The Protagonist Transmigrates, Builds a Power Base, Controls Everything from Behind the Scenes, and Is Unbeatable 主角穿越，组建势力，幕后掌控一切，实力无敌

1. 151 都 A City Dweller Who Forgets the Self: I Use Fiction to Deceive the World 都市坐忘道，我用虚构忽悠世界 A Cat Like a Giant Sea Cucumber像一条大海参的猫猫Urban156k WordsCompleted [Invincible] [Behind the scenes] [A from-the-start gift pack of men and women] Song Zhihu's phone gets infected with a virus and binds to the civilization System “Moonlit Farming.” He discovers that as long as he tricks people, he can earn Question Mark Energy to unlock the System's features! To collect energy, he occasionally poses as an ancient mighty figure or an archaic divine beast... He's conned the people of the entire planet so thoroughly that they truly believe this is a new era where e 281Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The game starts with a system legacy, allowing players to operate behind the scenes, fabricate false histories, release clones to cause trouble, and even turn others into fictional characters they create.

2. 152 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score196Shelves

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   🔥🔥The protagonist is chosen as the administrator of a global hellish game, bringing about a major reshuffle of the world. 💥The protagonist, Lu Chen, transmigrates into the body of the fifth prince of the Great Yu Dynasty. In this life, he has cultivated behind the scenes for 20 years and was already invincible on the day of his birth. (Twenty years later, he reaches the realm of a terrestrial immortal, already unrivaled in the world.)

3. 153 天 Maxed-Out Talent: I Make My Mark in the Martial World! 天赋拉满，我在武道世界显圣！ July Shooting Star七月飞星Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible from the start + ceiling-level combat power + emperor of a dynasty + powerful lead] Lu Chen transmigrates and is reborn. In this life, he's the fifth prince of the Great Yu Dynasty, blessed with terrifying comprehension and an exceptional constitution. While others are still fretting over how hard it is to reach the ninth level of the Azure Heaven Formula, he's already deduced further improvements to the technique, reaching the unprecedented eleventh level. While others are still str 67.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
4. 154 什 What? The System Is Actually Me!! 什么？系统竟是我自己！！ Little Handsome, So Handsome小帅帅帅的Urban189k WordsOngoing [The protagonist is the System]+ [Transmigrating through different worlds]+ [Subverting expectations]+ [No saintly do-gooder] Everyone else binds a System and levels up all the way, but mine actually runs off at the critical moment? Wait, if you run away, what am I supposed to do? Fine, I suppose I’ll just inherit your System abilities. You, spend money and get ten times as much back! You, so what if some Dragon King returns? You’ve got a System, what are you afraid of? Just take him down! And y 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🎉🎉 [Highly Recommend] This behind-the-scenes masterpiece is truly amazing, trust me! [Bookmark] The author's writing is incredibly vivid, each character is brought to life, and the imagery practically overflows from the screen. I highly recommend this book.

5. 155 系EN System Sign-In: Starting with the Cultivation of a Heavenly Emperor 系统签到开局天帝修为 Jasmine in Winter冬日里的茉莉Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Ye Xingchen, an orphan from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrated to another world, only to land among the demon race. By a twist of fate, he became the husband of the demon empress and awakened a sign-in System. From then on, he could have soared to greatness, but instead Ye Xingchen played the pig to eat the tiger, swept aside the geniuses of every race, married the empress, and trampled demonic prodigies beneath his feet. See how Ye Xingchen leads the demon race down a differen 37.4kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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   This book is great, very enjoyable, highly recommended, incredibly satisfying! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

6. 156 末 Apocalypse: I Make and Sell Magic Cards, Ripping Off the Suckers 末世：我魔卡制造商卖卡割韭菜 Super Wholesaler超级批发商Urban371k WordsOngoing [Spiritual Qi Revival + Behind the Scenes + Merchant Shop + Cards + Otherworldly Invasion + Ensemble Cast + System] Chen Fan transmigrates to another world, only to find that heaven and earth have undergone a dramatic transformation. Spiritual qi has revived, countless mutated demon beasts have evolved, and terrifying worlds across the Myriad Worlds have begun to invade! Fortunately, he binds himself to the Fantasy Magic Card System and becomes a magic card merchant, selling fantasy magic cards. 228Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist is invincible in causing trouble behind the scenes.

7. 157 都 Urban Tycoon: I Have a Tax-Collecting Aura 都市大神豪：我有收税光环 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: A step-by-step guide to ruling the world. Yang Mu was an ordinary nobody, a low-ranking wage slave, when he suddenly awakened a mysterious ability. Once a day, he could tax the entire world, but his tax rate was tied to his influence. Only by increasing his personal status, power, and wealth could he steadily raise his influence and tax rate. (A new book by an established author. Feel free to dive in.) 3kReads7.1Score156Shelves

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   The protagonist uses a cheat-like ability to develop his power and eventually rule the world. 🌎

8. 158 神 Above the Divine Dynasty 神朝之上 Boundary畛域Eastern Fantasy732k WordsCompleted The Boundless Continent stretches on without end, vast and boundless, home to countless races where the strong rule. In the Moonsea region, the Li family was one of only two imperial clans among humankind. Once incomparably glorious, it founded the ancient Tang Empire, which flourished for a time before collapsing in a single day. The clan’s fortunes dwindled, and it later hid away in the shattered starfield of the Boundless Sea for three entire eras. Three eras later, a prodigy was born into th 1.3kReads8.1Score—Shelves

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   [Learned it]

9. 159 刚 I Just Drank the Victory Toast, and the City Turned into a Monster Beginner Village 刚喝庆功酒，城市就变怪物新手村 All-New Technology全新科技Sports242k WordsOngoing Also known as Game Invasion: I’m the Apocalypse’s Game Designer and I Just Added a Mechanic, So Why Are You All Killing Like Maniacs? Tomato’s Annual Readership: LAST1 | Publication sales: over 0 copies | Completed works with over a million words: 0 | China Web Literature’s No-Influence IP Ranking | 2099 Breakout Novel [Tags: game invasion + bizarre mechanics + saving the world + one female lead + gradual growth] Lu Youxi obtained the “Game Designer System.” As long as he entered a gameplay conc 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Behind the scenes, a story of building power and driving world evolution! Game invasion + quirky mechanics. This book tells the tale of a global game invasion, with the protagonist on the front lines of the fight against the disaster. Humanity begins with nothing, and the protagonist becomes the system's planner, gradually building mechanics for all humanity until they rival the gods.

10. 160 最 The Weakest Summoner: My Mantis Can Slay Dragons 最弱召唤师我的螳螂能砍巨龙 Loves Springtime Buns爱吃春天里的包子Urban197k WordsOngoing Wang Chong transmigrates to a world of exotic beasts and obtains the All-Spirits Enhancement System. The catch is that he can't enhance himself. But he awakens an E-rank superpower, Insect Summoner, which lets him summon ordinary insects to fight, and they obey him absolutely. Later, with the System's help, he establishes a mysterious organization and sells System products. An ordinary student, yet the boss of a super-organization. And so begins his path to becoming an invincible summoner. This 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Invincible, later on, an organization was established.

11. 161 大 Great Qin: Half a Step from Scheming Against Heaven, My White Moonlight Ushers in an Eternal Qin 大秦：谋天半子，白月光启万世秦 Wu Qianqian雾千千Eastern Fantasy349k WordsOngoing [Historical What-If + Historical Fantasy + No Female Lead + Light Ensemble Cast + Unification] The tags are wrong. With a frail body, he plots the heavens and opens the way to an immortal Qin that will last ten thousand generations! Ji Yunzhan is delicate and sickly, yet his wisdom rivals the Way of Heaven. He arrives at the side of the young Ying Zheng, placing his pieces on the board. He enlightens the people with simplified Chinese characters and creates an immortal path to strengthen Qin’s a 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you don't have a book in mind for the near future, you absolutely must check this one out! 🌈🌈 [A recent gem among behind-the-scenes stories], the plot is truly amazing. From the writing style to the foreshadowing, it's a very enjoyable read and definitely a perfect bedtime story.

12. 162 幕 Mastermind: The Seed Protocol 幕后指挥官：火种协议 Crystal Possessed晶石成精Urban233k WordsOngoing [System-based progression + urban supernatural powers + elite special forces + global shadow war] He wakes up to find the world transformed! University student Lu Chen is swept up in a colossal crisis sparked by “anomalous technology.” At the critical moment, the “Spark Protocol” System activates! He gains an unfathomable talent for battlefield command and becomes a mysterious mastermind operating from the shadows of the city. There’s no time to hesitate! To prevent a global catastrophe, Lu Chen 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    For those experiencing a reading slump, look here! Imagine waking up to a completely different world, unexpectedly gaining a super-powerful command system that allows you to remotely control a top-tier special agent team, conducting secret operations around the globe. Watch as the protagonist transforms from an ordinary college student into a behind-the-scenes mastermind, building his own power base and outwitting all sorts of monsters and even alien civilizations to protect Earth! The plot is absolutely thrilling!

13. 163 我 I Built a Monster Club 我打造了怪物俱乐部 Xihe Tuntun羲和豚豚Urban253k WordsOngoing [The first volume is a little slow. The plot picks up in the second volume, with more monsters appearing.] [Behind the scenes]+ [Ensemble cast]+ [Monsters] When despair takes shape, when hatred becomes claws… A mysterious being calling itself Zero walks through the shadows of the city. In exchange for their souls, it grants mortals power beyond the ordinary, turning them into walking harbingers of calamity. A despairing sculptor commands statues to trample the rules. An honest man transforms int 6Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    [Behind the Scenes] + [Entire Group] + [Monster] [The protagonist is invincible from the start, and never participates in any battles.] I have a club divided into two groups: one to destroy the world, and the other to save it. My favorite thing to do is add members to both groups and then watch them outwit each other.

14. 164 徒 I Create Horrors with My Bare Hands: I Am the Master of the Sequence! 徒手捏造诡异，我即是序列之主！ Rat-a-tat-tat Squad突突突寄队Urban399k WordsOngoing [Monster creation]+ [Eerie]+ [Feel-good power fantasy]+ [Behind-the-scenes]+ [Ensemble cast] After transmigrating and starting over, Su Xiu is both a transmigrator and a reborn person. Watching news reports blanketed with natural disasters and mutations, he remains completely unfazed. Multiverse invasion? Plane fusion? He decisively pulls out his golden finger: by triggering other people’s emotions, he can earn huge amounts of points to write all kinds of fantastical treasures. Once he finishes 1.9kReads8.7Score185Shelves
15. 165 穿EN Reborn Without a Cheat—Because I’m a Planet! 穿越没有金手指，因为我是星球 Jinwan Fights Tigers巾晚打老虎Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted [World creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + transmigration + planets + planetary consciousness + civilization development + lords + conquest + the Myriad Worlds] Zhang Yang transmigrates, but from the start he has no golden finger. Instead, he transmigrates into a ball: a planet! A planet lord must constantly simulate the planet's development and the rise and fall of its civilizations to raise the planet's level. While other planet lords are still pondering which direction their civilizatio 11.7kReads9.3Score973Shelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who transmigrates to a planet, creating a world, working behind the scenes, vying for supremacy, becoming a lord, and traversing countless worlds! 🎉 The second book has no female lead, is cunning, and features the Fourth Calamity! 🎉🎉 The third book is about political intrigue, action, and vying for supremacy! 🎉🎉🎉 The fourth book features a lord's struggle for supremacy, and undead angels. 👼🏻🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

16. 166 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 8.5kReads9.2Score688Shelves
17. 167 大 Ming Dynasty Tyrant: I’ll Extend the Dynasty’s Reign by 300 Years 大明暴君，我为大明续运三百年 Kunwu昆吾Historical6.1M WordsCompleted [Political intrigue]+ [Passionate]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Ruthless]+ [No System] “Zhu Youjian, go in peace. Everything you had will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this day on, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen. I swear here: Those you, Zhu Youjian, could not kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill. What you, Zhu Youjian, could not accomplish, I, Chongzhen, will accomplish. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling? Then it depends on whether I give them the chance! The J 98.6kReads9.2Score11.8kShelves
18. 168 最 The Strongest Lord: I Am the Lord of Angels and the Undead 最强领主：我，天使与亡灵之主 A Puffed-Up Fish一条鼓气鱼Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [Lord Game + Angels + Undead + Conquest + Invincible] The endless abyss is invading. The only chance of survival is to enter The Myriad Realms and become a lord or a class holder. Jiang Yan, a commander of the Origin Star Federation, falls in a crucial battle due to faulty intelligence and an ally's betrayal. When he wakes, he has been reborn ten years earlier, on the eve of The Myriad Realms' launch. This time, he'll use his memories from his previous life to take on more difficult trial dungeo 20.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
19. 169 求EN Survival Game: My Pets Really Are Adorable! 求生游戏：我家宠物真的是萌系 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Survival game] [Farming] [Everyday life] [Pets] [Adorable pets] [No romance] [No heroine] [Infrastructure building] After transmigrating to another world where everyone has to fight to survive, Ye Fei is a little panicked. That is, until he finds a little white fluffball. A little fox, a kitten, a little spotted deer, a puppy, a chick, and more... He finds all kinds of adorable little animals and raises them. While everyone else is still struggling to survive, he's already settling into retirem 11.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
20. 170 星 Lone Wanderer on the Star Track: I Collect Scrap Across the Myriad Worlds 星轨孤客：我在诸天收废品 A Wound Across the Universe寰宇之殇Eastern Fantasy728k WordsOngoing [Sci-fi + multiverse adventure + secret organization + blended genres + first-person narration. Watch the most unassuming orbital debris cleaner become the master of the multiverse’s railways!] I am a wanderer among the stars, an orbital debris cleaner, and a railway judge chosen by fate. Tang Yunchuan, a trainee member of the Eighth Pioneering Train Group on the Starrail Line of the Boundless Star Sea, accidentally awakens the will sealed inside the rearmost carriage during a debris-clearing mi 10Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    A rising star in the hearts of sci-fi fans! Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the protagonist uses his wisdom to solve interstellar mysteries, turning junk into something magical. It's a perfect blend of hardcore technology and adventurous spirit!

21. 171 紫 Purple Mist Manor 紫雾山庄 Yuzhu Pavilion玉竹轩Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted In the Nine Provinces of the Great Qian, the imperial court and various martial arts factions are all deeply intertwined. Under the protagonist's leadership, a small martial arts group navigates the various factions, gradually growing stronger. This is the story of a small faction's rise. 10.3kReads8.4Score895Shelves

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22. 172 分 Clones Are Pointless Unless You Use Them to Stir Up Trouble 分身，不用来搞事情将毫无意义 The Pomegranate Tree Back Home老家的石榴树Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Heroics]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Everyone Is Evil]+ [Stirring Up Trouble]+ [Just Here for the Fun]+ [The Main Body Is a Master at Laying Low] This is a story about someone who uses his clones to stir up trouble, seize resources, and pursue immortality. Being a clone is hard. You're either causing trouble or on your way to cause trouble. A step-by-step guide to destroying a sect, a dynasty, or even... the entire cultivation world. New to the cultivation world, with no con 10kReads8.4Score828Shelves
23. 173 修 Cultivation Begins with the Water-Evolving Pearl 修仙，从水衍珠开始 Fresh and Refined Ben清新脱俗BenEastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Beast Taming Focus] [Already Ascended to the Divine Realm] Born into a small Qi Refining family, he wielded the rare Water-Generating Pearl, became the clan’s patriarch, and led the family to greatness. [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Ascension, True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity, Great Encompassment, Dao Ancestor, Divine Realm] Li Yandao was an unremarkable member of a clan who 21.2kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
24. 174 丰 Lord of Abundance 丰饶之主 Fish Farmer of the North Sea北海养鱼佬Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Evil God LitRPG + Lord + Fourth Calamity] Kun, the second son of a noble house, inherits a dangerous territory on the kingdom's border. Armed with the Six-Horned Mark of Abundance and chosen by the God of Abundance, the new lord has no choice but to make his own way. He leads the people of two worlds as they start from scratch, clear the wilderness, cultivate fertile fields, grow high-yield crops, tame magical beasts, and build the perfect territory of their dreams. The first horn of abundance: 18.3kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
25. 175 大 The Great Cang Era 大苍纪 Blood Stains the Sand血流染沙Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted A peerless occult master born with a prematurely aging constitution and heir to the Earth Sect searches for the Kunlun dragon vein to prolong his life. When an ancient corpse turns monstrous, he harnesses the dragon energy of the earth veins to slay the demon and defend the righteous under heaven. “Have you not eaten? If you don’t want to die, move your ass!” Pfft. Deep in the dark, bitterly cold mine, the gaunt Wang Chang’an and his clansmen stare blankly, enduring their oppression in numb sile 872Reads8.1Score104Shelves
26. 176 诡 Lord of Strange Tales 诡谈之主 Mr. Three Lines三行先生Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted The slit-mouthed woman appears, ready to give people a full makeover with her scissors. A raging fire burns inside the classroom as a pair of hands quietly lock the door. At the crossroads, a curious girl begins to summon spirits. In an abandoned mountain cabin, a head crawls across the floor. In the church, a demon sealed inside an angel statue opens its eyes. A greedy deal draws an extraordinary merchant into the world. In a peaceful and tranquil world, a pair of hands quietly stir 733Reads8.1Score108Shelves
27. 177 镇 The Guardian Divine Beast: Reborn as a Snake, I Evolve into a Dragon and Ascend to Immortality 镇族神兽：重生为蛇之化龙升仙 Eastern Skeleton东方骷髅Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Divine Beasts, Family Saga, Ensemble Cast, System, Strong Family Bonds, Not a Power Fantasy, No Human Transformation, So… No Female Lead] The protagonist feels as if he’s had too much to drink and can’t think straight. Otherwise, how could he be seeing trees hundreds of meters tall, giants a hundred meters tall, and… a tail growing out of his own body? … The protagonist is reborn as a snake and forms an unbreakable bond with the Jiang family, awakening the Clan Guardian Divine Beast System. Fro 2.1kReads7.0Score102Shelves
28. 178 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 69.3kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves
29. 179 神 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 AshzzoieUrban2.2M WordsOngoing In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 25.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves
30. 180 领EN Lordship: Starting as a Pioneer Knight 领主：从开拓骑士开始 As Long as I'm Happy, Nothing Else Matters快乐就行其他无所谓Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing (Farming and slow burn) At eighteen, when he came of age, Weilin chose to become a pioneer. With aid from his family, he set off for the frontier to develop new territory. Step by step, he would eventually reach the very top. 76.4kReads9.1Score6kShelves
31. 181 打 I Built the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, but I Just Want to Survive 打造天庭地府的我，只想活下去 Fox Who Doesn't Like Cilantro不喜欢香菜的狐Eastern Fantasy461k WordsOngoing [Mastermind + spiritual qi revival + impersonating immortals + feel-good power fantasy + fictional world] Bad news: from the start, I’m about to be fed to a tiger! Good news: I still have my items from my immortal heroes game! I, Li Yan, have game items and mounts at my disposal, along with countless secret identities. I’m pretending to be the immortal Xuanqiong Yunze Zhenjun! The cultivation system I made up on the spot is actually revered by a thousand-year-old Daoist sect as the supreme path 196Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Invincible. Behind the scenes,

32. 182 让 I Told You to Squander Money, So Why Did You Buy the Entire Multiverse? 让你去败家，你把万界买下来了？ Soy Sauce Rice Noodles豉油肠粉Anime Fanfiction791k WordsOngoing Cao Xiaoxia is a “wasteful wage slave” who only wants to burn through the System’s funds and get home as soon as possible. But after spending a fortune to save Minato Namikaze, who was destined to die, the entire shinobi world begs him to stop investing; After pouring money into supporting the clown Buggy, he ends up becoming the New World’s secret benefactor; After livestreaming a lavish rescue of Ace, the System’s assets start multiplying like crazy… The more he tries to go bankrupt, the m 8Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    If you also love the "everyone's a misunderstanding" genre, this book is practically a textbook! The protagonist says one sentence, and his subordinates write a whole book of military strategy—it's the pinnacle of the genre!

33. 183 帝 The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马 Heavenly Fragrant Eyes天香瞳Historical4.4M WordsCompleted [New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top 113.8kReads9.1Score10.7kShelves

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    Prince Yang Yu of Zhenbei has made unparalleled contributions to the expansion of the Sui Dynasty's territory. Now, I bestow upon you the Third Princess Chen Ruyan in marriage. I hope you will not become arrogant because of your achievements. What?! The Third Princess Chen Ruyan? You're willing to part with her like this?!

34. 184 壶 Hu Xiaotian 壶笑天 Mutual Love郎情妾意Historical489k WordsCompleted Yang Yu dies alongside drug lords at the border and transmigrates to the Sui dynasty, into the body of the useless heir of the Prince of Zhenbei! He wants to be an idle young lord, but there are always petty troublemakers pushing him to grow stronger! Breaking off an engagement? Fine, but I’m the one breaking off my engagement to you, Liu Wanqing! From a useless young lord to taking command of 200,000 Zhenbei troops, inventing all sorts of things from the twenty-first century, and opening a brot 105Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 妖 The Evil Ninth Prince 妖孽九皇子 Jiangnan Goldfish江南金鱼Historical2.2M WordsCompleted Ye Chen transmigrates into the body of the Ninth Prince of Xia. His royal brothers want him dead, the emperor wants him dead, and the powerful nobles at court all want him dead. Ye Chen has had enough. If everyone wants to kill me, then I’ll seize control of the military, train a million elite soldiers, sweep across the land, and claim the throne. 17.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
36. 186 签 After Eighteen Years of Sign-In, I Take in a Witch and Slay Gods with a Wave of My Hand 签到十八年，我收容魔女抬手斩神 Cicada Song蝉鸣Eastern Fantasy579k WordsCompleted [Invincible + Empress + Witch + Godslayer + wish fulfillment] Luo Nan becomes the sole heir to the Grand Duke’s estate! This is a world of swords and magic, inhabited by elves, fairies, merfolk, vampires, angels, and even gods! His System awakens. Ding! Congratulations, Host, your sign-in is successful! “Archmage Physique” ×1, “Source of Spiritual Power” ×1, “200% Attribute Boost” ×1, “Divine Weapon: Crimson Lotus of Wrath” ×1. To protect himself, Luo Nan quietly keeps signing in and building up 890Reads8.5Score102Shelves

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    Recommended by an 8000+ hour veteran reader: a completed novel. A truly enjoyable read. It's finished; feel free to disagree.

37. 187 推 Reading the Secrets of Heaven: Releasing the Prodigy Rankings from the Start 推演天机：开局发布天骄榜 Lang Lang Tianming浪浪天铭Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Xie Chen transmigrated to the Tianchen Continent, became the master of the Heavenly Dao Hall, and awakened the Heavenly Dao System. To make the Heavenly Dao Hall famous in this world, Xie Chen created the Prodigy Rankings from the start. Gu Ling: “What? I’m the esteemed Demon Prince of the Demon Clan, yet I’m only third on the Prodigy Rankings?” Xiao Yan: “How is this possible? I’m recognized as the strongest prodigy in the Eastern Region, yet I’m only fifth on the rankings?” Dao Canghai: “Sigh, 20.6kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
38. 188 我 I, the Northern Prince's Heir, Join My Father in Rebellion! 我，镇北王世子，带上老爹造反！ I Want a Sugar Daddy我想吃软饭Eastern Fantasy691k WordsCompleted [Another World, Conquest, and an Invincible Power Trip!] [Please set your brain aside before reading!] I have an incredibly dependable father: the Prince of Zhenbei of the Great Liang, with an army of two hundred thousand under his command, who has held off the Northern Mang for thirty years. My leg is healed, and Dad has stopped being a loyal subject. It looks like he’s planning a rebellion! Prince of Zhenbei: Son, we used to want nothing more than for you to live out the rest of your life in p 6.8kReads7.8Score299Shelves
39. 189 开 From the Start, Forced to Abdicate, I Summon a Hundred Thousand Snow Dragon Riders 开局被逼宫，召唤十万大雪龙骑 Brother Wen Loves Garlic文哥爱吃蒜Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Li Xiu woke up to find himself transmigrated as the emperor of the Great Tang, and he’d even activated a Myriad Realms Emperor System! Famous generals from throughout history, gods and demons from across the heavens: he could summon them all! [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Sign-in successful. You have obtained 100,000 Snow Dragon Cavalry soldiers!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have summoned the god-demon Cao Zhengchun!] “What? The Sixth Prince has rebelled and already reached the palace gate 13.2kReads8.1Score569Shelves
40. 190 风 The Dashing Prince: Exiled Three Thousand Miles from the Start 风流皇子：开局被贬三千里 Nan Feng Luo南枫落Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Everyone knows the Seventh Prince of the Xuanwu Empire is useless and timid, but they don’t know that Zhou Xuntao has been biding his time, waiting for the right moment! On the day he is enfeoffed as Prince of Qin, the hardships he has endured for sixteen years finally begin to pay off. One day, the iron cavalry of Great Qin will ride across the land! 298Reads5.5Score—Shelves
41. 191 永 Eternal Night: The Twelfth Era 永夜：第十二纪 Eternal Swastika卍字永恒Eastern Fantasy723k WordsOngoing [No System, no characters suddenly getting stupid, no mindless plot, not a wish-fulfillment novel, slow burn, strategic plotting, an immensely expansive world] [Ancient Xia] [Yin Shang] [Heavenly Zhou] [Divine Han] [Immortal Qin] [Sacred Tang] [Daoist Song] [Demonic Yuan] [Imperial Ming] [Demon Qing]... Fortune-backed dynasties + a struggle for supremacy across the myriad heavens + spatial arts + alchemy + artifact forging + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nasc 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Establish the Immortal Qin Empire + the Dynasty of Destiny + Build a Top-Tier Assassin Organization

42. 192 玄 Xuanhuan: A Slight Effort, and I’ve Reached the Mortal World’s Limit 玄幻：略微出手，已是人间极限 Strange Path, First Light陌道初阳Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Xuan was reborn in another world and began building his own power from childhood. Once grown, he swept all before him! To end the darkness, he rose from a hidden Divine Lord to the Emperor of the Sacred Domain, and then to the Supreme Emperor! Here, powerful factions vie for supremacy, shadows stretch across eras, and ancient gods return... The ultimate contest begins, all living beings wail, and when darkness descends, he raises his halberd to hold up the collapsing heavens! 502Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is reborn, trains his subordinates from a young age, and eventually conquers the world.

43. 193 内 The Gods Within Take Their Places, and I Slay the Inverted World 内景诸神归位，我镇杀颠倒世界 My Way Is Not Lonely, Sitting in Oblivion and Seeking Immortality吾道不孤坐忘长生Eastern Fantasy831k WordsOngoing All the immortal sects in the world establish their grounds by borrowing the spiritual veins of mountains and rivers. Only the Tianyan Ancestral Court creates its own Dao Heaven and opens a Divine Court within. It relies on nothing external and honors only its own Dao! Atop a thousand peaks, Dao platforms rise in tiers, while jade palaces brush the clouds. There is no worldly bustle of incense offerings, nor the murderous malice of heterodox paths. Only the ancient, pristine aura of the Yellow C 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Transmigrating to a demonic world, I rely on the gods of the inner realm to establish my own sect and become invincible! Transmigrated as an abandoned infant, I inherit the Yellow Court Daoist lineage, and the gods of the inner realm return to their positions! This world is too crazy! Dao and demon are reversed, the immortal sects are evil dens, the Buddhist sects devour living souls, sword cultivators slaughter the common people, demons roam freely, and the human world is like a purgatory! Zhao Huaizhen descends with the Heavenly Heart Talisman, the five internal organs house the five emperors, the six viscera harbor the gods, and the three departments, eight scenes, and twenty-four true beings obey his commands! While others refine corpses and devour blood to seek breakthroughs, he nurtures his divine essence steadily, slaying demons beyond his level as easily as cutting melons and vegetables; while others form cliques and wreak havoc on the world, he establishes his own sect to spread the righteous path, gathering like-minded people from all over the world to protect the common people! From protecting his benefactor in a desolate village to suppressing all evil in the five regions, from an infant's body to a Daoist master in another world! The Heavenly Court of the inner realm displays its power, the gods descend to subdue demons, watch Zhao Huaizhen use his own body as a cauldron to reforge the Great Dao of the human world, turning the world upside down and settling the universe! The new book, "The Gods of the Inner Realm Return to Their Positions, and I Suppress the Upside-Down World," is a story of transmigration, invincibility, and power building. It's full of satisfying moments of righteous reversal and triumph. If you're looking for something to read, grab it now!

44. 194 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical724k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score183Shelves

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    That's how it is.

45. 195 从 Starting in a County Town, I Build a Global Crime Queen 从县城开始，打造全球黑道女皇 Ke Dao Mo髁道墨Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in and will rise later] Right after transmigrating, he discovers he has become the useless live-in husband of the county's crime boss. From the start, his wife has a cold dagger at his throat, while hundreds of enemies gather outside, sharpening their blades and shouting for blood. His wife is about to be killed in the street! At this critical moment, the [Strongest Queen Support System] activates! “Ding! Host's wife, Qin Lengyue, is facing utter ruin. Beginner's gift pack 21Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    It helps his wife become more powerful; it's entertaining, but there's not enough of it.

46. 196 黄 A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身 Horse-Herder Immortal出马仙Mystery4.8M WordsCompleted Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello 52.9kReads8.9Score8kShelves

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    Transmigrating to a fantasy world, Lu Nianli became the heir of the Zhenbei Prince of the Great Feng Dynasty, but was born with a useless body, unable to cultivate. Forced to become the dynasty's number one playboy, he acquired a "play-it-all system." Simply by playing it cool, he could gain rewards: the world's number one intelligence organization, the Hundred Knowledge Hall; the peerless assassins, the Six Sword Slaves; the legendary sword, Tianwen; the invincible Great Snow Dragon Rider… Cultivation? Conquest? Forget about it! Listening to music in brothels, indulging in romance and pleasure, doing absolutely nothing but playing the game! The heir created the Rouge Appraisal, and empresses from a hundred dynasties were listed! One day, this heir will raise the Rouge Appraisal and open the gates of heaven. I ask the celestial maidens, who dares to come to this mortal realm!

47. 197 你 Why Are You Messing With Him? He's China's Guardian Deity 你惹他干嘛，他是华夏守护神 Lucky Little Sister吉祥妹妹Urban5.6M WordsCompleted [The Return of a Strongest Expert + Decisive and Ruthless + Invincible Power Fantasy] On his first day back in Huaxia, he issued three orders. ‘Night Emperor, send men to the Americas immediately. I want the heads of the commanders who took part in the Great Xia war back then.’ The next day. A military stronghold in the Americas was breached, and five-star marshal Arabella Jeff was beheaded. ‘The Eastern Isles also took part in the war. Teach them a lesson!’ The next day. A “Truth” was dro 8.3kReads8.9Score861Shelves
48. 198 幕 The Mastermind Behind the Global Spiritual Qi Revival 幕后黑手，掀起全球灵气复苏 Great Sun Yang Mang大日阳莽Urban138k WordsOngoing After failing his postgraduate entrance exams, He Sanjin transmigrated to a strange yet familiar otherworld following a night of heavy drinking, becoming the Will of Heaven itself. To repel invading enemies, he set off a spiritual qi revival. In the first stage, when spiritual qi ran dry, the Will of Heaven distributed supernatural ability fruits. In the second stage, spiritual qi revived across the world, and people could absorb it on their own. In the third stage, foreign enemies invaded. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They're completely behind the scenes, never appearing on screen; every supporting character has more screen time than the main character.

49. 199 成 Becoming an Immortal Emperor Is All Thanks to My Enemies' Efforts 成就仙帝，全靠敌人的努力 Mu Chun沐春Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted What would it feel like if every side effect of your cultivation were borne by your enemies? And so Liu Shunyi began frantically practicing forbidden arts and life-draining techniques. He even started madly cultivating methods that would wreck his foundation. First, he wanted to raise his strength as quickly as possible. Second, these techniques were powerful. Third, his enemies would bear every cost and adverse effect anyway. What’s more, he could even cultivate using his enemies’ talents. What 37.1kReads8.4Score3.4kShelves

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    The later part of the third book is mostly behind the scenes.

50. 200 妈 Mama's Boy: What Did You Say About My Mom? 妈宝男：你说我妈怎么了？ Dragon Fruit with Mango火龙果配芒果Urban34k WordsOngoing [Global Alert: Report on the Destruction of Sakura Nation] [The ability user codenamed “Momma’s Boy” has destroyed all of Sakura Nation] “That’s what you get for insulting my mom.” Ye Ming stood atop Tokyo, with the burning city beneath his feet. He took a photo from his pocket and gently ran his fingers over his mom’s warm, gentle smile. “Love you, Mom.” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]

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