From Small Kingdoms to Great Powers, the Central Plains Royal Court, the Immortal Realm, and the Divine Realm: Fighting All the Way to the Top 小国，大国，中州王庭，仙界，神界，一路打上去

1. 151 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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   The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

2. 152 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.7kReads—Score104Shelves
3. 153 不 Oh No! I’ve Become the Big Villain 不好！我成了大反派 Le Tu乐吐Eastern Fantasy109k WordsOngoing Lu Ge used to be a street thug, but he unexpectedly transmigrated into a world of cultivation and became the young master of a clan about to be slaughtered by a Son of Fortune. The original young master was gentle and refined, but everyone saw him as a coward. He lost his fiancée, who betrayed him, and his entire clan was wiped out. He became nothing more than a stepping stone for the Son of Fortune. Reborn as Lu Ge, he awakens the Fortune Plundering System. Can he break free of the chains of fa 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Lighthearted, hilarious, and tear-jerking: Lu Ge is reborn as the young master of a small family, about to be crushed by a chosen one. As a villain, his cultivation is low, and he faces betrayal from his childhood sweetheart and the slaughter of his family. Watch how he turns the tide and gradually paves his own path to immortality!

4. 154 秦 The Qin Fu: The Lone God Mends the Heavens, Wind! Wind! Great Wind! 秦赋：孤神补天，风！风！大风！ Eagle on Sanxing Bridge三星挢上的鹰Eastern Fantasy894k WordsCompleted [Wild imagination, martial arts, ruthless combat, blazing passion, power progression, an unconventional take on Qin history. Historians and archaeologists, stay away.] The Qin Empire had just been founded, but undercurrents were already churning. Chaos reigned, and monsters ran rampant. The useless prince Ying Wuji was stripped of his title without mercy by the emperor after a bizarre assassination attempt, then tossed like trash into the deepest pit of the Black Ice Platform's Spirit-Severing P 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Try the Great Martial Arts Qin Dynasty!!!

5. 155 战 A World of War Like Hell, Where Shelter Makes You King 战乱如狱，庇护为王 Eagle on Sanxing Bridge三星挢上的鹰Urban518k WordsCompleted In the war-torn Middle East, Li Nezha, a lowly worker at a Dongda lamb restaurant owned by a Black and Blue man, awakened a Protection System just before he died, beginning a life of cheat-like advantages... This is an alternate history. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental! 62Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score312.3kShelves
7. 157 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
8. 158 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
9. 159 茅 The Maoshan Ghost-Slaying Heavenly Master 茅山斩鬼天师 Heaven and Earth in Turmoil天地气荡Urban688k WordsCompleted After an incident in her hometown, Zhao Ruoxi meets Perfected Master Qingxu. Once everything is settled, she takes him as her master. Perfected Master Qingxu belongs to the Shangqing lineage of Maoshan and is one of its ten guardian elders. Together, they slay demons, exorcise evil, and see through the human heart. 1.7kReads6.8Score135Shelves
10. 160 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves
11. 161 茅 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 Xiao Mochou Himself萧莫愁本尊Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score205Shelves
12. 162 茅 Maoshan 茅山 Happy God乐乐神Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted When I was little, my parents abandoned me in a mass grave. My master found me and raised me to adulthood. He was a Taoist priest who knew how to subdue demons and exorcise evil spirits, and he taught me everything he had learned in his life. I signed an agreement with the underworld to work as a ghost constable in the mortal world, trading my service as a ghost for extra years of life… 970Reads6.5Score—Shelves
13. 163 共 The Symbiotic Key 共生钥匙 Lord of the Ten Thousand Demons万妖国主Two Male Leads259k WordsCompleted Shen Xinghe: calm and perceptive, carrying a secret. He seems distant on the outside, but deep down he harbors a tenderness buried within. Jiang Ye: carefree and uninhibited, exceptionally gifted, using his easygoing nature to hide the scars of his past. From mortal enemies to partners who would lay down their lives for each other, they ultimately become each other’s only faith and home. Forced to join hands, they carve a path through the conspiracies and chaos of many factions, uncover the tr 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first male lead is humorous and witty, while the second is aloof and composed. Their contrasting personalities make them inseparable, and the plot is both funny and exciting—definitely worth watching! [Making a face]

14. 164 仙 Immortal Qin: The Ying Clan's Immortal Lineage 仙秦：赢氏仙族 Eternal Swastika卍字永恒Eastern Fantasy343k WordsOngoing Who rules this boundless land? Only I, the Demon Lord! Heroes contend for supremacy, saints wage war, and countless races vie to rule the world! A god by day, a demon by night! Will I be the Human Emperor of an age, or an unrivaled Demon Lord? When the First Emperor awakens from his slumber once more, he will once again lead the Immortal Qin Empire toward boundless glory! The heavenly and earthly souls dwell beyond the body; only the life soul remains within! Ying refines his heavenly and earthl —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A family-based cultivation system combined with a dynasty of destiny: Under the leadership of the First Emperor, the Ying clan established the Immortal Qin Empire, conquering countless realms. This is a very long story… A Dynasty of Destiny

15. 165 英 I Tried to Rescue a Beauty, Got Face-Slapped, and Was Forced to Summon My Ancestor 英雄救美被打脸，逼我召老祖上身 Jiang Yiyi Xue江亦亦雪Eastern Fantasy83k WordsOngoing [Over a million readers | Tens of thousands of subscribers] [Face-slapping] [Tens of thousands of words updated daily, backed by strong writing] Modern man Lin Chen transmigrates to the Profound Realm. The bad news: he has no special talents. The good news: his junior sister is gorgeous. The bad news: she doesn’t like him. The good news: a sect next door has taken her, giving him a chance to play the hero and save the beauty. Lin Chen rushes forward, gets beaten into submission with one punch, a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please watch over the family members

16. 166 赤 The Scarlet Flame Star Lies Barren, and Water Is the World’s Greatest Treasure 赤炎星焦枯，水源即是世间至宝 Yang Menqing杨门庆Eastern Fantasy109k WordsCompleted Crimson Flame Star was once crisscrossed with rivers and lakes, with water in plentiful supply. But for reasons unknown, the entire planet began to bake beneath the relentless sun. The earth cracked and hardened, all surface water vanished, and water became the world's most precious treasure. The great sects and powerful clans fought desperately over underground rivers and hidden springs. Bloodshed and conflict never ceased. The powerful Huang Zheng family forced me to haul water through the des —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a new system, a new theme: a planet that has been arid for years, without water, making survival difficult. I love this kind of cultivation story. It's grand in scope, yet grounded in reality. I'm waiting for it to be deified!

17. 167 三 Three Feet of Chilling Light 三尺寒芒 Nangong Meiyue南宫美月Fantastical Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Female-Led Story + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Pocket Dimension + Divine Weapon + Growth and Trials] All the splendor of the world turns to dust; sword on my back, I speak drunkenly of the people's suffering. On the winter solstice, with snow covering the mountains and the forests ablaze with color, Father found me by a little stream outside the village. So he named me Ruoxue. Born dark-skinned and ugly, I endured the world's cold stares and learned that true affection is the warmest thing of 61Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Three main female characters, no romantic pairings, no male lead, sword cultivators, martial arts, evil cultivators, slow-burn, space, Hehuan Sect, no system, not a wish-fulfillment novel, no time travel, semi-ensemble cast, growth through trials, dual souls, business adventures, countless worlds, epic political intrigue, intelligent characters, super long novel, unconventional cultivation, this book is not divided into male and female channels, we believe there is something for everyone.

18. 168 入 Invasion Countdown 入侵倒计时 Dream Technology梦想科技Sci-Fi & Apocalypse764k WordsCompleted In 2040, the international situation is in turmoil and the world is on the brink of World War III. The military forces of every nation have been severely depleted, leaving them no time to deal with potential threats. Meanwhile, taking advantage of humanity's infighting, the insectoid race arrives on Earth alongside a vast meteor shower. By the time the United Nations notices, it is powerless to organize an effective interception. The insectoids quickly establish nests and launch frenzied attacks 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He once devoted himself to the future of humanity. But in the end, he was not only stripped of his right to be a "human being," but also burdened with the heinous crime of destroying the Earth.

19. 169 开 Execute Sima Yi from the Start, Then Visit the Empress's Bedchamber Tonight 开局诛杀司马懿，今夜去皇后寝宫 Daoist Wucai无才道长Historical429k WordsOngoing I offer you a way to settle your doubts: no need to crack a turtle shell or consult the yarrow stalks. To test jade, it must be burned for three full days; to judge timber, you must wait seven years. When Duke Zhou feared the rumors, he had not yet been vindicated; when Wang Mang was humble and deferential, he had not yet usurped the throne. Had they died back then, who would ever have known the truth about them? The gentle empress, the Holy Maiden of the Demon Cult, the peerless palace mistress 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cultivating immortality with one hand, and beauties with the other.

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