Web Novel Quality Seems to Be Declining. Any High-Quality Recommendations? 现在网文质量有点降低，没有一些高质量的求书名

1. 1 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves

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   Tomato's masterpiece—just look at the number of chapters and the reviews to know if it's good or not.

2. 2 只EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.3kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves

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   Enough with the chit-chat, these novels are eternally divine, especially the first one by Tomato (the author of the novel), few can compare to it, and it's far superior to anything like "Slaying Gods."

3. 3 全 Global Deities: My Divine Domain Is an Endless Abyss 全民神袛：我的神域是无尽深渊 Lord of the Raven渡鸦之主Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After the Abyss swept through and shattered Chu Hao’s world, he arrived in a strange new world. In this world, everyone could create a strange world of their own. A beautiful, exquisite elven world? A magnificent dragon’s nest plane? A world of ancestral shamans from the dawn of chaos? Those are all too weak. My creation is the Endless Abyss! This is an endless, suffocatingly terrifying place! This is a place of brutal conditions and deadly dangers! This is a place without morality or ethi 15.7kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
4. 4 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
5. 5 假 Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁 Ninth Day, Tenth Month初九元十Historical7.1M WordsOngoing [Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec 132.2kReads9.2Score12.9kShelves

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   I especially love historical novels, so I'm really sorry if this doesn't suit my taste. I particularly love "The Classic Chinese Chronicles," it's incredibly good. If all else fails, there are the last two books that are absolutely divine. The one about learning to slay gods in a mental hospital was the only one on Tomato Book with a 10.0 rating, but it was later maliciously downgraded 😢😢

6. 6 大 Great Ming: No More Pretending, Your Grandpa Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明：不装了，你爷爷我是朱元璋 All Under Heaven Are One天下大同Historical2.1M WordsOngoing Zhu Shou woke up one morning to find that he had transmigrated to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty. His family was fairly well-off, but to his shock, he discovered that he was a wastrel with a brain disorder. After calculating the date of Crown Prince Zhu Biao’s impending early death, Zhu Shou hurried to discuss an important matter with his grandfather, who had always looked after him. “Old man, Crown Prince Zhu Biao is about to die. We’d better run!” That one sentence left his grandfather stu 1.9kReads9.1Score304Shelves
7. 7 我 My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical6.5M WordsCompleted I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc 236.3kReads9.4Score27.6kShelves
8. 8 大 Great Ming: My Father Is Yongle, and I Shall Guard the Realm Forever 大明：家父永乐，永镇山河 I Have Heard of High Antiquity朕闻上古Historical2.0M WordsCompleted In the final years of the Jianwen era, the Prince of Yan entered the capital, took the throne, and adopted the reign title Yongle. A great empire was turning a brand-new page, on the verge of ushering in an age of peace for the ages. A young man from the future transmigrates into the famous “Grilled Meat Prince,” Zhu Gaoxu. Before him stand the brilliant Yongle Emperor, Zhu Laosi; his frail, sickly eldest brother, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi; his beloved nephew, the Good Holy Grandson Zhu Zhanji… 53.4kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
9. 9 大 Great Ming: An Elite Snow-Dragon Cavalry from the Start, and My Grandfather Is Zhu Di! 大明：开局大雪龙骑，祖父朱棣！ Empty Thoughts Startle the Sea空念惊海Historical349k WordsCompleted [Conquest + political intrigue + palace power struggles + divine selection + charisma] Zhu Zhansheng transmigrates to the Ming dynasty, becoming the eldest grandson of the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, the eldest grandson of the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, and the eldest son of Prince Han, Zhu Gaoxu. After Zhu Di has a dream, he and Zhu Zhansheng become candidates for the title of Sage Grandson. When Zhu Di returns from his fourth northern campaign, he is assassinated in the street, sending the emp 5.7kReads9.2Score321Shelves
10. 10 典 Treasures of China: From the Start, I Talk with the Ten Greatest Emperors 典藏华夏：开局对话十大皇帝 The Flames of War Rekindle烽火重燃Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Yi transmigrates and becomes the most promising host at the national television network. From the start, he's hosting "Treasures of China" and plans to find actors to portray the great figures of history. Luckily, the System arrives, granting Jiang Yi the power to cross between past and present and speak with historical figures! Li Shimin asks, “If I sign the Treaty of the Wei River with the Turks, will it keep my empire and people safe?” Jiang Yi replies, “Your empire will survive, but yo 30.3kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves
11. 11 宋 The Little Chef God of the Song Dynasty 宋朝小厨神 Little Ma the Stock Trader股民小马Historical1.2M WordsCompleted After waking up drunk, Yang Donghao, a graduate of New Oriental Culinary School, discovered that he had somehow transmigrated to an unfamiliar dynasty: the Song Kingdom. And so... Popcorn became all the rage in the capital, beloved by everyone from princes and nobles to ordinary folk. Mixue milk tea won over even the fussy palates of princesses and the empress. As for jianbing guozi and youtiao with soy milk, they became the emperor's daily breakfast. Food is the people's first necessity, and go 8.2kReads8.8Score899Shelves
12. 12 锦 The Splendor of the Tang Dynasty: My Father Is Li Shimin 锦绣盛唐：我的父亲是李世民 The King Sent Me to Eat Vegetarian大王叫我来吃斋Historical4.1M WordsCompleted My surname is Li, my given name is Tai, my courtesy name is Huibao, and my childhood name is Qingque. I am the legitimate second son of Emperor Taizong of the Great Tang. My mother is Empress Wende, and my uncle is Zhangsun Wuji. I was favored above all the princes from a young age, and as I grew up, I proved to be exceptionally talented and brilliant. My useless elder brother, the crown prince, ruined himself and lost his position. Naturally, I am the most suitable, reasonable, and legitimate h 2.1kReads9.2Score269Shelves
13. 13 大 The Tang Dynasty's Super Arms Merchant 大唐之超级军火商 Persimmons Are Poisonous柿子有毒Historical3.5M WordsCompleted An eighth-grade fitter is reborn in the Tang Dynasty with a tool System. See how the protagonist takes the Tang Dynasty by storm. The Type 54, Type Zhongzheng, and Type 92 heavy machine guns, mortars, steamships, helicopters: he's got it all! Li Shimin says, “Anzhi, how about we...” 43.7kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
14. 14 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
15. 15 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves
16. 16 诡 Tales of the Strange: Nine Turns of Reincarnation 诡事录之九转轮回 Hong Sanshui洪三水Urban413k WordsOngoing Do you believe that demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits really exist in this world? Chu Ling never imagined he would end up on a path he once wouldn’t even have dared to dream of taking. At the brink of life and death, someone willingly died for him, transforming into an Asura. The betrothal arranged in childhood turned out to be nothing but a joke. They used him as a shield, then tried to curry favor once they learned who he was? “Forget it. I can’t afford to eat at the Su family’s table.” Af —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's by a new author, nobody reads it, but it's actually okay.

17. 17 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130.1kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves

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    The first book is a typical "male protagonist saving the world" action novel, with a coherent plot, decent writing, a female lead who isn't strong, and some romance but not much. The author updates consistently, so it's worth reading. The second book is a male-centric novel without a female lead, with a vast and clearly defined world setting. It's a fast-paced, enjoyable read. The author is a newcomer, but their writing isn't amateurish, and they update consistently. Buying in early on is a good investment.

18. 18 神 Gods and Demons Game: Mages Are the Eternal Truth! 神魔游戏：法爷才是永恒真理！ Qiao Qi巧七Sports6.1M WordsOngoing [Gods and Demons Game + Card-Based Gameplay + A Rich Class System + An Expansive World] When brain chips completely replace traditional mobile phones, a card-based game called Gods and Demons Game is forcibly installed. From then on, the world enters the age of Gods and Demons Game. Everyone has their own talent and class. [Mystic Controller], [Templar Knight], [Archmage], [Mechanical Ascension]... Advancement, class changes, and a game that never ends. Holy light and evil. Mechanical modificati 55kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
19. 19 掌 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 Zhi Yun支云Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 84.3kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves

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    I reread both of these books after putting the kids to sleep. Some chapters of *Lifelike* are a bit scary, but it's truly a rollercoaster of emotions, making you laugh and cry at the same time. The other two are historical romance novels, sweet but not cloying, featuring strong female leads.

20. 20 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
21. 21 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 92kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves
22. 22 在 This Puppet Master Here 在下人偶师 Fading Blossoms繁花残Anime Fanfiction177k WordsOngoing [Fresh premise] [First-person narration] [Multiple heroines] There is a place called Crescent Moon Continent. The evil witches perform a ritual to summon “Realms,” and innocent people lose their lives. Then the goddess “Xuela” descends upon the world, bringing the people a precious gift: magic. Those who awaken magic within themselves are known as “Mages.” Among the Mages, those who infiltrate the witches’ Realms to find a way to destroy them bear a name destined to be remembered: Dollmakers. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm a little nervous promoting my own book for the Nth time.

23. 23 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score196Shelves

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    The first one is the most recommended.

24. 24 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.6kReads9.4Score189Shelves
25. 25 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
26. 26 这 This Host Is Something Else: Told to Die for the Villain, He Actually Did 这宿主绝了，让他替反派死他真死 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads1.5M WordsCompleted (Complete) Villain + Corruption + Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion + One-on-One (the villains are all souls of the Main God) To come back to life, movie star Yu Tang binds himself to a quick transmigration System. His mission is to show the villains care and warmth, then die for them, driving them completely over the edge. But when he has finally earned enough points and wants to be revived, the System tells him: The worlds he visited have all collapsed. Yu Tang: ??? System: So you need to 27.2kReads9.6Score3.1kShelves
27. 27 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves

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    The last two are well-written, but the updates are a bit slow. Don't be fooled by the title of the first one; it's quite well-written and has a "common world" feel to it.

28. 28 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
29. 29 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
30. 30 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
31. 31 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
32. 32 我 I Am the Holy Emperor 我为圣帝 Smash the Ice打碎冰块Eastern Fantasy237k WordsOngoing (The protagonist starts out as the group owner, but later isn’t one. No female lead.) The World Tree will become the Heavenly Dao and keep the world in balance. The Daoist will transcend after enduring countless tribulations. The magical girl will stand at the end of time. The scholar will gaze upon the gods and Buddhas filling the sky, his righteous aura stretching across the heavens. We’ve already suffered through one painful cycle of reincarnation. Let’s not go through it again. 5Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    There probably are still some (feeling guilty).

33. 33 论 88 Ways to Kill a Villainous Yandere Zombie King 论杀死反派病娇尸王的88种方式 Little Youngster稚子小Two Male Leads276k WordsCompleted A groveling pursuit, a wife put through hell. This is an early work, and it was heavily edited for its mature content. The characters also have some flaws, so read with caution, please. [Transmigrate into a book + no female lead + 1v1 + both are each other’s first and only + apocalypse + zombies + hoarding dimension (for storage only, no other powers)] Protagonist: a human blood bag, a drama queen, and an insanely skilled marksman (Jiang Yan) Protagonist: a villainous, sickly-sweet king of corps 803Reads9.5Score113Shelves

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    These are all high-quality reads with scores around 9 points. A word of caution: If you're looking for a story with two male protagonists and excellent writing, I highly recommend the second one; the writing is simply superb. It's a relatively short novel. The others are also highly recommended. For a discerning reader like myself, these are perfect.

34. 34 双 You Deserve a Love Like That of Two Top Students 双学霸的爱情你值得拥有 Moonlit Riverside月明江畔Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted (Male-Male Romance) Before Lin Mo appeared, Lu Xiao had no idea what love was. After Lin Mo came into his life, he finally understood what it meant to like someone. One loves with fiery passion, the other with deep devotion. Their love, freely given and returned, fills both their lives with color. 560Reads9.4Score165Shelves
35. 35 捆 Forced to Ship Them: Her Sickly Imperial Uncle Is So Irresistible 捆绑cp，病娇皇叔他好香 Sang Ci桑辞Two Male Leads553k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + System + scheming + obsessive love] Jin Zhao thought transmigrating into a book would let him win the beauty's heart, but the System forces him to pursue the vicious male rival instead. He would rather die than comply, but circumstances leave him no choice. In the end, he realizes that the beauty is actually pretty irresistible. One day, Jin Zhao is caught trying to assassinate his royal uncle. Jin Zhao: So what are you going to do? Royal Uncle: How about tearing out your t 309Reads9.3Score—Shelves
36. 36 总 The CEO's Substitute Bridegroom Always Tries to Run Away 总裁的替嫁小夫人他总想逃 Meow Doesn't Kiss Fish喵不亲鱼Two Male Leads4.6M WordsCompleted [Modern CEO, secret identity, marriage first and love later, ultra-sweet pampering] A wedding banquet turns into a replacement marriage? Ye Miao has never heard of anything so ridiculous. What does it have to do with him if the bride runs away? What, it’s just a contract, and I get something out of it too? Do I look like the sort of person who’s swayed by money? Deal. But why is this guy so weird? He calls me his wife the moment we meet? Shen Tianyu grins wickedly. “You can only be my wife for t 6.5kReads9.5Score632Shelves
37. 37 苍 The Ashes of All Living Things 苍生烬 A Smile Erases Grudges一笑泯怨Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted When immortals clash, mortals suffer. One day, a black finger descended from the sky onto a small mountain village, crushing half of it, killing and injuring many, and leaving behind a bizarre crater. Lin Zhuojiang, a village boy, accidentally found a secret cultivation manual, but his grandfather perished in the disaster from the heavens. The boy’s outlook was transformed, and he embarked on the Great Way of Heaven and Earth. Amid conflicts among the Three Teachings, sects, nations, and immorta 96Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    These are all masterpieces, especially the first one, which I highly recommend. The writing is comparable to that of I Eat Tomatoes, and the plot is almost as good as Perfect World. In short, read it!

38. 38 末 Apocalypse Journal 末日笔记 Fei Shang非上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse565k WordsCompleted A live thread on the horror forum that got over twenty thousand replies in a day: The zombies broke out, and I saved a woman. But then my animal instincts got the better of me... The apocalypse began with a sudden outbreak of disease. Surviving isn’t easy, especially when you’re being treated as food. It’s been who knows how long since the zombies appeared, and the government still hasn’t solved the problem. We’re still living in terror. I’m not even sure there’s a government left. Maybe this w 1Reads6.2Score—Shelves
39. 39 最 The Final Sequence: My Heart Can Simulate the Future 最终序列：我的心脏会模拟未来 Black Rice黑米饭Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [My name is Xu Ye. I died of a sudden heart attack at the age of eighteen.] [I transmigrated.] [I opened A Brief History of the World, only to find that this world had just a hundred years of history.] [I walked over to the mirror. A pair of hands appeared inside it and grabbed me by the throat. Maybe he was jealous of my good looks?] [I lay in bed to sleep. A face appeared on the ceiling and stared at me, unblinking. I slowly took off my pants, and she looked away.] [I’ve been thinking for five 557Reads8.7Score—Shelves
40. 40 那 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Mo Yu默煜Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 82.2kReads9.3Score8.2kShelves
41. 41 仙 Immortal Martial Sword Sovereign 仙武剑尊 The Lark Returns to Its Nest云雀归巢Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted There was once a sword called Heaven-Shocker. Whoever mastered it could become an unparalleled Sword God and rule over all things. A hundred years ago, the Supreme powerhouse Emperor Haotian broke into the Sword Prison to obtain it, only to be betrayed by the woman he loved. He was reborn. A hundred years later, a spoiled young lord named Ling Yun reopened the gates of the Sword Prison, and became invincible. 6.5kReads8.7Score702Shelves
42. 42 暗 The Hidden Hand 暗手 Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban809k WordsCompleted [Fate is like a hidden hand, slowly pushing us toward the abyss. By the time we realize what is happening, we are already trapped deep within it, and life must go on.] An ordinary young man is swept into a murky world by fate when he tries to save his critically ill younger sister, becoming an undercover agent in an anti-fraud operation. In this pool of black water, money rules everything and desire devours humanity. Three years, then three more, and another three after that. The young man strug 738Reads8.6Score100Shelves
43. 43 万EN The First God of Ten Thousand Ages 万古第一神 Feng Qingyang风青阳Eastern Fantasy18.0M WordsOngoing [This Year's Hottest Xuanhuan Power Fantasy] Li Tianming could laugh himself awake just thinking about it. His pets were all legendary Primordial Chaos Behemoths. His family's chicken was the “Eternal Inferno Phoenix,” which fed on the sun. His black cat was the “Primordial Chaos Thunder Demon,” which refined the Myriad Worlds with thunder. Even the cockroach in his home was the “Myriad Worlds Immortal Beast,” with a trillion undying clones... From then on, he commanded ten Primordial Chaos Behe 20.8kReads9.1Score939Shelves
44. 44 人 The Human Emperor's Chronicle 人皇纪 Huangfu Qi皇甫奇Historical7.8M WordsCompleted “I will not hand this world over to people I despise!” And so Wang Chong trampled across a sea of blood and bones to claim the throne of the Human Emperor. He turned the tide when all seemed lost, shored up the collapsing empire, and forged an unparalleled legend! 2.7kReads8.6Score314Shelves
45. 45 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? 4kReads8.9Score476Shelves
46. 46 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
47. 47 这 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 100.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves

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48. 48 洪 Honghuang: I’m Hongyun, and I Just Love Being a Good Samaritan 洪荒：我红云，就喜欢当老好人 I'm Lord Nian我是年大人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Hong Yun transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Ancestor Hong Yun. Faced with the Primordial Violet Qi that is almost his, he finds himself torn. Fortunately, at the crucial moment, he awakens the Super Return System. Give something away, and it gives him something even better in return. Give away Primordial Violet Qi, and receive Primordial Chaos Mother Qi in return. Primordial Violet Qi makes one a Heavenly Dao Sage, while Primordial Chaos Mother Qi makes one a Great Dao Sage. Give 8.5kReads8.3Score579Shelves

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49. 49 肆 The Unrestrained Evening Breeze 肆无忌惮的晚风 Han Yanjun涵颜珺Modern Romance102k WordsOngoing Author: Han Yanjun | Unrequited Love, School Life A sensitive, uplifting writer of youth fiction, skilled at portraying the secret feelings of unrequited love and the unspoken tenderness of young people. "Reckless Evening Breeze" “I remember running all around the track, searching for your figure.” A secret crush woven around mints, umbrellas, and a time capsule. The cool, aloof Jiang Si hides a burning passion no one has ever seen, while Song Wanzhi’s gentleness is the one exception he allo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    📖 Highly recommend this heart-fluttering sweet romance! "The Unbridled Evening Breeze"—the title alone is irresistibly romantic! 💫 That summer night, the evening breeze, like him, came unbridled. It ruffled her hair and stirred their heartbeats. 🍬 He was the aloof and reserved academic star/campus heartthrob, yet he showered her with tenderness and affection. Every glance, every touch of their fingertips, was overflowing with sweetness! 💋 And that kiss… on an empty rooftop/a bustling street corner/a quiet library? At the moment when the evening breeze was at its gentlest and most unrestrained… *He lowered his head, his breath hot, kissing her with such focus and greed, as if trying to meld her into his very bones. The air became thick and scalding, the world reduced to their uncontrollable heartbeats and the soft whisper of the evening breeze. 🌈 This is youth! Pure, passionate, and reckless! Reading this book is like reliving a grand and beautiful first love; I couldn't stop smiling!

50. 50 求 Begging for Love 求娇 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine and Hero] [Love-Hate Relationship] [Defying Fate] [Print edition signed with a publisher] Gu Miaoyin always thought she was the pampered darling her emperor treasured most, until the Great Jin fell and the Northern Hu cavalry smashed through the palace gates. Only then did she realize how tragic her life was. Ten years of the emperor's favor could not withstand a sudden change of heart. In the end, she and her mother were trapped in the imperial city and burned alive. Reborn into 36.3kReads9.5Score4.9kShelves

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