙 Dragon Head Supreme 龙头至尊 Simple Fish简单的鱼Urban8.6M WordsOngoing The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why 200.4kReads9.1Score12k14d adds
7. 257 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
8. 258 穿 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 A Thousand Stars Like Fire千星如火Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.3kReads9.3Score28114d adds
9. 259 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 237.8kReads9.0Score16.4k14d adds
10. 260 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 142.8kReads9.3Score14.7k14d adds
11. 261 集 Wielding the Strongest Superpowers, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 集最强异能于一身横扫末世 Starry Dream and Fated Romance星梦辰缘Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.4M WordsCompleted [Zombie apocalypse · No System · No rebirth · One heroine · Squad growth · Ensemble cast · Strong protagonist · Decisive and ruthless] The apocalypse arrives, and staying alive becomes the greatest challenge. Scarce supplies, zombies everywhere, terrifying mutated beasts, and… human nature under the apocalypse all turn survival into a nightmare. Shaoguang → Kaiyang → Yuheng → Tianquan → Tianji → Tianxuan → Tianshu → Yinyuan → Dongming Lighting up each star grants an ability. Everyone else gets a 144.5kReads9.0Score12.6k14d adds
12. 262 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
13. 263 天EN Heaven's Chosen? Monster? No, It's the Grind Emperor 天骄？妖孽？不好，是肝帝 That Mountain, That Sea那山那海Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [The top workaholic in high-martial arts fiction] [Panel-based cultivation] [Cosmic setting] [Cultivation and progression, not point allocation or speedrunning; the protagonist is a born grinder] In the interstellar age, alien beasts invade and evil gods lurk all around. Li Qingshan awakens a martial arts panel that can record any technique or martial skill. He needs no insight or talent, and faces no bottlenecks. As long as he trains hard, he can improve, and every breakthrough lasts forever! H 220.7kReads9.3Score26k14d adds
14. 264 官 Rising Through the Official Ranks, Starting as a Secretary 官场从秘书开始 Old Ice Pop老冰棍Urban6.4M WordsOngoing When hardship reaches its limit, good fortune follows. With a pure and earnest heart, Zhang Jun gets his lucky break and begins his career on the bench at an institute of traditional Chinese medicine. Skillfully navigating political maneuvering, officialdom, and human relationships, he wins allies at every turn and steadily rises through the ranks. 342.3kReads9.2Score17k14d adds
15. 265 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds
16. 266 昊 Clear Sky Golden Crow: It Starts with a Son-in-Law of the Seven Treasure Clan 昊天金乌：从七宝赘婿开始 Three-Seven-Twenty-One Wooden Man三七二十一木头人Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Tang Chen is the illegitimate son of the Clear Sky Clan's leader, born into a life of sorrow. In the grief of his mother's death, he unexpectedly awakens two astonishing martial souls: the mighty, domineering Clear Sky Hammer and a three-legged Golden Crow containing the source of the Sun's True Fire! Near death, he is rescued by Yun You, a reclusive Ultimate Douluo traveling the world, and taken to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan to lie low. To win the loyalty of Yun You and his disciple, c 47Reads5.7Score714d adds

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17. 267 苍 The Book of Gods in the Firmament 苍穹封神记 Snow Silences the World雪寂天下Eastern Fantasy406k WordsOngoing [High Martial Arts World + Spiritual Qi Revival + Interstellar Cultivation + Revival of the Ancient Immortals + Mythology Returns] Across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the gods face tribulation and upheaval; Through the eternal river of time, immortals fall from all the worlds; I reach the pinnacle of martial arts and prove my way to godhood; I stand alone as the ruler of eternity, commanding all the worlds; With one hand, I suppress the starry river... —Reads—Score—14d adds

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18. 268 我 I Have a Sword That Can Slay Across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths 我有一剑杀穿九天十地 Hua Zui Man Tang San Qian Ke花醉满堂三千客Eastern Fantasy40k WordsOngoing Across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, through countless realms as numerous as grains of sand, Lin Lian comes from the Origin Realm, Earth, bearing the Nine Tribulations Heavenly Diagram. He defies immortals and slays gods, refining the myriad heavens. Immortal blood paves his path to ascension, while divine souls forge the foundation for his rise to emperor... —Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 269 一 The Fantastic Interstellar Voyage of an Ordinary Young Man 一个三无青年的奇幻星航 The Strategist策略派Sci-Fi & Apocalypse364k WordsOngoing [Interstellar, post-apocalyptic, high martial arts, decisive and ruthless, wild imagination] Welcome to the future! Before the 25th anniversary of the end of the Intelligence War in 2099. Qin Qi is invited to a cafe by a phone call. And so begins an interstellar transmigration… This book brings together storytelling, knowledge, and philosophical insight. Perhaps it can keep you company through every season of the year. [With this book, I honor those I love and those who love me.] 42Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 270 涤 Cleansing the Mortal Dust 涤凡尘 Aged for Forty Years不惑之陈酿Urban511k WordsCompleted No transmigration, no being reborn, no System: just solid, down-to-earth cultivation. As a child, An Yi risked his life to seize an opportunity and fortuitously encountered a path to immortality. When his cultivation hit a bottleneck, he entered the mortal world to seek the Way. The Great Way is simplicity itself; all else is empty illusion! 4Reads8.7Score—14d adds
21. 271 太 Primordial Vital Energy 太初元气 Half a Year年半Eastern Fantasy718k WordsOngoing [Traditional Fantasy + Immortal Cultivation + Humor + No System] Background: A corner of the Human Realm was forcibly torn away by an accident. The human race’s great powers transformed it into the Zhenwu Continent with countless stars. After drifting through the cosmic sea for ages, it finally merged with a new realm. But this attracted the covetous attention of the major powers in the Xianwu Spirit Realm and sparked a war. They declared that they would turn the Zhenwu Continent into a breeding 10Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 272 神 The Encyclopedia of Mythology 神话百科全书 Ink Gear墨水齿轮Urban928k WordsOngoing [Mythology returns + global anomalies + anomalous apocalypse + ensemble cast + Cthulhu Mythos + raising gods + a tiny bit of genderbent goddesses + grand worldbuilding + not invincible] “The sun overhead wants to kill us, the Earth beneath our feet is insane, the endless night wants to replace us, and even Death itself wants to enslave us. What can I do? Just grip my gun tight and tell these monsters: humanity still has one last breath left!!!” An unnamed soldier, during the Fifth Anomaly War T 1kReads8.2Score14514d adds
23. 273 纵 Singing Across the World 纵横长歌 Broken Wing and Tong Ying残翼同盈Eastern Fantasy374k WordsOngoing Zixia Fairy pressed her sword against Cheng Huo's neck, then shouted through her tears, “Cheng Huo, you say you love me, but I can't feel it. I hate you! You treat me like a slave!” Cheng Huo raised three fingers to the sky and swore, “I swear to heaven, Zixia Fairy, I love you. I will love you for ten thousand years.” Zixia Fairy glared at Cheng Huo. “I don't believe you. I'll count to three. If the demon qi pill doesn't appear, I'll kill you.” Cheng Huo cried out in fear, “No, don't...” Tears 1Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 274 不 The Unfavored Princess Marries into an Enemy Kingdom, and the Regent Dotes on Her 不受宠公主嫁敌国，摄政王狠狠宠 Jia He珈鹤Ancient Romance341k WordsOngoing [Both chaste + marriage before love + palace and household intrigue + regent prince] She was the least favored of the nine princesses of Chu, regarded as a harbinger of disaster. In a political marriage, she was sent to wed the regent prince of an enemy state, a man with immense power and a ruthless reputation. On their wedding night, he glanced at her and said, “You're too thin.” She thought theirs was nothing more than a cold political arrangement, never realizing that he had already treasured 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Double Cleanliness + Arranged Marriage to Love + Palace Intrigue + Regent] She was the least favored ninth princess of the Chu Kingdom, considered a jinx. Forced into a political marriage, she was married off to the powerful and ruthless regent of an enemy state. On their wedding night, he glanced at her only once: "Too thin." She thought it was just a cold political transaction, unaware that he had already cherished her deeply. Later, he gradually transformed this frightened little rabbit into a queen with shining eyes who dared to look him in the eye. [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work]

25. 275 绝 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score12714d adds

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    I once had synesthesia, and then I started reading the Four Books and Five Classics, some of which I couldn't understand. But since reading "Ling Tian Ji," it seems like I can understand the Four Books and Five Classics now.

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