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1. 401 班 Ban Chao: Star Lord of the Western Frontier 班超：镇西星主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今21k WordsCompleted Ban Chao: Star Lord Who Pacified the West 1Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 402 玄 Xuanshuo Guixu: The Han Dynasty's Fallen Immortal 玄朔归墟：大汉谪仙 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted Xuanshuo Guixu: The Banished Immortal of the Han Dynasty —Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 403 命 The One Whose Fate Record Was Left Blank 命籍留白者 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The One Whose Fate Record Is Blank 2Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 404 司 Sima Jizhu: The Way of Yi Towers Over Heaven 司马季主：易道凌天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Sima Jizhu: The Way of Change Soars Above the Heavens —Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 405 旧 The Echo Museum of Old Things 旧物回音馆 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Echoes of Old Things —Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 406 人 Chronicles of the Balance Between Humanity and Heaven 人天衡纪 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical30k WordsCompleted The Chronicles of Human and Heaven —Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 407 藏 The Evening Breeze Hidden in My Heart 藏在心底的晚风 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今27k WordsCompleted The Evening Breeze Hidden in My Heart 2Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 408 大 The Great Derivation, Escape One 大衍遁一 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Great Derivation, the One Who Escaped 2Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 409 大 The Might of the Great Tang: The Long Winds of the Celestial Strategies 大唐天威之天策长风 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical328k WordsCompleted In the chaotic final years of the Sui dynasty, the realm lies in ruins, smoke rises from battlefields, and the people are plunged into misery. A gifted child is born at the Wugong Guesthouse, marked by the auspicious signs of a dragon and phoenix. He is named Shimin, with the great ambition to bring peace to the people. Young Li Shimin is no idle boy. He studies military texts and masters riding and archery. At sixteen, he deploys a feint at Yanmen and drives back hundreds of thousands of Turk 8Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 410 灯 Lantern Light Over Chang’an 灯影照长安 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Lamplight Over Chang'an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 411 玄 The Path of Medicine in the Primordial Yellow World 玄黄医途 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted The Path of Medicine in the Xuanhuang Realm —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 412 我 Me, an Outer Sect Disciple, Became the Immortal World's Ancestor by Keeping a Low Profile 我，外门弟子，苟成仙界老祖 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted I, an Outer Sect Disciple, Cautiously Became the Immortal Realm's Ancestor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 413 墨 Ink Seal of the Nine Heavens 墨印九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted Ink Seal Across the Nine Heavens 8Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 414 纵 The Way of Strategy: Zhang Yi’s Mystic Plans 纵横灵途：张仪玄策 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今19k WordsCompleted Traversing the World of Spirits: Zhang Yi's Arcane Strategies 1Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 415 文 The Star of Literature Falls to the Mortal Realm: Wang Bo's Legend in the Mystic Tang Dynasty 文星坠凡：王勃玄唐传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今10k WordsCompleted The Star of Literature Falls to Earth: Wang Bo's Mysterious Tang Dynasty 5Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 416 兵 The Art of the God of War: The Schemes of Huaiyin 兵仙箓：淮阴玄谋 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今20k WordsCompleted The Art of War: Huaiyin’s Hidden Stratagems 2Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 417 易 The Mystic Sovereign of the Way of Yi: The Legend of Guo Pu 易道玄尊：郭璞传奇 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今11k WordsCompleted The Daoist Mystic: The Legend of Guo Pu 4Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 418 抱 The Immortal Path of Baopu: The Legend of Ge Hong 抱朴仙途之葛洪传奇 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted The Immortal Path of Baopu: The Legend of Ge Hong 3Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 419 鬼 The Medicine Cauldron of Guiguzi 鬼谷药鼎 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted The Ghost Valley Medicine Cauldron 4Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 420 汉 Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 汉狱神断：张汤传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 421 劫 Martial Peace Through Tribulation and Dust 劫尘武安 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Wu'an Amid the Dust of Calamity 1Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 422 故 Deep Love for the Former: Ping Jun's Farewell 故剑情深：平君辞 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今18k WordsCompleted Deep Love for an Old Sword: Pingjun's Farewell 4Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 423 金 Ashes of War: Fifty-Nine Years of the Liu Song Dynasty 金戈烬：刘宋五十九年兴亡录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今19k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Golden Spear: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Liu Song Across Fifty-Nine Years 3Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 424 苍 Nine Transformations of the Azure and Yellow: Li Si’s Cauldron 苍黄九变：李斯鼎 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今19k WordsCompleted Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth: Li Si Ding 3Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 425 神 Divine Numerology: The Secret Scroll of the Supreme Principle 神数衍天：皇极秘卷 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Divine Numerology Reveals Heaven: The Secret Scroll of the Emperor's Pole 4Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 426 陶 Tao Zhu’s Mystic Strategy: Mastermind of Heaven’s Secrets 陶朱玄略：天机谋主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今22k WordsCompleted The Tao Zhu Strategy: Mastermind of Heaven's Secrets 5Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 427 万 All Realms Return to the Stars 万境归辰 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted All Realms Return to the Stars 5Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 428 浩 Venerable Lord of the Vastness Sword: Mencius Descends to Earth, His Aura Reaches the Ninth Heaven 浩然剑尊：孟子临凡，气贯九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted Sage of the Righteous Sword: Mencius Descends to the Mortal Realm, His Spirit Piercing the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 429 纪 The Changing of Eras: Born of the Ashen Heavens 纪元更替·烬天生人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted The Changing of Eras: People Born Under the Ashen Sky 1Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 430 太 The Marquis of Liu Through the Ages 太玄留侯 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The Great Mystery and the Marquis of Liu —Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 431 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭 Liu Jilian刘忌廉Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea 33.5kReads8.3Score3.6k14d adds

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    This book is amazing!

32. 432 婚 Marital Passion 婚色 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance970k WordsCompleted When Xu Yan and Qin Lie divorced, someone asked Qin Lie, “You're really going through with it? You won't regret it?” Wearing a black shirt and trousers, hands in his pockets, Qin Lie replied in a languid, casual tone, “It was a marriage arranged by our families. There's nothing to regret.” Not long afterward, at a party, someone saw Qin Lie use the alcohol as an excuse to pin her against a hotel balcony and demand a kiss. His large hand slid down Xu Yan's waist, guiding her long legs to hook aro 26.3kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds

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    🥒The arranged marriage between families falls apart, and Qin Lie says he doesn't regret it. But at the party, he pins his ex-wife Xu Yan against the balcony, demanding a kiss and coaxing her to remarry. A reporter encounters her domineering ex-husband pursuing her; both are virgins in a 1v1 relationship. Watch how this seemingly nonchalant man goes through a tumultuous pursuit of his wife.

33. 433 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.3kReads9.4Score13k14d adds
34. 434 她 All the Years She Worked as a Nanny 她做保姆这些年 Roaming the Jianghu in Simple Clothes and Plain Food简衣素食行江湖Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The physical edition has already been published under the title Stories of Life Beneath the Apron. The original title was Her Years as a Housekeeper. This is not a reborn story, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. Based on real events in Shenzhen, it tells of the feuds and tangled relationships of a wealthy family, of love and hatred, of a loyal bond between employer and housekeeper, and of spouses standing by each other through thick and thin. It faces both the light and darkness of human natur 14.2kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
35. 435 交 A Game of Deals: He Falls First 交易游戏，他先沉沦 A Piece of Young Ginger一颗仔姜Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Brothers competing for her + possessive pursuit + layered secret identities + love and hate + revenge] [Seemingly sweet but secretly ruthless × playboy Crown Prince who only pretends not to care] 1. What does it feel like to watch the person you have a crush on fall for someone else? Years ago, Meng Jiuyi confessed her feelings to Xu Yanzhi. He politely turned her down, and later word got out that he had a girlfriend. Meng Jiuyi quietly wished him well and made up her mind to move on. Years 9.9kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
36. 436 魂 The Soul Transmigrator 魂穿者 Elegant Qingya of Ink Orchids墨兰清雅Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted Two short stories about souls transmigrating into other bodies. They’re uplifting and perfect for readers who don’t have the patience for long novels! (This book is a flight of fancy, so don’t take it personally.) 30Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Easy-to-read, enjoyable novels

37. 437 穿 A Tale of Transmigration to Ancient Times 穿越远古的故事 Elegant Qingya of Ink Orchids墨兰清雅Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted Li Le, who loves staying at home, transmigrates to ancient times. She survives in a prehistoric tribe with Guoguo, a little wild child she found, and uses her pocket dimension to become the "Goddess" and establish her own tribe. Together, they lead the people of ancient times toward a better life. (There is a male lead, and they stay together for life.) 149Reads6.7Score—14d adds
38. 438 末 Is Surviving the Apocalypse Really That Hard? 末世生存很难吗？ Elegant Qingya of Ink Orchids墨兰清雅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse390k WordsCompleted After being reborn into the apocalypse, Yuan Yuan gains a pocket dimension and struggles to survive alongside her younger brother, younger sister, and teammates. People are kind by nature, but she isn’t a bleeding heart. She finds true love, and they depend on each other! 343Reads6.9Score—14d adds
39. 439 他 He Knelt and Begged Me to Love Him, But I’d Fallen Out of Love Long Ago 他跪下求我爱他，可我早已不爱。 Zhouzhou on a Diet正在减肥的周周Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted He knelt and begged me to love him, but I had long since stopped loving him. 39Reads—Score—14d adds

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    1. I watched Pei Yusheng and his female companion entangled with a smile, unaware that I had secretly switched his return-to-city permit document! Please like this post for a plot twist!

40. 440 八 An Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside in the 1980s, and a Cold-Faced Officer Is Happy to Be the Other Man 八零知青下乡，冷面军官甘做男小三 Zhouzhou on a Diet正在减肥的周周Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted An educated youth heads to the countryside in the 1980s, and a cold-faced military officer is willing to be the other man. —Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 441 三 The Demon Venerable of Three Thousand Years Is Writing a Thesis at the Academy? 三千载魔尊竟在学府写论文？ Mysteries of the Stars星辰玄妙Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Urban cultivation + subverting tropes + invincible protagonist + hilarious comedy + the Myriad Worlds The Eternal Night Demon Venerable wakes from a three-thousand-year slumber during an archaeological livestream. His first words: "What's the Wi-Fi password?" He's shoved into a university for "reeducation." The professor's laws of the universe are just his old drafts. He gets reported for cheating after taking on five players in an esports match, and draws a circle on a soda can to seal a camp 95Reads—Score—14d adds

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    With its wildly imaginative plot and hilariously contrasting elements, the ancient demon lord Chonglou awakens after a three-thousand-year slumber, only to be reduced to an "ancient artifact." Forced to attend school and write papers, he effortlessly solves scientific puzzles and seals rifts in other worlds—a truly exhilarating story. The invincible protagonist setting subtly masks a core of loneliness and responsibility. The clash between cultivation and technology, along with the conspiracies and plot twists spanning millennia, makes this story utterly captivating and addictive!

42. 442 团 The Orphan Everyone Dotes On: With Big Brother Away, I Can Stop Pretending 团宠孤女，哥哥不在不装了 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted The heroine loves to show off and stir up trouble. She’s no saint, and she always gets even. A satisfying revenge story, doted on by everyone, one-on-one romance, six older brothers, and an indulgent adoptive father. Her father is an international oil tycoon. Her eldest brother is the CEO of a multinational corporation. Her second brother is a medical genius. Her third brother commands a special forces unit that carries out missions across borders. Her fourth brother is a top lawyer specializing 183Reads—Score—14d adds

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    ╭☞( ￣ ▽￣)╭☞

43. 443 燕 Mr. Yan, Your Wife Only Wants Two Hundred Million, Not You 燕总，夫人只要两亿不要您 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Contract Marriage] [Both leads are sexually inexperienced] [Devoted love] [Healing] Watch the leads fall sweetly in love, warm each other, and heal and save one another. They let go for love, wait for love, and strive toward the light as they learn how to love. Does the male lead fall in love at first sight, or does love grow over time? Was it carefully planned, or just a coincidence? The female lead is forced to marry as soon as she returns to the country. Even at a matc 29Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 444 肆 Reckless Indulgence 肆意纵容 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted New book: The Blind Cannon Fodder, Bound to the Wrong System This is my first book, and I’m inexperienced, so the formatting isn’t very good. I hope readers will bear with me. A story that grows alongside its protagonist: tender, healing, warm, and best savored slowly. Thank you so much! An aloof, high-achieving mute girl & her roguish, sister-obsessed neighbor and older brother figure (doting devotion, cherished by everyone, mutual affection, warm companionship, childhood sweethearts) They lear 40Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 445 惊 The Cry of a Startled Bird 惊鸟鸣 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted [Gang Heir] [Mutual Firsts] [Mysterious Identity] A powerful female lead who is decisive and ruthless, a gang heir whose strength is beyond compare and inspires submission. A hidden hand pulls the strings, launching assassination attempt after assassination attempt. She shoulders the responsibility, investigates the cases, and roots out the corruption. See how the female lead strikes back with commanding force. The male lead is a bartender, a cafe worker, a banquet server, a gang underling, a po 10Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 446 努 A Working Stiff Trying to Make a Living 努力生活的打工人 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Two Male Leads177k WordsCompleted [Female-to-male] [Soul transmigration] (A 28-year-old office drone transmigrates into the body of an 18-year-old college guy in another world, where he meets a familiar, scheming upperclassman, in a parallel world.) (The main story has a tragic ending in the transmigrated world. The extras have a happy ending when he returns to the present.) A female office drone wakes up after a car accident and finds herself in a man's body. How is that even possible? No System, no memories. Even the worst tra 241Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 447 步 Bu Jin Falls in Love 步谨心动 Pear Blossom Lover花痴梨Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted > I thought our first meeting ended when you were seventeen, > but you said we first met many years later. [One-on-one romance, sweet pampering, a guiding lover, love of country, an age gap, transmigration through time, happy ending] Shen Bu, a once-wealthy heiress whose family went bankrupt, accidentally fell into a time-travel laboratory and was tossed between different fragments of time. At twenty-two, bright and full of life, she met the same person at seventeen, thirty, and forty. She ha 68Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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    ❤️It's been a long time since I've seen such a high-quality contemporary romance novel. The author's imagination and writing style are amazing. The storylines from different time periods are seamlessly connected, and every scene is vividly described.

48. 448 溺 Spoiled and Coddled: Run, You Pampered Heiress 溺爱，娇纵千金你别跑 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance156k WordsOngoing [Sweet romance] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Intense romantic push and pull] A spoiled heiress & a lovesick CEO What you can't have isn't necessarily the best. What you manage to hold on to can still slip away. If you grab hold of something, hold on with all your might. And if you still can't keep it, then let it go without hesitation. Cherish virtue and talent; speak and act with grace. In life, we pursue more than material gain. What matters is helping each other grow and bringing one another wa 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    (♡ ὅ ◡ ὅ )ʃ♡

49. 449 惊 Thriller Game: Awakening the Betting System from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局觉醒对赌系统 Sun Fanxing损梵行Mystery781k WordsOngoing [Horror game invasion + rule-based horror + Infinite Flow + reborn + national destiny + no romance + strong female lead + ensemble cast] The low rating is only because it just came out 🙇‍♂️ Yu Cong was reborn, returning to three days before the horror game descended. She knew better than anyone that this terrifying game sweeping across the globe was no coincidence. It was the opening act of an alien invasion of Earth. With the apocalypse approaching, she sprinted out the door “Hello, relevant au 2.4kReads8.8Score3.7k14d adds

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    Rebirth + Thriller Infinite Flow is so addictive!! The female protagonist, Yu Zong, carries the memories of her past life and activates a gambling system on the eve of the arrival of the ghost story game. Winning the gamble saves her life, losing the gamble means death. The whole thing is tense with no romance, and the beautiful and strong woman sweeps through the bizarre dungeons!

50. 450 狼 The Wolf Girl Is a Handful, So Big Bro Has to Soothe Her 狼女不好惹，要哥哄 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance157k WordsOngoing [Coming of Age, Childhood Sweethearts] [Defiant, Emotionally Detached Wolf Girl & Protective, Fatherly Big Brother] [Subtle, Everyday Life, Heartwarming] A girl raised by a pack of wolves meets an animal behaviorist, who brings her back to the human world. She learns to live like a human and experience human emotions, finds family, friendship, and love, and unravels the mystery of her origins. No one says you have to grow up by a certain age, act like an adult at a certain time, or understand ev 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    ε(*･ω･)_/ﾟ:･☆\(`Δ')/

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