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1. 651 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 108.1kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves

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   This one, this one, this one (shouting at the top of his lungs) [Top post][Top post] [Cool][Cool] This one is super good! The male and female leads plot to conquer the world together. The female lead is the strategist, and the male lead is a general. It's a combination of intelligence and martial prowess. [You should read it carefully] The female lead's father is also hilarious. He's a "troll" that all the civil and military officials tremble with fear. The male lead's brothers are all generals. [Learned it] The first few chapters are a bit hard to read, but if you persevere, it gets super good later on. It's thrilling and exciting.

2. 652 大 Great Ming: I Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor, Starting with a Rope 大明：穿越崇祯帝，开局一根绳 An Illiterate Writes a Novel文盲写小说Historical2.8M WordsCompleted [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an 60.3kReads9.3Score6.3kShelves
3. 653 娘 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑，帝王纵情堕落 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 116.7kReads9.5Score11.1kShelves

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   The female lead is a villain; I rarely read this kind of story. The author's writing is very good.

4. 654 被 She Was Kicked Out by Her Stepmother and Married a Powerful CEO 被继母赶出家的她嫁给了霸道总裁 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Modern Romance82k WordsCompleted “Would you... give me... a son? Then I wouldn’t have to... fear an heir plotting to murder you anymore.” They belonged to each other. There was no more fear, no more darkness, no more sorrow, only love: a love that endured through lifetime after lifetime, the kind that filled the heart with longing and was impossible to let go. 7Reads8.9Score—Shelves
5. 655 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 467kReads9.1Score47.2kShelves
6. 656 沙 The Goofy CEO Wants a Wife 沙雕总裁要娶妻 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted “What I want to tell you,” Yang Huilong said, “is that I’ve fallen in love with someone.” She felt herself go stiff and numb. Then came a wave of pain, so deep and intense it tore her to pieces. She tried with all her might not to cry out. “Turn around, Chen Yufei.” She wanted to do as he said, but was afraid he would read her feelings for him on her face. “But... I thought...” she said hesitantly. “The person I love,” Yang Huilong said very softly and very slowly, as if carefully choosing his w 23Reads8.9Score—Shelves
7. 657 序EN Sequence: The Forbidden Scholar 序列：禁忌学者 Three Rivers三条河Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu + Leveling Up + Cautious Protagonist + Despair] This is a broken world. Giant insects are migrating through the wasteland, shadows from the depths of the sea are rising into the shallows, and human cities are rotting from the foundations up. Lu Yuan transmigrates into this world and gains the ability to see the little line of gray text in the corner of his vision. Whatever he looks at, he gains points in. [Imperial Language: +1] [Pharmacology: +0.1] Countless points of experience gradua 139.7kReads8.3Score15.6kShelves
8. 658 吃 Chicken Dinner Streamer: I'm Not a Steel-Hearted Ice Queen 吃鸡主播：我才不是钢铁直女 Stars Aren’t Hearts星星不是心心Sports1.0M WordsCompleted How does a straight-laced girl come to be? He was the toughest S686 male streamer on the Chinese server, but after being reborn, he turns into a pretty, cute, and lovable girl… 3.3kReads9.3Score268Shelves
9. 659 假 Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁 Ninth Day, Tenth Month初九元十Historical7.0M WordsOngoing [Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec 130.7kReads9.2Score12.8kShelves
10. 660 六 The Seventh Choice Beyond the Six Paths of Reincarnation 六道轮回外的第七种选择 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪Mystery137k WordsCompleted Disclaimer: I wrote this book on a whim during the Qingming Festival. If you scare easily, don’t read it. The story follows Lao Li through his final days in the hospital. His condition is critical, and his children fight to save him as doctors insert tubes all over his body. Meanwhile, his comrade Lao Zhou chooses to forgo treatment, leaving Lao Li deeply envious. After his death, Lao Li faces judgment in the underworld and ultimately chooses to be reborn as an albatross carrying the cancer viru 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 661 道 The Origin of the Dao 道始一元 Cheerful Mo Lanmo爽朗的陌蓝墨Eastern Fantasy305k WordsOngoing Across the Myriad Worlds, Nascent Souls reign supreme. Above the Nascent Soul stage, the Dao reigns supreme. When all laws converge as one, it becomes the Dao Venerable. Dao Venerables are divided into those born of nature and those cultivated later. The Dao itself has no distinction between strong and weak. Those with the power to break and create laws may be called Dao Ancestors. Formless, the Dao Ancestors are born from chaos and return to chaos, giving rise to all things beneath the heavens 2Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    This new book is absolutely mind-bending! It's incredibly detailed! Not only detailed, but also heartfelt! The book contains many ancient allusions, such as Li Lun, Meng Ji, and Mie Meng, making it quite different from typical cultivation novels. It has a stronger sense of the martial arts world and a more intense focus on worldly desires, but it's not about saintly women or scheming girls. It doesn't cause trouble; it's about doing what needs to be done, experiencing joy and sorrow, and displaying high intelligence. It's definitely worth reading!

12. 662 词 The Soul of Lyrics, the Spirit of Poetry 词之魂诗之灵 Chen Jiexue谌洁雪259k WordsCompleted This is a song of the soul, written for myself. If you like it, feel free to listen too. I posted it here first as a keepsake, and second so I can listen to it every day, as often as I like. It rolls off the tongue when read and sounds very pleasant when heard. Of course, it sounds even better when sung. I am grateful to the Tomato platform for giving me this corner of the soul. 3Reads8.0Score—Shelves
13. 663 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 386.7kReads9.3Score42.7kShelves
14. 664 邪 The Evil God’s Devouring Record: The Wheelchair-Bound Demon Doctor Noble 邪神吞噬录：轮椅上的魔医贵族 The Pen That Loves Scribbling爱胡写的笔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Slow-Burning and Richly Layered | Racial Destiny | Clashing Faiths] Just wondering: what's it like to be the most miserable transmigrator in history? The boy carries royal blood, but his own mother cruelly sacrifices his legs, right arm, left eye... and even a demonic pill, all to get money for her lavish lifestyle. With little time left, how will this “outsider from another world” survive? As time goes on, he is shocked to discover that the world's dark truth goes far beyond what 28.2kReads7.9Score2kShelves
15. 665 末 Doomsday: The Blackflame Emperor 末日：黑炎帝君 The Evening Breeze Speaks Not晚风不语Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Doomsday] [Superpowers] [No saintly self-sacrifice] [Intelligence] [Decisive and ruthless] Humanity still strained to open its eyes and gaze up at the stars, filled with imagination and longing for the unknown. What no one knew was that soon, even this tiny world would no longer belong to them. 931Reads9.3Score117Shelves
16. 666 我 The System Punished Me by Making Me Bleed. Why Are You Crying? 我被系统惩罚流血，你们哭什么 Jie Ni Bai杰尼白Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted The Villainess System had never encountered such a difficult tasker. Every time, she chose to reject the task and accept the punishment of bleeding. But can someone explain why this woman has maxed out the male lead’s affection by bleeding from all sorts of places? System: Host, please choose whether to accept the Level Two task: [Steal the original heroine’s scenes]. Failure will result in coughing up blood. Lin Zhumian: I choose to refuse. Then, while acting, she spat out a mouthful of blood. 10.8kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Seriously, I've been tricked! This book seems mindless, but it's actually quite engaging and thought-provoking 🧠. There's a system, but the female lead is dedicated to teaming up with the system to rebel against the main god. I have no idea what the author's main job is, but how does he know everything?! It's a bit short, but I can wait! [Crying][crying][crying][crying] I'm totally hooked and immediately came to share this. Family, I can't be the only one crying in the middle of the night waiting for updates! Everyone come and read!

17. 667 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
18. 668 听 After Hearing My Roommate's Thoughts, I Got Cheat Powers! 听到合租室友心声后，我开挂了！ Xiang Chunruan向春软Urban228k WordsCompleted [Tsundere, scheming male college student VS flirtatious, lively young woman] In a nutshell: the heroine can't live without the hero! She really can't! During his third year of college, Lin Huaizhi finally persuades his parents to buy him an apartment. He barely gets to enjoy his carefree life before a pretty junior with a tiny waist and long legs comes knocking. “Senior, I heard you just bought a place near campus. Could I live with you? I can cook and do the housework, and I'll pay you the goi 7.5kReads9.2Score926Shelves

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    As a seasoned bookworm, I wholeheartedly recommend this book! Not only is it incredibly sweet, but its core premise is also deeply touching—the female lead essentially pulls the male lead out of his predetermined "script," giving him a different life. As the story progresses, their feelings deepen, and their interactions are sweet without being cloying. Overall, it's a very enjoyable read, and I highly recommend it!

19. 669 山 Chronicles of the Mountain and River Pass 山河镇关志 Blue Scroll Maple蓝卷枫Historical367k WordsOngoing Other people transmigrate with a System. The System I got kills someone every time I use it. Lin Yan opens his eyes amid a mountain of corpses at Yanmen Pass. The veteran soldier Wang Hu takes a fatal blow for him, and with his dying breath says just six words: “I leave this city to you.” The Mountain and River Guardian Spirit System awakens. The heroic spirits of generations of defenders lend him their strength to kill the enemy, but each time he borrows it, those dead souls fade a little more. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Zhang Shitou's trowel, Old Sun's herbs, and Blind Xu's flag signals—these are all ways of guarding the pass.

20. 670 原 Genshin Impact: Nine Human Systems, Infinite Possibilities 原神：人体九大系统，无限可能 Heaven Has a Flowing Fire天有流火Anime Fanfiction5.7M WordsCompleted Life is mysterious and wondrous. Every person has nine major Systems. The motor System, digestive System, respiratory System, immune System, nervous System, circulatory System... These intricate Systems may seem insignificant, but they are incredibly powerful. After transmigrating to Teyvat, Jiang Yi’s nine major Systems mutate. As long as they are supplied with nutrients and energy, they will continuously evolve his basic abilities. He could become a Sword Saint, a world, or the primordial sour 8.1kReads9.2Score860Shelves
21. 671 如 How to Save Germany 如何拯救德意志 The Copycat's No. 1 Wen Leihu Ke Unit文抄列文虎克一号机Historical1.9M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to 1901, Han Si unwittingly saves Wilhelm II, the last emperor of the German Empire. Since he's accidentally gotten involved with the Kaiser, he'll have to find a way to save Germany in order to avoid a miserable fate later on. 2.5kReads8.9Score130Shelves
22. 672 李 Li Dakai’s Record of Cultivation 李大开修仙记 Li Dakai李大开Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivator Style, No System, Decisive and Ruthless, Not Mindless, Funny] I, Li Dakai, began cultivating immortality at the age of fifty. A slow-burn cultivation fantasy with a satisfying payoff. The story unfolds gradually, with every turn grounded in reason! Fellow cultivators, please don’t be put off by the title. New chapters every day at exactly 5:10 p.m.! 28kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
23. 673 住 After Moving In with Auntie, I Awaken the Power to Stop Time 住进阿姨家后，我觉醒了时间暂停 There’s Nothing Wrong with Meow木有猫饼Urban736k WordsOngoing [Reborn + No System + Business + Superpowers + A Huge Following + No Simping + No Cowardice + The Straight and Narrow] Ye Bai, a notorious gang boss, gets incredibly lucky and is reborn in his high school days. In his previous life, he was guilty of countless crimes and met a miserable end. Given a chance to start over, he vows to lead his brothers down the straight and narrow and become a legitimate businessman. Strangely, though, he hasn't done anything illegal. He just happens to have a few 25.2kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
24. 674 快 Quick Transmigration: A Laid-Back Streamer Stumbles into the Big Leagues 快穿：咸鱼主播误入高端局 Ruo Ning渃宁Ancient Romance4.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone's favorite] [Happy ending] Shi Li has a magical livestream. Every day, bored viewers sit around discussing all sorts of nonsense. Whenever the comments display, “Streamer, what do you think?”, the streamer is forced to transmigrate, taking the viewers along to witness the juicy drama firsthand. Shi Li transmigrates as a eunuch and watches the emperor and the top scholar's epic love story. She transmigrates as a maid and gets to know a food-loving powerful minister and his unlucky young 2.2kReads9.2Score222Shelves

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    🍀🍀Shi Li unexpectedly becomes bound to a quick transmigration system. From then on, she embarks on a wondrous journey of watching the drama unfold in various worlds. In the ancient imperial court, she watches the concubines vie for attention, occasionally getting caught up in their conflicts; in the school world, she enjoys the sweet gossip of the top student and the school heartthrob, inadvertently becoming a spectacle in the eyes of others. Shi Li, embracing a carefree, laid-back attitude, enjoys the drama along the way, unaware that she is subtly changing the course of these worlds. And because of these unique experiences, her live-streaming career becomes incredibly popular.

25. 675 宗EN The Sect Is Recruiting Disciples, and from the Start I Can See Their Attribute Panels 宗门收徒，开局看见属性面板 Golden Beast of Changtu Mountain长涂山的黄金兽Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Taking Disciples + Sect Building + System + Heartwarming + Slow Pace + The Protagonist Has Both Legs and Joins in the Fun.] After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakened a disciple-recruitment System and gained the ability to see his disciples' traits! Starting from scratch, he would build the strongest sect. First Disciple: Li Yingling [Gold Trait: Cultivation Prodigy][Purple Trait: Extraordinary Luck][Blue Trait: Beautiful] Second D 99.9kReads9.0Score10.5kShelves
26. 676 我 I, the Frail Beauty, Am the Wealthy Family's Movie Emperor's Lifeline Blood Bank 我，病弱美人，豪门影帝续命血包 Liu Lili流栗栗Modern Romance858k WordsCompleted [A villainous heroine, a hero with a System, and a satisfying, melodramatic old-school story. Transmigrating into a book is the biggest excuse for throwing logic out the window. Not recommended for readers who take their values too seriously.] Heroine's perspective: In the book, Wen Jiu is set up as a foil to the heroine: a contrast between the real and fake heiresses, between the couples' relationships, between a vicious cannon-fodder character and the heroine, between frail and sickly and heal 8.7kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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    Absolutely top-notch, no idiocy whatsoever. I'm afraid I'll fall behind if I don't pay close attention to the plot, haha.

27. 677 我 I’m a Paragon of the Righteous Path, Yet I’m Bound to a Blackmail System 我，正道楷模！身负勒索系统 Principal Typhoon台风校长Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Li Dao transmigrated to another world and became a famous good Samaritan. He also awakened a Super Blackmail System. Its only function was to strengthen anything he extorted! [Ding! Extortion successful. Southern Bright Li Fire has been upgraded to Southern Bright Divine Fire.] … And so, Li Dao extorted prodigies while maintaining his image as a paragon of righteousness. The Saintess came to break off their engagement? She'd better watch her step on the way back. The Holy Son came to provoke hi 7kReads8.8Score553Shelves
28. 678 L League of Legends: Taking Yasuo to the Top of the Bird's Nest LOL：带托儿索决战鸟巢之巅 Jialouluo伽喽啰Sports1.1M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast competition] + [Brothers playing League of Legends] + [Character growth] Ever seen a goofy, chuuni Yasuo? Ever seen a blind monk secretly watching videos? Ever seen an old man with the God of Misfortune riding him? Ever seen a blood-frenzied, violent Darius? Xiang Li has. He's not only seen them, he's going pro alongside them after they transmigrated to Earth! It all began when... The System asked what teammates he wanted for a return to 2017. Xiang Li thought for a long time: "Cl 818Reads—Score—Shelves

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    S7, teaming up with four male heroes, first defeating all the LPL star players, then crushing the Japanese and European teams in the World Championship, and finally facing off against the Korean team!! Currently at 800,000 words, already in the World Championship, ready to read! [Cool][Cool]

29. 679 笙 The Song of Flute and Sword 笙箫剑鸣 Le Yu Si Shu乐于思黍Eastern Fantasy239k WordsOngoing 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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30. 680 全EN Billions of Gods, Only I Get Hundredfold Offerings! 全民成野神？唯有我百倍供品！ Wind and Snow Can't Crush Me风雪不能压我Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Handcrafted the Old-Fashioned Way + Everyone Becomes a God + Gods' Survival + Invincible Divine Path + Subjugating All Races + Generations Ahead] When three billion people around the world transmigrated and became wild gods. In this world, immortals and gods were nowhere to be found. Demons, monsters, and evil spirits ran rampant, while human traitors aided and abetted them. How could three billion wild gods gather worshippers, nurture subordinate gods, exorcise evil, and ascend to the throne o 128.1kReads9.0Score14.6kShelves
31. 681 关 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Sun Xian'er孙仙儿Mystery407k WordsCompleted [Completed Novel Recommendation] Northeast Chinese Folk Customs, Mystery, and the Supernatural! Break the rules of the Northeast, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. The yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a Guandong woman who understands yin-yang and feng shui. I thought I was simply carrying on my ancestors' legacy. Who knew I was the key to unlocking the "Dragon-Loc 481Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Everyone's online! This book isn't for readers looking for mindless, fast-paced entertainment. It's aimed at readers who enjoy suspenseful mystery, folk adventure, intellectual battles, and character development. [Chinese Cthulhu | Northeast Folklore | Suspense & Supernatural | Feng Shui & Metaphysics | Ancient Tomb Exploration | Single Female Lead | No Romance | No Pairing | Team Included]

32. 682 魅 Succubus System: From the Start, I Target the Half-Elf Queen 魅魔系统：开局攻略半精灵女王 Bach Lun巴赫伦Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Shelley, the holy knight apprentice adored by noble ladies... Is actually a male half-incubus who grows stronger by feeding on vital essence?! To grow stronger, he awakened the Incubus System and reached out with his sacred (sinful) little hand toward magic-rich monsters... Starting with the half-elf queen who had traveled from afar Wait, no! Ah! She made the first move on me! Mmm... Seated proudly upon the divine throne, Shelley recalled: “I’ve played the ghost among dragons, acted cute in 298Reads9.3Score—Shelves
33. 683 什EN What?! Our Family Descends from an Eldritch God? 什么！我们家居然是邪神后裔？ Yu Tao i予桃iEastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + multiple heroines + the uncanny + Lovecraftian horror + elves + reborn in the womb] The darkness and distortion lurking beneath the civilized world, and the eerie whispers heard only in the dead of night! The day the sea mists rose, the world became an isolated island. At first, I thought I had been reborn into an era of backward technology. There were no phones, computers, Wi-Fi, or anything like that. Fortunately, I was exceptionally handsome and easy to get along with, so 125.7kReads9.2Score11.6kShelves
34. 684 三 Three Kingdoms: Defying Fate and Changing Destiny, No More Regrets for Shu Han 三国：逆天改命，蜀汉不再意难平 Woodland Morning Breeze木澜晨风Historical129k WordsCompleted No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. The story unfolds within the original framework of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It rewrites battles that ended in regret, showing how ordinary people quietly turn the tide of history and destiny. 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Does the Three Kingdoms period count as a matter of intelligence?

35. 685 招 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 Ink-Water Paomo墨水泡馍Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 1.8kReads5.9Score192Shelves

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    [Learned] Million-word novel style, urban + apocalyptic + micro-science fiction, featuring a national sacrifice to the heavens for the US and Germany, points exchanged for superpowers + black technology, urban entrepreneurship and godhood, multiple female characters.

36. 686 正 The Righteous Sect's Leader Slacks Off, and the Female Demon Comes Knocking 正道第一宗摆烂，女魔头找上门了 Yangyang Doesn't Eat Grass阳羊不吃草Eastern Fantasy333k WordsOngoing [Defying the master and seducing the disciple + multiple heroines + a touch of yandere + System + daydream simulations + angst and sweetness, but overwhelmingly sweet] [Also known as: Daydream Simulation: Why Are the Fairies Showing Up at My Door?] My name is Xie Ci. I was raised by a beautiful master and grew up in the foremost sect of the righteous path. But my talent is mediocre. Okay, it's terrible. After eighteen years of cultivation, I'm only at the ninth level of Qi Refining and just can' 28Reads—Score211Shelves

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    A dream simulation game featuring a fairy visiting your door, a cold master, and a female demon—definitely worth watching, you won't regret it! Highly recommended!

37. 687 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.6kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves

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    Support! What is support? It's someone who eliminates the entire enemy team and protects your own teammates!

38. 688 仙 An Immortal World's Big Shot Enjoys Retirement in the Mortal Realm 仙界大佬在凡人界的养老生活 Woodland Morning Breeze木澜晨风Eastern Fantasy518k WordsCompleted A mighty immortal of the celestial realm has grown tired of his disciples’ endless challenges. By chance, he arrives in the mortal realm at the shabby little Qingyun Sect, applies for a job as a servant, and plans to enjoy a quiet retirement sweeping floors, cooking porridge, and gazing at the moon. But crises keep striking Qingyun Sect. As he deals with them, the shabby little sect, which sometimes can’t even pay its workers, is forced to grow into a major cultivation hub, then becomes a hotbed 49Reads6.4Score112Shelves
39. 689 修 The Beast-Taming Ancestor of Cultivation, Slaying Gods and Shattering the Heavenly Abyss 修仙禽兽老祖，御兽斩神破天渊 Are Tomatoes Sour or Sweet?番茄是酸还是甜Eastern Fantasy346k WordsOngoing Cultivation + beast taming + yandere + invincible + romance + reversals + no System Still reading those old-fashioned cultivation power fantasies where a broken engagement leads to face-slapping? Why not try a brutal battle royale where the women who called off their engagements chase after the hero, compete for his affection, and scheme against one another? From the start, he's betrayed by the yandere who eloped with him, then falls off a cliff and undergoes a trial by fire. After that, he's fo 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The villains are intelligent, and the protagonist is even more so, but they still can't compete with the yandere Lin Shishi. Yandere, tsundere, coquettish, succubus, and mature woman—the character descriptions are classically elegant, with vivid and memorable personalities. While others cultivate immortality, he tames beasts; while others tame beasts, he tames women. The battle scenes are dazzling and spectacular, far from being just perfunctory sword strikes or punches. The villains are intelligent and have a sharp mind; the plot is unpredictable with twists and turns. A dark horse in the fantasy genre, only the title is bizarre!

40. 690 第 My Ten-Thousandth Rebirth 第一万次重生 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After spending the last three months of his life battling a terminal illness, Chen Luo discovered that he had been reborn on the day his cancer was confirmed. Overjoyed, Chen Luo soon found that three months later, he still died of cancer. But what he never expected was that he’d be reborn again on New Year’s Day in 2019, the day he was diagnosed with cancer. By now, Chen Luo had been reborn ten thousand times. Over the more than two thousand years of this endless loop, Chen Luo had learned ever 21.6kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
41. 691 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71.4kReads8.9Score8kShelves

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    A male livestreamer, out in the wilderness late at night, unexpectedly encounters a ferocious beast and is severely injured. When he wakes up, he finds himself transformed into a special kind of zombie. He's then forcibly recruited by the mysterious 749 Bureau, where he becomes licensed to suppress all sorts of evil spirits and monsters. This urban supernatural story is incredibly captivating.

42. 692 我 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 Three Blossoms三花客Urban1.7M WordsOngoing At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 71.2kReads6.4Score2.1kShelves

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    The main character is intelligent, which is pretty good.

43. 693 我 I Came from the Abyss: Slaying Demons in the Mortal World 我自深渊来:于人间斩鬼神 Stillness, Solitude, and Loneliness静孤与寞Mystery504k WordsCompleted This novel is also known as "So Overpowered That I Have No Choice but to Be a Slacker" In a world overrun by ghosts, gods, demons, and monsters, Qin Yuan appears in the mortal realm alongside the only Soul Abyss in existence, a twelve-holed blade that has accompanied him for a thousand years inside an ancient bronze coffin. After wandering the world for a thousand years and slaying countless demons and gods, he discovers that no matter how powerful they are, not a single god, ghost, demon, or mo 2.5kReads9.2Score209Shelves
44. 694 失 The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟 Although Not But Is虽然不但是Mystery584k WordsOngoing [Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players —Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    This is not a mindless plot; every detail could be a key clue to escaping.

45. 695 天EN OMG! What Nobody Actor Kisses the Unhinged Villain Right Away? 天！谁家糊咖上来就亲疯批反派 Mountain Mist Courtyard山有茫庭Two Male Leads579k WordsCompleted Highlight: The secondary couple's story is concentrated in the extras. If they appear in the main story, it is only to serve the plot, and they occupy very little space. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution. [Double male leads + entertainment industry + face-slapping + a vicious, ruthless, indulgent top with a hidden perverted side versus an all-around, dazzlingly talented bottom who openly flirts] Shen Lian was a top-tier star, but when he opened his eyes, he had become a nobody 134.5kReads9.7Score15.9kShelves

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    I've watched this repeatedly, it's really good, and it's intelligent, with no misunderstandings. It even has a mouth and can talk! I really love it, please, everyone go watch it! It's super good!

46. 696 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 981.4kReads9.4Score102.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended! These are all logically sound and intellectually stimulating. There's also a new book called "The Iron Knight Has No Glory," a Western lord development novel that's a real gem.

47. 697 欠 The Online Friend Who Won't Pay Me Back Is Actually the Campus Belle Senior 欠钱不还的网友，竟是校花学姐 Little Fish Kaabaaba小鱼卡阿巴阿巴Urban279k WordsCompleted [One heroine + no simping + comedy + lighthearted + slow burn] What should you do when your “brother” can't afford to eat? Obviously, you help him out without hesitation! Zhang Leyan was so loyal that he gave every last bit of his savings to his online “brother”! But this so-called “brother” refused to pay him back! “If you want it, come find me at Haida. Assuming you can get in.” “You!” You little bastard! You think I can't get in?! Zhang Leyan worked his butt off! And got into Haida! 9.5kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
48. 698 末 The Global Arena of the Apocalypse 末世之全球竞技场 Wang Xin王信Sports412k WordsOngoing [Global Announcement: Earth will be destroyed in 24 hours.] [All humans, please make your way to the nearest portal within 24 hours and travel to a new world.] A mechanical voice suddenly rang out in the minds of everyone around the globe. All seven billion people on Earth were forced to flee to a digitized world teeming with dangers and death games. Chen Jiang, who entered this world one step ahead of everyone else, stared at the data panel before him and grinned, his eyes flashing with a dange 1.1kReads9.0Score103Shelves

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    Don't just look at the title; the novel is excellent. Anything by Brother Xin is bound to be a masterpiece.

49. 699 死 After Faking My Death, My Obsessive Brother Turns Dark and Goes Completely Mad 死遁后，偏执兄长黑化发大疯 Springtime Sweetheart春日娇娇Ancient Romance326k WordsCompleted (Classic historical romance + heroine’s redemption + faked death + possessive pursuit later on) Song Li was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness’s household. After her father and elder brother chose the wrong side, they were imprisoned and executed. She went from an exalted noblewoman to a lowly concubine, and eventually died young and miserable. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the age of thirteen. The lowborn boy kneeling in the courtyard wou 784Reads7.5Score100Shelves

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    Her father and brothers had chosen the wrong side, leading to her being reduced from a noblewoman to a concubine through revenge, and ultimately dying of depression. When she opened her eyes again, she was thirteen years old. At that time, Pei Jingheng was not yet a powerful minister, so she changed her former spoiled ways, fawning over him in every way, hoping he would spare the Song family once he gained power. In the end, to save her father and brothers, she took a sword for him and died, her hair turning white overnight.

50. 700 我 I Really Am a Law-Abiding Citizen 我真的是守法公民 Wang Xin王信Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted Twelve years ago, star gates descended from the sky and appeared all over the world. People discovered all kinds of worlds beyond the gates. Thanks to the special game items and technology brought back from them, human technology underwent a massive leap forward. On Block 26, Street 78, Chen Bin, dressed in a fitted black trench coat and a vintage gray tweed English cap, held an AK-47 in one hand. He looked seriously at Old Chicken and said in a low voice, “We are law-abiding citizens. We must n 543Reads9.3Score103Shelves

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