Behind-the-Scenes Stories!!! Low-Key Public Reveals, Consistent Worldbuilding, and No Cringey Moments 幕后流！！！低调的人前显圣，不崩世界观，不尴尬

1. 201 躲 Hiding Behind the Scenes, Bringing Fear and Faith to the World 躲在幕后，给世界带去恐惧与信仰 Xuanyuan Goudan轩辕狗蛋Urban725k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, behind-the-scenes mastermind, manipulating the masses, creating the supernatural, a mix of everything, people reading too much into things, Tarot Club] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Luo Chen scattered the seeds of the supernatural and became the mastermind behind the scenes. A young woman who jumped into a river gained the power to take revenge and became a monster, slaughtering everyone in her path. A police auxiliary officer, mortally wounded while fighting criminal 2.1kReads7.1Score124Shelves

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   I highly recommend the first book; it's such a classic, I almost wanted to finish it in a day while reading it, it's so good!

2. 202 天 The Heavenly Dao Owes Me Eight Hundred Trillion Merit Points 天道欠我八百万亿功德 Mr. Fei Wen非文先生Eastern Fantasy238k WordsOngoing [Important Warning: This is a slow-burn story with an intricate, expansive plot. It is not a quick-fix power fantasy. Readers who are impatient should stay away!] Gu Changjiu has lived two lifetimes. In this life, he awoke from a long dream and took charge of a small pawnshop called “Changjiu.” People bully him for being frail and insult him for being an ordinary mortal, thinking he is a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. They don’t know he sits not because his legs are crippled, but because he is —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'm recommending myself, please take a look. It's a bit slow at the beginning, but it speeds up from the second volume onwards.

3. 203 从 Activating Mythic Forces, Starting from the Heavenly Court 从天庭开始激活神话势力 Descendant of the Nine Li of Miaojiang苗疆九黎后人Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead! No female lead! No female lead!] [More focused on events behind the scenes, with limited screen time for the protagonist] [Invincible protagonist, no angst] Zhang Haoyu is a travel enthusiast. After discovering a dilapidated Taoist temple deep in the mountains, he accidentally transmigrates to a fantasy world where countless races coexist. The powerful can shatter stars and moons with a wave of their hands. Here, whoever has the highest cultivation and the strongest backing gets 7.7kReads7.5Score449Shelves

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   All behind-the-scenes stories

4. 204 星 Star Witch, Something’s Not Right About This Otherworld! 星魔女，这个异世界不太对！ Fu Yu Chu You符鱼褚悠Eastern Fantasy247k WordsOngoing [Gender-bending transformation, 1v1, wish fulfillment, no System, behind-the-scenes scheming, another world, irresistible to women] Five thousand years after civilization collapsed, even the [Human Reconstruction Committee] has retreated behind the scenes. Mysteries surge through the mobile cities: Victoria Harbor, swept up in the Industrial Revolution; Cassinia, reborn in the flames of revolution; and the City of Fog, awash with vampires and wolf plague… Superhumans feed on existence, devouring 1.5kReads—Score249Shelves

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   Let me recommend my own book! It's a mystery/mystery story. The protagonist creates an organization, manipulates puppets behind the scenes, and is a ridiculously overpowered character with insane stats. The exciting parts are the behind-the-scenes manipulation, the protagonist's rise to godhood in a mysterious world, and the novel world-building. Titles include: Steam City and the Golden Dragon Disciple → Cassinia and the Three Sages → The Mist City and the Hunter Girl → The Witch's Puppet City → ... (The titles all describe the protagonist's identity). Please check it out! Wwwwwwwww

5. 205 生 The Bio Account Login Device: I Became the Mastermind! 生物账号登录器，我成幕后黑手！ A Sparrow Flies South in a Dream梦中雀南飞Urban406k WordsCompleted This is not a The Outcast fanfic, but it borrows some of its settings! Main plot: account theft + leveling up + stealing energy + controlling the world [The male lead is extremely cautious] [Upright but no pushover] [Decisive and ruthless] [The female lead may or may not be there] [A power fantasy with little romance] [Account theft] [The mastermind behind the scenes] A single promise from his old classmate, Wang Defa, of “a 20,000-yuan monthly salary as a driver” sent Chen Wenxin plunging into 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A different kind of behind-the-scenes look, come and share your thoughts! [Awkward laugh]

6. 206 高 The High Martial Arts Era: I Loaded Tian Boguang’s Template from the Start 高武纪元：开局加载田伯光模板 Ironhead Dragon铁头龙Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast, fiery passion, youthful spirit, decisive killing, arrogance + forgetting one's roots] Spiritual qi revival! The Firmament Barrier protects the cities, but beyond it lies a deadly wilderness ruled by strange beasts and haunted by the whispers of evil gods! Tan Xing transmigrated into a hellish situation: His father was dead, his mother gravely ill, and his little brother needed raising. A poor student from the lowest ranks of the Body Tempering Realm, he had scarce resources, medi 119kReads8.0Score10.3kShelves

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   The first book, a ensemble piece with behind-the-scenes elements, explores the creation of the extraordinary, the Fourth Calamity (when crimson roses and thorns bloom, only fear is truly awe-inspiring); the second, "Only I Am the Law, Faith Leads to Godhood" (becoming a god through lies); the third, "Deceiving the Masses, Pseudo-Cultivation" (moving forward through imagination); the fourth, "Hellish Beginning, Template Flow" (spiritual energy revival, alien beasts, whispers of evil gods); and the fifth, "Opening a New Era, Martial Arts Flourishing" (heavenly tribulation, world dimensional ascension; spiritual energy revival, era change).

7. 207 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
8. 208 高 High Martial: I Have a Martial Arts World 高武：我有一个武道世界 Soft and Super Cute软软可可爱了Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Slow-paced + martial arts world + behind-the-scenes protagonist + family growth + cosmic setting + urban high martial arts + blunt male lead + no heroine + standout supporting cast + satisfying story with a smart protagonist] Spiritual qi revival, and a golden age of high martial arts! Lu Sheng is unexpectedly gravely injured, but his consciousness enters a longsword. That sword turns out to be the key to unlocking another, low-martial-arts world. In that world, spiritual qi is virtually nonexi 2.9kReads7.8Score155Shelves

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   In the dungeon world, it serves as a sword to enhance the family's strength.

9. 209 灭 World-Destroying Mastermind? I Grow Stronger by Reaping Civilizations Across the Heavens 灭世黑手？收割无尽诸天文明变强 Tomatoes Stir-Fried with Cement西红柿炒水泥Eastern Fantasy358k WordsOngoing [Ultimate Mastermind + Invincible Hero + Creator God + Endless Heavens + Ultimate Demon Lord + Hypocritical Saint + Endless Underlings] “Who exactly is pulling the strings behind the world's development?” “Why are you invading us? What is there in our world that you covet so much?” Black rain fell from the sky, and black auroras streaked across the heavens. 100,000,000,000,000,000 billion unknown powerhouses invaded the endless heavens and cosmos. No one knew where these people came from or why 665Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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   This is the type you're looking for!!! The mastermind behind everything!!! The villain!!!

10. 210 灭 World-Destroying Archdemon? I Grow Stronger by Reaping the Grievances of Civilizations 灭世大魔？我靠收割文明怨气变强 Tomatoes Stir-Fried with Cement西红柿炒水泥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Unbeatable protagonist + hidden mastermind across the heavens + demon lord + enemy of all worlds + ultimate big boss] “Don't ascend! Don't ascend! Don't ascend!” “The Upper Realm uses our people as food. Our clan will never retreat, even if we die!” “We've lost. Those who come after us, remember to keep a low profile and bide your time.” Who was behind the creation of the Eerie Clan? Why can the Lower Realm defeat the Upper Realm? Why is Xing Ying afraid of a steamed bun? There's no way to repa 5.6kReads7.9Score353Shelves
11. 211 道 Daoist Priest! Spiritual Qi Revival Has Begun 道长！灵气复苏了 Xia Li Qiu夏里秋Urban154k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out; it will rise later] [Mastermind + secret identity roleplay + folk-horror tales + creating the supernatural + invincible + fabricated spiritual qi revival + no female lead + tightly interlocking logic] Li Mingbu transmigrated and became an eighty-year-old Taoist priest on the verge of death. Luckily, he was bound to the [Fortune of Heaven and Earth System], which let him create the supernatural by spending spiritual energy points! What if he didn't have enough spiritual 44.9kReads6.4Score7.8kShelves

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    Logical, not awkward

12. 212 从 Starting with Chaos Energy, I’ll Flatten the Three Thousand Great Worlds 从混沌能量起步，踏平三千大世界 Sad Lord悲伤君Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing Li Ji Nian transmigrates into a feeble Heavenly Dao with barely any source energy. He becomes a “heartless capitalist” and recruits fellow transmigrators as his workhorses. While setting them up with Systems and golden fingers, he ruthlessly squeezes them, constantly urging them to harvest spiritual energy from other Heavenly Dao worlds in his place. (Ensemble cast + the Myriad Worlds + behind-the-scenes scheming + Heavenly Dao + System + golden fingers + hilarious misunderstandings + slow pac 1.5kReads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Tired of the same old system-based novels? Try something different! The protagonist unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes the supreme Heavenly Dao! No harem of beauties, no face-slapping tropes, only… the crucial task of tailoring systems for other transmigrators! From then on, the protagonist becomes a "system manufacturer," providing "golden finger" services to his fellow transmigrators: Watch as the protagonist manipulates the Heavenly Dao's power, creating a variety of systems, leading his fellow transmigrators across different worlds, and writing legendary stories! * **Anti-clichéd System-Based Novel:** Instead of the protagonist acquiring a system, he creates one – a wildly imaginative and hilarious experience! * **Crowd Portrayal:** Each transmigrator with a system has a unique personality and story, making the plot rich and varied.

13. 213 自 Free Transmigration: Escaping Death in the Delta from the Start 自由穿越，开局三角洲死里逃生 Seeking the Dao One寻道一Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Myriad Worlds] [Technological Empire] [Laying Low in the Early Stages, Crushing All Opposition Midway, Radically Altering Worlds] When you gain the ability to transmigrate at will into the worlds of movies, anime, and games, how would you use it? Charge in recklessly and seize the protagonists' opportunities? Pick up a secret manual and cultivate martial arts or immortality? Or... Yue Zhou begins his path of evolution with biotechnology! With science as his foundation, he uncovers the secrets o 10.9kReads6.9Score735Shelves

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    If you gained the ability to freely travel between movie, anime, and game worlds, how would you use it? Would you recklessly rush in and steal the protagonist's cheat code? Would you travel to fantasy and martial arts worlds to hone your skills? Or would Yue Zhou, with technology as his foundation, embark on an unprecedented path of evolution! With science as his backbone, he would gradually unravel the mysteries of the extraordinary, forge his own empire, become a technological master, and ultimately transcend all limitations.

14. 214 开 From the Start, I Became the System's Big Shot 开局我成了系统大佬 Preacher in Black黑衣布道者Urban616k WordsCompleted [System + Clones + Infinite Worlds + Transmigration + Mastermind] In a modern urban rebirth novel, Zhong Li became a life-for-points System and helped the reborn protagonist discover the joy of learning. In a world of psychic powers, he became the God of All Cats, revered by everyone. In the Firmament Plane, he raised an unmatched female emperor! In the Journey to the West Plane, he became Brother Li, the one Wukong thought of constantly! Traveling through the Myriad Worlds, Zhong Li became 150Reads8.6Score100Shelves

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    🌟🌟No child cries every day! No gambler loses every day! Look at my profile, I bet you'll spend less time reading than me with just one like!!! (;'O')o I don't believe anyone spends less than me! ✨✨Here are some other great books, I highly recommend the second one! The writing is excellent!!

15. 215 从 Building a World-Saving Organization from Nothing 从无到有创造救世组织 Heaven-Shaking Lion撼天狮子Urban239k WordsCompleted The world's fetal membrane is damaged, and it is about to face an invasion by all manner of abyssal monsters. Song Feng, who wields a shattered divine artifact, creates an ancient organization that operates behind the scenes. The Dark Knights uphold their code and face danger head-on... A witch brewing potions rides in a pumpkin carriage, bringing the treasures that will save the world... A holy nun murmurs softly... A quill behind the scenes writes the pages of fate... Before anyone realizes it 2.2kReads6.4Score194Shelves

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    Behind the scenes, they nurture young talents, build power, develop ancient organizations, and quietly reveal their abilities to the world.

16. 216 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 21kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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    The junior disciple has always been cautious and discreet, secretly revising the worldview behind the scenes, saving Mount Shu, and dealing with his romantic obsession.

17. 217 互 Transmigrators Who Pretend to Be Each Other Have a System 互演的穿越者们有系统 Yangbai Potato阳白土豆Martial Arts2.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + transmigration + forum + ancient wuxia + no romance] The transmigrators arrived in a wuxia world. Some got the harem rivalry plot, some became reclusive masters, and others were in a classic wuxia story... But none of them had a golden finger. Faced with System missions on hell mode, they chose to start by making a post on the forum. Young Hero of the Jianghu: Watch me kill myself 1L: Details, please 2L: You again? 3L: How did you die again? Scholar: Need help writing an imperia 14.8kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves

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    It's a group portrait, not bad.

18. 218 我 My Journey to Higher Dimensions 我的升维之旅 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy879k WordsCompleted Zhou Heng fell into a low-dimensional world, but fortunately, his essence belonged to a higher dimension. In a world of gods and ghosts, he reshaped mythology and became the First God; In an uncanny world, he dispersed the mists of despair and became a beacon of hope; In a world of wizards, he pursued truth and became Truth itself; In a world of immortal cultivation, he glimpsed the Great Dao and attained his true self; When he returned to the higher dimension, he discovered that he had beco 14.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    💥A 30-year veteran bookworm has arrived uninvited! Come on, let's begin our fantasy moment!!!

19. 219 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    To put it simply, there are basically no female leads, and the characters prefer to watch behind-the-scenes developments or engage in underhanded tactics. They are also self-centered, believing that no one can harm their core interests—the trump card of the TVB.

20. 220 从 From Down-and-Out Scholar to Creator of Chinese Myths and Monsters! 从落魄书生开始，创造华夏神怪！ Didi Lu迪迪露Eastern Fantasy955k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Plot-Driven] [Invincible] [Master Strategist] [Power Behind the Scenes] [No Female Lead] [Heavily Reimagined Tang Dynasty World] During an archaeological dig, Fang Yuan unexpectedly transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty. Just when he thinks he'll spend the rest of his life as a down-and-out scholar, the jade book that came with him suddenly glows white. [Ink Dragon] [Kui Ox] [Rain Master] [Wind Weasel] [Guhuo Bird] and other gods, spirits, and monsters appear in this world (the prot 9Reads6.3Score—Shelves
21. 221 修 Cultivation: I Have a Space with a Hundredfold Time Accelerator 修仙：我有一个百倍时间加速空间 The Cat from the Night Family黑夜家的猫Eastern Fantasy584k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] + [No System] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Cautious Protagonist] + [Decisive and Ruthless] Han Yu transmigrates to a cultivation world and gains a mysterious pocket dimension where time flows 365 times faster than in the real world. Three years ago, Han Yu tossed a male and a female monkey into the dimension. Three years later, it was home to a whole troop of thousand-year-old demon beasts. Thirty years ago, Han Yu planted a bamboo cutting in the dimension. Thirty years later, he 766Reads7.7Score104Shelves
22. 222 长 Cultivating Immortality for Longevity: Seeking the Dao in the Great Thousand World Is No Match for Steady Farming 长生修仙：寻道大千不如稳健种田 Sunshine in Winter冬日有阳光Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Everyday farming + longevity + cautious cultivation + alchemy + System + spirit beasts + no heroine He meets a benefactor, enters Danyang, and sets his heart on the boundless light of the Immortal Dao. His spiritual roots are poor and his resources scarce, so he’s unlikely to make it past the Qi Refining stage in his lifetime. So he trains his body, endures hardship, and grinds away despite the struggle. His benefactor dies, his backing is gone, and he’s expelled from the inner sect, left in a m 13.1kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
23. 223 光 After the Light Vanished: I Play as Ultraman Tiga 光消失后：我扮演迪迦 Xin Meier辛美尔Male-Channel Fanfiction457k WordsCompleted Su Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that light vanished from this world long ago. At the same time, Golza, a monster from a TV show, unexpectedly appears in the real world, and Su Yuan happens to awaken a God-Tier Acting System. Faced with the gigantic beast from their fantasies, people can only tremble and wait for death to come. Su Yuan decides to play Ultraman Tiga before the whole world! 1.6kReads8.5Score120Shelves
24. 224 分 Clone, I Need You to Help Me Cultivate! 分身，我要你助我修行！ The Foolish Backpack愚蠢的背囊Eastern Fantasy239k WordsOngoing What is the ultimate resource for cultivators of the demonic path in this new era? People! Their sinews, bones, skin, flesh, and blood. Even their souls. Demonic cultivators excel at bringing out the full potential of every person. Chu Sheng transmigrated into the Sacred Demon Sect and obtained a golden finger that creates one clone every day. And so, he gained an inexhaustible stock of people… 194Reads6.9Score—Shelves
25. 225 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

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    …Hmm, hard to evaluate. ╰(*´`*)╯Some parts I watched before and forgot. (~_~;)

26. 226 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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    This one was alright; I just finished reading it. The main characters all wear disguises and then reveal themselves in public, which isn't awkward and flows smoothly. The content leans towards an ensemble cast.

27. 227 我 I’m the Only Esper, and I’m Building a Supernatural Organization 我，唯一异能者，缔造超凡组织 Heaven's Walking Scoundrel天行贱Urban356k WordsOngoing If you had the power to alter other people’s fates, what would you do? My name is Li Xiao. I was reborn with the power to alter fate. I can help people turn their futures around and make up for their regrets. Before I arrived, there was nothing supernatural in this world. After I arrived, wings that blotted out the sky spread across the stars, and a supernatural organization that controls the world was quietly born. 80Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Go back to the past to change your destiny

28. 228 幕 Behind the Scenes: I Unleash Monsters to Act Out My Scripts 幕后：我投放怪物演绎剧本 The Abyss in the Eye瞳中的深渊Urban186k WordsCompleted [Urban + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Dark + Troublemaker + No Female Lead] Li Can accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains a Monster Script System. He can refine anything into materials, create the starting point for a story, and bring forth monsters that fit its plot. He makes them perform as though the story were real, and gains all the abilities of the monsters he creates. From then on, someone seeking to ascend to godhood through scripts appears in the world. Things 1.3kReads8.1Score108Shelves
29. 229 次 Dimensional Invasion: My Clones and I Rule the World 次元入侵：我与分身共天下 Li the Cavity蛀牙李Urban1.3M WordsOngoing In a parallel Blue Star, dimensional invasions, spiritual qi revival, and fantasies made real brought forth countless things from novels, anime, and films. Lin Xiao transmigrated to this world with his clones. Gazing at this bizarre, dazzling world teeming with stars, he made a single wish: to become the sun. 4.8kReads—Score455Shelves

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    In a parallel world, spiritual energy is reviving, and the protagonist has the ability to create clones, keeping a low profile and living alone.

30. 230 大 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 Lone Boat Herding Clouds孤舟牧云Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.3kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
31. 231 救 I Saved the World, Yet They Think I’m the Mastermind Behind Its Destruction 救世的我被当做灭世的幕后黑手 Xian Yu鲜裕Urban264k WordsOngoing Wang Le suddenly obtains a life simulator. During his first simulation, he discovers that the world will be destroyed by an unknown god ten years from now. The more progress he makes toward saving the world, the higher his simulation completion rate becomes. And so the simulations begin to speed up. Digital Life, Flesh Evolution, Psychic Storm, Deus Ex Machina… But is there something seriously wrong with the people in this world? In the simulations, you treated him like a villain just to farm po 6Reads5.5Score—Shelves
32. 232 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 459.8kReads9.1Score46.7kShelves

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    🍅Tomato Original Novel🔥A must-read, addictive from the start🔥Grand world-building, intricate behind-the-scenes plots, talent discovery, and increasingly exciting developments🔥 🌴Upon waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into a game world ahead of time, starting as the eldest son of the Zhen Dong Marquis's mansion. What surprises him even more is that he becomes the fiancé of the Empress, the biggest boss in the [Great Unification] version. Is this the start of him living off her? Thinking about the upcoming [Spiritual Qi Revival], [Merger of the Heavens], and [Immortal Dynasty Conquest] versions, Xia Chen silently stands up, deciding to plan ahead. He…is going to usurp the throne.

33. 233 创 Creating an Eternal True World 创造永恒真界 Fantasy Song Journey幻歌行Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Creation] [Heavenly Dao] [World Tree] [Behind-the-scenes scheming] [Dark and eerie] [Unstoppable across the ages] [Ultimate worldbuilding] Ye Yi suffers from a strange headache, and during a sci-fi experiment, unexpectedly awakens a “World Seed”! And so Ye Yi creates the world from nothing, bringing an “Eternal True Realm” into being in his mind! Later, Ye Yi traces back the supersensory factor and successfully travels through a cosmic black hole to another world, where he discovers the foun 98Reads6.8Score—Shelves
34. 234 无 The Supreme Screenwriter: Terrifying the World 无上编剧：惊吓全球 Tomato and I Are Evenly Matched我和番茄五五开Urban242k WordsCompleted I’m Wang Yi, a career novelist and professional exam-taker. After my previous book flopped, I stormed out in a rage, got hit by a speeding truck, and transmigrated to a world sorely lacking in movies, TV shows, short films, and even trailers. There, I gained a Screenwriting System. Being the deeply scheming and intimidating person I am, I chose to write fear and oppression into my stories and use them to cow the people of this world. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even those behind the scenes have revealed their divine power in public, after all, there's Erlang Shen, the Divine Manifestation Lord.

35. 235 灵 After the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Became a God Through Faith 灵气复苏之后，我靠信仰成神 Baozi, Fly High宝子快飞Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted National destiny + System + strong female lead + playing a god + secret identities + the heroine never gets exposed + no romance Luo Shiyi was an exceptionally aloof eighteen-year-old senior in high school. Beneath her cool, detached exterior, however, lurked a slightly chuunibyou heart. One day, Luo Shiyi encountered a System. [My God, I am your personal Godhood System. Gather faith, amass divine power. From this day on, I will be your most loyal servant!] “A Godhood System?” “Become what kind 954Reads7.0Score100Shelves

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    The writer behind the scenes, who's just watching the drama, has good writing skills; you might want to check it out.

36. 236 欺 Deceiving the World: I Built a Modern Supernatural Civilization 欺骗世界，我打造了现代超凡文明 Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Foreign forces are about to invade Blue Star. Ren Ming uses the System to fake a spiritual qi revival and build a modern civilization of extraordinary beings. A girl who was framed and unjustly killed becomes a vengeful ghost... An old man mocked as a charlatan is suddenly revered as Master Tianji... A British noble family turns out to be an ancient family of mages... When spiritual qi revival begins and countless extraordinary beings emerge, ordinary people are left in shock. Why does the count 3.3kReads6.2Score172Shelves
37. 237 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
38. 238 规 Rule Horror: I’m the Final Villain in This Horror Story 规则怪谈：我，恐怖里的最终反派 Autumn Wind Enters Dreams秋风入梦Mystery306k WordsCompleted The supernatural returned, and rulebound horror descended upon the world. Lin Mu was chosen by chance and brought to this perilous world of urban legends. He thought he was just like most of the other players. If he failed to solve the mystery within the allotted time, his mind would descend into chaos, and he would become one of them. Until today: [Rulebound horror has finally begun!] [Wait! This handsome guy looks kind of familiar. Holy crap, isn't he the final villain who created the urban le 1.5kReads8.5Score142Shelves
39. 239 玄 Xuanhuan: Defying Fate Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes, I Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp 玄幻：逆命万世，我打爆仙帝 The Cat That Doesn't Love Fish不恋鱼的猫Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The print edition of "Mayfly Chronicle" is now on sale] If life is as fleeting as a mayfly, how can it shake the heavens? After dying in poverty in old age, Su Chen discovered that his golden finger was a book that defied fate. After death, he could earn Fate-Reversal Points based on his life's achievements and keep reincarnating. He could spend those points to improve his next life's aptitude, comprehension, and even background. Across the long years, he was the ineffectual young master of a m 116.2kReads9.0Score10.6kShelves
40. 240 领 The Age of Lords: I Can Customize My Troops 领主时代：我能自定义兵种 Stillness in Motion不动之动Sports500k WordsCompleted [The ultimate troop type in a Lord novel, challenged!] [The protagonist doesn’t start with the one and only strongest troop type. She creates it herself.] [The glorious numbers spiral upward, one foot stepping on the other.] What do you do when you transmigrate into a world where everyone is a lord, only for the System to dump you into the endgame map? Asking online. It’s kind of urgent. Qi Yuan had only just transmigrated when the Lord System selected him, but because his soul was different, he 8Reads7.2Score—Shelves
41. 241 长 I’ve Lived for Millions of Years, and I Don’t Want to Prove Myself and Become an Emperor 长生千万年，我才不想证道成帝 Zhi Xiaoyuan致校原Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Longevity + ensemble cast + rise to emperorhood + traditional xianxia flavor + epic style + no System] (Also titled: "Ten Million Years of Life, and I Still Don’t Want to Ascend to Emperorhood") Jiang Mu was the most dazzling prodigy of his era. He defeated every contender favored by Heaven’s Mandate, and should have attained the Great Dao and become an emperor. Yet in the end, the Great Dao did not acknowledge him, and he was denied the throne. Could living forever really be a sin? Unwilling t 42.4kReads7.8Score2.9kShelves
42. 242 绝 Zenless Zone Zero: As a Thiren, I Need Say Nothing to Be Elegant 绝区零：身为以骸，优雅无需多言 Golden Threads of Shimmering Light金缕流荧Anime Fanfiction977k WordsCompleted Unknown Ethereals descend upon the Hollows, and New Eridu is thrown into an uproar. Fun? A troublemaker? Impossible to read? This is a journey into the heart and the self... At the end, the Sword of Judgment will be raised high. In the name of the world. (Written too early, so there's lots of original content. Sorry for any out-of-character moments.) (No heroine in the main story. Ship whoever you like.) (The blurb isn't doing it justice. Head to the main story.) 8.1kReads9.3Score708Shelves
43. 243 我 I Am the Zombie Source, Poisoning the Ocean from the Start 我，丧尸源体，开局投毒海洋 Unorthodox非道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Zombie Beasts]+ [Zombie Plants]+ [Darkness]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Cautious]+ [Laying Low and Growing Strong]= This Novel Shi Fang has had the zombie source virus dormant inside him for twenty years! When the virus finally matures, he transforms into the zombie source and heads straight for the ocean to lay the groundwork by poisoning it! From then on, zombies spread across the globe. Deadly zombie plants silently spread viral pollen that turns people into zombies, 4.5kReads7.8Score371Shelves
44. 244 欺 You Dare Bully My Disciple? Do You Really Think I Only Know How to Teach? 欺我弟子，你真以为我只会教书？ Yu Laojiu余老九Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (The new novel The True Immortal of the Dao is now serializing. If you’re interested, check out Lao Jiu’s profile.) There is a small school in Longquan Town. And there is a Mr. Xu at the school. In this sealed-off land of Jiuzhou, he steadily pioneers the Way of Letters, passes down the teachings of the Dao, and enlightens otherworldly beings, transforming them into spirit folk. At last, Jiuzhou enters a golden age. Then one day, Jiuzhou shatters, and the Divine Land sinks. Mr. Xu stands alone w 30.7kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
45. 245 素 The Pure Maiden Seeks Immortality: Daily Intel Helps Me Ascend 素女寻仙：每日信息助我飞升 Beginner Writer of Wanhua万花初级写手Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After accidentally drowning, Li Suyue opens her eyes in an alternate ancient world. She thinks she has transmigrated and become an unloved true daughter. Who knew the golden finger she awakens would reveal that she had been born into this world from the womb, and what she thought was transmigration was really the recovery of memories from her past life? With her daily information golden finger, she deals with the aunt who bullies the weak and nearly gets her killed, evades her fiance's siniste 33kReads7.7Score5.1kShelves
46. 246 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

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    A transmigrator with chuunibyou syndrome must show himself in front of others.

47. 247 诡 Creating the Uncanny: My Creations Throw the World into Chaos 诡异创造，我的造物们霍乱世界 January Wind and Snow一月风雪Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Superpowers + Supernatural Horror + Lovecraftian + Contamination + No Female Lead + Behind the Scenes + Natural Disasters] Mysterious myths awaken amid natural disasters, while an unknown corruption quietly takes over the world. Abominable creations howl, and contamination continues to spread. Distortion returns alongside the supernatural: eyes that target human nature, domains that twist it, and strange shackles that cannot be broken. Destruction and rebirth intertwine to create a new mytholog 2kReads—Score150Shelves

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48. 248 世 A Handbook for World Evolution 世界进化手册 I'm Going to Become the Mastermind我是要成为幕后黑手的Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted Fang Gui is sent to be reincarnated by a gamma-ray burst, and the Transmigration System arranges for him to retire in a small world. Unwilling to spend the rest of his life doing nothing, he decides to use the power of “I reckon” and the energy that sent him across worlds to cobble together an End Cocoon, driving the world to evolve. The worlds stack on top of one another like boxes as he seeks transcendence and a way home. From then on, the world's whole style goes completely off the rails. Tra 12kReads8.9Score756Shelves

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    Watching from behind the scenes as the clouds rise and the waves surge on stage.

49. 249 异 Another World: From the Start, I Became a Dungeon 异世界，开局变成一座地下城 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy535k WordsOngoing [Dungeons] [System] [Nonhuman] [Management] [Western Fantasy] After transmigrating to another world, Li Dalen became a dungeon on the frontier? Countless invaders, all coveting the dungeon’s treasures, flock to this frontier dungeon. The dungeon is too weak? Terrifying monsters are constantly being created. The dungeon is too small? New levels are constantly being opened up. It evolves from the weakest, smallest dungeon into something greater. The dungeon has only one purpose: to stop every inva 1kReads8.5Score215Shelves
50. 250 神 The Age of Myth: I Invest the Yellow River God from the Start 神话大世：开局敕封黄河水神 A Useless God of Pen and Ink笔墨废神Urban319k WordsOngoing [Behind-the-Scenes Scheming] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [Myths Descend] + [Ensemble Cast] Were there no immortals or gods in this world? There are now, because I came along. Su Tian thought the world was far too dull, so he decided to pull back the curtain on the age of mythology himself. Standing on the banks of the Yellow River, he bestowed a title with a single point of his finger. A carp transformed into a dragon, the River God took his place, and spiritual qi surged and revived from that 554Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Behind-the-scenes novel

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