The Protagonist Is Terrible, but Everyone Else Thinks He’s a Master 主角自己很菜，但是别人认为他是大神。

1. 51 我 I’m Pathetically Weak, Yet They Insist I Act Like a Big Shot 我明明弱的离谱，非要我装大佬 Lu Yuan路远Urban442k WordsOngoing [Spiritual qi revival + comedy + System] He woke up to find the world had changed. The peaceful, everyday Blue Star had been replaced with a fantasy Blue Star. Elementary school students practiced Qi, middle schoolers built their foundations, high schoolers formed golden cores, and college students became nascent souls. Chen Xuan looked at his ordinary body, completely devoid of cultivation. Damn it!! I woke up and became illiterate!! Fortunately, as the protagonist, he successfully awakened a s 483Reads5.4Score114Shelves

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   These are all good. I recommend the last one, Illusionist. The fourth one updates rather slowly. The eighth one is about cultivation, the tenth one is about tomb raiding, and the last one is also about cultivation. Except for the third and fifth ones, they are all without a female lead.

2. 52 逃 Escape Game: I’m Really a Rookie, Not a Big Shot 逃亡游戏：我真是菜鸟，不是大佬 Dawn Breeze and Morning Light晓风晨曦Mystery463k WordsCompleted [Deification + Livestream + Infinite Flow + No Romance + Horror Game Instances + Supernatural] Chi Nian woke up to find herself dragged into a survival game called "Escape the Sinkhole." A genuine rookie, Chi Nian racked her brains trying to follow the experts and coast along. Instead, through a string of mishaps, she became the bane of all the experts. Every one of these big shots had overwhelming combat ability, yet whenever they were around Chi Nian, the "walking jinx," they kept finding all 297Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   Both of these are examples. In the first book, the protagonist has a system. The system's missions are to complete levels, but it secretly manipulates the game so the protagonist always manages to complete them. Then, the system issues penalties to make the protagonist stronger and stronger. In the second book, the protagonist is just too lucky and always manages to complete levels by accident, eventually being mistaken for a pro by others. [Heart emoji]

3. 53 末 Apocalypse Shop: The Shopkeeper Is Invincible, and That Makes Perfect Sense 末世商店：店长无敌很合理吧 Person Who Loves Green Tangerine Pu'er Tea爱喝青柑普洱茶的人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse316k WordsCompleted [System + reborn + decisive and ruthless + supernatural powers + no romance + zombies + mutated beasts + no self-sacrificing saint + lighthearted daily life + self-interest] Wang Yu spent half his life struggling at the bottom of the post-apocalyptic world, only to end up devoured by a beast. Now he’s reborn. He thought he’d get a god-tier System and rise straight to the top, but instead he got a post-apocalyptic shop System and a shop from the start. What? He has to run a shop!? And he’s invinc 6.1kReads8.0Score475Shelves
4. 54 玄 I Am Unaware That I Am the Peerless Martial God 玄幻：原来我是绝世武神 Feng Lingbei风凌北Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted Yi Feng transmigrates to a world of cultivation. Unfortunately, he has no hope of becoming an immortal, so he can only remain a mortal and hopes to live a peaceful life. But he has no idea... The dog he took in became a mighty demon king after eating his food. The kitchen knife he casually forged became an unparalleled divine weapon, sparking a fierce scramble among countless powerful figures. The young disciple he took in became an Immortal King after practicing his cultivation technique, usher 25.5kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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   In this story, the male protagonist transmigrates to the world of cultivation but is unable to cultivate, initially wanting only an ordinary life. However, his dog eats his food and becomes a demon king, the kitchen knife he forges becomes an unparalleled divine weapon, his little apprentice cultivates his techniques and becomes an immortal king, and his skeleton subordinates become peerless demon kings. Years later, gazing at the shattered void, Yi Feng is shocked to realize that he, this "mortal," was actually a hidden super-powerful figure.

5. 55 从 Starting as a Mysterious Merchant, I Rewrite the Rules of a Ghastly Game 从神秘商人开始，架空诡异游戏 The Cool Boiled Water Boils Again凉白开又开Mystery466k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + invincible protagonist + no female lead + founding an organization + people wildly misreading his intentions + making a killing off players and the supernatural] “When you encounter a mysterious being clad in a black robe in a supernatural game, remember: do not panic. Treat Them with the utmost sincerity and flattery. They are like a wish-granting machine. As long as you have enough supernatural coins, nothing is impossible!” "Must Read! How to Survive in a Supernatural Game" “ 3.8kReads8.8Score351Shelves
6. 56 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 535.6kReads9.3Score87.5kShelves
7. 57 长 Strange Tales of Longevity 长生异闻 Seeking and Discovering寻找发现Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing This is the story of an immortal who asks, amid the endless flow of time: What does it truly mean to live forever? If you haven't followed time to its very end, who can claim to be immortal? (Not a power fantasy, not a saintly protagonist, slow progression) In this book, martial artists already fall under the umbrella of cultivators, and martial cultivation is one branch of cultivation. Without a spiritual root, one's true energy will not undergo a transformation. This is a tale of strange occur 4.7kReads8.4Score260Shelves

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   This book is incredibly good. The protagonist has lived from the previous era into the next, but he is still extremely weak, while everyone feels that he is a powerful being.

8. 58 逃 Escape Game: I’m Really Not a Pro 逃亡游戏：我真不是大神 Mingyan茗烟Sports951k WordsCompleted After dying, you’re summoned into the Escape Game? You have to clear one stage after another to earn more lifespan and return to the human world!? Fortunately, you’ve activated the System! It lets you see the key to clearing each stage at a glance. “Escape Game is a game created by a god. It brings together adventure, survival, escape, wits, and strategy!” “Here, as long as you keep winning, you’ll get everything you’ve ever dreamed of! Money, beautiful women, power… even godhood!” “Schemes, ope 16Reads7.1Score—Shelves
9. 59 我 I’m Just a Mortal, So Why Do You All Worship Me as a Saint? 我只是一个凡人，为什么你们都奉我为圣 Metallic Frost金属寒霜Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Delusions of grandeur + ironic contrast + play the pig to eat the tiger + wild fantasy] Gu Heng transmigrated twenty years ago. A useless System ruined his life, leaving him with no hope of cultivating and no choice but to live as an ordinary mortal. Even as a mortal, he still wants to do good deeds. He casually helped a poor young girl, who would later become the famed “Snow White Sword Immortal,” renowned across the Three Realms. He found an injured kitten and cared for it for a long time, on 6.2kReads8.7Score970Shelves

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   [Please follow] The protagonist thinks he is an ordinary person. He opens a clinic at the beginning, heals a female cultivator, and helps her escape the tragic ending of an arranged marriage. Then, the female cultivator sees the things the protagonist takes out, which are all peerless materials, and is amazed. She thinks the protagonist is a hidden master. Later, the protagonist takes on a female disciple and begins to show off in various ways.

10. 60 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
11. 61 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Strength Means Nothing in the Face of Cheats 盗笔：实力在开挂面前不值一提 Reflected in Rivers and Mountains映河山Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Virtual Ancient Tomb, The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Fanfiction, No Romance, Strong Yet Tragic Protagonist, One Man Plays an Entire Family] Xie Huaian transmigrates into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and his only golden finger is an ancient tomb he can carry around. Think this tomb is amazing? No. It can only simulate all kinds of tombs and let you experience a variety of ways to die. A master tomb raider? No, no, no. He has simply died too many times in the simulation space. That cool, youthfu 57.1kReads9.2Score7.2kShelves

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    Chapter 71: Those with grudges harbor resentment; Yuanyang unexpectedly encounters Jia Mu on her 80th birthday. The Princess of Nan'an visits, and Jia Mu sends Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baochai, Xue Baoqin, Lin Daiyu, and Jia Tanchun to greet her. You Shi discovers the garden gate is unlocked and sends the housekeeper to deal with it, but is ignored. Zhou Rui's wife seizes the opportunity to cause trouble, and Feng Jie orders the housekeeper tied up. Xing Furen publicly pleads with Feng Jie for the housekeeper, embarrassing Feng Jie. Yuanyang stumbles upon Siqi and her cousin's tryst in the garden; Siqi begs her to keep it a secret, and Yuanyang agrees. Chapter 72: Wang Xifeng, relying on her power, is ashamed to admit her illness; Lai Wang's wife, relying on her influence, forces a marriage. Siqi falls ill because her cousin has run away; Yuanyang visits her and promises to keep it a secret. Jia Lian seeks out Yuanyang, intending to smuggle Jia Mu's gold and silver items to pawn for cash flow. Feng Jie and Ping'er discuss the Jia family's financial difficulties. Wang's daughter-in-law begged Fengjie to marry Caixia to her son, but Caixia refused. She then asked Aunt Zhao to plead with Jia Zheng, who already had plans to select maids for Baoyu and Jia Huan. Chapter 73: A Foolish Maid Mistakenly Picks Up an Embroidered Sachet; A Timid Miss Doesn't Ask About the Golden Phoenix. A simple-minded maid found an embroidered sachet in the garden, which was seen and taken away by Madam Xing. Madam Xing used this as an opportunity to reprimand Yingchun for neglecting her wet nurse's gambling, and also scolded Jia Lian and Fengjie for not taking care of Yingchun. Xiuju mentioned that Yingchun's golden phoenix had been stolen and pawned by her wet nurse, but Yingchun was too weak to care. Tanchun and Ping'er reprimanded the wet nurse and her daughter-in-law, while Yingchun only cared about reading the *Taishang Ganying Pian*. Chapter 74: Deceived by Slander, the Grand View Garden is Searched; To Avoid Suspicion and Prevent the Ningguo Mansion. Madam Wang thought the embroidered sachet belonged to Fengjie, but Fengjie defended herself. Wang Shanbao's wife instigated a search of the Grand View Garden, and everyone began searching at night. When they found Qingwen, she angrily emptied her trunk; Tanchun not only argued with Fengjie but also slapped Wang Shanbao's wife; finally, they discovered Siqi's affair with her cousin, and Xichun insisted on dismissing her maid Ruhua. Chapter 75: A Night Banquet Brings Ominous Signs and Sad Sounds; Appreciating New Poems for the Mid-Autumn Festival Brings Auspicious Prophecy. Grandmother Jia, upon hearing of the Zhen family's downfall, felt uneasy. During the meal, she returned the dishes Jia She had sent and had soup and vegetables sent to Fengjie, Baochai, and Daiyu. You Shi discovered Jia Zhen and others gambling. On Mid-Autumn Festival night, Jia Zhen was admiring the moon at Huifang Garden when he heard a long sigh coming from the direction of the ancestral hall, filling him with fear. Grandmother Jia led everyone to admire the moon, playing a game of musical chairs, Jia Zheng telling jokes about being afraid of his wife, Baoyu receiving a poem as an award, and Jia She telling jokes about parental favoritism.

12. 62 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 58kReads9.6Score6.4kShelves
13. 63 惊 Thriller Game: My Character Setting Is a Little Weird 惊悚游戏，我的人设怪怪的 Drunken Coral醉珊色Mystery305k WordsCompleted Picking up where the previous volume left off. I recommend reading the first volume first; Chapter 2 gives a general introduction. Di Hua, with both sides reading too much into each other. Pretends to be stupid at first, genuinely goes crazy later. Companions? No, subordinates. How Mo Ming sees himself: A low-level player in the Horror Game. If he isn't stumbling through a stage by sheer luck, someone else is carrying him through it. Clumsy and constantly doing stupid things. Hardly anyone bets 182Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A gray pigeon's shed feathers clung to my unspoken sigh. The footprints left by the wind in the corridor were clearer than your response. (Two-way imagination, see synopsis for details.)

14. 64 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
15. 65 非 The Abnormal Female Celestial Master 非正常女天师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery5.8M WordsCompleted Everyone says foreigners are superstitious. If they bully you, all you have to do is mutter strange things and wave your hands at them, and you can scare them off. After Wan Sui was set up by her own family and stranded abroad, she faced a gang of thugs. She copied Uncle Jiu from the movies and made a few hand seals. To her surprise, they really did run away in terror. Someone looking for a bit of excitement recorded the scene and posted it back home. Wan Sui became an overnight sensation online 9.7kReads8.9Score886Shelves

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    🥳🥳🥳Everyone says foreigners are superstitious, so when the female lead faced the thugs, she imitated Uncle Nine from the movie and performed a few hand gestures. Surprisingly, the thugs were genuinely frightened away. Then, unexpectedly, a few days later, all of them were dead. The female lead thought she was just bluffing, but those she frightened actually died using her methods.

16. 66 你 Could You Play It Safe? Your Readers Are All Going In With You 你守点法吧，读者都跟你进去了 Li Ju Loves Potatoes An李巨爱吃土豆安Urban331k WordsCompleted [Prison Break arc complete; Scam arc in progress] "Officer, you said some prison buddy read that book I wrote, Prison Break, and broke out of prison????" Li Junsheng is a struggling writer whose novels have flopped one after another. Just as he’s preparing to head to a factory and tighten screws, he finally gets his golden finger: the Life Creation System. The System randomly selects a genre and generates a world for a novel. Li Junsheng’s consciousness enters that world, where he lives through 894Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist truly has no idea how valuable his book is; it's incredibly satisfying! [Thinking]

17. 67 出 Invincible the Moment I Leave the Village: How Will You Deal with Me? 出村就无敌，阁下如何应对 Three Jin of Grapes三斤葡萄Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Liu Ye had always thought he was a good person, especially a devoted son. He was particularly filial to his mother. The Festive Funeral Ghost: What a load of crap! He was kind and gentle toward his father. The Water Ghost: Waaaah... Don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll kill myself! He would go through fire and water for his friends. The other ghosts: You mean you’d stab us twice, right? All in all, Liu Ye felt that he was a very happy person. All the ghosts: Isn’t your happiness just our tragi 165kReads9.5Score21kShelves

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    Liu Ye considers himself just a country bumpkin and marvels at how amazing city people are.

18. 68 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves
19. 69 苟 Laying Low in the Beginner's Village, the Saintess Imagines Me into Godhood 苟在新手村，圣女把我脑补封神 Swiftwind Kirito疾风桐人Eastern Fantasy944k WordsOngoing [#Western fantasy #transmigrated to another world #System-based #everyone thinks the protagonist is a hidden mastermind #misunderstandings and overactive imaginations #obsessive-love rivalry (!)] After transmigrating to another world, he awakens a Plunder System. Killing living beings lets him steal their abilities and talents! He originally planned to follow in Don Quixote's footsteps, roam the continent, and fulfill his dream of becoming a hero. Who knew that on all three of his trips out of t 22.5kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves

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    The male protagonist is caught in a web of injustice, wanting only to develop peacefully, yet every unintentional action he takes is over-interpreted. A saintess idolizes him, an adventurer girl sees him as a savior, and a great sage is determined to follow him. While desperately trying to conceal his identity, he faces a constant stream of unexpected events; the plot twists are incredibly captivating.

20. 70 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves

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    The second and third volumes of the classics, and their recommendations, are extremely good.

21. 71 惊 Thriller Game: I Became a Legend with the Help of Save Scumming 惊悚游戏：我靠回档被观众封神 A Cool Breeze Blows Through My Crotch风吹裤裆嗖嗖凉Mystery186k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Death Regression + Live Survival + Partial Delusions + No Romance] Jiang Xia accidentally transmigrated into a world invaded by survival games. He even discovered that he had the ability to rewind time upon death, and used it to escape danger again and again. After clearing an instance thanks to his regression ability, he was mistaken by people in the real world for a top-tier expert! “I never would have guessed that was how you cleared it. How did Jiang Xia figure it out?” “Tha 2.9kReads8.1Score281Shelves
22. 72 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Open a General Store to Get By 灵气复苏：开个杂货铺混日子 Xia Tiao虲条Urban750k WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + System + urban + comedy + no female lead] Tang Bai's three great loves: eating, getting himself into trouble, and making a little pocket money. An unexpected transmigration brings him a general store and sets him on a very different path in life. 16.4kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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    In my own eyes: I'm hugging myself tightly, trembling. In other people's eyes: Oh no, the big boss is about to kill me.

23. 73 一 The Outcast: The Weakest Senior Brother in Mount Longhu's History! 一人：史上最弱龙虎山大师兄！ Fuyu Loves Meat浮玉爱吃肉Male-Channel Fanfiction390k WordsOngoing Zhang Xuancheng has been feeling lost lately. He woke up one day and suddenly found himself transmigrated into the world of The Outcast. Abandoned as a baby from the start, he was found and taken to Mount Longhu, where he became its senior disciple. Wasn't this the perfect setup for a revenge power fantasy? Sure enough, He had the face of a protagonist, not to mention flashy entrance effects. He had an extraordinary air, like an immortal descended from heaven. The day he was born, purple clouds 935Reads8.4Score202Shelves
24. 74 伪EN Pseudo-Spirit Root Cultivates into an Immortal: Perfectly Reasonable, Right? 伪灵根当天灵根修成仙，很合理吧 Wu Wuwu吾舞舞吾Eastern Fantasy974k WordsOngoing Invincible + chuunibyou + cultivation powered entirely by belief I, Li Tianwei, was born to be the protagonist. I understood gravity at the age of three, but Newton was born before me. In kindergarten, I already had twelve great generals under my command and wanted to conquer the Central Plains and unite the realm, but Ying Zheng beat me to it too. As they say, two kings can’t rule the same age. It wasn’t until I transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation that Li Tianwei finally understo 27.4kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves

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    The first version of myself is extremely weak, yet I am the protagonist of the world.

25. 75 玩 I Was Just Playing a Game, So How Did I Become an Evil God? 玩个游戏而已，怎么成邪神了？ Quiet Bamboo Grove静谧幽篁Sports719k WordsCompleted When he was bored, Ling Feng downloaded a casual game called Cultivating an Evil God. He had no idea that this seemingly unremarkable game was connected to another mysterious world. And everything he did in the game would be reflected in that world. 439Reads8.2Score—Shelves
26. 76 我 I'm Such a Proper Evil God! 我这个邪神可太正了！ Sleep Until I'm Well Rested睡个饱觉觉Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [This is a deranged world!] [Cthulhu-inspired] [Careful: this story contains extremely intense psychological corruption. Read at your own risk.] One day, the world underwent a cataclysmic change! Every living thing was affected by an unknown force and mutated. And it wasn’t just living things... Human civilization was forced to retreat into the last nineteen fortress cities. People prayed to all kinds of gods for protection and blessings, struggling to survive in this hopeless world. Meng Yi arr 64kReads9.0Score6.6kShelves
27. 77 我 I'm Socially Anxious, and I Survive Thanks to Their Rose-Tinted Glasses 我，社恐，全靠他们的滤镜活着 The Poem Says诗云Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Ji Sui transmigrated to an era of advanced technology. Everyone here undergoes genetic testing at birth. People are divided into three classes: superior genes, commoners, and inferior genes. As a result, the system of governance here is extremely strict. Anyone caught faking their genetic test results is put to death. And as soon as Ji Sui arrived in this world, she was hit with devastating news: the original owner had faked her genetic results. Ji Sui, upon hearing this: “...” The worst part wa 3.2kReads8.2Score361Shelves
28. 78 我 I’m an Artist, Not a Con Artist! 我是画师，不是诈师！ Dawn Breeze and Morning Light晓风晨曦Mystery498k WordsCompleted [Misunderstandings that make everyone think the protagonist is a mastermind + supernatural horror + ensemble infinite-instance game + struggles over divine authority + shocking twists] In 2045, five years after the War of the Fallen Gods ended, the surviving chosen ones had their memories erased and returned to ordinary lives. But the gods, long hidden in the shadows, restarted their bloody game and seized the former God of War and a new generation of promising players, dragging them all back to 252Reads—Score107Shelves

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    [Dihua + Thriller & Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Theocracy + Extreme Twists] The powerless "Feng Shiyuan" is unexpectedly summoned back to her original world, where she can create anything with her pen! However, she's a coward and a complete failure, her first reaction to any situation is always to run away and give up. A shield-wielding dad, a dramatic sweet girl, a sickly strategist, a violent loli, a cunning doctor and a poisonous woman, and a greedy thief all gather! Everyone misunderstands her—the former first leader, the Ghost-Eating War God Qi Yu, sees her as the most dangerous mastermind; various chosen ones with unique skills regard her as their only hope for a comeback; and billions of viewers worldwide believe she is a top-tier con artist who has been lying in wait for years, seeking revenge against the gods.

29. 79 幕 Making Gods Behind the Scenes: I Invented the Ten Hall Guardians 幕后造神：我编造了十殿镇守使 Doctor Fang方医生Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [No Female Lead] [Partly Behind the Scenes] [Slow Burn] [Early Episodic Stories] With the spiritual qi revival, evil beings invade, and the entire world enters an age of supernatural powers. Lin Fan awakens an Emotion System. As long as he harvests people’s emotions, he can draw character cards of peerless powerhouses! So he creates a guardian organization! When the S-class evil being Qiongqi drives the entire city into madness, the Thundercloud Hall’s guardian, the Thunder Empe 9.1kReads7.2Score653Shelves

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    Behind the Scenes: I Fabricated the Ten Palace Guardians | The Ultimate Thrilling Novel of the Year, the Mastermind's Satisfaction is off the charts! Spiritual energy is reviving, demons are rampant, and the world is plunged into a chaotic world of supernatural abilities! The protagonist, Lin Fan, awakens a heaven-defying emotion system, allowing him to harvest the emotions of the world to draw cards of peerless powerhouses—so with a wave of his hand, he fabricates the world-shaking guardian organization, the "Ten Palace Guardians"! The S-rank demon Qiongqi wreaks havoc? The Thunder Emperor of the Thunder Palace descends, his divine thunder sweeping the heavens! A plague spreads, destroying nations? The Medicine Lord of the Shennong Palace appears, his word a resurrection! Ancient evil spirits return? The Northern Sea of ​​the Xuanming Palace intervenes, freezing countless ghosts on the road to the underworld! While the whole world frantically searches for the whereabouts of these mysterious guardians, Lin Fan hides behind the scenes, watching his emotions surge without a word. Until the strongest demon god tore through space and descended, the Ten Palace Guardians gathered for the first time, and in front of the world's shocked gazes, they all bowed and said, "Please, Commander, take action!"

30. 80 别 Stop Imagining Things, I’m Really Not a Master Assassin 别脑补了，我真不是神级杀手 Lychee, Wampee, and Grilled Salted Fish荔枝黄皮烤咸鱼Urban626k WordsCompleted He transmigrated and became a low-ranking assassin in Japan. “An assassin? Even a dog wouldn't do that job. You risk your life for pennies. I might as well go home and deliver takeout!” That was what Jing Mo thought, but reality soon hit him hard. His target, who unexpectedly appeared at the airport, died under mysterious circumstances, and the kill was credited to him. His second target was stabbed to death by his mistress's useless husband, and once again, the kill was credited to him. Then ca 8.7kReads7.6Score708Shelves

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    Both are good. In the second book, Mr. 39 Becomes stronger later on, while the third book might deviate a bit from that direction, but he is definitely regarded as a big shot by others.

31. 81 别 Stop Reading Too Much Into It, I'm Really Not a Big Shot 别脑补了，我真不是大佬 Free Shipping on Potatoes土豆包邮Eastern Fantasy102k WordsCompleted Ye Qing transmigrates to the Tianyuan Continent and awakens a life-skills System. His very first quest is to forge twenty kitchen knives! Before long, the Tianyuan Continent is abuzz with the tale of a man with an ordinary cultivation level whom every major sect and clan mistakes for a reclusive master! Qiu Bailian, Elder of Tianshu Peak: "Mr. Ye actually uses black iron to forge kitchen knives. That's... far too extravagant. Just what you'd expect from a reclusive master." Chang Baicao, Elder o 12Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 我 I Somehow Became an Ancestor of Cultivation 我居然成了修仙老祖 Black Black King黑黑王Eastern Fantasy219k WordsOngoing Laid-back cultivation + Delusions of grandeur + No System + Ensemble cast + Invincible Who is the strongest in the cultivation world? An elder of a sacred sect: “It should be Wang Zhe.” The sect master of the Supreme Immortal Sect: “It’s Wang Zhe.” The demon clan’s holy lord: “If you don’t count Wang Zhe, then it should be the Heavenly Dao.” Wang Zhe was a newly graduated college student, and he sat on the Ascension Platform with a completely bewildered look on his face. “Wait, really? I’m in ch 285Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is indeed a good book, a quintessential example of Dihua literature. It's enjoyable.

33. 83 我 I, Child of Fortune, Am Playing the Golden Finger Online 我，气运之子，在线扮演金手指 Zhu Qinji逐秦际Modern Romance849k WordsOngoing [Content warning: no romance, pure power fantasy, role-playing, some secret identities, no logic] Pei Yuzhi was the chosen one of a high-level cultivation world. One day, his own Heavenly Dao sent him to the Administration Bureau for training, and so began his career as a task-taker: outrageously wealthy and undefeated. [Apocalypse Savior] He was the only hope said to be capable of ending the apocalypse. Proud, cold, and eccentric. Shh, he isn't the savior. He's just keeping a promise. [The La 15.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
34. 84 只 I Can Only Instantly Kill Great Emperors, So I Became an Emperor-Harvesting Machine 只能秒大帝的我，化身大帝收割机 Asteroid West小行星西Eastern Fantasy562k WordsCompleted Synopsis: This book is also known as “Sorry, I Can’t Beat Anyone Else, but I Can Instantly Kill Great Emperors” and “At Level 999, I Can Instantly Kill Great Emperors; One Level Lower, They Instantly Kill Me.” Lin Xuanqing transmigrated into the Zixiao Holy Land as its patriarch, but had no cultivation at all. To keep anyone from discovering he was a complete weakling, he kept a straight face and pretended to be a master for a hundred years. At last, one day, he awakened a System that could inst 11.8kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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    The male protagonist is actually quite weak; he just pretends to be very powerful. He transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes the patriarch of the Zixiao Sect, but he has no cultivation whatsoever. So, he can only put on a brave face every day, pretending to be a highly skilled cultivator. However, he unexpectedly awakens a system that allows him to instantly kill emperors, but it has one drawback: he can only instantly kill emperors; he can't kill anyone else. The male protagonist eventually slays all the emperors in the myriad realms with his sword and is revered by the world as the Zixiao Patriarch.

35. 85 去 Go Slay the Monsters, Why Are You Picking on a Student? 去灭诡啊，盯我一个学生干嘛 The Girl Changes 72 Ways女大72变Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Powers for All + No Romance + Original Worldbuilding + Original Dungeons] A bizarre world invaded, forcibly interfering with reality. After passing a trial, those chosen would see a countdown appear on their palms. When the countdown ended, they would be forcibly transported to the bizarre world! Bai Pu had only just transmigrated when he was forced to join the fight against the bizarre! From then on, the bizarre realm gained a masked man who made both humans and monsters hate him! [The Real Wo 4.8kReads8.2Score513Shelves

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    These stories all begin with the protagonist being mistaken for a powerful figure, but they all grow stronger later on. They're plot-driven with a large cast of characters, and there aren't many female characters. ... In the second book, the protagonist transmigrates after the original owner of the body has already been killed by a supernatural being and is immediately stripped of his human status by his teammates. Everyone thinks he's a communicative supernatural being, and they both respect and fear him. Of course, the protagonist has a system that allows him to gain abilities from ghosts, and later, he and his underlings transmigrate through fragments of the body and grow stronger.

36. 86 诡 The Eerie Apocalypse: I Play a Fake Human, and I Am Calamity! 诡异末世：扮演伪人，我即灾厄！ A Fan一个风扇Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [New premise] [New setting] [Infinite Flow] [Not a power fantasy] “Don't trust him! He died three days ago!” “Ye Kai, are you a fake person or not?” Facing his neighbors' terrified questions, Ye Kai calmly shook his head. “I can't prove that I'm not a fake person, but I can tell you this.” “Your memories have been altered. The fake person... is among you.” [Not invincible] [No System] [The protagonist has no cheat abilities] The uncanny descended, shattering the world into countless fragments. H 8.6kReads8.7Score849Shelves
37. 87 诡 Eerie Invasion: How Come Nobody Told Me I’m the Ultimate Ghost Magnet?! 诡异入侵：没人说我是万诡迷啊！ Little Orange Rabbit小橘兔Mystery413k WordsCompleted [(The rating just came in and will rise) Supernatural invasion + an overpowered heroine who doesn't know it + invincible protagonist + strongest female lead] It all started on the subway, after Chu Qing had finished half a month of overtime, when she beat up a kid pretending to be a ghost. The next day, her company was blown up by a coworker driven mad by overtime. After losing her job, Chu Qing worked as a haunted-house actor, a restaurant server, and a temporary villa housekeeper... Unfortunat 49.9kReads8.8Score5.9kShelves

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    This is a female-oriented novel featuring a powerful female protagonist. She's not weak at all; she's incredibly strong without realizing it [shy][shy]. She's a materialist who doesn't believe in ghosts, but she's very special, and even the supernatural fears her power.

38. 88 我 I'm Thriving in the Infinite Flow World 我在无限流世界如鱼得水 Liu Yu流榆Mystery535k WordsCompleted [Content warning: no romance, some power-fantasy elements and livestreaming, heavy Lovecraftian elements, no saintly protagonist, ensemble cast. Enter at your own risk.] Su Xie wakes up one day to find himself in another world. This world is different from his own. It is ruled by a game called “Fate.” Everyone, young and old alike, is randomly drawn into the game. Their only goal is to complete their missions and survive. Su Xie loves playing games, so he accepts this rea 913Reads8.4Score104Shelves
39. 89 拿 I Got the Wrong Script and Became the Protagonist's Partner? 拿错剧本的我成了主角他对象？ The Perfectly Round Garden圆圆圆的园Two Male Leads2.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled: Did I Pick Up the Wrong Script and Become the Protagonist’s Love Interest? Top/bottom romance + anthology Some books have protagonists with no protagonist aura at all. They’re abused physically and emotionally until they become mentally unstable, and their stories end with them either going mad or dying. After countless complaints from readers, System 000 took on the task of revamping these books. It would turn books pulled from circulation into wholesome reads and transform t 45.5kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves

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    Yes, that's right.

40. 90 供 I Worship Myself into Godhood, and My Disciples Are All Great Demons 供奉自己成神，弟子竟然全是大妖 Listening to Rain Outside the City城外听雨Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Su Xuan transmigrated to another world, where people could make him a god by worshipping him. But he was stuck in the mountains, with no one around. To gather worshippers, he had no choice but to take in animals as disciples. Every day, he taught and preached, telling stories and lecturing on scripture, using fictional figures from the myriad heavens as examples to spread his teachings. Then one day, Su Xuan sent his many disciples out into the world. “You have learned all you can. Leave the mou 191Reads7.7Score125Shelves

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    🍀 The male protagonist thinks he's incompetent, but his disciples are all peerless sages! 🍄 He transmigrates to the Journey to the West world and becomes the master of a holy land. However, due to the rules of heaven, he can't leave the area his system provides and can only exchange merit for power. Because he has no hostages, he takes in some small animals as disciples, unaware that these seemingly cute creatures are all powerful demons from the Journey to the West world! 💞 As he releases them to collect merit, he becomes the most feared being by both Buddhism and Taoism, known as the biggest mastermind behind everything in the Three Realms.

41. 91 我 My Sect Is This Powerful? How Come I Didn’t Know? 我的宗门这么强？我怎么不知道 Wanting Spicy Chips想吃辣片Eastern Fantasy744k WordsCompleted "Eldest Senior Sister, Master chopped a demon saint to death with one swing." "Don't make such a fuss. It was only a demon saint." "Eldest Senior Sister, Master was scared off by a dung beetle." "Uh... Master must have been putting on an act. Just ignore it." "Eldest Senior Sister, Master also punched a Martial Saint to death." "Hmph, a Martial Saint isn't even fit to carry Master's shoes." "Eldest Senior Sister, Master is being chased all over the place by bandits and robbers." "Uh... Master is 2.8kReads7.3Score197Shelves

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    Lighthearted and humorous, the protagonist thinks he's terrible, but others think he's very strong.

42. 92 女 The Empress Reincarnates and Becomes a Defiant Disciple from the Start! 女帝转世，开局成为冲师逆徒！ Crossing the River on a Reed一苇渡江Eastern Fantasy286k WordsCompleted [Sweet, adorable female emperor + tsundere male lead + one heroine + sweet daily life + a little goofy + don’t read if you dislike it] My name is Ji Mengyao. In my previous life, I was a female emperor of the Upper Realm, but after being betrayed, I reincarnated to cultivate anew. The Heavenly Secret told me that if I wanted revenge, I had to become a disciple of a man named Lu Beixuan. And, preferably, I should turn the tables on him and make him my disciple. Lu Beixuan: Why do you want to beco 1.7kReads9.0Score163Shelves
43. 93 无 Infinite Flow: The Magician Becomes a God Through Her Combat Power 无限流：魔术师她靠武力值封神 Aci the Tavernkeeper酒家阿瓷Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Light horror, infinite-flow, 1v1, two powerful leads, sweet romance] Shang Heng, the strongest player in the game, x Shi Miao, a former S-rank instance boss Shi Miao had been a boss in a horror game's instances for many years. She thought she would keep being a diligent wage slave, but after waking up one day, she found herself turned into a new player in the game, with her weapons confiscated and her powers sealed from the start. Shi Miao: ...If the System won't play fair, neither will I. So w 5.7kReads9.4Score863Shelves

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    I absolutely love it!

44. 94 无 Infinite Flow: Playing an NPC in a Horror World 无限流：在惊悚世界扮演NPC Lucky Carp Qianqian锦鲤芊芊Mystery321k WordsOngoing [Delusion-inducing reactions + horror and supernatural elements + infinite-flow + bizarre rules + secret identity never exposed + System + no romance] If you entered a horror instance and met a monster that every vengeful ghost shied away from, that top-level psychics didn't dare look at directly, and that the official classified files labeled as an unassessable threat, what would you think she was? Luo Lin'an accidentally became bound to the [Horror NPC Role-Playing System]. Once she saves up 3kReads—Score373Shelves

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    ✅ [Dihua + Horror & Supernatural + Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Ghost Stories + Brainstorming + System + No Romance] If you enter a horror instance and encounter a silver-haired woman, all vengeful ghosts flee in terror, top-tier supernatural beings dare not look her in the eye, and official top-secret files indicate her threat level is unassessable, what would you think she is? Luo Lin'an is dead, but unexpectedly bound to the [Horror NPC Role-Playing System]. As long as she accumulates 100,000 points, she can return to the human world! No supernatural abilities, no combat power, just a pure, fragile, and socially awkward character. Her goal: to lie low and survive! To live peacefully, she will forever forgo powerful SSR and SR characters in gacha pulls, stubbornly clinging to inconspicuous R-rank characters. She will strive to play the role of a well-behaved, invisible person, never actively causing trouble!

45. 95 太 Great, Our Neighbor Is a Psychopath. We're Doomed 太好了，是变态邻居，我们没救了 Man-Eating Monster吃人的妖怪Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Jiang Ran was tricked into moving into an apartment called Alice, where all kinds of murderers and psychopathic criminals lived. Four other people were there with him. They were the twenty-fifth group of guinea pigs, taking part in a betting game watched live by wealthy viewers, who wagered on who would die first and who would survive to the end. The apartment was home to a [psychopath who liked skinning people to make kites], a [new Jack the Ripper who only killed women], a [highly educated, hi 65.8kReads7.9Score5.9kShelves

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    "Now, all five guinea pigs for Round 25 have been introduced." "Distinguished members, please begin placing your bets. The minimum bet is 100,000 yuan!"

46. 96 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves

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    The protagonist of this book feels incompetent, while everyone else thinks he's a pro.

47. 97 被 Forced to Be a Gentleman 被迫当绅士 Loves Lotus Seed and Crucian Carp Soup爱吃莲子鲫鱼汤Eastern Fantasy342k WordsCompleted Han Hao accidentally transmigrates to the world of Cultivation and becomes a prodigy of a sacred sect. Just as he prepares to cultivate diligently and rise to the top, he discovers that he’s bound to a strange System. It tells him that as long as he fights male creatures, he’ll be invincible... but against women, he’ll have to rely on himself! 171Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Overall, it's not bad, the main character can only fight against men.

48. 98 手 The Apocalypse on My Phone: I Just Want the Heroine to Hurry Up and Die 手机里的末世：我只想女主赶紧死 Dreaming Seventy-Two Times梦七十二回Sci-Fi & Apocalypse305k WordsOngoing [No System + Subverting Expectations + Misguided Reverence + Silly Comedy] Luo He has a game on his phone that's connected to a real post-apocalyptic wasteland. But only he knows that if he gets the NPC bound to him, the divine messenger (the female lead), killed in the game, he'll receive a hundredfold reward. He never expected the female lead to be a legendary survivor who just wouldn't die! The gods grant her lipstick, so she can become a pretty zombie. She turns it into a fuse, blows up a c 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ① The protagonist dies and then rewinds the game, directly using the answers to clear dungeons. Everyone thinks he's incredibly smart and meticulously planned every step of the way. The pacing and satisfying moments are fantastic! 👍🏻 ② The male protagonist tries everything to kill the female protagonist in the game, but is defeated by her godlike thought process, firmly believing that the male protagonist is a god who saved her [laughing emoji]. It's basically the male protagonist's terrible gameplay, but the female protagonist is incredibly awesome.

49. 99 人EN In the Cultivation World, I Can Go 50-50 with Anyone 人在修仙世界，和谁都能五五开 May Spring Bring You Happiness春风要开心Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted In Li Zhoujun's fortieth year after transmigrating to become the mountain lord of an immortal sect, he finally obtained a System that let him match anyone fifty-fifty. Are you a ten-thousand-year-old monster who has spent ages hidden from the world? I'm your equal. Are you an unparalleled Immortal Emperor of peerless elegance? I'm your equal. Are you a demonic fiend whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts? I'm your equal. 65.4kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves

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    Enough with the chit-chat, just watch. [Note]

50. 100 明 I Only Wanted to Ride the Hype, but I Became the Final Boss 明明只想蹭人气却成大boss Hardcore Sweet-Romance Fan小甜文重度依赖Two Male Leads428k WordsOngoing World No. 1 (abandoned midway). Su Ningyi transmigrated into Detective Conan and was bound to a popularity System for nine years, but the manga app still wouldn't open. Until an AI-controlled avatar went out to buy a bento Shinichi stared at the red marks on his wrist. "How does your guardian... usually treat you?" The avatar blinked innocently. "Charging requires lots of close contact." That night, the manga suddenly unlocked. On the home page was a creepy close-up of me feeding the avatar in i 6.2kReads8.7Score415Shelves

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