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1. 1 天EN Heaven's Chosen? Monster? No, It's the Grind Emperor 天骄？妖孽？不好，是肝帝 That Mountain, That Sea那山那海Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [The top workaholic in high-martial arts fiction] [Panel-based cultivation] [Cosmic setting] [Cultivation and progression, not point allocation or speedrunning; the protagonist is a born grinder] In the interstellar age, alien beasts invade and evil gods lurk all around. Li Qingshan awakens a martial arts panel that can record any technique or martial skill. He needs no insight or talent, and faces no bottlenecks. As long as he trains hard, he can improve, and every breakthrough lasts forever! H 219kReads9.3Score25.7kShelves

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   It looks great and is worth trying.

2. 2 重 Reborn, I Stole the Elite Abstinent Patriarch of the Capital Circle's Virtue 重生，劫了京圈顶级禁欲家主的色 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads355k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + mysticism + ghost hunting + two powerhouses + sweet and satisfying + paranormal livestreaming] After Ye Nanzhi died, her resentment lingered, and she wandered the Underworld for a hundred years. After entering Luofeng Mountain, she became a disciple of Emperor Beiyin of Fengdu. Three hundred years later, she returned to the mortal world, straddling the realms of Yin and Yang and in command of the Yellow Springs Inn. From then on, she completely reshuffled the world of mysticis 2.8kReads9.3Score394Shelves

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3. 3 开EN I Start by Handing Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Wants Me to Become an Immortal First 开局上交修仙界，国家让我先成仙 Beautiful Onion美丽的洋葱Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing “Chief, I request permission to hand over an unclaimed cultivation world.” “This world is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy. I recommend taking it over as soon as possible.” Lu Li transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a low-ranking mine slave in a demonic sect. Without an old master or a System to guide him, he thinks he'll have to cultivate the hard way. But by chance, he awakens a twin-fish jade pendant that can contact Huaxia. The news shocks the entire country, an 258.9kReads9.2Score31.4kShelves

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   Scientific cultivation of immortality brings boundless magical power.

4. 4 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 117kReads9.6Score13.4kShelves
5. 5 凡 The World of Mortals 凡尘的世界 You Have Ascended to Godhood汝已封神Urban1.6M WordsCompleted One thought in the mortal world can bring a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood; endless years can bring spring warmth and blooming flowers. Across three thousand star domains, three thousand kinds of Dao fire forge the self and merge with chaos, from which yet more chaos is born, all for the sake of the mortal world. Lin Fan is a technician in modern society, and he and his wife, Lu Xue, have been married for just one year. On an ordinary day, Lin Fan is hospitalized after a car accident and 1.4kReads5.8Score132Shelves

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   The mortal world is boundless, this is a good book, and I recommend it!

6. 6 此 The Moment the Sword Rings 此刻，剑鸣之时 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The Church’s divine light shines upon the world, while mechanical armor soars across the sky. You wonder: Can a sickle tear through a mech? Can a war hammer reforge faith?] [Swords, spears, and clubs are no match for guns and mechs. A lifetime of hard training is no match for cybernetic augmentation. You declare: How can weapons be such cumbersome things!] [After swinging your blade a thousand times, you resonate with your weapon and create the “Breath Resonance Method.”] [Even ordinary iron ca 61.5kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
7. 7 星 Interstellar: Zero Mental Power, Yet I’m a Max-Level Cultivator 星际：精神力0，可我修真满级呀 Fox Family Qiqi狐家七七Two Male Leads405k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Secret Identities Revealed + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + 1v1 Romance + No Female Lead] A genius alchemist from the cultivation world is reborn in the interstellar age as a dim-witted young master with no psychic powers. The moment he wakes up, he finds himself bound to a good-for-nothing, and is forced to move to a remote, rural star system. “A brainless idiot with no psychic powers is only good enough for some poor loser!” Everyone mocks him. Before long, the young master and 1.9kReads8.5Score302Shelves
8. 8 魁 A Hulking Military Academy Student Reincarnates as the Most Hated Omega 魁梧军校生穿成万人嫌Omega Coconut-Skinned Little Xi椰皮小西Two Male Leads453k WordsCompleted [A ruthless, unhinged top who’s a total pervert, and a violent bottom who’s shy on the inside] [Two male leads + equally matched power couple + soul transmigration + devoted to each other] Note: The bottom becomes ridiculously powerful later on, unbeatable across the land. A hulking beastman military academy student, over two meters tall, dies and unexpectedly transmigrates into an ABO world, inhabiting the body of a universally hated Omega who has just drowned. Stunned by everyone’s disgust and 2kReads9.0Score375Shelves
9. 9 暗 The Retired Shadow Guard Goes Off to Farm 暗卫他退休去种田了 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads777k WordsCompleted A story about a secret guard who doesn't know he has a special constitution, accidentally retires early, and takes up farming... [Both are each other's only one! Both are each other's only one!] (Original title: The Secret Guard Retires to Farm) Content warnings: melodrama + running away while pregnant + an imaginary dynasty A maxed-out fighter who's a little goofy vs. a calculating, proud big shot who's a little narcissistic Both are each other's only one + raising a child + farming in the earl 10.6kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
10. 10 玄 With Metaphysics at Her Fingertips, the Heir's Wife Is Unfazed 玄学在手，世子夫人太淡定了 Novel Author小说作者Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted Ping'an's mother was supposed to help the emperor govern the realm, but she fell head over heels in love with Ping'an's father. She had never even met the emperor, yet she broke the rules and forcibly gave her husband some of her own lifespan. Ping'an was left without her parents at a tender age. She grew up all alone in the countryside, guarding a fortune in gold and silver that she didn't dare spend. She was truly pitiful. That was Ping'an as Ji Lu saw her. He had agreed to their marriage hims 2.1kReads8.8Score277Shelves
11. 11 顶 A Top-Tier Marriage: The Vicious Young Master Is Reborn 顶级婚姻之恶少他重生以后 Tidefall in the Mortal World汐落红尘Two Male Leads298k WordsCompleted [A cocky, bold, sharp-tongued young master on the bottom VS a scheming, gifted-at-acting poor star on top] Jiang Shuyan had thrown his weight around all his life and never cared what anyone thought. He never expected to die at the hands of his own fiancé. Reborn, he would show no mercy to anyone who deserved revenge. Jiang Boyong: “I don’t know how Ahan offended you. He’s your cousin. Can’t you be the bigger person and let bygones be bygones?” Jiang Shuyan: “ ‘Let bygones be bygones’ is such a 1.3kReads8.7Score117Shelves
12. 12 在 I Read Fortunes Live Online, and I Spill the Tea While You Watch 在线直播算命我爆料你们吃瓜 Jun Yue筠月Urban792k WordsCompleted Modern fantasy + System + episodic stories + no romance + livestreaming + gossip + powerful male lead + satisfying power fantasy + metaphysical streamer + fortune-telling livestream In the age of declining spiritual energy, Lu Jingnian, the greatest practitioner of Daoist arts in the world, is reborn in a strange new world. His family has gone bankrupt, and in this life he has a mother with a hidden illness, a sister in a vegetative state, and a father who has suffered a stroke and is partially 783Reads6.1Score—Shelves
13. 13 大 The Big Shot Is Forced Into Quick Transmigration: Who Dares Bully My Baby? 大佬被迫快穿：有人敢欺负我崽？ Lan'er, Be Strong蓝儿当自强Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Male lead's quick transmigration + adorable pets + adorable kids + cozy, lighthearted child-rearing + no romance + focused on warm everyday life, not a power fantasy. If you like power fantasies, beware!] (Reader advisory: The events involving the original male and female leads in the first small world are somewhat controversial. The original female lead's ending was added later in Chapter 172. If you don't enjoy this world, feel free to skip to the second one!) Gu Jingzhou is the head of the S 2.7kReads9.1Score223Shelves
14. 14 病 The Lovesick Male Lead Is Clingy 病娇男主是个粘人精 Depressed for the Rest of My Life抑郁余生Two Male Leads256k WordsCompleted [Two male leads. If it’s not your thing, please don’t complain.] [Skin hunger syndrome + yandere Fu Chuji × mermaid Lu Jin’an] The day before returning to China, Lu Jin’an suddenly awakens to the truth: he’s the second male lead in a novel called The Dominant Officer Falls in Love with Me. The male lead, Fu Chuji, is his childhood friend and fiancé. The other male lead, Qiao Yu, once happened to find Grandpa Fu after he got lost and took him to the police station, where his family was able t 1kReads8.7Score152Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn Scumbag, Devoted Only to My Handsome Husband 重生渣男，独宠美夫郎 Tangerine-Flavored Orange Juice橘味橙汁Two Male Leads243k WordsCompleted Two male leads + reborn + devoted husband + building a career + children later on Qin Ge is reborn, returning to the moment just after he rescues his husband from the water. He remembers his previous life: his imperial father and empress father discovered him by chance and acknowledged him as their son. He then joined the struggle for succession, only to be betrayed by a villain and left with crippled legs, unable to care for himself, imprisoned and abused. Yet the husband he had never cared for 735Reads7.2Score100Shelves
16. 16 颜 A Looks-Obsessed Tycoon! The Aloof Buddhist Monk Can Do No Wrong 颜控大佬！清冷佛子你说什么都对 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads350k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + super sweet, no angst + livestreaming + the supernatural + paranormal + power couple + doting romance + happy ending + deluxe bonus chapters] Xie Hongchen is the last cultivator in the world. On the day he ascends, a bolt of heavenly lightning sends him into the world of a novel, where he becomes a disposable male supporting character from a top-tier wealthy family. The Heavenly Dao leaves him with one message: “The mortal world is a place to cultivate. Love and beauty are part 6.2kReads9.5Score1kShelves
17. 17 为 To Protect My Virtue! I Win Over My Possessive, Corrupted Mortal Enemy 为保清白！我攻略娇养黑化死对头 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads148k WordsCompleted Su Yan was a famous heartthrob at his university. In private, he was a veteran “man of culture” who only read wholesome stories. Because he had a heart condition. He couldn't afford to read anything else. He had 365 GB of material saved. He died late one night while reading a certain story. First his classmates would look down on him, then his teachers, then his parents, and after that, the whole internet... Later, a System fell from the sky. If he obediently followed its instructions, he could 60Reads8.7Score—Shelves
18. 18 别 This Is Ridiculous! After Eight Years as a Stand-In, I Find Out I Entered the Wrong Book 别太离谱！替身八年告诉我穿错书 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads407k WordsCompleted [Male-male leads + possessive, lovesick seme + occult master + fortune-telling + sweet romance with no angst + equally powerful leads + supernatural atmosphere + ghosts in the book] Shi Yin, the top master of a secluded occult sect, is short on money. He even has to sew his own underwear, stitch by stitch. Furious, he curses the heavens, and a bolt of lightning immediately strikes him. He transmigrates into a novel’s world and becomes a disabled tycoon’s substitute. From then on, he lives a comf 8.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
19. 19 鲛 Merfolk: Kitty, Give Me a Meow 鲛人：猫咪来喵一声 Half-Three-Year-Old Steamed Bun馍馍三岁半Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted [Interstellar + ABO Worldbuilding + Beastfolk + Merfolk. Many original settings] Beastfolk alphas, ordinary betas, merfolk omegas, ordinary omegas As a powerful merfolk warrior with both strength and good looks, this kid somehow managed to sleep his way into the interstellar era. He woke up to find that his entire merfolk clan had gone extinct, replaced by a group of fish people who looked like merfolk but were delicate, soft, and prone to crying. They didn’t even have a six-pack. What a bunch o 1.1kReads9.3Score171Shelves
20. 20 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Married the Empire’s Strongest Omega 穿越后，娶了帝国最强Omega I Like Big White Geese喜欢大白鹅Two Male Leads688k WordsCompleted (Transmigrated top + supernatural abilities + ABO + from ancient times to the interstellar era) Book 2 in the series Ye Chen'an transmigrates. As soon as he arrives, the Empire’s central AI assigns him a marriage partner. Huh? I’m getting married? If I don’t register within seven days, I’ll be fined and sent off to mine?! No way! No way! I’m not going! Fine, fine, I’ll get married! Ye Chen'an x Wen Jiayi 14.2kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
21. 21 这 This Omega Has Serious Issues 这个Omega有点大病 Shui Sanjin水三金Two Male Leads257k WordsCompleted Elegant, aloof Alpha × max-strength, hot-tempered, rugged Omega As an Omega, Jiang Qiu is interested in only two things in life: eating and building his career. Love has nothing to do with him. Anyone who wants to love can damn well go ahead, as long as they don't love him. That's Jiang Qiu, a man of refined sensibilities and noble character who absolutely despises Alphas. Once his gland is removed, he'll never love anyone! As an Alpha and heir to a wealthy family, Ye Xinglan has just one goal i 434Reads8.5Score116Shelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrating to the Modern World to Spoil My Wife 穿越现世之宠妻 Moonlight Over a Quiet Pond闲潭落月Two Male Leads534k WordsCompleted [Completed] Qin Shaohan was the foremost cultivator of his generation. At just ninety-nine, he successfully ascended to the great world above the clouds, where his prospective master, Immortal Venerable Shaoyang, asked, “Do you have a cultivation partner?” Qin Shaohan replied, “Your disciple has devoted himself to cultivation and has had no time to find a partner.” Immortal Venerable Shaoyang gave him a disdainful look, then waved a hand and swept him away with an immortal spell, sending him to 252Reads8.7Score—Shelves
23. 23 穿 After Transmigrating into a Tragic Novel, I Got a Happy Ending with the Cold Male Lead 穿进虐文后我和清冷男主HE了 Yu Cai予采Two Male Leads288k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Transmigration into a Book + The Bottom + 1v1 + Mutual Firsts + Sweet Romance + The Original Bottom Turns Top] Cool, scheming beauty top x sunny, carefree, optimistic bottom Ling Ran has always been the "other people's kid" in everyone's eyes: a model student, but never himself. Then an accident sends him into an old-fashioned, angst-ridden romance novel, where he becomes a frivolous rich playboy who appears in fewer than three chapters, flirts with the cool, aloof protagonist 4kReads8.6Score513Shelves
24. 24 玄 The Occult Master Is Reborn and Falls in Love With Her Grandmaster 玄学大佬重生后，和祖师恋爱了 Clouds Paint the Bright Moon云画月皎Two Male Leads506k WordsCompleted Metaphysics expert Xie Fei is reborn at the filming location of a variety show, only to discover that this show is anything but ordinary. The crew visits a castle haunted by a woman in red, a village that devours orthodox gods, and a tomb connected to the underworld... The guests include a serial killer, someone who turns children into ghost minions to gain good fortune, and demons who see Tang Monk’s flesh as a nourishing delicacy... Oh, and there’s also a major movie star who shares the exa 8.5kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
25. 25 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score312.3kShelves

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    To remove the gamey smell of meat: For pork, add star anise; for beef, add pepper and rosemary (use black pepper for stir-frying beef, white pepper for stewing beef); for lamb, add fennel and cumin (use cumin for roasting lamb, and scallions, ginger, cumin, and fennel for stewing); for chicken, add Sichuan peppercorns; for fish, add perilla (use angelica root for stewing sea fish, and perilla for stewing freshwater fish). Angelica root goes well with stewed fish, and perilla goes well with braised fish. For pork, add star anise; for beef, add black pepper and rosemary; for lamb, add fennel and cumin; for chicken, add Sichuan peppercorns; for fish, stew with angelica root and braise with perilla.

26. 26 你EN You Have Pangu's Axe, I Have a Barrett 你用盘古斧我有巴雷特 My Name Is Cheng Dapao我叫程大炮Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: National Transmigration: I Have an Arsenal [Not an Invincible-Protagonist Story]+ [One Heroine or No Heroine]+ [The Villain Is Ridiculously Strong] (Don’t read if you don’t like that) Heaven and earth undergo a transformation, and ten billion people around the world transmigrate at the same time to another world where only melee weapons exist. After awakening a personal divine weapon from the start, how can you survive in this perilous otherworld? Everyone else gets swords, spears 47.3kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
27. 27 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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28. 28 御 Beast Taming: From the Start, I Got a Monkey and a Cheat 御兽：开局一只猴，一个挂 Sweet Orange甜蜜蜜的橙子Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming + Simplification + No Romance + Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of beast taming and obtains a Simplified Beast Taming System. Anything related to beast taming can be simplified. From the start, he forms a contract with a stone monkey that loves liquor! They say stone monkeys have no evolution path? Then I'll create one! Add a staff, some armor, and a cloud to ride on. Nice, that's got the right feel! When the assembled geniuses see the stone monkey s 87kReads9.1Score12.2kShelves
29. 29 天 The Heavenly God Returns to Bathe the City in Blood for His Daughter 天神归来为女儿血洗都市 Yan Bei燕北Urban6.2M WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional] While fighting bloodily on the battlefield, he receives a desperate call for help from his daughter. Overnight, the world's top experts from across the three thousand realms rush to Huaxia! Xiao Tiance has lived a life of hardship, and his daughter and wife are the light of his life. He will never allow them to suffer even the slightest harm! 42.4kReads9.5Score10.2kShelves

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