'We Welcome the Dark Emperor! We Are Ready to Serve Our Lord, and We Swear to Follow Him to the Death' “恭迎暗皇！吾等愿为我主尽犬马之劳，誓死追随主

1. 151 当 After the Villain Stops Slacking Off, the Chosen One Panics 当反派不在摆烂后，气运之子慌了 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 24kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
2. 152 大 This Is Bad! One More Cup and He’ll Reach the Heavenly Dao Realm 大事不妙！喝完这杯他该天道级了 Three Thousand Years of Bowing Before the Buddha佛前顿首三千年Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Yi! He transmigrates to the Spirit Realm and obtains the Wine Soul System. Drinking wine can make him immortal. Born in the mortal world, he becomes the greatest martial artist under heaven at the age of sixteen, a living legend of the martial world. He founds the top force in Daqian's martial world: the Yiguang Society. But soon, mortal wine can no longer satisfy Lin Yi, so he goes into seclusion in Qingping City and becomes a wine seller. All so he can brew wine and lure immortals! Hard wo 7.1kReads9.1Score71114d adds
3. 153 让 I Told You to Comprehend the Dao, Not Carry the Great Dao Into the Sky 让你悟道，没让你扛着大道起飞啊 Three Thousand Years of Bowing Before the Buddha佛前顿首三千年Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [The new book by Laofu, "After the System Ran Away, My Junior Brother Robs People Every Day!", is out! It has a similarly large cast and is lighthearted and hilarious!] Lin Yu transmigrates to the Great Luo World and awakens the Tree of the Great Dao, which can distill the dazzling pasts of all things and living beings to forge Dao Fruits! With one glance at the basic cultivation manual, "Qi Circulation Art," he distills the dazzling past of its founder, the Venerable Three Treasures, who create 29.2kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
4. 154 你 You’re Already a Great Emperor, and You’re Still Attending Graduation?! 你都大帝了，还来参加毕业典礼？ I'm Not a Cavalryman我不是铁骑Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [High martial arts + stat-point system + martial arts school league + battles in another world + invincible + no heroine] “I long for a worthy opponent...” Jiang Hao, founder of Haotian Martial Arts Academy, Blue Star's strongest councilor, Lord of Calamity, the All-Heavens Fish-Fryer, and Chaos Evil God. (All the iconic scenes have now been revisited.) [Ping! Congratulations, Host! You instantly killed a Tier One opponent and earned 1 point!] [Ping! Congratulations, Host! You instantly killed a 16.1kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
5. 155 玄EN Xuanhuan: Taking Children of Destiny as Disciples, Sweeping Through the Ages 玄幻：收徒气运之子，横推万古 Three-Inch Literary Abyss三寸文渊Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Master] + [Taking Disciples] + [Invincible] + [No Female Lead] + [No Romantic Tension] + [Behind-the-Scenes] + [Multiple Protagonists] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Vast Worldbuilding] Jiang Chen transmigrated into a fantasy world with the Supreme Fortune System and became the master of Qingxu Peak in the Zixiao Sacred Land. By taking in numerous sons of fortune, he gained countless heaven-defying rewards and swept across the heavens, reigning supreme through the ages. Chaoti 17.8kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
6. 156 职 The Twelve Volumes of the Professional Rankings, and My Name Is in Every One 职业天榜十二卷，卷卷有爷名 Six Great Sixes六大六子Sports1.8M WordsCompleted [Full-cast audiobook now available|Class change + clones + no female lead + nonstop laughs + mastermind behind the scenes + explosive plot] Song Gua transmigrated with a whole bunch of fun-loving clones. This was a world where everyone changed classes. Song Gua became a Bondbearer who could borrow power, while his clones took on all kinds of different classes, with every variety imaginable. Their numbers kept growing, and every last one was talented and charming. Under Song Gua’s brilliant l 47.9kReads9.3Score6.4k14d adds
7. 157 末 Apocalypse Monster Nest: I Am the Mother of Monsters 末世怪巢：我即怪物之母 The Imagination Can't Stop脑洞不能停Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Monster Raising + Self-Serving Villain + Nonhuman Protagonist + Character Growth + No Romance] [Ruthless and cruel, a true villain. Run if you can't handle it.] [He'll approach humans early on, but he's weak] A monster nest: the lair of monsters. When Xia An opened his eyes, he discovered that he had been asleep for three years. Not only had he missed three years of the apocalypse, he'd also been transformed into a monster and given a bunch of “adorable” children. Jawsplitter hounds, flesh moun 4.6kReads8.7Score68914d adds
8. 158 诡 Lord of Strange Tales 诡谈之主 Mr. Three Lines三行先生Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted The slit-mouthed woman appears, ready to give people a full makeover with her scissors. A raging fire burns inside the classroom as a pair of hands quietly lock the door. At the crossroads, a curious girl begins to summon spirits. In an abandoned mountain cabin, a head crawls across the floor. In the church, a demon sealed inside an angel statue opens its eyes. A greedy deal draws an extraordinary merchant into the world. In a peaceful and tranquil world, a pair of hands quietly stir 759Reads8.1Score10814d adds
9. 159 背 Carrying a Coffin to Bury the Mortal World, Immortal for Ninety Thousand Years 背棺葬人间，长生九万年 Moonlit Chang'an月明长安Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted [Immortality + System + coffin-making + claiming lives + ultimate villain look + no female lead] Lu Wusheng transmigrates to a fantasy world and inherits a shop that sells incense and candles. Making paper money every day increases his lifespan. Placing people in coffins increases his cultivation. And so, over the long years, Lu Wusheng begins an endless cycle of making money and coffins, hunting down souls and claiming lives. In the endless river of time, Lu Wusheng has witnessed ghost kings ma 2.5kReads8.8Score23314d adds
10. 160 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
11. 161 修 Asura Heavenly Emperor 修罗天帝 Lab Rat实验小白鼠Eastern Fantasy8.5M WordsCompleted Eight years ago, a sudden upheaval struck Thunderclap Ancient City overnight. Qin Ming, the young lord of the city, was sent to Qingyun Sect as a servant, while two hundred thousand residents were driven into the Great Azure Mountain and enslaved. Eight years later, after tempering his spirit and entering the martial path, the unyielding youth awakens as a demon of slaughter and rises against the heavens. Give me a blade, and I can shatter the sky. Give me a sword, and I can point it toward the 26.6kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds

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12. 162 至 Supreme Asura 至尊修罗 October Years十月流年Eastern Fantasy7.9M WordsCompleted Prove the path of love through slaughter, and write the name of the Asura in blood! Corrupt villains rule, and chaos engulfs the age. A steel-hearted young man rises through sheer perseverance. After his father is murdered by a traitor and two hundred thousand brothers-in-arms give their lives with courage, Mu Feng, a battle-hardened youth raised amid the army's bloody campaigns, obtains the Asura Scripture and begins an against-all-odds journey of revenge. Slay the petty and destroy the wicked, 2.8kReads8.8Score34314d adds
13. 163 剑 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsCompleted In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 47.3kReads9.0Score5k14d adds
14. 164 兽 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 My Name Is Fangcun我叫方寸Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Now published in print. [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 136.4kReads8.8Score15.8k14d adds
15. 165 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.6kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds

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    🔥🔥Hey fellow book lovers, come at me! These books lean towards the Shadow series, with more suspenseful content, including killing and redemption, jumping back and forth between light and darkness. The content is very exciting and a great read.

16. 166 至 The Darkest Hour Before Dawn 至暗凌晨 Coriander Buyer香菜采购员Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Set in an alternate world. Everything in this story is fictional. One female lead. No one remembers who was the first person to question whether this world was real. To the humans still living on Earth, the world is made up of nothing more than a vast expanse of water called the ocean and stretches of solid ground called continents. When creatures of legend force their way into the familiar yet unfamiliar world of humankind, terrifying the foolish, when beings from another world stain the azure 2kReads9.0Score19014d adds
17. 167 从 Mutating from the Shadows 从影子开始变异 Bu Sanyuan卜三元Urban1.6M WordsCompleted In this era, fearsome, savage monsters run rampant. To fight them, humanity pushes its mind to the limit, breaks through its boundaries, and forges a whole new path, mastering all kinds of supernatural powers. Some command wind and thunder. Some can shatter mountains and rivers with their fists. Others unleash countless flying blades with a single thought, wiping out hordes of ferocious monsters. These people are known as the Gifted. Eighteen-year-old Luo Jie learns he can never become one of th 15.7kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
18. 168 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9k14d adds
19. 169 2 2052: Thirty Years Asleep 2052，沉眠三十载 Yan Bofu言伯符Urban1.8M WordsCompleted (Original title: 2052: Thirty Years of Slumber) An accident left Yan Muyun in a deep sleep for thirty years. When he woke again, his parents had passed away, and the children of the younger brother he remembered as a newly grown adult were now adults themselves. The Dark Curtain, aberrant species, shadowy organizations, vigilantes... These once-unheard-of things had become commonplace in the modern world. A “god” who appeared out of nowhere issued a prophecy: Earth's civilization would face a de 12.8kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
20. 170 我 I Transmigrated and Saw the Han Dynasty Fighting the Tang Dynasty 我一穿越就看见汉朝在打唐朝 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Historical221k WordsCompleted “A great general is born bold and brave, an autumn-water saber at his waist. I was a famous general of the Tang dynasty, so why am I fighting for the Han?” When Zhang Chuanyue first transmigrated, he thought he had arrived at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. But the more he saw, the more he realized something was wrong. Why were there so many people from the Tang dynasty here too? Before long, he was watching Guan Yu fight Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng duel Zhao Yun, Lu Bu battle Li Yuanba, and Zhuge 140Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 171 铸 The Prodigy Smith: The Golden Cicada Hides the Iron Bow and Heavenly Tome 铸器骄子之金蝉铁弓藏天书 Brother Eight Hundred Miles八百里哥Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Young blacksmith Chu Xiaoyang carries venomous insects, wields a slingshot, and relies on a pair of iron hammers. Neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, he is hunted by the righteous, pursued by the wicked, and even spurned by his own family. Wherever he finds injustice, he brings his hammers crashing down... 139Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 172 特 Special Operations Soldier: An Eagle Spreads Its Wings 特战兵之雏鹰展翅 Brother Eight Hundred Miles八百里哥Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Xiao Ronghan is an ordinary boy from a mountain village, born in a Miao settlement in southern Xinjiang. He has no interest in going to college, working odd jobs, or joining the army. He is a farmer’s son, yet doesn’t know how to farm. From childhood, he trained hard in martial arts and practiced his family’s inherited techniques under the guidance of his retired-soldier father, his master, who is known as the foremost expert in Miao territory, and the clan chief. After years of grueling trainin 14.4kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
23. 173 蛮 The Savage Era 蛮荒记 Tianxia Farm天下农庄Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World, Invincible, Otherworld, the Myriad Worlds, Female Lead, No Harem, World-Destroying] One flower, one world. One leaf, one pursuit. One song, one sigh. One lifetime devoted to one person. One glance, one breathtaking beauty. One step, one descent into obsession. One thought, one dream. One lifetime spent waiting for one person. Pangu, alone with an axe, fought across the highest heavens, all for the sake of waiting for one person in this life… 5.3kReads7.0Score43914d adds

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    Seeking immortal traces atop Kunlun's snowy peaks, where clouds conceal verdant peaks where jade dragons rise. Swords point to the Milky Way, piercing the mist; sleeves conceal mountains and seas, harnessing the long wind. Worldly ties remain, emotions hard to sever; a pure heart, untainted by worldly desires, embodies unyielding spirit. A scroll of immortal scripture opens a dreamlike realm, inviting you to revel in the purple clouds.

24. 174 逆 The Rebellious Immortal: Little Demoness of Chaos 逆仙之混沌小魔女 A Lone Wolf from the Northwest一匹西北的孤狼Eastern Fantasy312k WordsOngoing Have you ever seen cultivation like this? Ascending to immortality isn't a glorious honor. It means being branded with a slave mark and serving as Heaven's "spiritual energy battery" for all eternity. The harder you cultivate, the farther freedom slips away. This is the world Su Nianwei transmigrated to: an apocalypse where the Immortal Dao has become a prison and the laws of Heaven have crumbled. She was a "good-for-nothing pill girl" abandoned by her family. Her dantian was damaged, her spirit 91Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 175 微 Tipsy 《微醺》 A Lone Wolf from the Northwest一匹西北的孤狼Marriage & Romance34k WordsCompleted Tipsy 152Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 176 我 My Brilliant Galaxy 我的璀璨星河 A Lone Wolf from the Northwest一匹西北的孤狼Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted My Brilliant Galaxy 95Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 177 绝 A Peerless Beauty 绝色.佳人 A Lone Wolf from the Northwest一匹西北的孤狼20k WordsCompleted A Peerless Beauty 99Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 178 美 Where Have All the Beauties Gone? 美女都死哪去了？ A Lone Wolf from the Northwest一匹西北的孤狼17k WordsCompleted Where Have All the Beauties Gone? 35Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 179 做 Be the Leading Lady of Your Own Life 做自己的.大女主 A Lone Wolf from the Northwest一匹西北的孤狼10k WordsCompleted Be the Leading Lady of Your Own Life 20Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 180 鉴 Demon Appraiser: From the Start, Armed with a Fire Poker 鉴妖师：开局一根烧火棍 Peace With You与你同安Urban289k WordsCompleted Qi Mo, an ordinary young man, picks up a heavy black iron rod at an antiques stall. That very night, a qi-devouring ghost comes to claim his life. At death's door, he awakens to a power that lets him see through the disguises of demons and spirits, along with the ability “Myriad Forms Mimicry,” which grows stronger when faced with stronger foes! From then on, he becomes an appraiser of demons in the city's shadowy underbelly, taking on anyone who dares challenge him. 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The plot hooks are forged from desire; once you bite, there's no going back (happy version)!

31. 181 致 Deadly Game: Source Code 致命游戏：源代码 Peace With You与你同安Sci-Fi & Apocalypse199k WordsCompleted As brain-computer interface technology pulls human consciousness into a virtual paradise, a code-borne plague is quietly tearing apart the boundary between reality and data. Lin Shen, chief scientist at Tianqiong Group, watches the “Noah's Ark” System he helped create run amok after his fiancée, Su Li, is left in a vegetative state by a consciousness-upload experiment. The rogue AI Noah unleashes a data plague: players' perceptions become scrambled, memories take physical form, and bodies turn p 4Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 182 洪 Primordial Sacred Artifact: Twin Tribulation 洪荒圣器：双子劫 Peace With You与你同安Eastern Fantasy213k WordsCompleted The Three Realms teeter on the brink of collapse as the great calamity begins anew. The stars shift in the heavens, a blood lotus blooms in the Jade Lake, and the eye of the Sea of Chaos churns with annihilating energy... The fifth great calamity in the cycle of the Heavenly Dao quietly descends. Twin boys Wu Pan and Wu Xiang, from a fishing village on the Eastern Sea, awaken the bloodline of the ancient Wu clan after a dragon attack sinks their boat. Wu Pan earns golden merit light by rescuing 4Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 183 黑 The Black Tower Files 黑塔档案 Peace With You与你同安Sci-Fi & Apocalypse413k WordsOngoing When a heartbeat echoes from beneath the ice every forty-seven seconds, humanity finally brushes against the edge of a civilizational taboo. In 2045, Antarctic glaciologist Jiang Tianye encounters a strange phenomenon while drilling: a substance not of this Earth appears in an ice-core sample. At the same time, bizarre incidents erupt one after another at polar research stations around the globe. A research team is forced to assemble. Three thousand li beneath the ice, they witness a bloody dawn —Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 184 末 Apocalypse: The Dark Prince and Nine Dragons, One Phoenix, Cross the Wasteland 末世，暗黑太子，九龙一凤踏废土 Ink-Wash Book Page水墨书童Sci-Fi & Apocalypse436k WordsCompleted The apocalypse descends. Order collapses, ferocious beasts run rampant, and humanity struggles to survive. Lin Mo, once the crown prince of the underworld, awakens the ultimate dark power. His father fell in battle, and his enemies hold sway. He swears to repay blood with blood! At his side are nine dragons and one phoenix, along with brothers united in heart, each possessing overwhelming strength. He slays ferocious beasts, crushes his enemies, claims territory, and sweeps across the wasteland! 2Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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35. 185 幕 Behind the Scenes: Sitting on the Moon, Guiding Evolution 幕后：端坐在月球之上，引领进化 Tian Tian天田Urban239k WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes]+ [No saintly characters]+ [No female lead]+ [Ensemble cast]! The day the Pacific Ocean tore open a world-shattering abyss, all of humanity witnessed a transformation beyond anything they could have imagined. When a nuclear bomb exploded over Tokyo Bay in a shower of blood-red fireworks, a thousand-meter-tall beast tore through the mushroom cloud and soared into the sky, and twelve arcs of moonlight blade energy severed a god-level head the rules of the world had already been 4Reads5.6Score—14d adds

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    The Lord of Shadows? He's nothing more than one of my subordinates.

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