Any Novels With Tens of Thousands of Readers Begging for Updates? The Most I’ve Seen Had Only Five or Six Thousand 有没有上万催更的小说，我见过最多的也就五六千

1. 701 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 58.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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   Don't even think about reading this book, or you'll laugh until your stomach cramps.

2. 702 美 The Great American Novelist 美利坚大文豪 Finally Here at Last姗姗来迟啦Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In 1978, government-sponsored exchange student Xu Jinyan was mugged as soon as he got off the plane. Knocked unconscious, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance and left with a mountain of debt. To pay it off, he published The Pursuit of Happyness, Basic Instinct, The Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Harry Potter, and The English Patient. In the blink of an eye, Xu Jinyan became America's hottest and most famous writer. After Hollywood bought the screenplays for The Pursuit of Happynes 18.9kReads8.0Score1.5kShelves
3. 703 黑 Notes from Blackwind Pass 黑风口札记 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEEMystery705k WordsCompleted An aged, yellowed scroll of sheepskin and half of a broken meteorite jade entwine the fates of Lin Yan, a university history student, and Su Qing, a restorer of ancient jade. The mystery of their ancestors dying together at Heifeng Pass sends the pair into the deserts of the Western Regions, unaware that they are caught in a cycle of fate spanning three generations. Does the bronze compass point to the treacherous mechanisms of a prehistoric ruin, or to a secret their ancestors gave their lives 21Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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4. 704 成 Becoming a Star, Starting as a Trainee 成为明星，从练习生开始 Branching分枝Modern Romance837k WordsCompleted [Content warning] [Female protagonist transmigrates into a man] [No romance] [Satisfying entertainment-industry story] [The male lead debuts through a talent show, then switches to acting midway through] [Contains lots of forum-style posts] Unofficial blurb: I, Chu Yue, am going to work my way up from nothing and build a fortune worth tens of billions! Official blurb: Chu Yue fell asleep and transmigrated to another world, where she became he. Unwilling to face unfamiliar family and friends, and 4.3kReads9.1Score273Shelves
5. 705 乡 The Countryside Miracle Doctor: The City's Only Cultivator 乡村神医。都市唯一修真者 Wind Spirit Kitten风灵小猫Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Multiple Heroines] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Journeys Across Multiple Worlds] "This time, I'm not asking for a son. I'm asking for you!" His stunningly beautiful boss showed up at his door with all her assets in tow. After Chen Yang brought his drunk boss home, he never expected her to keep him by her side. A few days later, her ex-husband tried to kill him, and he fell off a cliff. He miraculously survived and obtained an ancient legacy of medicine and martial arts in a cave. The Qinglan jade p 50.6kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves

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   This book is so good, it's amazing!

6. 706 外EN My Food Deliveries Are So Good, the Young Moms Won't Leave Me Alone 外卖太香，少妇妈妈们缠着我不放 Lay Disciple俗家弟子Urban1.7M WordsCompleted (Multiple heroines + everyday life + college + urban life + all-around delivery rider + sister-in-law) “Ding-dong! Ms. Tang, your delivery is here.” Mu Changsheng, dressed in his delivery uniform, knocked on the door, holding a takeout order in his hand. “Just leave it by the door!” A pleasant female voice came from inside. Mu Changsheng gently set the food down outside. Just as he was about to turn and leave, the door suddenly opened, and Ms. Tang stepped out in her pajamas. “Hey, young man, wa 53.6kReads7.7Score4.1kShelves

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7. 707 重 Reborn as a Simpleton, I Became a Billionaire by Collecting Scrap 重生二傻子，靠收破烂成亿万富豪 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban444k WordsCompleted A ninety-three-year-old man from another timeline transmigrates to 1982. His soul takes up residence in the body of a high school student nicknamed Ersha, or “Second Fool.” The student is known as the king of repeaters. At twenty-three, he is still in high school. The original owner of the body, Wu Dazhi, was nicknamed Gouzi as a child. Despite his towering build and weight of over two hundred pounds, he was timid by nature and afraid of trouble. People bullied him constantly, but he never dared 10.3kReads6.3Score819Shelves
8. 708 我 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance935k WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves

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9. 709 羽 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉Xianxia736k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 5kReads—Score610Shelves

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   "Does that mean I'm a bad person just because my golden core is an insect egg?! Shouldn't good and evil be judged by actions?!" The righteous cultivator was hysterical, but the demonic cultivators around him simply said, "Insects are good at bewitching people." [Sparrow Eater's Divine Work]

10. 710 一 A Hole 一个洞 Prospering Jinwushi蒸蒸日上的凭金吾20k WordsCompleted A Hole 397Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 711 我 I’m the Network Admin of the Mystic Realm, and This System Is a Little Broken 我在玄界当网管，这个系统有点坏 The Very Wind-Born风生本生Eastern Fantasy128k WordsCompleted [A reckless male lead messing around in the mortal world + cultivation in an internet cafe + an apocalyptic remnant System + hilarious hormones + multiple heroines + supernatural suspense] (Also known as The Mystic Realm's Divine Manager) My name is Li Zi. There are two characters meaning “mystic” in it. As the saying goes, “The mystic within the mystic is the gateway to all wonders.” A fortune-teller said I was destined for a great fortune. After graduation, I became an internet cafe attendant 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is great. The author just posted the title and there were already tens of thousands of requests for updates. It's like a dream...

12. 712 重 Reborn: My System Is a Little Arrogant 重生：我的系统有点嚣张 No Longer Remembering the South Lane不忆南巷Urban82k WordsOngoing Lin Yue died of sudden overwork on an assembly line. His last life was pathetic enough, wasn't it? Reborn into a high-martial-arts metropolis where everyone practices martial arts, he finds that the weak end up back at the factory tightening screws while the strong rise to the top in a single step. Then he discovers his vital energy is only 20. The threshold for Level One is 100. What does a score of 20 mean? It means even the security guard at the martial arts academy won't bother stopping you. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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13. 713 让 You Asked Me to Be a Concubine, So I Killed the Lord? 让你当小妾，你把主君杀了？ Jiang Yu Is Very Lazy江鱼很懒Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted (A full-cast audio drama has been produced) (The short drama adaptation, A Kiss Beneath the Spring Moon, is now online) [Quick transmigration + femme fatale + palace and household intrigue + revenge for every grudge + villainess fiction + no fixed male lead + growth-focused heroine] As a newly created System, Erdan only wanted to choose a gentle, charming Host who knew how to humble herself, so they could complete the concubine survival missions. But it turned out Erdan had misjudged her. A low- 17kReads9.6Score2.4kShelves
14. 714 剑 Little Demon of the Sword Sect, Fierce at Three and a Half 剑宗小魔童，三岁半超凶 My Imagination Has Gone Wild脑洞炸了锅Fantastical Romance896k WordsOngoing This is a sad story about poverty. My father was so poor that he lost even his trousers and sent me to the cultivation world to find my mother. The sects dismissed me as a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots. Only the Heavenly Sword Sect was willing to take me in, because they were even poorer and had no choice. My senior brothers thought they had picked up a cute little girl. Instead, they raised the greatest bug in the cultivation world. The genius of Qingyun Sect was beaten to tears by 188kReads9.0Score18.8kShelves
15. 715 刻 Rigid Justice 刻板正义 Rielgon Can't Write Books瑞尔贡不会写书Urban1.3M WordsOngoing If you were born to be humanity’s savior, destined to sacrifice yourself, would you accept your mission? [Great Calamities] are extinction-level natural disasters that occur every few years: tsunamis, meteorites, swarms of insects, collapsing stars. Only the most powerful superhuman, known as [Justice], can end them by offering up their life. Against this backdrop, humanity has developed all kinds of unique social systems, and the world’s balance of power and relations between nations have bec 698Reads8.6Score106Shelves

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    This book! The story is roughly about a world plagued by recurring natural disasters, where only one person (let's call him the savior) can save the world. However, this person isn't the protagonist; the protagonist is someone other than the savior. The work is a typical example of historical materialism and a people-centered perspective on history. Even from the beginning, you can see that the world-building is incredibly vast. There are also many stories of previous generations of justice that haven't been fully explored.

16. 716 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I'm a Triad Undercover Who Specializes in Arresting My Own Guys 港综：我三合会卧底，专抓自己人 Just an Ordinary Man本是俗夫Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing 1967, Hong Kong Island. This was an era of black-and-white disorder and savage growth, the worst of times and the best of times. Song Tianqi transmigrated here and was reborn in 1960s Hong Kong Island, where Lei Luo, Cripple Ho, and the Four Great Families vied for supremacy. He became a gangster planted in the police force by a criminal society as an undercover agent. [In the 1970s, he was the most formidable detective] With a police pistol in hand, I set the rules. Gang bosses bowed their head 99.1kReads7.9Score8.6kShelves

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17. 717 公 The Princess Is Ordered to Journey West 公主奉旨去西行 Black Lotus, Who Loves Vinegar-Sautéed Wood Ear爱吃醋溜木须的黑莲Mystery96k WordsOngoing Princess Chaoyang's Case-Solving Record on the Journey West Shen Zhiyi, a princess of the Great Yong, has loved two things all her life: examining corpses and solving cases. When she hears that General Shi, her childhood sweetheart, is returning to the capital with a diplomatic marriage party, Shen Zhiyi does not even look up. "Oh, that has nothing to do with me." Cui Guo adds quietly, "The other side sent a prince." What?! Shen Zhiyi jumps to her feet. "Quick! Pack our bags! We're leaving now!" 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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18. 718 被 After I Was Rumored to Have Slept My Way Up with a Beautiful CEO 被造谣靠美女总裁上位后 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted After Rumors Spread That I Rose to the Top by Relying on a Beautiful Female CEO 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Never seen this before [laughing and crying emoji]

19. 719 缥 Record of the Ethereal Spirit Cultivator 缥缈灵修录 Prospering Jinwushi蒸蒸日上的凭金吾28k WordsCompleted Ethereal Record of Spirit Cultivation 103Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 720 仙 The Immortal World's Idol 仙界的爱豆 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉9k WordsCompleted The Idol of the Immortal Realm 281Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 721 我 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ I'm Starving我超饿Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 6.1kReads9.5Score859Shelves
22. 722 诸 Heavenly Villains: My Conscience Was Eaten by a Dog 诸天恶人：我的良心被狗吃了 Shelled Peanut去壳的花生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing He jumped off a building but survived, and in return, bound himself to the Villain System. He transmigrates through worlds based on TV dramas, farming “villain points.” His score has just come in. Trust me, it’ll climb in no time. “Nothing But Thirty”: Xu Huanshan is sent to work a sewing machine, while Gu Jia? I’ll “take care” of her. “Love in the Courtyard”: First Master, the paragon of morality? I’ll make sure you can never hold your head up again. “Dwelling Narrowness”: Deep friendship betw 124.8kReads8.7Score10kShelves
23. 723 四 Siheyuan: The Path to Cultivation, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：从工程师开始的修真路 Prospering Jinwushi蒸蒸日上的凭金吾Male-Channel Fanfiction231k WordsCompleted A new story is here. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Zhao Song was born into a wealthy merchant family before the liberation. His parents were murdered by secret agents before the founding of the People’s Republic. At the age of twelve, his father sent him to study in Britain, where he specialized in industrial mechanical design and manufacturing. After awakening a golden finger that simulates mechanical design, he sets ou 215Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 724 为 After Clearing the White Moonlight's Name, the Prince Panicked 为白月光翻案后，王爷他慌了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted After Clearing Her White Moonlight’s Name, the Prince Panics 2kReads—Score—Shelves
25. 725 言 Words That Never Miss 言出次随 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉37k WordsCompleted Say it, and it happens next time 863Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 726 我 I’m a Ghost Officer, So Why Are You Asking Me to Marry the Campus Beauty? 我一个鬼差，你让我跟校花领证？ V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Just Started College, and I Married the Aloof Campus Belle] [I’m a ghost officer. You want me to marry the campus belle?] [College Student Ghost Officer] [Campus Belle Wife] [Marriage Before Love] [Ferryman] … Synopsis: On his first day of college, freshman Cao Ning is forced to marry Xia Shihan, his betrothed, whom he has never met. He thinks it’s just a minor incident, but when he returns to campus to register, he discovers that the beautiful upperclasswoman at the registration desk is the ve 39.3kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves

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    I laughed so hard I squealed like a pig in the middle of the night, and my mom told me to get out! [Crying][crying]

27. 727 导 Director: From the Start, Three European Awards and Two Golden Trophies 导演：开局欧洲三大两金 Yan Shenzhi言慎之Urban824k WordsCompleted (One heroine, Liu Yifei. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The focus is on what happens behind the scenes, without all those exaggerated bystander reactions, and it’s relatively true to the era.) I didn’t even hit the jackpot, so how did I get reborn at eighteen? Wait, there’s a transmigrator in my head? And he has a System? Huh? I didn’t even touch him, so how did he shatter? Well, in that case, I can only thank my transmigrator brother for the amazing starter pack he left me. 28.5kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
28. 728 重 Reborn in 1977: I'm Yuan Hu of the Seven Little Fortunes! 重生77，我是七小福元虎！ Late Autumn in September九月秋末Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise later!] [Reborn] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Hong Kong Entertainment] [Chinese Entertainment] [American Entertainment] [Note: Multiple heroines, multiple heroines!!!] Yang Xiaohu, the king of stunt doubles, had an accident on set and was reborn in 1977 as one of the Seven Little Fortunes! From the start, he had a gambling-addicted father, a little sister, and himself fighting tooth and nail! Starting with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, he fought 69.2kReads8.4Score6.8kShelves
29. 729 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 157Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Looking for something mind-bending? The protagonist is a suspicious 'political machine,' and his every breakthrough isn't through sudden enlightenment, but through scheming, betrayal, and ruthless maneuvering. Watching him navigate the complexities of various factions, even scheming against his own people, is more thrilling than watching a cool action movie. The plot twists and turns layer by layer; what you think is the first layer is actually the fifth. It broadens your perspective to the point that true power lies in understanding and utilizing the rules of the world, even... Reconstructing them.

30. 730 菀 Wan Yuan Is Your Substitute, Yet Better Than You 菀苑类卿却胜卿 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Wan Yuan Resembles Qing, Yet Surpasses Her 530Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 731 全 Humanity’s Invasion Begins, and the Racial Trials Are Underway 全民入侵，种族试炼开启 Blue Wind蓝色的风Urban3.2M WordsOngoing An invincible body makes anything possible! Today, as I continued down the road of getting beaten up, I once again managed to make it through another day... A hundred years ago, a cataclysmic change struck the star sector! A higher civilization appeared in this galaxy, and trial stages emerged from thin air. Everyone could participate. By using a Star Key, they could be matched with and enter trial planets, searching, exploring, and killing, using every possible means to constantly improve thems 226.4kReads8.4Score20.6kShelves

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    The author has abandoned the project; who will take over? The potential is limitless. A dark horse in the 2026 novel world, pioneering a new genre—a masterpiece of short-story dungeon-crawler fiction: *Racial Battle Royale*, #InfiniteFlow, #DungeonFun, #Game, #UrbanMartialArts, #NicheButHighQuality, featuring the human S-rank Mu Hanchuan. It has the potential to surpass *Reincarnation Paradise*, *Thriller Paradise*, *The First Evolution*, *The Spirit Mirror Walker*, *Starting from the Uncaptured Bird*, *Infinite Armament*, *Infinite Terror*, *Players, Please Get on the Bus*, *Players Are Fierce*, *The First Player*, *The Gods' Fool*, and *Game Invasion*.

32. 732 摆 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban500k WordsCompleted [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5kReads9.0Score339Shelves
33. 733 王 Prince, a Brothel Isn't a Study Hall! 王爷，青楼不是自习室！ Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Your Highness, a Brothel Is Not a Study Hall! 221Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 734 我 I Survived the Harem to the Grand Finale by Being Brazen 我靠嚣张在后宫活到大结局 Oriental Leaf with Milk东方树叶加奶Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted The groom died suddenly, and the imperial edict turned to ashes. With my power as an imperial relative, my immense wealth, and the blade of my childhood sweetheart, I donned the dragon robe amid the chaos and secured this vast realm. I thought ruling the world was the end, until a teasing voice rang down from beyond the heavens on the day of the sacrifice to Heaven: "This mortal world really is more interesting than a game board." So the three years of people trading their children for food, the 8Reads8.6Score—Shelves
35. 735 劫 The Calamity Furnace 劫炉 Rain Falls, Blade in Hand, No Umbrella落雨带刀不带伞Eastern Fantasy185k WordsCompleted Across the Nine Regions, all living things must “borrow power from Heaven” to cultivate. Every time someone breaks through a major cultivation realm, they sign another “tribulation debt” with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt comes due, a heavenly tribulation descends: survive it, and the debt is cleared and the realm secured; fail, and both body and spirit are destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation. That is why cultivators fear tribulations more than powerful enemies. Only one in a hundred su 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation: *The Calamity Furnace*, respect~ Eastern fantasy, imaginative fantasy #NoOldTypical# Calamity Cultivation Synopsis: Cultivation is borrowing a debt from the Heavenly Dao, and overcoming tribulations is repaying that debt; and within his body lies a furnace, dedicated to refining all the tribulations under heaven. In the Nine Realms, all things need to "borrow the power of heaven" to cultivate. Every breakthrough to a major realm is equivalent to signing a "calamity debt" with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt is due, the Heavenly Tribulation descends: if you survive, the debt is cleared and your realm is secure; if you fail, your body and soul are destroyed, and you don't even have the chance to reincarnate. Therefore, what cultivators fear most is not powerful enemies, but tribulations. Only one in a hundred succeeds in overcoming tribulations. Every city and every sect has people who specialize in handling the aftermath of those who fail in overcoming tribulations: corpse collectors. They are the lowest level of people in the cultivation world, dealing with the remains of those who have failed tribulations year-round, their bodies covered in the indelible stench of tribulation, and are considered ominous. Chapter 1: Corpse Collectors The twilight in Luojie Town, the sky is gray. It wasn't the gray of an overcast day, but rather like an old iron plate, blackened a thousand times by the flames of calamity, weighing heavily on the rooftop. The mortuary at the east end of town had no sign, only a withered willow branch stuck in the lintel: everyone within a hundred miles knew that the place with the withered willow branch was where the dead were collected. Shen Du was squatting on the ground, wiping Wang the blacksmith's face with a burlap sack. Calling it a face was an understatement; it barely resembled a face anymore. Three days ago, Wang the blacksmith had broken through to the Tribulation Realm in his backyard, the tribulation fire pouring into his crown and burning him all night. When the neighbors broke down the door, his entire body was charred black, only the family heirloom breastplate embedded in his chest remained, proving his identity. "Shen boy, clean him up a bit." Wang the blacksmith's son, Wang Dashi, stood at the door, dressed in mourning clothes, but his tone held little sorrow, more impatience than grief. "My father valued dignity in his life; don't let him die a gruesome death." Shen Du didn't look up. His fingers were steady as he carefully wiped away the charred skin with a damp cloth, revealing the still-fragmented flesh beneath. Ordinary morticians wouldn't dare touch a corpse that had failed its tribulation: the remains often carried lingering karmic energy, and even a touch would cause illness for half a month. But Shen Du wasn't afraid. He'd been working in this line of work with his master since he was eight, handling thousands of karmic-stricken corpses, his body already stained with an indelible stench of tribulation. The townspeople said he was tough, able to withstand the karmic energy. Only Shen Du knew it wasn't toughness, but that he could see. He could see the wisp of crimson tribulation fire dissipating from Wang the blacksmith's corpse. The fire wasn't burning the flesh, but coiled around the remnants of the soul, like a dark red snake slowly unraveling. Ordinary people couldn't see anything, only felt a chill and palpitations when near the corpse. But in Shen Du's eyes, the entire mortuary was enveloped in a faint crimson halo. This was his secret. He could see tribulation. From as far back as he could remember, Shen Du could see what hung above everyone's head. For ordinary people, it was a hazy, gray mist, almost invisible; for cultivators, the mist was thicker and darker; and when it came time to undergo tribulation, the mist would suddenly shrink and burn, transforming into tribulation fire, tribulation lightning, tribulation wind—all sorts of deadly things. He had warned Wang the blacksmith before. Three days ago, under the old locust tree at the town entrance, he saw the crimson tribulation aura above Wang's head condense into the shape of a sharp claw and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Wang, the tribulation fire above your head is crimson, a sign of great misfortune. Don't attempt a breakthrough within three days." Wang the blacksmith spat at him. "You little mortician, are you cursing me?" Then Wang Dashi rushed out and shoved him, calling him a "jinx born of a jinx." No one in the crowd spoke up for him; they looked at him like he was a pile of unlucky dog ​​excrement. Shen Du had experienced this kind of thing far too many times. He stopped speaking and lowered his head to continue wiping. Wang Dashi stood at the door for a while, probably feeling the room was unlucky, and left after saying, "Come to Wang's Blacksmith Shop to get your money when you're done." The footsteps faded away, leaving only Shen Du's breathing and the faint crackling sounds of the cauldron fire dissipating from the corpse in the mortuary. When he reached the chest, Shen Du's hand suddenly stopped. Something was wrong. He had clearly seen that the cauldron fire from Wang the Blacksmith was crimson. But now, deep within the charred sternum, where the breastplate had been pressed, there was a very faint light: not crimson, but dark gold. The light was so weak, like a firefly in the wind, flickering among the remnants of the crimson cauldron fire. If it weren't for Shen Du's eyes, no one would have noticed it. He frowned and reached out to remove the breastplate embedded in the bone. The dark gold light flashed brightly for a moment. Shen Du's pupils contracted sharply. It was a wisp of fire. Unlike the crimson flames that clung to the corpse, this wisp of dark golden flame was only the size of a fingernail, quietly hovering in the hollow of Wang the blacksmith's charred sternum. Within the flame was a vague shadow: like a cauldron, or a furnace, ancient and heavy, radiating an indescribable aura of desolation. It wasn't Wang the blacksmith's calamity fire. Shen Du's intuition screamed, telling him not to touch it. He had been a mortician for nine years, witnessing countless bizarre deaths, knowing what he could and couldn't touch. But that wisp of dark golden flame seemed to possess some kind of magic; his gaze was firmly drawn to it, and his body involuntarily moved closer. Just as his face was less than half a foot from the flame, it suddenly trembled. It seemed to come alive, transforming into a stream of dark golden light that pierced through Shen Du's brow. "Ugh!" Shen Du groaned, falling backward, his head hitting the ground heavily. But he could no longer feel the pain. An indescribable heat exploded from between his eyebrows, as if a sun had ignited in his skull, surging wildly along his meridians. His body arched, his fingers digging into the mud, blood seeping from between them. The heat raged within him for an unknown amount of time, finally converging on a certain spot below his lower abdomen—the Qi Sea, as cultivators call it. An ordinary person's Qi Sea is a desolate wasteland, but Shen Du's Qi Sea now contained something new: a furnace. The size of a palm, dark gold, with three legs and two handles, its body covered in dense inscriptions. Shen Du didn't recognize a single one of the inscriptions, yet the moment he saw them, two words naturally surfaced in his mind: Calamity Furnace. Dark gold flames burned slowly within the furnace, while the crimson calamity energy remaining on the blacksmith's corpse, as if drawn by some force, was drawn along Shen Du's brow, nasal cavity, and pores, into the Calamity Furnace. The flames of the Calamity Furnace suddenly leaped higher. The tribulation flames that once terrified countless cultivators were refined like firewood in the furnace, transforming into an extremely pure wisp of power that overflowed from the furnace and slowly flowed into Shen Du's limbs and bones. His body was glowing. This wasn't a metaphor; a dark golden light flowed beneath his skin, like magma coursing underground. His shattered meridians were forcibly widened and reshaped, and his atrophied muscle fibers became firm and strong again under the infusion of power. Even his pale skin, worn from years without sunlight, radiated a warm glow. The entire process lasted about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. When the last wisp of crimson tribulation energy was refined, the flames of the furnace returned to calm. Shen Du collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. Sweat soaked his clothes, making him look as if he had been pulled from water.

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38. 738 家 My Family Sent Me to Die in My Brother's Place. Now That I've Become a War God, They Beg Me to Acknowledge Them 家族让我替弟从军赴死，我成铁血战神后他们跪求相认 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted My Family Sent Me to Die in My Brother’s Place. Now That I’ve Become a Battle-Hardened God of War, They’re Begging Me to Acknowledge Them 627Reads—Score—Shelves
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41. 741 卧 Crouching Tiger 卧虎 Xun Fei寻飞Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil! 14.8kReads7.7Score3kShelves
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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

43. 743 规 Rule Horror: List of Prohibited Items 规则怪谈：违禁品清单 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: The Contraband List 187Reads—Score—Shelves
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45. 745 离 After the Divorce, I Decided to Shine on My Own 离婚后，我决定独自灿烂 Writing with a Brush in the Primordial Wilderness荒古执笔9k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, I Decided to Shine on My Own —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 746 神 China Is Falling? I’ll Conquer the World with the Red Alert System 神州陆沉？我带红警系统杀穿天下 Lost Ocean失落洋Historical921k WordsCompleted The Five Barbarians ravage the land, the Central Plains fall, and thousands of miles lie barren. The sons of Han have been reduced to mere dogs! Chen Shuo, a modern young man, was playing Red Alert when a documentary described the darkest hour in Chinese history. Furious, he slammed the table, only to transmigrate into a small-time landlord in a mountain village in Linqiong County, Yizhou, in the first year of Yong'an under the Western Jin. The Prince of Chengdu, Sima Ying, has just left Shu, 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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47. 747 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
48. 748 我 After I Left the Family Chat, My Daughter-in-Law Fell Apart 我退出家庭群后，儿媳崩溃了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted After I left the family group chat, my daughter-in-law fell apart 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
49. 749 总 The Day My CEO Ex-Husband Knelt and Begged Me to Come Back 总裁前夫跪着求我回来那天 Writing with a Brush in the Primordial Wilderness荒古执笔6k WordsCompleted The Day My CEO Ex-Husband Knelt and Begged Me to Come Back —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 750 历 Historical Secret Realm: From the Start, I'm Liu Bei of the Mythic Three Kingdoms 历史秘境：开局神话三国刘备 Workers and Peasants工农Urban1.2M WordsCompleted When the historical realms had fully merged with Blue Star and the age of nations vying for supremacy began, Duan Chen had already unified the Mythic Realm, Mythical Three Kingdoms... He transmigrated to a Blue Star with a broken and relatively recent history, a world that kept expanding. It turned out that historical realms from various countries were merging with Blue Star. But these were no ordinary historical realms. The [World War I Realm] boasted rivers of steel and clashes between battles 6.3kReads8.8Score468Shelves

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