Advanced Recs for Readers in a Slump (Beginners Keep Out) 高级书荒区(新手误入)

1. 2551 告 I Grow Stronger Only When My Confessions Fail 告白失败才能变强 The Best Thing in the World Is Anime二次元最棒了Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [System + wacky comedy + slice-of-life youth + overactive imagination + light novel + anime] Su Cheng transmigrates into another world. Just when he finally manages to get into a prestigious academy, he discovers that he has a System, and that the way to earn rewards is utterly ridiculous. So, for the sake of the rewards, he has no choice but to get ridiculous himself. Su Cheng: “It’s just a System mission, that’s all.” But what puzzles Su Cheng later is that he already thought he was ridicul 25.4kReads9.0Score2kShelves
2. 2552 终 At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted “Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die. 13.8kReads8.2Score901Shelves
3. 2553 满 A Max-Level Metaphysics Expert's Daily Fortune-Telling Livestream 满级玄学大佬的直播算命日常 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + livestreaming + metaphysics expert + feng shui secrets + ghost hunting + immortal cultivation] After failing to ascend, the head of the Divination Sect transmigrates into the body of a small owner of a paper effigy shop. To cultivate the Great Dao anew and ascend once more, this top-tier metaphysics expert begins livestreaming his daily fortune-telling sessions. Reading faces, telling fortunes, locating dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, reading feng shui: this half-immo 29.5kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
4. 2554 一 Safe Travels 一路平安 Xiao Qi Jiao骁骑校Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Good people stay safe. Even a life that missed the college entrance exam can be legendary! 1.9kReads9.3Score313Shelves
5. 2555 告 After My Confession Was Rejected, I Died Right in Front of the Campus Beauty 告白失败，我反手死在校花面前 Luo Jia Xiaomo落家小沫Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [The main story is complete, so dive in without worry] [Yandere Protagonist] + [Plot-Driven] + [Mastermind] + [One Female Lead] + [No Marriage] + [One-on-One Pure Romance] Chi Xiaocheng could hardly believe that she had transmigrated into a melodramatic romance novel aimed at female readers. Worse, she had become a cannon-fodder villainess! Faced with a death ending from the start, Chi Xiaocheng decisively transformed into a yandere little girl and confessed to the female lead. “Taotao, you’re t 112.7kReads9.7Score11kShelves

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   I really like these books.

6. 2556 太 Immortal Official of Taixia 太夏仙吏 Dragons and Snakes Beneath the Brush笔下龙蛇Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Wei Ping'an wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated from being a young man with nothing to his name in the modern era into a low-ranking constable in the Six Fan Gate of Great Xia. In this world, spirits run rampant and demons wreak havoc. Humans are as insignificant as ants, while immortals and ghosts walk among them. In the halls of government, sages cultivate a righteous spirit, traversing vast mountains and rivers and suppressing the fortunes of the realm's four corners! Across th 25.7kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
7. 2557 江 Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠 Can't Catch不能扑Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back. 818Reads8.6Score155Shelves
8. 2558 修 My Cultivation Progress Carries Over from a Cultivation Mobile Game? I'll Spend Ten Billion! 修仙手游反馈修为？我氪金十亿！ Black and Red Petals黑红花片Sports1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as I Am a Legend. Lin Yu was killed in a battle against a demon boss, only to be reborn ten years in the past. At that point, the mobile game Misty Immortal Path had yet to start granting players the cultivation they earned in the game! What a lucky break! Lin Yu immediately sold off all his possessions and spent a billion yuan in the game! Lin Yu took first place on every leaderboard. When the game shut down its payment channel and began granting players their cultivation, everyone w 27kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
9. 2559 乡 The Countryside Miracle Doctor: The City's Only Cultivator 乡村神医。都市唯一修真者 Wind Spirit Kitten风灵小猫Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Multiple Heroines] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Journeys Across Multiple Worlds] "This time, I'm not asking for a son. I'm asking for you!" His stunningly beautiful boss showed up at his door with all her assets in tow. After Chen Yang brought his drunk boss home, he never expected her to keep him by her side. A few days later, her ex-husband tried to kill him, and he fell off a cliff. He miraculously survived and obtained an ancient legacy of medicine and martial arts in a cave. The Qinglan jade p 50.6kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves

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   Looks great! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

10. 2560 重 Reborn, I Turn Myself In with the Stolen Goods 重生后带着赃物去自首 Fallen Butterfly, Fragrance Gone落蝶别香Mystery522k WordsCompleted No System No female lead No supernatural powers No cultivation No spiritual qi revival No transformation What will Lu Feng, reborn as a Labrador with human-level intelligence, do to return to the investigative work he once loved? 3.2kReads9.2Score323Shelves
11. 2561 手 Building the Tang Dynasty by Hand: From Rainbows to the Academy of Sciences 手搓大唐：从彩虹到科学院 Bright Moon over the Sea of Zithers琴海明月Historical1.3M WordsOngoing A brilliant rainbow broke the summer calm at the Imperial Academy. It also changed the destinies of two young people. Wei Shulin, fourth son of Wei Zheng, set out to demonstrate the wonders of science, only to end up married to a princess through a twist of fate. Though their unexpected marriage was romantic, it also brought him the misfortune of being cast out by his family. But for Wei Shulin, this was only the beginning of his journey through the Tang Dynasty. He would use modern science and 52.8kReads7.7Score4.1kShelves

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    Not bad. Sigh! I'm also experiencing a reading slump.

12. 2562 娱 Showbiz: I Played a Villain and Became Hated, Then My Charity Work Was Exposed! 娱乐：演反派遭人恨，慈善曝光！ Tang Dynasty Genius大唐天才Urban559k WordsCompleted He is An Jiahe, who gave viewers childhood nightmares in Don’t Talk to Strangers. He is Su Mingcheng, the “scumbag” from All Is Well. He is Zhang Dongsheng, the man who went hiking in The Bad Kids… Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, becomes an actor, and activates the [Movie Emperor Training System]. But the System has one requirement: all the money he earns from acting must go to charity, which he can exchange for acting skill points… With no connections and no backing, Lin Feng can on 14.2kReads8.8Score918Shelves
13. 2563 给 Bringing Perks to the Family: Immortal Pills for 9.9, with Free Shipping 给家人们谋福利，仙丹九块九包邮 A Gap in the Wings羽翼之隙Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing A third-rate livestream shopping host woke up to find he had transmigrated to a cultivation continent. His phone had come along with him, and he obtained a cross-world livestream shopping System. He sold useless pills and junk from the cultivation world on Earth, a planet with no spiritual energy at all. A Disease-Curing Pill that treats every illness, bringing benefits to all our dear customers. Just 9.9 yuan, with free shipping. A divine medicine has appeared, and the world is in an uproar. A 1.2kReads8.4Score139Shelves
14. 2564 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 20.8kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves

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    There are three days of school starting; I wonder if I can break the 3000-hour mark.

15. 2565 这 This Is Survival, So Why Are You Taking It Easy? 这是求生，你搁这养生呢？ An Zhi Jiao安之骄Urban699k WordsCompleted [Regular updates] At least 4,000 characters daily. More if readers keep asking! [Well-paced plot] Some may find it wordy or slow to warm up. Readers who love instant-success stories can move along. He woke up to find the apocalypse upon him. From then on, civilization on the mainland gave way to island civilization. From the start, all he had was a tiny island, and every supply had to be caught! Prehistoric beasts, sea monsters, indigenous tribes... Crisis followed crisis, forcing humanity into 5kReads8.7Score278Shelves
16. 2566 我 All My Personalities Transformed into Professions 我的人格全部转化为职业 Cliche陈词滥调Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + one female lead] The app “Dreamscape,” connected to countless worlds, appears on everyone’s phones without warning. Anyone who awakens a “Class” can use Dreamscape to enter dungeons in other worlds. Mu Yu, who has dissociative identity disorder, transmigrates into this world and awakens the “Player” Class. All of his personalities are transformed into different Classes. “Soul Peddler,” “Mastermind,” “Mist Assassin,” “Fearless Vanguard,” “Genius Clown,” “Winner”... It all leads t 4.9kReads9.2Score747Shelves

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    They are all good books of different styles, and I have read them all. I can guarantee their quality.

17. 2567 西 Western Fantasy: With the Twelve Talismans in Hand, I Enjoy Life 西幻：手握十二符咒，我享受生活 Rong Dou of Mount Nanlin南麟山的荣斗Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing Welcome the avenger from the Magic Academy, the creator of Bloodskull Mountain, guardian of maritime trade, fearless monster knight, supernova of the tournament, dragonslayer, foul-mouthed knight, Prince of Plenty of the Kingdom of Hals, Prince Torres of the Isackson Empire, Marquis Reis of the Duchy of Kruger, conqueror of the Western Lands, Lord of the Southern Mountains, Baron of Roman Island, Count of the Bountiful Lands, friend of the stars, Golden Khan of the Centaur Plains, the one feared 50.8kReads7.0Score4.7kShelves
18. 2568 再 Move Again and I'll Kiss You 再动就亲你 Extra-Large Soup Dumpling超大小笼包Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available, published under the title He's So Sweet] A new neighbor moves in upstairs, and she's a transfer student in the same year as him. What a coincidence: this devastatingly handsome guy ends up sitting next to her. He's gorgeous, but dangerous. One little touch and she might not make it out alive. “Big bro, don't move. I'll stay away from you. Please don't hit me!” To her surprise, her usually cold desk mate frowns, looks at her, grabs her retreating hand, and holds it i 21kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
19. 2569 重 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生：回到八零当富翁 Frenzied Banana发飙的芭蕉Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 18.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
20. 2570 我 I Really Didn't Rely on My Disciple 我真没靠徒弟 Silent Sigh叹气无声Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Raising disciples + lighthearted comedy + hot-blooded action. The protagonist isn’t instantly invincible. Some angst, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] “What? The number one sword immortal of Da’an and the Medicine Emperor of the Southern Domain are disciples of a mere Body Tempering martial artist?” “Give me a break. Do you really think someone who could teach a sword immortal and a Medicine Emperor is only at the Body Tempering realm?” “Exactly! Do you know how the Rift-Splitting Gorge 35.3kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
21. 2571 离 Unbelievable! Vengeful Ghosts Have Arrived, So Where Did You Get a Billion Hell Coins? 离谱！猛鬼降临，你哪来十亿冥币 Wowo Feifei蜗蜗飞飞Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted (Supernatural horror + unconventional hoarding + the apocalypse arrives + underworld tycoon) The supernatural descends upon the world. How could you lose after burning ten trillion in ghost money? Burn a thousand yuan in ghost money, and you can get a foot massage at a haunted bathhouse. Burn ten thousand, and you can book out a haunted bar. Burn a hundred thousand, and you can buy a luxury car at a haunted train station. … Haunted car salesman: “Boss, the ten Netherworld sports cars custom-mad 13.7kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
22. 2572 星 Conquest of the Star Sea: Am I the Only One Choosing to Ascend Through Natural Disasters? 星海争霸，只有我选择天灾飞升？ Red Ram红羊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse877k WordsCompleted [This book is the sequel to "Cultivating Immortality Is Hard? I Can Just Rewind Infinitely"!] [StarCraft + Warhammer + Fourth Calamity + Scheming and Hilarious + Rivers of Blood + No Female Lead] When human civilization broke free of gravity and reached the sea of stars, a brutal yet dazzling game of war began. Every powerful lord was a precious beacon of hope for all of human civilization, bringing blessings that would lead it forward. Just as civilization was flourishing in every direction, te 8.7kReads9.2Score696Shelves
23. 2573 异 A Survival Guide to Another World: Bringing Baidu Along to Pioneering the Wilderness 异世界求生指南，带着度娘来开荒 Zi Yu子羽Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing Travel vlogger Qin Mo never imagined that right after livestreaming himself shouting “666, bro!” at a tornado, he’d be swept into a golden beach in a magical forest in another world! Even more ridiculously, his Chinese-made phone, after getting soaked in seawater, mutated into an otherworldly navigation device. It could scan out chocolate-flavored poop, mark every visible plant and animal, and even put a [Romanceable] tag on a tsundere little mermaid! “Qin Mo, Qin Mo, today’s takoyaki tastes pre 820Reads6.5Score104Shelves
24. 2574 谍 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 Noodles with Gravy, but No Gravy打卤面没有打卤Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.3kReads8.7Score1kShelves
25. 2575 尤 The Temptress 尤物 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted 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 4kReads9.5Score860Shelves
26. 2576 灵EN Spirit Ruins, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [Watch the short drama The Hidden Ruins of Mountains and Seas: The Eyeless One Sees the Heavens on Red Fruit!] [No System] [Swordsmanship prodigy] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has suffered a bitter fate. The sect says: “We’ll protect you.” His brothers say: “We’ll stay by your side.” The sword spirit says: “I... will wait for you.” Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his sight returns. Looking back on the road he has trave 434.4kReads9.2Score45.2kShelves

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    I've only read novels that aren't boring. This list of 20 recommendations represents the software's limit, not my limit. These are all books I've finished reading, except for those that haven't been updated yet. I suggest you take a look at them. Although I haven't spent many hours on Tomato Reading, I think it's just a software limitation, not my personal limitation.

27. 2577 憨 My Lovably Ditsy Deskmate: I Flirted Until She Became My Girlfriend 憨憨同桌傻白甜，把她撩成小女友 Pure Little Ming纯洁滴小明Urban515k WordsCompleted [Romance + sweet couple moments + reborn + campus beauty + comedy + one heroine + wholesome content] Xiao Ming is reborn and meets his girlfriend, who died of an illness in his previous life. At this point, she’s still a sweet, innocent airhead. Xiao Ming decides he’ll do everything he can to make it up to her in this life. One day, Xiao Ming asks her a question. “Yi Tian, how do you pronounce this word?” Su Yitian: “Let me see. I think it’s... ‘I love you~’” Xiao Ming: “???” The blurb doesn’t d 3.1kReads9.4Score393Shelves
28. 2578 可 Criminally Good! This Underworld Doctor Is Way Too Brutal and Low-Key! 可刑！这位冥医过分凶狠且低调！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Urban298k WordsCompleted [Global Superpowers + Spiritual Qi Revival + No System + Two-Faced Protagonist + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Intelligent Cast + Decisive and Ruthless + Comedy] Lin Chujiu transmigrates to a continent of superpowered beings, becoming the only doctor who treats ghostly entities there. By day, he appears reserved and harmless, just an ordinary clerk at the Bureau of the Strange. But at night, he puts on a bird-shaped mask, transforms into the Phantom Doctor Blackfeather, and becomes the e 843Reads9.0Score103Shelves
29. 2579 开 I Became a Ghostface Mask from the Start and Stuck to the Cold School Beauty's Face 开局变成鬼影面具，贴脸清冷校花 Lonely Wildflower孤独的野花Urban613k WordsOngoing Villain + no System + dark themes + feel-good power fantasy + self-interest + mastermind behind the scenes + invincible. Goody-goodies, stay away! Su Chen transmigrated. But he didn’t become a person. He turned into a Shadow Mask… From the start, he commanded the Shadow Kingdom and countless members of its nine Shadow Ninja Clans! Just as Su Chen was trying to figure out how to reach other worlds, a summoning array appeared beneath his feet. My name is Ling Qingxue. This is an urban wor 700Reads8.0Score103Shelves
30. 2580 龙 Dragon Raja: The Boy Who Wields Sword and Blade 龙族：手握刀剑的少年 Why Not?何乐而不为Male-Channel Fanfiction403k WordsCompleted [Dragon Raja fanfiction] [Also known as: The Unlucky Kid's Second Run] [The story picks up after Lu Mingfei meets Lu Mingze in Dragon Raja V] [Lu-Mingfei/Lu-Mingze] [Chu Xia] [Both are virgins] I once had four people I loved dearly... I once mourned at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze, wandered through the Beijing subway, felt helpless in a Tokyo well, and struggled in Odin's domain... I was once just one step away from happiness, yet missed it because I hesitated... Before I had even gained anyt 17.2kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
31. 2581 全 Global Livestream: I Cleared the Backrooms and Got a Card Pack 全球直播：我通关后室抽卡包 Pai Daxin the Jellyfish Catcher抓水母的派大鑫Mystery932k WordsCompleted From the start, I fell into the global restricted zone known as “the Backrooms.” Everyone livestreams their fight to survive, but I got bound to a card-draw System! [Ding! Backrooms Clearance Reward System bound!] While the other unlucky contestants were being chased by entities and crying for their lives, I quietly calculated my cards’ cooldown times. While viewers around the world fretted over my safety, I was figuring out how to clear the level without taking a scratch and earn the highest po 1.1kReads6.5Score194Shelves

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    These are all pretty much all good. The author of the seventh book is particularly good at writing romance. The first book has a larger world-building. The sixth book is purely about the War of Resistance against Japan, and the author put a lot of effort into portraying the awakening of consciousness; the plot is good, and I even cried while reading it. The third book is all about intellectual battles, a bunch of people playing mind games. As for the remaining books, I quite enjoyed them if I liked them.

32. 2582 不 You Flirt with Me but Won’t Marry Me? Run Again and I’ll Lock You Up 不娶还敢撩？再跑就把你关起来 Heavenly Music Knocks at the Door天音叩门Urban464k WordsCompleted [Sweet everyday romance + healing + possessive, obsessive yandere heroine’s growth + controlling and possessive + mutually exclusive 1v1 romance + basement] "Innocent male lead * flirtatious, calculating female lead" Jiang Yi transmigrates into the novel he wrote, becoming the villain who knocks the heroine off a cliff, secretly takes her home to avoid being held responsible, and lies that he was the one who saved her life. After the original owner discovers that the heroine has lost her memory, 51.9kReads8.0Score7.7kShelves
33. 2583 重 Reborn in 1976: The Industrial Internet Empire 重生76：工业互联网帝国 Flowing Spring Washes the Inkstone流泉洗砚Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Ren Jie, a professor in the metallurgy department of a university in Yanjing, never married after his girlfriend was assaulted by thugs and jumped off a cliff to her death while he was sent to the countryside for reeducation. By a twist of fate, Ren Jie is reborn in the countryside where he was once sent to work. Amid the intertwined love and hatred of two lifetimes, he pursues revenge and roams the land as a fugitive. See how he survives in the cracks of his era and, after enduring countless tr 400Reads8.3Score100Shelves
34. 2584 星EN Star Martial Pinnacle 星武绝巅 Catfish Book猫鱼书Urban854k WordsOngoing [Stellar-Era Martial Arts] [No Female Lead, No Romance, Just the Thrill of Battle!] [Talent Copying] [The Author Has Already Completed a High-Martial-Arts Novel Nearly Two Million Words Long, So Read with Confidence] In the interstellar era, humanity has spread across the cosmos. Interstellar colonization, spaceships, alien races, and eldritch gods from beyond the boundaries of the universe... They arrive one after another. Chen Yu comes bearing a golden finger that lets him copy talents. All he 292.3kReads9.1Score32.5kShelves

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    I'm currently following this series (the last book is from one of the author's older works).

35. 2585 问 Three Sins Against Heaven 问天三罪 4035Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Demonic cultivator] + [Decisive and ruthless] The gods choose the gifted. The demons choose those who never give up. My name is Chen Ze, and I was chosen by a demon. Of course, you can call me Gui Qing. Speak my name on the road to reincarnation, and Granny Meng will give you free soup. That day, I questioned the heavens three times. The gods and Buddhas across the realms said nothing, and I knew there was no place for me in this world anymore. In that case, I have no choice but t 32.8kReads9.2Score4kShelves
36. 2586 洪 Honghuang: From the Start, I Choose Nothing but Defense, and Hongjun Is Stunned 洪荒：开局全选防御，鸿钧震麻了 Deep-Sea Diver深海下潜Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted Lin Xuan transmigrates and becomes a little black tortoise in the East Sea. Playing it safe is no good! Charging in recklessly is even worse! When Hongjun merges with the Dao, he sees through the primordial world. All things and even the Sages are his pieces on the board. So Lin Xuan simply puts every skill point into defense. No matter how many schemes you devise, I’ll crush them with my shell! Tongtian: You probably won’t believe me, but I meant to kill this black tortoise, and then… the Immor 12.2kReads9.0Score938Shelves

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    Invincible, with an IQ of 100%

37. 2587 我 I, the Ninefold Mystic Empress, Was Tricked Into Marriage and Having a Child? 我，九玄女帝，被人骗婚生子？ Words by Lamplight青灯语Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Master schemer] [Both reborn] [Satisfying romance, with thrilling twists and turns between the man and woman!] [Obsessive love and a chaotic rivalry] [Not a pure one-on-one romance] Also known as: “Before the Female Emperor Recognizes Me, I’ll Convince Her to Have a Baby” and “Max-Level Incubus Helps the Despicable Emperor Grow Stronger Online” In her previous life, she rose to the top and became a female emperor who looked down upon all the heavens. In his previous life, he was despicable to t 8.9kReads9.0Score1kShelves
38. 2588 道 Emotional Blackmail? Please, I Don't Even Have a Conscience 道德绑架？笑死，我根本没有好吗 Bao Yi Si A报一丝啊Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Short drama, comic drama, and audiobook adaptations are all available, with up to 800,000 readers] [Fighting moral blackmail + outlaw + no self-sacrificing saint + scheming + immensely satisfying] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Bei faces moral blackmail on a high-speed train from the start. Pregnant woman: “I’m pregnant! You have to give me your seat!” Lin Bei: “If you have a problem, take it up with whoever caused it. The baby you’re carrying isn’t mine, so why should I give up 63.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves
39. 2589 大 Great Tang: I Transmigrated to the Zhenguan Era and Became the Unbeatable Commander! 大唐：我，穿越贞观，成不良帅！ Writing and Painting the Jianghu执笔亦画江湖Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Derivative Work + No System + Fan Creation + Alternate History + Author’s Imagination + Speculation + Wuxia] Li Yunxiao transmigrates to the first year of the Zhenguan era, where he happens upon Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang as they return after arranging for Li Yuanji’s severed head to be laid to rest. Unable to see through Li Yunxiao, the two men become sworn brothers with him. Along the way, Li Yunxiao uses skills from more than a thousand years in the future to earn people’s admiration. Whi 22kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
40. 2590 重 Heavy Industry Rises: 1980 重工崛起1980 Ride into Battle策马Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Wang Chaoyang was a senior engineer at the Aviation Administration. During a spacewalk, he was struck by cosmic rays and transmigrated to the passionate, high-spirited 1980s. Drawing on his knowledge of machinery, materials, and energy, he built an industrial empire of his own. 417Reads8.0Score104Shelves
41. 2591 完 Perfect Revenge: Please Follow My Script and Die 完美复仇：请按我的剧本赴死 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.5M WordsCompleted What you see is coincidence. What I write down is inevitable. They think they won because they believe they’re clever, not knowing it was a plot I had written long ago. Every betrayal, every moment of triumph, was a script I handed them. Fang Wen has returned from the shadows for one reason: to invite his enemies onto the stage, one by one, and watch them laugh, watch them gloat, then watch them step toward the ending he has arranged. You think you’re in control? No, you’re just an actor. And th 16.4kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
42. 2592 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves

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43. 2593 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy871k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 756kReads9.0Score137.5kShelves
44. 2594 爆 Going Viral Starts with Calling the Cops 爆红从报警开始 Yu Siyuan余四元Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Microdrama style, silly and lighthearted. The protagonist has no romantic pairings, male or female. Actor Mo Fei gets a Role System. From a holy monk, he gains an ability to attract criminals; from a serial killer, he learns human anatomy; from a detective, he learns to talk to cats; from a master thief, he learns sleight of hand... To everyone else, all of this seems downright bizarre. Would a normal actor radiate murderous intent? Would a normal actor know the human body so well? Would a norma 60.5kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
45. 2595 变 I Reincarnated as a Sea Squirt Larva and Ate a Brain From the Start 变成海鞘幼虫开局先吃个脑子 Chen Wunian陈无念Eastern Fantasy916k WordsCompleted [Dark Evolution: I Am the Infinite Universe] [Dark fiction, System evolution, no female lead, no saintly hero, sci-fi, advanced technology] He was cold by nature. After obtaining the System, his humanity gradually faded with the passage of time, leaving him bloodless and merciless. He began by devouring marine life and evolving. He transformed into all kinds of creatures, then into celestial bodies, but that was not the end. He continued to evolve, endlessly and without limit. He would stop at n 1.6kReads8.9Score160Shelves
46. 2596 第 My Ten-Thousandth Rebirth 第一万次重生 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After spending the last three months of his life battling a terminal illness, Chen Luo discovered that he had been reborn on the day his cancer was confirmed. Overjoyed, Chen Luo soon found that three months later, he still died of cancer. But what he never expected was that he’d be reborn again on New Year’s Day in 2019, the day he was diagnosed with cancer. By now, Chen Luo had been reborn ten thousand times. Over the more than two thousand years of this endless loop, Chen Luo had learned ever 21.6kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
47. 2597 高 High Martial: With an Invincible Background, How Am I the Villain? 高武：背景无敌的我，居然是反派 Time to Eat吃饭饭Urban982k WordsOngoing [High martial arts + System + villain + hot-blooded + sign-in + summoning + face-slapping + power fantasy] Lin Fan transmigrated to a high-martial-arts world and obtained an invincible cheat System that randomly awarded prizes through sign-ins. His first sign-in gave him the Sun God. The Martial Saint Guan Yu as his bodyguard, the bloodline of a divine dragon, god-tier cultivation techniques... Lin Fan also discovered that his family members were all bi 6.5kReads8.1Score414Shelves
48. 2598 医 Medical Empire: Starting with a Clinic 医疗帝国：从诊所开始 Cai Jin蔡晋Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Doctor protagonist + urban life + farming + System + one heroine + technical focus] Xu Heng’s life once seemed to have a clear and predictable end. After graduating from medical school, he was set to run a small clinic in his hometown. But he was destined for more: by chance, he acquired the “Medical Overlord System.” With the System’s buffs, Xu Heng’s career took off from then on. What if his medical knowledge isn’t good enough? No problem. Ten days pass in the outside world while only an hour 3.1kReads8.7Score174Shelves
49. 2599 诡 In a Strange World, My Powers Can Level Up Without Limit! 诡异世界，我的神通无限升级！ Sour Candy酸宝Mystery411k WordsOngoing A strange world beneath a pale sun. Chen Qing, a mercenary, dies on the battlefield and is reborn with the [Record of the Strange]. Kill the strange beings, and he can absorb their combat power and extract their supernatural abilities. Starting out as the frail young master of the Chen family in Shuihuan Town, he slaughters and devours strange beings, growing stronger and evolving without end. The more he kills, the stronger he becomes. The faster he kills, the more rapidly he breaks through. Co 69.8kReads8.4Score6.6kShelves
50. 2600 让 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！ The Angler Who Catches Big Fish钓鱼佬钓大鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 171.3kReads9.1Score23.8kShelves

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