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1. 1 无 Infinite Rebirth: Conquering Another World from Scratch 无限重生：从零开始的异世界攻略 Old Gentleman of the Tavern酒馆老绅Mystery450k WordsOngoing [Brain-Burning + Mind-Blowing Ideas + A Fresh New Genre + Wild and Unrestrained + Utterly Rebellious] Psionic ascension, mechanical ascension, genetic ascension: which is the strongest? Bah! Only kids have to choose. I want them all! What a disaster! Heaven gave Zhang Haoran the ability to reload infinitely, but who could have guessed that transmigrating would be set to hellish difficulty? Even worse, he had absolutely no control over his save points. Every reload was a new opportunity. His main 271Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   This is it. I recommend suspense novels with in-depth plots. I like Edge of Tomorrow, The Butterfly Effect, Inception, The Fog, and Source Code readers. The novel is full of suspense, reversals, links, and clues. Foreshadowing one after another, pitfalls are constantly filled and cleverly foreshadowed. The protagonist and the supporting villain are more per capita than Lao Yin. Either Lao Liu or on the way to Lao Liu. The protagonist Zhang Haoran is super funny. Events are often solved by intellectual means. He is ingeniously conceived. He can change the story back enough to rewrite the future. He can see that he will grow every time he experiences an event. He is a growth-oriented protagonist and has very real feelings.

2. 2 焚 Burning Heaven's Crimson Eyes 焚天红瞳 Official Historian掌史官Eastern Fantasy449k WordsCompleted In her previous life, the Divine Maiden bled and a peerless genius fell. In this life, the good-for-nothing prince Chu Yuanheng, burdened by a demonic curse, defies heaven itself. Using his own heart's blood as a guide, he awakens Xu Liyin, the vengeful Divine Maiden who has returned with memories of her past life. He plots to conquer the world for her, while she cuts down gods and demons for him. Their closest friends stand steadfast at their side, loyal through life and death. Everyone believe 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These two books are okay. The IQs of the protagonists and villains are all online, and they don't lower their intelligence.

3. 3 深 Searching for Herbs in the Deep Mountains, I Swallowed a Thousand-Year-Old Dragon's Saliva 深山寻药，我竟吞下千年龙涎 Official Historian掌史官Urban805k WordsCompleted To save his ailing mother, the young Chen Guang ventures into a forbidden area of Changbai Mountain, where he accidentally awakens a heaven-defying divine eye that can see the true nature of all things. From then on, barren land is a treasure trove beneath his feet, yielding mountains of golden grain, while poisonous weeds appear to him as miracle herbs capable of bringing the dead back to life. With a touch, he turns stone into gold, leads a poor mountain village to defy fate, and builds a busi 41Reads6.8Score—Shelves
4. 4 独 Alone Against the Ages 独斗万古 Bing Xian冰闲Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing In the Age of Dharma Decline, spiritual energy has vanished completely. A young boy who knows the secrets of the Daoist sects is persuaded by an old Taoist priest to travel to another world, beginning a dazzling yet perilous journey to prove the Dao... 811Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Traditional fantasy - the world is huge, the characters are vivid, the logic is clear, the protagonist and villain have online IQs throughout the whole process, you will definitely not regret it after reading it...

5. 5 笙 The Song of Flute and Sword 笙箫剑鸣 Le Yu Si Shu乐于思黍Eastern Fantasy239k WordsOngoing (A note before we begin: No incest! No incest! No incest! Remixed xianxia + not a wish-fulfillment story + ensemble cast. Note: This is a novel with a complicated mix of elements and plenty of side plots, including family, friendship, romance, mysteries, and battles.) Yun Xiao is a dog of an author who loves killing off characters and never sticks the landing. At long last, karma catches up with him: he is forced to transmigrate into the spirit of the destined sword belonging to Gu Sheng, the ca 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The author of the online article traveled through time and became the heroine's sword spirit. The souls of the readers who suddenly died because of the BE he wrote entered the immortal world and were obtained by the villain camp. The whole process is logical and online.

6. 6 诸 Ragnarok: Who's Pulling the Strings? 诸神黄昏，谁在操盘？ Twelve Scrolls, Empty Gate, Myriad Forms十二卷空门万象Urban153k WordsOngoing No System cheats, no rebirth and face-slapping, and no harem drama. This novel puts logic at its core, revealing the truth behind every “unreasonable” event and offering you a different kind of story that avoids the usual tropes. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is all about a high-intelligence competition. The male protagonist and the villain plan step by step. The battle of wits is like the Ming Dynasty.

7. 7 公 The Princess Refuses to Be Everyone's Darling 公主拒绝当团宠 Once a Thought Is Born一念既出Ancient Romance406k WordsCompleted Word has it that the Demon Lord not only saved a mortal girl, but also took her into the Demon Palace, honored her as a princess of the demon race, and doted on her! But Shi Xi doesn't want to live under the Demon Lord's protection. Determined to become a true demon, she leaves the palace and sets off in search of a Heavenly Spirit Body. The demon general Mo Lan stays by her side through life and death, but gradually discovers... a rival in love is lurking up ahead! Mo Lan: “If you can't do wha 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is the book, the good and the bad are not outwitted, and the plot is compact. You can finish it once you finish it.

8. 8 穿 Transmigrate to Another World: This Great Dao Wants to Eat Me 穿越异世：这个大道要吃我 Feng Tang's Half-Life of Wasted Years半生蹉跎叹冯唐Eastern Fantasy219k WordsOngoing “I spent my whole life following the rules, but the rules killed me!” [Poetry-led storytelling + clever power fantasy + subtle foreshadowing + Lovecraftian horrors + political intrigue and conquest + mystery and investigation] The Great Dao has no form, and fate is a hunting ground. Mortals are ants, cultivators are livestock. After death, every soul is devoured by the Dao. His name is Yun Ping'an, also known as Yun Qingshan. In the dead of night, he is the “Ghost of Yun,” the man who lays other 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The IQs of the protagonists and villains are not only online, but also all kinds of routines and counter-routines. There are calculations in the literary and martial arts, all kinds of foreshadowing, and all kinds of reversals.

9. 9 元 Legend of the Primordial Spirit Heroes 元灵英雄传 Cute and Handsome小萌帅Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Once upon a time, the realms of Heaven and Earth were connected. The gods of the heavenly domains protected humanity, while mighty human martial cultivators roamed the world. The alliance between gods and humans held the foreign races of the earthly realm and the demons of Heaven’s domains at bay, temporarily halting their expansion. But then the Gate between Heaven and Earth suddenly closed. The gods fell or vanished, and humanity’s great powers dwindled and withdrew from the world, leaving man 347Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a must, it's super good

10. 10 荒 A Dream of Flowers on the Wasteland 荒原百花梦 Flower Child Redheart花童红心Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The space-time universe, the Ark of Heaven, the Interstellar Alliance, the illusory realm: what kind of existence is the world we live in? From the ancient age of gods and demons, through the classical age of wandering heroes, to the modern age of technology, and finally the future age of artificial intelligence, the history of intelligent civilization seems to be a cycle... Will artificial life ever develop independent consciousness, gain a soul and intelligence, and ultimately replace intellig 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroes and villains in the novel all think normally and have online IQs. The plot has ups and downs and is very exciting.

11. 11 云 Moss in the Clouds 云端苔藓 Ping Yi平义Mystery163k WordsCompleted In the ruins of Smart Cloud City, the fates of a pancake vendor, a foreman missing a finger, a Meituan courier, and an elderly petitioner intertwine. As concrete swallows lives and algorithms manipulate human nature, they fight against fate with tears, severed limbs, and cancer cells. Duoduo's genes become the spark of a new civilization, Lao Zhou's plant-like body spreads across the globe, and Xia Yubing's fungal network safeguards the remnants of humanity. From urban villages to interstellar c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 智 Supreme Wisdom: The Legend of Jiang Ziya 智慧无上：姜子牙传奇 Ping Yi平义Eastern Fantasy113k WordsCompleted At the end of the Shang Dynasty, amid a world in chaos, the white-haired recluse Jiang Ziya fishes with a straight hook in the Wei River, waiting for a chance to defy fate and change his destiny. King Wen of Zhou dreams of a flying bear and makes three visits to seek out a worthy man, setting in motion a deadly game between mortals and gods. Questioned at court, targeted by Shang assassins, and caught in the schemes of a nine-tailed fox who stirs up alliances among the feudal lords, Jiang Ziya w —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 绘 Painting the Stardust of the World 绘世星尘 Flying Down Jacket会飞的羽绒服Sci-Fi & Apocalypse450k WordsCompleted The universe is a prison, and fate is a lock. Beneath the calm of the Twin-Mind Planet, judgment has long been hidden in the cycle of reincarnation: older than civilization, more secret than breathing. “Deep are the mysteries of the star prison; the delusive crystal conceals the truth. Let the heart turn toward the hidden depths, and when illusion breaks, the Way remains.” The voice from beyond that lit the mind of Qingping Star Sovereign did more than that. It was the first beam of light to pi 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend this book! Love foreshadows the story in the early stage, sci-fi advances in the middle stage, and climaxes with disaster in the later stage. Machiavellian plots are always present throughout the story. Not only is the logic rigorous and the writing is exquisite, it is also very deep! Thousands of years of reincarnation are only for awakening and redemption, and the destruction of the planet is just because of one thought! You can read Chapter 17 first. Although it is a bit boring, it is the general outline. The story basically revolves around the content of this chapter.

14. 14 这 This Book Is a Little Fake 这书有点假 Two Fires, Ten Mountains贰火拾山Eastern Fantasy727k WordsOngoing [No System + Eastern Fantasy + Mystery + Freewheeling Style + Original Taoist Cultivation System + Twists + Light Humor + Philosophy + X (a story tag)] The mystery requires the first and second chapters to seem unrelated. If you’re here for the fantasy, start with Chapter Three. If anything doesn’t make sense later, you can go back and read the earlier chapters. Cultivators fight against Heaven and against themselves, all for the elusive promise of immortality. Shi Lang is a downright unlucky pr 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is just that, they are all human beings

15. 15 诡 The Weird Game Begins, and the Secret of the Twins Can’t Stay Hidden 诡异游戏开启，双生秘密瞒不住 Flaming Blaze溢火焰Mystery355k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + Infinite Flow + suspenseful speculation + rebirth + System] Two entirely fictional settings, one in space and one in time, with two female leads. The timeline is fragmented, with many flashbacks told in reverse. There are no livestreaming scenes! The protagonist has dissociative identity disorder and delusions, so please read with caution if that bothers you. At the beginning, the protagonist, Cui Yining, dies in a car accident and is reborn in 2020. The System requires her 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The beginning is straight forward, and the more you look at it, the deeper it gets! Don't wait until it's over! The setting of the two heroines is solid, the telepathy is written with great tension, and the world view is amazing

16. 16 画 The World Inside the Painting 画中世界 Leng Yue Beast, Who Loves Stir-Fried Bok Choy爱吃炒小青菜的冷月兽Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing A fantastical, kaleidoscopic world that feels like ancient times, yet isn't. Immortals, demons, and Buddhists all coexist here. We have a wonderful story to tell, full of human warmth and the flavor of the jianghu. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 营 Yingtai Sword 营台剑 The Lame Old Toad瘸腿老蟾Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted “Master, I don't dare hope for skills that make me invincible. I only ask that I won't have to depend on others when I roam the martial world. Please pass them on to your disciple!” Li Zheng lay prostrate on the ground, his voice breaking as he sobbed. “Heh, you silly boy. Come closer...” 185Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 修 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 Just Forget It就这样忘记Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 18.4kReads8.8Score2kShelves
19. 19 白 Commoner 白丁 Ordinary Man on the Coast海岸线凡夫Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing When immortals fight, mortals suffer. Bai Family Village was caught in the crossfire. Of its more than 160 residents, almost everyone died, and only a handful survived. Bai Ding was one of them. Determined to get justice, Bai Ding resolved to enter the immortal sects, cultivate the Dao, and seek out his enemies. But cultivating immortality was no easy feat... A mortal cultivates immortality: no System, no transmigration, no harem. 1.5kReads8.3Score204Shelves
20. 20 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Piercing Tower 凡人修仙：通天塔 Typing to Success键入佳境Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [The animated series A Great Rogue Cultivator: My Quest to Reach the Heavens is currently a hit on Hongguo Short Drama] [No transmigration, sensible plot, traditional cultivation, mortal cultivator, no System] "Are there really immortals in this world?" "Of course!" "Old man, when are you finally going to take me as your disciple?" The boy has lost count of how many times he's begged by now... After a great upheaval, a boy from Lanxian Town embarks on a long journey of cultivation. A mysterious 10.7kReads7.9Score800Shelves
21. 21 你 You Call This the Greatest Sect Under Heaven? 你说这是天下第一宗？ Mu Linziteng木林子腾Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [A sect that raises its disciples + an unconventional take on cultivation + ensemble cast] The Chiyang Sect has three treasures: a master who runs fast, strange senior brothers and sisters, and a sect that’s been poor forever. New disciple Xiao Yaoyin had hoped to latch onto a powerful immortal sect, but instead became the most troublesome “work-in-progress” for eldest senior brother Li Tengqian. He has to teach her how to draw qi into her body, deal with the sect’s budget deficit, and stop his 373Reads—Score100Shelves
22. 22 徒 All My Disciples Want to Possess Me 徒儿们都想占有我 I Love 1982 Cola爱喝82年可乐Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Yandere + Multiple heroines + Love triangle drama + No System] After transmigrating as an ancient Demon Lord, all I wanted was to lie flat and enjoy my retirement. But my four troublesome disciples had already become the nightmare of the cultivation world. One was the leader of the righteous path, one the ruler of the demonic path, one a grandmaster of alchemy, and one the demon race's empress. They fought whenever they met, but were united like never before on one point: find me, lock me up, a 21kReads7.5Score3.4kShelves
23. 23 被 Tricked into Cultivating Immortality 被骗去修仙 Wind-Crazed Smile风痴笑Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + smart protagonist + mortal’s Cultivation] Cultivation? I was tricked into it... Wang Hao was an unremarkable young man in the 21st century. After an accident in which he saved someone, a strange old man tricked him into cultivating. Faced with schemes, plots, and deadly dangers at every turn, how will he use his wits to survive in this Cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak...? 619Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    High IQ per capita, no system, no harem, no invincibility, no brainlessness, no exaggeration, no stallion, no holy mother, no subterfuge, both the protagonist and villain have online IQs, decisive killing, good plot writing, easy and funny rebirth, and a long story about cultivating immortals. In this novel, the protagonist is deceived into cultivating immortality. He complains about it while cultivating immortality. He takes a double break for his body and mind, and slowly improves his realm. He pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger. It is relatively long, light-hearted and funny, and the plot is compact but not boring and the progress is not very fast. If you like it, you can pay attention!

24. 24 本 The Mirror of Origin 本源之镜 Ping Yi平义Sci-Fi & Apocalypse685k WordsCompleted A blend of science fiction, religion, history, culture, philosophy, and mystery adventure. It champions the integration of religions, a return to the origin of the Great Way, and a world united as one. In 2095, religious archaeologist Ping Yi witnesses a horrifying vision in Jerusalem: experts from three religions die suddenly, their bodies arranged in a honeycomb pattern, their blood forming passages from the Tao Te Ching. Their neural pathways are etched with mysterious symbols from an ancient 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It has many elements including science fiction, religion, history, humanities, philosophy and suspense adventure. Advocate the integration of religions, return to the origin of Taoism, and promote world harmony.

25. 25 摆 The Commoner's Path to the Heavens 摆烂庶女的通天路 Weiwei Seagull薇薇海鸥Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted New book, just rated... [Anti-cliché transmigration + growing protagonist + serious tone] How deep within the ladies’ quarters! Watch how a laid-back concubine’s daughter carves out a path to the top! After six years being left to her own devices on a country estate, she thought she was destined for a peaceful life in the countryside. Then an order arrives, and she is brought back to the family’s sprawling mansion, becoming an unexpected pawn on the family chessboard. Beauty is her only weapon, 76Reads7.1Score145Shelves

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    Both the heroes and villains have online IQs

26. 26 赦 Forgive the Moon 赦免月亮 Lu Wu陆雾Mystery375k WordsCompleted [Classic Whodunit + Case-of-the-Week + Locked-Room Murders + Multiple Twists + Power Couple + Mutual Pining] To get revenge, Du Qingci kills two people, but runs into her old classmate Chu Dongping and has no choice but to become his partner. Together, they solve five cases in seven days. As they grow closer, their feelings heat up, and the killing intent draws nearer. Du Qingci: “Why does he keep looking at me? Did he spot my weakness? Is he going to silence me?” Chu Dongping: “Why does she kee 646Reads8.2Score133Shelves

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    The author's narrative technique is so powerful. Multiple clues run in parallel, but they can be advanced in an orderly manner, making people dizzy.

27. 27 算 Divining the Three Kingdoms: The Record of the Mysterious Mirror's Beauties 算鼎三国：玄镜红颜录 Cat Nibbling the Moon猫啃月亮Historical2.8M WordsCompleted No transmigration, no System! At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, in an age of turmoil as the Three Kingdoms era approaches, Lu Zhao, a young man from a poor family, solves a murder case in Yingchuan with Cai Yan's help, exposes Dong Zhuo's plot to move the capital in Luoyang, cracks a secret case there with Diao Chan, intercepts Yuan Shao's secret envoy at the Battle of Guandu, offers a stratagem within a stratagem at the Red Cliffs battlefield, saves Sun Shangxiang from a raging current, an 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book is brilliant and will fit your bill

28. 28 瓦 Vazera: The Age of Man 瓦泽拉：人之纪元 The One and Only Through the Ages千古唯一Eastern Fantasy370k WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy]+ [Sword and Sorcery]+ [Peerless Genius]+ [Tightly Woven Logic]+ [No Mindless Plot] On the continent of Wazela, a gifted noble boy suffers the destruction of his country and family from the start, setting him on a path of revenge. This is a world of sword and magic, a pure Western Fantasy tale, with beautiful elves, rugged dwarves, savage orcs, powerful magical beasts, an expansive setting, and stirring wars between the races. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Western Fantasy Sword and Magic, Not Brainless

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