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1. 101 我 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454.1kReads9.5Score48.3kShelves
2. 102 开 Forced into Rebellion from the Start, I Summon China's Famous Generals to Vie for Supremacy 开局被逼造反，召唤华夏名将争霸 Young Master Yi Chen逸辰公子Historical3.0M WordsCompleted Fantasy World + Summoning + Dynastic Power Struggles + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive Action + No Characters Suddenly Losing Their Wits Li Yichen transmigrates to another world and becomes the son of a merchant in a small county of the Beiting Dynasty. The imperial court is corrupt, and officials are rampant with greed. After obtaining the Chinese Heroes Summoning System, Li Yichen overthrows Beiting with the help of China’s great historical figures and establishes an empire of his own that will 4.2kReads7.7Score233Shelves
3. 103 首 Billionaire: I Really Wasn't Trying to Make Money 首富：我真没想赚钱啊 A Thousand Mountains and Rivers千山万水Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [A trope-subverting story with a light, everyday feel.] Also known as [I Only Wanted to Lose Money, but I Ended Up with a Bunch of Sneaky Employees] and [I Only Wanted to Lose Money: Somehow, I Became the Industry’s Best Boss] After graduating, Chen Mo obtained a money-losing System. The more money he lost, the more personal wealth he would receive. Lose money? That was ridiculously easy. Chen Mo thought confidently, then promptly bought a clothing factory that was already losing money. What he 20.4kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
4. 104 穿 Transmigrated into a Book as the Villain: From the Start, I Kidnapped the Heroine! 穿书反派：开局，我绑架了女主！ Magical Little Crow神奇小乌鸦Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Lovable scoundrel of a villain + tea-artistry + male heartthrob + stunning looks + scheming + wild card + sweet on the outside, dark underneath + witty comedy + no fixed couple] Also known as: “I play a tea-green guy, and the male and female leads spoil me rotten!” Su Qing transmigrates into a modern wish-fulfillment novel. He becomes the rich villain who kidnaps the heroine in chapter one, gets beaten up by the hero in chapter two, and lands in prison in chapter three. Luckily, he awakens the 75.9kReads8.3Score4.9kShelves

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   🔥🔥I highly recommend this one! The male lead transmigrates into a storyline where the female lead is kidnapped right at the beginning. Since the female lead is already kidnapped, he realizes he can't even beat her, let alone the chosen one. Then, he has a brilliant idea and kidnaps himself too! The female lead ends up protecting him, hahaha [facepalm]

5. 105 铁 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 Ke Shanmeng柯山梦Historical2.5M WordsOngoing In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 105kReads9.4Score11.1kShelves

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   This book is so immersive, with a captivating and tightly woven plot that it's impossible to put down! Highly recommended!

6. 106 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 84.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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   Judging from the length, the first book is exceptionally well-written, surpassing Tomato's level, but the updates are incredibly slow. The second book, despite its title, is a very well-written slice-of-life story. The fourth and eleventh books are among Tomato's better lord-themed works.

7. 107 西EN Western Fantasy: Your Majesty the Empress, I Am a Loyal Servant of the Empire 西幻：女皇陛下，朕是帝国忠臣啊 Writing Nonsense Like Crazy嘎嘎乱写Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Farming]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Western Fantasy]+ [Multiple Races]+ [No System]+ [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Middle Ages, he became a nobleman named Field. He learned that women in this world could awaken as “Chosen Ones,” each with unique abilities and extraordinary beauty. Field hadn't even had time to celebrate before his useless father and beautiful stepmother sent him off to develop a blighted land full of poverty and monsters! Worse still, the entire empire, no, the entire world, was r 310.6kReads9.4Score19.3kShelves

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   Just look and don't say a word.

8. 108 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves
9. 109 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 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves
10. 110 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 259.2kReads9.6Score30.9kShelves
11. 111 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 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves

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    I have less than 10,000 hours of experience. See for yourself if you don't believe me.

12. 112 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
13. 113 重 Reborn as an Ant: From the Start, I Have an Ant Queen 重生成蚁：开局一只蚁后 Fart-Fumed Skunk屁熏臭鼬Eastern Fantasy742k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival, strange beasts rising, disasters striking: humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain and off its pedestal. All living things are back at the same starting line, and an unprecedented biological arms race is about to begin! Yang Qing was reborn before the spiritual qi revival, but became an exceedingly frail male ant who would die after mating. Watching the ants swarm through the sky on their nuptial flight, Yang Qing faces his first question: how can he survive unti 129Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    I've been reading for 12 years and I'm quite selective about Tomato's works.

14. 114 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
15. 115 战 War Lord: King of All Races 战争领主：万族之王 Chu Yi楚逸Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing Western Fantasy + Lord + Farming + War + Slow Burn. After transmigrating to another world, he becomes the militia captain of a frontier settlement. With only three hundred elderly people, women, and children at his command, how will he survive in the perilous wilderness? Watch as the protagonist advances step by step, rising from a humble militia captain to a knight, city lord, count, and ruler, making his way to the top in another world. Years later, the great King of All Races delivers a speec 71.8kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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    The bag is nice, you're welcome.

16. 116 帝 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 White Lonely Island白色孤岛Historical5.8M WordsCompleted (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 48.9kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
17. 117 北 North American Tough Cop: Starting Out as a Patrol Officer in Los Angeles 北美悍警：从洛城巡警开始 Ice Descends on the City冰临城下Urban2.8M WordsOngoing A cleaner from the gray world becomes a sun-loving Los Angeles detective. What a wonderful thing, to live in the sunlight! Rock stood beneath a Hollywood landmark, gazing at the bikini-clad beauties on Santa Monica Beach. He pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose. From now on, he would protect Los Santos... 82.4kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
18. 118 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
19. 119 型 Type-Moon: My Ninefold Path 型月，我的九重道路 Yuzao Meow玉藻喵Anime Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing [Pure Type-Moon] [Fate] [Story-Focused] Have you ever dreamed? Have you ever had the same dream every night for more than a decade? Ever since the moment he transmigrated, Yan Feng Cang Ye had seen the same thing countless times in his dreams: nine white stone roads stretching from beneath his feet into the endless distance. He once thought these nine roads would be his golden finger. But even after he had pieced together his understanding of the world and become an accomplished Executor about t 29.5kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
20. 120 骑 Sir Knight, the Demon King Really Doesn’t Exist 骑士先生，魔王真的不存在啊 The Everlasting Explosion Magic User Huihui永久的爆裂魔法使惠惠Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Light novel] [Reincarnation] [Another-world adventure] [No System] [No harem] [Funny and lighthearted] [Hot-blooded] [Ensemble cast] A disillusioned, down-and-out half-elf bard is caught up in a crisis. The one who comes to save him is… The greatest knight, the sun that rends the darkness, former stage actor, a few cards short of a deck, permanent pope-in-waiting of the World Church, friend to the elves… Tang! “The Seven Deadly Sins are wreaking havoc, and the Demon King who will destroy the wo 67.7kReads9.2Score7kShelves
21. 121 诸 Myriad Worlds: The Creator Who Began in Night City 诸天：从夜之城开始的造物主 East Wind and东风与Anime Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted Good morning, Night City! I’m your favorite host, Stan! Some say Night City will always be a cesspit, with the countless corpses of the working class hidden beneath its dazzling lights and endless revelry. Others say the truth of cyberpunk is nothing but an eternal cycle of tragedy, death, and loss. But one big shot doesn’t see it that way. He saved the whole crew, sent David and Lucy to the moon, and even built a massive biodome there, all while giving the new orbital airline company a hard tim 43.6kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
22. 122 接 Ascension Through Grafting: From the Start, I Obtain the Arm of a Divine Corpse 接肢登神：开局获得神尸手臂 Peerless Genius Sauce绝代智酱Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Lovecraftian Horror + Occult Weirdness + Forbidden Artifacts + Multiple Heroines + All Kinds of Strange Arms] I awaken inside the body of a dead noble and look up at a sky overshadowed by a colossal planet. Steam rifles clash with supernatural blades; evil rituals and mysterious paths abound. To survive, I graft on the arm of an evil god. Countless limbs become part of me, and divine abominations and cursed spirits accompany me. A monster’s claw? Graft it on! A dead person’s l 10.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
23. 123 开 Invincible from the Start: What Do You Mean I'm in the Author's Realm? 开局无敌，什么叫我是作者境 Allergic to Mint对薄荷过敏Eastern Fantasy250k WordsOngoing [Ruthless] + [Never Takes a Loss] + [Invincible] Su Yan is eating instant noodles in his rented apartment when an out-of-control truck speeding down the road runs him over and kills him. He transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. At first, Su Yan is all set to endure thirty years of hardship and then turn the tables. But then he unexpectedly awakens a System! Overjoyed, Su Yan hurriedly asks what it can do. Can it reveal people’s fortunes? Give him an Ancient Desolate Sacred Physique f 203Reads—Score118Shelves
24. 124 C CSGO: The Doubts About Me Are Getting a Little Loud CSGO：我的质疑声有些大 Call Me the Minotaur Chieftain叫我牛头人酋长Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Esports + Everyday Life + Superpowers] Han Yi inexplicably returned to his college days. Then, an accident awakened the Doubt System within him: whenever someone doubts him, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He starts by using every kind of trick and deception to rack up Doubt Points and win all sorts of superpowers. At the same time, he draws on his experience watching countless matches in his previous life and his knowledge of various tactics to become the in-game leader for 10.3kReads9.4Score690Shelves
25. 125 领 Lord: From the Start, Am I Really Marrying a Villainess? 领主：开局迎娶恶役千金？ Dog Cangyun Bai狗苍云白Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Lord + Farming + Western Fantasy] After transmigrating into the last game he played before dying, and somehow being chosen by the royal family, Lind became the doomed fiancé in the game, dragged into a rebellion by a villainess heiress. To avoid the tragic ending of the original story, Lind had no choice but to find a way to save himself in this increasingly fantastical world. Years later, some outlying races heard a human whisper: “Why do barbarian tribes keep spawning on the empire’s borders? 26kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
26. 126 卡 From Floating Islands to a Lost Divine Kingdom: Card Evolution 卡牌从浮岛到失落的神国 Asking the Snow, Listening to Tea问雪听茶Sports598k WordsCompleted [Card Games] [Gods] [Game Invasion] [Ruthless Protagonist] [White Hole] [Slow Burn] [Apocalypse] The early groundwork is mostly done, and the floating island is about to set sail. Readers, please come aboard. One more thing: this book is mainly about presenting a world. If you have ideas, feel free to share your imagination. If they make sense, I may work them into the story. Do you believe in gods who walk among us? This book will tell the complete story of building a divine kingdom, step by st 76Reads—Score163Shelves

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    The first book establishes a worldview; the second is a master of emotion; the third is a masterpiece with excellent Western-style humor; the fourth is a masterpiece about interstellar insectoids; the fifth is a very good lord-themed novel; the sixth is let down by its title.

27. 127 氪 Spending Money Doesn't Work? I'll Get Them Through the Long March With My Life 氪金没用？我用命带他们走完长征 Luo Luo's Luo Luo洛洛的洛洛Urban1.9M WordsCompleted “Guys, whatever you do, don’t trust that designer named Luo An! He’s a fraud!” Kuang Ge, a top streamer with tens of millions of followers, is bawling in his livestream like a three-hundred-pound toddler, clutching his VR headset and refusing to let go. “He said it was a relaxing travel game, but from the start he dumped me on a snowy mountain in forty-below temperatures!” “He said there’d be no pay-to-win or in-app purchases, but I had to risk my life just to get a cold, hard black bun!” “He sa 119.4kReads9.5Score15.2kShelves
28. 128 入 Funeral Director: The Happier the Family, the More Money I Lose 入殓师：家属越满意，我扣钱越多 I Love Barbecue Most最爱吃烤肉Mystery168k WordsOngoing A rookie at a funeral home is bound to the Yin Officer's Soul-Deliverance System. Following the standard procedures costs him lifespan, but helping the deceased fulfill their final wishes from the heart earns him huge rewards. And so the city's most outrageous funeral director is born. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mind-blowing supernatural novel with incredible plot twists! A rookie mortician at a funeral home is bound to a reverse system: following standard procedures deducts lifespan and pay, while genuinely helping the deceased fulfill their last wishes yields god-level rewards. Packed with Chinese folk customs, the episodic stories are both heart-wrenching and thrilling, blending everyday life with supernatural suspense—it's addictive! #NovelRecommendation #SupernaturalBrainstorming #MorticianRefreshingNovel #BookHiddenGems

29. 129 神 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 Nuclear-Fueled Skate Shoes核燃料滑板鞋Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4kShelves
30. 130 她 The More They Fawn over Me, the More It Proves I Was Reborn for Nothing 她们越舔我，越是说明我白重生了 Bear-Riding Fisher骑熊钓鱼Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (The blurb doesn't do it justice) Back in 1984, returned to a time full of regrets, Chu Hao silently resolved that this time, he would give everything to make the family reunion a reality… 18.9kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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    Boys love to watch

31. 131 开 A Serf from the Start: I Rise to the Throne by Raising Dogs 开局农奴：我靠养狗登王座 We Mere Mortals我等凡人Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + lord + low martial arts and a hint of magic + farming + battle beasts + slow burn + character development] Luo Lin transmigrates to another continent and becomes a serf. By chance, he obtains a copper-bound book. Just as he decides to stew a couple of chickens, he finally unlocks the book’s secret to raising livestock. And so begins his animal-raising plan. A chicken laying two eggs a day? That’s not nearly diligent enough. A sheep producing as much wool as two others? That do 31.9kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
32. 132 被 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, the Villainous Group Took Me In 被挖灵根后，我被反派团捡走了 Flowers on Stage台上花Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book body double + no romance + satisfying growth story + sect regrets too late] After transmigrating into a book, Sang Yao learns she's a disposable stand-in in a story about the unattainable ideal beauty. The ideal beauty is adored by everyone; Sang Yao is hated by everyone. The ideal beauty has countless admirers; Sang Yao has countless people hunting her. The ideal beauty is sweet and gentle; Sang Yao is just herself. To make matters worse, as soon as she transmigrated i 27.3kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves

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    No romantic pairing for the female lead! She's not a love-struck fool; she's focused solely on her career. After her spiritual roots are extracted and she falls to rock bottom, she turns around and joins the villain's camp, plotting her revenge step by step. Her path to reversal is smooth and satisfying.

33. 133 湛 Azure Tyrant 湛蓝暴君 Return on the Roadside陌上回Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted “What? You’re creating a biological disaster? Arrest them!” “Huh?! You’re trying to summon the Zerg? That’s completely insane! Seize them!” “Whoa! Why are you bringing an alien along? Are you planning to build up a whole army? Hands on your head, get down on your knees!” The many Chosen Ones from different realms cried out, “Run! The Evil God’s lackeys are here!” Li Si, a man devoid of emotion, wanted to become normal. Representing his realm in the Contest Across the Myriad Heavens, he became an 25.2kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
34. 134 你EN What Makes You Think I'll Keep Liking You Forever? 你凭什么认为我会一直喜欢你呢 Night Rain i夜雨iUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Everyday romance] [One female lead] [Mutual healing] Because of a promise made in childhood, Chen Lu spent seven whole years pursuing the girl he’d grown up with. In the end, all he got was a cold rejection. Chen Lu smiled in acceptance, but his heart had turned to ash… until he met the sweet, clumsy girl who’d come to thank him. The girl was lovely and innocent, standing alone in the rain right where the two of them had agreed to meet. “Why haven’t you left…?” The girl slowly lifted her head. 121.3kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves

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    Because of a childhood promise, the boy pursued the girl he grew up with for seven years, only to be coldly rejected. He smiled knowingly, but his heart was filled with despair. Then he met a naive girl, whom he thought was his first encounter, but it turned out to be a reunion after many years. In the end, they both found redemption. 🍓🍓

35. 135 寻 The Legend of Qin: Trails of the Dream Immortal 寻秦记之云梦仙踪 Gray Cat, Gray Cat灰猫灰猫Xianxia2.3M WordsOngoing Transmigrated into the Warring States era, only to become an ingredient for immortal cultivation? Why keep this Heavenly Dao around until the New Year? Watching the "immortal seed" squirm in his dantian, Xu Shenwu finally understood that ascension was all a lie. The spiritual energy ordinary people painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years was nothing but fertilizer for the great medicine grown for the immortals of the Upper Realm! The year he transmigrated to Yunmeng Mountain, he spent a wh 8.2kReads9.5Score729Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a few fantasy novels. They're relatively slow-paced, some are absurd, some are action-packed, and I personally think they're alright. Original fantasy novels tend to be more intellectually demanding, the main characters are often cheeky, and they're lighthearted and funny. If you don't like them, just scroll away.

36. 136 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 232.7kReads9.0Score16.1kShelves

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    Even supporting characters have their shining moments! They're not just foils to the main characters; every important supporting character has their own legend. This kind of ensemble portrayal makes the world feel more real.

37. 137 一 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 Eternal Night, Starry River永夜星河Eastern Fantasy9.6M WordsOngoing [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341.3kReads9.2Score40.1kShelves

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    Recommended reading for avid bookworms looking for something to read!

38. 138 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves

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    I'd like to recommend a few fantasy novels. They're relatively slow-paced, some are absurd, some are action-packed, and I personally think they're alright. Original fantasy novels tend to be more mentally taxing, the main characters are cheeky, and they're lighthearted and funny. If you don't like them, just scroll away.

39. 139 我 I’m a Fortune-Teller in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: From the Start, I Predict Xuanbei’s Death 我在天龙当神棍，开局算玄悲要死 The Fortune-Telling Blind Man算命的瞎子Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [Power levels stay consistent + faithful to the original with minimal changes + making up for regrets] Reborn as the junior disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect, I took a Longevity Pill and slept for over sixty years. When I woke up, Tianshan Tonglao was my eldest senior sister, and Wuyazi was my second senior brother. The legend of “Qiao Feng in the north, Murong in the south” was spreading across the martial world. I did a quick calculation and came up with a title for myself: Shen Jizi. When Maste 5kReads7.0Score123Shelves

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    🔥I highly recommend this book! It's a martial arts time-travel story with elements of immortality and nostalgia. The protagonist wakes up sixty years later and re-enters the martial arts world. He knows the fates of everyone involved, and the thrill of knowing the plot in advance is endlessly satisfying!

40. 140 白 The White-Robed Emperor 白衣天子 East Has Fusu东有扶苏Historical3.5M WordsOngoing (No System + One Female Lead + Political Scheming and Conquest + Surviving in Troubled Times + Building a Following) “You want to know who I am? Sit down, have some tea, and let me spin you a tale.” In the eyes of the refugees, I'm a living bodhisattva who barely belongs in this world, giving them food and shelter. In the eyes of the noble clans, I'm a mad dog in human skin, mild-mannered most days but ready to wipe out entire households when I make a move. In the histories, I'm the gravedigger 190.2kReads9.0Score22.8kShelves

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41. 141 我 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 Cool Isn't Cool酷是不酷Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 235.7kReads9.1Score22.5kShelves
42. 142 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.6MReads9.3Score315.2kShelves
43. 143 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 140.4kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves

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    I selected books from all different categories, and I felt that they were all very unique.

44. 144 我 I Steal Rings in the NBA 我在NBA偷戒指 Unit C, Seventh Floor七楼C座Sports1.4M WordsCompleted No System, playing it safe Leaning on powerful allies early on, becoming one later James complains, “I've never been on a superteam.” Chen Ji would say, “That's right. I've been lucky. Every team I've played for has been a superteam, the kind where anything short of a championship is a failure.” And while I'm at it, let me ask James Harden: “Harden, want a championship ring?” 7.9kReads9.0Score364Shelves
45. 145 武 Martial Cultivator 武夫 Never Knew the Cold in This Life平生未知寒Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Across the vast human world, demons lurk everywhere. Human lives are as worthless as weeds, and the people are treated like pigs and dogs. "The world needs to change." Standing by the Wei River, the young man smiled and said, "There are demons in this world, and I have a blade." 341Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    See for yourselves, brothers.

46. 146 火 Machinist in the Red-Hot Era: Helping the Pioneers Forge Great Weapons 火红年代机械师：我助先辈铸重器 Eggs and Tomatoes, Stir-Fried in Turns鸡蛋番茄轮番炒Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsOngoing It was a fiery, passionate age, but also one of scarcity and backward technology. Jiang Xia transmigrates into this era. He sees the giant bending machine in the workshop break down and grind to a halt. He sees the older generation laboring for the nation’s industry and defense, eating rough cornbread and working late by lamplight as they chart a path to national strength on sheet after sheet of paper. He can’t bear it, and he can’t accept it. The System he has is barely useful; only the fault a 41kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
47. 147 人 The Most Accomplished Man in the Mortal World 人间最得意 Never Knew the Cold in This Life平生未知寒Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted When the young man once drew his sword, he laughed and said, “Though heaven and earth are vast, I need only one sword. And that single sword stretches ninety thousand li.” 331Reads8.9Score—Shelves
48. 148 卡 The Rise of the Skeleton Card in the Card World 卡牌世界之骷髅卡牌的崛起 Gossiping Bystander Shi Song吃瓜群众石松Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My new work is here! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! In an age of great upheaval, countless worlds descend. An ordinary person from an ordinary family awakens a low-grade innate card: a bone skeleton. Lin Junjie had meant to lie flat and give up, but somehow ended up achieving greatness. “There are no useless innate cards, only useless card masters.” 4.5kReads8.1Score401Shelves
49. 149 剑 Swordbone 剑骨 The Panda Who Trips会摔跤的熊猫Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted In an age when frost withered every blade of grass, a young man walked out of the Temple of the Bodhisattva and took up the heaviest sword in all the world. Facing the mortal realm, he carved out a glimmer of light. 595Reads9.0Score—Shelves
50. 150 直 Livestream: I'm Really Not a Taoist Master 直播：我真不是道门大佬 Little Panda小熊猫Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Qin Hao was a Daoist priest in his previous life. After transmigrating, he discovered that he was a Daoist priest in this life too. From the start, he had a dilapidated temple, and had to rely on the mountains for everything! This was a parallel world where the Daoist faith had become little more than a legend and had nearly disappeared. But Qin Hao unexpectedly obtained the Daoist Venerable System, giving him the chance to revive the Daoist faith and restore its former glory! “Ding! Congratulat 7.9kReads8.3Score796Shelves

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