Why Do All the Power-Fantasy Stories These Days Feel So Dumb? I Can't Get Into Anything 怎么感觉现在的爽文都很降智呢 啥都看不下去了
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The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者
(Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast
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Making Titanfall from the Start: Players Worldwide Lose Their Minds 开局制作泰坦陨落，全球玩家破防
[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
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The Temptress 尤物
The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin
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A Taste of What You Want 得尝
[Fake Playboy vs. Real Bombshell, Intense Push and Pull, Wicked and Wild, Devoted to Each Other, Secret Crush] Lu Jin is Ningzhou’s notorious bully, arrogant and unruly. He’s wicked and roguish, and generous with money when it comes to women, but he never lets them into his heart. Qiao Ran has a beauty that could topple empires. People call her a reincarnated Daji, and she’s full of wild sensuality. She’s sweet and gentle, and knows exactly how to handle men, but all she wants is him. Drunk, she
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I Became a Velociraptor in Ancient Times 我在古代当迅猛龙
(Illustrated throughout.) Zhang Yuelu is unexpectedly reborn as a velociraptor. Starting as a tiny hatchling, she struggles to survive in the age of the dinosaurs. Other people who transmigrate get a System, a livestream, or even humans for company. Zhang Yuelu gets nothing. She's surrounded by dinosaurs that can't talk, and in this prehistoric age, the only things she can rely on are her teeth and claws. (The dinosaurs' sizes and the velociraptors' appearance have been tweaked a little, so the
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Reborn, My Archrival Spoiled Me Rotten 重生后死对头把我宠上了天
[Modern romance + reborn + wealthy CEO + campus + sweet romance] In her past life, Su Lingwei was constantly at odds with Mo Jinyan, and only regretted it after she drove herself to ruin. After being reborn, she decides to repair Mo Jinyan's impression of her. “Mo Jinyan, you're so handsome!” Mo Jinyan: “...” The girl Mo Jinyan has a crush on has been flirting with him lately, leaving him flustered and distracted. At last, he can't take it anymore and pins her against the wall. Su Lingwei
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Sign-In from the Start for Half-Saint Cultivation, Summoning Two Great Gods and Demons 开局签到半圣修为，召唤两大神魔
He transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the weakest prince of the dynasty. Xuan Ming plans to give up the fight for the throne and live out his days as a carefree prince. But the late emperor needs to fake his death for a while as he practices a forbidden divine-demon technique. To make it easier to reclaim the throne, he deliberately passes it to the weakest son. The news shocks the court, setting the dynasty in turmoil as undercurrents stir across the land. Just then, the Myriad Realms
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Great Qin: The Divine Rankings Appear, and I Get Exposed for Trying to Lay Low 大秦：神榜现世，苟不住的我被曝光了
[Hilarious + extreme extrovert + shameless + System + invincible] He transmigrates into The Legend of Qin and encounters a whole host of big shots, including Ying Zheng, Zhao Gao, and Donghuang Taiyi. His innate gift for socializing soon helps him thrive, while also making him infamous… Ying Zheng: “Wang Xuan is the most shameless rascal in all of the Great Qin. I will brook no argument…”
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The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷
[System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge
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Now, Reforge China's Glory 此刻，重铸华夏荣光
In 2036, the Age of Psionics, seven gates to the Demon Realms opened one after another. The world fell within nine months! Jiang Chen, China’s greatest guardian, died fighting the invaders from the Demon Realms in the Pacific Ocean. History was turned back, and bloodshed became eternal! But Jiang Chen was reborn three months before the crisis began. This time, he would surely overturn every regret and restore China to glory!
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Xuanhuan: Summon Five Thousand Sword Emperors from the Start 玄幻：开局召唤五千名剑皇
(Factions + summoning + high-spirited action + partly a power fantasy + partly invincible) Li Feng transmigrates to the True Martial Continent, where humanity is in decline and the demon race rules. On the verge of death, Li Feng activates the System and summons five thousand Sword Emperors, who appear out of nowhere and establish a Domain Lord’s territory. He reforges his sword body, gains a Transcendent Saint Physique, cultivates heavenly fire, quells the chaos across the four seas, slays the
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Global Ghostmasters: There Are Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me 全球御鬼：我的体内有亿只鬼
[Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c
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I Really Am a Law-Abiding Citizen 我真的是守法公民
Twelve years ago, star gates descended from the sky and appeared all over the world. People discovered all kinds of worlds beyond the gates. Thanks to the special game items and technology brought back from them, human technology underwent a massive leap forward. On Block 26, Street 78, Chen Bin, dressed in a fitted black trench coat and a vintage gray tweed English cap, held an AK-47 in one hand. He looked seriously at Old Chicken and said in a low voice, “We are law-abiding citizens. We must n
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Gods and Demons Game: Mages Are the Eternal Truth! 神魔游戏：法爷才是永恒真理！
[Gods and Demons Game + Card-Based Gameplay + A Rich Class System + An Expansive World] When brain chips completely replace traditional mobile phones, a card-based game called Gods and Demons Game is forcibly installed. From then on, the world enters the age of Gods and Demons Game. Everyone has their own talent and class. [Mystic Controller], [Templar Knight], [Archmage], [Mechanical Ascension]... Advancement, class changes, and a game that never ends. Holy light and evil. Mechanical modificati
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Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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High Martial: I Know a Little Bit of Every Martial Art 高武：所有武学我都会亿点点
[The farther you read, the better it gets, with no filler at all] [Steady updates, guaranteed quality] Origin energy resurges, and eighteen-year-old Xiao Fan leaves a third-tier city. By a twist of fate, he enters the Supergod Class, where all of humanity’s strongest geniuses gather. Having always kept his head down and quietly built up his strength, he decides, under the inspiration of generations of fallen heroes, to burst onto the scene and astonish the world. In the border war zone, he makes
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Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！
[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
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Are You Really That Kind of Senior? 你是这样的学姐？
[Campus]+ [Youth]+ [One Heroine]+ [Lighthearted and Healing]+ [Everyday Romance]+ [No System] Based on real campus life at Hefei University of Technology. “Xiao Yun, come help me translate my paper at the library tonight.” “Senior Sister, didn't I help you translate it last night? Why do I have to go again?” “Tonight's the last time, hurry up!” “You said that the day before yesterday, and you said it again yesterday. I'm not going again today. Do it yourself, I'm busy.” “Xiao Yun, I just remembe
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Spiritual Qi Revival: My Little Sister Is Actually a Reborn Female Emperor! 灵气复苏: 妹妹竟是女帝重生！
[Spiritual qi revival + one heroine + System + sweet romance + comedy] After an accident, Jiang Yu transmigrates to a parallel world undergoing spiritual qi revival. From the start, he binds himself to the Shamelessly Getting Stronger System. All he has to do is make other people feel embarrassed to become stronger! Jiang Yu: “Honestly, I'm being forced into this. I don't want to be this shameless either!” [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a spatial ability and an SSS-rank talent!]
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Psycho Horror: In Front of Scumbags, What’s a Little Supernatural Weirdness? 鬼畜：人渣面前，诡异算个毛！
Synopsis: From the start, he blew up the Nogi Demon Shrine and burned down the Yasukuni Demon Shrine. Reborn in a world filled with the supernatural, where gates were scattered across the land, and behind them lay endless horrors and madness. System successfully activated. Binding to the Justice System... Confess your love to a supernatural being? A supernatural being comes asking you to name its true form? “Young master, what do I look like to you?” Chen Si: “You look like a little blonde, blue
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My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客
After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem.
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After Being Pestered by a Yandere, He Became Depressed 被病娇缠上后他抑郁了
Romance, yandere female CEO, depressed male lead, happy ending, melodrama, melodrama, melodrama, both leads suffer, read with caution Original title: After He Became Entangled with a Yandere, He Fell into Depression Du Wan Sheng is a wealthy, troubled female CEO whose way of thinking differs from everyone else’s. Her strange behavior makes her difficult to understand. Yu Xiu Ran is the top student and dream guy in everyone’s eyes, gentle, considerate, and the kind of child parents point to when
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Cao Cao Made Me a Tomb Raider 曹操让我做摸金校尉
For generations, they protected the peace of Shenzhou. Their merits were greater than the heavens! Yet those who slew the dragon eventually became dragons themselves! “I'll protect these nine provinces. We don't need you anymore!” Cao Yan boldly proclaims to the fallen guardians before him.
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Saving the Blind Supporting Male Character 拯救那个失明男配
[The male lead is a psychological counselor, and blind people can do the job too! The female lead isn’t the clever, strong-willed type, so don’t read if that’s not your thing. The male lead will recover later. Both leads are virgins, and it has a happy ending.] [A warm and sweet little story about an ordinary person stumbling through the effort to save someone else. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment rescue story or a tightly plotted, logic-heavy novel, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] After
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Traveling Through the Heavens, Starting in Uncle Jiu's World 从九叔世界开始穿梭诸天
Xie Wen transmigrates into the world of Uncle Jiu, becoming another disciple under the tutelage of the Sages of the Heavens. He gathers the Five Qi in his chest in Uncle Jiu’s world, opens the Three Flowers Above the Head in The Outcast, transcends tribulation and becomes an immortal in the Strange Tales world, then travels through endless worlds to become a Great Luo being, transcending everything.
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Magic's Industrial Revolution 魔法之工业革命
This novel starts off a little slowly. The first ten chapters mainly lay the groundwork. Transmigrate into a world of magic and combine magic with technology! Take inspiration from Minecraft redstone circuits to create [Logic] magic arrays! Apply the principles of magic to build refrigerators, guns, cannons, and mechs, and invent more efficient machines! Free people from manual labor, boost productivity, create wealth, and spark an Industrial Revolution in a world of magic. [Raises a gun] T
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The Holy Lord: Somehow, This Great Villain Is Saving the World 圣主：作为大反派的我居然在救世
Bai Qi transmigrated into a world made up of multiple universes and became its biggest BOSS, the Holy Lord. The worst part was that, despite being a villain, he was supposed to become the world's savior. And the ones responsible for destroying the world were none other than the protagonist's group.
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The Immortal Fate of the Uncanny Way 诡道仙缘
“The world is a sea of suffering. The mighty look upon it and see three thousand fish-dragons in its depths. Some lurk in the abyss, some soar to the Ninth Heaven, and others drift with the waves. If one of them catches the attention of the mighty and is fished up, it may gain an immortal opportunity. One day, it may escape the sea of suffering and attain a great destiny!” Jiang Ning stood on the shore of the sea of suffering. He set down the bamboo scroll in his hand and smiled bitterly. Countl
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The Best Lyricist 最佳词作
[Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together.
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The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐
Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her!
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Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷
[The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he
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The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界
[Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde
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I Turned Down the Night Watch, and My Thunder Fruit Stunned the Campus Beauty 拒绝守夜人，响雷果实震惊校花
[Transmigration + God-Slaying + System + Invincibility + Comedy + Horror] Mysterious forces rise, and terror descends upon the world. Liang Xiao transmigrates to a parallel world overrun by the supernatural, where he awakens the Myriad Worlds Fishing System. From the start, he fishes up a Rumble-Rumble Fruit, drawing thunder from across the myriad worlds to surround him. The Thunder God of all realms has descended... “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have fished up [The End of All Things: My
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Global Trials: Awakened with Twin Powers from the Start 全球试炼:开局觉醒双生异能
Synopsis: [Global Trials + Superpowers + System + Passionate Action + One Heroine + Sweet Romance] The protagonist, Ling Chen, transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Legion System. In this world, everyone can awaken their abilities at age eighteen by using an Awakening Stele, then enter a Trial Ground. Ling Chen awakens twin superpowers, crushes the geniuses of his generation, and gathers a large following. “What do you mean by striving for excellence and valuing quality over quanti
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I Have an Invincible Copy System 我有无敌复制系统
After his soul transmigrated to the Firmament Continent, Qin Yang obtained the Invincible Copy System. World-Destroying God Emperor: “No one without an Immortal Bone can withstand this palm strike of mine.” Ding! Copied the opponent's Heaven-Slaying Divine Palm. Proficiency automatically increased to the pinnacle! “What a coincidence. I can do that too!” Qin Yang chuckled and struck with his palm. The World-Destroying God Emperor burst into a cloud of blood mist. Peerless Pill Sovereign: “This r
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Special Ops Glory: The Strongest Talent System 特种荣耀：最强天赋系统
He transmigrates into the world of Glory of Special Forces and gains a System. Every time he levels up, he can choose one of four talents, and each choice makes him stronger. S-rank marksmanship, S-rank combat, S-rank strength... Yan Poyue wants to prove his strength to his father, so he chooses to become a soldier. Chen Feng, meanwhile, wants to prove his prowess to his sister-in-law, Ai Qianxue. Yan Poyue: “Since there was a Zhou Yu, why did there have to be a Zhuge Liang?” Li Xiang: “That kid
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Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子
"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
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Martial Arts Simulator: I Married the Empress from the Start 武道模拟：我开局迎娶女帝
[New book out! Please support “You Told Me to Tame Beasts, So Why Did You Raise a Cthulhu?” A beast-taming comedy] [Simulator + comedy + empress + transmigration] Also known as: [I Have a Simulator, and I'll Win the Empress Over in Three Months] [The Simulator Has Ruined My Pure Self] [I Just Transmigrated, and Found Out My Wife Has Become an Empress] Lu Chuan transmigrates to another world, only to discover that his wife has become the Xuantian Empress. Worse still, she is about to marry anothe
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Journey to the West: From the Start, I Broke the Rules and Made the Three Realms Weep 西游：开局反套路气哭三界
[Lighthearted] [Hilarious] [Ridiculous] [Subversive] Sun Hao transmigrates into the Journey to the West as the yet-to-be-born Lingming Stone Monkey and gains a Negative Emotions System. He manually adjusts his birth time, arriving 300 years late and driving the Tathagata mad. From then on, Sun Hao refuses to play by the rules. He doesn't go to seek a master... He doesn't wreak havoc in Heaven... Sun Hao: I didn't have a choice before. Now, I don't want to be human anymore. Tathagata: The Tathaga
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My Armor Is Anything but Ordinary 我的战甲非常规
When life in the Origin Universe came to an end, the mighty Orokin Empire endured countless hardships to escape into another universe. With the crisis behind them, the empire began to fracture. Civil war broke out, and the empire's heroes were hunted down... Qin Yue, an ordinary citizen of a primitive civilization, is swept by a twist of fate into this world that was never meant for him, and caught up in its conflict. Should he go home or roam the sea of stars? He hasn't decided yet, but he know
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