Establishing an Academy from the Start with a System 开局建立学院，系统

1. 1 都 Urban: Are All Your Students the Pillars of the Nation? 都市：你校学生，个个国之脊梁？ Writer Who Loves Chocolate作家爱吃巧克力Urban686k WordsOngoing Xiao Zhe was reborn in the year 2000 as the president of Xingchen University. By chance, he bound himself to the Elite University Rise System and began leading the school to greater heights, step by step. Xiao Zhe decided to start with a small goal: turning Xingchen University into a global center of education. And so, a top-tier institution that would make nations around the world tremble gradually came into being. Many years later, everyone was stunned to discover that Nobel Prize winners were 1.4kReads8.6Score101Shelves

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   See for yourself; I don't want to say more. You don't understand the happiness of the rich.

2. 2 让 I Asked You to Take Over a Third-Tier University, So How Did It Become a World-Famous School? 让你接手三本，怎么成世界名校了 The Invincible Big Monkey无敌大吗喽Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn as a rich second-generation heir, he dreams of spending the rest of his life wanting for nothing. But who would have guessed that the school assigned to him would be on the verge of closing down? The campus is dilapidated, the facilities are inadequate, and there are no students! Just as he is about to go bankrupt and return to the miserable grind of his previous life, he suddenly awakens the Worst School System. Whenever his school gets a bad review, he receives money for each person who 2.9kReads8.2Score217Shelves

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   These two books were incredibly enjoyable and also quite funny. The first is about an urban academy, and the second is about a protagonist who builds a cultivation palace on a small island. Both books were very interesting to read.

3. 3 高 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Founded a Cultivation University 高考落榜我创建修仙大学 Nine-Headed Baby Eagle, Chirp Chirp九婴嘤嘤鹰Urban740k WordsCompleted Zhang Luyan transmigrates to a parallel world. But he fails the college entrance exam and faces the terrifying prospect of getting beaten up by both his parents! He decides to set up a fake school to fool them. Unexpectedly, he awakens a System and, as instructed, founds Xianhe University! The school doesn't teach physics or chemistry. It teaches cultivation, swordsmanship, alchemy, talisman drawing, weapon forging... At first, no one believes the university is real. That is, until the end of th 1.6kReads7.5Score153Shelves
4. 4 以 Building a World-Class University in the Name of Our Homeland 以山河之名，共建世界顶尖学府 Cultivating the Dao by Slacking Off摸鱼成神Urban364k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Su Bai binds himself to the Academy System. His very first mission is to establish a world-class university within three months. To build the school, he issues a nationwide invitation in the name of Shanhe University: “Join us in building Shanhe!” But these words offend certain people, who try to smear the school, dismissing it as nothing more than a lousy vocational college. Only after classes start do people gradually realize that this vocational college might be a lit 2.1kReads8.5Score199Shelves

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   1. Crowdfunding to establish Shanhe University; the protagonist has a system. 2. Starting as a college entrance exam failure, the protagonist returns home to inherit a private university and recruits students from all over.

5. 5 高 I Missed the Cutoff for the College Entrance Exam and Had to Return Home to Inherit a Private University 高考滑档，被迫回家继承民办高校 Three Jin of Wine酒三斤Urban386k WordsCompleted [System + wild imagination + universities + exhilarating thrills + clean and harmless] Did you score 671 on the college entrance exam, only to miss out on every university you applied to? Don’t panic. Dad’s calling me home to inherit his private university! Top scorer Lu Ran awakens a super System. Starting with renovating the campus, he recruits famous teachers, seeks out experts, and competes in tournaments, charging ahead among a crowd of universities. “My goal is to build the world’s number 426Reads8.7Score104Shelves
6. 6 灵 After the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Handed Over an Entire Cultivation Academy 灵气复苏后，我上交了一座修仙学院 Northern Kite1北翎之鸢1Modern Romance597k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + Satisfying Read + System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Turning It In to the Authorities] After working herself to death at a 996 job, Chi Yun transmigrated to the cultivation world. She never expected to transmigrate back again, this time with a “Cultivation Academy Simulator” System bound to her. The System was great, but its missions were a bit too demanding. Looking at the mission panel’s hard requirement that she own at least one million square meters of land, Chi Yun decisi 2kReads8.8Score200Shelves

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   🔥After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, the female protagonist returns with a system that asks her to establish a cultivation academy. She thought it would be simple, but who knew that she would also need to legally own a site of more than 1 million square meters. She couldn't do it, she really couldn't do it. Since that was the case, she could only seek help from the country.

7. 7 灵 I Go to School During the Spiritual Qi Revival, and Build a Sect When Beasts Invade 灵气复苏我上学，异兽入侵我建派 Saving Up to Buy Jars攒钱买罐罐Modern Romance665k WordsCompleted Ling Yu'an transmigrated from a dream into the cultivation world. After thousands of years of arduous cultivation, she was just one step away from ascension when a tribulation lightning strike sent her crashing back to the modern world. Ling Yu'an: ... I'm done. Time to slack off. She'd returned just in time for the start of the university semester, so she decided to enjoy college life to the fullest. Join clubs, earn certificates, win scholarships, then cultivate with her parents. Perfect! And 16.7kReads8.3Score2.8kShelves

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   They're all very good; don't be misled by the ratings. They're all great; the first two were ongoing series, but the others are finished. The female leads are both exceptionally talented.

8. 8 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: The Reborn Powerhouse Leads Everyone in Cultivation 灵气复苏，重生大佬带领全民修仙 Moon Between the Mist雾间月Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Reborn + cultivation + livestreaming + spiritual qi revival + adorable animals + farming] Ming Mo returned to the past from the cultivation world, bringing an entire spiritual vein with her. At this point, the grandmother who raised her was still alive. She took her back to the countryside, where she cultivated and livestreamed to earn faith points. She used magic to conjure a lifelike panda. Netizens: That's CGI. She leapt into action to save a child falling from an upstairs window. Neti 972Reads9.0Score101Shelves
9. 9 姐 I'm Starting a Cultivation Academy in the Modern World, and I'm Soaring! 姐在现代搞修仙学院，嘎嘎飞！ Two Mao二毛钱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + cultivation academy + national development + ensemble cast + powerful characters + modern fantasy + comedy + family + friendship + unity] (Female lead's perspective! Ensemble story!) After traversing worlds 99 times, Qin Miao finally returned to her own body. As soon as she got back, she learned that spiritual qi revival was underway in the modern world she called home. The System immediately assigned her a mission for the ultimate plane: [Establish a cultivation academy!] Fortunat 2.5kReads8.5Score281Shelves

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   Shanhe University, Immortal Cultivation Academy, Military Academy

10. 10 办 I Built a University on Lies and Stole Its Fame, Then Changed the World 办大学欺世盗名，我反手改变世界 God Without People人无之神Urban225k WordsCompleted Chen Dao, an education expert from the future, transmigrates to a parallel world! He discovers enormous unfairness in this world’s education system! A single exam decides the most important things in life! Fail it, and you’ll never be able to get ahead for the rest of your life! Chen Dao thinks this is utterly absurd! Outraged by the injustice, Chen Dao sets out to establish a new university: Shanhe University! When Shanhe University bursts onto the scene, the world cries out: “Fraud! You’re lea 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You should read these three books; you'll find yourself wondering how fast time flies.

11. 11 欺 You Dare Bully My Disciple? Do You Really Think I Only Know How to Teach? 欺我弟子，你真以为我只会教书？ Yu Laojiu余老九Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (The new novel The True Immortal of the Dao is now serializing. If you’re interested, check out Lao Jiu’s profile.) There is a small school in Longquan Town. And there is a Mr. Xu at the school. In this sealed-off land of Jiuzhou, he steadily pioneers the Way of Letters, passes down the teachings of the Dao, and enlightens otherworldly beings, transforming them into spirit folk. At last, Jiuzhou enters a golden age. Then one day, Jiuzhou shatters, and the Divine Land sinks. Mr. Xu stands alone w 30.7kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
12. 12 开 I Founded a Cultivation Academy, and I'm Done Being Human! 开办修真学院，我不当人了！ Cucumber Claw青瓜爪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No main romance, with one-sided feelings] [A slow-paced modern cultivation academy story. The early stages focus on building the foundations, and the later stages on growth. The System isn't an all-powerful expert; the heroine is the real powerhouse, and even she has to teach the System. They grow together. Peaceful exchanges between you, me, and everyone else, as we build a wonderful cultivation school together.] In the age of declining cultivation, spiritual energy is gradually fading away. S 2.9kReads9.0Score307Shelves

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    These are all from cultivation academies; I highly recommend the third and fifth books.

13. 13 惊 What! The Real Heiress Returns from the Cultivation World to Run a Summer Camp 惊！真千金从修仙界回来开夏令营 A Salted Fish 929一条咸鱼929Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Modern-day fantasy, strong female lead, a touch of ensemble cast, spiritual qi revival, cultivation academy, cooperation with the government, no romance Lu Zhiwei was framed and killed, then reborn in the body of an abandoned baby in the cultivation world. An elder of Tianyi Sect took her in. Thanks to her incredible talent, she reached the late-stage Great Ascension Realm, its highest level, in just 300 years, just one step away from ascending! But that one step eluded her. Lu Zhiwei cultivated 1.7kReads7.2Score200Shelves
14. 14 国 A Female Yama Arrives at the Imperial College: The Spoiled Young Masters Are in Tears 国子监来了个女阎王：纨绔们哭了 Shi Wanwan诗婉婉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Tough, invincible, totally no-nonsense female drill instructor ✖️ the strongest spoiled young masters of every dynasty] [Strong heroine ✖️ chaotic mix of couples (ship whoever you like, no fixed pairings)] After Yu Sangluo awakened her System: Oh no! My whole family are villains! The country is about to fall because of those spoiled young masters! To protect her retirement plans, Yu Sangluo had no choice but to come out of retirement and train the unruly young masters, though it broke her heart 6.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
15. 15 开 I'm the Best at Pioneering, Lighting Up the Stars 开荒技术我最强，穿到星际放光芒 Lu Qiqiqi陆七柒柒Modern Romance426k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + Passion + Interstellar] Xia Xiaoman transmigrates to a garbage planet abandoned by the Alliance and becomes its planet lord. The planet's resources are depleted and pollution is rampant. Ninety percent of its people are chronically starving, and the world is on the brink of destruction. Xia Xiaoman says, “As long as we don't let our thinking go downhill, there are more resources in the stars than back home.” And so, she leads her friends away from their home planet, embarkin 2.3kReads9.1Score356Shelves
16. 16 我 I Serve Manchu-Han Banquets at Kindergarten, Making the Whole City Drool 我在幼儿园做满汉全席，全市馋哭 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted 24.5kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
17. 17 手 With Three Systems in Hand, Her Spirit Treasures Are More Than a Little Abundant 手握三个系统，她的灵宝有亿点多 Qing Ruyue卿如月Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible Power Fantasy, Pure Wish Fulfillment, No Romance, The Female Lead Shines on Her Own, No Angst, and She Knows Exactly How Strong She Is] From the start, Tang Yue gets a Sect-Building System. As long as she takes in disciples, grows the sect, and raises its reputation, she can become stronger. Just as Tang Yue is getting ready to go all out, she unexpectedly gets bound to two more Systems. One is a sign-in System, and the other is a rebate System. Both Systems are fiercely competitive. 20.3kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
18. 18 我 My Cultivation University Has Been Exposed 我的修仙大学被曝光了 Stealing Half a Day of Leisure偷得半日闲Urban503k WordsCompleted Qin Lang, a volunteer at a nursing home, suddenly activates the Immortal Academy System one day. The System tasks Qin Lang with building a university for cultivators. He teaches students divination, artifact forging, alchemy, talisman-making, and formations. In this age of science above all else, Qin Lang recruits a group of elderly people as students. At first, the seniors' children all assume they've enrolled in a scam university. Then one day, the school goes on summer break. An old man flies 386Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    They are all part of the system, running a self-cultivation university and waiting for the spiritual energy to revive.

19. 19 高 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Built an Immortal Cultivation University 高考落榜，我打造修仙大学 Invincible Ice-Cold Cola无敌冰可乐Urban606k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Invincible Hero + High-Octane Action + Academy] After failing the college entrance exam, Lu Xingye activates the Top University System and vows to build the strongest university in the world. This university doesn’t teach advanced mathematics, and there’s no need to take the College English Test Band 4. Its only majors are sword flight, spells, alchemy, artifact crafting, and the like. At first, no one believed the university existed. Only a few students who had failed the 3.3kReads8.2Score248Shelves
20. 20 打 Building a Cultivation Academy and Tricking Yang Mi into Enrolling 打造修仙学院，忽悠大幂幂报考 San Feng三疯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads7.1Score104Shelves
21. 21 轰 The H-20's First Flight, and You Say This Is a Technical School's Military Training 轰20首飞，你说这是技校搞军训 Beng Sha Ka La Ka崩沙卡拉卡Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Su Cheng transmigrates and inherits the New Oriental Technical School. How can this prestigious technical school, the “Little Peking University” of China’s vocational schools, be unable to pay its staff? He activates the Strongest Military Academy System. Recruit students and attract attention to earn upgrade points. Fight floods and disasters, and the New Oriental Rescue Team draws widespread attention. Compete in the Chinese University Games and win five gold medals, upgrading the school into 13.3kReads8.4Score380Shelves

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    One transferred to a military academy, the other taught cutting-edge technology.

22. 22 我 I Run a University, So Teaching a Little High Tech Is No Big Deal 我经营大学，教点黑科技不奇怪吧 The Spinning, Leaping Lucky Cat旋转跳跃的招财猫Urban161k WordsCompleted After transmigrating through time and space, Su Heng was made a university president the moment he arrived. He was a little overwhelmed by the honor. He had absolutely no management experience. From the start, he was handed a university on the verge of bankruptcy and students who were always looking for trouble. Looking at the student happiness levels plummeting in the System and their steadily rising inclination to drop out, Su Heng decided to start by improving their living conditions. Before 95Reads5.9Score—Shelves
23. 23 全 Global: I Just Founded an Academy, and Now the Government Is Watching Me 全民：刚创建学院，被国家盯上了 The Octopus Takes Flight八爪鱼起飞Sports463k WordsCompleted Li Qixing transmigrates into a world where everyone changes class and binds himself to a System called [Academy Draw]. The prizes it gives out turn out to be rules that surpass everything else. Rule: The principal can use every student's class skills without restriction. The principal is invincible! Rule: Students gain 100 times the experience from killing monsters. The students are invincible! Rule: All students' skills have no cooldown and are boosted by 10,000 times. The whole academy is invi 14.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    The first and last books are really good.

24. 24 创 I Founded a Cultivation University: No One Without Chinese Ancestry Allowed! 创办修仙大学，非华夏血脉禁入！ A Grain of Sand in the Mortal World尘世中的沙砾Urban182k WordsOngoing Xu Xiuyuan transmigrated to a parallel world and obtained the Cultivation Promotion System from the start. The System wants me to establish a sect and recruit disciples far and wide? On the Kunlun Mountains, streaks of golden light flashed into view, surrounded by colorful clouds as dragons soared through the sky. At the mountain peak, an immortal palace appeared. A few days later, the cultivation university began accepting students. Controlling spirit swords, refining immortal pills, subduing d 3Reads5.4Score—Shelves
25. 25 穿 Reborn as a Fake Heiress, I Opened a Cultivation Academy 穿成假千金，我开了一座修仙学院 Glass Rabbit玻璃兔Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted [Modern cultivation + lighthearted, no angst + invincible heroine + passionate ensemble cast] Everyone in the cultivation world knows Jiang Miao. Unparalleled beauty + unmatched talent = a winning hand. In a world where people are a thousand years old on average, Jiang Miao entered the Life-and-Death Realm at the tender age of one hundred. She became the greatest cultivator of her time. But she was ambushed and died beneath the lightning tribulation of her ascension. Who could have guessed that 17Reads8.6Score—Shelves
26. 26 空 Military Training on a Space Station, and You Call This a Third-Rate University? 空间站军训，你管这叫三流高校？ Listening to Tofu Play Guitar听豆腐弹吉他Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Wild ideas, System, military academy, cutting-edge military weapons, space stations...] Su Zhe inherits a private third-rate college on the verge of bankruptcy and unexpectedly activates the Super Military Academy System. He enrolls students across the city who failed to get into college, determined to build a military academy unlike any other in the Dragon Kingdom. With the System’s help, the freshmen make a stunning debut at their first military training session: three enormous crewed space r 20Reads6.7Score—Shelves
27. 27 我 I'm a Class Awakener, and I Make a Point of Lying Flat! 我职业觉醒师，主打一个躺平！ Deng Kai Loves Milky Fried Dough Sticks爱吃奶香油条的邓凯Urban200k WordsOngoing Mu Yun transmigrated to a world where everyone changes class and awakened the God-Tier class: Class Awakener! After discovering he could awaken useless classes into god-tier ones, Mu Yun decided he had nothing to worry about for the rest of his life. [Cake Maker] awakened into [Gourmet Food Hunter] Luan Zhigang: I have gourmet cells? What! Unlimited growth potential?! I can even summon food demons to fight! That's insane! [Spirit Planter] awakened into [Spirit Planter Battle Mage] Cheng Dongyang 84Reads6.0Score—Shelves
28. 28 高 Didn't Get into College? I'll Build the World's Top University! 高考落榜？我创办世界顶级大学！ Sizzling Kidney爆炒大腰子Urban832k WordsOngoing [Cutting-edge technology + strengthening the nation + passionate power fantasy + founding a university] Ye Xing transmigrates to a world where academic credentials are everything and founds a university built for people with dreams. The school doesn't care about your college entrance exam score. If you have a dream, you can come here to make it come true. Dream of playing soccer? Come on in. I'll help you lead the Dragon Nation to lift the World Cup! Dream of studying nuclear physics? Come on in —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 开 From the Start, I Have a No-Name University, and Big Shots Fight for Enrollment Spots 开局一所野鸡大学，名额大佬抢疯 The Lost One Who Draws Their Way Home迷途绘归者Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Lin Yu transmigrates to the parallel-world Blue Star and obtains the “Strongest Academy” System, along with Tiandao Academy. All he has to do is enroll students to grow stronger. That's because the combined strength of all his students equals Lin Yu's own strength. And so he sets out to recruit students. Then one day, a streamer who exposes fake diploma mills comes to investigate, and everything changes. As soon as she steps onto the campus... Streamer: “Hey, are you performing a fire-breathing 4.1kReads6.6Score391Shelves

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    This book is truly excellent. There's no filler text; I got really excited halfway through. It's definitely worth recommending! [Thinking][Thinking][Admiration][Admiration] Principal Lin Yu is very capable, and his students are also very talented, with diverse personalities. They're all very enjoyable to read.

30. 30 打 Building a Cultivation University and Ushering in an Era of Universal Cultivation 打造修仙大学，开启全民修仙时代 Cool Orange酷酷的橙子Urban5.2M WordsOngoing Li Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and activates the Cultivation University System. The moment the System activates, it gives Li Fan an ultimate mission: restore the glory of ancient times and take Earth with him as he ascends to the Immortal Realm. Li Fan establishes a cultivation university. To the astonishment of the world, he announces that enrollment is open. The whole globe erupts, and hundreds of millions sign up for the entrance exams. The freshmen’s opening ceremony is broadcast l 41Reads6.3Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 I Opened a University to Teach Cultivation, and the Eagle Sauce Begged to Enroll 我开大学教修仙，鹰酱跪求入学 Vampires Don't Fear the Sun吸血鬼不怕晒Urban120k WordsOngoing Lin Heng transmigrated to a parallel world, Blue Star, and accidentally bound himself to the Cultivation University System. As long as he develops the cultivation university, he'll receive generous rewards! So Lin Heng stopped pretending. A magnificent immortal palace appeared, and the name of the immortals spread throughout the Dragon Kingdom! Then he traveled tens of thousands of miles, punching Eagle Sauce and kicking Japan! In a single battle, he wiped out Eagle Sauce's fleet. With one move, —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 全 My Whole Family Ascended to Immortality, While I Cultivate Unchallenged on Blue Star 全家飞升，我在蓝星无敌修仙 Flowers in the Flowing Water浪水中的花Urban497k WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation] [Invincible Protagonist] [Academy] [High-Octane Action] [Technological Civilization] [Travel Between Two Worlds] Eighteen years after transmigrating, a beam of aurora streaked across Blue Star. His parents ascended to the immortal realm, taking the Ten Thousand Great Mountains with them, and Wang Zheng finally activated his cultivation System. All he has to do is teach people to cultivate, and his own cultivation will be returned to him! And so, South Wilderness University wa 119Reads5.8Score—Shelves
33. 33 让 You Asked Me to Build a Military Academy, So I Raised a Million Mercenaries to Strike Fear into America 让你办军校，你佣兵百万震慑鹰酱 Mo Changan, Who Loves Minced Pork with Shredded Vegetables爱吃肉末双丝的墨长安Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Su Ran is reborn into a powerful family. He plans to lie flat, but the System issues him a mission: establish a military academy and meet its enrollment target. In return, the System will reward him with stealth tanks, electromagnetic storm cannons, and missiles with a range of 25,000 kilometers. It will also name the departments after the new students, who will remain loyal to Su Ran forever. After a series of fundraising efforts, the military academy opens in grand style. When the enrollment a 1.1kReads8.8Score144Shelves
34. 34 武 Martial Arts Myth 武极神话 Pure Homebody单纯宅男Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted Zhang Yu, a young man from Earth, transmigrates by accident to the Wilderness Continent, where martial arts flourish, and becomes the dean of a down-and-out academy. He starts with nothing but a dog, and recruits students by bluffing. After going to great lengths to bluff his way into recruiting his first student, Zhang Yu receives an incredible reward from the Super Dean System: Insight. With Insight activated, Zhang Yu can see people's basic attributes: gender, age, talent, cultivation level, 4.3kReads8.1Score432Shelves

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    I think this book is better for creating a college.

35. 35 神 The Age of Gods: My Followers Can Build Nuclear Bombs 神祇时代：我的信徒会造核弹 Shadow Z黑影ZSci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted In the twilight of the gods, divine powers have scattered across the land, and anyone can become a god! Lin Chen was an early-admission student at the Imperial Capital Royal Academy, but after awakening the lowest-grade deity, he was expelled… Luckily, he also awakened a super technology System! So while everyone else believes in magic, his followers are convinced that technology is the greatest power of all! Heard your followers can conjure fireballs? Sorry, mine can build nuclear bombs! 13.8kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves

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    [Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying] Tomato's only novel with a brain-teasing deity system! Lin Chen, originally a special early admission student at the Imperial Academy in the capital, was expelled after awakening a low-level deity... Fortunately, he also awakened a super technology system! So, while everyone else believes in magic, his followers firmly believe that technology is the strongest power! Heard your followers can conjure fireballs? Sorry, my followers can build nuclear bombs!

36. 36 村EN There's a Cultivation Sect in the Village 村里有个修仙宗门 Alone in the Snowy River独掉寒江雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [farming] + [sect building] + [System] Original title: A Cultivation Sect in the Village Years later, Xiushui Village has gone from an isolated, impoverished little village to Xiushui City, a renowned metropolis on the Shifang Continent. It all began because this was where Lingxian Sect, the number one sect on the Shifang Continent, rose to prominence. This is the story of a group of country youths, their families, and their friends building a sect together and growing together. 18.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    The protagonist of the first book establishes a sect in the village and gradually becomes a top sect; the protagonist of the second book acquires an orphanage, adopts orphans, and unexpectedly trains them to become assassins.

37. 37 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. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
38. 38 不 Seriously? You Want Me to Make a Name for Myself in the Cultivation World? 不是吧！要我在修仙界建功立业 Glutinous Rice Dumpling糯米小团糍Ancient Romance195k WordsOngoing 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist has an invincible system; she recruits disciples through a spatial rift right from the start, despite a disastrous beginning, and still manages to build the number one sect…

39. 39 武 Running a Martial Academy: Building Humanity's Backbone from Scratch 武院经营，从零打造人族脊梁 Lord of the Dustless Realm无尘之主Urban424k WordsOngoing [High-martial setting + master-disciple System + farming and management + revenge and regret] On the day the entrance exam results are announced, the disciple Lin Ya had devoted himself to training chooses to betray him. The martial academy is forcibly shut down, the mysteries of the past resurface, and deadly crises come one after another. Just then, Lin Feng awakens the Martial Academy System. Taking on disciples can strengthen the academy and improve his cultivation. A Scarlet Spider Queen? I 10Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The dean of the martial arts academy had his carefully cultivated disciple poached [smile]. The system was activated, and they directly poached their school's most talented student, who left the original academy at the most crucial moment [smirk]. 2️⃣ Spiritual energy revival, modern cultivation, establishing a cultivation academy. Cultivating immortality with family […].

40. 40 我 How Did I Become the Dean of a Magic Academy? 我怎么会成为魔法学院院长 Shi Di莳杕Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing Hemo transmigrates and becomes the headmaster of a magic academy in a magical world. All he has is a mage's badge, a rundown school, and a System. Then the first student arrives. So he grits his teeth and starts teaching. “The headmaster told me to learn magic by myself. He must have a good reason!” “The headmaster told me to practice magic power by myself. He must have a good reason!” “The headmaster told me to brew potions by myself. He must have a good reason!” “The headmaster is just incredi 204Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The first book starts with building a cultivation university, constructing a campus in the air atop Mount Tai, and officially recruiting students nationwide. The second book is about building a magic academy, but the school is a bit run-down, the cafeteria is a bit broken, and the system... Oh dear, students are here! Time to start studying, students! The third book is also about a cultivation university, where the protagonist is quite capable, refining pills, flying swords, Maoshan Taoist magic, and even having a little turkey. The fourth book is about a cultivation university, tricking patients into joining, elderly university students, and even healing the dead. The fifth book is still about a cultivation university, where the protagonist is incredibly handsome, raising divine beasts, refining essence into qi, and wielding sword qi that traverses ninety thousand miles. The sixth book starts with building a martial spirit academy, recruiting beautiful female students first, and then recruiting students as spiritual energy recovers.

41. 41 开 Waiting to Die from the Start? I Trick My Sick Friend into Applying to a Cultivation University 开局等死？忽悠病友报考修仙大学 A Young Man Like a Blade少年如刀Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as: Is It Really So Strange for a Principal to Beat Up Demons and Monsters from Every Realm? Yu Nian transmigrates and fools his fellow patients into applying to his cultivation university. Laughs all the way, cultivates all the way! “He's chasing a plane on a flying sword, and you expect us to believe in science?” “Breaking news! A ten-year-old kid speedruns Fengmen Village, and ghosts flee in every direction!” “Is Yu Nian going through a tribulation? He randomly struck a few lucky v 3.6kReads8.6Score375Shelves
42. 42 高 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Founded a Cultivation University 高考落榜，我创办了修仙大学 Liver-Busting Emperor爆肝大帝Urban196k WordsOngoing [Goofy + hilarious + invincible + System] Spiritual qi revival has ushered in a world of high martial arts. Jiang Nan dreamed of attending a martial arts university, but since he had not awakened an ability, he missed his chance to go to college. Just as he was wondering which campus beauty he should cling to so he could live off her, Jiang Nan awakened the strongest System. From then on, he began tricking his classmates into applying to cultivation universities. “Hey, want to enroll in a cultiv 9Reads8.7Score—Shelves
43. 43 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I'm the Dean of the Martial Soul Academy 灵气复苏：我是武魂学院院长 Shou Chang守长Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Wang Fan awakened a super-invincible Martial Soul Academy System. The System warned him that the world would undergo a massive transformation in 15 days. To survive and complete the System's missions, he had no choice but to establish a Martial Soul Academy and recruit students. The academy didn't teach math, physics, chemistry, Chinese, or English. It only taught courses on martial souls, soul beasts, martial soul techniques, and more. At first, everyone thought he was a con artist, a lunatic, 1.2kReads7.7Score102Shelves
44. 44 征 Conquering Another World: Starting with the Founding of Hogwarts 征服异界：从建立霍格沃茨开始 Major General of the Emma Empire艾玛帝国少将Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing In 2026, the Blue Star came under attack from magical beasts from another world. Lin En, already middle-aged, was forced to join the ranks defending his homeland. He died during a surprise attack by orcs, and when he opened his eyes, he had arrived in Britain twenty years in the past. Reborn as Andreas Morley and equipped with a complete set of golden fingers, he was given a chance to save the Blue Star. Many years later, he had not only saved humanity but led it to conquer another world. Humani 154Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Rebuilding Hogwarts in the real world

45. 45 御 Beast Taming: With the World in Ruins, I Founded a Beast-Taming Academy 御兽：山河破碎，我建立御兽学院 A Pot of Wine in the Mortal World红尘丶一壶酒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + pride in Great Xia + beast taming + invincible protagonist + dual rebirth] In his previous life, the Demon God descended, and the land was shattered! In this life, Chen Lingfeng is reborn and vows to protect Great Xia! He retraces the Flaming Mountain ascent and unlocks the Spirit Beast Secret Realm ahead of time! At the Zijin Hall, he proposes an Ironclad Defense Line, Great Xia's first line of defense! At the summit of Kunlun, he establishes a Beast-Taming Academy an 5.9kReads8.8Score427Shelves
46. 46 玄 Xuanhuan: Building Bailu Academy From the Start 玄幻：开局建立白鹿书院 A Wondrous Pen Can Set the World Right妙笔安天下Eastern Fantasy895k WordsCompleted “Just who are you?” “I’m only a scholar who can’t even lift a hand to fight a chicken. Why won’t you believe me?” Kong Ming, a homebody from twenty-first-century Earth, somehow transmigrated to the high-martial world of Tianyuan Continent. After keeping a low profile in this otherworld for ten years, he finally awakened the strongest Academy-assistant System. His very first sign-in made him the headmaster of White Deer Academy. Kong Ming had only wanted to coast through life, but now he had no c 2kReads7.5Score100Shelves

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    The first is to establish an academy, and the second is to become a member of the school board.

47. 47 史 The Harshest Test Setter in History 史上最狠出题人 Clouds Stop, Water Flows云止流水Urban507k WordsCompleted [Adapted into a short drama] He's elementary school students' worst nightmare, the most deviously cruel exam setter in the world! One test paper wiped out 140,000 students in Jiangcheng, while a single question made 200,000 students in Huicheng cry! Every student who has ever taken Qin Ye's exams is left with a hundred thousand questions in their head. What color was Daji's bellyband? Did Qin Shi Huang circle the pillar clockwise or counterclockwise? This is a Chinese exam, so why are you asking 5.7kReads9.3Score792Shelves
48. 48 你 You’re Just a Private College, Yet You Created Ten Million Jobs 你一民办大专创造千万就业岗位 I'm Principal Li我是李校长Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Reporter: Principal Li, yours is only a private vocational college. Why do global elites all want to become honorary alumni? Li Mobai: Because we have the world's best university-affiliated hospital. The Eastern King of Hell may want you dead by midnight, but our hospital will keep you alive until dawn! The Western Grim Reaper may come for your soul, but first he'll have to ask whether our hospital will allow it! Become an honorary alumnus and enjoy exclusive medical services! Reporter: Principa 11.9kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    This book is super good; it's about starting a lousy junior college.

49. 49 不 Unbelievable! I’m Bringing Compulsory Education to Ancient Times 不可思议！我在古代普及义务教育 The Goose Treading on Thin Ice如履薄冰的鹅Ancient Romance862k WordsCompleted Other people’s Systems let them hear others’ thoughts, win over handsome men, or climb the ranks through palace intrigue. Tao Ran’s is different: hers is a compulsory education system created by the state! It requires her to bring compulsory education to feudal antiquity! Tao Ran is completely at a loss. She figures she won’t survive a single episode trying to introduce compulsory education in ancient times... But the System insists it was created by the state! Its quality is guaranteed, so Tao 7.1kReads8.0Score818Shelves
50. 50 修 The Number One Academy in the Cultivation World 修真界第一学院 Roasted Sweet Potatoes烤了红薯Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ling Yan'er loves playing city-building games, so she never expected to bring her phone with her when she transmigrated to the cultivation world. From the start, she has nothing but a thatched hut. If she doesn’t want to be alone in this dump, she has to recruit students and get construction underway. Ling Yan'er has no choice but to play a real-life city-building game in the cultivation world alongside the game System. A disgraced former disciple of the Qiantian Sect? Recruit him as a teacher! 1.1kReads8.4Score131Shelves

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    The second book's female protagonist transmigrates and establishes an academy in the cultivation world, but she herself lacks spiritual roots and cannot cultivate.

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