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1. 1 我 I Quietly Became the Biggest Boss in the Beginner's Village 我在新手村悄悄苟成了大BOSS Qing Shan Ge青衫格Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing He transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, where people kill for treasure, scheme against one another, and demonic beasts roam everywhere... No, the outside world is too dangerous. Better to stay put and quietly cultivate in the beginner village. 93.4kReads8.5Score6.6kShelves

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   This one is

2. 2 长 Now That I'm Immortal, I Might as Well Take It Easy 长生了当然要苟着玩 Feng Qiwei风其惟Fantastical Romance272k WordsOngoing If you ask what secret makes one truly immortal, a single lamp in the heart shines upon the autumn sky. Xu Shu, an immortal, stands at a crossroads of fate. Should she practice martial arts or tell fortunes? She has her own answer: of course she'll learn martial arts to keep herself safe. No romance, immortality, a fictional setting, a wuxia world, and a slice-of-life focus. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Ask for attention][Ask for attention][Ask for attention]

3. 3 盗 Tomb Raiding: A Little Transmigration into a Book, and I'm in Control 盗墓：小小穿书拿捏 Salted Fish on the Beach沙滩上的咸鱼干Mystery818k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into a book set in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and I'm a good-for-nothing with nothing going for me: no fighting skills, no brains, and even my ID card is from the future! From the start, I run straight into the scene where Wu Xie gets caught up in the plot. Help! Am I about to get crushed by the storyline? And the worst part? I'm a member of the Wang family, and Wu Xie has dragged me into this mess! Other people transmigrate into books and rely on their abilities. Do I have t 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Some friends, this is a story about accidentally stealing a book and stealing a pen, then going on an adventure with Wu Xie and others, entering the uninhabited land of the sand sea, experiencing sandstorms, Hydra cypresses and other thrilling processes, and trying to survive in it (shamelessly push my own, hahaha)

4. 4 修 I've Cultivated to Level 9,999, but the Ancestor Is Only Level 100 修炼9999级了，老祖才100级 Eternal Green Lotus万古青莲Eastern Fantasy7.0M WordsCompleted The dog he raised turned out to be a Demon Venerable, sweeping across the demon world. The koi in his pond all leaped over the Dragon Gate and transformed into mighty dragons of the Nine Heavens? The little beggar he took in became an emperor with a casual touch of his finger? Ye Qingyun was at a loss for words. After being trapped deep in the mountains for a full ten years, he finally ventured beyond them, only to discover that he was an unparalleled expert? 8.5kReads9.1Score943Shelves

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   The first one always stays in one place, the second one runs around but is very focused (cowardly)

5. 5 洪 Primordial World: How Am I a Dragon? 洪荒，我怎么是一条龙 A Grand Dream of a Thousand Autumns in Red大梦千秋红Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted By accident, I arrived in the primordial world before the Dragon-Han Cataclysm and became Zhulong’s son. Also known as My Teacher Is Hongjun A disaster from the start! How can I survive in the perilous primordial world and prove the Dao, step by step, to transcend it all? 3.1kReads7.7Score167Shelves

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   The first was Zhulong's son, who became a disciple of Hongjun. The second book is about becoming a disciple of Sanqing and becoming the emperor of the human race.

6. 6 洪 Honghuang: Infinite Clones, Discipled to the Sages 洪荒：我，无限分身，拜师诸圣 This Isn't a Secret Identity这不是马甲Eastern Fantasy726k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Primordial World, he becomes a member of the human race! Humanity is weak and faces one deadly crisis after another. Fortunately, he comes with a Clone System! He can create an unlimited number of clones! They are absolutely loyal, unafraid of death, quick learners, and equipped with all kinds of talents. Best of all, every clone has the same strength as the original! From then on, Laozi's School of Humanity gains a disciple, Tongtian's Jie Sect gains a direct discipl 11.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 我 My Golden Finger Is a Slime 我的金手指是史莱姆 Chinese Cabbage 1996白菜1996Eastern Fantasy191k WordsOngoing After I transmigrated to the Adventure Continent, I actually awakened the Wonder Maze System. But why does this System seem so shady? Answer questions? Pay up. Craft equipment? Pay up. Make potions? Pay up. I thought I could get rich with the System, but it turns out I’m still a miserable wage slave! Me, the System, cash! Now! Greetings, dear Host. This System can solve any problem. If it can’t, just pay double! It’s not that I don’t want to help, but without money, there’s really nothing I can —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In the first book, Pig's Knuckle didn't do anything by himself, so he relied on his younger brother to charge in the front while he stayed behind. Never make a move without complete certainty.

8. 8 从 From Menial Servant to Earthly Immortal 从杂役苟到陆地神仙 White Robes Like Snow白衣胜雪Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing [System Sign-In] [Funny Daily Life] [Pets] Li Changqing accidentally transmigrated and obtained a sign-in system. Sign in inside the Void Kun: Obtain one copy of the Heaven-Swallowing Sea-Embracing Art Sign in in the Medicine God Valley: Obtain one Dao Foundation Pill Sign in in the sect's main hall: Obtain one Great Evolution Sword Canon But none of that matters to Li Changqing. All he wants is to quietly lie low and grow stronger, but his cat has other plans. "Meow, meow..." (I am the Lor —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 只 Live Long Enough, and No One Can Beat Me 只要活的够久，就没人是我对手 The Day I Ascended to Godhood成神这天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Playing It Safe] Xu Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world and obtains an Immortality System. The System’s only function is to extend his lifespan. Today’s run: lifespan +2 days Today’s boxing practice: lifespan +3 days Today’s kicking practice: lifespan +5 days “A gentleman’s revenge can wait five hundred years.” After Xu Fan waited five hundred years and finally found his enemy again, the only thing he could do was dance on his enemy’s grave. Question: What 11.9kReads9.0Score963Shelves

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   The protagonist's aura gives him invincibility against armor

10. 10 苟 Keeping a Low Profile While Selling Weapons in the Cultivation World 苟在修仙世界卖军火 Homebody Is Just a Code Name宅就是个代号Eastern Fantasy326k WordsCompleted He woke up to find himself forty years old again at fourteen, transformed from an oily middle-aged man into a fresh-faced heartthrob. How does an engineering student make sense of immortal cultivation and the occult? How does an ordinary miner find the path to immortality? Well, first things first: he’ll sell some weapons to put food on the table. 81Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Just look at the title of the book and you will know that it is very stubborn.

11. 11 我 I Lay Low in the Primordial World Until I Become a Sage 我在洪荒苟到成圣 Wusuo乌索Eastern Fantasy865k WordsCompleted The primordial wilderness stretched without end, and heaven and earth lay in chaos. Pangu opened the heavens and transformed into all things. Yuanlong, Yuanfeng, and the Ancestral Qilin appeared. Beside a vast ocean in an unknown land, Jiang Che held a fishing rod and watched towering waves surge across the water. A black dragon soared out of the ocean and charged at a fiery phoenix in the sky. One majestic dragon after another rose into the heavens, and one multicolored fire phoenix after anoth 151Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is true.

12. 12 龟 The Tortoise-Breath Longevity Chronicles 龟息长生录 Shu Qian述浅Eastern Fantasy175k WordsCompleted Other cultivators seize treasures through bloodshed. Lu Yuan defies fate by playing it safe. An orphan of mediocre talent, Lu Yuan comes across the Art of Tortoise Breath by chance in a ruined temple. Its opening words declare, “The immortal path is distant and elusive. Only those who lie low can endure.” While others fight over opportunities and rush to break through, he uses “Hidden Dragon’s Slumber” in the mortal world to quietly while away the years, becoming a century-old monster who refu 186Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist Lu Yuan has "Gou" engraved into his bones. He never takes the initiative to provoke, and hides when in danger. He relies on wisdom and magic weapons to survive in the world of immortality. Watching him survive in a cunning way and secretly grow up, it really becomes more and more exciting to watch, and I can't stop at all!

13. 13 和 After the Divorce, the Villainous Stepmother Brings Blessings to the World! 和离后，反派后娘福载天下！ Mo Yi Mo Jia莫乙莫甲Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Su Xin peered into the secrets of fate and discovered that her terrible luck in this life was because someone had stolen her fortune and the merit she'd accumulated over a hundred lifetimes in her previous one! As she was pondering how to fix it, a bolt of lightning sent her back to her previous life. From the start, her stepfather had already packed her off to become someone else's stepmother. A wild System suddenly bound itself to her, too. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven troublesome k 24.8kReads9.6Score3.6kShelves

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    These books are all selected recommendations with a score of 9 or above. The writing style is good, the words and sentences are carefully chosen, and the language is exquisite. It's not a novel. The protagonists are all smart and can analyze situations calmly. The plot is full of twists and turns and is touching. Some of them are very humorous and make people smile knowingly. .

14. 14 重 Reborn as a Mad Princess: The Moon Shines Over the Western Tower 重生狂妃之明月罩西楼 Mei Guo梅果Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiang Mingyue, daughter of a great general, took blows and shed blood for the Great Yin dynasty. She lived a passionate life and died a passionate death. So when she got another chance at life, she decided to stop making waves. She chose the rich, titled Zhao Xilou, a veteran slacker, as her husband, intending to while away her days with Lord Zhao, eating and waiting to die. But after becoming a Zhao, Jiang Mingyue discovered that her slacker husband might have no ambition 14.6kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
15. 15 破 The Legacy: This System Is a Little Arrogant 破事精英：这个系统有点拽 Crazy Mung Bean疯狂的绿豆Urban275k WordsOngoing If you don’t have much life experience or haven’t been knocked around by life, I don’t recommend reading my work. And if you’re too young, don’t read it either, because you won’t understand it. I wouldn’t dare say this book is about myself, but I’m sure it contains a lot of my views on society. Just read it for fun. That’s all. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at this one, it's good

16. 16 制 The Passive Monster Who Dominates Another World 制霸异界的被动怪 Yi Ran易然Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing After transmigrating, Xing Feng, a student at the Central Academy of Drama, acquired a book called The Potion Book of Passive Skills. Once he brewed and drank a potion, he gained a passive skill. Critical hits, counterattacks, damage reduction, rebirth… All sorts of strange skills and bizarre attributes. With a whole arsenal of passives, he was as tough as a cockroach. He looked around at the powerful figures and challenged them: “Come on, try to beat me to death.” 1.9kReads8.5Score172Shelves

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    Synopsis: This is basically the only good book I have left on my bookshelf. The second and third books were updated too slowly.

17. 17 机 Mecha: Can Your Beast Tamer Beat a Gundam? 机甲：你的御兽能打过高达吗 Five-Zhu Copper Coin五铢铜钱Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mecha + Beast Taming + Light Comedy + A power fantasy, but not a pure power fantasy (the protagonist isn't invincible from birth, so readers who want him to mindlessly slaughter his way through the story should steer clear) + Relatively rigorous plot logic (note: the plot logic is rigorous, not the setting. A fantasy setting can't be made to conform entirely to reality).] [A Tongqian production: only the best!] Beast Tamer: “My spirit beast is a fire-type Earthflame Jiao. It's a hundred meters 1.6kReads9.1Score671Shelves
18. 18 咸 A Must-Have for Slackers: This System Is Amazing 咸鱼必备，这个系统太好了 Little Football Newcomer足坛小小生Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy + daily life + high martial arts + school setting] Zhou Fan transmigrates into a modern world of high martial arts and gets bound to an Anti-Grind System. The System wants Zhou Fan to promote the slacker mindset and encourage everyone to enjoy life. Whenever Zhou Fan works hard at cultivating, his strength regresses. But if he makes a pact with someone else, the harder they work and grind, the faster the slacker Zhou Fan grows, as a punishment for them. Zhou Fan studies the rules careful 7.2kReads8.7Score730Shelves
19. 19 异 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 133.6kReads9.6Score15.5kShelves
20. 20 开 Making Titanfall from the Start: Players Worldwide Lose Their Minds 开局制作泰坦陨落，全球玩家破防 Canned Cola1罐装可乐1Urban582k WordsOngoing [Game Design + Livestreaming + Everyday Life] Game designer Gu Yang transmigrates to a world with advanced technology but a stagnant, underdeveloped gaming industry. His predecessor had planned to make a fortune in business, investing heavily in the development of a new-generation motion-sensing pod. But a major corporation shut him out, and now he is on the verge of losing everything. Fortunately, the System awakens at the crucial moment! By collecting players' joy, anger, sorrow, and fear, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 7.6kReads9.4Score901Shelves
22. 22 开 From the Start, I Became the Protagonist's Dad and Fled in Terror That Very Night 开局成了主角他爸被吓得连夜跑路 Benben Dog本本狗Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Bufan transmigrates into a book where villains rule the world, and ends up in the most, most, most, most dangerous profession of all: the protagonist’s parent. A cigarette drops to the ground. Ye Bufan realizes he can’t just sit around waiting to die, so he shakily pulls out his phone and books a flight out of China that night. “Son, don’t blame your dad. I had no choice.” Aboard a passenger plane bound for Country A, Ye Bufan silently recites the Great Compassion Mantra eighty-one times. “Di 2.5kReads8.8Score179Shelves

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    Basically, they are all good books, and the others are on my bookshelf, especially the eighth one, which is particularly sweet, with a sugar content of 99.99999‰

23. 23 灵 The Supernatural World: My Players Are All Ghosts 灵异世界：我的玩家都是鬼 A Song of Flowing Cups一曲流觞Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + supernatural revival + players + behind the scenes + comedy] As the supernatural world revives and the two realms merge, Tang Yuan decides to do something that goes against his ancestors’ teachings to save his own skin: open the gates and unleash the players. The red-clad vengeful ghost is terrifying? Player: “Hey, don’t run away, I need that material!” Ghost Emperor: “I command a hundred thousand ghost soldiers.” Tang Yuan: “How about a million players?” Tang Yuan: “I hereby 2.4kReads8.8Score210Shelves
24. 24 上 I Donated Spirit Stones Worth a Hundred Million Times Their Value to the Sect, Terrifying the Empress and My Master 上交亿倍灵石入宗，吓坏女帝师尊 Zhan Tian Hen战天痕Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Ye Feng transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent, activates the Invincible Spendthrift System, and embarks on an unstoppable path of lavish spending. The head of the Xinghun Sect, Luo Qianxue: “I’m a holy maiden from the Upper Realm. After being ambushed, I was reborn in the lower realm, on the Xuantian Continent. All I want is to cultivate in peace, overcome my tribulation, and return to the Upper Realm as soon as possible. Ye Feng, can you stop squandering our resources? I don’t even want to de 23.8kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
25. 25 反 Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 387.3kReads9.5Score70.1kShelves
26. 26 末 The Apocalypse: I Drew a Team of God-Tier Traveling Frogs 末世，我抽奖神级旅行青蛙团 We Mere Mortals我等凡人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Farming + daily life + lighthearted fun + building + beast taming = ?] When the apocalypse game arrived, Qin He bound himself to a God-tier Traveling Frog System. He took naming his little frogs very seriously, despite being hopeless at coming up with names. Da Vinci: I have to find a pretty female zombie to be my master's wife. Cheng Yaojin: I bring two axes back from every trip. Is there a problem with that? Ding Chunqiu: As a poison dart frog, I'm a real assassin. Search for items? No, I wan 18.9kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
27. 27 只 As Long as I Outlive You All, I'll 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 95.6kReads9.3Score8.6kShelves
28. 28 神 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 Nuclear-Fueled Skate Shoes核燃料滑板鞋Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 47.5kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
29. 29 原 Genshin Impact: Nine Lifetimes of Endless Erosion 原神：九世轮回，我经历无数磨损 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Anime Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se 10.3kReads9.7Score1.5kShelves
30. 30 我 I’m Mentally Ill, and I Was Dragged into the Heavenly Court Chat Group 我，精神病，被拉入天庭聊天群 Wacky Bear · Grandpa Hui搞怪熊·慧爷Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + invincible protagonist + all kinds of twists + the Myriad Worlds + unhinged!] Bai Ye: a man with three distinct personalities, a mental illness, an extremely dangerous individual, and the heir to a top-tier tycoon family! He is currently confined in Qingshan Mental Hospital, which is owned by his family! [Bai Ye’s primary personality, codename “Childlike Innocence,” is always getting carried away...] [Second personality, codename “Evil Doctor,” enjoys dissecting people...] [Third perso 3.2kReads9.4Score446Shelves
31. 31 诸 Myriad Worlds: I Accidentally Sent My Entire Class Transmigrating 诸天：我一不小心，送全班穿越了 Red Sun, Clear Clouds红日晴云Eastern Fantasy840k WordsCompleted It's college graduation season. I'll come clean: I'm the Dao Master. I can send anyone to transmigrate across the Myriad Worlds! How do you want to transmigrate? Get hit by a car, or struck by lightning? Would you like an old grandfatherly mentor, or a System? You don't believe me? Then give it a try! Wait! Did I send the entire class away after getting drunk? (Silly comedy with characters who are all completely out of character. If that's not your thing, don't read. Any resemblance to real peop 96Reads9.5Score—Shelves
32. 32 长 Longevity: Everyone's Dead, So I Have No Choice but to Become Invincible 长生：都死了，我只好无敌 A Plum Blossom一枝梅Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing [Longevity] [Keeping a Low Profile] [Scheming] Xiao Lang transmigrated to the Savage Lands and became a wild wolf in the Great Wilderness. By a twist of fate, he gained the Fruit of Immortality and inherited the legacy of the Ancestor of Immortality. Other than his long lifespan and ability to run fast, he had no advantages. He became a minor demon with no backing, no resources, and no strength. With no backing, he went looking for powerful patrons. With no resources, he resorted to robbery. Wit —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist was reborn as a wolf and gained immortality. In order to survive, he pursued his ideals to the extreme and endured the death of those who were stronger than him. He had no choice but to become invincible.

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