Recommend Some Peak Mind-Game Novels. I've Been Reading for Over 10 Years 求几本智斗巅峰小说，10年以上老书虫了

1. 101 退 After Retirement, My Wife Brought People to Arrest Me 退休后，老婆带人来抓我了 Storytelling Lazy讲故事的LazyUrban1.9M WordsCompleted From the start, a beautiful woman proposed to him. Liu Xuedong was a fake psychologist and, in reality, an S-Rank Cleaner. Just as he was happily anticipating a perfect life, he realized things weren't going quite the way he'd imagined… Wait, isn't my wife the one I hate most? (A professional writer registered with the Provincial Writers Association. Credentials verified, so read with confidence.) 48.2kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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   ✨1️⃣ This is the kind of book that avid readers should read. The writing is excellent, the characters are intelligent, even the minor characters are clever, it doesn't make you feel stupid, it's not cliché, and it's logical.

2. 102 荒 King of the Wilderness 荒野之王 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban2.0M WordsCompleted On the deserted National Highway 318, a beautiful young woman flagged down Cang Yunfeng’s car. Any seasoned driver who regularly traveled through Tibet would know what was going on... 94.4kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves
3. 103 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! 2.4MReads9.2Score310.6kShelves

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   How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

4. 104 荒 The Wilds’ Ninth Squad 荒野九队 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In the Qinghai Yadan badlands, local police discover a burned corpse. Hanging around its neck is the ID tag of Cang Yunfeng, a member of Wilderness Team Nine. But at that very moment, Cang Yunfeng is lounging on his sofa at home, watching TV. Only when a policewoman calls does he suddenly realize... he seems to have been missing for a very long time... 92kReads9.5Score10.8kShelves
5. 105 官 The Biggest Hothead in Officialdom 官场第一愣头青 Model Huiyin模特徽因Urban6.9M WordsOngoing In the system, having powerful connections can provide welcome shelter. But sometimes, leaning on a powerful patron means being treated like a puppet, manipulated and controlled by others... Jiang Zhen initially refused to be controlled, but gradually changed his mind. He came to understand that Elder Xu's influence over him wasn't about control, but about guiding him as a person, beyond the rules of institutions and the conventions of the underworld. In the end, he deeply understood the career- 137.4kReads9.3Score10.4kShelves

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   A book that requires some brainpower; the game theory, strategy, and calculation are quite interesting.

6. 106 系 System Tasks Too Hard? The Nation Says, “Leave It to Me” 系统任务太难？国家：放着我来 Super Blow-Bubble Bubble Gum超级吹宝泡泡糖Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Signed for print publication] [An unconventional story about turning in a System, focusing on the protagonist's growth and the country reaching out to him in return] Good news! I've got a System! Bad news! The System seems to have a bug and keeps trying to kill me! Faced with a System devoted to erasing its Host, Li Ce made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes. He turned the System over to the country! P.S. The author has only posted on Dianzi. It's a great book, but I'm not very 2.3MReads9.2Score380.9kShelves
7. 107 官 Rising Through the Official Ranks, Starting as a Secretary 官场从秘书开始 Old Ice Pop老冰棍Urban6.4M WordsOngoing When hardship reaches its limit, good fortune follows. With a pure and earnest heart, Zhang Jun gets his lucky break and begins his career on the bench at an institute of traditional Chinese medicine. Skillfully navigating political maneuvering, officialdom, and human relationships, he wins allies at every turn and steadily rises through the ranks. 342.5kReads9.2Score16.9kShelves
8. 108 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 225.7kReads9.6Score64.5kShelves
9. 109 神 Detective Peter 神探皮特 Mo Shou陌手Mystery3.4M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Pete Li, gets called Detective Pete by someone after a chance encounter, and then sets off on a remarkable journey through life. 100Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   This book is a masterpiece of high-IQ protagonist suspense and multi-case novels. The protagonist is a brilliant detective, but he has his own assistant named Watson? Who would guess that these two are freshmen in college? In addition to constantly turning the tide in solving a series of major, mysterious, and unsolved cases, the detective is unintentionally drawn into the vortex of an international criminal group's frenzied plunder of national treasures. Whether it's thwarting heavily armed high-tech intruders, salvaging a pagoda that fell into the Yellow River under the cover of night, seeing through the thief's elusive tricks, or cleverly preventing a precious staff from falling into the hands of tomb raiders, all his actions are truly amazing. The detective has been repeatedly summoned to the capital by various powerful departments as their top-notch and ace detective. Whether it's his meticulous logical reasoning that swiftly solves cases and identifies the sole suspect at the scene, his cleverly devised schemes to successfully lure and capture special "guests" from abroad, or his miraculous capture of an "old friend" on the verge of escaping danger and defecting to the enemy at the estuary, his feats are truly breathtaking. Come on! Let's enter the wondrous world of "Detective Pete" together.

10. 110 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
11. 111 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves
12. 112 我 Those Years I Spent Running with the Wrong Crowd 我混社会那一些年 Summer Loves Meat夏天爱吃肉Urban2.9M WordsCompleted As you wander the martial world, what kind of cunning, scheming, and vision do you need? As a child, I feared ghosts because they were hideous and terrifying. As an adult, I fear people because they look so respectable. This story is a reminder to everyone: Nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. The only way to win is not to gamble! 17.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
13. 113 我 I'm a Fortune-Teller (The Original Novel of I'm No Master, Starring Li Xian and Li Yitong) 我是个算命先生（李现、李一桐主演《我不是大师》原著） Yi Zhi易之Mystery547k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, I'm No Master The highest level of fortune-telling isn't predicting the heavens. It's reading people. During the Republican era, a secretive group called the Jiangxiang Sect operated in the underworld. They called themselves fortune-tellers, but made their living through fraud. From secret agents of the Military Statistics Bureau and bandit chiefs to scholarly households, sheltered women, and children, no one could escap 15.3kReads9.6Score2.1kShelves
14. 114 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 258.2kReads9.6Score30.8kShelves

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    "A Battle of Wits"

15. 115 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia154k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The secret, sealed for nine years, was revealed, and on the day it was unveiled, everyone in Yunshui Town died! Before, Cen Ziyu had always thought that the mountain demon eating children was just a bizarre story made up by adults to scare kids, until that day he remembered something. When he was a child… he had eaten people.

16. 116 三 Three Kingdoms: Reborn as a Yellow Turban, I Kill Liu Bei from the Start 三国：重生黄巾，我开局杀了刘备 Snow Drifting in March三月流雪Historical2.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [No System] + [Power Struggles] + [Farming] + [Harem] + [Powerful Official] + [Overthrowing the Han] [Based on official history, not Romance of the Three Kingdoms.] Zhang Xin transmigrated to the end of the Han Dynasty and became a Yellow Turban rebel. He had planned to pack up and run, then pass his days following the script of history. Instead, he was forced to become commander of the last Yellow Turban army. From then on, a great warlord emerged from nowhere. He crushed the 68.5kReads8.7Score6.7kShelves
17. 117 关 The Mountain Ranger of Guandong 关东巡山人 Tianshan Shield天山盾Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted Black-handled blades, jade-faced foxes, the Thirteen Guardians who shook eastern Manchuria. Princes and generals, spirit mediums and magistrates. Limping beggars with long-stemmed pipes, monks and Taoist priests. Dragons, serpents, tigers, and leopards: none can escape the flying knives. A mountain range in a parallel world's eastern Manchuria, a feud sealed away for thirty years, a black blade that fills everyone with dread, a world of outlaws teeming with heroes, and a mountain patrolman who w 24.6kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    All are top-tier strategic battles. The first book is in the style of martial arts novels, the sixth, third, and fourth are all about leveling up through dungeons, and the top-tier fifth book is a realistic cultivation novel with vivid characters and no decrease in intelligence.

18. 118 乱 Iron Cavalry in a Chaotic World 乱世铁骑 Northern Fish北鱼Historical1.3M WordsCompleted A nation's decline is never caused by foreign peoples; chaos in the court is the true root of a country's troubles. A top special forces soldier from Huaxia dies in a foreign land, only to transmigrate to another world and become the sixth prince of the Great Wu Empire. Yet this illustrious identity makes him the laughingstock of the entire Great Wu dynasty, mocked and ridiculed by all. 10.8kReads8.6Score964Shelves
19. 119 我 I Turned a Low-Tier Class into a Supreme Divine Class 我把底层职业玩成了超级神格 Cat Empire猫咪帝国Mystery641k WordsCompleted [Completed] Rule challenges, survival instances, high-difficulty missions: the clear rate is less than 1%! While other players cling to the rules and struggle to survive each crisis, Lin Mo chooses to stay at his post, treating each trial as a chance to climb the career ladder! Night-shift cleaner → Filth Purifier: use professional skills to cleanse anomalies and revisit forbidden zones in time; Food delivery rider → Spatial Courier: deliver with pinpoint accuracy to avert crises, and correct 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Go down and remember this.

20. 120 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 125.9kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
21. 121 无 Infinite: This Player Has Just a Tiny Bit Too Many Tags 无限：这个玩家的标签有亿点多 Lightning Who Never Slacks Off绝不摸鱼的闪电Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Name: Gao Yi] [Equipped tag (1/1): Journalist Lv. 2 (Common)] [Unequipped tags: Debtor Lv. 1 (Common), Heartbroken Lv. 1 (Common), Good Samaritan Lv. 1 (Common), Internet Surfing Pro Lv. 1 (Common), Friend to Elderly Women Lv. 2 (Rare)] Cursed by the goddess of luck, Gao Yi got the “Tag System” at the most unlucky point in his life. It made him thrive in the sudden era of instance dungeons. “Let’s combine the trait I got in the last instance with one of my current tags...” Gao Yi’s hand slipped 29kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
22. 122 一 One-Punch Man in the Infinite Worlds 一拳超人在无限 Cat Empire猫咪帝国Anime Fanfiction506k WordsCompleted (Current dungeon progress: Zombie Apocalypse, Beastial Swarm, Fearless Hero, Urban Legends, Dark Cultivation, Battlefield of the Gods, One-Punch World) One day, Saitama was gaming at home when he suddenly received a summons from the Lord God and became a reincarnator. And so the bald demon lord began his journey to transmigrate. A disaster that would engulf the Myriad Worlds was about to begin… (Saitama is absolutely invincible in this book. Please don't argue with the premise.) 2.9kReads8.7Score173Shelves
23. 123 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 566.7kReads9.3Score73.5kShelves
24. 124 嗟 Alas, Immortal 嗟仙 Meticulous Cultivation精耕细作Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [The human side of cultivation, ensemble cast, no golden finger] Now that order has been established in the cultivation world, fighting and killing are no longer the norm. What matters more is navigating human relationships. Zhu Xiaosuo rises from an ordinary mortal to an immortal, one step at a time, in the name of “saving face.” 31.2kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
25. 125 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.2kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
26. 126 纨 The Spoiled Young Master Is an Evil God, and All His Followers Are Beauties 纨绔大少是邪神，眷属全部是美女 Ashes Fable灰烬寓言Urban528k WordsOngoing [The ratings just came in, and they’re going to soar] [Showing off in public] [Multiple heroines] [No toxicity or angst] [Divine and insane] [Highly intelligent villains] [Epic battlefields] The Evil Gods cast their gaze down from the stars. Their mutterings worm into the soul, and their corruption makes flesh betray the will. Cities writhe beneath their skins, while people mutate in ignorance. The Empire, the forbidden zones, and the rulers enthroned high above have long since written humanity 254.2kReads9.2Score29.7kShelves

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    The gaze of an evil god traverses the starry sky and falls upon the city, corrupting mortal souls with its whispers! The plot twists and turns constantly, the villain is unfathomable, and the battle scenes are thrillingly detailed! #Cthulhu #HighlyIntelligentVillains

27. 127 满 My Whole Family Are Cannon Fodder, but After They Read My Mind, They Rebel 满门炮灰读我心后，全家造反了 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 124.4kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves

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    Even the servants and guards are all intelligent.

28. 128 股 Stock Market God: Turning 50,000 into Enlightenment 股神：5万本金悟道 Little Ma the Stock Trader股民小马Urban2.0M WordsCompleted At thirty, Li Chenggang should have been settling down. But after a divorce crisis, he was also fired from his company for trading stocks during work hours. After taking a double blow to his love life and his livelihood, Li Chenggang decided to go all in. He made a decision that looked crazy to everyone else: he would trade stocks full-time! With his entire life savings of 50,000 yuan, he plunged into the stock market and began a legendary career. 62.1kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
29. 129 从 Starting with a Dormitory Manhunt, I Slay Every Ghostly Evil God 从宿舍逃杀开始斩尽幽诡邪神 Peace Throughout the Land天下长安Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Communicate with the Future] [Monsters Lurking] [Rules That Kill] [Power-Up System] [Supernatural Sequences] [Everyone Has a System] [No Female Lead] "Chu Xuan, if you're awake, don't speak. Don't make a sound... You'll be the next one to die!" "These are the rules of the day-and-night killing game. If you want to get out alive, you have to find and kill the monster!" After transmigrating back to his college days, Chu Xuan planned to use his foresight to make money and lie flat. But he never ex 246.1kReads8.8Score30.7kShelves

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    This is truly a top-tier intellectual battle novel, extremely captivating. It's ruthless and decisive, without any overly sentimental characters or romantic pairings. It's packed with foreshadowing and updates frequently, but I feel its rating has been deliberately suppressed.

30. 130 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 409.4kReads9.4Score77.7kShelves

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    There's no romance or ambiguity; it's pure strategy and intellectual battle. The most frequent comment is, "This ghost is too sinister; who could survive this?" It balances plot tension with tight logic, and the writing is superb. The sudden shifts to dark humor amidst the tension are delightful, the plot twists are unexpected, and the foreshadowing is intricate and well-developed. A small detail in one chapter can connect the entire nightmare, and the transitions are smooth. The plot holes are filled without feeling abrupt, and the intervals between each nightmare provide the reader with a breather while simultaneously increasing the danger, creating a strong sense of immersion. In short, it's the best supernatural book I've seen on Yangshizi so far.

31. 131 棠 The Tangyin Cases 棠阴比事 Written by Gui Wanrong桂万荣撰15k WordsCompleted [Ancient Crime Investigation | Ancient Forensic Science | Solving Bizarre Cases | Unraveling Mysteries with Reason] Without surveillance cameras or DNA, how did people in ancient times solve unusual cases? A collection of case judgments handed down from the Song dynasty records more than 70 real major cases found in official histories. A stepmother's murder of her husband sparks a bloody family tragedy; a wife conspires with her lover to kill her husband and disguises his death as an accident; f 35Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Don't you read Sun Tzu's Art of War? Brother Qiang has told you to read it so many times! [Learned it]

32. 132 全 My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍 Uncle Jianghe江河大爷Historical2.2M WordsOngoing After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an 213.5kReads9.3Score21kShelves

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    I watch a variety of things, but they're all pretty good.

33. 133 折 The Tortoise Mirror of Legal Cases 折狱龟鉴 Zheng Ke郑克73k WordsCompleted [Ancient Court Cases | Classical Accounts of the Strange | Casebook of Criminal Trials] The Casebook of Judicial Inspection is a classic of Song dynasty jurisprudence, as famous as The Washing Away of Wrongs. It compiles more than 280 true cases, from the Han and Wei dynasties through the Northern Song. Organized by category, it records cases involving clearing the wrongly accused, exposing false charges, investigating adultery, tracking thieves, and more, documenting the entire process by which 33Reads8.7Score—Shelves
34. 134 闯 Storming the Formation: Becoming a God on a Faith Livestream 闯阵：在信仰直播间封神 A Blade of Snow一刀雪Mystery179k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Multiple Instances + Suspense + Supernatural + No Romance + Arena + Team Battles + Folklore] [Player, hello, welco, ] “Do you like me?” [No, this is, ] “My contact information. Here.” [That’s not what I mean. You’ve been selected, and you have to, ] “You want to play rough? You’re such a pervert!” [...I don’t like you.] “Impossible. I’m so handsome!” System: Help! A player is harassing me! Can I get compensation for emotional distress? Xu Buci, a graduate student of folklore 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful mystery, high-level martial arts competition, no female lead, lots of details. Check it out if you like that kind of thing! [Top post][Top post][Top post]

35. 135 大EN The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著） Meal Card饭卡Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted [All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d 210kReads9.7Score28.1kShelves
36. 136 平 Parallel Island 平行岛 Night of the White Night白夜之时Sci-Fi & Apocalypse392k WordsOngoing In 2065, on an unnamed island deep in the ocean. An ordinary girl with no special abilities. A deadly game where the stakes are her life. Win, and she rises to the top overnight. Lose, and she dies. Traps, betrayal, and an endless struggle for survival: she can only rely on her wits and logic to make it through. But the closer she gets to the finish line, the more terrified she becomes. It seems a shocking secret about the fate of all humanity lies behind this brutal bloodshed. 34Reads—Score123Shelves

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37. 137 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
38. 138 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
39. 139 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 88.2kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves

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    Top-tier dark fantasy novel. The protagonist is intelligent, featuring strategic battles and a brand-new cultivation system. It draws inspiration from several novels, including those by Ang Zhenren and Dao Guiyi Xian. The story unfolds across two parallel worlds: Earth and another world. The world-building is vast, the protagonist prioritizes his own interests, the author updates consistently, and there are over a thousand chapters to satisfy your reading appetite. It's not an invincible story.

40. 140 造 The Creator's Taboo 造物主的禁忌 Xiu Ji休济Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted (This book has been years in the making and revised over a hundred times. From the first volume to the last, it will tell one complete, expansive story, with a large cast, suspense, and a touch of brain-teasing mystery. From time to time, the author will offer summaries or hints in the author's notes.) A creator's greatest taboo is making a life more perfect than their own! The gods created humanity and shackled it with birth, aging, sickness, death, memories that slip away like sand, and endles 249Reads9.0Score161Shelves

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    Many plot twists and surprises follow. The opening UFO sighting seems like a story of a war with aliens, but the story gradually becomes more mysterious and full of surprises. Do aliens really exist...?

41. 141 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score325Shelves

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    How about trying this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

42. 142 宁 Ning Jinge 宁烬歌 Calm as Ever冷静如斯Ancient Romance697k WordsOngoing [Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet 379Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    This book is absolutely fantastic! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] She was originally a handsome young marshal, but also the assassin Jin Si Niang. She wanted to kill all the Shadow Si members to avenge his wrongful death fifteen years ago; he was originally a high-ranking member of the Shadow Si, wandering the martial world, but ended up on the bounty list. She hunted him down, but was rescued by him... The plot is ingenious, a battle of wits at its peak! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

43. 143 神 The Divine Phoenix's Gift 神凰赋 Dashing Wanderer翩翩浪子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A garden needs roses! But roses don’t need gardens. A rose is a rose wherever it grows: proud, radiant, and brilliantly independent. In the wild, in the fields, in a free and unrestrained world, she lives as a goddess who strikes decisively and without hesitation. 12.2kReads9.3Score105Shelves

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    If we're talking about mind-bending suspense and high-IQ plot twists, this is definitely the pinnacle. The kind of book that catapulted a author to fame! So many tropes, endless plot reversals, and desperate comebacks…

44. 144 问 Three Sins Against Heaven 问天三罪 4035Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Demonic cultivator] + [Decisive and ruthless] The gods choose the gifted. The demons choose those who never give up. My name is Chen Ze, and I was chosen by a demon. Of course, you can call me Gui Qing. Speak my name on the road to reincarnation, and Granny Meng will give you free soup. That day, I questioned the heavens three times. The gods and Buddhas across the realms said nothing, and I knew there was no place for me in this world anymore. In that case, I have no choice but t 32.8kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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    First book: Well-developed with foreshadowing and setup, excellent writing. Second book: A battle of wits, the protagonist commits a perfect crime, constantly maneuvering and cultivating his pawns.

45. 145 警 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Fickle World Fungus世事无常真菌Mystery804k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 207.8kReads8.9Score29.2kShelves
46. 146 雪 Spring Burns Through the Ashes of Snow 雪烬春灼 The Remarkable Wang Shiyi了不起的王十一Ancient Romance189k WordsOngoing A historical tale of destruction and renewal, hatred and redemption, political intrigue and true devotion. Watch as yesterday's blazing sun is tempered in the deepest darkness, and at last becomes a bright moon shining over the land. Wang Chunxue went from being the prized jewel of the Langya Wang clan to the daughter of a condemned traitor. The imperial decree accusing her family of treason crushed everything she had: her father and brothers, her glory, and her betrothal to the Crown Prince. Af 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let me see how to define a battle of wits.

47. 147 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 157Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The premise is incredibly original, completely breaking away from clichés. The author is new but seasoned, and I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy niche, in-depth stories! The male lead's paranoia is off the charts; reading the plot is like watching him play chess, calculating ten moves ahead for every one move – incredibly satisfying. Fans of ensemble casts and tragic stories will rejoice; each character has their own tragic story, not just for the sake of being tragic, but embodying the helplessness of fate. The pacing isn't fast, but detail-oriented readers will adore it; the foreshadowing is incredibly deep. The premise is dazzling, completely different from other formulaic novels!

48. 148 我 My 99 Perfect Hunts 我的99次完美狩猎 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Realism] [High-IQ crime] [Masterful mind games] [No female lead] [For readers who love logic] The police in Xikang City received a phone call from someone calling himself Ghost, who claimed he would kill a certain person in three days. More than that, he wanted the police to rush out and protect the target. He intended to carry out the killing under the police's tight security. The police took the threat extremely seriously and made careful preparations. When the three days were up, the result 40.3kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
49. 149 太 The Crown Prince Is a Treasure Trove, but She Flirts and Runs 太子浑身是宝，但她撩完就跑 Nine Strokes, Then a Horizontal Line九笔横才Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Clever revenge + ensemble court drama + male lead fakes his death and reveals his identity, then goes mad + heroine is his one true love] [Power couple comedy | Strategic mind games | All the right ingredients | Fictional setting] Axiang, a huntress, bought herself a live-in husband. He was handsome, with a fine figure and a noble, radiant air, like an immortal crane descended from the heavens, or a jade-faced gentleman from a storybook. But he had no idea how to show affection. When she offer 1.5kReads9.2Score178Shelves

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    This novel, a blend of historical romance, political intrigue, and female protagonist stories, features a ruthless and calculating heroine who remains principled, and a devoted and loyal male lead. In the dual struggles of court politics and domestic life, they are both evenly matched rivals and each other's only support. The plot is tightly woven with constant twists and turns, seamlessly intertwining political intrigue with romance. It showcases the wisdom and resilience of ancient women in dire circumstances while also depicting a love story between two equally matched individuals. A thoroughly enjoyable read, this is a masterpiece of historical romance with strong female leads and political intrigue.

50. 150 默 The Silent Century 默声世纪 Outrunning the Old Lobster跑赢老龙虾Urban316k WordsOngoing 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is a must-read! The combination of a highly intelligent ensemble cast, time travel, and voice manipulation is truly innovative, completely breaking away from the usual formula. The early dual-narrative structure is clear, with the main characters sensing each other across time and space through sound, joining forces with their best friends and the Three Spiritual Flowers to fight the villains. The later stages feature powerful alliances and a thrilling final showdown, with foreshadowing and plot twists building layer by layer, creating a completely immersive reading experience! Author @ maintains a superb pacing, delivering both tense and exciting action sequences and heartwarming, touching moments. The characters are meticulously crafted, all intelligent and vividly portrayed, avoiding stereotypical good and bad sides. Highly recommended!

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