Seasoned Readers, Come On In and Swap Book Recommendations 老书虫进，换书

1. 1 垂 On the Brink of Death, the System Tells Me to Grow My Family 垂死病中，系统让我开枝散叶 What a Cold Winter多冷的隆冬Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Comedy + Multiple Heroines] If the food's no good, don't read this. We're worried you won't get enough nutrition. Li Changsheng transmigrates to another world and awakens the More Children, More Blessings System on his deathbed. To grow stronger, he has to marry and have children. Li Changsheng is delighted. “In that case, I won't hold back.” Years later, the entire continent is full of his own people. Then Li Changsheng suddenly discovers that the Heavenly Dao is a beautiful young 11kReads7.9Score834Shelves

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   These three books are absolutely fantastic, you'll definitely love them! I highly recommend the first one. The protagonist transmigrates at the start and awakens a "Many Children, Many Blessings" system! As long as he can marry and have children, he can become stronger! So, to become stronger, he has no choice but to obey the system! Want to know how he obeys the system? Then don't hesitate, go read this book now!

2. 2 爱 A Lovebird in Captivity, a Prison of Desire 爱之囚鸟，欲之樊笼 Zhuangzi's Carefree Wanderings庄生逍遥Urban448k WordsCompleted [The rating will go up] [A realistic story] [If you still believe in love] Xu Lin suddenly remembers that today is the anniversary of his wife Zhao Siyan's death. A year ago, his wife Zhao Siyan and his mother-in-law Feng Bailu were in a car accident. Zhao Siyan died mysteriously, while Feng Bailu was left paralyzed in bed. 22.5kReads6.6Score1kShelves

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   Both are great. The first book even has multiple voice actors, and the second book is all about fighting if you disagree—a true martial arts world.

3. 3 重 Reborn: The Number One Consortium, Rewards for Every Employee Hired 重生：第一财团，招员工就有奖励 Ten Updates a Day Makes You Thin十更怪瘦Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he chased after the campus belle for years, but she still treated him with indifference. After being reborn, he gets an employee System. To his utter surprise, the first person he hires is a mature, stunning female secretary who turns out to be the campus belle herself... 50.2kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves
4. 4 重 Reborn in 1990: From Having a Baby to Making My Way in the World 重生九零，从生娃开始闯荡江湖 Zhuangzi's Carefree Wanderings庄生逍遥Urban553k WordsCompleted [No goody-two-shoes] [Period] [Underworld] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple heroines + wish fulfillment] Xu Lin is reborn in the 1990s and activates the More Children, More Blessings System. 11.1kReads6.9Score805Shelves
5. 5 乡 The Rustic Little Miracle Doctor 乡野小医神 Lin Zhi Huo林之火Urban10.0M WordsOngoing [Countryside + miracle doctor + getting rich + farming + multiple heroines] Liu Ping'an of Qingshui Village gets beaten up for protecting his neighbor, but the misfortune turns out to be a blessing in disguise. From then on, he grows crops, raises fish, develops hot springs, builds a resort, and promotes tourism, transforming impoverished Qingshui Village into a thriving place. After that, Liu Ping'an enjoys a comfortable life in the countryside... 34.1kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
6. 6 重 Reborn as a People’s Armed Police Officer: I Become a Soldier King by Checking In on Duty 重生武警：我靠执勤打卡成兵王 Daya sky大牙skyUrban1.1M WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Old-School Military] [System] In his previous life, Zhou Heng was thoroughly mediocre. After being reborn at eighteen, he chose to enlist and became a new recruit in the old-school military. On his very first night shift, a prisoner tried to escape! At this critical moment, the Duty System activated! Complete a shift, and he could earn a random skill reward. But he never expected the system's style to get stranger and stranger. Years later, the commander studied Zhou Heng's file in sil 134.7kReads8.7Score13.3kShelves
7. 7 入 Enlisted Four Times! My Original Unit Put Me on Its Blacklist 入伍四次！我被原部队拉进黑名单 Zhaozhao He朝朝和Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Over seven years, Wu Hanfeng enlisted three times and left the service three times. He had somehow turned himself into a permanent fixture in the military! Every time he left, his old comrades wept their hearts out. He alone stayed calm. “Don't panic. I'll be back.” His comrades were at their breaking point: Please, just don't come back to torment us again after you leave this time! His old superior warned him, “If you dare come back again, I'll arrest you as a spy!” But half a year later... Whe 215.1kReads8.9Score17.2kShelves

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   Books I'm still following

8. 8 踏 Treading the Stars 踏星 Drifting with the Wind随散飘风Eastern Fantasy14.4M WordsOngoing A vast universe, countless races! Grand battle techniques, the Ten Judges rise above all! Ancient clans with unique surnames, the Top Hundred Battle Rankings! In my name, I tread upon the stars! One day in the year 2200, when humanity first set foot on Neptune, they found a battle blade and a corpse standing upright!!! The author has already completed an older novel, The Ultimate Throne of Doomsday, at over three million words. It was never once put on hiatus, guaranteed reliable! 2.5kReads9.3Score166Shelves

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   A 19-year veteran bookworm is here! Over 1700 hours on two accounts – only a true bookworm could stick with this. Don't pay attention to the beginnings, other people's bad reviews, or spoilers; these are all good books, especially the first one. Don't worry about the ratings; I've been following it for two years, the kind where you stay up all night – it's really good.

9. 9 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrating into a War-Torn World, I Awakened an Anti-Japanese Martial Arts System 穿越烽火逃兵我觉醒抗日武侠系统 Rocking Slowly in a Wicker Chair藤椅慢摇Urban867k WordsOngoing Li A Shui transmigrates to the Songhu Front in the rain at night. The moment he opens his eyes, he runs into the fleeing soldier Hu Yi. He remembers Hu Yi, remembers Ninth Platoon, and remembers everyone along this road who was supposed to fall. He once read this story. Now he is standing inside it. 42Reads—Score105Shelves

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    Highly readable and engaging anti-Japanese war novels

11. 11 烽 Beacon-Fire Deserter: The Road Home 烽火逃兵：归途 Half a Gourd半颗葫芦Historical354k WordsOngoing A tribute to Xiao Zhixianxian, a fan-written continuation of The Deserter in the Flames of War. Picking up where the original stopped updating, at Chapter 687. Hu Yi, Xiao Hongying, Mule, Ma Liang, Gao Yidao, Li Youcai... not a single one left out. No System, no transmigration, no cheat abilities. The same old feel, the same familiar faces. After waiting nine years, it’s time for them to come home. 4.4kReads7.3Score425Shelves
12. 12 典 Treasures of China: From the Start, I Talk with the Ten Greatest Emperors 典藏华夏：开局对话十大皇帝 The Flames of War Rekindle烽火重燃Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Yi transmigrates and becomes the most promising host at the national television network. From the start, he's hosting "Treasures of China" and plans to find actors to portray the great figures of history. Luckily, the System arrives, granting Jiang Yi the power to cross between past and present and speak with historical figures! Li Shimin asks, “If I sign the Treaty of the Wei River with the Turks, will it keep my empire and people safe?” Jiang Yi replies, “Your empire will survive, but yo 30.3kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves
13. 13 天 The Journey of Tianhen 天痕行 Tong Xing统行Eastern Fantasy172k WordsOngoing [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Exploration and Travel] [Heavenly Marks and Wonders] [Ensemble Cast and Friendship] [No System] [Coming of Age] [The World Unfolds Gradually] On the Tianhen Continent, humans and demons coexist, and the ancient world has left countless traces behind. Some traces endure through the ages, bearing powers and mysteries all their own. They are known as Heavenly Marks. Some spend their entire lives in pursuit of them, while others fight over them without end. But no matter how 12Reads—Score122Shelves

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    If you're tired of bitterness and hatred, mindless killing, and system cheats, you should give this a try. It's an absolute gem of a slow-burning fantasy novel, like drinking a pot of fine tea, worth savoring slowly!

14. 14 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 179.3kReads9.7Score21.4kShelves
15. 15 穿 Transported into Beacon Fire Escape, My Phone Has Unlimited Data 穿进烽火逃兵，我的手机有流量 Cat Bridge Soil猫儿桥土Urban2.4M WordsOngoing In the world of Beacon Fire Escapees, Zhao Baosheng is transported to Desheng Harbor, right on the front line between the Nationalist Army and the Japanese. How the hell is he supposed to survive? Wait, my phone’s buzzing. Let me check... The Independent Regiment that appears later in this book isn’t Li Yunlong’s from Drawing Sword. Have you read Beacon Fire Escapees? It’s the one from that novel. 12.4kReads8.8Score889Shelves
16. 16 抗 War of Resistance: A Jungle of Flesh and Blood 抗战之血肉丛林 Lump疙瘩Urban8.1M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance + Home and Country + Blood and Iron] The island invaders ravaged our land, bringing misery to western Yunnan. Who among us lacks courage? How could we abandon the frontier? Our valiant soldiers feared neither danger nor hardship, charging into battle ten times and prevailing every time, ready to die as gladly as they would drink. Their remains lie here, their names engraved on a monument. Their awe-inspiring righteousness will shine for generations to come. 3.2kReads9.1Score281Shelves
17. 17 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 230.3kReads9.5Score28.7kShelves
18. 18 毒 Oath of Death, 1941 毒誓一九四一 A Snow Fills the BowA大雪满弓刀Urban1.2M WordsCompleted This is a tale of ordinary people in the War of Resistance, of people from every stratum of society waging a grueling struggle against the invaders. In the frozen mountains of the Northeast, and across the northeastern lands beneath the invaders' iron hooves, there was a group of people who climbed over ice and slept in snow, going hungry and cold, all to drive the vicious bandits out of their homeland. They gave up their own lives, the lives of their families, and the lives of the next generati 17.6kReads9.4Score2kShelves
19. 19 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 187.4kReads9.5Score20.5kShelves
20. 20 浴 A Nameless Monument at the Nation's Gate, Bathed in Blood 浴血国门之无名碑 Flowers Are Graceful花是容Urban1.2M WordsCompleted (No System + full-scale Korean War coverage + fighting on every front) "If we don't fight this war, the next generation will have to!" A century of humiliation, with powerful invaders running rampant! To protect their homes and defend their country, a humble fisherman and hunter became a proud Volunteer soldier, setting out on a journey to fight to the death at the nation's borders! The Battle of Wenjing, the raid on Unsan, the surprise attack on Wuling Bridge, the frozen, bloody battle at Lake 11.9kReads9.1Score715Shelves
21. 21 剑 Sword of Coming 剑来 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy11.6M WordsOngoing The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 36.9kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
22. 22 天 Skywalker: A Journey Through Time and Space 天行者：时空逆旅 Pumpkin No. 33号南瓜Eastern Fantasy171k WordsOngoing During an experiment in transmigration, Lu Yang arrived in a strange new world... In a world of immortals, all things rise and fall… Hidden lands, ancient secrets, and formidable enemies emerge one after another. Sword in hand, he ventures into haunted realms, crosses vast seas, and unravels deadly mysteries... Love, heartbreak, and tangled relationships follow in the wake of those he cherishes. Amid trials and tribulations, he seeks the ultimate mysteries of space and time. Was his transmi 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend it! 🍉🍉🍉

23. 23 百 A Century-Old Mystery, a Millennium-Old Secret, and a Fated Legend 百年之疑，千年之秘，传说的宿命 Cigarette Butts Everywhere遍地烟头Mystery4.3M WordsOngoing [No System] [Hardcore Exploration] [Mind-Bending Puzzles] [Tightly Woven Logic] Everyone in this book is smart, every mystery gets an answer, and every strange phenomenon has a scientific explanation. If you're tired of mindless power fantasies, welcome to the world of hardcore exploration! To uncover the truth lost among the lines of longitude and latitude, I led my team across forbidden zones around the globe, setting foot in taboo places untouched by sunlight. From Solomon's Temple, silent f 323Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I've been reading this book for over 4,000 hours, so I guess I'm a seasoned bookworm. These are some of my favorites, in no particular order, some old and some new. Feel free to browse!

24. 24 元 Origin Master 元尊 Author126b03作者126b03Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted Heaven and earth are the furnace, all things are copper, yin and yang are the coals, and creation is the smith. In the struggle for fortune, serpents and sparrows devour dragons. Will the serpent and sparrow reign supreme, or will the holy dragon rise and tower above all living beings? This is a world where qi rules the universe, vast and magnificent. With a breath of qi, one can move mountains, overturn seas, turn the heavens upside down, and command yin and yang and the cosmos. The world’s sou 5.4kReads9.2Score496Shelves
25. 25 仙 Immortal Tomb 仙墓 July Snow Immortal七月雪仙人Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted One hundred thousand years ago, the immortals waged a great war. Countless immortals perished, the path to immortality was severed, and immortal tombs sprang up across the Immortal Realm. One hundred thousand years later, a tomb raider arrives in the Immortal Realm, carrying the Heavenly Book of Life and Death. “That’s not how you rob a tomb!” Lu Yun watches the immortals floundering in an ancient immortal tomb and smiles. “Want to learn? I’ll teach you.” 10.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
26. 26 捡 The Art of the Steal 捡漏 The Real Gold Yuanbao金元宝本尊Urban11.9M WordsCompleted One glance spans a hundred years, and I am reborn in the modern city. A golden age of art, a world of antique collecting. Qin Dynasty steles and Zhou Dynasty ritual vessels, ancient inscriptions and paintings. Bronze and blue-and-white porcelain, jadeite and precious gems. Every rare treasure under heaven is in my hands. Reborn in the modern city, Jin Feng relies on his peerless eye for antiques to rise, step by step, to the top. He will carry forward the nation’s most time-honored culture and p 16.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
27. 27 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 956.6kReads9.6Score123.1kShelves
28. 28 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 515.1kReads9.1Score41.9kShelves
29. 29 盗 The Thieves' Den 盗薮 Greasy Middle-Aged Uncle油腻的中年大叔Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing Thirty-Six Pounds: The Thieves' Sect Reigns Supreme (Paranormal + Tomb Raiding + Jianghu) (Don't read too much into this or try it yourself.) I'm an orphan. After Wu Laoer raised me, he brought me into the Thieves' Sect. From then on, I experienced a very different Jianghu. The King of Lingnan's tomb, the ancient city of the Dangxiang, the Kunlun ruins, and a whole series of adventures showed me the good and evil of the Jianghu. If you have time, let me tell you about them. 30.3kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
30. 30 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 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves

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    The Chinese classic *To Live* by Yu Hua tells the story of an old man's life experiences and vicissitudes. I've read it three times and was deeply moved. I recommend adding it to your bookshelf. When you have time, you can also check out *The Legend Administration* and *Ten Days to End* by the same author—one a mind-bending suspense novel, the other a legendary fantasy—both highly-rated completed works and worth recommending. *The Way of the Thief* and *The Art of Character Divination* are also highly-rated completed urban novels, covering different topics that broaden your horizons and prompt deep thought.

31. 31 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 531.2kReads9.3Score86.4kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves
33. 33 斩 Dragon Slayer 斩龙 The Real Gold Yuanbao金元宝本尊Urban3.6M WordsCompleted At the end of science lies theology, At the end of theology lies geography. Feng shui was never superstition. Geography is! Believe in science! Reject superstition! 7.1kReads8.8Score742Shelves
34. 34 请 Please, Sir, Save Me 请先生救我 A Skiff Glides on the River小河泛轻舟Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted A book of forgetting sorrow, a page of breathtaking tales. Its ink is black and white, its stories full of twists and turns. [Page One: How can one cure lovesickness that cuts to the bone? One cup of water that forgets sorrow, and love is severed between you and me.] [Page Two: Where can one seek the path to immortality? In the White Jade Capital in the heavens, with its twelve towers and five cities. Surely the answer lies in the skies.] [Page Three: Your Majesty, what troubles you? Will you 257.5kReads8.8Score37.8kShelves

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    I've been reading this book for over 4,000 hours, so I guess I'm a seasoned bookworm. These are some of my favorites, in no particular order, some old and some new. Feel free to read them!

35. 35 秀 I Turned the Whole Class of Underachievers Around, and You Call Me a Homeroom Teacher? 秀翻整个学渣班，你管这叫班主任 Pomelo to Go with Wine柚子下酒吃Urban669k WordsCompleted Reborn as the homeroom teacher of a class of good-for-nothings, Lu Ze gets the [Super Hardcore Teacher System]. Lu Ze: Nice to meet you. How about this: Class monitor, make a group chat and add everyone. Class monitor: Sure thing, Mr. Lu. The next second. Lu Ze: All right, the 25 students who’ve joined the group, hand over your phones. What kind of teacher is this? What a scam! Another time. Lu Ze: Come on, everyone, repeat after me: “Though old, I am still strong; though my hair is white, my am 4.4kReads9.5Score542Shelves
36. 36 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.9kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    Looking for something to read recently, and I'm desperate for something to read!

37. 37 重 After Being Reborn, I Choose to Take It All and Win Over the Campus Beauty 重生后，我选择连吃带拿泡校花 Three Lives Ling Yue三生凌月Urban2.8M WordsOngoing What's the first thing you do when you get a second chance at life? The jerk gritted his teeth and said bitterly, “Get a room!” “Get a room? With who?” “That gorgeous idiot who dragged me off the rooftop in my last life. She owes me!” And then? “Eat her food, drink her drinks, use her money to get a room, and use her money to win over a gorgeous, brilliant senior student.” “She's so smart. Can you actually win her over?” “She taught me how.” “Holy crap! You people are wild. What next?” “Make mon 63kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    Double rebirth, multiple female leads, high intelligence, from a barbecue stall to building his own industrial ecosystem.

38. 38 从 The Ancestor's Path, Beginning with a Golden Core Immortal Clan! 从金丹仙族开始的老祖之路！ Feng Feng, Chili-Fried Pork辣椒炒肉冯冯Xianxia952k WordsOngoing There are already plenty of stories that start with a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment family. I want to write one about a Golden Core family beginning its revival. The synopsis is a bit weak, but if you're interested, come read the first fifty chapters. [Family Saga] [Genius] Traditional cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification 378.7kReads8.7Score45.5kShelves

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    This seems alright, not too outrageous, just right.

39. 39 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 115.9kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves

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    This book is good. Please, God, only kill, do not save!

40. 40 婆 At My In-Laws' New Year's Eve Dinner, They Seated My Husband at the Kids' Table. Then His Secretary Walked In 婆家年夜饭让我老公坐小孩桌，他秘书推门进来了 Thinking of Money, Rushing for Wealth思钱想厚向钱冲7k WordsCompleted My Husband's Family Seated Him at the Kids' Table for New Year's Eve Dinner, Then His Secretary Walked In 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My in-laws arranged for my husband to sit at the children's table for the New Year's Eve dinner. But when his secretary entered, the entire room fell silent. The main table was full of relatives, while my husband and I were relegated to a small folding table near the door. My in-laws favored his younger brother, giving him all the benefits of the house and forcing him to give a dowry of 200,000 yuan. For four years of marriage, everyone thought he was just an incompetent small business owner, and I thought so too. Until his assistant pushed open the door, and a greeting of "President Gu" shattered all pretense. He was the founder of Shenghe Group, hiding his identity, quietly waiting for this day. He meticulously calculated the more than 800,000 yuan he had given to the family over the years—their filial duties were due, but the boundless support had reached its limit. His younger brother refused to give up, spreading rumors, forging documents, and causing trouble at their home, eventually taking the matter to the police station. Only then did I realize that he had concealed everything, wanting to bear all the storms alone. (Book title: My In-Laws' New Year's Eve Dinner: My Husband Was Seated at the Children's Table, His Secretary Walked In)

41. 41 重 Reborn in Entertainment: This Top-Tier Star Has the Achievements to Prove It 重生文娱：这个顶流有实绩 The One Who Cannot Get Thin吃不瘦的它Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Resource-backed] [Career-focused] [Scheming] [Fighting for billing order] [Not mindless] [Calculating male lead] [Slow burn] [Fashion] [Realistic] [...] Reborn into a new life, he still has a face this handsome. Encouraged by his family, he decides to experience the dazzling darkness of the entertainment industry for himself. This is a realistic novel, not a mindless power fantasy about an overpowered protagonist. It is not a wish-fulfillment story either. If you like a fast pace, this one isn' 107.6kReads8.6Score7.2kShelves

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    Take a look, these are all from books I've read recently, hundreds of chapters in total, covering various genres.

42. 42 四 A Siheyuan Chef's Rise Through the Ranks 四合院之厨子的升职记 The General Below将军在下Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing A head chef transmigrates to the years before the founding of the nation and becomes a refugee fleeing disaster. See how he uses his culinary skills to turn life in a courtyard house upside down. This isn't a brainless story. It's all about keeping things simple, lighthearted, and fun! And there won't be a harem either. This is a story about devotion! 99.2kReads8.0Score6kShelves
43. 43 三 Three Kingdoms: Starting Out as a Frontier King 三国：从边疆封王开始 Uncle Pan Jianguo大叔潘建国Historical1.7M WordsCompleted Reborn at the end of the Han dynasty, he becomes Liu Shuo, an inconspicuous prince whose name never appears in the history books. The eunuchs see me as an ant, while my father, the emperor, abandons me in the bitterly cold frontier. They don’t know that I have mastered Huo Qubing’s teachings in the Lantai Archives. The iron halberd in my hand can hold the realm at bay! The Yellow Turban Rebellion erupts? I’ve already raised an army and secured my position! The warlords campaign against Dong Zhuo 16.6kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
44. 44 洪 Honghuang: I, Shen Gongbao, Humbly Ask All Fellow Daoists to Stay 洪荒：贫道申公豹，请诸道友留步 Ciming, Unparalleled慈明无双Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Keywords: [Shen Gongbao * helpful and righteous * timely rain * warmhearted * values loyalty over beauty * Herald of Loyalty and Righteousness * Joyful Tathagata * Leopard Buddha] Shen Gongbao woke up one day reborn in the primordial world, on Kunlun Mountain. My name is Shen Gongbao, and I actually transmigrated into Shen Gongbao? The General Who Divides the Waters after the Investiture of the Gods? The general who plugs up the eye of the North Sea? Who understands this kind of miserable fate? 26kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves

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    To be honest, there are a few types of books I don't read: books that are too simplistic, too intellectually stimulating, too silly, or have questionable values. Oh, and if the opening isn't engaging, I won't read it either. Don't tell me that things will be fine once they've been checked; I'm not willing to wait that long.

45. 45 直 Livestream: Keep the Chat Clean, I’m Really Not Driving 直播：弹幕和谐点，真不是开车 Xiao Tang晓糖Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Fantasy] [Livestream] [Filming skits] [Easygoing daily life] Chen Yang is a low-tier actor and an even lower-tier singer. After an accident, he becomes a game booster in a parallel world. He's no pro at Livestreaming, but hey, he's an actor. He's no pro at making skits, but hey, he's watched plenty. Watch as he goes from having nothing to becoming a true winner in life. 181Reads6.2Score117Shelves
46. 46 大 Great Tang: Li Shimin Begs Me to Start a Rebellion 大唐：李世民求我造反 Joy Throughout the Land天下乐Historical3.1M WordsCompleted Li Ke transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty. He plans to use his skills as a motivational speaker to brainwash a loyal crew and keep his head down as an unremarkable prince. But eight years after transmigrating, he discovers that he brought along an entire national strategic reserve warehouse. So Li Ke throws caution to the wind. If he’s going to be a prince, he might as well be one who fears nothing and lives as freely as he pleases! First, he starts a newspaper to build his rep 157.2kReads9.5Score16.9kShelves
47. 47 失 After Losing My Job, I Got Rich from Fishing, Leaving My Beautiful Wife Stunned 失业后钓鱼暴富，美女老婆惊呆了 Chuan Nianxingwan川念星晚Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Fishing] + [System] + [Perfect Wife and Daughter] + [Livestream] On his first day unemployed, Jiang Chuan smoked half a pack downstairs, but didn't dare let his wife see how dejected he was. Mortgage, car payments, his daughter... Life's massive waves crashed down on him, and he couldn't even afford to give up. Then a cold notification rang in his mind: [The Fishing King System has been bound] He picked up the fishing rod gathering dust. Now his battlefield was no longer an office tower, but th 22.7kReads7.2Score2.4kShelves
48. 48 系 The System Exploded, and I Became the System 系统炸了，我成了系统 Little Monster小小怪Urban4.9M WordsOngoing What's it like to be a System? After Ye Tian angered the System that coveted him, he became a System himself. He travels through the Myriad Worlds, stealing the essence of each world. He transforms into the “Great Villain System,” helping villains beat the living daylights out of protagonists. In a world where men are inferior to women, I become the “Great Man System,” giving my Host a little extra charm every day and attracting the empress's attention. He evolves into a Creator System, and the 14.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
49. 49 重 Reborn in 1979: I Married a Dancer 重生1979：娶个舞蹈家当老婆 Broken Red断红Urban1.5M WordsOngoing In 1979, Wang Jian returns from the Great Northern Wilderness to the city, becoming an unemployed educated youth in a Beijing hutong after failing to get into college. Everyone thinks that's all his life will amount to. No one knows that inside this 22-year-old body is a soul from 2026, one well versed in literary classics and holding the formula for the next forty years of smash hits. While everyone else is still wondering what to do with their lives, he has already spread out his manuscript 57.5kReads7.0Score4.6kShelves
50. 50 骷 The Skeleton Lord's Growth Journal 骷髅领主的成长日记 Even a Prawn Can Be a Hero大虾也是侠Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted I unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. Others became immortals or Buddhas, while even the less fortunate got to rise from being nobodies. But when Gu Erdan got here, he realized he had nothing to look forward to. Because this guy had become a skeleton soldier! And not just any skeleton soldier, but a low-grade, headless, battle-damaged wreck of one! Life is hard, so the skeleton sighed. Looking at his body, without an ounce of flesh on it, Gu Erdan decided he would show everyone how to m 3.6kReads9.1Score461Shelves

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