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1. 2001 末 Mechanical Ascension in the Apocalypse 末世里的机械飞升 Glazed Rain Song琉璃雨歌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse572k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No heroine + Ruthless and decisive + Mecha + Warships + Pure technology] I transmigrated and lost my physical body, becoming... a machine... This is a world plagued by disasters, a world invaded by alien beasts... It's filled with darkness and slaughter... Powered by technology, an army of machines descends upon the apocalypse. Legendary mecha, warships, and all kinds of sci-fi weapons burst onto the scene, crushing everything in their path... (Starts out half mechanical, but soon 3.1kReads9.2Score251Shelves
2. 2002 神 Divine Choices: Obito, Come Inherit the Hokage Title! 神级选择：带土，快来继承火影 Loves Sucking on Fluffy Little Balls爱吸小毛球Anime Fanfiction675k WordsCompleted [Naruto + choices + lighthearted + one heroine + everyday life] He transmigrates as Uchiha Obito and gains a God-Tier Choice System. Answering questions makes him stronger. With his own power, he changes the entire tone of the Naruto world. Madara: My grandson Obito has the makings of a great emperor! Hashirama: Young man, you still aren't as reliable as little Tsunade. The Third Hokage: I've never seen a kid as outrageous as Obito. Danzo: Uchiha Obito is evil by nature! Minato: Why did I ever t 22.8kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves
3. 2003 奥 Ultraman: Dark Tiga Goes on a Rampage 奥特曼：黑暗迪迦杀疯了 Ka En卡恩Anime Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted I never expected this book’s reputation to take such a nosedive three years after it ended, but I still have to say: those brats on that site are making a ridiculous fuss. They don’t read the book, but they always have to follow the latest trend. The saddest ones are those who once spent dozens, even over a hundred hours reading it, only to come back and give it one star. What, you thought it was good back then, but now you think it’s no good? You haven’t grown up. You’ve lost the ability to thi 20.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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4. 2004 列 Train Survival: Activating the Foresight Module from the Start! 列车求生：开局激活预知模块！ Grape-Flavored Yogurt葡萄味酸奶Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Qi Xiao wakes up in a world where people must survive aboard trains. Every day at eight, the train stops at a random station. You can get off and explore, or stay aboard and wait for it to depart. There are endless treasures here, along with unknown dangers. Explore stations, gather supplies, upgrade your train, and do your best to survive. Qi Xiao's newcomer gift isn't food like everyone else's. Instead, he gets a module card that activates a special module: Station Forecast. Whenever the train 95.2kReads8.3Score8.2kShelves
5. 2005 我 I'm Just a Eunuch, So What's Wrong with Having a Few More Beautiful Women? 我一太监，红颜多点很合理吧 Snow Flying over the Cold River寒江飞雪Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Hunt down transmigrators] [Ensemble cast] [No saintly heroine] [Three empress sisters] [Rebellious disciple] “Anyone who inexplicably plagiarizes poetry shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who makes soap, cement, or gunpowder shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who writes simplified characters or speaks strangely shall be executed without mercy!” “Any good-for-nothing whose cultivation suddenly skyrockets and who claims that even the heavens can’t block his sight shall be executed w 62.3kReads9.0Score8kShelves
6. 2006 秣 Saddling Up in the Waning Tang Dynasty 秣马残唐 Utterly Useless Little Rookie很废很小白Historical3.3M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the end of the Tang Dynasty and becomes a refugee on the verge of starving to death. The moment Liu Jing opens his eyes, he sees a tragic world of warring fiefdoms, endless conflict, and people living in misery. Corpses litter the land, and for hundreds of miles, not a wisp of cooking smoke rises. Yet he also sees the romance of warhorses and flashing weapons, of heroes with the courage to swallow the world. This is the worst of times, and the best of times. Looking back at t 103.5kReads8.4Score10.3kShelves
7. 2007 原 Genshin Impact: The Cultivator on the Run! 原神：逃亡的修仙者！ Bluebird's Garden青鸟之庭Anime Fanfiction323k WordsOngoing [The Myriad Worlds + Invincible + Mature Women + Beauties + Lolis] He takes part in the Archon War, saves Guizhong and Havria, and allies with Morax, the Geo Archon and future Geo Archon, to establish Liyue. In the future, he gets along famously with the Electro Archons, slays the Grand Sage Azar, saves Nahida, and stays by Furina de Fontaine's side. He is an unparalleled adeptus who has traveled across the mortal realm. The world calls him the “Heaven-Burning, Sea-Boiling Lord”! In the future, 5Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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   The sun, moon and stars are destroyed at will, and the time traveler comes to the era of the devil's war to save the end.

8. 2008 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 29.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
9. 2009 惊 Horror: My Psychiatric Hospital Has Become a Forbidden Zone of the Supernatural 惊悚，我的精神病院成了诡异禁区 Better Not Come不如不来Mystery432k WordsCompleted After horror games descend upon the world. Wang Ran has only just transmigrated when he discovers that a psychiatric hospital has suddenly appeared under his name. What’s more, when his patients see ghosts, they’re not afraid at all. In fact, they get unusually excited. During the Courtyard House instance, a group of patients charged in and beat up the boss, an old woman. Before leaving, they even stripped off her burial clothes. While riding Subway Line 7, they kidnapped the ghost attendant 552Reads9.0Score101Shelves
10. 2010 大 Great Qin: Do I Have Your Permission to Be a Freeloader? 大秦：朕准你当咸鱼了吗 Great Lord Mao毛神大大Historical3.6M WordsOngoing [Hilarious + Wits and Wit] This book is mainly a comedy, with history playing a supporting role. It’s not a dry history textbook. Qin Shi Huang eavesdrops, then gets into a daily battle of wits and insults with the protagonist. If I don’t scam you, I’m letting you down. If I do scam you, I’ll profit at your expense. This book has only one purpose: to make readers laugh and starve the pandas. If it fails, then I guess I’m not good enough! 8.7kReads9.0Score756Shelves
11. 2011 再 Make Me Prince Consort Again, and I'll Start a Rebellion 再让我当驸马，我就要造反了 Wann an Niu Er皖南牛二Historical4.9M WordsCompleted Based on the original novel of the short drama The Foolish Son-in-Law of Great Qian. Qin Mo, a single history nerd, transmigrates to Great Qian and becomes the foolish heir of the Duke of Qin’s household. He only wants to spend his life carefree, raising fighting roosters and walking his dogs, but everyone keeps pressuring him! Duke of Qin: Son, I’m begging you. Please marry the princess! The Emperor of Great Qian: My good son-in-law, you’re my lucky star. You have to be the imperial son-in-law 6.8kReads8.8Score804Shelves
12. 2012 灵 The Most Connected Person in the Supernatural World 灵异界最强关系户 Young Master Feng公子枫Mystery660k WordsCompleted “What, you think a pen fairy, zombies, Chu Renmei, Sadako, werewolves, and vampires can just show up at the parent-teacher meeting? Your kids are such underachievers. How are they ever going to graduate?” This is a university for the supernatural. The toughest man in the supernatural world is the vice principal, Black and White Impermanence head the admissions office, a weasel demon runs the monster studies department, and exorcists and Taoist priests teach classes... Every student here is the d 8.8kReads9.1Score830Shelves
13. 2013 我 My Little Sister Exposed My Everyday Life as a Cultivator 我的修仙日常被妹妹曝光了 Nan Nan南楠Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Modern Cultivation, Modern Cultivation, Modern Cultivation, Insanely Satisfying, Number One on the Entire Internet] An unconventional modern cultivation novel, focused on everyday life. Extremely satisfying, without making the protagonist an idiot. The supporting characters have brains, and the heroine isn’t a self-sacrificing saint. The protagonist gets little screen time early on, mostly appearing in other people’s stories to show off. (Everyday Cultivation: My Peerless Power Has Been Expos 15.7kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
14. 2014 我 My Cancer Cells Devour Everything and Unlock an Interstellar Civilization 我的癌细胞吞噬万物解锁星际文明 Bound Without Limit无限绑定Urban169k WordsOngoing Urban sci-fi, wild ideas, comedy, mystery, infinite-loop challenges, a cyberpunk comeback, and more... Stay tuned! Chen Zheng is a top hacker and a genius with a doctorate in chemistry. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer at the hospital, he takes on an international cybersecurity repair job to pay for treatment. He discovers a mysterious organization controlling the world, the Deep Alliance Council. Chen Zheng is shocked to learn of its existence. Driven by curiosity, he hacks into the o 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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15. 2015 南 The Antarctic Ice Wall: Forbidden Zone Zero 南极冰墙：第零号禁区 Bound Without Limit无限绑定18k WordsCompleted Antarctic Ice Wall: The Zero Forbidden Zone 11Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 2016 老 The Patriarch Reforms the Cultivation Workplace 老祖整顿修仙职场 Bound Without Limit无限绑定31k WordsCompleted The Ancestor Reforms the Cultivation Workplace 5Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 2017 赛 Cyber Dragon Court: The Legend of Jiang Li 赛博龙庭姜离传 Bound Without Limit无限绑定13k WordsCompleted The Cyber Dragon Court: The Story of Jiang Li —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 2018 代 Code 009: I Became a Robot Vacuum, Cleaning Corpses in a Haunted House 代号009：我变成了扫地机器人，正在凶宅里清扫尸体 Bound Without Limit无限绑定14k WordsCompleted Code Name 009: I Became a Robot Vacuum, Cleaning Up Corpses in a Haunted House 4Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 2019 我 The Funny Adventures of Me and the Xiao Yu Couple 我和小宇夫妇的趣事 Wu Ping Romance Novels吴平情感小说6k WordsCompleted Funny Stories About Me and the Yu Couple 14Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 2020 开 A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 76.4kReads8.7Score8.1kShelves

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21. 2021 让 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！ The Angler Who Catches Big Fish钓鱼佬钓大鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 158kReads9.1Score12.8kShelves
22. 2022 系 The System Bound the Wrong Person, Forcing a Side Character to Follow the Protagonist's Script 系统绑错人，龙套被迫走主角剧本 Ark Ticket Inspector方舟检票员Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the world of cultivation for eighteen years, Long Tao had accepted his fate and was ready to lie flat. Then, at long last, a System suddenly appeared! But instead of getting the treatment reserved for a protagonist, he got… “Binding error. Host is not the chosen one. Your luck is too low to unlock the shop.” “Unbinding is impossible. Host must complete System missions in place of the chosen one, then hand over any opportunities and rewards obtained along the way. Mission 107.2kReads8.7Score10kShelves
23. 2023 奇 Strange Soil 奇壤 Little Little Yimu Zhi小小亦木之Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing Don't worry, this is absolutely a farming novel. A construction worker's journey of development in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is? A whole world of possibilities! Countless races, an enormous world, hardcore development, and mysteries aplenty. A sea of stars? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? A sea of stars like that would be far too boring, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, gr 34.4kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves
24. 2024 道 At the Taoist Temple: I Got Livestreamed Teaching Animals the Way 道观：给动物讲道的我被直播了 Coffee with Liquor咖啡加酒Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Three years ago, just after graduating from college, Cheng Fan was dragged home by his parents to inherit the family’s dilapidated Taoist temple. The moment he inherited the temple, he activated the strongest Taoist System. Over the next three years, Cheng Fan steadily built up the temple’s business. Alongside a toddler he had picked up two years earlier, he spent each day doing his regular lessons and cultivating. Then one day, a livestreamer showed up. After broadcasting Cheng Fan summoning cl 5.5kReads8.5Score381Shelves

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    Story summary: It's not easy to tell, so take your time and read it. Recommended star rating: I think it's okay.

25. 2025 红 The Red Moon Returns: Sewing Up Corpses Makes Me Stronger 红月复苏：缝尸就变强 Xian Mu衔木Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (The hottest feel-good power fantasy of 2022) (A brand-new profession: Corpse Stitcher) Ghosts roam the night beneath a blood-red moon; Each shattered corpse Is a resource that makes the Corpse Stitcher stronger. Three incense sticks burn, and the Rebirth Mantra ends; The human-bone abacus rings, and corpse stitching brings rewards. One day, a corpse speaks: “I’m calling your name. Do you dare answer?” Two streams of bloody tears run from Ying Ji’s eyes... Stitch human corpses, stitch ghost corp 2.1kReads8.8Score250Shelves
26. 2026 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 54.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves

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    Ratings can prove something. The first one is very daily and heartwarming. The second one is a female channel, romantic. Others kill ghosts in order to stay alive, but he kills ghosts in order to become stronger. The first one is decisive in killing, and he is still raising it in the later period.

27. 2027 老 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后，我重生八零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 19kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
28. 2028 魂 My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二，培养美人横扫时代浪潮 Stars Can Set the Prairie Ablaze星星可以燎原Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your 16.3kReads7.4Score2.2kShelves

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    The boss's soul is revealed, the big picture, the extraordinary period writing, come and enjoy it, the more you read, the better it gets!

29. 2029 钢 Steel and Sunflower 钢与葵 Ripples of a Dream梦的涟漪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing This is a serious, dark-toned epic fantasy set on an imaginary continent. It features multiple protagonists, intricately interwoven plotlines, and a profound world. Its many elements include historical realism, political intrigue, steampunk, Cthulhu, mystery, and character growth. It is a slow burn, but never drags. Welcome to a world that belongs to no heroes. Here, pure light does not triumph over darkness. Instead, faith and fate clash in a bloody struggle. Supernatural powers are not blessin 333Reads9.2Score239Shelves

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    A good niche fantasy book. Multi-protagonist design, multi-dimensional character development, romanticism + realism writing methods, philosophical thinking on life through fantasy stories

30. 2030 高 Mastery of the Esoteric Arts 高术通神 Write Well伸笔码良Urban3.0M WordsCompleted When I was in eighth grade, the school bully picked on me. I found someone, a person connected to a mysterious incident from my childhood. He taught me something called traditional Chinese martial arts. I trained in boxing, but never let it interfere with my studies. Baji, Iron Wire Fist, Xingyi, Taiji, Baguazhang, Tongbi, Xinyi. I met masters who carried on the traditions of these powerful styles. I also discovered a vast, deeply secret world of traditional martial arts, unknown to ordinary peo 23.7kReads9.0Score3kShelves
31. 2031 撂 After Taking Down My Beautiful Master, I Took the Martial Arts World by Storm 撂倒美女师父后，我火爆了国术界 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Urban romance + life among all walks of society + traditional martial arts underworld] Also known as Wind Over the Martial Gate. During the summer vacation of 1984, a troupe came to our village. Its middle-aged troupe leader, a master of countless skills with his hair tied in a little braid, stayed at my house. He treated me terribly. Not only did he trick my beautiful mother into leaving with him, he also stole our family heirloom and drove my father mad before making him disappear... I was le 13.7kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
32. 2032 民 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery262k WordsCompleted There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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