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. 401 只EN I Only Want to Destroy the World, Yet I'm the God Who Created It! 只想灭世的我，真的是创世神！ Shenwei Bar Cross Spear神威吧十字枪Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [Invincible] [World creation] [Ridiculous netizens] [Pocket worlds] Su Mo binds himself to the Creation God System, only to discover that he can grow stronger simply by destroying worlds! A ladle of water becomes a world-ending flood! A shovelful of dirt becomes a meteor that destroys the world! Some revere him as the Creator of Worlds, the one who gave them life and intelligence. Others curse him as an evil god who destroys the world every thousand years. Countless lives wail in 12.5kReads7.6Score791Shelves
2. 402 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
3. 403 全 Venom for All: I Secretly Create Supernatural Calamities 全民毒液：我，幕后缔造超凡灾厄 Peas Shoot the Marksman豌豆打射手Urban684k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes + Ensemble Cast] My name is Chen Mo. I died in a ridiculous accident, and when I woke up, I found myself a puddle of slime: a Venom symbiote. In this utterly ordinary modern world, I was weak and hungry, and could barely protect myself. That was until I discovered I could split my cells and grant my power to desperate people abandoned by the world! So the boy driven to jump from a building by school bullies became “Carnage,” infamous for his brutality, and slaughtered his enem 5.6kReads6.2Score563Shelves

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   This book has few words, but it's really good. Don't bother looking at the rating; it'll grow later. This is my first book recommendation.

4. 404 我 I Play a Supernatural Being on Earth! 我在地球扮演超凡！ I Don't Like Eating People不喜欢吃生人Urban313k WordsOngoing [Unrivaled] [Faked Spiritual Qi Revival] [Secret Identities in Multiple Countries] [Deceiving the World] [Creating Supernatural Factions] Yun Qing obtains the System of Drawing from All Things in the Heavens, which lets him spend Shock Value to draw anything from the heavens. Special-effect rings, high-grade immortal swords, forbidden spellbooks, vampire gene serums… And so an immortal sword appears in China's Suolong Pool, splitting a mountain with a single slash! In Tokyo, Fuso, a hund 4kReads7.6Score178Shelves
5. 405 斩 Slay the Gods: Recreating the Tang Dynasty's Underworld, the Bad Guys! 斩神：重现大唐黑帮，不良人！ Sheng Xiao圣霄Male-Channel Fanfiction263k WordsOngoing [Slay the Gods + The Outcast + Original Faction + Pseudo-ensemble cast] Su Mo transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods, facing an impending crisis. He awakens the golden finger “Strongest Faction” System just in time, witnesses Lin Qiye's awakening, and inherits Yuan Tiangang's legacy as the Unruly Commander. From the start, he has three hundred years of cultivation and rises straight to the human ceiling. He creates the faction known as the “Unruly Ones.” A year later, the supreme gods des 43Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   This one is highly recommended. The main character makes an appearance in the early stages to pave the way, and later on, it's mostly the original protagonist and his subordinates.

6. 406 看 The Days I Watched the World Fall Apart 看着世界崩坏的日子 Hu Ya胡牙Urban113k WordsOngoing [Demon Boss] [Cooking Anomalies] [Undead Workers] [Behind-the-Scenes Scheming] [Anomaly Creation] [Magic] [Technology] Vesper was dispatched to the human world. Along the way, they subdued Xilala, a knock-on-the-door anomaly on the verge of death and reincarnation, and rescued Ravenna, a human who had lost her husband. The three of them formed a little shop team. They created a cause-and-effect anomaly and a Flame Incinerator, unleashing them on the city, then used space stones to open up surviv 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Completely behind the scenes, a lighthearted and humorous life intertwined with terrifying and bloody eeriness, with the protagonist hidden in the real background.

7. 407 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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   Both are great, I recommend them! 😎😎😎

8. 408 我 I, Child of Fortune, Am Playing the Golden Finger Online 我，气运之子，在线扮演金手指 Zhu Qinji逐秦际Modern Romance849k WordsOngoing [Content warning: no romance, pure power fantasy, role-playing, some secret identities, no logic] Pei Yuzhi was the chosen one of a high-level cultivation world. One day, his own Heavenly Dao sent him to the Administration Bureau for training, and so began his career as a task-taker: outrageously wealthy and undefeated. [Apocalypse Savior] He was the only hope said to be capable of ending the apocalypse. Proud, cold, and eccentric. Shh, he isn't the savior. He's just keeping a promise. [The La 15.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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   The first book features a protagonist who travels through countless worlds to help countless other protagonists; the second book focuses on childhood memories, so those who enjoy reminiscing about their childhood might give it a try. [Eating popcorn emoji]

9. 409 世 The Fierce Heir 世子凶猛 Born Wang Fugui天生王富贵Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Year Sixteen of the Jingyuan Era The Prince of Jingnan died in battle. His heir was famous for being a wastrel, and everyone at court was waiting to see him make a fool of himself. But who would have guessed that this heir, seemingly frivolous and utterly debauched, was secretly the Lord of the Underworld, feared throughout the land? A young lord by day, the Lord of the Underworld by night. He battles high officials, toys with celebrated courtesans, destroys heretical sects, marries a princess, 1.1kReads8.0Score108Shelves

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   🔥🔥Book Summary: The Prince of Jingnan falls, the heir apparent hides his brilliance, a playboy disguises himself as a powerful ruler. Amidst intrigue, he teases courtesans, battles high officials, sweeps away the world's troubles, wins the laps of beauties, wields immense power, receives the Emperor's praise, Su Baiyu, a true hero hidden in plain sight.🔥🔥

10. 410 幕 Behind the Scenes, I Use Cultivation Videos to Fool the Ancients 幕后，我用修仙视频忽悠古人 This Work本作Historical1.4M WordsCompleted [Sky Screen Reactions + Behind-the-Scenes Deception + Modern-Day Sole Supernatural Practitioner + Historical Spoilers + No Female Lead] Cultivation is a uniquely Chinese tradition passed down for thousands of years, and it once enjoyed a vast following in ancient times. Qin Shi Huang sought immortality in the Eastern Sea, Emperor Wu of Han held a Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, and Emperor Taizong of Tang became obsessed with elixirs... The ancients longed to become “immortals” who would live fo 10.9kReads7.6Score420Shelves
11. 411 高 High Martial: Starting My Invincible Immortality in Seclusion in a Mountain Village 高武：从隐居山村开始无敌长生 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Eastern Fantasy306k WordsCompleted (High Martial Arts + Super Martial Arts + Longevity + Behind the Scenes + Seclusion + Clan + Playing It Safe + Invincible + Golden Finger + Multiple Women + Extra-Long Novel.) The story of Yang Lin, a modern office worker who transmigrates to a high-martial-arts world and uses his golden finger to become invincible and live forever. At first, he keeps a low profile and lives in seclusion in a mountain village, developing his clan and building up its foundations. Then he constructs a vast paradis 960Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The story lays the groundwork before chapter 40, and it gets really exciting after chapter 40 – a behind-the-scenes tale.

12. 412 帝 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 White Lonely Island白色孤岛Historical5.8M WordsCompleted (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 48.9kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
13. 413 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
14. 414 从 Doing Whatever I Want, Starting with Magic Ayou 从神奇阿呦开始为所欲为 Mingze茗泽Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Childhood memories + childhood cartoons + invincible hero + lighthearted] Ye Tian obtains an Infinite Transmigration System and, from the start, transmigrates into the world of Magic Ayou. He also unlocks a check-in feature, letting him visit other planets across the universe to check in and earn rewards. [Check-in successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained “12 Infinite-Battery Bamboo Dragonflies”!] [Check-in successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained “Upgraded Super Trainin 19.5kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
15. 415 编 I Make Up Stories, and Everyone Thinks I’m the Protagonist 编造小说，世人都以为我是主角 Even Lung-Fog Belial Once Loved Deeply肺雾贝利亚也曾深情Urban301k WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.2kReads7.5Score105Shelves
16. 416 系 System Sign-In: Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Become a Princess's Husband 系统签到，穿越古代当驸马 The Orange That Can Swim会游泳的橙子Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Li Zhenbang, an instructor at a police academy, accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Through a series of mishaps, he becomes the princess's consort. He had planned to spend his days cockfighting, bird-walking, flirting with fairies, beating up spoiled brats, and kicking the arrogant prodigies around. Who could have guessed he'd awaken a sign-in System? As he looks at his stunning princess wife, he sees the disdain in her eyes. “My husband is a peerless gentleman, both a scholar and a war 13.8kReads8.7Score887Shelves
17. 417 大 Great Qin: I Faked My Death and Entered the Imperial Tomb, Then Became Invincible 大秦：开局假死入皇陵，苟成无敌 Want to Get Rich? Build Roads First想富先修路Historical178k WordsOngoing When Ying Chang'an was born! The weather changed in an instant, mountains collapsed, the earth split, lake waters flowed backward, and the ground trembled! Every omen pointed to disaster! Donghuang Taiyi paid a late-night visit to force the issue! After careful consideration, the Ancestor Dragon hid Ying Chang'an inside the Mount Li imperial mausoleum! Was it to keep him under surveillance, or to protect him? The God-Tier Sign-In System awakened! One hundred thousand Yin soldiers: "We pay our re 20Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    These three books perfectly meet your requirements. The first one is decent; the author's writing style is somewhat innovative. The second one is also pretty good, although the protagonist is occasionally a bit mentally unstable. I'm currently reading the last one, and it seems quite good. He's a behind-the-scenes figure in the early stages, but the author will likely reveal his true identity later on, depending on how the author writes it.

18. 418 极 The Finest Crown Prince 极品太子爷 Sea Dongqing海东青Historical3.0M WordsCompleted The original novel behind the hit short drama Crown Prince of Ancient Times. This hit web novel is also known as Crown Prince Regent. After transmigrating into the crown prince of Great Qin, I refuse to be a 996 wage slave in this life. I'll hold the power of the world in my waking hours and sleep in the embrace of beauties after a night of revelry. I'll execute treacherous ministers, destroy enemy kingdoms, and sail east to conquer Japan. The mighty authority of Great Qin will resound across 1.3kReads8.7Score266Shelves
19. 419 镇 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 Xuan Zhi轩轾Historical3.1M WordsCompleted [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 67kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves
20. 420 开EN I Start by Handing Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Wants Me to Become an Immortal First 开局上交修仙界，国家让我先成仙 Beautiful Onion美丽的洋葱Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing “Chief, I request permission to hand over an unclaimed cultivation world.” “This world is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy. I recommend taking it over as soon as possible.” Lu Li transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a low-ranking mine slave in a demonic sect. Without an old master or a System to guide him, he thinks he'll have to cultivate the hard way. But by chance, he awakens a twin-fish jade pendant that can contact Huaxia. The news shocks the entire country, an 258.9kReads9.2Score31.4kShelves
21. 421 无 Infinite Shadow Clones: Find the Original and I’ll Admit Defeat! 无限影分身，找到本尊算我输！ Red Ram红羊Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Seriously Ill Teen + No Female Lead + Mischievous Clones + Real-World Instances + Unlimited Restarts + Lighthearted Comedy + Rivers of Blood + Not a Cowardly Survival Story!] [Sequel: “Stars: I’ve Never Lost, So Why Are You Calling Me a War Criminal?”] In a revived cultivation world, Tang Gao gets the Shadow Clone Technique from the start. His shadows can idle automatically, project their consciousness, and enter all sorts of instances based on the real world to reap rewards. What’s more, Tang 3.3kReads9.1Score310Shelves
22. 422 九 The Nine Princes Vie for the Throne, but I Refuse to Rule This Empire 九龙夺嫡，这江山朕不坐 Let the Wind Sing, Ask Not of Time不问岁月任风歌Historical6.5M WordsOngoing Chu Ning transmigrated into the body of a prince of Great Chu. But the Crown Prince wanted him to be a scapegoat! The princess refused to marry him! Even the emperor wanted him to go and die! So Chu Ning had no choice but to train an invincible army to protect himself! Emperor: Chu Ning, the Crown Prince has grown too powerful. Can you lend your father the two hundred thousand troops you command? Crown Prince: Eighteenth Brother, let’s deal with Father and split the empire between us! Princess: 16kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
23. 423 家 Clan: I’m the Patriarch, and Now My People Have Stopped Hiding Their True Strength 家族：我为族长，族人全都不装了 Once Admired by Others也曾被人仰慕Eastern Fantasy384k WordsOngoing [Family Clan + Invincible + Feel-Good + Behind the Scenes + System] Also known as: (I Just Became Clan Head, Only to Learn That Every Clan Member Is a Cheat!) (I Was Ready to Work Hard, but My Family Revealed Their True Strength?) (We Agreed to Cultivate Together, So Why Did You All Ascend Without Me?) As everyone knows, no one with the surname Lin is ever ordinary in the cultivation world! Lin Tianzong is an utterly ordinary transmigrator. After acquiring the Supreme Family System and working t 437Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the patriarch is behind the scenes, driving the family's gradual growth while leaving all the dirty and hard work to his younger brother. [Smirk][Smirk][Smirk]

24. 424 朔 Dragon’s Roar in the Northern Frontier 朔北龙吟 Coffee at 71 Degrees71度的咖啡Historical1.5M WordsOngoing Transmigrated into a frontier army scout, he found himself facing tens of thousands of Tiele cavalry from the start. A series of covert battles and mysteries unfolds around a royal secret: twenty years ago, someone tried to force the Grand Princess into marriage. The emperor enters the game himself, pitting his wits against all the powers at play. Schemes within schemes, plots within plots, each conspiracy linked to the next. See how the protagonist faces this treacherous crisis, growing from a 17kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    Highly recommend this million-word masterpiece, *The Roar of the Northern Frontier*, a pinnacle of the historical fantasy genre, a story of a time-traveling special forces instructor's rise to power. The adapted comic series, *The Roar of the Northern Frontier: Rise of the Border Town*, is now available for pre-order on Hongguo and will be released soon. Stay tuned!

25. 425 开 From the Start, I Have an Ability Tree, and I Distribute Powers from Behind the Scenes 开局异能之树，我于幕后分发异能 January Wind and Snow一月风雪Urban434k WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes + ensemble cast + no female lead + no System + supernatural abilities + origins + eras] Also known as The Source of Calamity. This world had no supernatural powers, until a certain being bestowed their fruits upon humanity. The queen within the snow, the Buddha who upholds his convictions... They were born into this world one by one. The stars shine across the night sky. The World Serpent stretches across 868Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    001 - Heart of Eternal Freeze, 002 - Muscular Buddha, 003 - Fiery Lotus Heart, 004 - Warlord, 005 - Magic Trick, 006 - Dancer of the Stars, 007 - Holy Soul, 008 - Wolf Soul, 009 - Blood Curse, 010 - Magic Command, 011 - Mind Web, 012 - Deus Ex Machina, 013 - Nightmare, 014 - River of Souls, 015 - Punishment Law, 016 - Yin Yang Flame, 017 - Flesh and Blood Conversion, 018 - Shadow, 019 - Spatial Manipulation, 020 - Music [Note] [Already interested]

26. 426 世 The End of the World: From the Start, I Recruited a Sister 世界末日：开局招募修女小姐 Pika Bu La Ka Ka皮卡不拉卡卡Urban249k WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Lovecraftian Horror + Survival] After staying up for three days and nights, Qi Bin finally finished his manuscript. He thought he'd take a quick nap, but when he “woke up,” he was told the world was ending! The supermarket lady downstairs had a gigantic eye growing out of her head, and a pair of eyes was materializing in the sky... At the will of the world’s desperate plea, Qi Bin had no choice but to take on the role of savior. Come on, let's draw some cards 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's a great read, even though the pacing is slow.

27. 427 我 I Pull the Strings Behind the Scenes in a High-Martial-World 我在高武当幕后黑手 The Pomegranate Tree Back Home老家的石榴树Urban214k WordsOngoing [Mastermind plot + Crushing all rivals + Invincible + Ensemble cast + Hidden mastermind] Space fractures, worlds merge, spiritual qi revival begins, and the era of high martial arts dawns. After surviving a century of calamity brought by demonic beasts, Cheng Xiao transmigrates back to before the high martial arts era and lays plans for a hundred years. He raises the three leaders of the Soul Martial Hall, the dean of the High Martial Arts Academy, the founder of the Ultimate Martial Path, the l —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist travels back in time, cultivates his power, and appears in several major powers and organizations.

28. 428 苟 The Way of Survival: Cultivate for Immortality, Let Your Clones Live It Up 苟道长生，分身去浪 Starlit Cold Snow繁星寒雪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted A cautious immortal who has scraped by for two hundred years is still stuck in the early Qi Refining stage. Then he gains the ability to create clones... From then on, with the Great Dao stretching ahead, his path to immortality may be different. He still has to keep a low profile, but his clones can run wild as they please! What if he has no cultivation techniques? No problem, send a clone to learn them! What if he has no pills? No problem, send a clone to make them! What if the upper realm 3.5kReads7.4Score239Shelves

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    Just you wait and see, they're all completely silent.

29. 429 穿 I Transmigrated into a Pendant, and My Wife Handed Me Over to the Nation 穿越成吊坠，妻子把我上交国家 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban363k WordsCompleted [Urban high-martial world + transmigration + handing everything over to the state + passionate ensemble cast + protecting his wife from behind the scenes] This is another world where Chinese history has been lost to a gap in the record and exotic beasts run rampant. The original host dies in the opening. I’ve only just transmigrated and haven’t even figured out what’s going on when my soul is sucked into a broken pendant, a keepsake the original host gave his wife. Sealed inside the pendant is f 260Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first typical behind-the-scenes story

30. 430 嫌 You Thought I Was Too Weak, So My Cultivation Technique Went Dark Overnight 嫌我太弱，我的功法连夜黑化了 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban744k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Misunderstandings + Chat Group + Fully Automated Training + Overpowered Power Fantasy] Yang Tian transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world. With mediocre talent, he only wants to lie flat. But who could have guessed that the cultivation techniques inside him would think he was too weak and turn sentient overnight! And that’s not all. His techniques even set up a chat group: [Iron Shirt] left the group and wrote: “The Host is too fragile. I went for a soak at the nuclear power 730Reads—Score102Shelves
31. 431 组 Team Up to Go Home for the New Year: Why Are All My Teammates Goddesses? 组队回家过年：队友竟然全是女神 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Urban + System + multiple women + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + mostly everyday life] “Yang Tian, if you don’t bring home a girlfriend this New Year, you’re sleeping in the pigsty!” Faced with his mother’s ultimatum, penniless Yang Tian suddenly obtains the [Instance Party System]. As long as he posts a mission, all kinds of goddesses will accept it and “team up” with him to go home and conquer every obstacle. New Year’s Eve, family reunion dinner. Uncle: “I heard Yang Tian lost his 2.3kReads6.0Score258Shelves
32. 432 霍EN Hogwarts' Cardcaptor 霍格沃茨的库洛魔法使 Red Leaves and Yellow Flowers红叶黄花Anime Fanfiction4.3M WordsOngoing Golden finger + no female lead + Hufflepuff. And, by the way, the protagonist does not cross-dress. On his eleventh birthday, Adam receives a letter from Hogwarts and learns that he's arrived in the world of Harry Potter. He's a wizard, too, and will soon be attending the safest school in the world, Hogwarts. Even better, he's in the same year as the world-famous Chosen One. "I thought this would be a slice-of-life story, but it turned out to be a fight for survival" Adam tries to transfer, but 15.9kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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    The mastermind behind everything, orchestrating world peace—it's like saying, "If you won't let me open the window, I'll tear the roof off!"—That's how opening the window becomes acceptable. The protagonist will also travel to other worlds later; an incredibly powerful protagonist, definitely a thrilling read.

33. 433 我 I Used the Myriad Worlds Exchange System to Redeem Myself 我用万界兑换系统兑换我自己 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban343k WordsCompleted [System + mastermind behind the scenes + multiple worlds + apocalypse + no saintly hero] Yang Tian acquired a strange System. The items in its shop turned out to be attributes he had "lost" himself? [Looks +10]? I lost that! [Intelligence +20]? I lost that too! [Protective Astral Energy]? That's my passive skill! Yang Tian: "Hey, System bro, aren't you just making me pay to buy myself back?!" The world changed. The Gray Realm descended, and reality merged with the mysterious and uncanny. Wit 157Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 434 全 Global Martial Arts: Starting at the Academy of Civilization 全球布武：从文明书院开始 Moonlight Lingers Among Drunken Flowers月影醉花留Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [System + spiritual qi revival + cultivation university + the Myriad Worlds + mastermind] The Heavenly Dao undergoes tribulation, and the world ascends to a higher dimension; spiritual qi revives, and a new era begins. Feng Yang awakens a System and inherits the ancient, mysterious organization known as the Academy of Civilization. From then on, he spreads knowledge and teachings, enlightens the people, and leads all of humanity onto the path of cultivation and evolution. With the Academy 9.4kReads7.2Score529Shelves

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    System + Spiritual Energy Revival + Immortal Cultivation University + Behind-the-Scenes Story ~~[Flying Kiss]

35. 435 高 High Martial: My Smile Is Pure and Innocent, From the Start I Create the Unruly Ones 高武：我笑容纯真，开局创不良人 I Want a Late-Night Snack小爷要吃宵夜Historical619k WordsCompleted Jiang Yin was the least favored illegitimate son of the Prince of Zhenbei’s estate in the state of Chu. His mother died when he was young, and he was left with disabled legs. Unable to study martial arts or the classics, he suffered constant discrimination. After an accident, Jiang Yin awakened memories of his past life on Blue Star. A mysterious bookshelf suddenly appeared in his mind. The bookshelf also held books imbued with mysterious power. Simply reading them allowed him to gain something 234Reads6.6Score—Shelves
36. 436 凡 A Mortal’s Tale of Cultivating Immortality with Money 凡人氪金修仙传 Wang Zhong of Aodao澳岛的王重Eastern Fantasy395k WordsCompleted [The new book's rating has just come out. It'll go up later] [Cultivation + System + pay-to-win + power fantasy + founding a sect] Transmigrated without a spiritual root? No problem, I've got a pay-to-win System! While others cultivate painstakingly for a hundred years, I get spirit stones and my cultivation comes right away. While others risk their lives to break through, I just buy my way through. No talent needed. All it takes is money. But Zhou Tao knows the cultivation world is deep w 385Reads5.7Score105Shelves

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    That's exactly right.

37. 437 诸 The Heavens Have Arrived, but I Just Want to Be a Behind-the-Scenes Patriarch 诸天降临，我只想当个幕后家主 Huang Yaoshi's Person黄药师的人Male-Channel Fanfiction168k WordsCompleted Blood rains from the sky, and rifts split the void. The worlds of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Shrouding the Heavens, and more crash into the main world one after another. Everyone else scrambles for opportunities, while Huang Cong stays in the shadows, using his Family Fortune System to expand at breakneck speed. When the armies of the Immortal Realm bear down on them, he finally rises to his feet. “No rush. Let them fight first. Tao Gong, name your price.” 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This looks great, I'm not kidding.

38. 438 我 I Add Mods to the World 我给世界加点模组 The Hardworking Tentacle Monster勤奋的触手怪Urban314k WordsOngoing [Wild premise / ensemble cast / behind-the-scenes mastermind] [Congratulations, you are now a player in World OL. Use your imagination and creativity in the game.] [You have successfully added the Spiritual Qi Revival mod to the world.] [You have successfully added the Stars Awaken, Ancient Ones Return mod to the world.] [You have successfully added the Interstellar War mod to the world.] [You have successfully added the Higher-Dimensional Invasion: War in Heaven mod to the world.] Superhuma 4Reads5.4Score—Shelves
39. 439 不 The King of Britain 不列颠之王 Si Qian肆仟Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Li wakes up in postwar Britain, having crossed into another world. No money? No problem. Raise oil prices by five points. No land? North America is the backyard. No people? Ever heard of specialized security forces? Watch Lin Li stir up the world and carve his path to becoming Britain's greatest ruler. 13.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    Okay, bro, that's great. Rolling around...~(~O￣▽￣)~o . . . Rolling around... O~(_△_o~) ~. . .

40. 440 全 Global Panic: I'm Actually the Evil God Behind the Revival?! 全球恐慌：我竟是复苏邪神？！ Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse775k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + The Supernatural + Game Events Become Reality + City Building + Secret Identities] [Lighthearted Comedy + A Touch of Cosmic Horror] Behind the bustling city, a sinister shadow crept closer with every passing day. Beings from another dimension walked openly through the world, plunging those who knew the truth into unprecedented panic. “The Evil God has descended! The supernatural world is about to invade reality!” “Humanity is doomed!” Some rose up in resistance, shouting that human 1.4kReads8.5Score124Shelves

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    Trust me, it's really good, and the author's writing is excellent. [Sending heart]

41. 441 天 As the Heavenly Dao, I Save the Myriad Worlds 天道的我拯救万界 Purple Forest紫林丶Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After awakening, he discovers that he has become the Heavenly Dao of a world. Through his own tireless efforts, he guides his world step by step toward the center stage of the myriad heavens. In this world, the Chosen Sons of Heaven and Systems are constantly at odds. The myriad races take turns fighting for dominion, technology clashes fiercely with Cultivation, and individual power continually struggles against the collective will. The ruler of a System world glares angrily at the System befor 10.6kReads8.7Score711Shelves
42. 442 白 The Secret Beneath the White Dress 白裙子下的秘密 Huang Yaoshi's Person黄药师的人12k WordsCompleted The Secret Beneath the White Dress 41Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 443 让 You Were Told to Make Deals, but You Changed the Era 让你做交易，你引领了时代 Chang Yi常一Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [The only supernatural power on Blue Star. The main world has no ancient martial arts or cultivation world: I alone wield a unique power.] [Adapted into the short-form drama My Friends Are Everywhere Across the Heavens] He transmigrated to Blue Star and became a wealthy tycoon, only to be poisoned and given six months to live? Just as his hopes were fading, Jiang Da became a member of the Hypertemporal Club, gaining connections to countless worlds. Cultivation worlds. Interstellar worlds. Lord w 30.5kReads8.9Score2kShelves
44. 444 变 Becoming a Young Goddess of Evil Starts with Bankruptcy 变身邪神少女从破产开始 Luan Juan乱倦Urban1.8M WordsOngoing Urban fantasy + spiritual qi revival + infinite-flow + modern high martial arts + worlds of obsessions. Not a Cthulhu-style evil god. (I’m terrible at naming things and can’t change the title now. Also known as: A Journey Through the Heavens Starting with a Bankruptcy, After I Turned into a Girl.) What lies beyond the rules is evil. What cannot be defined is evil, too. An evil god’s love is like Schrödinger’s cat. If you never open the box, you’ll never know whether it’s possessiveness or simpl 1.7kReads6.4Score204Shelves

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    The title didn't do it justice; it seems to be a fantasy novel, a slow burn, but it gets really good later on. It's also a hidden story.

45. 445 诡 The Eerie Fate Game: How Do You Play When Your Character Is a Ghost Immortal from the Start? 诡命游戏：建号就是诡仙怎么玩？ A Dream of Chasing Boats逐舟一梦Eastern Fantasy457k WordsOngoing [Behind the Scenes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Eerie Cultivation] + [Two Worlds] + [Truly Invincible Protagonist] An endless, unrelenting fog blankets all of China, and a terrifying otherworld, the Strange Fate Realm, begins to overlap and merge with Blue Star. There, martial artists can move mountains and split rivers, living for centuries without growing old. True immortals also walk the world, wielding supernatural arts and sharing the lifespan of heaven and earth. This fills China with both fear a 65.3kReads8.4Score9.2kShelves
46. 446 重 Reborn in Hong Kong, Building a World-Class Financial Empire 重生香江，打造世界顶级财阀 Gulega咕了噶Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Business Wars + Tycoon Fantasy + Building a Financial Dynasty] Reborn in 1970s Hong Kong, with millions in family assets inherited from the start. Short stocks, trade gold, enter real estate, and establish an international security company. Watch as Zhang Qing transforms a minor family into a world-class conglomerate spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with businesses in finance, real estate, media, energy, communications, luxury goods, the internet, the military industry, and much more! —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 447 我 All My Ministers Are Famous Statesmen 我的臣子全是名臣 Sweet-Talking You忽悠着你Historical589k WordsCompleted He wakes up inside a game he was halfway through playing. At just twenty years old, he has already become an emperor for the ages, and every official at court is a renowned historical figure like Zhuge Liang or Han Xin. Even if he rules as a tyrant, the empire still won't fall. After uniting the world, he builds an enormous portal through time and space and wages war across countless worlds. At the same time, for some unknown reason, many famous consorts transmigrate into this era. Some want to 693Reads7.6Score105Shelves
48. 448 签 Sign-In for a Hundred Thousand Years, Building the Supreme Clan Across the Heavens 签到十万年，打造诸天无上家族 Meng Yanran梦烟然Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Sign-In + System + Invincible + Summoning Cards] "Congratulations, Host, on slaying a Martial Emperor... You have obtained one wooden dummy (combat strength unknown)!" "Congratulations, Host, on signing in and obtaining the Chaos Divine-Demon Physique!" "Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Chaos Reincarnation Eyes!" "Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Primordial Saint Physique as a reward!" "Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Azure Profound Overlord Physique as a reward!" "Congrat 6.9kReads8.0Score412Shelves

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    This is good, I recommend it!! [Bump][Bump][Bump][Bump]

49. 449 侯 The Marquis's Legitimate Son Plays the Fool, His Literary Grace and Martial Might Reach the Heavens 侯府嫡子扮草包，文气武骨踏九霄 Gu Jiantang古剑棠Historical703k WordsCompleted Nangong Yichen, a literary prodigy from Peking University and heir to the ancient martial art of Xingyi Fist, transmigrated one day into the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhenhuang’s estate in the Qianqi Dynasty: a man with blocked meridians, mocked by all as “the Capital’s Number One Good-for-Nothing.” The original owner was framed and became the laughingstock of the entire city. But he lay low at the frontier, keeping his talents hidden. The classics and histories from his past life became 13.3kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

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    He cultivated both Confucianism and martial arts, hiding behind the scenes, developing his strength stealthily, which astonished everyone.

50. 450 伴 With a Weapon-Nurturing Immortal Coffin by My Side, I Raised a Million Divine Generals 伴生养兵仙棺，我养出了百万神将 Green, Red, and White Chili Peppers青红白辣椒Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Among all living beings, those blessed by heaven and earth and born with exceptional gifts may have a spiritual treasure accompany them from birth. Some prodigies are born alongside immortal swords, each stroke capable of cleaving the starry river. Some are born alongside pill furnaces, their alchemy skills unmatched beneath the heavens. Others are born alongside supreme formation diagrams, with killing formations filling the cosmic starry sky and making stars crumble like dust. There is even an 25.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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