Books About Steam, Potions, Sequences, and Voyages 蒸汽，魔药，序列，航海的书

1. 1 大 The Grand Magician 大奇术师 Thrush鸫丶Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Rock and roll, Broadway, the city lights coming alive: an age known as golden. Prisoners, con artists, madmen: a bunch of hopeless cases. Reason, madness, writhing shadows: an ancient dream that has never awoken. Guns and cannons set the gears turning, while ancient mysteries stir back to life in blood. In this age on the verge of its end, our very existence is a miracle. 7.9kReads8.4Score950Shelves

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   If you enjoy reading *Lord of Mysteries*, if you like playing 1999, if you yearn for that modern era, if you are fascinated by the mysterious world, then I think this book can satisfy you.

2. 2 全 All Aboard the Sea: I'm a Necromancer, and I Am the Ship 全民航海：我死灵法师一人成船 If Today Isn't Happy如果今天不快乐Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted (Necromancer + pirates + plot-driven) A necromancer becomes a pirate? Wouldn’t that make him invincible? He doesn’t even need a crew? “Have you ever witnessed the supreme power of a necromancer?!” Chen Yu declares. He was born while already on the run from the authorities. Fortunately, necromancers haven’t appeared for hundreds of years, so he can keep his head down for a little while longer. 5.7kReads8.3Score539Shelves

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   The first book, Sequence and Potions, features a protagonist named "Funny Man" who creates a group of fun-loving subordinates. The second book, Sailing, is lighthearted and hilarious despite being about the undead. The third book, Sequence and Ascension, is...

3. 3 提EN Logged In Early! How Can I Lose After Rebirth? 提前登录！重生的我怎么输？ Little Belly Fish肚肚鱼Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Character build] [Health bar] [Horrors] [Martial artists] [Sequence] In 2035, a fully immersive game called Dark Realm hit the market and instantly took the world by storm. But a year later, the game descended into reality. Flesh-eating horrors, murderous foreign races, and paranormal Ascendants brought about the apocalypse and drove humanity to extinction. Zhang Qing is reborn two years earlier and is shocked to discover that his headset has returned with him. So he logs in ahead of time! Rebo 99.3kReads9.2Score9.9kShelves

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   The first book is about pirates, but the captain is a necromancer who uses skeletons as his staff. The second book is a sequence; at first, I thought it was a suspenseful and eerie game story, but I gradually realized it wasn't. It's more like a story about saving humanity on Earth? Its cultivation system is a sequence.

4. 4 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
5. 5 我 I Level Up Alone in a Mysterious World 我在诡秘世界独自升级 Divine Gambler Liu赌鬼神六Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Sequences, potions, role-playing, leveling up, lighthearted] What secrets lie hidden in the city shrouded in black fog? Between the military and the church, which is the right choice? Is the supreme pope a god or a mere mortal? Chosen by the gods, a young man unwittingly sets foot on the path fate has laid out for him. Beneath the Egyptian pyramids lie golden giants as tall as buildings. High above the Eastern Isles dwell shrine maidens who control the weather. In the vast cosmos, a gigantic ey 13.4kReads8.4Score821Shelves
6. 6 偷 Diary of a Thief's Path to Godhood 偷盗者序列成神日记 Fly, Rabbit!飞吧兔子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Game Transmigration] [Prophecy] [Witches] [Yandere Pursuit] [Apocalypse Redemption] [Light Western Fantasy] [Love Triangle] Li En is stunned when he transmigrates into the completed game The Witch and the Apocalypse. The five witches who will determine the world’s future are all misunderstood by the world as harbingers of disaster. Li En: “No big deal. I’ve unlocked every achievement.” Knowing every tragic scenario by heart, he decides to go all out: save the witches and turn the apocalypse aro 95.7kReads8.6Score16.1kShelves

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   Highly recommend this novel! [Highly rated witch-themed novel, multiple female protagonists in a love triangle, prophetic game element, mysterious Cthulhu, supernatural elements, Japanese-style light Western fantasy, post-apocalyptic redemption] A goldmine of a novel, already over 1 million words long, the story is coherent and captivating, you won't be able to put it down. Five-star recommendation!!

7. 7 收 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 Li Huan离焕Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 119.3kReads9.1Score14kShelves

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   The map is huge, it has steam potions.

8. 8 开 From the Start, I Snatched the Protagonist’s Fortune 开局抢了主角的机缘 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Sports2.0M WordsCompleted The tenant next door turned out to be reborn! That alone was absurd enough, but even more absurd was that one tiny change caused the reborn man, who should have been making his mark and shaking up the world, to die ahead of schedule... Xu Fei unexpectedly inherited the protagonist's opportunity. With only a few scraps of information to go on, he snatched a spot in the first closed beta test of the world's first virtual game, Land of the Forsaken. But he soon discovered that this game world, rife 24.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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   The first book is about potions; the second is about navigation, the supernatural, and the Crypt Lords; the third book is about the Crypt Lords.

9. 9 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
10. 10 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

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    Here are a few recommendations: First, a fantastic interstellar discovery, power building, and war story—[cool] Second, a bizarre potion sequence; third, an ocean survival story; and finally, a train survival story. All are excellent, highly-rated novels.

11. 11 说 I Asked for the Caribbean, But You Sent Me to Another World 说好的加勒比，给我整异世界来了 Xianyu Mumu鱻鱼木木Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [System + growth + sailing ships + pirates + farming] Lin Fan, who’d stayed up all night gaming, inexplicably transmigrates. Wait, hold on. Sure, I transmigrated, but why did I have to fall into the sea in the middle of the night? And why are cannonballs flying overhead? Corpses float all around him, and two ships are locked in a fierce battle in the distance. The good news: there’s a System. The bad news: the System gives him less than a 20% chance of survival. He thought he’d entered the world 982Reads7.2Score158Shelves

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    The Age of Exploration in the Middle Ages, I genuinely think it's great.

12. 12 蒸 The Hidden World of the Steam Age 蒸汽时代下的隐秘世界 Storyteller Chen说书人陈某Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Beneath the steam age lies a mysterious supernatural world. Those who walk the Path, heretics hiding in the shadows, and demons from other realms slaughter one another in this hidden world. A soul from another world arrives here because of a book, and that is where the story truly begins. 15.8kReads7.4Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves
14. 14 航 Seafaring: An Ancient God Awakens? I'll Knock It Out with Money 航海：古神苏醒？用钱把它砸晕 Horn角笛Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Ancient gods awaken in the deep-sea fog. Islands emerge amid raging storms. Mysterious, uncanny treasures, fleets thundering with cannon fire, pirates laughing wildly as they bring bloodshed and slaughter, and intrepid adventurers exploring a new continent... When Li Cha Aldrich awakens once more, he finds himself an NPC in the game world known as Voyage. To prepare for the dangers ahead, Li Cha has no choice but to take the extraordinary path as a [Jeweler]. From [Jeweler] to [God of Wealth and 10.2kReads9.0Score963Shelves

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    Both books are set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration. In the first book, the protagonist starts as a merchant, gradually building his power and becoming the lord of a major trading island and a fourth-tier powerhouse. In the second book, the protagonist becomes a lord at sea, now an uncrowned king, with a status and strength comparable to a kingdom.

15. 15 领EN Lord's Path: Starting from a Small Island 领主之路：从一座小岛开始 Three Cigars三杆烟枪Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted What do you think nobles are like? Dignified, loyal, disciplined, brave? In reality, they're the filthiest maggots alive, bloodsuckers clinging to humanity. They're vile and despicable. They deserve to die, to be cast into hell and made to keep the demons company. But the tragic truth is that nearly every human on the continent of Shengnuo dreams of becoming a noble. The renowned scholar Santiago Trelleis died in his own home the day after making these world-shaking remarks. When Santiago wa 12.2kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
16. 16 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 987.7kReads9.3Score121.8kShelves

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    The first book features twisted limbs and a distorted mind, using divine limbs to achieve godhood. The second awakening sequence is that of the God Eater, where gods eat humans, and I eat gods—food as appetizers, at my disposal. When I become a god, I will devour all the gods. The story is fantastic; those interested should check it out.

17. 17 中 The Legendary Witcher of the Middle Ages 中世纪的传奇猎魔人 Whispers of the Void虚空低语Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy] [Soulslike] [Dragons] [Mythology] [Adventure] An unknown soul awakens in another world, carrying an unknown mass of flesh as it journeys onward. Scattered laws are the steps to godhood. I am both hunter and prey. My power is my only weapon, and my deepest curse! 45.2kReads8.3Score6.2kShelves

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    A fantasy novel with a soul-stirring theme, featuring characters undergoing physical transformation through magical potions, hunting various bizarre monsters, exploring strange kingdoms and monsters, and discovering legends in every corner of the world. It's a slow-burn story, but gets particularly good later on. The protagonist is a Sigma man, and there is no female lead.

18. 18 大 Age of Discovery: Ruling the Seven Seas 大航海：七海纵横 Jialuowasi伽罗瓦斯Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing (No formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no brainless protagonist, no arrogant chosen one. Enter at your own risk!) 1531, the dawn of the Age of Discovery! Ma Hengyuan, a hardcore gamer, transmigrates to the 16th century with his experience from a max-level run of Age of Discovery. He becomes Frederick Correia, a fallen Portuguese noble! This is the most barbaric of times, and also the most golden. Gold coins fly alongside cannon fire, while spices share their color with blood. Ahead 5.4kReads8.8Score746Shelves

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    A must-read for die-hard fans of nautical games! This book is absolutely bursting with nautical nostalgia! The protagonist transmigrates to the 16th century, starting as an unfortunate nobleman burdened with 100,000 gold coins in debt, but he possesses a complete "global shipping map" and "historical trajectory" in his mind! The best part is the "god-level first mate collection" section! There are no idiotic supporting characters; the protagonist, relying on his foresight and charisma, recruits SSR-level geniuses scattered around the world onto his ship one by one: there's a cunning first mate with a "human political radar," a tech fanatic obsessed with double-layered armor, and a red-haired Valkyrie with explosive combat power! Watching the protagonist's "Falcon" grow from a dilapidated ship into an invincible crew, searching for the "Proof of Conqueror" at the ends of the earth, the exhilarating feeling of collecting cards and the romance of sailing the seven seas side by side is truly amazing! Highly recommended!

19. 19 穿 Transmigrating to an Unmanageable Life in Ancient Times 穿越之躺不平的古代生活 Mi Wangwang米旺旺Ancient Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise] Ancient life + Slow-burn story + Studying and imperial exams + Devoted love + One heroine + Gradual pacing Chen Wen'an grew up in an orphanage and worked his way through college, graduating while holding down a job. After joining the workforce and becoming one of the office drones, he was walking home from work when he got distracted by a phone call and failed to notice a truck running a red light. Just like that, he became one of the transmigratio 25.5kReads7.3Score1.6kShelves

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    Do you have any book recommendations for these types? "The Youngest Son" has a very comfortable pace, while the other three books feel slower-paced and focus more on character development. I'd like recommendations for books like these, not the kind where you encounter a fool asking to be humiliated, or where tomorrow it's either war or some other scheme to make a fortune. Or books about how to make money! Thanks!

20. 20 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves
21. 21 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 128.4kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves
22. 22 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
23. 23 开 I Died Twice from the Start, Then Came Back to Life with a Mechanical Heart 开局死两次，我靠着机械之心重活 Zi Han梓瀚Sci-Fi & Apocalypse456k WordsCompleted Three days before the big exam, Lu Chen blew himself up. The assassins circled the wreckage and confirmed his death. No one noticed that another “Lu Chen” was crouched in the shadows at the mouth of the alley, watching the show. In this world, everyone is a mechanical body. But Lu Chen was born with two bodies. In plain sight, he’s a beat-up mechanical body, so broke he has to use tractor parts for his engine. Hidden away, his flesh-and-blood body is the real killing machine. He steals mechanica 355Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Talent Sequence 362, Decomposition. But this is a mechanical world, where metal is the source of everything. The strengthening of mechanical bodies and the transformation of flesh and blood bodies all rely on metal, and Lu Chen's talent is decomposition.

24. 24 什EN What?! Our Family Descends from an Eldritch God? 什么！我们家居然是邪神后裔？ Yu Tao i予桃iEastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + multiple heroines + the uncanny + Lovecraftian horror + elves + reborn in the womb] The darkness and distortion lurking beneath the civilized world, and the eerie whispers heard only in the dead of night! The day the sea mists rose, the world became an isolated island. At first, I thought I had been reborn into an era of backward technology. There were no phones, computers, Wi-Fi, or anything like that. Fortunately, I was exceptionally handsome and easy to get along with, so 126.2kReads9.2Score11.7kShelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

25. 25 灰EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 89.3kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

26. 26 机 Mechanic: God of Machinery and Flesh 机械师：机械与血肉之神 Ren Youdao of Zhelang Peninsula遮浪半岛的任由道Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Who says a mechanic can't be a doctor? Just replace the patient's organs with machinery! After working overtime, Li Yu was flattened by a dump truck and turned into a two-dimensional character, then sent to a steam-and-magic fantasy world. The good news: He got two Systems. The bad news: Both Systems are only half complete. [Steampunk] + [Mecha] + [Slice of Life] 20.7kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves

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    A good book with steampunk and a touch of cult elements.

27. 27 应 I Applied to Be a Sailor, but Became the Pirate King in Another World 应聘船员的我，在异世界当海盗王 Little Chick Feather Loves Protein Powder小鸡毛爱喝蛋白粉Anime Fanfiction615k WordsOngoing [Fantasy, System, farming, plot-driven, Warhammer Fantasy, power fantasy, multiple races] [The story gets a little wild at first, but stick with it.] “System, are you sure there’s no mistake? You want a sunny, cheerful young man like me to become a vampire pirate?” Who says pirates have to fight and kill? I’m going to be a pirate unlike any other! He establishes a system of pirate nobility, requiring every pirate to be elegant and well-mannered. He even writes A Guide to Pirate Etiquette. “Elega 107Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    It starts off as a lighthearted read, then transitions to character development and infrastructure building. The bonds between the characters are well-written, and the fight scenes are very entertaining. It's the kind of story where you can't predict how the plot will unfold, and you'll want to keep reading. Highly recommended!

28. 28 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.9kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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    This book is really good, please don't let it die out! [Crying]

29. 29 接 Ascension Through Grafting: From the Start, I Obtain the Arm of a Divine Corpse 接肢登神：开局获得神尸手臂 Peerless Genius Sauce绝代智酱Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Lovecraftian Horror + Occult Weirdness + Forbidden Artifacts + Multiple Heroines + All Kinds of Strange Arms] I awaken inside the body of a dead noble and look up at a sky overshadowed by a colossal planet. Steam rifles clash with supernatural blades; evil rituals and mysterious paths abound. To survive, I graft on the arm of an evil god. Countless limbs become part of me, and divine abominations and cursed spirits accompany me. A monster’s claw? Graft it on! A dead person’s l 10.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
30. 30 诡 Lost in the Eerie Fog: Until the Ends of the Haunted Sea 诡雾迷航：直到诡海尽头 Yun Zhou Qing Wu云舟青梧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic survival + seafaring adventure + Cthulhu + sci-fi civilizations + awakened superpowers + mystery solving + strategy and intrigue]. A hard-core survival tale combining awakened superpowers and mystery solving, set in a strange world where the laws of physics have collapsed and the ocean is swallowing the land. It follows a group of survivors as they sail through a sea of fog, where despair and hope intertwine, seeking the truth behind the destruction and the future of civilization. 2.2kReads—Score198Shelves

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    Sailing, mysterious fog, post-apocalyptic civilization, survival—worth watching.

31. 31 从 Starting Out as a Space Junk Scavenger 从太空垃圾佬开始 Harvester Ant收获蚁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted [Space Opera] [Exploration and Frontier Development] [Interstellar Trade] [Dreadnoughts and Big Guns] [Interstellar Colonization] A modern man transmigrates to the interstellar age, but can't handle future technology? No problem, Emperor Gaozu of Han already showed us the way. I'll start my own business, offering benefits with one hand and dangling promises with the other. I don't need to master everything; the talented people will take care of it for me. From the start, my unreliable parents di 66.3kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
32. 32 丧 Zombie Express 丧尸专列 Bei Bei Bei Fu北北北馥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m 59.3kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
33. 33 迷 Surviving the Mist: Ascending to Godhood Through Mutation 迷雾求生：以异化术升格诡异之神 Chen Someone Is the Demon King陈某是魔王Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Survival + Superpowers + Shelter + Eldritch Horrors + Sequences + Cthulhu] The moment Jiang Lin opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of survival amid the mist. The mist concealed countless dangers and opportunities. His only shelter was the rickety wooden cabin behind him. Ferocious beasts and monsters, along with eerie eyes and tentacles, filled him with despair. Fortunately, everyone could draw a supernatural talent to rely on. Fire control, flight, prophecy, synthesis, listening, det 25.8kReads7.9Score2.3kShelves
34. 34 写 I Wrote a Fairy Tale and Forged the Twilight of the Gods 写个童话，铸成诸神黄昏 Milk Tea Cats and Dogs奶茶猫狗Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing One day, countless [Gates] suddenly appeared across the world. At the same time, a power known as [Truth] began to echo through the human realm. Some awakened the Truth of Isaac Newton, father of mechanics, and learned the sky-rending magic of manipulating gravity. Some awakened the Truth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear bomb demon, and could turn an entire city to lifeless ruins with a wave of their hand. Some awakened the Truth of Li Bai, the immortal banished from heaven, and could d 62.5kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves

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    It's so good, I love watching it, it's incredibly good, I really recommend it.

35. 35 第 The Wish of the Eighth Day 第八天的愿望 Begonias in March三月海棠Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast | Supernatural Powers | Instances | Game | Infinite Flow | One Female Lead] (No intricate battles of wits! Not a ruthless, action-packed power fantasy! Readers with “sensitive skin” should proceed with caution!) The ones most in need of salvation have never been those suffering in the real world, but the kind thoughts we nearly drowned in despair... At first, A shooting star fell into their eyes, and despairing souls were dragged onto a strange island. “They” said that any wis 35.9kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves
36. 36 大 A College Part-Time Job, and You Become a God Starting as a Strongman? 大学兼职，你从力士开始成神？ Chilled Broad Beans凉拌胡豆Urban259k WordsOngoing There are countless paths of spiritual cultivation, and every one of them can lead step by step to true godhood. [Strongman] - [Martial Artist] [Perceiver] - [Master of Faces] - [Shapeshifter] [Hider] - [Nightwalker] - [Shadow] - [Dark Knight] [Fortune Thief] - [Lucky Star] - [Watcher] - [Protagonist] - [Child of Destiny] Every rank has its own unique abilities and skills. Zhou Yang starts out as a Strongman and gains the Sacrifice System. By sacrificing spiritual treasures, he can increase his 140Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    All are pretty good books

37. 37 女 My Girlfriend Pushed Me into the Weird Domain, and After Changing My Bones, I Sealed My Heart in Concrete 女友推我入诡域，换骨后水泥封心 Tangerine Cat at Dusk酉时橘猫Urban889k WordsCompleted [Urban, high martial arts, wish fulfillment, unhinged protagonist, paranormal, resurgence, reborn, one female lead, no System, ruthless and decisive] The world has fallen apart. When desperate people take their own lives, there is a chance they will become paranormal entities known as Deliriums. They create domains that trap everyone nearby, where they torment their victims for amusement. Humanity's prized firearms are all useless. There is only one way to fight a Delirium: implant one of it 2.3kReads9.0Score271Shelves
38. 38 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.3kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves

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    The first one isn't about potions, but it's a Western fantasy story. The second one is about potions, but it leans more towards American society, where money is everything, and there's a lot of fighting; it's pretty good. Also, currently there are two female leads, and it's told from the male protagonist's perspective.

39. 39 序 Sequence: Old One Sovereign 序列：旧日主宰 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Urban1.7M WordsOngoing (Cthulhu Mythos + Potions + Sequences + Satisfying Combat. An established author with three highly rated, full-length novels. Quality guaranteed. The new novel’s early ratings are being suppressed.) When Asla opened his eyes from death, he saw: Guns, potions, churches, evil gods, angels, Beyonders, armies, spies, mercenaries, hunters, gangs, monsters... This was free America, a land where chaos and order coexisted. Death and the ravages of capitalism fell equally upon everyone. These were the be 131.2kReads8.8Score13.7kShelves
40. 40 巫EN Wizard: Summon a Succubus to Cuddle 巫师：开局召唤魅魔贴贴 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (Wizards + ruthless protagonist + exhilarating battles + planar wars + kingdom-building + slow pacing. The author already has two completed novels, each over two million characters and rated 9.3. Read with confidence.) Succubus version: Xia Er is chosen to board a wizard ship! Xia Er obtains a basic meditation method! Xia Er begins a forbidden ritual! Xia Er successfully summons a succubus! Xia Er is going to be... straight for life! This time, Xia Er is really... having the time of his life! … 19.9kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves

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    A part of the days of being a pirate

41. 41 我 My Left Eye Is from the Olden Days 我的左眼是旧日 Clear River Never Changes清川不改Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Lovecraftian horror + anomalous containment + supernatural powers + mystery + the uncanny] More than three hundred years ago, humanity received the "Pioneer Gilded Aluminum Plate" from a higher-dimensional world. Based on its pictographic writing, they provisionally translated its name as Shenhulu. At the same time, The entire world ascended to a higher dimension, and humanity evolved. Humans deciphered the arcane entities from higher dimensions recorded in Shenhulu. They also realized that the 50.9kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves
42. 42 蒸 The Steam Age: My Anchor Is a Flood of Gold Pounds 蒸汽纪元：我的锚点是金镑洪流 User10857711用户10857711Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted Life in steam-era Britain, in a mysterious world of sequence potions. As Rain explores this world, he discovers that elves exist here too, and that a nation of Han Chinese lies to the east. To find his way home, Rain uses money to weave a path toward greater heights. 4kReads6.6Score350Shelves

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    Sequence Potion, Extraordinary Squad, Steampunk, Godhood

43. 43 海 One Piece: I Have 22 Blasphemy Cards 海贼：我有22张亵渎之牌 Little Gale小疾风Anime Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted With potions combined with fruits, the arrival of the supernatural in the seas begins to change the world. Faith takes root, the flames of revolution begin to roar, and pirates obey out of fear. The Marines can no longer rule the seas, and the Celestial Dragons can only tremble! 1.3kReads6.7Score100Shelves

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    😇😇A supernatural tide: To escape a tidal wave, the nation issues a mission to save the world. A century-long slumber awakens a changed world.😇😇A bizarre resurgence: Through potions, advance to become a sequence diviner and the mastermind behind the scenes.😇😇A terrifying world descends: randomly selected as a player, discover the rules, complete the main quest, and earn rewards. In every horror game, I have a cheat code to protect me.😇😇A humorous bizarre novel with a single female lead.😇😇A rigorous system of the Lord of the Bizarre, a One Piece worldview, creating a unique experience.

44. 44 领 Lord Survival: Starting from a Deep-Sea Base 领主求生：从深海基地开始 I Have a Sea我有一片海Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Lord] [Survival] [Doomsday] [Eerie] [Disasters] [Construction] [Farming] This is the graveyard of civilization, where the remains of countless worlds lie buried. The death of a civilization is as natural as the rising and setting of the stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic despair, staying alive has become an impossible wish. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, eerie forces, ancient gods, the supernatural, mist, deities, sparks of hope, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalypti 21.4kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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    This book is completely in line with

45. 45 不 The Undying Demon Hunter 不死猎魔人 A Penniless Wanderer一无所有的游民Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A body tougher than a demon's, A healing ability more terrifying than a demon's, And an impulsive female voice that occasionally appears in his mind. All of this makes the amnesiac Ante suspect that he doesn't belong in this godforsaken world at all. P.S. No System, or rather, there is one, but it's crashed. 791Reads8.1Score102Shelves

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    Looks great! [Thumbs up][Smirk][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

46. 46 失 The Realm of Disorder: From Knowledge 9 to Lord of the Old Ones 失序之界：从知识9到旧日之主 Zhen Han真寒Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing In my lifetime, I killed more people than I could count. After uncovering the truth, those who came after me gave me many names. The Mogros Incident: The Corrupted One Who Summoned an Evil God. The Yellow Garment Incident in Keski City: The Butcher Who Cleared Out K Street. The Windmill Garden Massacre: The Passerby Who Granted Wishes. The Asylum Arson: The Innocent Arsonist. The Knight's Tale: The Vicious Witcher. The Starry Sky Society, Sequence 1: Aquarius. The Fall of Flannel City: The Maste 2kReads—Score216Shelves

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    It's a European-style fantasy film with potions and sequence elements. The pacing might seem slow at first, but it gets increasingly addictive as you watch.

47. 47 我 Quick Transmigration: I Have Special Skills for Going Undercover 【快穿】我有特殊的卧底技巧 Winter Mushroom in the Snow雪地冬菇Two Male Leads799k WordsCompleted The moment Wen Shuo transmigrates and opens his eyes, he finds himself lying on an operating table in an underground base, his abdomen ripped open. Outside the hallway, enforcers are attacking in a storm of gunfire. Inside the room, a self-destruct bomb is about to reach zero. His identities are: Second-in-command of the Phoenix Resistance, Director of the New Human Special Investigation Division, (Former) teacher in the preparatory program at Watson University. Now he's seriously injured, his s 2.2kReads9.2Score317Shelves

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    Volume Two: Victorian Era + Steampunk + Cthulhu + Potions System [Note] The protagonist will transform into a cat-headed gentleman [Think about it carefully]

48. 48 诸 Great Shaman Across the Heavens: From Cyberpunk to Eternity 诸天大巫：自赛博走向恒古 Great Sage Calls Great Sage大圣呼大圣Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Zhou Tong was born in a corner of the interstellar age. His bloodline, abandoned by the times, became an object of desire for the executives of numerous corporations, those creatures that could no longer be called human. Though he was served up like a fish on a chopping board, the Celestial Network helped him roam across the myriad realms. Sequences? Flesh and blood? Technology? In the depths of endless space and time, through one life after another, Zhou Tong learned to make sacrifices, to hunt 3.5kReads5.2Score383Shelves

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    The protagonist was born in the interstellar era. His bloodline was coveted by powerful figures. With the help of the Skynet, he wandered through the heavens, in the endless depths of time and space, and through countless lives. The protagonist learned to perform rituals, to hunt, to fight, to make witchcraft potions, and to extract wisdom and power unique to him from countless ancient knowledge.

49. 49 克 Cthulhu Flower God: Pollination of Withering and Blooming 克苏鲁花神：枯荣的授粉 Knife Up My Sleeve袖藏刀Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu] [Hardcore occult studies] [Meticulously researched] [Mystery and exploration] [Not a power fantasy or formulaic story] [No female lead] [Phobias] [Impostors] Have you ever wondered where the feng shui energy in the world comes from? Could dragon veins be something beyond human understanding? Why do the occult traditions of different regions around the world all ultimately point to the same entity? Shen Yu, a paleographer, is drawn into a series of bizarre incidents. Every clue points t 1.3kReads8.3Score248Shelves

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    Serious Cthulhu

50. 50 开 My Inspiration Is Maxed Out From the Start, and It Has Its Eye on Me! 开局灵感拉满，我被祂盯上了！ A Boat Rowed Backward倒划的船Urban641k WordsOngoing [Steampunk]+ [A touch of Lovecraftian horror]+ [Fantasy adventure]+ [Not a mindless power fantasy]+ [Slow burn] When the stars return to their proper places and worlds overlap, Li Pingyi from Earth merges with Rhine from another world. Here, steam engines roar and the supernatural and uncanny permeate everything. This is the best of times, and the worst of times. New collides with old; flesh and soul intertwine. Nobles and commoners, capitalism and feudalism. As the lambs of the present age bas 134Reads6.8Score116Shelves

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    I recently discovered some great novels. The first one is similar to the world-building in "Whispers," with a protagonist who is all-knowing and operates in a linear world. The second one has a more punk-esque protagonist, a more elaborate world setting, many transmigrators, a transmigrator alliance, and the protagonist has the identity of an evil god like Little K, and can transform into a cat and a dragon!

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