Behind-the-Scenes Stories About Building a Power Base, Where the Protagonist Doesn't Always Take Center Stage 幕后流，培养势力，不要主角一直在第一线的那种

1. 551 高 High Martial World: From the Start, I Summon Zhao Gao of the Web 高武，开局召唤罗网赵高！ The Great Dao Sinks大道沉沦Eastern Fantasy366k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [System summoning + behind-the-scenes power fantasy!] After transmigrating to a high-martial world, he keeps a low profile for eighteen years! At last, he awakens a System that summons someone at a fixed time each month? And it can draw prizes, too? What? The spiritual qi revival? Go out and have some fun? No, no, no! Lin Liangchen says it's still too soon! The Way of Lying Low is invincible, but you have to keep lying low… 3.5kReads7.2Score101Shelves
2. 552 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 in the early stages, build an organization in the later stages

3. 553 从 Starting with Demon Slayer: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes 从鬼灭开始做幕后黑手 Moonlight and Tea Tree Fragrance月色茶树香Anime Fanfiction122k WordsOngoing Behind-the-scenes scheming + unscrupulous boss + spiritual qi revival + ensemble cast + fighting monsters and leveling up + wise old mentor. Lin Fan transmigrates to another world and is chased by a zombie from the start. After dealing with it, he discovers that Blue Star has very little time left. What a disastrous start... His cultivation is weak, so he transmigrates straight into the Demon Slayer world, never expecting to gain the greatest reward there. Gu Feng is a soul from another world s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book features an invincible protagonist, a behind-the-scenes character, and a clever strategist who even summons his compatriots from Earth to stir up trouble. The fourth book is a truly excellent work, now complete.

4. 554 本 I Keep a Low Profile While My Billions of Clones Rule the Myriad Worlds 本尊苟着，亿万分身制霸诸天万界 Little Bear Rises to Greatness小熊要崛起Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted [Clones + Playing it safe + Behind the scenes + Lighthearted + Extremely satisfying] Su Yang has ordinary talent and works as a servant in the back hills of his sect. He thought he'd spend his whole life coasting along. Who could have guessed he'd activate a clone-making golden finger that lets him create clones endlessly? Decision made: his true self will stay safe inside the sect, while countless clones venture out to gather rare treasures and bring back resources to improve his talent and str 6kReads8.4Score424Shelves

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   Clone + Survival Strategy + Behind-the-Scenes + Relaxing + Super Satisfying, Decisive and Ruthless, No Mary Sue [Please Follow][Learned][Learned][Learned]

5. 555 高 High Martial, Ten Thousand Races: I Ascend Beyond the Mortal World in Simulations 高武万族：我在模拟中飞升未来 Golden Waves and Billows, Machine No. 3金涛骇浪三号机Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Simulator] + [Abstract] + [Simulating Other Worlds] + [Dominating the Real World] + [A Reasonably Clever Protagonist] Transmigrated into a high-martial world, where warriors split mountains and shatter moons. Beyond the Heavenly Gate, countless races vie for supremacy, and geniuses are born with innate divine abilities that let them sweep aside all who share their level... Though Xu Fei's martial arts aptitude is nothing special, he's got a cheat! By simulating one era after another, he ascends 63.2kReads8.2Score7.3kShelves

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6. 556 开 Summoning Bai Yifei of the Nightfall from the Start! 开局召唤夜幕白亦非！ The Great Dao Sinks大道沉沦Eastern Fantasy448k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Behind-the-scenes summoning + somewhat villainous + multiple heroines + System + ruthless and decisive] Martial arts first, immortality after; the realms above and below are divided! Rule the lower realm, reign supreme in the upper realm! The Primordial Continent, one hundred thousand domains! Unite a hundred cities and crush the ten great tribes! Destroy the dynasty and rule in every direction! Summon gods and demons from all the heavens, crush the ancient clans and destroy the immor 285Reads6.2Score—Shelves
7. 557 诡 When the Supernatural Arrives, I Summon Black and White Impermanence from the Start 诡异降临我开局召唤黑白无常 Hardworking Little Pig奋斗小猪Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural Revival + Decisive Killing + Summoning + Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation + Invincibility + No Female Lead] Ye Yu transmigrates into a world where the supernatural has revived and ghosts roam everywhere. He thinks he is as good as dead, but then he binds to the Underworld Summoning System and becomes the Underworld's supreme ruler, the Yin Emperor. He summons Black and White Impermanence to slaughter their way through a mass grave. He summons the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to pacify the 19.1kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves

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   Half behind-the-scenes growth story, half invincible

8. 558 一EN One Entry Per Year: Even a Simulator Can Do It 一年抽取一词条，模拟的也可以？ Six Great Sixes六大六子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Trait extraction + simulator + inherit everything + immortal martial arts] (Animated adaptation now available) Chen Yi transmigrates to a martial arts world and obtains a System that draws one trait every year. Unfortunately, all he draws are useless white traits. The probability of obtaining high-quality traits is extremely low, and the highest-grade mythical trait has a chance of only 0.001%! To improve the odds, he must raise his martial arts realm, but he has no innate aptitude and cannot c 419.9kReads8.8Score40.7kShelves
9. 559 末 Warlord of the Apocalypse: Me? I Get Stronger by Taking in the Campus Belle? 末世枭雄：我？收留校花就变强？ Beautiful Female Ghost漂亮女鬼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + mastermind behind the scenes + summoning + ruthless decisiveness + villainous tone + intelligent characters + conquest through war + political scheming and human nature] A harem story about conquest. Don’t read if that’s not your thing~ The apocalypse descends, and zombies run rampant. Is it the collapse of morality, or the extinction of humanity? Luo Chen obtains the System and summons genetic warriors to conquer the world. He also saves top-tier beauties (you know what I mean… do 631Reads6.5Score107Shelves
10. 560 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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    Immortality and sainthood, control of the Heavenly Dao, a family of destiny, a divine disciple of a sect, the Dao Fruit of the Primordial World, system battles, bribing time and space, a martial god teacher, omniscient about the plot, offering sacrifices to gods for countless blessings, clan-protecting spirit stones. A variety of fantasy martial arts novels featuring creation and behind-the-scenes stories are recommended; perhaps you'll find one you like.

11. 561 模 Simulating Immortality: A Chinese-Style Femme Fatale. Heaven, Come and Face Your Death 模拟长生，中式魅魔，请苍天赴死 Immortal Fisher捞仙人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Simulator + Life Review + Talent Trait Draws + Inheriting Everything + Immortal and Martial Arts] After being reborn in an immortal and martial world, Wen Yu grows up in a comfortable, well-off family, free of worries. But at sixteen, disaster strikes and his entire family is slaughtered. Luckily, he obtains a life review System. In each simulation, he can review his life once every ten years and gain a talent trait. The more dramatic his simulated life, the higher the realm he reaches in immor 95.8kReads8.4Score11.7kShelves
12. 562 宗EN The Sect Is Recruiting Disciples, and from the Start I Can See Their Attribute Panels 宗门收徒，开局看见属性面板 Golden Beast of Changtu Mountain长涂山的黄金兽Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Taking Disciples + Sect Building + System + Heartwarming + Slow Pace + The Protagonist Has Both Legs and Joins in the Fun.] After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakened a disciple-recruitment System and gained the ability to see his disciples' traits! Starting from scratch, he would build the strongest sect. First Disciple: Li Yingling [Gold Trait: Cultivation Prodigy][Purple Trait: Extraordinary Luck][Blue Trait: Beautiful] Second D 99.2kReads9.0Score10.5kShelves

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    Immortality, control over the Heavenly Dao, a family of destiny, a divine disciple of a sect, a primordial Dao fruit, system battles, bribing time and space, a martial god teacher, omniscient about the plot, offering sacrifices to gods for countless blessings, clan-protecting spirit stones. A variety of fantasy martial arts novels featuring creation and behind-the-scenes stories are recommended; perhaps you'll find one you like.

13. 563 长 Longevity: Others Cultivate Immortality While I Train in Martial Arts 长生：别人修仙我练武 Old Donkey Who Eats Fish吃鱼的老驴Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + Playing It Safe + No System + Behind the Scenes + Humorous Everyday Life!] [Slow-paced, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read at your own risk!] They say you shouldn't show off, or you'll get struck by lightning. Bai Yu didn't listen, and got struck by lightning. Reborn as a martial arts prodigy, his golden finger is a tree that grants him eternal life. After becoming invincible among mortals, Bai Yu sets out on the path to immortality, only to get a harsh reality check just as he's 19.4kReads8.0Score1.7kShelves
14. 564 我 I’m the Only Esper, and I’m Building a Supernatural Organization 我，唯一异能者，缔造超凡组织 Heaven's Walking Scoundrel天行贱Urban356k WordsOngoing If you had the power to alter other people’s fates, what would you do? My name is Li Xiao. I was reborn with the power to alter fate. I can help people turn their futures around and make up for their regrets. Before I arrived, there was nothing supernatural in this world. After I arrived, wings that blotted out the sky spread across the stars, and a supernatural organization that controls the world was quietly born. 80Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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15. 565 盒 The Creator God in the Box 盒子里的创世神 Daoist Long Yuan龙渊道人Urban312k WordsOngoing Inside this prison called the “Box World,” countless races have sung songs of blood and tears through the tide of history. Gwyn witnessed King Arthur’s final charge and gathered up the last of humanity’s dignity. Gwyn heard the elven queen’s desperate prayer as the World Tree withered. He saw the bones of the orc prophet, who had fallen in the desert while searching for the “edge of the sky.” “God, if you truly exist, why do you turn a blind eye to our suffering?” Gwyn watched it all in silence. 37Reads6.8Score—Shelves
16. 566 洪EN Primordial Styx: Blood God Avatars Spread Across the World 洪荒冥河之血神分身遍天下 Qu Feishang曲飞殇Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The short drama The Strongest Styx Rewrites the Primordial World is complete. Fellow Daoist fans of short dramas, feel free to click in and check it out. A soul from the future transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Minghe. He awakens before anyone else and uses billions of clones to lay down a grand formation that morally coerces the entire Primordial World. He attains the Dao before Hongjun. A golden wheel of Great Dao merit shines across the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao is so 30.1kReads8.6Score2kShelves
17. 567 伪EN Pseudo-Spirit Root Cultivates into an Immortal: Perfectly Reasonable, Right? 伪灵根当天灵根修成仙，很合理吧 Wu Wuwu吾舞舞吾Eastern Fantasy974k WordsOngoing Invincible + chuunibyou + cultivation powered entirely by belief I, Li Tianwei, was born to be the protagonist. I understood gravity at the age of three, but Newton was born before me. In kindergarten, I already had twelve great generals under my command and wanted to conquer the Central Plains and unite the realm, but Ying Zheng beat me to it too. As they say, two kings can’t rule the same age. It wasn’t until I transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation that Li Tianwei finally understo 27.4kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves
18. 568 我 I Only Plundered a Few Systems, So Why Are You All Panicking? 我就掠夺些系统，你们都慌啥？ Wind Without a Sound风无声Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as From the Start, I Become a System and Plunder the Myriad Worlds and Host, Wait! You Dropped Your Cheat on the Ground. The three principles of the System: 1. The total amount of the Myriad Worlds' source remains unchanged. Ascension is the System's only rule. 2. Systems are drawn to and compete with one another, and their purpose is to plunder. Any show of kindness will turn you into someone else's source. 3. The Myriad Worlds are a dark forest. Keep yourself hidden, and don't let y 14.2kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
19. 569 夜 Lord of the Night 夜幕之主 Morning Farewell to Old Friends朝辞故旧Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted What’s so great about inheriting the throne? A kingdom you conquer yourself is the one you can rule with confidence. He commands Nightfall, one of the three great assassin organizations, and a single word from him decides who lives and dies. He also controls the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, one of the ten great trade guilds, and is richer than an entire nation. Once that useless prince leaves the capital, he soars like a dragon released into the sea. He raises the Banner of a Hundred Battles in 22.5kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: A prince disdains the struggle for the throne, relying on his own efforts to secure a stable kingdom. A night-time assassin determines life and death, a global business alliance amasses wealth surpassing nations. 🌿 A dragon emerges from the sea, a hundred battle flags flutter, a hero leading the way in this era of powerful figures. 🌿 The emperor personally leads the campaign, a decision made in heaven, officials kneel in reverence. 🌿 Strategizing flawlessly in the imperial court, living a carefree life in the martial world. 🌿 The political landscape of the imperial court is ever-changing, while chivalry in the martial world is steadfast and loyal. One's own strength moves the imperial court, plunging into the turbulent world of martial arts. 🌈🌈

20. 570 无 Infinite Simulations: I Play the Hero of Feel-Good Stories Across the Heavens! 无限模拟：我在诸天当爽文男主！ Xuankong Loves Barbecue Rice爱吃烤肉饭的悬空Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Simulator + the Myriad Worlds + Invincible Wish-Fulfillment + Fast-Paced + Ruthless + No Suffering] Lin Yu was completely baffled. All he’d done was take a nap, yet somehow he’d transmigrated to another world. Luckily, after transmigrating, he merged with his counterpart in this world. From his memories, Lin Yu gathered that he had probably arrived in a world where spiritual qi had only just begun to revive. He was wondering how to deal with the murderer who had killed his counterpart when his 25.4kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
21. 571 武 The Martial Arts System Starts by Summoning Sheng Qi 武侠系统开局召唤胜七 Though We Love, the Ends of the Earth Defy Ink and Words有情天涯难笔墨Eastern Fantasy339k WordsCompleted On the Tianhuang Continent, strength reigns supreme, and conflict is constant. Chu Qiufeng arrived with a Summoning System and summoned Sheng Qi from the start. To keep himself from becoming everyone's weakness, Chu Qiufeng controlled everything from behind the scenes. 1.5kReads7.0Score—Shelves

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    These two books perfectly fit the requirements. They are both behind-the-scenes stories where the male protagonist transmigrates to another world and relies on a system to summon characters, build and cultivate his own power. He rarely makes sacrifices in front of the camera but oversees everything behind the scenes.

22. 572 诡 As the Occult Withers, I Endure; As the Old Gods Die, I Live Forever 诡秘凋零我不朽，旧神逝而我永生 Ham and Egg Croissant火腿蛋可颂Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Longevity + Cthulhu + Changing Eras + Attribute Points + Ultimate Villain!) In the Middle Ages, when strange corruption ran rampant, he became the mad pontiff who terrorized half a continent. In the age of science, after the Old Gods fell, he became a living legend who walked the mortal world. Even when humanity left the surface of the planet and reached for the stars, no one could deny the existence of this undying old monster who had endured across the ages! “First, I have to survive the 17.9kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
23. 573 朝 A Hound of the Imperial Court? You’ve Never Faced the Six Fan Gate’s Blades 朝廷鹰犬？没挨过六扇门的刀 Tian Yan天衍Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsOngoing Also known as: Six Doors: Confiscating Estates and Wiping Out Clans [Transmigrate into a book + ruthless and decisive + single or no heroine] Reality isn’t a game, nor is it a storybook. Reality has rules, and breaking them brings retribution. My name is Li Jun Su. I paid the price for breaking the rules. After that, I was reborn. Unlike the real world, this world was dominated by martial arts, and the path to immortality flourished. Power mattered more than authority. The Great Qian Dyna 65.7kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
24. 574 死EN After Dying a Hundred Thousand Times, I Bribed the River of Time and Space 死亡十万次，我直接买通时空长河 Natsume Says Nothing夏目不语Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Future Setting] [One Female Lead or No Female Lead] The Shijing appeared, strange beings invaded, and the Chosen Ones charged with fighting them were on the brink of defeat. So the most determined among the Chosen Ones began searching for a way to save the world. “Ten years later, the basic body-tempering method appeared, and the first martial artists were born.” “A hundred years later, spiritual martial arts burst onto the scene, and the martial arts community officially took shape.” “A thousa 174kReads9.4Score25.9kShelves
25. 575 异 Superpowers: Am I Really the Only Wind User? 异能：风系居然只有我一个人？ Dao Mi He稻弥禾Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Single heroine] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Wind] [Daily life] [Superpowers] [Single element] [Genius] [Urban] (The part about making money from antiques at the beginning is brief. The main story gets going after chapter 30, and the grand story unfolds after chapter 100. I hope newcomers will stick around just a little longer. Thank you...) The power of will, the resonance of laws, the surging of spiritual energy. These are the blessings of the order of the laws. Bai Qiu was the first of all to awa 3.7kReads8.8Score281Shelves
26. 576 诸 Reincarnating Through the Heavens, I Bloom Amid Slaughter 诸天轮回，我于杀戮中绽放 A Heart of Roses, Fierce as a Tiger心有蔷薇如虎Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow, the Myriad Worlds, original worlds, decisive killing, no female lead] After Chu Yunhan was chosen by the Tower of Guixu, which governs the infinite multiverse, to become a hunter, his talent, Spirit-Slaying, granted him the ability to absorb the power of souls through killing, strengthening himself and deducing cultivation techniques. To survive, he had no choice but to descend into one terrifying world after another and face endless slaughter. When his presence spread across the 84.7kReads8.5Score10.5kShelves
27. 577 让 I Was Asked to Manage a Class of Good-for-Nothings, So How Did It Become the Martial God Hall? 让你代管废材班，怎么成武神殿了 A Heart Facing the Sun向阳的心Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + slow-burn character growth early on + fake enlightenment + comedy + teacher-student bond (it only takes off in the middle and later parts, so don’t read if that’s not your thing)] Three homeroom teachers were driven away in half a month. Class Five, Grade One was full of little tyrants, and every student was a hopeless martial arts talent. Even with the director of academic affairs offering an extremely generous salary, no one would take charge of them. That was when Su Yang act 63.7kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
28. 578 追 Chasing Wind Tower 追风楼 Illiterate Sun文盲孙Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Wuxia + Passion + Assassins + Comedy + Multiple Protagonists] There are no sword strikes that split the heavens here, only bodies that achieve sainthood! They are the shadows of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and a band of grim reapers wandering the mortal world! Everyone who makes it out of here alive has a story to tell. 1.6kReads8.8Score100Shelves
29. 579 满 The Court Is Full of Earth Immortals, and the Enemy Is Stunned 满朝陆地神仙，敌国懵了 Heartless Banana无心香蕉Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy] + [System] + [Intelligent characters] + [Invincible] + [Wei Wu’s legacy] Fifteen years ago, Lin Xu transmigrated to the Qianwu Kingdom and became a puppet emperor. Fifteen years later, he bound himself to a recruitment System that provided a new template every week. The Eastern Depot, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Great Snow Dragon Riders... Even food, weapons, and armor... Rebellious ministers, self-proclaimed vassal kings, invading barbarians, wolves circling from eve 23.3kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
30. 580 恐 Horror Arena: From the Start, a Red-and-White Collision Scares the World to Tears 恐怖擂台：开局红白撞煞吓哭全球 I'm Not the Regiment Commander我不是团长Urban1.6M WordsOngoing A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho 19.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    Li Xin, carrying the gacha system from his pre-transmigration martial arts game, a game where you could spend real money to win big, find himself in another world, becoming the leader of Black Wind Stronghold. By spending money, he could draw all sorts of divine skills, powerful weapons, and even summon legendary figures. Dragon Elephant Prajna, the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Nine Yin and Nine Yang, the Eight Forms of the Heavenly Blade. The Heaven-Slaying Sword, the Dragon-Slaying Saber, the Blood-Drinking Saber. Qiao Feng, Ding Peng, Madam Huang… Gradually, the world's atmosphere started to change. Wait, this is supposed to be a martial arts world, so why is the Monkey King showing up?

31. 581 从 A Skeleton's Life in Another World: Starting from Zero 从零开始的异世界骷髅生活 At Ease优然自若Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + farming + multiple races + transmigration + invincible + Skeleton Lord + A little cheating doesn't count as cheating, and a little blade doesn't count as a blade] Before he knows it, Zhang Yuan discovers he's become the weakest skeleton in another world, but accidentally inherits the powers of the Undead Overlord. From the start, he resurrects a villager's father, only to be hunted down by the filial son! After fleeing for his life, he discovers that whenever his skeleton 5.7kReads8.1Score436Shelves
32. 582 我 I Can Only Fire Energy Waves, but One Finger Blast Can Pierce the Stars 我只会发波，但一指射穿星辰 I Can't Read老子不识字Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Nezha + the Great Sage + Yang Jian + mechanical evolution + ascension through myth = ???] Wu Dou transmigrated onto a magical super-train. Everyone in this world lived in its carriages, and everything around them had been digitized. The passengers grew stronger by completing instance trials and collecting all kinds of rare resources. On the day he turned eighteen, Wu Dou gained his innate ability, [King of Waves]! [King of Waves: Your wave-based skills, such as air waves, electric waves, and li 12.6kReads7.9Score1kShelves
33. 583 震 Shocking! I’m Actually the Emperor Hao of an Ancient Kingdom!!! 震惊！我竟是古国昊帝！！！ Leisurely Pen, Casual Guest闲笔淡客Historical206k WordsOngoing Alternate ancient setting + gradual growth + a slight golden finger + multiple heroines + unification Internet cafe regular Zhou Hao is electrocuted and his soul returns to the ancient continent of Blue Star, where he becomes the ninth prince of the Shusha dynasty, saddled with the reputation of being a good-for-nothing. Fortunately, his phone unlocks a Myriad Worlds Marketplace. Armed with the knowledge of his former life, he boosts agriculture, establishes schools, builds a thriving economy, a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the most worthwhile book to read! Without a doubt! It's truly excellent! Absolutely no AI involved, purely handcrafted literature. The author's thinking is clear, and the writing is smooth! The main character has a distinct personality! The supporting characters are all intelligent! A truly wonderful book!

34. 584 人 I’m Inside the Book, and You’re Telling Me It Was Abandoned? 人在书中，你和我说这书太监了？ Haolan Slacks Off at Work灏岚上班就摸鱼Eastern Fantasy961k WordsOngoing [Wuxia + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Unhurried Pace + No System + No Chuunibyou + Satisfying Ending] The transmigration bureau is up to no good! Chen Yao transmigrates into the novel he wrote himself! The problem is, he abandoned it after only a few chapters! Luckily, this world has a powerful golden finger that can bring all sorts of amazing things into reality. Martial arts, medicine, military strategy, literature… Then one day, heaven and earth undergo a drastic change. He discovers that t —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 585 从 From Toddler Prince to Sovereign of All Under Heaven [Infrastructure] 从奶娃诸侯王到天下共主【基建】 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: From Infant Prince to Ruler of All Under Heaven: Infrastructure Building [Feel-good power fantasy + adorable toddler from the start + gaming cheat + infrastructure building + farming + war + family and country + cute pets + romance?] [Serious Synopsis] If you come from across the sea and travel west, you will eventually find a prosperous city unlike anything in this world. It is the fiefdom of His Highness, the Prince of You: Youzhou. At the end of the dynasty, the land is strew 171.2kReads9.3Score18.8kShelves
36. 586 全EN Billions of Gods, Only I Get Hundredfold Offerings! 全民成野神？唯有我百倍供品！ Wind and Snow Can't Crush Me风雪不能压我Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Handcrafted the Old-Fashioned Way + Everyone Becomes a God + Gods' Survival + Invincible Divine Path + Subjugating All Races + Generations Ahead] When three billion people around the world transmigrated and became wild gods. In this world, immortals and gods were nowhere to be found. Demons, monsters, and evil spirits ran rampant, while human traitors aided and abetted them. How could three billion wild gods gather worshippers, nurture subordinate gods, exorcise evil, and ascend to the throne o 127.8kReads9.0Score15.3kShelves
37. 587 武 Martial Arts Longevity: I Slaughter My Way from the Bottom to Eternity 武道长生，从底层杀到永恒 Natsume Soseki Stubborn Stone夏目漱石顽石Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Slow burn, high-level martial arts, unrivaled through the ages, single female lead] The Great Zhou Dynasty values martial arts above all. This is a world where martial arts have flourished to their very limit. Martial Sages represent the pinnacle that a warrior can reach. There are countless profound arts: the Lesser Formless Skill, Golden Bell Shield, Dragon Elephant Prajna, Heaven and Earth in My Image, Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows, Soulcraft Mysteries, Heaven-Battling E 900Reads7.1Score—Shelves
38. 588 隐 The Hidden Master 隐之实力者 Vanity at Work作祟的虚荣心Eastern Fantasy595k WordsCompleted Shengdefuli is a moderately advanced world dominated by cold weapons. At some point, strange phenomena began appearing everywhere. Magic? Superpowers? A force that did not belong to this world disrupted the order, bringing constant warfare. Countries such as Donghua had no way to restrain those with superpowers or magic. Even defending themselves was a challenge, and panic spread through the people. Just as order was about to collapse, a superpower organization called [Shiyin] appeared. It demon 42Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    Sorry, that's all I have, and most of them are relatively obscure.

39. 589 玄 Xuanhuan: Infinite Reincarnation, I Attain the Dao Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes 玄幻：无限轮回，我万世成道 Not Dark Souls并非黑暗之魂Eastern Fantasy220k WordsOngoing [Infinite Reincarnation]+ [Fast-Paced]+ [Unconventional Simulator]+ [Behind the Scenes]+ [The Protagonist Uses a Different Secret Identity in Every Life]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] If you want to skip the early buildup, things take off from Chapter 63. Xiao Se died, only to discover that his golden finger, the Dao Fruit of Reincarnation, had finally arrived. The Dao Fruit of Reincarnation gave Xiao Se the ability to die and come back to life without limit. What's more, after each death, his culti 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story features a behind-the-scenes element: the protagonist masquerades as the holy son of a powerful force, changing his identity in each reincarnation to continue this charade. Even enemies meticulously planned over millennia are ultimately defeated by the forces cultivated by the protagonist.

40. 590 武EN This Is a Martial Arts World—Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 武者世界，你怎么教人修仙 Fast Blade for Feel-Good Stories爽文快刀手Martial Arts2.5M WordsCompleted This is a world where martial strength reigns supreme. Lin Bei transmigrates into a small mountain village. Using the tai chi practiced by an old man in the park, he tricks children who can't train in martial arts into believing it's a cultivation method even more powerful than martial arts. Then a martial artist whose dantian has been crippled happens to hear of Lin Bei's reputation. With the attitude of giving it a try, he asks to become Lin Bei's disciple, saying that if Lin Bei is a fraud, h 4.6kReads8.5Score574Shelves

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    Because his strength was so great that his every move would bring chaos to the world, he sent his subordinates to handle the situation.

41. 591 稳 Steady Cultivation: From the Start, My Perk Is Work-Life Balance 稳健修仙：开局词条劳逸结合 Little Goose with a Cowlick呆毛的小鹅Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Cultivation · Cautious Protagonist · Playing the Fool to Catch the Wise · Traits · Fame · Lie Flat · Longevity · Farming] (This book has been adapted into a short drama and an animated comic.) Su Yuan is reborn in a cultivation world and discovers that the path to cultivation is full of obstacles: he has no talent, no resources, and no connections. Luckily, he activates a System and obtains Traits with astonishing effects! [Work and Rest in Balance]: You’re great at balancing work and rest. The 44.7kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves
42. 592 恐 Horror Returns: I Feed Myself to Ghosts Just to Survive 恐怖复苏，我以身饲鬼只为活下去 Keyboard Ghost键盘鬼Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Starving Ghost breaks free, and three S-rank paranormal incidents erupt at once. The Ghost Riders' headquarters falls! While fleeing, Xia Feng is attacked by a ghost and mysteriously winds up in another parallel world. But this world still has ghosts! Ghosts cannot be killed. The only way to fight a ghost is with another ghost. The appearance of ghosts completely overturns materialism. As countless paranormal incidents unfold, regions across the globe begin to fall. Humanity is plunged into 6.9kReads8.4Score635Shelves
43. 593 刚 Assassinated the Moment I Was Made a Prince? I Summon the Snow-Drifting Dragon Cavalry 刚封王就被刺杀？我召唤大雪龙骑 Vast Sky长空Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible + System + Ruthless + Dynastic Conquest + Mass Recruitment] Lin Chengtian transmigrates to the Great Yu Dynasty. To strip his father, the Prince of Zhennan, of his military power, the Empress secretly orders him executed, then issues a decree promoting the protagonist. In reality, it’s exile and a death sentence! Facing certain death, he awakens the strongest Emperor System and summons legendary generals: “The white-robed military immortal Chen Zhibao, with white horse and silver spe 2.1kReads5.4Score—Shelves
44. 594 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2kReads9.6Score379Shelves
45. 595 大 Great Tang: From the Start, I Inherited a Hundred Thousand Mu of Land 大唐：开局继承十万亩田 Fruit Matcha水果抹茶Historical4.4M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era and inherits a hundred thousand mu of fertile land right from the start, along with two breathtaking child brides and a fortune in wealth. What’s more, he awakens the Great Figures System, which lets him gain the abilities of every great figure throughout history and even summon them to serve him? Just as Liu Bai is wondering how to enjoy his new life, Li Er arrives at his door with all his officials. What? His late father saved Li Er’ 12.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    It has a bit of a behind-the-scenes element, making it worth watching.

46. 596 我 My Dynasty Simulator: Summoning a Goddess of War from the Start 我的王朝拟器，开局召唤女武神 Three Fish Stir-Fried with Tomatoes三鱼炒番茄Eastern Fantasy129k WordsOngoing [Dynasty Wars] [System] [Sandbox Army-Building] [Harem and National Destiny] [Ruthless and Decisive] After transmigrating into the most ill-fated prince in history, Chu Tian is crippled from the start, his meridians destroyed and himself exiled to the Godforsaken Lands. He has only three months left to live! At the brink of despair, Chu Tian activates the [Myriad Realms Dynasty Sandbox]. From then on, the women in his harem are no longer ornaments, but the foundation of his nation's destiny! Mar —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist, who is tricked and killed at the beginning, sees his inevitable demise and immediately mass-produces troops, summoning various types of mysterious heroes to conquer the world for him and achieve his goal of becoming the world's champion.

47. 597 幕 Behind the Scenes: How Did I Become the Alliance Leader? 幕后：我怎么就成盟主了 Butler Grandpa Zhou管家周爷爷Eastern Fantasy181k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a high-martial-arts world, Su Chen is buried alive from the start and awakens a System: [Forever an Ordinary Mortal] [Dies at a Touch] [Zero Combat Power] His only skill: Summon the Heroes of China. To stay alive, Su Chen decides to hide away behind the scenes and never leave the house. But then... His enemies are wiped out by the heroes, villains are beaten senseless by them, and the entire martial world is united under their rule. The whole martial world is searching —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here's something I wrote myself, please take a look.

48. 598 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

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    Starting with protecting kidneys? Interesting! Thirty years ago, An Xiaohai was framed and accidentally killed someone, ending up in prison and plummeting from the peak of his life to the bottom! Twenty years of dark and hopeless imprisonment ravaged him beyond recognition! After a difficult ten years of struggle following his release, he died in despair. An Xiaohai transmigrated into his thirty-year-younger self. Heaven gave him a chance to be reborn, and An Xiaohai refused to miss it again! Why was he targeted like this?! Why was he treated so cruelly? Why wouldn't the mastermind behind it all let him go?! The awakened An Xiaohai fought with all his might to expose the layers of darkness!

49. 599 说 We Agreed to Slack Off and Play Games, So Why Are You Crushing Wall Street? 说好摸鱼打游戏，你爆杀华尔街？ Tangyuan Who Plays Tennis打网球的汤圆Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Wall Street prints his image on the back of banknotes to ward off evil. European leaders hang his photo to protect their nations’ fortunes. And that night, when he turned his gaze toward Japan, the entire island nation heard the sound of its national destiny shattering! Only Su Hao felt terribly misunderstood. He swore he was just a kindhearted gaming nerd who had somehow wandered into the stock market. It was just that the decisions he made on instinct always seemed to cause some inexplicable 26.3kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    Having been around Tomato for so long, I recommend checking out these two books; they're quite interesting.

50. 600 开 Four Choices at the Start, and I Pick Absolute Defense 开局四选一我选了绝对防御 Cong Xindu丛心度Historical80k WordsCompleted [Xuanhuan] [Lighthearted] [Leveling up] Fang Ku had only just transmigrated in, sprawled like someone grilling skewers, when his dad died. And a treacherous minister was watching him like a hawk. But luckily, it showed up! “Old bastard, I finally know your name!” Fang Ku grinned and wrote it down. Zhang Han: died when his left brain attacked his right brain. Golden finger: Fate System Function: Can restart 100 times. After each restart, choose one of four options. One: “Absolute” defense (in 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cultivating influence.

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