The More Cautious, the Better. Stay Home Unless It's Absolutely Necessary. 苟，能多苟就多苟，除了必要的，不出门。

1. 51 玄 Xuanhuan: Give Away Fortuitous Opportunities and Double the Rewards! 玄幻：赠送机缘，奖励翻倍！ Focused on Slurping Noodles专心嗦粉Eastern Fantasy6.6M WordsOngoing [Three Emperors in One Family ✚ An Emperor’s Fallen Double Pupils ✚ One Heroine ✚ Supreme Bone] Jiang Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the Fortuitous Opportunity Critical Hit System. All he has to do is give opportunities to others to trigger critical-hit rewards. “You gave away a hundred-year-old medicinal herb and triggered a hundredfold critical hit, obtaining a thousand-year-old medicinal herb.” “You gave away a heavily damaged Supreme Bone and triggered a millionfold critic 31.5kReads8.7Score2.8kShelves
2. 52 网 Online Game: I Have a Super-God-Tier Talent 网游：我有超神级天赋 Rousing Ape撼动猩Sports4.6M WordsCompleted [Updated through the fusion of Ragnarok and reality] [Traditional VRMMO + Transcendent Talent + Ruthless Protagonist + Plot-Driven + No Female Lead] Reborn before Ragnarok's servers launch, he has the chance to start over. Every regret from his past life will be made right. He never awakened a talent in his previous life, not even after ten years. Now, armed with memories of that life, he obtains a God-Tier Talent Awakening Stone and unlocks a Transcendent Talent! Every normal attack permanently 175.2kReads8.9Score17.7kShelves

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   The first game focuses on survival. In the first game world, the protagonist uses a bow and arrow, dealing damage based on a percentage of their own health. They rampage through the game, having an incredibly satisfying time. In the second game, the protagonist is a gang leader who grows stronger by killing villains. They play cautiously in the early game, then rampage through northern Myanmar in the mid-to-late game.

3. 53 开 Bound to a Simplification System from the Start, I Keep a Low Profile in the Heavenly Prison and Seek Immortality 开局绑定简化系统苟在天牢求长生 The Rabbit Is Losing Weight兔子在减肥Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (Eastern fantasy + System + cultivation + cautious survival + farming + martial arts in the early story + immortal cultivation later on + ruthless and calculating) After transmigrating into the body of a prison guard, Li Changsheng bound himself to a simplification System that could make cultivating techniques as easy as breathing, eating, and drinking. He decided to keep a low profile in the imperial prison, observe the many faces of the world, cultivate through the ages, and seek proof of immo 5.6kReads7.8Score393Shelves

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   [Sending Hearts] The protagonist is taken in as a disciple by an elder of the Demonic Sect at the beginning. Knowing the darkness of the cultivation world, he is only focused on hiding himself, hiding as much as possible, a true master of the art of survival. [Thumbs Up] Welcome to read this super-thumbs-up story!

4. 54 我 I’m a Gangster, and You Want Me to Fight Evil? 我是黑社会，你叫我除恶扬善？ Salty Enough to Flip the Sky咸翻天Urban718k WordsCompleted The only supernatural element. A little martial arts is fine. This is a story about seeking justice for the people, with some political intrigue. It is not a mindless killing spree. The protagonist isn't a pushover: he punishes evil and rewards good, and the supporting characters aren't made unnaturally stupid. Fang Zheng transmigrates into the body of a small-time gang boss in a parallel world. He also awakens a "Killing Makes You Stronger" System. As long as he kills someone with a crime score 32.6kReads9.1Score3kShelves
5. 55 凡 Mortal Cultivation: Using Formations to Ambush People, All for the Sake of Farming 凡人修仙，阵法阴人只为种田 Wicked Scholar万恶书生Eastern Fantasy837k WordsCompleted [Mortal-style cultivation + No System + Formations + Farming + Spirit Talismans + Puppets] Chen Fan, a menial disciple, stumbles upon a book of formations. He uses formations to outwit others and seize treasures, hunt demons, and farm. From an obscure menial disciple, he gradually acquires his own cave dwelling, spirit fields, and ranch. In the end, he founds his own sect and proves the Dao to become an immortal. From formations to spirit talismans and then puppets, Chen Fan’s specialty is winni 3.9kReads7.4Score309Shelves

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   The first book is about surviving to the extreme, its only drawback being that it's still being serialized. The second book doesn't focus as much on survival; the protagonist and main character need to be stable.

6. 56 草 Out on the Grasslands, I Strut Like the Wind: I Am Pumbaa the Warthog 草原装杯如风，唯我疣猪蓬蓬 Two Bad Guys两个坏东西Urban894k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now streaming on Hongguo as Warthog Pumbaa Rules the Savanna. If you enjoy animated dramas, check it out!] Liu Chang used to edit and narrate videos about the animal kingdom. One day, he woke up as Peng Xiaobao on the African savanna. This time, it's really “Aw, crap, we're done for, guys!” He bares his heart to the lion king of the reserve, exchanges confidences with a hyena who's the deputy director of proctology, competes in a mad dash with a fellow working leop 2.8kReads8.8Score240Shelves
7. 57 我 I Became the Strongest Villain by Laying Low in Journey to the West 我在西游苟成最强大反派 Meng Yinqianqian萌音芊芊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Gu Ming transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West and becomes a lowly little snake demon. Knowing how dangerous that world is, he has no interest in buddying up with the Great Sage or taking an official post in Heaven. He just wants to find a cave of his own and cause trouble for all the demonesses. When Gu Ming, who has begun cultivating the Eighty-Nine Mysteries, discovers that his enhancement panel can strengthen his body, he seems to glimpse a path to invincibility all his own. Af 30kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves

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   💫The protagonist has an enhancement system starting from the snake demon realm, which can enhance himself and his weapons. He kidnapped a little fox from the demon king and then hid away, even after occupying Mount Jilei, he remained behind the scenes. He refused to accept the sworn brotherhood of the Monkey King and the Bull Demon King.

8. 58 长 Longevity: Cultivating Through Martial Arts Until the Immortals Die of Old Age 长生：以武入道熬死修仙者 New Leaves in Spring春上新叶Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The System is unreliable. The moment he transmigrated, the Heavenly Dao killed him. Luckily, the beginner's gift pack he'd received beforehand had already made Li Yuanchang immortal. And so, an ultimate survivor was born. What are peerless prodigies and undefeated emperors? Under the erosion of time, they're all fleeting illusions. No matter how dazzling you are, in the end, you can't withstand the merciless passage of time. He lived through the rise of technology. He also witnessed the sp 25kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
9. 59 大 Grandmaster Zun 大师尊 Cheng Ru成如Eastern Fantasy505k WordsOngoing A seasoned old hand from the martial world transmigrates into the cultivation world. Thanks to his wife's connections, he gets into an immortal sect. Senior sisters, junior sisters, saintesses, grand elders, sect masters... Pure wish fulfillment, utterly invincible, but not brainless. Overwhelming combat power, a sharp mind, devious beneath a good-guy exterior, and full of schemes. He borrows the tiger's skin to wave a great banner, winning people over with virtue. He throws lime in their eyes a 3.3kReads—Score223Shelves

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   A seasoned veteran of the martial arts world transmigrates to the cultivation world. Senior sisters, saintesses, sect leaders, grand elders… pure and exhilarating, invincible, with explosive martial arts prowess and undeniably sharp intelligence. [Smile]

10. 60 玄 Xuanhuan: After Laying Low for Ten Years, I'm Invincible Under Heaven 玄幻：苟家十年，我举世无敌 Wang Three-Year-Old王三岁Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Invincible] [Stays at home] [Absolutely refuses to go out] [Waits for others to deliver their heads] Lu Chen transmigrates to another world and becomes the seventh young master of the Prince’s Manor. But he discovers that his father is suspicious of everyone, while the emperor fears him. Being the heir is no easy task. Danger lurks everywhere. Fortunately, he has an “Invincible Homebody System.” As long as he stays at home, he receives rewards. From then on, he refuses to go out. His cultivatio 25.4kReads7.4Score2kShelves
11. 61 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves

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    He enjoys hiding under his enemy's bed to plot big things. [Already interested]

12. 62 我 All My Chosen Ones Are Fourth Calamity Players 我的神选者全是第四天灾 Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Beneath the grand facade of swords and magic lies a world hurtling toward corruption and ruin. After transmigrating to a Western fantasy world for 682 years, Ye Zhi finally got his golden finger: a glowing orb connected to the Blue Star internet! Combined with the divine spark that practically came knocking at his door, it gave birth to a game linking Blue Star with another world. Who says you can’t track someone down through the internet? With nothing more than an exclamation mark and a few gam 28.8kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves

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    A survival story; the author is very good at hiding and hiding, but sometimes he's too cunning!

13. 63 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 432.1kReads9.4Score41.5kShelves
14. 64 直 Livestream: The Birth of the King of Lurking 直播：苟王的诞生 Fushan Library斧山图书馆Urban955k WordsCompleted [Livestream] [Infinite Flow] [Scheming] [Not an Invincible Protagonist] [No Female Lead or One Female Lead] Billions of viewers in the Livestream room watch Ye Xiao, who's been hiding in a corner without moving for three days and nights, on the verge of breaking down. Other people are livestreaming. This is just a still image. “I want to chop him up.” “It's already the third day, right? He's still hiding?” “How can anyone be so shameless?” “As expected of the King of Hiding.” “I left, but then I 892Reads8.3Score100Shelves

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    Highly recommended!! Amazing!! Go watch it!!! Infinite flow!! Hundreds of millions of viewers in the live stream were nearly driven to despair watching Ye Xiao, who had been lying motionless in a corner for three days and three nights. Others are live streaming, we're watching pictures! "I want to kill him." "This is the third day already, still lying in wait?" "How can there be such a shameless person in the world?" "Truly worthy of being called the King of Lying In." "I was about to leave, but then I thought about it and came back to say something, damn it!"... Facing the players' complaints, Ye Xiao, who kept dying in the corner, didn't care at all. As a man who started with a debt of 900 billion to awaken his inherited skill, Ye Xiao was forced to constantly experience dungeon worlds to do quests and pay off his debts. Looking at the blood-red "Danger" characters flashing above the heads of other players in the distance, a smile appeared on Ye Xiao's lips. Lying in wait is victory!

15. 65 我 I'm Just a Eunuch, So What's Wrong with Having a Few More Beautiful Women? 我一太监，红颜多点很合理吧 Snow Flying over the Cold River寒江飞雪Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Hunt down transmigrators] [Ensemble cast] [No saintly heroine] [Three empress sisters] [Rebellious disciple] “Anyone who inexplicably plagiarizes poetry shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who makes soap, cement, or gunpowder shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who writes simplified characters or speaks strangely shall be executed without mercy!” “Any good-for-nothing whose cultivation suddenly skyrockets and who claims that even the heavens can’t block his sight shall be executed w 66.9kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves
16. 66 只 Live Long Enough, and No One Can Beat Me 只要活的够久，就没人是我对手 The Day I Ascended to Godhood成神这天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Playing It Safe] Xu Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world and obtains an Immortality System. The System’s only function is to extend his lifespan. Today’s run: lifespan +2 days Today’s boxing practice: lifespan +3 days Today’s kicking practice: lifespan +5 days “A gentleman’s revenge can wait five hundred years.” After Xu Fan waited five hundred years and finally found his enemy again, the only thing he could do was dance on his enemy’s grave. Question: What 9.4kReads9.0Score745Shelves

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    I'll become invincible by just lying low. If I can't beat someone, I'll just play defensively; if I can, I'll crush them. [Smirk]

17. 67 只EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 70.3kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves

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    One is 9.8, The other 9.4 – Aren't these the two you're talking about? Of all the novels that focus on survival, I only truly love these two. The first one is about immortality; the protagonist is afraid of death and hides in caves to survive. In terms of relationships, they're all just passing through life. He only stays out of the world because of his immortality, though he doesn't directly engage with it. The second one also features a rather cowardly protagonist, who waits until his enemies are old before launching his attack. It's a combination of survival and humor: "When I'm young, I can't beat you; when I'm old, who are you?" [Laughing and crying emojis] Welcome, fellow readers, to enjoy these books. [Admiration emojis]

18. 68 我 I Have No Enemies in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界没有仇人 funckleeXianxia598k WordsOngoing A battered booklet fell from the sky and entered his mind. It was a ledger of grudges: the deeper the grudge, the redder the name. After that, people kept inexplicably going mad during cultivation. Some picked up poison pills instead of elixirs. Some went into seclusion and came out as nothing but bones. Li Ming remained an obscure disciple, and no one knew any of it had anything to do with him. 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves

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    You should check this out; it's both cheesy and hilarious, it gave me a stomachache.

19. 69 开 Starting with Maxed-Out Fortune, I Lay Low Until I Become Invincible 开局点满气运，我苟到无敌了 Slacking-Off Xiao Cheng摸鱼小程Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Unlucky Su Qi awakened a System from the start and thought he was about to become invincible. He never wanted to transmigrate, but his luck was so terrible that he was forced to do so. “Thanks to my System's heroic efforts, I managed to get the Host out of the low-martial-arts world he was originally meant for. But something went wrong along the way, and he landed in a cultivation world!” Then the System crashed. The only good news: “A System bug gave you an immortal body.” “I want to max out my 22.7kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves

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    The protagonist has an infinite lifespan and increases his cultivation level regularly each year, so he just lies low until he becomes invincible before venturing out to roam.

20. 70 爹 Dad, Stop Hiding and Come Out of the Mountains. You're Truly Invincible! 爹，别苟了出山吧，你真无敌了！ Dream-Chasing Little Kite追梦小纸鸢Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Invincible] [Laying low] [Empress] [System sign-in] [Raising a daughter] [Everyone’s favorite] [One female lead] When your daughter roams the martial world, you fear she’ll get hurt! When your daughter becomes a big shot, she’ll have your back! My name is Chu Mo, an ordinary man. From the start, my wife and daughter had already left me. I planned to live out my life quietly in the mountains, but who could have guessed my daughter would sneak off to explore the martial world and make me out to b 35.5kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

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    And then there's the most cautious one, my senior brother, who's so steady, I can't find him anymore.

21. 71 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 216.4kReads9.0Score15.4kShelves
22. 72 苟 Laying Low in the Sect: I Became an Immortal by Copying Entries 苟在宗门：我靠复制词条成仙了 Not Bad不孬Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + cultivation + easygoing + talent-trait copying + slow-paced, everyday life + not invincible in the first half + the protagonist only becomes invincible much later] Bai Chen transmigrated to a cultivation continent with no connections, no money, and no background. Fortunately, he activated a talent-trait copying System. So he decided to keep his head down. [Pill Dao Source] [Artifact Dao Source] [Spirit Plant Physique] [Talisman Soul Resonance] [Myriad Beasts Pay Homage]... Tale 60.5kReads7.9Score5.8kShelves

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    This is a novel in the "Steady and Steadfast Path" genre, with a very fresh plot. I haven't seen a similar storyline on Tomato Books yet, because I've found that the plots of novels in this genre are too similar. This one is excellent. Moreover, the sect atmosphere in this book is fantastic, and the people's purpose in cultivating is for the greater good of the world. I feel that this perspective makes the book very pure. I highly recommend it.

23. 73 废 Good-for-Nothing Menial Servant: Forced to Rise Through the Farming System 废柴杂役：种田系统，被迫崛起 The Stone Under the Eaves屋檐下的石头Eastern Fantasy777k WordsOngoing A burned-out 996 programmer from Earth dies suddenly and transmigrates into the cultivation world as Lin Changsheng, a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots. After five years of cultivation, he is still at the first level of Qi Refining. Someone sabotages his spirit field and causes it to wither. If he can’t pay the rent, he’ll be thrown out of the sect and sent to the mines to die. Just as he endures one humiliation after another and reaches the end of his rope, the Heaven-Defying Farming 143Reads—Score105Shelves

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    Intelligent, not brainless

24. 74 莫 Never Underestimate an Old Man: From Dockworker to Martial Saint 莫欺老年穷，从码头搬工肝成武圣 Brother Longan桂圆哥哥Urban270k WordsOngoing [Republican Era] + [The Dynasty’s Final Years] + [Monsters Run Amok] + [Extreme Martial Arts] + [Elderly Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Cautious] In the dynasty’s final years, the rulers closed the country off from the world. To preserve their rule, they burned martial arts manuals and killed martial artists, causing the nation’s martial arts to decline. Eventually, foreigners used their powerful martial arts and advanced weapons to blast the country’s gates open, and the nation was thoroughly d 386Reads—Score108Shelves

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    This book is absolutely the best yakuza-style novel I've ever read on Tomato, I highly recommend it!!! If you don't like it, come at me!!! [Laugh][admiration][what][smirk]

25. 75 长 I’ve Lived for Millions of Years, and I Don’t Want to Prove Myself and Become an Emperor 长生千万年，我才不想证道成帝 Zhi Xiaoyuan致校原Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Longevity + ensemble cast + rise to emperorhood + traditional xianxia flavor + epic style + no System] (Also titled: "Ten Million Years of Life, and I Still Don’t Want to Ascend to Emperorhood") Jiang Mu was the most dazzling prodigy of his era. He defeated every contender favored by Heaven’s Mandate, and should have attained the Great Dao and become an emperor. Yet in the end, the Great Dao did not acknowledge him, and he was denied the throne. Could living forever really be a sin? Unwilling t 41.3kReads7.8Score2.7kShelves
26. 76 修 Cultivation: Laying Low on an Island and Growing Spirit Plants 修仙：苟在岛上种灵植 Watching the Tide from the Wind风中观海潮Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing [Slow-Burn + Cultivation + Farming + Alchemy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Golden Finger] Shen Yunxi transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a freelance spiritual farmer. Survival was hard, and Foundation Establishment seemed out of reach. One day, he unexpectedly activated a System panel. Any spiritual plant he grew with his own hands could yield an extra reward. [Name: Crescent Moon Rice] [Grade: Tier One] [Quality: Superior] [Growth: 100% (Ready to harvest)] [Current Condition: Good] 31.9kReads7.2Score2.6kShelves
27. 77 我EN My Steady Farming Path to Immortality 我的种田流修仙太稳健了 Blue and White青白Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life farming + steady cultivation + no female lead, multiple dao companions + System + hoarding hamster] While fellow prodigies from my sect are blinded by greed and slaughter each other over opportunities in secret realms, I have been watering my radishes with spirit spring water in the spirit fields for three hundred years. While demonic cultivator overlords blood-sacrifice a million cultivators, I am using demon-binding ropes made from immortal vines to build a fence around my spiri 95.2kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves

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    Farming and Self-Saving: Over 1.5 Million words, a light and easy read. The characters are very well described.

28. 78 我 My Wife Is the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Number One Female Demon 我老婆是东晋第一女魔头 Handsome Young Man俊俏少年Historical2.6M WordsOngoing The kings of the Sima clan turned their blades on one another. The northern barbarians ate their fill of human flesh. The aristocratic families fled south in terror. The starving commoners boiled their children in pots. Heroes fought for their lives on the battlefield, while nobles got high in their palaces. Sons killed fathers, younger brothers killed older brothers, daughters became slaves, and men became concubines... This absurd age was one long debauch. Tang Yu: “I just want to protect myse 122.8kReads9.3Score11.6kShelves
29. 79 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 20.8kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves

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    The protagonist is the kind of person who takes survival to the extreme; I won't say anything else.

30. 80 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.1kReads8.9Score24.4kShelves
31. 81 我 I Live Forever, Unfazed Even If the Sky Falls 我长生于世，天塌不惊 Scholar Who Wins a Marquisate封侯书生Eastern Fantasy871k WordsCompleted [A slice-of-life cultivation story + traditional Chinese medicine + no female lead + no tragic twists + alchemy] Since ancient times, few things have been more regrettable than a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray. An aging hero is bound to be bullied. A beauty with gray hair is no longer adored. No matter how peerlessly gifted and invincible you are, or how breathtakingly beautiful, you cannot escape the power of time. Having witnessed the changing seasons and savored the world's ups an 6.3kReads8.8Score593Shelves

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    This is the most cunning male lead I've ever seen. He's truly cunning, constantly living in seclusion for decades, outliving his entire generation. Ծ‸Ծ

32. 82 凡 Mortal’s Pocket Dimension: Farming and Cultivating, with Boundless Power 凡人空间：种田修仙，法力无边 Qianbai Du仟佰渡Eastern Fantasy993k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [Space] [Farming] [Body and soul transmigration] [Transmigrator's Rulebook: If you discover that you have transmigrated, immediately check whether you have a golden finger, enemies, a fiancée, or a useless body...] 1. [Transmigrator's Rule One: Stay away from people surnamed Ye, Shi, Lin, Xiao, Qin, Chu, Han, Wang, Tang... If you've already had an irreconcilable conflict or feud with anyone bearing one of these surnames, use every means at your disposal to kill t 1.8kReads8.5Score110Shelves

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    [Thumbs up] The most cunning protagonist I've ever read, both cunning and shrewd. He would never expose himself; he dedicates himself to cultivation, burying himself in a grave to avoid being discovered. [Thinking] Follow the wind, no more worries about running out of books to read, welcome to check out this amazing read. [You can savor it]

33. 83 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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 473.6kReads9.7Score67.7kShelves
34. 84 仙 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Six Realms, Three Paths六界三道Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsCompleted Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha 60.5kReads9.1Score14.3kShelves

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    Juejuezi's book is absolutely fantastic! [Thumbs up] The plot is full of twists and turns, and the protagonist's experiences are incredibly rich! Ye Chen starts as an outcast from a sect in the Great Chu Kingdom, rises to become the tenth emperor, acquires the Ancient Sacred Body, and eventually reaches the Great Perfection Sacred Body. He defies the heavens to open his bloodline limit, undergoes reincarnation, faces the invasion of the Heavenly Demon, and even slays the emperor. He then reincarnates in the Underworld and the Heavenly Realm, defying the Heavenly Dao to become an emperor. Afterward, he builds the Primordial Road, battles the Heavenly Demons across the heavens, and ultimately achieves the Heavenly Dao's cycle of reincarnation! It's truly amazing! [Thumbs up]

35. 85 龟 Tortoise, My Longevity Is Just a Bonus 龟龟我啊，长生只是顺带 Autumn in a Word一言秋Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + farming with exotic beasts + island management + maxed-out support skills + cautious survival + no female lead] When Mo An wakes up, he discovers that he has become a turtle. Fortunately, he isn’t an ordinary turtle, but a legendary Yin-Yang Longevity Turtle from the cultivation world: a turtle who has been immortal since birth, already standing at the end of every cultivator’s journey, with support abilities maxed out. * Innate Talent: Endless lifespan, immortality Divine Talents 13.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    🍀Infrastructure building, farming, and cultivation🍀

36. 86 师EN Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙 Softly Falling Words轻落语Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone 59.1kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
37. 87 市 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Flying Flowers in the Fine Rain密雨飞花Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsOngoing Zhao Mu transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and gains the power to grow young again. Whenever one life reaches its end, he returns to his youth, living forever without ever dying. For fifty years, I serve as an official at the entertainment bureau, leisurely watching celebrated courtesans dance and seeing every beauty the world has to offer. I live through the rise and fall of dynasties, watching wise rulers bring peace and foolish emperors plunge the realm into chaos. I roam the rivers and l 75kReads8.4Score6.6kShelves

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    The most underhanded character I've read in this book is the one who basically never takes action, relying entirely on his clones.

38. 88 我 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 Bone-Leak Gua Wen骨漏呱闻Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 57.6kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
39. 89 悄 I've Been Laying Low for a Billion Years, and Now I'm Unbeatable 悄悄苟了亿万年，我已无敌手 Meet the Challenge Head-On迎楠而上Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible + Immortality + Keeping a Low Profile + Cultivation + Comedy + Slow Growth] After transmigrating into a world of cultivation, Lin Yu gains immortality from the start. Every year he stays alive earns him another attribute point. Lin Yu has an epiphany: As long as he outlives all his opponents, he'll become invincible! So he decides to keep a low profile. Any enemy he can't defeat can be left to grow old and frail before he steps in to deal with them. And if he accidentally outlives on 11.7kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves

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    The male protagonist is very cautious

40. 90 酒 I Hid in a Tavern for Five Hundred Years Before Learning It Was Journey to the West 酒馆苟了五百年才知是西游 Little Little Little Wukong小小小悟空Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Steady as an old hound, never change maps, backstabbing] You obtain Ten Poisons Body-Strengthening Powder. It's deadly poison. You gulp it down, and you die; You obtain the Bloodthirsty Sword Art. Practicing it consumes your lifespan. You practice it, and you die; You obtain the Blissful Treasure Manual. To master this art, you must first castrate yourself. You wave your hand and slash yourself; You accidentally offend a powerful enemy. You sever your own meridians and are buried in a grave; Yo 3.8kReads6.4Score352Shelves
41. 91 长 Longevity: One Life from the Start, and All My Cultivation Depends on Laying Low 长生：开局一条命，修为全靠苟 Zhi Xiaoyuan致校原Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Long-life cultivation, lighthearted and humorous] Everyone says that only by embarking on the path of cultivation can one ascend to the Dao and prove one's immortality. Yet in this vast world, not a single cultivator has ever been known to achieve eternal life. But Jiang Mu reached the end of the cultivation path on the very day he transmigrated: eternal life and immortality. Though born with terrible spiritual aptitude and unable to cultivate, his cultivation level increases with the passage o 14.4kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
42. 92 末 Doomsday Game: I Get Stronger Just by Staying Home! 末日游戏：我宅在家里就变强！ It's Adam是亚当呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Shelter] [Management and Construction] [Rotating Apocalypses] [Cautious Male Lead] An apocalyptic game descends, and people across the globe are randomly assigned shelters. The disasters rotate every month! Extreme heat! Absolute cold! Falling meteorites! Plant mutations! Monsters on the rampage! Extreme disasters sweep the globe. People have to keep venturing out to explore and gather resources, frantically upgrading their shelters just to cling to life amid countless catastrophes. Su Yi is ju 28.8kReads7.9Score1.9kShelves
43. 93 苟 Biding My Time in the General's Manor 苟在将军府 w Ziwuw子乌Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xia Heng transmigrated into a romance novel she had once relentlessly mocked. Then she discovered that The lovesick heroine had a fortune at her fingertips! The unhinged hero had secured the throne! The background male character was unbeatable! And Xia Heng herself, a sacrificial extra who was supposed to die from the start, was constantly testing the limits of the main cast! Xia Heng: Thanks for asking. I just want to stay alive! 13.5kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    These two are alright; you can pick them if you're looking for something to read, and they're both completed.

44. 94 我 I Have Billions of Clones, So Why Are You Making Me Mine? 我有亿万分身，你抓我去挖矿 Slightly Tipsy Every Day日日微醺Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Exploding Clones + Invincibility + Playing It Safe + Master Schemer + If I Can't Beat Them, I'll Call for Backup + No Rules] My name is Fang Yun. I had just transmigrated when I ascended to the Immortal Realm. Turns out, the ascension was a trap! I became a lowly mine slave in the Immortal Realm, digging for five hundred years. Then! I awakened the Infinite Clone System in the mine. These clones not only share my cultivation level, they can also help me cultivate. Best of all, they can change t 43.8kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves

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    The protagonist hides behind the scenes until he becomes invincible! He dominates the immortal realm with billions of clones.

45. 95 我EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Keyboard's Ninth God键盘九神Eastern Fantasy914k WordsCompleted Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 35.4kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    These are all [smirking emoji]

46. 96 邪 An Evil Cultivator? Even a Dog Wouldn't Be One! That's Exactly What I'll Be 邪修？狗都不当！当的就是邪修 With Dusk带黄昏Eastern Fantasy295k WordsCompleted [Nontraditional cultivation] [Excellent short novel] Gou Busheng is obsessed with becoming a superior person... [Not a power fantasy, and not brainless] [No runaway inflation] [Subverts the usual tropes] [No System] [Female lead] 216Reads—Score—Shelves

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    We've seen plenty of sword and saber builders, but have you ever seen one built with a hoe? [Facepalm]

47. 97 长 Eternal Immortality: A Jailor Hiding Out in the Heavenly Prison 长生万古：苟在天牢做狱卒 Qingfeng Riverside青峰浦上Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Smart characters, no brainless plotlines]+ [No System]+ [Cautious survival]+ [Immortality]+ [No heroine]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Prudent and cautious] Zhang Wu transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a jailer in the Imperial Prison from the start. For officials, the end of the road is the Imperial Prison. For soldiers, it is dying on the battlefield. For those in the martial world, it is getting killed in a vendetta. None of them meet a good end. If he wants to survive 37.4kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves

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    These are all 😏

48. 98 这 This Accountant Has Lived Too Long 这个会计活太久了 01ggEastern Fantasy126k WordsOngoing Don't scroll away just yet. Just one thing: The early chapters lay the groundwork: people, accounts, and lives. The more this accountant values his life now, the more recklessly he'll risk it later. Not a single account he records is wasted. Give it a chance. The further you read, the more hooked you'll get. Gu Chang'an worked himself to death from overtime and transmigrated to a primeval wilderness, where he was buried alive from the start. After escaping death, a book titled The Register of 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a bit of a sneaky story, but I don't know how it will turn out later. It's a new book.

49. 99 洪 Honghuang: From the Start, I Spoil the Plot for Nuwa 洪荒：开局给女娲剧透 The Second Sleep第二眠Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial world + behind-the-scenes scheming + wild imagination] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the Primordial World as a little white dragon. His arrival sends the whole world wildly off course... Nuwa: “Becoming a saint through merit isn’t what I want. I’m going to sever the Three Corpses!” The Two from the West: “The West is far too barren. Starting today, we’re joining the East!” Tongtian: “The calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is upon us. All Jie Sect Disciples, follow me onto the Inv 43.1kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
50. 100 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 74kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    It gets better and better. In the beginning, you're weak and have to survive, but once you get through the initial dull period, it gets incredibly exciting! There's no mindless showing off or stupid trouble-making.

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