The Protagonist Bears All the Pain Alone 主角把所有痛苦留给自己

1. 51 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves

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   Hammer sacrificed himself for everyone and became an NPC; Xia also sacrificed himself for everyone and remained in the Land of the End. [Crying]

2. 52 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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   You are a good sheep. Human memory is absurd; scheming only leaves one lonely and wounded. The little sheep became a liar, hiding all her secrets in her heart. The little sheep got brain cancer; she only experiences headaches, no longer feeling sadness. The little sheep studies hard, reading every day to become stronger. The little sheep showed everyone the vibrant energy of life!

3. 53 光 Light Is the Bond, Born Toward the Sun 光是纽带，向阳而生 Mu Yangren木杨人Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted An Ultraman-inspired fanfiction with [an original setting + a realistic bent + no power fantasy + no harem + no invincible protagonist + a coming-of-age, healing journey]. [This is a story, not a wish-fulfillment novel about the male lead. Please don’t read it from a power-fantasy perspective. Thank you.] [When the light chooses someone who is insecure, socially anxious, has trouble communicating, and tends toward isolation, will it heal him or make him despair?] Ever since an aurora appeared in 11.2kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
4. 54 被 They Overheard the System’s Mission, Then Robbed Tombs to Fund Me 被偷听系统任务后他们盗墓氪我 Liu Lili流栗栗Two Male Leads630k WordsCompleted [System + mind reading + male-male romance + not quite a reverse harem, but everyone has a one-sided crush] This is the seventh time, and the last. Host, please choose one of the five main characters and confirm your target for the romance mission. Romance Mission System Fixing one regret only creates more regrets. Sang Mo The Five Tender Beef Cuts, who overheard the mission: ? That man had a stunningly beautiful face. He lay on the ground, convulsing and curled up in utter despair, blood contin 6.5kReads8.9Score845Shelves

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   It's so angsty, you can secretly watch it under the covers at night. I guarantee it will make you cry your eyes out.

5. 55 在 Are You There? Got Time to Destroy the World? 在吗？有没有空来毁灭世界？ CR ZifengCR紫枫Anime Fanfiction3.4M WordsOngoing (Set in the Previous Era. All the familiar characters are counterparts from other timelines. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! The only officially designated heroine is all the beauty in this world!) Honkai... Just how devastating a calamity is it? In the middle of it, you can't even find anyone you want to save. This is a story destined to end in failure. Perhaps everything will be buried beneath the sands of time. 18.2kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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   ?, Keep?

6. 56 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: For the World, Please Forget Me 崩坏：为了世界，请遗忘我 A White Dove Flew By有一只白鸽飞过Anime Fanfiction460k WordsCompleted [One heroine] [Post-Honkai] [Everyone survives] [Happy ending] [Amnesia] [Parallel world] [Gravity goes wild] One heroine, one heroine, one heroine: Kiana is the only one! How many times must we try to get a perfect ending? What price must we pay to keep the world from withering away? The answer is... to completely forget the “savior.” To make this world, scarred and broken, beautiful and happy once more, Bai Luotan sacrificed herself to bring everyone back to life in the Post-Honkai era. “Headm 2.3kReads8.6Score251Shelves
7. 57 名 Detective Conan: A Broken Little One Needs the Police Five to Put Him Back Together 名柯：破碎崽崽，需要警五拼好哦 Foxxy Learns to Cook狐狐肖肖学做饭Anime Fanfiction415k WordsCompleted Click here to see the Police Academy Five break down after learning what the experiments did to their kid. The main story is complete. (HE!!! + beautiful, tragic test subject + hurt/comfort with everyone doting on the protagonist + the Police Academy group saves the protagonist instead + Hiromitsu Morofushi + the protagonist is a little kid, so there's no romance, only platonic relationships.) Blurb: Hiromitsu Morofushi and Rei Furuya had a childhood friend named Takanashi Itsuki. Takanashi Itsu 1.4kReads9.3Score199Shelves

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   "I accidentally died, so don't look for me anymore," said the childhood friend, pretending to be a ghost. Then, he secretly hid the fact that he had been captured by the Black Organization for experiments. The Black Organization was too dangerous; he couldn't involve Zero and Hiro. Anyway, being an astral projection meant he could roam freely, and he could even accompany his two childhood friends to police academy as a ghost. He also made three incredibly good new friends. Takanashi Itsuki was prepared to keep this a secret forever, but then one of his new friends, Mr. Kenji, suddenly died in the line of duty. Mr. Kenji became a ghost and floated to his side. Mr. Kenji discovered that he was being experimented on by the organization. Oh no, he'd been exposed for pretending to be a ghost.

8. 58 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 17.1kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   These two books! Go read them, everyone!

9. 59 重 I Was Dying of a Terminal Illness, and My Coldhearted Family Regretted Everything 重病将死，冷血家人们都后悔了 A Blank Stretch of Time空白的时间Urban51k WordsCompleted Pure author-going-off-the-rails fiction. Give it a try, it’s really good. Think of it as surviving a trial by fire~ The day Yuan An is given a terminal diagnosis, he learns that he isn’t his parents’ biological child and is kicked out of the house. And yet… why are they all begging him to forgive them, crying, before he dies? 360Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 绝 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 Little Bird Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖小鸟Urban332k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 29.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

11. 61 你 You Will Fight Alone in the End 你终将孤独地战斗 Lily of the Valley in the Cemetery墓地铃兰Anime Fanfiction462k WordsOngoing A crossover with multiple heroines, not a single heroine. Ultraman-inspired, featuring Your Name, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Bocchi the Rock!, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, and more. Zuogong transmigrated. He transmigrated to Japan in a parallel universe. He became a handsome Chinese student studying in Tokyo. In this unusual parallel universe, there were Shuchiin Academy, Sobu High School, the town of Itomori, the Shinomiya Group, Kessoku Band, and many, many other things tha 7.7kReads9.1Score539Shelves

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    Then let me fight! Momoro!

12. 62 众 The Gods Were Willing to Descend from Their Thrones for Me? I Don't Care Anymore 众神肯为我走下神坛了？不稀罕了 Ling Wu令梧Ancient Romance356k WordsCompleted [From Universally Hated to Universally Adored + Everyone's Regretful Redemption Arc + No Forgiveness + Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush on the Heroine + Heroine Doesn't Get Emotionally Invested + No Happy Ending + Everyone Dotes on Her + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Face-Slapping] Her master dislikes her? The whole sect hates her? The entire cultivation world looks down on her? She even gave them her Golden Core, and they still lowered their opinion of her? She's done being everyone's punchin 3.1kReads8.6Score378Shelves
13. 63 妈 Mom Says: Having a Son Like Me Is a Total Failure 妈妈说：有我这种儿子，真失败 The One Chasing Shooting Stars追赶流星的人Urban403k WordsCompleted Rising star Li Chulu appears on the show Little Lu's Appointment and openly admits that she failed as a parent. She says her son has loved fighting since he was little, hates reading and studying, likes going out to fool around, and comes home late every night. “Having a son like that is a failure!” But when the production crew gets in touch with Li Chulu's son and projects his memories onto the big screen, everyone discovers that things aren't quite as Li Chulu described... He fought from a you 1.2kReads7.8Score144Shelves

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    Both are a little bit angsty, really.

14. 64 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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    This is very cruel.

15. 65 你 Your Mystery Novels Make You Better at Solving Cases Than the Police? 你写悬疑小说比警察还会查案？ Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th 7.1kReads8.9Score846Shelves

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    This is the book I'm referring to. I truly felt sorry for Lu Ci; he suffered countless injuries, both big and small, and the ending was a tragic one. The author made me cry a lot, and the mystery is also excellent. Highly recommended!

16. 66 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Get Stronger by Spitting Blood, and Everyone Thinks I’m Dead 盗墓：吐血变强，全员以为我死了 White Peach Bucket白桃桶桶Mystery374k WordsCompleted [No romantic tension, no babysitting, pampered-all story with a secret identity] [Female-oriented! Friendship and family bonds; a strong yet tragic male lead] Mountains of headcanons, severe OOC Tang Zhou, a tool character, binds himself to a Happy Ending System for The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles. His main job is saving people; his side job is raising kids. He earns the reward promised by the System by dying a perfect death, even nailing his own coffin shut. But after he’s well and truly dead, th 8.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
17. 67 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.8kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves

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    🌿The protagonist thinks he's perfectly normal, but others see him as pitiful. ☘️①The protagonist is unaware of this, but others perceive him as a very pitiful person, yet he remains oblivious to his own situation.

18. 68 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves

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    The protagonist develops a protective personality that helps him escape hardship; it's a story of self-redemption. Both the protagonist and his split personality are incredibly compelling. If no one in this world loves you, look in the mirror. Silent will always protect Yan Yizhi.

19. 69 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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    It wasn't originally [smile]. The new chapter is... [I will forever be imprisoned by myself, I will forever be accompanied by despair, I will forever remember loneliness] "God will love people, whether they deserve it or not." This sentence is very suitable for some people's evaluation of Ling. Ling could have chosen not to save them, but he chose to save them. However, what he got in return was their insults and mockery of Ling's potential to destroy the world. But Chen Ling saved the world. Ling is really, really good.

20. 70 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
21. 71 系 After the System Betrayed Me, the Empire’s Marshals Regretted Everything 系统背刺后，帝国元帅们都后悔了 The Ring of a Donut甜甜圈的圈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration + interstellar + secret identities + strong heroine + men competing for her Lu Xingyao is bound to the Villain System and transmigrates to an interstellar era rocked by political turmoil. She must play the villain and rack up enough malice points from the famous founders of the empire in this era to go home. While playing the villain, she must not alter interstellar history or let any of the era’s founding figures die. And so Lu Xingyao nervously plays the vicious antagonist in pu 6.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    The protagonist gets hurt repeatedly while protecting others, making them hate her.

22. 72 火 Naruto: I Grow Stronger by Becoming a Beautiful, Tragic Side Character 火影：靠成为美强惨配角变强 A Fluffy Bear Blanket一条熊熊毛毯Two Male Leads1.6M WordsOngoing [Naruto fan fiction! Female-oriented! Two male leads! With viewing sessions!] [The protagonist is a natural actor and has scenes of pretending to be abused. His pairing is Kakashi. Many details are headcanon, and there may eventually be scenes where genuine friendship turns into something more. Don't read if that's not your thing.] After transmigrating as Uchiha Naluo, Naluo bound himself to a popularity System. He can only grow stronger by earning popularity. So this world has become a source o 27.7kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

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    The first two are time-travel novels with systems. 1. The protagonist, Naraku, earns emotional points by playing a tragic, strong, and beautiful character, which is quite touching and not yet finished. 2. The protagonist also transmigrates to the world of Tomb Raider Chronicles and is a tragic, strong, and beautiful character. 3. The third book features a pseudo-scientist who pretends to be a tragic, strong, and beautiful character on the outside but is actually cunning and ruthless on the inside.

23. 73 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Posing as a Mysterious, Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Man 盗笔：装出个高深莫测但美强惨 Fish Like Water鱼依如水Two Male Leads447k WordsCompleted "The only Grave Robbers' Chronicles fic rated 9.6, come see!" [Starting with the Old Nine Gates, Beloved by All, Pick Your Favorite Pairing + Slightly Everyone's Favorite + Everyone Imagines the Powerful Heartbreaking Beauty] Third-person narration I transmigrated, but not completely. At that very moment, my body was lying right beside me, playing the part of a breathtakingly beautiful vegetative patient. The good news: I could create an immortal secret identity. The bad news: the System told me 44.5kReads9.6Score6.1kShelves
24. 74 名 Detective Conan: Becoming Everyone's Favorite by Pretending to Cry 名柯：靠装哭成为团宠 Wanwanbaby琬琬babyAnime Fanfiction134k WordsCompleted Also known as: [Becoming Gin's Kid After Her Mother Abandoned Her] [OOC + Everyone's Darling + Little Poisonous Lotus + Morally Gray + System + Transmigration] Before Kitajima Aya nearly died, she thought she was someone abandoned by God, with every misfortune imaginable befalling her. But after she was rescued, it seemed that God must be him. The heroine pretends to be bad, but she's really just good at putting on an act. Some plot elements are inspired by the Japanese drama Mother 192Reads8.0Score—Shelves
25. 75 长 Eldest Son: My Siblings Simulated My Life, and I Broke Down in Tears 长子：兄妹模拟我人生，泪崩 Flight Captain飞行团长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Anti-drug trafficking] [Narcotics officer] [High IQ] [Mastermind] [Undercover] The Wei family has five children. The second is a wealthy businessman, the third has an impressive background, the fourth is a research professor, and the fifth is a pop star. Only the eldest has amounted to nothing. He’s notorious and despised by his siblings. Because he sold off his younger siblings and drove his family away! He’s done every kind of evil, and his siblings loathe and spurn him! Then, on the day the 75.4kReads9.5Score11.9kShelves

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    🌟The male protagonist truly shouldered everything alone, avenging his parents and making a good plan for his younger siblings. He swallowed all the suffering alone. [Crying][crying][crying][crying][crying][crying][crying] The Wei family had five children: the second was a successful businessman, the third had a distinguished background, the fourth was a research professor, and the fifth was a singer. Only the eldest son was a failure, infamous, and despised by his siblings. This was because the eldest son sold his younger siblings and drove away his family! He committed all sorts of evil deeds, and his siblings loathed and scorned him! Until the day the eldest son, Wei Xia, passed away, the research institute activated the eldest son's life simulation device. The four children would simulate the eldest son's life, and they wanted to show the whole nation what it meant to be the eldest son. However, as the scene unfolded: the entire internet was stunned. The eldest son, Wei Xia, avenged his parents alone, raised four children to adulthood with great difficulty, and lived his entire life for others. He was worthy of his status as the eldest son. At that moment, the siblings wept bitterly, and the entire internet was moved to tears.

26. 76 东 Tokyo: Love Comes After the Rescue 东京：恋爱要在拯救后 Ten-Punch Tonic Pill十拳大补丹Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Tokyo + Romance + No System + Light Novel + Redemption] “If I died, the world would become a better place, wouldn’t it?” The girl smiled faintly, then leaped onto the tracks, bursting into splashes of brilliant red. Su Ying witnessed everything and assumed it was just an ordinary train accident. But the next moment, time rewound to a few minutes earlier, and the girl was still standing there, perfectly fine. From then on, whenever someone around him died, Su Ying became trapped in an endless ti 67.2kReads9.3Score7.6kShelves

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    The ending will be happy, but who knows what the male lead went through?

27. 77 穿 I Became a Cold and Aloof Master, but I'm a Pervert 穿成清冷师尊，可我是变态啊 Grape and Blueberry Juice葡萄蓝莓汁Two Male Leads554k WordsCompleted [Two men, no female lead + cultivation + forced love and imprisonment + seemingly aloof but secretly wicked master as the recipient + deranged, sinister rebellious disciple as the pursuer] Xie Yi seems aloof on the surface, but in private, he is an extreme pretty-boy addict. After dying, he transmigrates into a book and must play a cold, selfish master who envies his chosen disciple, the Son of Destiny, for his talent and wants to seize his opportunities. Xie Yi: So clichéd. No thanks. System: ? 1.9kReads9.1Score337Shelves

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    Xie Yi paved the way for Cui Wang in the early stages, and later the two became powerful.

28. 78 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves

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    What to do if you transmigrate into a fake heiress? No problem, the protagonist will just laze around. Who would have thought that a lazy fake heiress could actually save the world?

29. 79 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Fortunate and Unfortunate 盗笔：幸而不幸 May I Never Fail an Exam惟愿考试不挂科Mystery295k WordsCompleted Chosen by a System to transmigrate into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles? I mean, how could an unlucky person suddenly get lucky? Why would anyone choosing a Host pick a “triple-zero” product with no strength, no luck, and no connections? Shen Juan is student council president, class monitor, and an outstanding student. She won first prize in a national competition and has a whole shelf of trophies. She’s the kind of kid every parent points to as an example. I just happened to get lucky and sit nex 718Reads7.2Score100Shelves

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    All I want is for you to be free and live a happy life.

30. 80 刀 Touken Ranbu: I Just Want to Enjoy Fighting, Not Be Misunderstood 刀乱：战斗爽玩家并不想被脑补 Fa Ximen法西门Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Also known as “Can an Average, Unlucky Player Run Into a Superintelligent AI?”, “Gaming Is Risky, Since You Might Transmigrate,” “Fighting: Awesome! Socializing: Awful!”, and “Care About Socially Awkward Players, Stop Making Things Up.” Overall, though, it’s a self-healing story full of love and peace. 2.9kReads7.8Score208Shelves
31. 81 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves

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    "There's a saying: people only learn to cherish something after they've lost it." - *The Immortal Emperor* "I regret not being born a tree to support the sky, so that in its greenness it could provide shade, and in its withered state, firewood." "Burning three feet high, illuminating gods, demons, and humanity." - *Madness! I'm Surrounded by Psychopaths* "Beauty is not a mistake; it is the coveting of beauty that is corrupt." Beauty is not a sin; what is sinful is the filth that reaches for beauty, their existence robbing flowers of their fragrance. - *Crossing Life*

32. 82 跛 The Lame Prince 跛王爷 Egg Yolk Rice Dumpling with Pork鸭蛋黄小肉粽Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Note: No System, no transmigration, and no harem! [Court intrigue] [Battlefield campaigns] [The people of the realm] The border is under threat. Who will lead the troops to glory on the battlefield and face the enemy?! The crown prince is unfit to rule. Who will support the Second Prince's ascension, and who dares object?! Corrupt officials run rampant. Who will fear a bloodbath in the capital, their mansions swept clean?! The people suffer. Who will criticize sweeping reforms that transform the 29.3kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves
33. 83 癫EN What the Heck! Everyone Around Me Is Completely Nuts! 癫！孤身边全是神经病！ Wen Yuan Party文元党Ancient Romance764k WordsCompleted Born a crown prince, Qi Yuanzuo was convinced that he was the only normal person in the imperial family. Little did he know what the Crown Prince looked like to outsiders: At seven, he shot a tiger and won nine hundred kilometers of territory in the Qilian Mountains. At thirteen, he cut through the great clans of Jiangnan and personally orchestrated the Case of the Ninety-Seven Mourning Robes, stepping over piles of corpses to claim the throne. At fifteen, he gambled on the Qilian Mountains once 54.4kReads9.5Score7kShelves
34. 84 渡 Ferry You to Life 渡予生 Gu Kongqing顾空清Mystery245k WordsCompleted [Court Politics + Martial World + Mystery Solving + Ensemble Cast] A peerless genius swordsman falls from grace overnight, branded with disgrace as his old friends meet tragic ends. Seven years later, he hides his identity and seeks the Way to break free of his obsessions. Drawn unwittingly into the affairs of the past, he is thrust back into the game, with a storm brewing on the horizon. Some hope he will go mad; others beg him for immortality. Amid the tangled fog, what is the truth... A beaut 800Reads8.3Score137Shelves
35. 85 太 The Crown Prince Gave Away His Country 太子他把国家送人了 Li Sanwan黎三万Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted [Complete]“No CP + no love interest + focused solely on building a career and saving the world + no female lead + reborn + tragic ending” A twist of fate turned Zhu Fanyi from the protagonist into a supporting character. Reborn, he turned his fate around. The System sobbed, “Heaven won’t let me go home. I want to atone and give everything back to you!” At first, Zhu Fanyi couldn’t have cared less. He thought, Don’t flatter yourself and dump that mess on me. Going along with fate is actually pre 1.6kReads9.3Score230Shelves
36. 86 身 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Urban442k WordsCompleted [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.8kReads9.3Score990Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

37. 87 绝 The Secret Squad 绝密战队 Could It Be the Milky Way疑是银河Urban1.9M WordsCompleted No heroine, no System, no cheat powers. The male lead has none of the usual advantages. He’s young at first and the darling of the unit, then grows up to become the unit’s boss… or its dad? Ah, whatever! The point is, he’s an absolute force to be reckoned with. At the age of six, Yu Zhiming enters the new-recruit training camp of the 15th Unit. There, he learns the meaning of faith and makes many comrades, but his identity prevents him from joining the military. So he can only join the country 46.5kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
38. 88 离 Unbelievable! Did That Genius Kid Just Report to New Recruit Training? 离谱！天才少年去新兵连报到了？ Half a Spoonful of Sugar糖半勺Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.9kReads8.7Score474Shelves
39. 89 娱 Showbiz: After Being Diagnosed with Depression, I Used Music to Heal the World 娱乐：确诊抑郁后，用歌治愈世界 July Sword Edge七月剑锋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Entertainment + healing + livestreaming + redemption + no System + no heroine + no harem] Su Chen, who suffers from severe depression, decides to jump into the sea and end his life. But by chance, his soul transmigrates into a parallel world with a barren entertainment industry. The original Su Chen in this parallel world also suffered from severe depression. Having never known love, he decides to heal the world with his songs. One song, “Murmurs,” resonates with the entire internet. One song, 6.7kReads8.4Score639Shelves
40. 90 枪 Gunfire in the Mountains 枪响于山林 Cherry Blossoms Fading Gently樱桃微谢Two Male Leads443k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + mystery + angst + bad ending] [A ruthless, cold-blooded undercover agent with a split personality, quick to change his tune and endlessly talkative versus a stoic, softhearted, highly intelligent narcotics officer who’s as wooden as they come] Wen Shan was once Lin Mo’s best friend, and his only one. But the 0612 narcotics case in Taizhou when they were fifteen suddenly made him the son of the man who had killed Lin Mo’s father. Sixteen years later, they meet again. Lin Mo, 876Reads8.1Score101Shelves
41. 91 野 Wild Taming 野性驯养 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 15.8kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
42. 92 重 Reborn, the Villain's Older Brother Is Doted on Like a King 重生后反派哥哥被宠上天 Wood and Grass, No Human木草非人Two Male Leads518k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + CEO + everyone reborn + atypical everyone’s least favorite becomes everyone’s darling + redemption arc + sweet, loving daily life + happy ending] (Main story complete, bonus chapters updating slowly) [The gong seems like a scumbag but isn’t really one. 1v1 redemption arc, no replacing the gong. Please mind the tags and don’t read if this isn’t for you. Don’t leave bad reviews to threaten me.] Jiang Mingsheng believed he was a failure at everything. Because of the way his parent 28.2kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    Super similar, beautiful

43. 93 谍 Espionage: 2,000 Deaths from the Start 谍战：开局死亡两千次 Jin Daye金大涯Urban958k WordsOngoing Xie Shu, male, formerly an Olympic shooting champion in the twenty-first century. One day, he kills himself and wakes up in 1940. Reason: Unknown. Identity: Unknown. Status: Being buried alive. Xie Shu: ...What a disastrous start! The good news: He gains the ability to rewind time whenever he dies. The bad news: He wakes up at a live burial site and has to die two thousand times before he escapes. While helping a passing guerrilla unit complete its mission, he somehow ends up as the illegitimat 40kReads9.3Score6kShelves

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    Does that book have this one? The protagonist is incredibly tragic; he's either on his way to death or already dead. He starts with at least 3000 deaths. I've never seen anyone as miserable as him.

44. 94 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 36.4kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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    This book is incredibly addictive! It's the most satisfying intellectual romance novel in contemporary fiction, with an addictive business battle plot. The emotions are incredibly nuanced, making it suitable for highly intelligent readers. Novice readers should definitely avoid it. The author has a very impressive background, and the plot is free of any clichés. If anyone has similar books, please recommend them to me; I'm happy to exchange them.

45. 95 原 Genshin Impact: The Fool 原神：愚者 The Fool of the Dark Sky暗天的愚者Anime Fanfiction461k WordsCompleted (Volumes one and two make up the main story; volume three is a collection of extra stories.) (The novel was written just after Sumeru opened, so many details are the author's own inventions.) “We are the ones who bring calamity. Despised by all, rejected by heaven and earth, we cling to life for the sake of a single goal.” A transmigration brings him to Teyvat five hundred years in the past. He is the only “Qixing” in Liyue's history ever to be exiled. He wanders Teyvat like a ghost. After witne 1.4kReads8.1Score138Shelves

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    It doesn't quite match the title, but I really recommend reading the second book. The first one is also good; everyone who reads the first one says it's angsty, but I'm immune to that.

46. 96 我 I'm F-Rank, and I'm Slaying It at University! 我F级，在大学杀疯了！ Big Zhong Who Loves Hot Pot吃火锅的大钟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + No Female Lead + No System + Slow Burn + Passionate + Growth] After years of being tormented by illness, Qi Feng is about to lose his chance to attend college. Just as despair closes in, Longguo University opens up a new life for him. But he never imagined that a mysterious forbidden zone existed in a city crisscrossed with steel and concrete. As the real world is about to be revealed to everyone, as a secret guarded for many years is about to come to light, and as the entir 17.6kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    The ending was good, but I really can't watch the previous works. It's like the War of Resistance against Japan, using human lives to fill a redemption with no future.

47. 97 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 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves

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    Super sweet, no angst at all, incredibly powerful later on, the main character is handsome and strong, and it has a happy ending. Everyone who's read it says it's sweet! [Smirk]

48. 98 宗 Every Sect Wants to Kill Me, So I Just Reload After Death! 宗门都想噶我，我直接死亡回档！ Chao Lianyun巢怜云Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a Book + Villainess + Death Rewinds Time + Eldritch Cultivation + Unhinged + Quirky Style] Lu Xiaojin transmigrated into a book, becoming the lovesick senior apprentice sister in a cultivation novel where everyone falls for the heroine. She kept fighting the heroine for men and ended up dying horribly. No problem. She wasn't stupid. She knew how the plot went, so she could avoid trouble, stay away from the men, and survive. But! Can someone tell her why her junior apprentice 24.8kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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    My little Jin [is almost crying]

49. 99 崩 The Broken Journey 崩坏的旅途 Maple Leaves Fall Without a Sound枫落无鸣Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted We are the dual-core Herrscher, possessing both the Wraith Core and the Thousand-Person Core! We do not exist in the past! We do not cling to the present! We cannot be destroyed in the future! We are the first Herrscher beneath the Finality! We refuse to yield to the will of Honkai! We do not depend on civilizations built on wisdom! We are ghosts! We are wraiths! We are the captains of the past, and the ghosts who come to claim lives in the present! We! Are the Herrscher of Jiu! 5.7kReads9.6Score595Shelves

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    Kids, wrap up sweets

50. 100 无 Infinite Herrschers: Connecting the Past, Guiding the Future 无限之律者：连接过去，引导未来 It's Me, Handsome Su Che就是我帅苏澈哒Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing When Honkai erupts, do you wait to die, or take a gamble? When the world shows you its malice and takes everything from you, do you still choose to protect it, or lose faith in it and unleash your fury? Faced with an enemy you cannot defeat, do you run, or fight with your life on the line? If you knew your mortal enemy and sworn foe were your own family, what would you choose? Past and future, countless choices intertwine to form destiny. Cast aside your dreams and scoff at fate, yet remain trap 167Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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