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. 101 你 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves
2. 102 我 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 22kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
3. 103 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves

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   Behind the scenes, he's invincible, with every subordinate a talented individual. The protagonist even created a system to bestow upon them. Some commentators have even forgotten the protagonist's name, yet he's orchestrating everything from the very beginning. The early plot can be skipped without affecting the story; the main storyline begins with Chainsaw Man. Don't worry about those suspected of being the "chosen ones"—they'll all become devout followers of the protagonist.

4. 104 5 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban7.8M WordsOngoing Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 33.8kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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   Hidden behind the scenes, stirring up trouble deep in the mountains? I'm the mastermind behind the scenes in this historical fiction! Hidden behind the scenes, building extraordinary power—this historical fiction is going crazy! With over 9000 words, I guarantee you'll love these two books if you enjoy reading about hidden figures building power step by step! Go go go!

5. 105 幕 Making Gods Behind the Scenes: I Invented the Ten Hall Guardians 幕后造神：我编造了十殿镇守使 Doctor Fang方医生Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [No Female Lead] [Partly Behind the Scenes] [Slow Burn] [Early Episodic Stories] With the spiritual qi revival, evil beings invade, and the entire world enters an age of supernatural powers. Lin Fan awakens an Emotion System. As long as he harvests people’s emotions, he can draw character cards of peerless powerhouses! So he creates a guardian organization! When the S-class evil being Qiongqi drives the entire city into madness, the Thundercloud Hall’s guardian, the Thunder Empe 9.1kReads7.2Score653Shelves

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   Hehe, I highly recommend this one! It's my first book on the subject 😋 I just discovered how good "Behind the Scenes" is, it's amazing! 😋

6. 106 隐 I Work Behind the Scenes, Building an Organization to Save the World! 隐藏幕后的我，缔造了救世组织！ Day and Night Are Unpredictable昼夜无常Urban308k WordsCompleted Ye Mo transmigrates to a parallel world, and at first he thinks it's just an ordinary place. Then he discovers it's all a lie! The Blood Moon is here, and the bizarre run rampant! And a world-ending crisis is on its way! But by chance, Ye Mo gains the protagonist template from a game he created himself! Build an organization to save the world and kindle the light of dawn! Dragon girls, witches, supernatural beings, Nightwalkers, and all kinds of gifted people gather under his command! “The gorge 1.5kReads8.4Score101Shelves

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   These two are pretty good.

7. 107 建 Building a Super Family, Starting with Seclusion in the Mountains 建立超级家族，从隐居山林开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban593k WordsOngoing (Golden finger + invincible protagonist + behind-the-scenes scheming + seclusion + multiple heroines + spatial storage + hoarding supplies + villain protagonist + building a faction + pursuing immortality on his own + Republic of China era.) A new novel from a five-star author. The plot is guaranteed to deliver, so read with confidence. The protagonist transmigrates to the parallel-world Blue Star and gains a golden finger that lets him collect taxes from the entire world. But his original body 2.6kReads8.7Score151Shelves
8. 108 误 I Wandered Into the Spirit Net, and the Boasts I Made Came True! 误入灵网，我吹的牛成真了！ Twelve Nights' Song十二夜歌Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Wild Premise + Goofy Comedy + Fun + Misunderstandings + No System + No Romance] Lin Ran transmigrates to a parallel world, but without a golden finger, he has no choice but to keep working as an office drone. One day, an app called Spirit Network appears on his phone. Thinking it’s just an ordinary role-playing chat game, Lin Ran names himself “Heavenly Lord Tongtian” and spends his time bragging and chatting on Spirit Network. He claims to tread the path of ruthless cultivation and beat stuffy 2.7kReads7.9Score203Shelves
9. 109 许 Wish System: How Could I Possibly Be Kyubey? 许愿系统，我怎么可能是丘比 A Moonlit Night at Qilitan月夜过七里滩Urban441k WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes + ensemble cast + villains + world destruction + no female lead + fictional setting + slow burn] Legend has it that when neon lights are shining, a wish powerful enough can draw a legendary god down to grant it. As for the price, it only tells you afterward. I have made countless people’s dreams come true, and witnessed countless people descend into madness. I am Pu Song, a soul trapped in a cat’s body, a stranger from another land who harvests despair to find my way home. If 1.4kReads8.6Score147Shelves

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   Is there a behind-the-scenes figure? Some are brothers, some are behind the scenes, and nobody would guess that the mastermind is a cat that looks like Cupid. [Bookmark]

10. 110 我 I, a Screenwriter, and the Spiritual Qi Revival 我，编剧，灵气复苏 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Mystery906k WordsOngoing Unkind female lead, no romance, game invasion, spiritual qi revival, mastermind, dungeons, infinite flow, rules-based horror, reborn, secret identities, horror game … Song Mo died at the end of the Song dynasty, then came back to life in a parallel world. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is a blood-soaked corpse: [Low-level material: Landlord's corpse (click to view related material)] [Scriptwriting points: 0] [Time remaining: 6 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes, 40 seconds] [Write a s 74.8kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves
11. 111 我 From the Start, I Created the Lord of the Weird 我开局缔造了诡异之主 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Urban510k WordsCompleted The uncanny descends, and alien horrors invade! This is a mad age, overrun by the uncanny and the mysterious. Unknown mists, scarecrows, birds of ill omen, flesh-eating wedding gowns... One bizarre, unknowable event after another unfolds. Humanity cannot fight back and can only struggle to survive! Then an ancient secret society slowly emerges from the shadows. Mysterious superhumans? Saviors? Beacons of light in the darkness? No! It is all because Shen Li created the most powerful and uncan 4.9kReads9.3Score453Shelves

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    Behind-the-scenes stories of pseudonyms: These four books are really good.

12. 112 从 The Man Who Walked Out of the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出来的男人 Rogue Lao Wang流氓老王Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Chu Ye, heir to the Chu family, is the number one wastrel in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with countless heinous crimes to his name. In just four years, he was thrown into the imperial prison eleven times, yet walked out unscathed every time. The reason was his grandfather, the fearsome Northern Frontier Prince, who commanded a million troops. But this time, Chu Ye crossed the emperor’s bottom line. Imprisoned for the twelfth time, he was exiled to the perilous Abyssal Reach. Countless factions and i 11.1kReads8.9Score893Shelves

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    You think he's a useless young master? Wrong! He's the mastermind behind the massacre of 100,000 cultivators! On the surface, he's a spoiled and arrogant playboy, but behind the scenes, he's a mastermind who kills gods. Open "Above the Immortals" and see how he uses the most outrageous character to tear apart the hypocritical laws of the cultivation world—this 'villain's rise to power' is so satisfying it'll send chills down your spine! (With a wicked emoji)

13. 113 操 Controlling the World: I Create Every Supernatural Being 操控全球：所有超凡由我缔造 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Urban300k WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Power Fantasy + Role-Playing] Shen Wuxu was forcibly bound to a System and transmigrated. After killing the System, he became anchored by an unknown force, and his sanity teetered on the brink of collapse! He decided to summon players! On the verge of madness, he played the part of a musician who had fallen into darkness. With a hoarse voice, he raised the curtain on this world. “When crimson roses and thorns bloom, only fear can truly shake the heart.” “Pursue the thrill of 3.9kReads9.2Score290Shelves
14. 114 暗 Dark Fairy Tales: Inventing Evil Gods and Slaughtering My Way Through Bear Ridge 暗黑童话：编造邪神，杀穿狗熊岭 Half-City Demoness半城妖倾Anime Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing I transmigrated! Speak up for me! The moment Shen Xiu crouched down, he became a tree in a dark fairy-tale multiverse. Here, entire worlds have turned grotesque. In blood-red Bear Ridge, eyeballs hang from the sky, Bald Qiang goes on a chainsaw rampage, trees wail in the blood mist, and the dead wander... In the empty Green Pastures, when the black moon becomes full, a pair of horns tears through the sky, revealing scarlet eyes beyond the void... In Fairy Tale Town, the bloody Little Red Riding 35.9kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves

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    This one is definitely great. All the characters are self-created, it's a multiverse story, and later on, even Bald Qiang will be one of his subordinates.

15. 115 召 The Weakest Summons? A Demon Contract Maxes Out My Talent from the Start 召唤最弱？开局恶魔契约天赋拉满 It's JoJo是jojo啊Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] + [power fantasy] + [lighthearted] + [comedy] (No female lead) (Dungeon-focused plot) He chooses the bottom-tier Summoner class, only to awaken a demonic contract enhancement rune that lets him trade his maximum HP for summoned creature talents. “Summoners are weak? I’ll max out my talents. So, how will you deal with that?” 93.6kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves
16. 116 什 What Do You Mean, Summoning Type? Am I Not Calling on the Gods? 什么召唤系，我不是在请神吗？ Luan Zhongxu乱仲序Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: [Who Stuffed the Entire Celestial Court into My Summoning Pool?] [The Summoner Who Can Punch a Building to Pieces] [Summoning Gods and Buddhas from Across the Heavens] [Giving the Locals in Another World a Taste of Immortal Might] [You Said You Were a Close-Combat Fighter. What the Heck Is This Bull Demon King You Just Summoned?] “Dude, why did the monkey you summoned kill my Cerberus with one swing of its staff? That can’t be right!” “And another thing! Everyone else summons mons 29.2kReads7.1Score3.1kShelves
17. 117 开 Forced into Rebellion from the Start, I Summon China's Famous Generals to Vie for Supremacy 开局被逼造反，召唤华夏名将争霸 Young Master Yi Chen逸辰公子Historical3.0M WordsCompleted Fantasy World + Summoning + Dynastic Power Struggles + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive Action + No Characters Suddenly Losing Their Wits Li Yichen transmigrates to another world and becomes the son of a merchant in a small county of the Beiting Dynasty. The imperial court is corrupt, and officials are rampant with greed. After obtaining the Chinese Heroes Summoning System, Li Yichen overthrows Beiting with the help of China’s great historical figures and establishes an empire of his own that will 4.2kReads7.7Score233Shelves
18. 118 开 Ten Summons from the Start: I Found an Eternal Divine Dynasty 开局十连召唤，创建万古神朝 Yi Dou一抖Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted Reborn as the useless Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, Lu Fan is framed and exiled to the frontier. He thinks he is as good as dead, but at the crucial moment, he awakens the Imperial Summoning System, which grants him ten summons from the start: Li Cunxiao, the Flying Tiger Divine General; Xiahou Wei, one of the Four Xiahou Heroes; Qin Qiong, the Left Martial God General; Luo Cheng, the cold-faced silver spear wielder... Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven; Jiang Taixu, the White- 5.6kReads6.9Score350Shelves
19. 119 序 Sequence Control: The Mastermind Behind the Cyber Prison 序列掌控：赛博监狱的幕后之主 Big Bai Bai Bai大白白白Urban375k WordsOngoing [Cyberpunk + behind-the-scenes scheming + slow burn + supernatural powers + no female lead] Lin Si wakes from a sleep to find himself transmigrated to a strange world. Beneath its glowing neon lights lurk depths of depravity, where mechanical ascension exists alongside flesh-and-blood reconstruction. Under the torrent of technological progress lie bizarre creatures, supernatural awakenings, and the return of ancient gods. Danger is everywhere. Trapped in a cyber prison and sentenced to life, wit 256Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who uses a system to extract rare items and strengthens himself. He has already begun to forge a power structure and have others work for him, making it a semi-behind-the-scenes story. The second book is somewhat similar to Lord of Mysteries, where the protagonist possesses a high-ranking item through a system and uses space to connect with others, pretending to be a god behind the scenes to strengthen himself. The third book is a pure behind-the-scenes story, a type of story where the protagonist enjoys playing games and saving the world. Moreover, the protagonist never comes to the forefront, and there are no mindless boasting or ambiguous plots.

20. 120 万 The Seeds of Myriad Transformations 万化种识 Shen Mobai沈莫白Urban119k WordsCompleted This book will no longer be updated. I’ll start a new pure-love novel later, or perhaps something else. Feel free to leave suggestions. Wishing you all the very best!!!!!!!! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a little sweet and it's also behind the scenes.

21. 121 霸 Building an Empire: From the Start, I’m Exiled to the Frontier 霸业：开局发配边疆 The Pen Tip Circles the Divine笔尖绕神Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Xuanhuan] + [Struggle for the throne] + [Summoning] + [Invincible] Lin Yu transmigrates to another world and becomes the eldest prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At court, corrupt officials hold sway. Beyond its borders, barbarian invaders wreak havoc. The great general says, “Your Majesty, the barbarians are advancing south and the situation is urgent. Please make your decision at once.” The officials cry, “We ask that the eldest prince be stationed on the northern frontier to repel the enemy. 30.8kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
22. 122 我 I Was Just Playing a Game, So How Did I Become the Savior? 我就打个游戏，咋是救世主了？ The Scenery in the Picture图中的风景Urban584k WordsOngoing One day, Li Mo accidentally clicks on an ad and downloads a pixel-art mobile game called Savior Game. He draws the Bloodstained Nurse character and beats monsters senseless with a giant syringe. He thinks it’s just something to kill time with, never realizing that… The bosses he stabs to death in the game are S-rank supernatural creatures that destroy cities in real life; The little girl NPC he casually rescues is the illegitimate daughter of foreign nobility; And a forum post ranting about the 2.9kReads8.9Score270Shelves
23. 123 激 Activating the Training System to Build an Invincible Clan 激活培养系统，打造无敌家族 Snow and Frost in Heaven天上雪霜Eastern Fantasy681k WordsCompleted [Family clan]+ [Steady growth]+ [Summoned characters] Chen Daozhen transmigrates into a world of immortals and martial arts, becoming the head of a clan and awakening the strongest family System. As long as he keeps developing the clan and gathering its fortune, he can grow stronger. The System can also return rewards a hundredfold: when his clan members cultivate, their gains are returned to Chen Daozhen a hundred times over. “Clan Head, I’ve reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage.” Chen D 4.9kReads8.1Score300Shelves

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    Absolutely Invincible Behind-the-Scenes

24. 124 父 Father, Get a Clue! I Really Don’t Want to Rebel! 父皇：你懂点事，我真不想造反！ Eleven O'Clock十一点Historical2.2M WordsCompleted Animated comic: I Don't Want to Rebel Ning Fan transmigrates and becomes the Second Prince of the Dayu Dynasty. In this world, kingdoms battle one another, barbarians bring chaos, feudal lords rise up, and powerful warlords carve out their own territories. From the start, he awakens the Supreme Emperor System! [Ding! System mission issued: Build the Supreme Imperial Dynasty!] From the start, Ning Fan summons Dian Wei, reforms the military, establishes the Embroidered Guard and the Underworld, an 59.3kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves
25. 125 双 Paralyzed Legs? I Control Time and Am Invincible! 双腿瘫痪？我掌控时间无敌于世！ Ninety-Nine Thirty-Three九九三三Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworld leveling game, Reborn, reader-approved: the further you read, the better it gets] God said, "I love to devour people. Those who do not worship me are heretics, and heretics must be redeemed!" Wang Shikong, who commands a supreme treasure that controls time, is reborn on the day his legs were broken in an accident. The beautiful CEO responsible for the accident decides, despite her family's objections, to take responsibility for him. She marries him, brings him home, and promises 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    [I'm full][I'm full] This protagonist just wants to live off a woman. On the surface, he's in a wheelchair and carries a feather fan, but he's quietly building up his power and secretly forming a mysterious assassin organization. All members wear masks to conceal their identities, and they act ruthlessly and covertly, from recruiting powerful individuals from other worlds to infiltrating various factions.

26. 126 至 Supreme Beauty: I Summon Heroes to Build the Ultimate Divine Dynasty 至尊红颜，我召唤群雄立无上神朝 Bei Yu贝鱼Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Building a faction + more children, more blessings + immortal maidens and empresses + lighthearted comedy + heroes of Huaxia + slice of life] Jiang Hao's soul transmigrates into the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei in the Great Yin Dynasty. The moment he opens his eyes, his father has been killed in battle, he has been poisoned, and both the imperial court and enemy nations are watching him like hawks. At this critical moment, the Supreme Beauties System activates. A real man must seize the power 25.2kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves
27. 127 召 Summoning a Mahayana Shadow Army to Build the Asura Hall 召唤大乘期黑影兵团，建立修罗殿 Century-Old Antique百年老古董Eastern Fantasy210k WordsOngoing [Invincible + Summoning + Taking Disciples + Pure Satisfaction + Mastermind] Ye Tian transmigrates into a fantasy world and obtains the Mythical Faction System. From the start, he summons three thousand shadow soldiers at the Mahayana stage, establishes the Heavenly Court, and founds an assassin organization called the Asura Hall. Heaven’s justice shall be served, and nothing shall escape its blade! You’re the ancestor of a sacred land, or the Great Emperor of the demon race? Sorry. Anyone on th 861Reads6.6Score—Shelves
28. 128 诡 Behind the Haunted Domain: I Use Cards to Hold Up Humanity’s Last Line of Defense 诡域幕后：我靠卡牌撑起人类防线 Egg Yolk Cream Bun蛋黄奶油包Mystery522k WordsOngoing [Female-audience male protagonist + supernatural resurgence + System card draws + clone-based protagonist + feel-good power fantasy + no romantic pairing, but every card has a one-sided crush on the male lead; the cards are friends with each other, so steer clear if that's not for you] Bedridden in the hospital with a terminal illness? Shi Xubai transmigrates to a world where the supernatural has returned and binds himself to a roleplay card-drawing System! His soul inhabits clones to slay super 9.7kReads7.0Score1.6kShelves

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    This is so good!!! Highly recommend! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][ ...]

29. 129 开 From the Start, in the Forbidden Zone of Life, I Summon the Demon Ancestor Luohou 开局身在生命禁区，召唤魔祖罗睺 Ascend to the Horizon羽化天际Eastern Fantasy412k WordsOngoing (Invincible + System + Wish-Fulfillment + Summoning + Sect + Taking Disciples) Ye Mu transmigrated into a faction within a forbidden zone of life and became its sect master. He activated the Mythical Figure Summoning System and summoned the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou from the start, setting out on an unstoppable path from that moment on!! Luo Hou: One of the Three Thousand Demon Gods, ancestor of the demons, the first to establish the demonic path, and once a rival of Hong Gou for the position of Sa 39Reads8.3Score—Shelves
30. 130 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves

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    This is because the main character is not strong.

31. 131 开 Invincible Cultivation from the Start: I Summon Four Great Emperors as Bodyguards 开局无敌修为，召唤四名大帝护卫 Free and Invincible逍遥无敌Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible from the Start + Building a Faction + Taking Disciples + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Summoning + Ruling the Myriad Worlds + Partly Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Lin Dong upgrades his System to version 2.0 from the start, gains invincible cultivation, and becomes the master of the Carefree Sect. He takes in a disciple with a Chaos Sword Physique and summons four sect guardians at the Great Emperor realm. The sect has every facility and limitless resources. From then on, he domina 18.7kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
32. 132 幕 Mastermind: I’m Behind Both the Heroes and the Villains! 幕后主宰：正派反派都是我！ Sugar in the Snow雪中送糖Urban702k WordsCompleted Li Wei woke up one day to the astonishing discovery that he had suddenly become a god. The awkward part was that he had a divine title but no divine power or magic, making him a god with nothing but a blank slate. Fortunately, people’s worship and fear could both be converted into divine power, and he could develop divine envoys to create magic. Well, now ancient orthodox organizations and hidden villainous factions were emerging. Let the battle begin! He couldn’t exactly wreak havoc among his o 5.1kReads8.8Score273Shelves

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    Highly recommended! This book is incredibly good. The protagonist, Li Wei, is a "blank slate" god with only divine status. To gain divine power, he becomes the mastermind behind the scenes, creating a righteous organization with a thousand-year history and confronting the villainous forces lurking in the shadows, directing an epic drama of gods and demons fighting each other! Onmyoji vs. Hyakki Yagyō, Paladins vs. Liches... He stirs up the global battlefield of the extraordinary, while his true form remains hidden in the eye of the storm, judging all living beings as a god.

33. 133 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.1kReads7.5Score392Shelves

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    No one knows that the protagonist is the mastermind behind the magical spiritual realm. 700 chapters in, still stuck in the beginner's village, his only act was during the Qi Refining stage. Farming and management, scientific cultivation, driving the advancement of the cultivation system—this is a progressive cultivation world where ancient techniques are no longer considered superior. Steadfast yet resilient, no boasting, no face-slapping. No female lead, no system, no cheat codes. Traditional Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul frameworks, but with a completely new set of tropes. Cultivation workshops, managing markets, building a commercial empire, transforming communication talismans into rune phones and a cultivation internet, using the internet to promote affordable cultivation techniques, self-testing of spiritual roots, and knowledge sharing. Breaking the monopoly on cultivation resources, lowering the threshold for cultivation, and promoting cultivation for all. Driving the development of the cultivation world, ancient techniques and weapons are no longer considered superior. Cultivation is not about one person becoming an immortal, but about leading a team and driving the development of cultivation in another world...

34. 134 异 Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！ 7723 Ah7723啊Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho 20.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    These are all good books.

35. 135 幕 Behind the Scenes: I Crush All Opposition 幕后，横推一切 Sorrow After Sobering Up酒醒能殇Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted In a high-martial world, the ways of the martial heroes reign supreme. The empires of Beili, Beimang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Tang, and Han stand alongside one another, while undercurrents surge through the martial world. Legendary figures such as Pang Ban, Yi Ye Shu, Ren Piaomiao, and Xiong Ba compete for supremacy. The protagonist, Su Chen, unexpectedly transmigrates to this world and becomes an obscure vagrant. Just as he reaches the depths of despair, he awakens a System. See how he secretly build 268Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    These four books are highly recommended.

36. 136 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 163.5kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves

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    The rise of the little man, the fall of the great man, what is the singularity, what is the alliance, under the oppression of natural disasters and all races, can the spark of the old era ignite the new era, and how should humanity continue?

37. 137 我 I Ascend to Godhood in the Apocalypse, and Save Humanity Along the Way 我于末世登神，顺便拯救人类 Steamed Rice Bucket蒸汽饭桶Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Ascension to Godhood]+ [Behind-the-scenes]+ [Urban Superpowers]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [No heroine]+ [Infiltration and development in the early stages, seizing power and uncovering secrets in the middle, stepping into the spotlight for the final battle] After attending his team's celebration banquet, game writer Lin Qingliu has an unexpected stroke of luck and ends up in another world: A meteorite? What meteorite? What do you mean humanity has only one city left, and the outside is full 6.1kReads9.0Score584Shelves

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    If we're talking about organization and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, I guess that qualifies... But some of them were practically involved themselves.

38. 138 地 Earth Becomes a Low-Level Instance, So I Create an Age of Myth 地球成低级副本，我打造神话时代 On the Bridge of Helplessness奈何桥中Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A cosmic instance-game descended upon the universe. The civilizations across the entire universe became game instances. Instances belonging to higher civilizations devoured those of lower civilizations and enslaved everything within them. In his previous life, Earth became a low-level instance and was easily conquered. Tens of billions of Earthlings were enslaved and reduced to cannon fodder, sent ahead to scout other instances. Their fate was utterly miserable. In this life, Zhao Yang returned 1.6kReads7.0Score127Shelves

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    🔻A game designer is transported to another world, arriving in a post-apocalyptic world where only one city still has humans. The protagonist's game manuscript becomes his cheat code, and he plays the role of a preacher and paperhanger, spreading his extraordinary powers, creating an organization, discovering the secrets hidden in the city, and saving all of humanity in this world step by step.

39. 139 我 I Will Ascend to Immortality Through Technology 我终将以科技登仙 Sloth Asimov树懒阿西莫夫Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing Semi-behind-the-scenes + Fantasy + Cyber Cultivation + Open to Criticism (Even the Haters Are Fans) Like the beginning of every novel, Liu Zeyu transmigrated. This world had Daoist priests, Buddhist monks, Confucian scholars, and the martial world. But unfortunately, it had no spiritual energy or supernatural powers. Immortals and gods were legends invented by mortals, while demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits were nothing more than rumors that had grown in the telling. Fortunately, he obtaine 12Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 我 I Made Up a Diary and Fooled the Whole World 我编造日记欺骗了全世界 The Foodie Is a Cat吃货是只猫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After awakening the Diary Fraud System, the more believable the things I write are, the more benefits I can gain. [Spiritual qi revival in five years? No way!] [A concert that came a hundred years too late… Did I die in that war too…] [Is the future really that hopeless…] [Ah!! How could he be my 13.4kReads8.0Score778Shelves
41. 141 我 Am I Supposed to Fake an Alien Invasion? 我来伪造外星人？ Fang Yuan, Who Loves Honey Grass Jelly爱吃蜂蜜白凉粉的方源Urban568k WordsCompleted A companion novel to Xirang, Make Me an Alien. (Sci-fi, behind-the-scenes mastermind) Li Bai woke up one day with a sci-fi deception System. In short, he had to use limited resources to fabricate a scientifically plausible world that would still shock humanity. His ultimate goal was to raise humanity’s Fate Value through the System and reach the final stage: becoming a god. “Do you think they can see the stars?” “What we see is them from 400 years ago. The reply they receive comes 400 years late 1.8kReads5.9Score—Shelves
42. 142 化 I Become a Golden Finger, Sending Opportunities as Fate Allows 化身金手指，机遇随缘送 Sikong Haoyue司空皓月Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Behind-the-scenes story] + [System] + [No CP] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] Xia Tianxia accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and gains a System called “The Benevolent Old Man.” The System grants him a special ability: whenever he's about to give someone an opportunity, his identity and appearance change completely, and he receives something even better than the item he was going to give away. He might appear as a wise old man, a fearsome black bear, a down-and-out vagrant, a soaring flood 2.6kReads7.0Score226Shelves
43. 143 我 I Usher in a New Era of Cultivation in the Modern World 我在现代拉开修真大幕 Rong Family Prawn荣家大虾Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Behind-the-scenes mastermind / Black-tech golden finger / invincible / decisive and ruthless / no angst / no brainless villains / ensemble cast] After Rong Yi, a veteran xianxia fan, used his left arm, modified by an “alien swarm,” to fire a “freezing ray,” he finally understood: If this isn't a “supernatural ability,” then what is? And if I can use “supernatural abilities,” how am I not cultivating immortality? Countless years later, a historian remarked: “Although we now have a clear understa 6.6kReads7.7Score456Shelves

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    You absolutely must check out this book! I just caught up with it (there's a warning in chapter 19, but the author is exaggerating; the female lead doesn't appear much and is basically just a pretty face who doesn't do anything, and her background is suitable, so it's not a bad read).

44. 144 死 Death Game: The Beauty Is Deceiving the World 死亡游戏：美人她欺诈世界 Yi Xiao已晓Mystery688k WordsOngoing [The author’s note at the end of Chapter 1 contains content warnings. Please remember to read it, thank you.] [The author’s brain doesn’t work right. The first instance is deliberately obscure, which means players can’t clear it. If you don’t understand it, feel free to skip straight to the second instance. The overall tone of this story is: secret identities, a heroine adored by everyone, an airheaded goofball, and hilarious love-triangle drama. (I already put that in the blurb, so if you still 7kReads9.2Score709Shelves

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    This looks good.

45. 145 异 Anomaly Containment: Everything in the Game Is Real! 异常收容，游戏里的都是真的！ Star Sea of the Gods神名星海Mystery399k WordsOngoing [Completed older novel with over a million words] [No female lead] [Anomalous containment] [Games affect reality] [Urban] [Ensemble cast] [Light novel] [Contrasting protagonist] [Slow burn] [World-saving game] (There are female characters, but no female lead, and this is not a harem.) By day, Bai Zhou was an ordinary programmer, stuck in a dull routine between home and work. Then one early morning, a mysterious app called A.M.A appeared on his phone out of nowhere. He was appointed Director of t 7.4kReads6.2Score1.4kShelves

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    Meow meow meow meow? Someone come and see the meow.

46. 146 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves

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    Powerful behind the scenes

47. 147 我 The Girl I Control Is Becoming an Old One 我操作的少女正在成为旧日之主 Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [This novel has been contracted for print publication: cosmic horror + amber-style cultivation + villain protagonist + no System + decisive killing + black humor + deranged + single female lead + sequence containment] Xu Fei: “In the twenty-second century, all you need is a helmet with a brain-computer interface to experience a fully immersive game with realistic physical sensations.” “You ask why I chose this starting character? Naturally, because she’s a beautiful girl... Oh, no, naturally, be 763.1kReads9.5Score75.3kShelves
48. 148 东 Playing Detective in Tokyo, Starting with Raven Detective Agency 东京扮演从渡鸦侦探开始 Fang Yuan, Who Loves Honey Grass Jelly爱吃蜂蜜白凉粉的方源Urban531k WordsOngoing Behind-the-scenes style. Revising an old book and turning it into a new one. The Raven Detective sequel will be set in Tokyo. The story begins in the United States. Li Bai obtains an Emotion Value System. By making countries suspicious of one another, he can slowly become a god of technology. Do you believe in aliens? There are no confirmed records of them in this world, but that was before Li Bai obtained the System. Now he has one. 944Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Behind-the-scenes story, the main character has no presence, there's advanced technology involved, but it's still very addictive.

49. 149 收 Containing Anomalies, Starting with a Bankrupt Pharmaceutical Company 收容异常从破产药企开始 The Nine-Tailed Fox Who Loves Slacking Off喜欢摸鱼的九尾狐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse644k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-scenes organization + building a power base + super soldiers + contained anomalies + technological dominance + arming the world] After transmigrating to the United States, Li Wei inherits a pharmaceutical company on the verge of bankruptcy, only to find himself in a desperate situation where his life is at risk. Stranger still, this parallel Earth, so much like our own, is quietly spawning countless terrifying anomalies! At the critical moment, the System activates! To protect himsel 6.5kReads8.7Score531Shelves

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    [Behind-the-scenes organization + business power + super soldiers + containment objects + technological superiority + global military expansion] Transmigrating to America and inheriting a near-bankrupt pharmaceutical company, Li Dui unexpectedly finds himself in dire straits. Strangely, this parallel Earth, remarkably similar to the real world, is quietly breeding countless terrifying anomalies! In this critical moment, the system activates! For self-preservation, for revenge, and to control his own destiny, Li Dui uses the power granted by the system to build a secret armed force solely for himself. From eliminating business rivals to secretly containing objects that distort physics, hunting down creatures from urban legends, and purifying mind-corrupting memes… he uses his company as a shell to secretly expand his power, establishing a foundation that makes the world tremble. Researching anomalies, unlocking cutting-edge technology, from PMCs and SWAT teams to exoskeleton soldiers, gene warriors, and even the legendary Space Marines! A business empire rises, technological barriers are erected, and as anomalies move from the shadows into reality, the Foundation becomes humanity's last line of defense. This is the rise of a behind-the-scenes mastermind, a mortal taking control of reality and becoming the guardian of Earth!

50. 150 琅 The Hidden Realm of Langya 琅琊隐 Zeng Rourou曾柔柔Eastern Fantasy147k WordsOngoing [Soul avatars + mastermind behind the scenes + decisive and ruthless + summons from the myriad heavens] Lin Yan transmigrates to the Qingyun Sect and becomes a low-ranking outer disciple, always at risk of being kicked out! As death closes in, he awakens the [Myriad Heavens Summoning System], along with an astonishing soul-avatar ability! His avatars can cultivate independently, and they share all their insights. One man alone can rival an army. Avatars scout ahead; his true self reaps the rew 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Summoning, political intrigue, and clones—it's a great story.

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