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1. 2401 大 The First Duke of the Great Ming 大明第一公 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical2.3M WordsCompleted I am Li Jinglong. This is my story, and the story of the Great Ming. 138.9kReads9.2Score14.4kShelves
2. 2402 技 My Skills Never Go on Cooldown. How Will You Respond? 技能永久没冷却，阁下如何应对？ I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Game invades reality + deserted-island survival + monsters + thrilling battles + god-tier talent + various civilizations + near-invincible hero + plot-driven] A monster-themed online game suddenly invades reality, and superpowered players begin appearing around the globe. Wang Mang suddenly transmigrates to a deserted island filled with gigantic things. Trees hundreds of meters tall, coconuts the size of rooms, ants as big as calves, giant blue crabs as tall as two-story buildings... It seems h 49.5kReads8.6Score4.3kShelves
3. 2403 书 Isn't the Scholar Class Weak? One Skill Point Every Second! 书生职业弱？但一秒一个技能点！ Eleven Twenty-Eight十一点二十八Urban427k WordsOngoing The Shanhai Realm descends upon reality, and Blue Star enters the Class Change Era. Everyone can change classes and grow stronger by working hard and killing monsters. Chu Yuanming, who transmigrated here, can only change into a blue-grade Scholar. A scholar is useless in every way. He thinks he'll never make it into a top university, but then discovers that he gains one skill point every second. He begins pouring points into his skills like crazy. In the Fengdu dungeon, Chu Yuanming draws h 47Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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4. 2404 我 Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 75.4kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
5. 2405 全 Everyone Draws Cards to Change Classes, but One Draw Gives Me Max Stats! 全民抽卡转职，我一抽满命！ Wu Xiaowu勿小悟Urban5.1M WordsOngoing In this world, gacha rules! When people turn eighteen, they each get one chance to draw a card and change careers. Some poor students draw combat classes and rise to the top overnight. Some top students draw civilian classes and lose any chance of adventure and battle. In this gacha era, drawing a combat class is called pulling a gold. The world rewards you with another draw, and duplicate classes are converted into constellation levels. However, there is no pity system. On the day of his draw, 142.9kReads9.0Score11.6kShelves
6. 2406 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 12.2kReads8.7Score964Shelves
7. 2407 假 Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁 Ninth Day, Tenth Month初九元十Historical7.0M WordsOngoing [Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec 118.2kReads9.2Score10.8kShelves
8. 2408 海 One Piece: I Accidentally Became the King of the World 海贼：不小心成了世界之王 Xu Wuyou许无忧Anime Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the world of pirates, Ge Er just wants to live freely on this vast, turbulent sea and protect the family he cherishes in this ruthless world. Getting stronger and fighting are such exhausting tasks, so of course they should be left to his adorable subordinates. What kind of boss charges into the thick of things and risks his life every day? Luo Jie: “Want my treasure? If you do, then it’s yours. Go find it! I left all the world’s riches there!” Ge Er: “Who do you think 12kReads8.7Score744Shelves
9. 2409 1 1870: From Coolie to Underworld Emperor 1870：从猪仔到地下皇帝 It's Me, Old Cat是我老猫啊Historical2.8M WordsCompleted The Gold Mountain of Jinshan, the Nine of Chen Jiu. Cast into exile overseas from the start, with nothing but the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, how can he carve out a path to survival amid the anti-Chinese tide? Chinese tong factions fighting among themselves, Irish gangs closing in, officials signing discriminatory laws... Beneath this immigrant city flows a river of gold that devours all who enter it. The anti-Chinese tide is rising ever higher. Chen Jiu's six thousand disciples 16.5kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
10. 2410 核 Nuclear Blast Blade Techniques: One Slash, One Kill in the Wasteland 核爆刀法，我在废土一刀一个 Under the Flowering Tree花树下Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Wasteland Beast Hordes + Class Panel + Loot Drops + Brutal Squad + Talent Evolution] In a wasteland world, he starts out as a mine slave. By sheer luck, he awakens the god-tier talent [Cut Through Anything] and uses a long blade welded together from scrap metal to slaughter his way through an entire monster-infested mine. He thought he could pursue freedom, but when he looked up, he discovered the whole world was an arena for the gods. Humanity is dying in ignorance, consumed by parasites. “The 4.3kReads8.8Score354Shelves
11. 2411 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 [Physical book edition now available] [Short drama of the same name is now streaming! Watch it on Hongguo!] [The only martial arts ensemble novel on the entire site with such a wild premise!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Readers, come on in and take a look!] [Ensemble cast + System + traits + martial arts] Chen Ye transmigrates to the Great Wu Dynasty and binds himself to an Orphan Training System. As long as he raises orphans, 117.2kReads8.9Score11.4kShelves
12. 2412 国 National Fate Survival: I'm Really Just a Summoner 国运求生：我真的只是个召唤师 The Pigeon Tries Not to Flake鸽子努力不咕咕Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Survival game for national destiny + no romance + no female lead + instances + support role + young boy] A survival game for national destiny has descended upon Blue Star. Clearing instances allows players to send items into the real world. Food, weapons, technology blueprints, cultivation manuals... Anything you could want! Randomly selected Chu Jin does his best to clear instances with his little pets. Unfortunately, most of his pets are support types. At a loss, Chu Jin decides to look for t 15.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
13. 2413 家 Clan Cultivation: I Ascend to Immortality Through My Descendants 家族修仙：我以子嗣登仙 Hardworking Bumblebee勤劳的大蜜蜂Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [Family Saga + Farming and Development + No Goody-Two-Shoes + No Army-Spamming + Slow Burn + (Not for readers who dislike romance or prefer a female-free cast)] Chen Jing'an transmigrates into the world of the Immortal Dao and is born into a small Qi Refining immortal clan in Qinghe County. With mediocre aptitude, his prospects on the path to immortality are bleak. He thought he was destined to live an unremarkable life, but then he unexpectedly awakens the “Mother-and-Child Bell.” As long as he 72.5kReads8.8Score5.8kShelves
14. 2414 辞 I Quit My Job and Went Back Home to Farm 辞职后，我回老家去种田 Little Yellow Fish Doudou小黄鱼豆豆Modern Romance314k WordsOngoing [Farming + building a home + no romance, a cozy slice-of-life story] Zhan Niannian was an ordinary employee. Her small company was already hectic, and on top of that, her boss would fly into a screaming rage at the drop of a hat. Enough was enough. Who would want to keep working at this awful place? Zhan Niannian decided she wasn’t going to put up with her boss anymore and quit on the spot. To her surprise, she also got a Home System and began a new life back home, farming and renovating her pro 123Reads8.2Score—Shelves
15. 2415 震 What?! Someone Stole My Secret Identity 震惊！有人抢我马甲 Lazy Baozi宝子懒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Ji family of Jiangcheng has a private rule that is never shared with outsiders: when you turn twelve, you have to choose. Either become a caged canary, enjoy the wealth and comfortable life your family provides, and marry for family ties when you come of age; or leave your comfort zone. The family will only cover basic tuition and living expenses, and you'll have to make your own way in the world. Ji Yu thinks the choice is obvious. Of course she's leaving. Let whoever wants to marry for fam 9.2kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    This is good. The Ji family, a century-old family, has an unwritten rule. When they are twelve years old, they have the right to choose their own life, be self-reliant or marry... Ji Yu, who has a top IQ since childhood, chose to be self-reliant. When she was twelve years old, she was thrown to Country M by her biological father for four years of training. She was full of energy, learned a lot of skills, and made a lot of money starting a business. She never treated herself badly.

16. 2416 国 National Fate Survival: The Lucky One Becomes a God on Animal Island 国运求生：欧皇在动物岛封神了 Yi Weichunhe易为春和Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [National Destiny + Survival + A Little Livestreaming + Infrastructure Building + Powerful Heroine with a Golden Finger] [No romance for the heroine in the main story. In the extras, she has a background-character boyfriend. She is not the unlucky captain numbered 009 and won't support anyone financially.] In the 35th century, Blue Star's resources are completely depleted. An extraterrestrial game called “Island Survival Station” descends, randomly selecting one hundred people from each existing 9.3kReads9.2Score1kShelves
17. 2417 网 Online Game: The Priest at the Peak 网游之牧师巅峰 A Big Red Flower for You给你一朵大红花Sports1.5M WordsCompleted When the game collides with reality, life turns around from the start. The game brings earth-shaking changes to Blue Star, reorganizing the human order and overturning the planet’s standing. It also completely upends Li Mingzhen’s life. Wielding the power of yin and yang, he becomes the number one player! [No heroine] [No romantic tension] [No harem] [No CP] P.S. The male lead isn’t perfect and isn’t a selfless saint, but this isn’t a dark novel. The gender ratio is 9:1, and any female character 676Reads6.9Score—Shelves
18. 2418 身 As the Luckiest Player, What’s Wrong with Having a Few Billion Extra Items? 身为欧皇，道具多亿点点怎么了？ Qingqing and the Fish卿卿与鱼Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow × No CP, Strong Female Lead's Growth × Ensemble Cast × Livestream] [Content warning: Slow burn! This is my own style of fiction, written in my own way. Tastes differ, so it may not be your thing.] After dying unexpectedly, Song Qiao enters a mysterious, eerie game world. To be reborn, she has to clear the games and win. Earn 1,000,000 points and she can return to the human world For Song Qiao, whose intelligence and perception are maxed out and whose luck is off the charts, isn't 5.4kReads9.2Score788Shelves
19. 2419 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 86.7kReads8.5Score13.1kShelves

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20. 2420 末 The Apocalypse: My Number One Fan Is My Cat Dad 末世，我的榜一铲屎官 Sheng Du胜读Sci-Fi & Apocalypse383k WordsCompleted [Female-Focused] + [Apocalypse] + [No Romance] + [System] + [Zombies] + [Cards] + [Cute Pets] When the Apocalypse calamity strikes, the consciousness of the world transforms into a System to give the creatures of Blue Star a chance to survive. After Fang Yu kills her first zombie, she gains a passive skill. With a cat and a bow by her side, she fights her way through the Apocalypse. What? The neighbor who’s always scamming people tries to scam her? She kills them on the spot. A sicko who abuses 251Reads8.3Score—Shelves
21. 2421 以 In the Name of Justice: Slaying the High-Martial Multiverse 以正义之名，斩尽高武苍生 Ya Qi鸦栖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + Overwhelming dominance + Ruthless + No female lead] In the interstellar age, martial arts flourish. Chu Sheng binds himself to the Justice System. Every righteous deed earns him a reward. Being timid and submissive is not justice. Justice that comes too late is pure bullshit! Justice means striking hard! Taking the initiative! Evil must be punished! If the wicked don’t die, should I die instead? Evil breeds evil! What do you do when someone frames you? Hit back! What do 37kReads8.1Score3.1kShelves
22. 2422 造 The God-Making Game: I’m Really Not Cheating! 造神游戏：我真的没有开挂啊！ Fresh Dragon Fruit新鲜的火龙果Sports375k WordsCompleted Game and reality merge + swordsmanship + genius + wish fulfillment + no grimdark violence + a steady pace The Divine Dream World descends, selecting challengers to embark on adventures with the goal of ascending to the divine throne! Su Ye is chosen, and during the rookie trial, he gains the S-rank talent: Clear Sword Heart. From then on, he embarks on an “interesting” adventure! While everyone else is still struggling to cultivate sword force, Su Ye already has hundreds of perfected sword in 21kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
23. 2423 师 Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙 Softly Falling Words轻落语Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone 62.2kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves

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