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1. 601 魔 The Demon-Spawn Heiress Becomes Principal and Turns the Whole School Upside Down 魔丸千金当校长，创翻全校 Lucky Little Kui福气小葵Modern Romance814k WordsOngoing (Satisfying read + silly comedy + bringing down the school + darling of all, devilish heroine + family affection) The wealthy Yu family holds a competition among its seven children to choose an heir. Each must turn around a failing business owned by the Yu Group. In her previous life, Yu Xiaxing and her siblings schemed and sabotaged one another for the family fortune, and she ultimately won. But before she could enjoy her victory, the real heiress returned. It turned out she was only an imposto 234kReads9.4Score38.5kShelves

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   The first book is really clever, and the second one is about that adorable little turtle (if you count turtles, he's one year old).

2. 602 谎 Ashes of Lies 谎言烬 Laughter in the Distant Rosy Clouds天边远霞笑Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing “One day, we will meet again. Once we learn the true secret of the key, we will journey to that mountain-and-sea paradise in our hearts!” In the endless river of time, a mysterious key has no known form or meaning. Could all of this be a lie? What is the Divine Song? What is a Primordial Spirit? Does the Void Song really exist? A continent drained of its vitality has swallowed countless secrets. The mellow fragrance of wine that has aged through a lifetime of reincarnation has given rise to th 1.2kReads9.4Score157Shelves

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   This book is a fantasy/suspense novel. Both the male and female leads are intelligent; they don't appear to be intellectually challenged.

3. 603 无 The Ruthless Path: The System Says My Chance of Falling in Love Is 100% 无情道：系统说我情劫率百分百 Snowy Little Star雪绒小星Eastern Fantasy143k WordsOngoing [A Not-So-Serious Cultivation World] [One Female Lead] I transmigrated into the cultivation world and became the Heavenly Dao’s most wanted criminal. My System died on me from the start, leaving me with nothing but an appraisal function that I can’t even afford to use. To stay alive, I joined the legendary Heartless Dao. Then I was stunned on my very first day. Wasn’t this path supposed to mean cutting off all desire? The senior brother is married and wondering what to cook for his Daoist partne 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 604 蝉 Cicadas Sing as the Sun Sets in the West 蝉声且送阳西 Rain Falls, Bamboo Turns Cold雨落竹冷Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Wuxia + swordsmanship + political intrigue + scheming protagonist + comedy + multiple leads] The world’s great currents form a chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. One player commands the black pieces, another the white. One person has double pupils and looks down coldly on mortal life, overturning heaven and earth with a single gesture. Another is refined and graceful, laying schemes one after another, each linked to the next. Another, though only at the second rank, takes one ste 7.5kReads9.3Score748Shelves
5. 605 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.6kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
6. 606 说 You Said She Was Supposed to Be Yandere, So What’s with This Clingy Kitten? 说好的病娇呢，这粘人小猫咪是什么鬼 Snowy Little Star雪绒小星12k WordsCompleted Wasn’t she supposed to be a yandere? What’s with this clingy little kitty? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 607 穿 I Transmigrated into a Blond Delinquent and Resolved to Stay Away from the Heroine 穿越成黄毛的我决心远离女主 May the Wind Carry Me Away希望能被大风吹飞Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Lin Yu doesn’t understand why he transmigrated here. When other people transmigrate, they either end up in a cultivation world, where one sword can overwhelm ten thousand enemies, or in a historical dynasty, where they can change history and hold power over the court. At the very least, they might transmigrate to a few decades ago, use their knowledge of the future to get rich, and build a harem. Who would transmigrate to a place like this?! 34.5kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
8. 608 神 Divine Fall Storm 神陨风暴 Brother Niu, Fourth Most Handsome Under Heaven牛哥天下第四帅Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Monsters and magical beasts, war-torn empires, elemental temples, the ten High Gods... Alan Smith, a fallen noble with the legendary bloodline of angels, will stir up a storm in this world of magic and battle aura! It all begins with the fall of a god... 1.1kReads6.5Score149Shelves

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   Traditional Western fantasy. Rich plot. Numerous foreshadowing elements. Slow-burn, fast-paced yet exciting story. Enjoy!

9. 609 纯 Pure Evil: The Abbot of a Medieval Monastery 纯坏种，中世纪修道院的院长大人 Narrow Little Bear窄窄熊Historical2.3M WordsOngoing [History] [Political intrigue] [Capital] [Christianity] [Metaphysics] “Father Superior, the demon possessing my daughter will leave today, won't it?” “Are the profits I earn from trading and lending money pleasing to God? Or have I already been tainted by the sin of usury?” “Why does God remain silent in the face of disaster and injustice?” A top financial fraudster's soul travels to Florence in 1345, where he poses as a monastery's abbot from the start. In 1345, the Medici family had yet t 20.1kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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   He starts with just a brain, and the rest is up to him to rise from an ordinary country conman to control the entire kingdom's finances.

10. 610 闺 My Best Friend Wants to Compete with Empress Ma for Favor. Now That I’m Reborn, I Won’t Stop Her 闺蜜要和马皇后争宠，重生归来我不劝了 Snowy Little Star雪绒小星Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted My best friend wants to compete with Empress Ma for the emperor’s favor. Now that I’m reborn, I won’t talk her out of it. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 611 雨 On a Rainy Night, My Yandere Sister Begged Me to Take Her In 雨夜，病娇妹妹求我收留 Hoshino Kami星野神来Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Extra sweet] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Light novel] + [Not self-insert] A landmine girl, an underground idol, a debuting voice actress, a childhood-friend editor, a doujin artist... After I made a wish, they all came to my side. To fight over the one and only female lead spot, they launched into a frenzied battle of romantic rivalry. Three years later, Lu Qing clasped his hands together. “Oh, God of Inspiration, I was immature back then. Please spare me...” A completely original story wit 51.9kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
12. 612 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 24.7kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves

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    Very intelligent. Just watch, they're all silent. This rating speaks for itself.

13. 613 宗 Cast Out by My Sect: One Moment of Madness, and I Slaughter the Entire Sect 宗门弃徒:一念疯魔，尽屠全宗 Tian Xiao天笑Eastern Fantasy909k WordsCompleted [Darkening] + [Madness] + [No System] + [No Heroine] “If you don’t go mad, no matter how many lives you’ve lived...” “...you’ll only be repeating the same tragedy!” “Because fate...” “...has never favored the weak!” The boy grins eerily as blood runs down from between his brows! In the darkness, he throws back his head and spreads his arms in a frenzy... 1.2kReads8.2Score100Shelves

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    I recommend these two books. Don't look at the rating of the first one; it's actually because very few people have read it. The protagonist is intelligent, turns evil, and manipulates everyone. The second book has a tight structure, and the protagonist is intelligent and not a saint.

14. 614 二 My Ex Kneels at My Wedding on the Day I Remarry 二婚当天前夫跪在婚礼现场 Nan Xing Writes Stories南星写故事Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted The day I discovered my husband had been cheating for five years, I was eight months pregnant and had just landed a contract worth tens of millions. I didn’t cry or make a scene. Five months after giving birth to our second child, I filed for divorce. The scumbag walked away with nothing, while my former mother-in-law wailed and carried on. On the first day after my divorce, the CEO of a tech company, who had been secretly in love with me for years, showed up at my door. “Su Wan, I’m divorce 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Her stepson had a fever, and she stayed by his side all night. He groggily called out "Mom"—not the biological one, but her. She said, "Mom's here." Those three words stayed with him for a lifetime. #Ex-husband kneels at wedding on second marriage day #Book recommendation when you're out of books #Tearjerker

15. 615 废 A Crippled Vein? A Piece of Junk? I Can Hear the Machinery’s Heartbeat! 废脉垃圾？我能听见机械心跳！ I'm the Toughest Around在下头最铁Urban248k WordsOngoing Dual God-tier Cheats + Wasteland Punk + Ruthless and Decisive + Satisfying Battle of Wits| In an age after the collapse of civilization, the people at the bottom scrape by like garbage. Chu Yuan is garbage too, unable to awaken pulse energy, until that day, when his left hand gains ultimate computational power and his right gains absolute brute force! Super AI Zero in his left hand: “Access to base-level data successful! Activating a ten-thousand-meter God’s-eye view, deciphering ancient deities —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Be sure to read the first three chapters, they're absolutely amazing!

16. 616 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 66.2kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    Look at it, look at it, look at it! The female lead is incredibly skilled; she points out the flaws in various stories.

17. 617 狩 Demon Hunt: A Hunter's Memoir 狩魔手记 Misty Rain Jiangnan烟雨江南Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted After the nuclear war, slaughter began to spread across the entire world. The order of human society completely collapsed, and the law of the jungle became the foremost rule. Once desire was freed from its restraints, there was no road forward, only a choice to turn left or right. Hell lay to the left, and hell lay to the right. 3.4kReads9.2Score643Shelves
18. 618 浪 Driving Through the Waves 浪里行车 I Have Three Mu of Land to Tend我有三亩责任田Eastern Fantasy252k WordsOngoing [Traditional Wuxia] [Male-Female Couple] [Half Martial World Family History] [Plot-Driven] Nanhe Xuan (Ziche), a highly skilled martial artist, is investigating a matter that could affect the entire martial world. On his way to celebrate his nephew's wedding, he happens to save Donghe Piaoxue, who has nearly made enemies of the entire martial world. As a result, he gets drawn into another storm in the martial world. Like a carriage tossed on the waves, the two press on through hardship, graduall 127Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This wuxia novel has no time travel, no rebirth, and no system. Only a tightly woven plot that unfolds layer by layer! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts] Definitely worth reading!

19. 619 恶 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery737k WordsCompleted “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 39.3kReads9.5Score6kShelves

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    The female lead is exceptionally intelligent, and the plot twists are numerous and the pacing is tight. Highly recommended.

20. 620 海 Overseas Turmoil: The Path of a Crime Lord 海外风云之枭雄路途 Love Knows No Distance心咫尺爱天涯Urban1.9M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Feng. I’ve encountered, witnessed, and experienced many industries and incidents that people would rather keep hidden. So many people have been lured overseas by high-paying jobs, only to die. So many have died because their desires could never be satisfied. This synopsis can’t do the story justice. Read the novel to find out more. 8.6kReads9.1Score706Shelves

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    Emmm, it's a bit niche, but it's also a high-IQ story, involving shady dealings. I suspect the author might have returned from overseas and found a new job... The area around northern Myanmar seems familiar.

21. 621 快 Quick Transmigration: Who Knew I’d Get Such a Sweet Deal? 快穿之还有这好事 Likes Xie Jingxing喜欢谢景行Modern Romance328k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + bickering System + absurd comedy] She works for a company that connects the real world with the worlds of novels. How will she grow step by step, and where will things go between her and the System? On my first quick transmigration, I woke up to find the domineering CEO was only 1.7 meters tall?! On my second quick transmigration, I was reborn. If you can't even be a good emperor, then I'll take the throne myself! On my third quick transmigration, there was a baby involve 86Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 622 破 After Daybreak 破晓过后 Happy Land Land Land Land Land乐土土土土土Eastern Fantasy406k WordsOngoing I walk across the land. Passing through this world, where roads stretch far and horses hurry by. I hold all things in the world lightly. After hello comes goodbye, and after goodbye comes silence. Life is vast as the sea, with mountains rising one after another. 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this myself, so I hope you can give me some suggestions. Thanks! 😊

23. 623 全 Global Game: I Just Want to Quietly Grind Achievements 全球游戏：我只想静静的刷成就 The Wind Has Risen Again in Luoyang洛阳又起风了Sports1.3M WordsOngoing (No female lead + decisive and ruthless + infinite-flow + the protagonist is no saint, read with caution) “Are you tired of an ordinary life? Do you yearn for power? If you want to escape the ordinary and gain power beyond all living beings, come join this game.” Ye Shuangluo is chosen by a mysterious game to become a reserve player. As a player, he must face players from other parallel timelines and multiverses. Fortunately, Ye Shuangluo awakens the exclusive talent “Achievement Master.” By com 36.4kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    Just browsing, it's considered a masterpiece on Tomato.

24. 624 执 Rose with a Blade 执刃玫瑰 Heaven Opens to Delusions天开妄想Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted Print edition on sale June 20 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Spotlight + Crime Mystery + Marriage Before Love + Age Gap] [Cool, aloof high-ranking official with a fatherly streak + elegant, reserved beauty who works as a mortician] After the Nan family went bankrupt, Nan Qing was raised in the Gu household for decades. She and Gu Zhun were childhood sweethearts, with their wedding date fast approaching. But on the eve of their engagement party, a scandal involving Gu Zhun broke. In a video, Gu 34kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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    This is absolutely amazing!!! Both the male and female leads are intelligent, a powerful combination at work, and a master of seduction in their personal lives. The second male lead rises to power in this crime thriller, a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, with an age gap (a cold, aloof high-ranking official with a powerful father, and a cool, beautiful mortician).

25. 625 在 It’s Just Too Satisfying to Cultivate Demonic Arts in a Doomsday World 在末日世界修魔也太爽了吧 Set Sail for the Eastern Sky启航东天Eastern Fantasy956k WordsOngoing When five billion people transmigrated to a cultivation world, each became a low-level demonic cultivator teetering on the edge of death. And when tens of millions were dying every day... What would you do if you were one of them? Lie low for a thousand years, become invincible, then finally emerge? Or charge ahead and fight until heaven and earth were turned upside down, and the sun and moon lost their light? Luckily, you discovered a door in your sea of consciousness leading to a zombie wo 38.8kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
26. 626 我 The Half-Demon Young Master of My Family Never Plays by the Rules 我家半妖少主从来不讲武德 San Jiu Ling三久零Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy] [Single heroine] [Passionate] [Coming of age] [Family] [No System, no brainless plot] [The protagonist’s personality changes gradually; don’t read if that’s not for you] A young man from Huaxia, with a pair of swords in hand. One sword severs souls! One sword smites evil! He’s a little unscrupulous, but not too much! With the body of a half-demon, he cuts through every obstacle. And becomes an unrivaled demon king! But... You’re a demon king, for crying out loud. Can’t you do any 15kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥These three books will definitely meet your requirements! I especially recommend the third one, where the male protagonist is taken in as a disciple by a senior member of the Hehuan Sect at the beginning! However, he is not taught any cultivation techniques, so he has no choice but to learn them on his own!

27. 627 渡 Duchuan Agency 渡川事务所 Song Yu淞渝Modern Romance197k WordsOngoing The day Lu Jianxing receives his uncle’s final letter, there’s no vast inheritance waiting for him, just a yellowed IOU with his own name written in the debtor’s column. He hasn’t even figured out how to dodge the debt when his icy creditor shows up at his door. “Your uncle sold you to me.” So he goes. The agency called Crossing River is tucked beneath the shade of an old locust tree. It helps the restless dead fulfill the wishes they left unfinished. His new boss loves money more than life itse 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at mine! [Sending heart]

28. 628 天EN From Death Row to a King’s Equal: Slashing My Way Out of a Nightmare Start 天崩开局，从死囚营砍到并肩王 Big Monk o大和尚oHistorical5.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + invincible + ruthless + the ultimate path] Li Dao is reborn in the Great Qian Dynasty as a third-rank earl. During a palace banquet, he accidentally gets drunk and stumbles into a palace. Just then, his memories of his previous life return, and between the memory confusion and the alcohol, he ruins the virtue of the palace's mistress. In a rage, the emperor sends Li Dao to a death-row camp on the frontier, hoping he'll die beyond the border. Instead, he unexpectedly awakens a “gain sta 154.9kReads9.0Score14.3kShelves
29. 629 炸 What Should I Do After Blowing Up the Shrine? 炸了神社该怎么办 Yu Lu渔鹿Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Su Ye joined a tour group to visit Sakura Country out of sheer boredom. While looking around a shrine, he suddenly got a System from the heavens. After learning what was going on and hearing the System announce its mission, Su Ye gazed at the crowds streaming through the shrine, and the expression on his face gradually changed. From then on, the world had one more helpful young man. 1kReads7.5Score182Shelves

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    🌱🌱This book, this one moves the border line by 50 meters, it's hilarious! The protagonist gets a system and is always helping others. He starts by blowing up a shrine in Japan, then goes on to wreak havoc on various countries, moving border lines along the way. [Heart emoji]

30. 630 被 Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁 A Moon Rabbit一只月兔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three 21.9kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
31. 631 全EN Global Metahumans: Awakening the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning at the Start 全球异能：开局觉醒紫霄神雷 The Wind Is Howling Tonight今晚的风儿甚是喧嚣Urban4.5M WordsOngoing On Blue Star, vicious beasts run rampant. Everyone can awaken an ability and has a chance to become a powerful force, feared across the land! Yet Xu Jingming, who transmigrated here, had only an E-rank ability. Fortunately, the Deep Blue System appeared, upgrading his weak E-rank electric ability into S-rank Purple Firmament Divine Thunder! That’s not all. Every time he kills a vicious beast, he earns ability points. Spend ability points to raise his level and strengthen his skills. “Deep Blue, 244.4kReads9.1Score19.8kShelves
32. 632 洪 Honghuang: Starting at Buzhou Mountain, I Became a Substitute 洪荒：开局不周山，我成了替身 Leaning on a Slanted Bridge in Spring Clothes春衫倚斜桥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A wisp of soul accidentally transmigrated into the Primordial World and awakened inside the body of the hapless Creation Green Lotus, which had been struck by lightning since the day it first emerged. But he failed to possess the lotus. Instead, he caused the original lotus to develop sentience, transforming it into twin lotuses that grew side by side. He had become a stand-in. With no System or cheats, and too embarrassed to call himself a transmigrator, Qingxuan didn’t dare dream of dominati 36.5kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

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    Logical, not mindless, several million words, enough to keep you reading for several days.

33. 633 合 The One and Only Alchemist of the Hehuan Sect, Even the Sect Leader Begs Me 合欢宗唯一炼丹师，宗主也要求我 Excited Uncle Three兴奋三叔叔Eastern Fantasy734k WordsCompleted For some reason, an elder of the Hehuan Sect took him in as a personal disciple, but never taught him any of the sect’s dual cultivation techniques. If no one was going to teach him, he’d just have to learn on his own. He could start by helping his fellow disciples refine some virility pills… 2.9kReads9.0Score358Shelves
34. 634 三EN The Three Pure Ones Overheard My Thoughts, and the Primordial World's Plot Collapsed 三清偷听我心声，洪荒剧情崩完了 Hua Qianluo花千落Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Zhou Qingqing transmigrates. She becomes a flower capable of absorbing spiritual energy and cultivating. Before she has time to celebrate, three Daoist masters descend from the clouds, saying they will split her into three to make a treasure for proving the Dao. [What the heck! They have a perfectly good innate supreme treasure, but they want to split it into three top-grade spiritual treasures. Are they stupid...?] Knowing that the Primordial World is a dangerous place and the Heavenly Dao cann 26.1kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
35. 635 别 Don’t Mess with His Little Darling 别惹他的小可怜 Dai in Her Boudoir呆字闺中Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Published under the title Blazing Sun] [Cocky, unruly, flirtatious young master from Beijing’s elite circles x delicate yet resilient top student who’s been bullied] [Campus Romance x Healing x Top Students x Mutual Devotion] Tang Yu is the top student at Qingyuan High School, but she has endured years of bullying. When she’s driven to the brink, she sets her sights on the new transfer student. He’s cocky enough and wild enough. That day, bruised from head to toe, 47.6kReads9.5Score7.7kShelves

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    To be honest, I never really understood what "guided lover" meant before. After reading Bian Yang's novel, I finally understood the benefits of this kind of relationship and what it means to the other person. I've read many novels about redemption, but this is the first one that combines redemption and the concept of a guided lover so beautifully. I stayed up all night reading this book, cried several times, and truly felt their incredibly deep love—a love that words can't describe!

36. 636 九 Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: The Good-for-Nothing Prince Is Banished to Beiliang from the Start 九子夺嫡：废物皇子开局被贬北凉 Little Beetle 339小小甲壳虫339Historical6.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty, Li Xun became the unlucky, useless Sixth Prince. In the struggle for the throne among nine princes, he was marked as a loser from the very beginning. He was framed and exiled to the lands of Beiliang, yet his enemies still wouldn't leave him alone. After his golden finger awakened, Li Xun gained control of the Emperor's Support System and obtained terrifying power. Then he launched a powerful counterattack. When his enemies wouldn't let up, he simp 40.7kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
37. 637 谌 The Rise to Godhood of Chen Jiexue, the Corporate Drone 谌洁雪这个社畜的成神史 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing A black stone from a street stall turns her from an overworked wage slave into a "savior". The path to godhood for Chen Jiexue is forced from the start. Her Guardian Stone bloodline awakens, and she has to gather the five divine artifacts. But first, she rents a shop called Worry-Free Bar on Lotus Blossom Lane along the Yellow Springs Road. The shop next door sells Meng Po's Soup. On the surface, she's the proprietress, but in reality, she's a lowly employee under Meng Po. The tea at Worry-Free 78Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    I was so anxious I kept asking my boss: How much is the "stupidity tax"? [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

38. 638 七 At Seven Years Old, I Was Chosen to Take Part in the Rules Horror Game 七岁的我，被选中参加规则怪谈 One-Sixth六分之一Mystery522k WordsCompleted No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e 59.4kReads9.6Score6.6kShelves
39. 639 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 159.5kReads9.1Score18.5kShelves
40. 640 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves

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41. 641 卷 Work the Immortals and Buddhas to Death! The Liangshan Heroes' Cross-Time Adventures 卷死仙佛！梁山好汉的跨时空生涯 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Urban274k WordsCompleted (A convention-defying ensemble novel blending classical chivalry, modern absurdity, and cultivation that leaps across the bounds of imagination!) When the Liangshan heroes are sucked into a modern city by a bizarre heart lamp and forced to don yellow uniforms as food delivery riders, their cultivation path takes a sharp turn… Nantianmen milk tea, Five Elements Mountain vegetarian meals, and Moon Palace desserts? Those are just basic orders! Life-saving medicine in a cyberpunk world, clean water 53Reads9.3Score—Shelves
42. 642 机 Age of Mecha Girls: My Girls are All World-class Racing Machines 机娘纪元：我的机娘都是世界级 The Penguin Who Can't Wake Up睡不醒的企鹅Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Mecha Girls] + [Racing] + [Sweet Romance and Growth] + [Tomato’s only top-tier star racing novel] Once highly sought after by racing clubs, the top mecha girl is now ignored by everyone at the scrapyard. No one is willing to bond with her, even if she offers herself for free. She’s an “assassin race car” with unbeatable acceleration but terrible handling. Su Nian, a top racing driver from Earth, had hoped to make his mark in a world where racing technology lagged behind and success depended ent 21.9kReads9.7Score2.6kShelves
43. 643 恶 Demon Game: I Can Command Unmatched Luck! 恶魔游戏，我能驾御无双运势！ Can Sleep Even Standing Up站着也能睡着Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Mind Games and Deception + No Dumbed-Down Characters + No Saintly Hero + Infinite Worlds + Horror Game + Mastermind of Fate] Su Yi, a mystery novelist, was chosen for a demonic game that stakes players' lives. From the start, he drew the unpopular class of Deceiver and was cursed with only sixty days left to live. Demonic Game: “Do you want supernatural power? Do you want astonishing wealth?” “Then win the Demonic Game and stay alive...” Su Yi: “I'll gamble sixty years of my lifespan for t 30.9kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
44. 644 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: Metaverse 红楼梦元宇宙 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted Keywords: #DreamOfTheRedChamberMetaverse #CyberpunkTraditionalChineseMedicine #AntiClicheTransmigrationIntoABook #HealthcarePunk #DreamlandLivestream [A viral, wildly imaginative premise] What if the 108 heroes of Dream of the Red Chamber all transmigrated and opened a hospital? The Fairy Disenchantment becomes the hospital director, and Jia Yucun handles administration, turning a top-tier hospital into a Dreamland livestream! Jia Baoyu writes prescriptions in verse, Lin Daiyu uses her tears f 420Reads9.4Score—Shelves
45. 645 回 After Returning, the Big Shot Joins the National Team 回归后大佬进入国家队 Xiang Wu向乌Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Modern romance, full ensemble cast, spiritual qi revival, System, bonds between companions] What rotten luck! She breaks up with her boyfriend, and then he becomes the heir to a wealthy family. Shi Youwei doesn’t know what other people would think, but she’s really, really heartbroken! She got completely humiliated. … On Shi Youwei’s nineteenth birthday, the boy she liked confessed to her, and she got a boyfriend. But before she had even kissed her boyfriend, her soul was dragged to another wo 1.6kReads7.4Score167Shelves

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    [Mind-blowing + Weird + Coupled] 🍁Just got confessed to, then thrown into another world. 🍁Finally returned, only to find her boyfriend has just broken up with her! 🍁Not only has her ex-boyfriend suddenly become rich. 🍁Many people have acquired their own superpowers!

46. 646 我 I Rule the Archives of Life and Death on the Other Shore 我在彼岸执掌生死档案 See Mountains Again见山复Mystery335k WordsOngoing "Chen Mo, would you be willing to work for the Underworld?" "That lousy place? Not even a dog would go!" "A monthly salary of fifty thousand." "If even dogs won't go, then I'll go!" "Triple overtime pay, and if anything goes wrong on a mission, we'll make sure you get a good next life." "Big Brothers Hei and Bai Wuchang, you can count me as clocked in today." "Lord Yama, you're paying me so much, it's got me worried." 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Protagonist, villain, supporting character—as long as they have a brain, they all have intelligence.

47. 647 不 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 185.1kReads9.3Score243.7kShelves
48. 648 女 The Female CEO Paid a Million to Marry a Husband 女总裁十万娶了个老公 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Modern Romance580k WordsCompleted The whole family blows up when the CEO quits to grow vegetables! Wu Xinfaz, CEO of the Zhou Group, has a nightmare: his family holds board meetings, his children have KPIs, and even bedtime with his wife requires approval of a “sleep application.” When he wakes, he stares at the ceiling and announces, “I’m quitting to go back to the countryside and grow vegetables.” The wealthy family is thrown into turmoil. His wife, Lu Shiyun, a chairwoman of the Yang Group, remembers their arranged marriage a 24Reads9.3Score—Shelves
49. 649 欲 The Quest for Enlightenment 欲求得道 Nangong Meiyue南宫美月Fantastical Romance242k WordsOngoing [Dragon Mom] [Transmigrated Before Birth] [No CP] [Hoarding Hamster] [Fantasy Cultivation] [Business-Savvy Young Prodigy] A sweet girl from Sichuan and Chongqing transmigrates to another world. In the year she comes of age, she joins the Hehuan Sect, then stumbles upon a huge flower-covered egg in a secret realm. From then on, she begins a journey of growth and adventure... 218Reads7.3Score107Shelves

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    [Sword Cultivation + Martial Arts + Exquisite Beauty + Political Intrigue + Business + No Romance + Experience and Growth + Myriad Realms] ꉂ • ༚ • ིྀต The two-part series "Three Feet of Cold Light" and "Seeking the Dao," challenging the longest fantasy novel?

50. 650 不 The Undying Starveling 不死饿殍 Yu Jinhe余瑾和Eastern Fantasy996k WordsOngoing Tomato Original: They all call me Shen Qianqiu, or the Undying Wretch. I survived the meat hooks used to butcher people for food, weathered the storms of the Tang and Song dynasties, and witnessed the flames of war under the Yuan and Ming... I have walked this mortal world for a thousand years. “They ate me for a thousand years. At last, they ate me into a god.” 3.3kReads—Score260Shelves

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    The reverse parade of a hundred ghosts is so cool. The ground cracks open, and a pale arm lifts up black mist, like a key being inserted into a lock. The gates of hell open half a foot, and new souls rush in. The setting is consistent throughout, and the exciting moments are logically sound.

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