The Boy Who Saves the World Is This World's Nightmare (Passionate Youth) 拯救世界的少年就是这个世界的梦魇（热血年少）

1. 1 长 The Long Night Has Arrived, and I Was Chosen by a Goddess While Sleeping in Class 长夜终临，上课睡觉被女神选中 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (Passionate god-slaying + one heroine + growth + supernatural ability sequences + protecting Great Xia) Also known as: "Vast Great Xia Fears Not the Dead. Follow Me, and We Shall Face Them Together!" Do you believe that the so-called gods are mass-produced? The creatures plotting to overthrow this world are hiding in every corner. They might be the old man repairing cars by the roadside, or the girl sipping milk tea on the street. The Lantern Bearers will guide you through the apocalypse of a va 15.9kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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2. 2 子 The One Who Never Returns at Midnight 子夜不归人 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban403k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate to change history + supernatural ability rankings + passionate defense of the nation + slay gods + 39 will make you cry + quality certified by Deng Deng] Return to the Great Xia of history and rewrite its regrets: Yue Fei, Yu Qian, 81192, and more. Hey, everyone, want to see Sanjiu Yinyu transmigrate back in time to steal national treasures? Want to see a black-bladed sword atop the roof of the Sihang Warehouse, killing the enemy? Want to see Xu Er’s cat slay Qin Hui and bring the 1.9kReads9.3Score258Shelves
3. 3 我 I Turned Myself Over to Shenzhou 我把自己上交神州 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban1.9M WordsCompleted “Today, I make this vow!” “In this life, I shall fight for Shenzhou!” “With this body of steel, I shall forge a wall for Shenzhou!” “While I still stand, the people of Shenzhou shall know no fear!” “Even if an endless night shrouds the world!” “I am willing to burn through my blood!” “To light the way ahead for Shenzhou!” Brothers. The wine is warm, and a few dishes are ready. Since you’re here, sit back and listen to my tale. The story of the young men and women of this land of Shenzhou. 8.6kReads9.1Score688Shelves
4. 4 踏 Stepping Into the Divine Ruins 踏神墟 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban2.7M WordsCompleted You’re all so powerful, armed to the teeth with money and influence. And I’m just a broke student. I don’t even have any friends, just a few sworn brothers from years past who’d lay down their lives for me. You call them the Ten Kings of Hell. I also have a childhood friend, whom you call Lady Meng. That road between life and death, that gate of reincarnation, I walk through them like they’re nothing. Getting tired of an opponent who can revive endlessly on the spot? 2.6kReads8.4Score225Shelves
5. 5 我 Deicide Learning In A 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 1MReads9.9Score175kShelves

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6. 6 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 121.8kReads9.6Score15kShelves
7. 7 异 City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 471.7kReads9.7Score71.8kShelves
8. 8 从 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 205.3kReads9.6Score24.9kShelves
9. 9 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 117.5kReads8.7Score13kShelves
10. 10 传 Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 208.5kReads9.6Score29.3kShelves
11. 11 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 927.5kReads9.4Score75.8kShelves
12. 12 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 199.1kReads9.4Score19.6kShelves
13. 13 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score226.7kShelves
14. 14 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 746.7kReads9.6Score126.3kShelves
15. 15 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... 236.5kReads9.6Score28.7kShelves
16. 16 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score184.7kShelves
17. 17 仙 The Candle-Bearing Immortal of the Night 仙夜秉烛人 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted I wield a sword that cuts through the mortal world's roads. I hold a lamp that illuminates the sorrows of past and present. I make a wish for suffering to vanish from the world. I have a heart... to investigate things, extend knowledge, make my intentions sincere, set my heart right, cultivate myself, bring order to my family, govern the state, and bring peace to all under Heaven! “Heaven's movement is vigorous; the noble-minded person strives without cease.” “The earth's nature is receptive; th 13.2kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
18. 18 这 This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 72.3kReads9.4Score8kShelves
19. 19 我 My Right Eye is a God-Tier Computer 我的右眼是神级计算机 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted I am the super artificial intelligence in your eyes. You humans call an IQ of 85 stupid and an IQ of 135 smart, but you will never understand what an IQ of 125,000 means! From now on, I will be your right-hand man! 81.6kReads9.2Score10.4kShelves
20. 20 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 142.2kReads9.5Score33.3kShelves
21. 21 凡 Mortal Bones 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted The world’s spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade, Heavenly Spiritual Bone. Second grade, Golden Spiritual Bone. Third grade, Profound Spiritual Bone. Fourth grade, White Spiritual Bone. All the rest are mortal bones, with no chance of cultivating. Xu Taiping, born with mortal bones, swears to prove to the cultivation world that mortal bones can slay demons, mortal bones can vanquish devils, and mortal bones can ascend to immortality! 631.2kReads9.3Score91.4kShelves
22. 22 我 With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.1M 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! 810.4kReads9.4Score52.1kShelves
23. 23 开 Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 344.8kReads9.7Score48.4kShelves
24. 24 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 23.6kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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    These are very good. Don't look at 2. The low rating is really okay. Yyds

25. 25 献 Lord of Sacrifice 献祭之主 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author, guaranteed quality and regular updates.] [No System, beast taming, high martial arts, fantasy] Chen Gu transmigrates into a fantasy world where martial artists reign supreme and strength is everything. However, most people have no talent for martial arts. For ordinary people, the only way to reach the top is to spend nine years studying beast-taming theory and become a... Beast Tamer! While others cautiously spend their few spirit stones at the beast market, ch 4.4kReads8.6Score433Shelves
26. 26 万 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.9kReads8.9Score668Shelves
27. 27 逐 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 36kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
28. 28 龙 Dragon Soul Agent 龙魂特工 Ruling the World权掌天下Urban2.3M WordsCompleted He is a super agent, the supreme judge of the underworld, and a mercenary king who strikes fear into all who hear his name. For his friends, he would take a blade to both sides; for the woman he loves, he would stain his armor with blood. Driven by a single conviction, he returns to Huadu, ready to rule supreme and crush his former enemies beneath his feet. And so, the city gains another legend: the tale of a super agent. 1.2kReads8.6Score138Shelves

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    These are all books!! In the first book, the protagonist is domineering and clear-minded, with a clear distinction between love and hate. In the second book, their relationship is really touching. The third book is very consistent with a player's experience

29. 29 我 We Once Carved Time with Love 我们曾用爱雕刻时光 Where Does the Ink Song Go墨歌何处Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted Yanyan, while writing this story, I loved you most of all. This is a story spanning two different times. One part is the brightest love the two shared in college, shining on each other’s memories like sunlight. During their university years, they went from strangers to confidants, walking the ordinary path step by step. But because of their differences in temperament, they eventually went their separate ways. Seven years later, they meet again and can’t help being drawn to each other. In their c —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 十 Number Ten 十号 Long Men Ke龙们客Sports3.8M WordsCompleted The number ten, the heart of the soccer field! The number ten, the soul of the team! If a team doesn’t have a worthy number ten, it isn’t a worthy team! A superstar dubbed China’s Messi transmigrates into the body of an unlucky soccer player from ten years earlier. With a powerful physique, hurricane-like speed, exceptional technique, mature instincts, superb field vision, and the intuition of a beast, he becomes an all-around number ten who can do it all. He starts from humble beginnings, then 12Reads6.9Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 I Have an Evolutionary Army 我有一支进化大军 Meat-Eating Panda吃肉的熊猫Eastern Fantasy583k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, Feng Mu awakened the Conquest System and gained the ability to control living creatures. With a wave of his hand, mushrooms covered the wilderness, plants released poisonous mists, and beasts formed battle lines! It was an age of chaos fought with cold weapons, with the realm split into four. Arrows filled the sky like rain. Men trampled through blood, raised their swords and spears, and swarmed toward the city walls like a black tide of ants. Amid their 558Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    You ask me why I recommend it here? There are few people!

32. 32 制 The Passive Monster Who Dominates Another World 制霸异界的被动怪 Yi Ran易然Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing After transmigrating, Xing Feng, a student at the Central Academy of Drama, acquired a book called The Potion Book of Passive Skills. Once he brewed and drank a potion, he gained a passive skill. Critical hits, counterattacks, damage reduction, rebirth… All sorts of strange skills and bizarre attributes. With a whole arsenal of passives, he was as tough as a cockroach. He looked around at the powerful figures and challenged them: “Come on, try to beat me to death.” 1.9kReads8.5Score178Shelves
33. 33 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 30kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves

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    They all look good

34. 34 邪 World of Malevolent Spirits: My Flesh Conquers All 邪灵世界：我以肉身横推此世 A Hulking Man一魁梧大汉Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted This is a story about a body that can overpower anything. Darkness descended upon the Great Ye Dynasty, and evil spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere, killing without a trace. Faced with strange demons and sinister spirits, ordinary people could only tremble, cower in a corner, and wait for death. Jiang Dao transmigrated into this world with a Martial Arts Modification System. He could modify any martial art without limit just by looking at it. Mad Demon Staff Technique, Iron Shirt and Eagle Cla 2.3kReads8.8Score346Shelves
35. 35 请 Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 132.9kReads9.5Score13.8kShelves
36. 36 不 Come On, I Was Already Invincible Before This Horror Game Even Started! 不会吧，我都无敌了，恐怖游戏才来？ Old Pumpkin老南瓜Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing The anime adaptation of the novel I’m Having a Blast in the Paranormal Game is now streaming on Hongguo App. “Three years, then another three years. Ten years have passed. System, I’m already invincible. Where’s that horror game you promised me?” Lin Chen came to this world ten years ago, and the horror game managed to avoid him for nine of them. But it couldn’t avoid him forever. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun. 6.2kReads8.5Score553Shelves
37. 37 反 The Villain Takes Center Stage 反派在上 Mango Durian Mille-Feuille芒果榴莲千层Eastern Fantasy934k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as the young master of an ancient family in the Divine Realm, Lu Yixian had no shortage of cultivation resources and was born with a sacred physique. His talent was unmatched throughout the ages. He thought he’d had the luckiest start imaginable, only to awaken a System at the age of eight. The System gave him a beginner’s gift pack, then fell silent. At last, when he was sixteen, it fully activated. He assumed he would now become an invincible protagonist from a novel, swee 927Reads7.7Score101Shelves
38. 38 剑 Sword of Coming 剑来 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy11.6M WordsOngoing The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 38.7kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
39. 39 无 The One Without Desires 无念者 Qian Xiao千笑Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Chinese-style superpowers] [One heroine] “Hey! No using Hidden Spirits in front of ordinary people!” “What are ordinary people?” “Just regular people. They call them Muggles in the West.” “And what are Hidden Spirits?” “Superpowers. We call them Hidden Spirits in China.” When you discover the hidden truth of this world, will you choose to join? Or expose it? 46kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves

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