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1. 1201 大 Snow Blankets the World, the Wind Carries the Blade 大雪满风刀 An Ren Dao Ruo Shan安仁道若山Historical3.3M WordsCompleted [No System, alternate history, political intrigue, a touch of cultivation, no mindless characters, no invincible heroes] A mysterious woman is imprisoned in the depths of the imperial jail. The first time jailer Yang Zhan met her, he cursed her, calling her shameless! From then on, she had a name... Bilian! 24.3kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
2. 1202 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.2kReads9.6Score10kShelves
3. 1203 欢 Building Heaven with Joy 欢天喜地建天庭 Three Feet Three Inches of Waves浪高三尺三Urban4.1M WordsCompleted Hello, everyone. My name is Zhang Manyi, and I’m the Jade Emperor, down here in the mortal world. I’ve been kidnapped, so hurry up and send me 100,000 yuan. Once I rebuild the Heavenly Court, you’ll be the Crown Prince, the Jade Emperor’s Crown Prince! 174Reads7.2Score—Shelves
4. 1204 全 Dream Masters for All: My Dreams Come from China's Ancient Past 全民梦师：我的梦境来自千古华夏 It's Wind Chime Duck是风铃鸭Urban644k WordsCompleted [Chinese Gods + Underworld and Heavenly Court + Dreamweaver + Livestreaming] Giant star beasts descended, and the final battle began. Countless civilizations fell, and a rift opened in the heritage of Chinese civilization! Only those who awakened as one-in-ten-thousand dreamweavers could stand against the star beasts! Su Mu transmigrated to this world. From the start, he awakened an S-rank talent and joined the global dreamweaver entrance exam! First question: Create a dream of a dead world. Whi 23.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
5. 1205 小 A Nobody's Cultivation Journey 小人物修仙 Mo Xing莫行Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Mortal-focused cultivation + one female lead + no System + Azure Origin Sword Art + Demon Refining Pot + Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc + ruthless and decisive + top-tier battle of wits] Also known as Little Nobody's Cultivation Journey. The Human Realm arc is complete, so you can read with confidence. The Spirit Realm arc is currently being written. This is the story of an ordinary man from the bottom of society struggling to grow in the cultivation world. After inadvertently obtaining the Az 7.1kReads7.9Score570Shelves

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   The protagonist is intelligent and fits the requirements perfectly.

6. 1206 洪 Honghuang: I, Hongjun, Am Really Not the Villain 洪荒：我鸿钧真不是反派 Meow Little Jun喵小小君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Satisfying Revenge + No Female Lead] Tongtian One: I am Tongtian. I will never found a sect. Tongtian Two: I am Tongtian. I will never become a saint. Tongtian Three: I am Tongtian. I will never confer the gods. King Father of the East: I will build the strongest Heavenly Court. Zhao Gongming: I will expose Hongjun's conspiracy. The transmigrators descend upon the Primordial World, naturally believing themselves righteous and making it their mission to overthrow Hongjun's rule. All Hon 14.1kReads9.3Score887Shelves

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   Don't be misled by the book title; they're all intelligent people. [Smirk] The first and fifth books have illustrations [cool] I won't mention the others that I've already seen; if you haven't, go watch them yourself. [Makes face]

7. 1207 反 The Villainous Imperial Son: From the Start, I Dig Up My Own Sister’s Bones? 反派帝子：开局就挖亲妹骨？ Three-Tailed Cat三尾猫Eastern Fantasy654k WordsCompleted [Fated villain + sister-complex + no saintly protagonist + ruthless and decisive + invincible sweep + top-tier background] With an imperial heart, I walk the path of invincibility. Why borrow another's bones? Reborn as the imperial heir of an undying imperial clan, I must choose between my bones and my little sister... Of course I'll dote on my sister! Wait, something's not right... Why is she looking at me more and more strangely? I wield the Xuanyuan Sword and overwhelm all the peerless prodig 2.7kReads8.3Score231Shelves
8. 1208 趋 Seek Fortune and Avoid Disaster: With Fate on My Side, How Could I Lose? 趋吉避凶，天命在我怎么输？ Three Thoughts at Night夜间三思Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + both saint and demon + political scheming and battles of wits + no System + divination by lot + progression-focused story + no female lead] In this corrupt world of the Five Turbidities, people are tormented by the eight sufferings. Hearts are wicked, no one cultivates virtue, false views prevail, and heresy flourishes. No living being escapes harm. Whenever Zhou Qingfeng reached a crossroads in life, he would draw a lot and cast a divination, avoiding misfortune and cho 5.5kReads8.3Score415Shelves

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   The protagonist is intelligent, decisive, and possesses a grand worldview; once you start reading, you won't utter a sound.

9. 1209 无EN Infinite Rewinds: Everyone Thinks I'm a Big Shot 无限回档：所有人都以为我是大佬 What's Wrong with Money?钱有什么不好Mystery414k WordsCompleted [Adapted into a comic drama] [Audiobook narrated by a real person available] [Infinite Flow + Livestream Survival + Death Rewind + Half-Dihua] [No CP] [The story contains a lot of on-screen comment barrages] After Xu Xi died from overwork, he transmigrated to another world invaded by a survival game. He even discovered that he could rewind time after dying. By using this ability to escape danger time and again and successfully clear each instance, he unexpectedly became a top expert in the eyes 191.6kReads9.4Score20.8kShelves
10. 1210 高 The Blind Sword Girl of the High-Martial Thief God Clan 高武盗神家的盲眼剑娘 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine + equally matched leads + action and romance] One is a thief who loves stealing precious gems. The other is a blind swordswoman who does nothing but practice her swordsmanship. Lin Chuan, known as the God of Thieves in Longxia, unexpectedly acquired a bag that could trade for anything. As long as he put in enough treasures, he could get whatever he wanted. SSS-grade gene enhancers, top-tier breathing techniques, coveted combat skills... He had planned to use the trading bag to go fr 168.6kReads9.2Score25.5kShelves
11. 1211 诈 Deception: Undercover in a Matriarchal Otherworld 诈谎：女尊异界当卧底 The Way of the Strange Man崎人之道Eastern Fantasy703k WordsOngoing Cast adrift in a chaotic world in another realm, he cannot cultivate, but he is immune to harm from sharp weapons. He risks becoming an undercover agent, all for the chance to return to his original world. A pawn enters the game, defying fate with lies! (This book is the sequel to Deception: The Rebirth of a Phantom Thief. The plots are connected, but new readers can still enjoy it without difficulty.) 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're looking for something intelligent, I recommend the undercover story.

12. 1212 大 The Tang Dynasty’s Eldest Grandson: Grandpa, Want a Chicken Cutlet? 大唐皇长孙：皇爷爷！你吃鸡排吗 Jackfruit Sheep菠萝蜜多羊Historical2.7M WordsOngoing Li Yi transmigrates into the past and becomes Li Shimin’s eldest grandson! He gets the Old Geezer Treasure Chest System, which binds him to Li Shimin. All he has to do is get under Old Li’s skin to trigger a treasure chest drop! Li Yi: “Grandpa Emperor, do you want some chicken?” Li Shimin: “Good grandson, Grandpa Emperor doesn’t eat any.” Li Yi: “Then I’ll eat it!” Li Shimin: “Good grandson, do you want some lychees?” Li Yi: “Sure!” Li Shimin: “Grandson, how have your studies been going lately? 153.2kReads8.1Score18.2kShelves
13. 1213 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.6kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves
14. 1214 诈 Lies: The Reborn Phantom Thief 诈谎：涅槃鬼贼 The Way of the Strange Man崎人之道Eastern Fantasy276k WordsCompleted They thought I was done for, but they forgot one thing: thieves are the best at surviving in the cracks. Don't mess with a ghost thief, especially when you think you've already won! This is a prequel to Deception: Undercover in a Matriarchal Otherworld. Tags: Traveling between two worlds / Adventure / Matriarchal otherworld / From the perspective of an ordinary person (anti-overpowered protagonist) —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1215 开 A Chaotic World from the Start 开局伴生混沌世界 Northern Liao Fox Demon北辽妖狐Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsCompleted Bearing the Primordial Chaos Origin, he transmigrates to the Eight Ancient Domains and becomes the Blood Son of the Asura Domain. When he awakens one day, he contends with billions of prodigies and sets off endless upheaval. The moment Ning Xuanyuan emerges from the Asura Ancestral Grounds, the world begins to tremble… 10kReads8.8Score864Shelves
16. 1216 不 The Outcast: I Am the Heavenly Sword Star, and I'll Protect the Qi Kingdom 不良人：我为天剑星，岐国我来守 Mud Moxibustion泥灸Anime Fanfiction302k WordsCompleted [System + wild imagination + wuxia + high-martial arts + alternate world + swordsmanship + strategy + transmigration] [Continues from The Bad Kids Season 6] After an accident, Pei Haoran transmigrated into the world of The Bad Kids, becoming the Heavenly Sword Star, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems, and activating a mysterious System. The world was in chaos. As the Heavenly Sword Star, Pei Haoran suppressed the entire world with nothing but himself and his sword. “I am the Heavenly Sword Sta 691Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    I think it's this one. I've read so many books, and they're all pretty good.

17. 1217 怎 How Are You All True Big Shots While I'm the Real Deadweight? 怎么你们是真大佬，就我真废物？ Qiu'er the Vegetable Seller卖菜的秋儿Eastern Fantasy596k WordsOngoing I transmigrated and joined a sect called Qingdu Mountain right away. My master was a scruffy old fraudster, my eldest senior brother was a scholar who sat staring blankly at a chessboard every day, my second senior brother was a chuuni who could barely hold a sword, and my third senior sister was a yandere girl who wrote in bizarre, indecipherable scribbles. They all said I had the peerless Innate Chaos Dao Body, unlike anyone before or since. Then one day, the demon clans attacked the pass with 8kReads8.1Score600Shelves
18. 1218 星 Starfall Dreamtalk 星落梦语 Fish Beneath the Stars星星下的鱼Ancient Romance723k WordsOngoing [Pretend GL] + [BG] + [Domineering, coercive romance, a groveling pursuit after betrayal, and winning hearts with tricks] + [One-on-one romance] + [Happy ending] Readers who prefer chaste stories, beware!!! (Also known as: The Heroine Is Always Thinking About How to Survive) Overworked office worker Meng Jian transmigrates into a fantasy world. She thinks she can coast to an easy, sweet romance by binding herself to a romance System, but it turns out the System is a scammer too! It gives her not 67Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Brainy, loyal, not stupid, lighthearted, cheerful, and a little silly.

19. 1219 重 Reborn: Making the Most of My Youth 重生之不负韶华 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance3.9M WordsCompleted In 2019, 31-year-old Wen Ying had found some success in her career and was happily in love, making others envious. In 2004, 16-year-old Wen Ying was struggling at school, secretly in love with her dream guy, and having a miserable time. One day in 2019, Wen Ying woke up back in 2004. She was 16 again, writing furiously in the exam hall during her high school entrance exams... Given the chance to restart her life, Wen Ying refused to waste her youth or leave any regrets behind this time! 1.3kReads9.5Score134Shelves
20. 1220 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 97.4kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
21. 1221 浮 The Floating Sky Never Falls 浮天不落 Rouge Conch胭脂螺Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The floating sky never falls; the immortal sect endures forever. This is a story about a genius who lacks for nothing: talent, resources, or powerful connections. There are no brainless villains who show up just to help the protagonist level up, nor is the protagonist a tragic figure who builds a huge harem. Instead, there are all kinds of worldbuilding details the author, a hopeless settings fanatic, just couldn't resist writing, bringing to life my own personal dream of cultivating immortality 36.7kReads8.8Score3.6kShelves
22. 1222 只 It's Just a Dating Sim, So Why Are the Memories Transferring Too? 只是恋爱模拟，怎么还同步记忆？ Prisoner Cathead牢猫头Urban504k WordsCompleted [Love rivals + regretful pursuit + simulator + no angst, no groveling] [Love and Dating Simulator! A godsend for the romantically clueless and a guidebook for dating beginners. Find your dream girl now! Complete a route to claim rewards, and perfect routes unlock exclusive achievements!] Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mobile game called Love and Dating Simulator. The game is simple: randomly search for a target, simulate a date, and confess successfully to earn a re 32.3kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
23. 1223 世 Is the World Broken? The Idea Guy in the Chat Group 世界不正常？聊天群里有点子王 September Lazy Rabbit九月懒兔Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Chat group + no female lead] Just after Chu Mo transmigrated, a voice neither male nor female rang out from the sky. “I once said that if anyone so much as hurt her, I would wipe out their entire family. Now that the little one has been injured in your sect, I’ll slaughter every last person in it!” A Demon Venerable wreathed in towering flames stood between heaven and earth, repeatedly bringing down massive palm strikes. His fellow disciples were all flattened into little bear-shaped cookies, a 33.3kReads8.3Score4.2kShelves
24. 1224 系 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 30.3kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
25. 1225 剑 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsCompleted In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 46.4kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves
26. 1226 万 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.2kReads8.9Score632Shelves
27. 1227 黑 The Black Heiress 黑千金 Song Xiangbai宋象白Modern Romance682k WordsCompleted Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w 32.6kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
28. 1228 校 Campus Belle, Hurry Home! Your Future Daughter Misses Her Mom 校花快回家吧，未来女儿想妈妈了 Lin Ying麟影Urban640k WordsCompleted [One heroine, no System, slice of life] “You really are my dad. Here’s the paternity test. What do you think? Believe me now?” “Believe what? I’ve never had one of these tests done! For all I know, you could’ve made the whole thing up. How would I be able to tell?” “I knew you wouldn’t believe me. How about we take another test? You can do it yourself and see the results with your own eyes. Then you’ll believe me, right?” “You... You think I’m stupid? It costs thousands to get tested. Why would 5.6kReads8.8Score629Shelves
29. 1229 最 The Last Martial Hero 最后一个武侠 SobeitEastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [No System + Not Mindless + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow-Burn + Genius Protagonist + Strategy and Management] The rise of an ordinary man: the legendary tale of a low-ranking jianghu thug who transforms into a figure renowned throughout both the imperial court and the jianghu. So what if he has no cheat? So what if he has no power, wealth, or connections? Even if he starts with nothing but a basic Iron Claw technique, training it to the utmost can give him the power to split mountains and 3.7kReads8.2Score195Shelves
30. 1230 修 Asura Heavenly Emperor 修罗天帝 Lab Rat实验小白鼠Eastern Fantasy8.5M WordsCompleted Eight years ago, a sudden upheaval struck Thunderclap Ancient City overnight. Qin Ming, the young lord of the city, was sent to Qingyun Sect as a servant, while two hundred thousand residents were driven into the Great Azure Mountain and enslaved. Eight years later, after tempering his spirit and entering the martial path, the unyielding youth awakens as a demon of slaughter and rises against the heavens. Give me a blade, and I can shatter the sky. Give me a sword, and I can point it toward the 27.4kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
31. 1231 大 Great Qian: Rising from Humble Beginnings 大乾：从微末崛起 SobeitEastern Fantasy459k WordsCompleted (No System + No Female Lead + Not a Mindless Power Trip + Realistic) “Not a patch of land lies untilled, yet farmers still starve to death.” Just a few words, yet they lay bare the tragic lives of the poor under ancient feudal society. For those of us living in the modern age, accidentally transmigrating to ancient times would be anything but fortunate. Because the present is the best era. In a nutshell: Watch as the protagonist grows from a farmer’s son into a mastermind who throws the world in 1kReads8.0Score110Shelves
32. 1232 新 The New Campus Belle Turns Out to Be the Girl Next Door 新生校花竟是邻家妹妹 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Pure romance] + [Unexpected childhood sweetheart] + [No System] + [Not reborn] Jiang Xiang is a third-year student at Hangcheng University. Given his personality, he thinks he'll probably never find a girlfriend, so he's focused entirely on building his career. Mu Zhiyu, a new student this year, earned the highest score among the incoming class. She's a top student who has caught the attention of many teachers. She's beautiful and innocent-looking, and was pursued by many people as soon as s 46.9kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves
33. 1233 我 Nothing Matters More Than Making a Good Life Together 我们几个把日子过好比什么都重要 Meat Buns and Fortune肉包子与来财Ancient Romance357k WordsOngoing [Strong heroine who never loses her wits] + [Devoted to each other] + [Ensemble cast] + [Women supporting women] + [Drama] + [Love rivals] As the saying goes, once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too! With a sweet smile and a cruel heart, her stepmother has her father pretending not to see a thing. Yin Chuncheng decides to turn the tables and fight back. She’ll choose her own husband and walk her own path. But after all that careful choosing, she never expected to marry a “woman”! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the female lead would have died eight hundred times over if she didn't use her brain; instead, she's a ruthless and intelligent woman.

34. 1234 丹 Pill Emperor, Martial Emperor 丹皇武帝 Lab Rat实验小白鼠Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsCompleted A hundred thousand white-clad warriors raise their blades to defend Heaven’s Gate! A million evil spirits carry coffins to wage war on Kunlun! Phoenix coronets and bridal robes, bloodied gowns and withered faces, bone lanterns and bloody candles illuminate the cycle of reincarnation! A thousand years ago, a divine emperor fought his way to supremacy on the battlefield of a hundred clans, founding an eternal divine dynasty and striving for the supreme imperial throne, hoping to establish the Nint 14.9kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
35. 1235 始 The First Emperor Made Me His Successor, and I Accidentally Extended the Dynasty by a Thousand Years 始皇让我当二世，不小心延续千年 Yu Lan Jin瑜兰瑾Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Did I unify the Six Kingdoms or the Six Realms? [Passionate] [Thrillingly satisfying] [Farming and conquest] [A veteran author who’s spent ten years pouring heart and soul into writing, guaranteed quality!] [Two Systems, one for each father and son] In the year 2333 of the Great Qin era, elementary school students from Great Qin visit the Great Wall. The children marvel at the wall’s grandeur and magnificence. Their teacher explains, “The Great Wall is a defensive fortification bu 24.4kReads9.0Score2kShelves
36. 1236 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 228.4kReads9.0Score15.9kShelves
37. 1237 让 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ Life Is Like Morning Dew and a Flashing Flower生如朝露昙花Urban698k WordsCompleted If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 38.4kReads9.2Score3kShelves
38. 1238 绝 Peerless Martial God 绝世武神 Jing Wuhen净无痕Eastern Fantasy6.9M WordsCompleted On the Jiuxiao Continent, martial arts reign supreme. The weak live ordinary lives and suffer at the hands of others, while the wrath of the strong leaves rivers of blood in its wake. 126.7kReads9.1Score11.7kShelves
39. 1239 参 Reaching to the Sky 参天 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted The appearance of fragments of the Heavenly Book sparks a frenzied struggle among the people. Is this a fortuitous opportunity, or does it conceal a deeper mystery? Is the pursuit of cultivation really only about attaining immortality? 3.9kReads8.9Score478Shelves
40. 1240 回 After Returning Home, I Really Didn't Mean to Cause Trouble 回国以后，我真没想搞事 Don't Panic, I Can Do Even Better别慌我还能更Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Aiming for Realism, No Exaggeration] I once traveled through war-torn Libya, And roamed the Middle East without fear, despite the hail of bullets. Raids, assassinations, and explosions were all part of my life. Then I came to my senses. This wasn’t the life I wanted. Of course, the main reason was that I was afraid of dying. So I ran. After all, returning to my country was the way to go! 38.1kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
41. 1241 末 Apocalypse: Mutation Begins in the Heart 末世：变异从心脏开始 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse530k WordsCompleted [Bizarre and Uncanny, Strange and Twisted, Dark and Distorted, No System, No Rebirth: An Entirely New Apocalypse Like You’ve Never Seen Before] Thin, delicate arms sprout from the roadside greenery. A grotesque, misshapen lump of flesh grows in the flowerpot at home. Yet the protagonist obtains a miraculous relic born from a sacred lotus. It replaces his heart, bringing about all kinds of unbelievable changes… 2.2kReads8.4Score171Shelves
42. 1242 紫 Purple Sun 紫阳 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing When the Hu invaded, he lost his family, his home, and his newlywed wife, who was taken from him. He searched for her across a thousand miles but failed to find her. Through a twist of fate, he embarked on the path of Shangqing cultivation. A pedantic scholar gained immortal arts, mastered the immortal way, saved the people, and brought order to the world. 6.8kReads9.2Score768Shelves
43. 1243 反 Villain: There Are Too Many Children of Fate, So I'll Just Lie Low 反派：气运之子太多，我摆烂了 A Pigeon一枚鸽子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Bai Feng transmigrated, and he had a younger sister born with immortal bones. He thought that as long as he clung to his sister, he could live a carefree life in this dangerous cultivation world. That was until he woke up and discovered that his mother was preparing to remove his sister’s immortal bones and implant them in him. Only then did he realize he’d been cast in the role of the villain! Just then, a System appeared. If he targeted the Children of Destiny and stole their fortune, he would 46.5kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves
44. 1244 天 The Chronicles of the Heavenly Prodigy 天骄战纪 Xiao Jinyu萧瑾瑜Eastern Fantasy9.9M WordsCompleted An abandoned baby raised in the prisons of a mining town unlocks the treasured Heaven-Reaching Secret Realm and defies fate to embark on a path to the heavens! He was born into the Lin clan of the Forbidden City in the Ziyao Empire. At birth, Yun Qingbai stole his source spirit vein and abandoned him in the wilderness. Later, he masters spirit patterns, comprehends the wisdom of the ages, slaughters demons and gods, and bursts onto the scene to write a legend unlike any in history! 245Reads9.0Score—Shelves
45. 1245 快 Quick Transmigration: The Max-Level Big Shot Gets the Cannon Fodder Script 快穿当满级大佬拿到炮灰剧本 Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When the Cannon Fodder System has no other choice, it grabs a random lackey, never expecting to latch onto a max-level expert! From then on, it gets to coast to victory. In the heroine's story, the lives of cannon fodder characters are always turned upside down by her. No matter how innocent they are, cannon fodder can only ever be cannon fodder, a stepping stone on the heroine's road to happiness. Then Guihua transmigrates into the cannon fodder characters of various little worlds. Guihua says: 27.1kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

    Reader note

    Help! The ruthless boss got the cannon fodder script 🍅 The female lead is talented, beautiful, and has a broad vision. More importantly, she is brave and resourceful. The supporting characters are not forced to be stupid. It is very enjoyable to read. Each small world is not very long, but the characters are written with flesh and blood. It is very good!

46. 1246 无 The Invincible Heavenly Emperor 无敌天帝 What Is Immortal and Mortal?何谓仙凡Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsCompleted A botched ascension sends Ye Fan back to life a hundred years in the past. A prodigy in every field, with an endless array of martial arts techniques, knowledge of everything under the sun, and the power to foresee the future. Now that I am reborn, I shall rule heaven and earth. Those who disobey me will die! Those who refuse to submit will be slain! One word can bring an age of chaos to heel; one sword can cleave the nine heavens. I command divine beasts, forge divine weapons, shatter the void, 16.1kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
47. 1247 为 I Created a World for Her, but All She Cares About Is Her Studies 为她创世界，她只思学业 Qiao Mo乔仫Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted This book was originally titled “Look This Way, Underachiever” On a chaotic morning, our protagonist died. After death, she arrived in a new world. There, as a student, she embarked on a journey from underachiever to top student. And she soon got her whole class caught up in the competition, too. The fearsome physics teacher gave up entirely: “Teacher He, you’re the teacher and I’m the student. Just call me Xiaoyuan.” The devoted chemistry teacher pleaded pitifully: “Xiangxiang, I broke my leg. 145Reads6.4Score101Shelves

    Reader note

    Reading this book requires not only your brain but also a notebook—it's practically a college entrance exam study guide! [Laughs][laughs][laughs] But what I like most is the plot itself; it's so refreshing!

48. 1248 灵 Spirit Ruins, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [Watch the short drama The Hidden Ruins of Mountains and Seas: The Eyeless One Sees the Heavens on Red Fruit!] [No System] [Swordsmanship prodigy] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has suffered a bitter fate. The sect says: “We’ll protect you.” His brothers say: “We’ll stay by your side.” The sword spirit says: “I... will wait for you.” Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his sight returns. Looking back on the road he has trave 434.4kReads9.2Score45.2kShelves
49. 1249 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 60kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves
50. 1250 猫 The Cat Box Game 猫箱游戏 Jing Gu京鹄Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + dungeons + plot-focused + 1v1] (Started posting in January 2026, earning just 50 cents a day… writing purely for love of it.) (Reader’s guide: There is a couple! They meet in Volume One, but there’s no romance before the first million words. The female lead handles most dungeons on her own! They’ll team up for dungeons later, but the male lead is more of a tool.) “There is a theory called Schrödinger’s cat.” “Put an innocent kitten in a sealed container with a small amount of ra 1.4kReads8.1Score340Shelves

    Reader note

    Seriously, why is nobody reading this book? It has over 600 chapters, and each world is written very well and in great detail. The female lead's character is also beautiful. Speaking of which, the volume about the medium really left a deep impression on me, hahaha.

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