High-Martial World, No Playing Weak to Catch the Strong, No Stupid Decisions, and a College Entrance Exam Academy Setting 高武世界，不扮猪吃老虎，不无脑，高考学院流

1. 1 高 High Martial: Who Still Plays with Fire? I Want to Play with Lightning! 高武：现在谁还玩火啊我要玩雷！ Run, There's Poison Gas!快跑毒Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Genius] [Multiple Superpowers] [Mutant Beasts] [Demons] [Myriad Races] [Lightning Superpower from the Start] [Humanity Doesn’t Fight Among Itself, It’s More United Than Ever!] [No Heroine, No Harem, No Romantic Subplots, So Don’t Make Things Up.] (The opening pace is a little slow, so please bear with it.) (The audiobook is out, so enjoy without worry.) After an accident, Ji Churen transmigrated to a high-martial world where everyone could awaken superpowers. Mutant beasts invaded, demons ran r 37.8kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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   Widely recognized as the best among his peers, no one dares to challenge him. Highly recommended!!

2. 2 拜 Come On, Men Who Play Raiden Are Just Way Too Handsome 拜托，玩雷电的男人也太帅了吧 Little Cat Jurassic小猫侏罗纪Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Unlocking past-life powers + Thunder talent + War between the myriad races + Childhood friends, one heroine + Ensemble cast] The rating is low because the novel just got one! It'll gradually go up! The best eighteenth-birthday gift is, of course, a System cheat. While other prodigies compete for supremacy, Su Ming unlocks the seal on his past life and becomes invincible. On Blue Star, where everyone practices high-level martial arts, the myriad races rise up and demon beasts run rampant. Martia 52.5kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves

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   The length is average but still above average. These books are really good, typical high-martial-force, fast-paced novels. The third one has a childhood sweetheart as the protagonist, and the protagonist's combat power is invincible. It's a typical academy-themed novel.

3. 3 全 The Age of Divine Gods: I Awakened the Eight Great Demons 全民神祇时代：我觉醒了八大恶魔 Ruoyu Is No Weak Fish若愚不是弱鱼Urban95k WordsOngoing [The Era of High Martial Arts] [Shadow Army] [Twelve Talismans] [Eight Great Demons] [Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea] [Godhood for All] [A Foolish Son Saves His Mother] (All handmade, so please don't flame me if it's not to your taste. Please keep urging me to update and show your support!) In an era when everyone awakens a divine domain, Chen Xiang, a high school senior, tests as an unrankable F-grade. What awaits him isn't a divine army, but a hell containing the Eight Great Demons. The Moun 9Reads—Score162Shelves

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   During the awakening ceremony, the male protagonist was judged to be an F-level waste god realm, which was actually a hellish cage that sealed eight great demons. The mountain demon wave broke out of the cage and caused chaos in the awakening ceremony. The demon was injured and the male protagonist suffered excruciating pain at the same time. He relied on the magic weapon left by his mother to chant incantations to suppress the demon, and turned the tide and slapped the face of all the geniuses in the audience.

4. 4 全 Global High Martial: A Crippled Martial Soul? Just Breathe to Get Stronger! 全球高武：废武魂？呼吸就变强！ Mountain Tiger虎山人Urban365k WordsOngoing [Modern high martial arts] [System] [Twin Martial Souls] [Decisive and ruthless] [Sharp-minded] [Invincible] Chen Fan awakened an F-rank martial soul: a rusty kitchen knife. Everyone mocked him. But he had a special talent: breathe once, and his soul ring's age increases by one year! Bound to the [God-Tier Choice System], he could earn prestige by making choices and exchange it for all kinds of resources in the shop. Chen Fan rose against the odds: He avenged his parents and personally slew hi 6.2kReads—Score326Shelves

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   I've unearthed a new urban fantasy novel, *Twin Martial Souls: One Breath Increases Soul Ring Age by One Year!* (Also known as *Global Martial Arts: Useless Martial Soul? Get Stronger with Every Breath!*). It's a system-based novel where the protagonist awakens a useless martial soul that can only be used for basic attacks; breathing increases the lifespan of his soul rings. The main storyline follows the Martial Soul College Entrance Examination to the Global Elite League, featuring tactical battles on the field and conspiracies from extraterrestrial forces lurking in the shadows. It has plenty of long-term plot developments, with the Myriad Races and Heavens arc starting after the Blue Star tournament. It updates daily. If you enjoy action-packed growth stories, this is worth checking out.

5. 5 重 Reborn: My System Is a Little Arrogant 重生：我的系统有点嚣张 No Longer Remembering the South Lane不忆南巷Urban82k WordsOngoing Lin Yue died of sudden overwork on an assembly line. His last life was pathetic enough, wasn't it? Reborn into a high-martial-arts metropolis where everyone practices martial arts, he finds that the weak end up back at the factory tightening screws while the strong rise to the top in a single step. Then he discovers his vital energy is only 20. The threshold for Level One is 100. What does a score of 20 mean? It means even the security guard at the martial arts academy won't bother stopping you. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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6. 6 都 Urban High Martial Arts: Slaying Gods in the Gray Mist 都市高武：灰雾斩神 lynn's Book Librarylynn的书库Urban171k WordsOngoing [No System + No Female Lead + Urban High Martial Arts + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Action + Mystery] When Shisan woke, three feet of damp soil pressed down above his head. He was lying in a coffin buried for fifty years, with an unremovable black ring on his right hand. Gray fog shrouded the world outside the coffin, strange beasts guarded the grave, and his name was carved into a broken tombstone. Lin Shisan. Fifty years ago, the entire Lin family was slaughtered, and its hero was branded a 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Fifty years later, Lin Shisan, the eldest son of the Lin family, awakens from his coffin. The world condemns the Lin family for their bloodthirsty crimes, yet the records don't even clearly state their guilt. He starts as a wandering hermit, slaying beasts and navigating deadly traps in the gray fog, gradually entering the academy and drawing ever closer to the massacre that wiped out his entire family. If the Desolate Emperor was truly a sinner, why did he guard the front lines of the gray fog back then?

7. 7 唤 Fly Summoners Are Weak? Have You Ever Seen the Art of a Chain Explosion? 唤蝇师弱？你可见过殉爆的艺术！ Talkative Baozi话包子Urban364k WordsOngoing [Mass Summoning + Insect Swarm + Beast Taming + Pet Training] Jin Fugui transmigrates to a world overrun by ferocious beasts, where countless races vie for supremacy. From the start, he awakens three F-rank talents: Fly Caller. He becomes the first person ever to break through humanity’s lowest standards and become a complete deadbeat. But Jin Fugui refuses to give up. Through painstaking research, he discovers that fly larvae can devour the genes of other creatures and gain their special abilit 321Reads5.5Score112Shelves

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   The pet-raising and troop-farming strategy is hilarious and entertaining. If you don't like it, blame me (usjs).

8. 8 开 From the Start, I Was a Master Mage of All Elements, with Every Skill Automatically Maxed Out 开局全系法师，技能全部自动满级 Wen Badou闻八斗Urban1.4M WordsOngoing A hundred years ago, virtual reality crashed into the real world. Countless monsters poured through the shattered dimensions, dungeons emerged from deep beneath the earth, and gods descended from the darkness. Humanity was plunged into terror. Wails filled the land, lives were laid waste, and the Age of Darkness began. Today, a hundred years later, Chu Feng transmigrates into this ruined world. He doesn’t need to fight desperately to survive. He awakens the legendary SSS-rank talent, [Divine Gr 10Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   This is a fast-paced, action-packed urban fantasy novel featuring a genius male protagonist who enjoys watching various academy competitions.

9. 9 高 High-Martial Sequence: I Won't Keep This Glory to Myself 高武序列：这份荣光我不会独享 Daydreaming Lottery Ticket白日梦想签Urban386k WordsOngoing Federation, universities, societies, conglomerates, secret realms, foreign races... After the cataclysm, the supernatural has long since become part of the modern age. Some rely on conglomerates to control vast resources, some join the military and command entire regions, while others emerge from universities and make a name for themselves through repeated trials in secret realms and disasters. No matter which path they ultimately take, all supernatural beings are bound to one ranking: the Autho 15.4kReads6.2Score1.7kShelves

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   I've found a high-martial arts novel that really suits my taste. It's not a traditional single-person invincible story; the protagonist is ranked at the bottom of the power list, and everyone thinks he has no potential. He chooses to move forward with his ordinary companions, and more and more people from the lower classes follow him, eventually stirring up a storm that changes the Northwest. The overall atmosphere of the story is very strong.

10. 10 黏 Claymancers Are Weak? Ever Heard That Art Is an Explosion? 黏土师弱？可曾听闻艺术就是爆炸 The Puppet Taoist傀儡道人Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Wildly satisfying] [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Invincible protagonist] [Genius protagonist] [Art is Patrick Star] The myriad races invade, and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. To save itself, the will of the world gives everyone a chance to awaken a profession at age seventeen and fight back! Li Xiao transmigrates into this world, only to awaken the useless lifestyle profession of clay artist! Who could have guessed that he would awaken a second lifestyle profession too: demolition expe 71.1kReads7.8Score7kShelves
11. 11 高EN High Martial Arts: We Agreed to Cut Ties, So Why Are You Chickening Out? 高武：说好断绝关系，你们怂什么 Deep, Deep, Deep深深深Urban1.0M WordsOngoing (Satisfying, satisfying, satisfying! No forgiveness! The whole family will pay!) Jiang Fan was found by his wealthy biological parents. He thought he’d finally live a life of luxury, but instead, he was beaten and scolded every day, locked in a dark room, and even denied food. His four older sisters treated him like a dog, while his biological parents spoiled their adopted son every single day. He worked desperately to earn their affection, only to end up dismembered, his body never recovered. A 33.6kReads7.5Score3.1kShelves
12. 12 我 I Have Three Thousand Martial Arts Skills; Even Gods Must Kneel 我，三千武学，神来了也得跪下 The Escaping Stone逃离的石头Urban67k WordsOngoing The moment the Blood Moon rose, Su Yang was standing on the roof of Teaching Building No. 3 at Nanhai University. The sky looked as if a wound had been torn open. Crimson light poured down, dyeing the entire city the color of hell. His phone screen lit up, and the campus group chat erupted. Someone had taken a picture of the banyan tree by the library moving, its roots burrowing out of the ground like a nest of snakes. "Don't panic, it's just a lunar eclipse, " The counselor's message hadn't —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this; you can take a look if you're interested. Three hundred years after the strange occurrences, humanity cultivates martial arts to rebuild civilization. Su Yang's three thousand martial arts techniques suppress all enemies in the world!

13. 13 全 Global High Martial: My Superpower Gives Me an Extra Generation 全球高武：我的异能，超级加辈 Little Shanhai小小山海Urban287k WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Long Spear] [Status Panel] [Decisive and Ruthless] This is an era when firearms have fallen into decline and magical beasts run rampant. Neon towers, the pinnacle of martial arts. Supernatural abilities awaken, and warriors roam the world. Here, warriors shoulder their missions, walking beneath neon lights of blue and purple, hiding in shadows of crimson and darkness. Here, the biennial World National Academy Tournament is the ultimate dream of countless young warriors. To fight 2.1kReads7.0Score101Shelves
14. 14 高 High Martial: I Tear Apart Giant Beasts, and the Reborn Empress Faints in Terror 高武：手撕巨兽，重生女帝被吓晕 The Angry Grapes愤怒的葡萄Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Stat Points + Nonhuman + Hulking Muscles + Gourmet + Flesh Can Shatter Stars] Spiritual qi revival ushers the world into an age of high martial arts. Ye Qing transmigrates by accident and awakens a Devouring Evolution Panel. He can devour anything and seize the traits of countless races to evolve himself. After eating a wild bull, Ye Qing’s muscles grow a size bigger. After eating an ironhide bear, he grows a layer of bony armor. After eating a spiked tyrannosaur, vicious spikes sprout from his 124kReads8.7Score20.1kShelves
15. 15 高 High Martial: A Lucky Charm? A Divine Beast Cub Shows Up on Its Own 高武：锦鲤啊？神兽幼崽自动上门 Marquis Wu's Qin Master武侯琴主Urban543k WordsOngoing With spiritual qi revival, the arrival of myriad races, and massive changes sweeping the world, humanity enters the age of martial arts! Only by becoming a martial artist can you stand at the world's summit and become its ruler. Su Mo transmigrates into this world and becomes a martial artist, but his talent is mediocre, leaving him unable to reach the top. Fortunately, the Fortune System awakens, bringing him incredible luck! The stronger he gets, the greater his fortune! He becomes a born Sacr 40Reads7.2Score—Shelves
16. 16 高 High Martial: Everyone's Caught in the Rat Race, but I Become a Martial Sage by Giving Up 高武：全民内卷，我靠摆烂成武圣 A Carefree Wandering Heart逍遥心游Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Martial Arts League + School Life + Everyday Life + Lying Flat and Giving Up] Li Yan, who had worked himself to death in his previous life, transmigrated. On Blue Star, ferocious beasts roamed and blood-and-qi martial arts flourished. People meditated instead of sleeping, started training their martial arts at four in the morning, and spent their breaks studying weapon forging... Everyone fought to get ahead, all for the legendary realm of the Martial Saint. Li Yan, who had 102Reads5.9Score—Shelves
17. 17 女 Goddesses, Run! That Cheat-Wielding Man Is Back 女神快跑，那个开挂男人又回来啦 The Rest of Life Is Vast余生渺渺Urban3.1M WordsOngoing [Feel-good power fantasy] [No-missions System] [Semi-invincible] Xiao Li awakens a Favorability System and enrolls at Phoenix Academy, known as a gathering place for goddesses. He is the only male student in the entire academy. See how he wins the goddesses’ hearts and sets off on a legendary life with cheat-like advantages! Are SSS-rank superpowers the strongest? No, no. Xiao Li will tell you that SSS rank is only his starting point! Can you only have one superpower? No, no. Xiao Li will show y 36.3kReads8.6Score3kShelves

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    A top-tier martial arts novel, no charlatans pretending to be weak; everyone is ruthless and decisive, a thrilling read from beginning to end! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

18. 18 都 Urban Martial Arts: From the Start, I Sign In for Martial Saint Cultivation 都市高武：开局签到武圣级修为 It's Not Orange Cat's Fault, Okay不关橙猫猫得事哦Urban591k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [No Romantic Ambiguity] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Get Stronger Through Sign-Ins] [No Playing Weak to Catch the Strong Off Guard] [No Holding Back Combat Strength] [Fast-Paced] Fierce beasts run rampant, and martial arts rise! After waking up, Li Luo finds that he has transmigrated to a high-martial world. From the start, he’s attacked by fierce beasts in the perilous wilderness and left gravely wounded! Just as Li Luo thinks he’s about to die right after transmigrating... “Ding! 7.7kReads7.9Score371Shelves

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    [Sending Hearts][Sending Hearts] A global martial arts novel, academy setting, the protagonist rapidly advances through various levels, an extremely satisfying read. The first two books have over 500,000 reads each, with non-stop thrills! 🌿🎍🌾

19. 19 武 My Martial Arts Skills Were Simplified Without Limit, and I Became a King Before the College Entrance Exam 武功无限简化，高考前我已封王 Staying Home to Breathe Formaldehyde宅家吸甲醛Urban1.5M WordsCompleted In a world of superhuman powers, simply staying alive makes you stronger! Lin Ran endlessly simplifies martial arts until they become bodily instincts! [Great Sun Gene Method simplified into instinct: blood flowing] [Armored Heavenbreaker Body simplified into instinct: heartbeat] [World-Destroying Thunder Art simplified into instinct: electrical signals in the brain] Lin Ran gets it: staying alive means getting stronger! How could anything possibly stop his rise? At the citywide high school leag 16.6kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
20. 20 垃 This Trash Ability Is S-Rank If You Don't Use It as Directed 垃圾异能不按说明使用它就是s级 Lonely Old Codger孤独老登Urban984k WordsOngoing [Satisfying battles + no saintly do-gooders + innovative fighting styles + fast-paced plot] At the Bauhinia Academy of Special Abilities, there’s a remarkable teacher. Whenever the Superpower Review Council declares someone’s ability a useless, worthless power, he always finds an ingenious way to make it shine. “What? You can make all kinds of powders? They’re telling you to go to the domestic skills department and make steamed buns? “Come on, I’ll teach you how to fight: deadly poison, powder e 181Reads8.7Score—Shelves
21. 21 托 Pagoda-Bearing Void King? Kidney-Deficient King? Spiritually Empty King? 托塔虚王？肾虚之王？灵虚之王？ Clear Spirit Dwells in Dreams清灵驻梦Urban52k WordsOngoing Void King: Is he the king of kidney deficiency, or the king of spiritual emptiness? [A playboy, but no harem]+ [Invincible thrills]+ [Making up for regrets]+ [Lighthearted comedy] In 6026, the Three Blazing Nebulae invaded Blue Star. The chosen one of destiny defected, and Huaxia stood on the brink of disaster! Reborn ten years in the past, everyone laughed at me as the Void King. Defying heaven's will, I shattered the original world's destined apocalypse. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Old-fashioned, formulaic stories, anyone like them? ☜

22. 22 穿 Transmigration: I’m the Only Man in This World 穿越：这个世界就我一个男人 Little Bai Who Loves Beef Noodles爱吃牛肉面的小白Urban310k WordsCompleted Advanced martial arts + adventure and leveling up + the cosmos and stars + the Myriad Worlds During an expedition, Zhang Qingyi accidentally wandered into a karst cave. Passing through a space-time node, his original body transmigrated to the planet Ram. There he discovered that the planet was inhabited only by women, making him the only man in the world. Watch him rise to the top step by step and roam across the cosmos... 575Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 神 Mythic Star Card Master: I Love Collecting, Not Showing My Hand 神话星卡师，爱收藏不爱摊牌 Level Nine Newbie九级萌新Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Cards + Status Panel + Mythology + Collector + Interstellar Travels] That year, facing an alliance of foreign races, evil god apostles, and an endless tide of beasts... A passing Star Card Master sighed and took out a stack of multicolored cards, spreading them out. “Tell me, who do you want to challenge?” “The Dragon King of the Celestial River, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the True Lord Erlang, the Third Prince, Tang Sanzang... or the Sage of the Heavens?” In the Star Card era, the cr 15kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: My Empress Sister and I Were Both Reborn 灵气复苏：我和女帝妹妹都重生了 Blade of Flowing Fire流火之刃Urban977k WordsOngoing [Asura]+ [School Beauty, Cute Yandere]+ [Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Empress Younger Sister]+ [Both Reborn]+ [Single Heroine] “Lin Ran, I hate you!” “In my next life, and the one after that, I never want to be your sister again!” In their previous life, Ye Zhiyu, consumed by grief and anger, threw Lin Ran out of the ambush and died fighting alone! She swore that in her next life, she would never be this guy's sister again! No one expected that the guilt-ridden Lin Ran and Ye Zhiyu would both be 24kReads8.9Score3kShelves
25. 25 极 I Have the Ultimate Thunder Spirit, So Why Do They Call Me a Deadweight? 极致之雷武魂的我被叫混子哥？ I Don't Eat Tomatoes我不吃西红柿啊Urban664k WordsCompleted [Twin Martial Souls, keeping a low profile, hiding one’s strength, an easygoing protagonist, comedy and lighthearted fun, no mindless face-slapping. Read at your own discretion!] As soul energy returned and Martial Souls merged with reality, Lin You, once a small-town exam crammer in his previous life, transmigrates to Blue Star, a world filled with Martial Souls. When protagonist Lin You takes the college entrance exam, he sees that the Martial Souls of candidates from the other provinces are a 454Reads6.0Score—Shelves
26. 26 超 Super God Eye Master! I Split Heaven and Earth with My Eyes 超神瞳术师！我靠双眼开天辟地 No Lighthouse in Sight不见灯塔Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Ye Xiao transmigrates to another world, Blue Star, where the gods are reviving and demons run rampant. Humanity awakens to all kinds of professions to fight the gods and monsters. Sword cultivators, elementalists, psychic adepts, martial artists, immortal cultivators, Yin-Yang masters... Powerful professionals can split mountains and shatter peaks, destroy the heavens and earth. Ye Xiao awakens to a useless profession, lighthouse watchman, destined to spend his life keeping watch over a lighthou 7.1kReads8.7Score888Shelves
27. 27 顶 A Top-Tier Clan! My Music-Type Powers Make Me a God? I'll Wipe Out the Other Races! 顶级世家！我音系成神？灭异族！ San Dian Shui Ti三点水替Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Genius Protagonist + Power Progression + Top-Tier Family Background + High Martial Arts + Music-Based Powers + Genius Ensemble + Comedy] An alien invasion threatens the Great Xia human race, which has fought for 300 years without being wiped out. Humanity awakens, producing all kinds of superpowered warriors who develop skills across a variety of schools. The world has its own unique rules, and the protagonist has female teammates. This is no ordinary story. Chen Xiyin' 19.4kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
28. 28 全 Everyone's Cultivating Their Way to Exhaustion, but I Became a God by Doing Nothing! 全民内卷修仙，我靠摆烂封神！ This Tiger Can't Read本虎不识字Urban485k WordsCompleted A fresh take on cultivation fiction that gets more addictive with every chapter [Lighthearted comedy] + [Cultivation simulator] + [Fiery, high-energy action] + [No female lead] In the early twenty-first century, spiritual qi revival ushered everyone into the age of cultivation. “The secret to success? Hmph, one word: grind! I’ve cultivated for over fifty years, and I sleep an average of just one hour a day!” So said a mid-stage Nascent Soul expert in Advice for the Young. … Why does the vegetab 875Reads8.1Score107Shelves
29. 29 开EN A Cheat? Others Awaken Superpowers, but You Awaken a Divine Core 开挂？别人觉醒异能，你觉醒神格 Notes on the Strings弦上音Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Ultimate power fantasy + Invincible male lead + Game merges with reality + Decisive and ruthless + A host of heroines] Chen Nian was the world’s strongest player of the game Calamity, with the unique class “Word Spirit Saint.” He never expected the game to merge with reality, awakening powers in people all over the world! And he directly inherited his in-game talent: his words became law. Word Spirit: “Judgment,” Word Spirit: “Reaper,” Word Spirit: “Summoning Art: Ten Beasts of the Myriad Realm 40.3kReads8.8Score4kShelves
30. 30 高 High Martial: Level Up by Fighting Monsters 高武：打怪就升级 Cow Monster牛怪物Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [the Myriad Worlds] [No Female Lead] Gu Xingchen rose to prominence, battling prodigies and slaying the myriad races. Step by step, he became a national idol, adored by countless people. You say your talent is amazing? Sorry, I level up by fighting monsters. Want to compare martial arts? Divine abilities? I just need to put in the work and distribute my points. Want to compare backgrounds? Well… I’m from the Dao Academy. The myriad races were stunned: The Dao Academy!!! As soon as he entered 2.6kReads8.2Score182Shelves
31. 31 开 From the Start, I Have an SSS-Rank Buddha Fruit, Shocking the World 开局SSS级大佛果实，震惊世界 Fifth Masterpiece第五名著Urban403k WordsCompleted A world of high martial arts. People of the world, take note! Standing right in front of you is: The owner of the Great Buddha Fruit. A player with an SSS-rank talent for trash talk. The greatest prodigy of the human race! The God of War of the present. The spark of hope for the future. Guardian of the long, endless night! The pride of Huaxia! The Buddha who shines across all the heavens! The dream 659Reads7.9Score170Shelves
32. 32 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score344Shelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

33. 33 觉 Awakened as a False God, Abandoned by the Divine, I Become a God Myself 觉醒伪神，神明弃我，我自为神 Koala Loves Pigs考拉爱猪Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Hot-blooded] + [High Martial] + [Everyone fiercely protects their own] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No System] + [Ensemble cast] + [No female lead, only companions] He tested as having an SSS-grade talent, yet the Divine Hall judged him to be "one abandoned by the gods." Ability Sequence: False God, impossible to activate! The Divine Hall declared, "He will never be able to embed a divine sigil in his lifetime. He is destined to be nothing more than a slightly stronger ordinary man." The school 555.8kReads9.0Score66.3kShelves
34. 34 高 You Haven't Even Graduated High School, So How Are You Already a Grandmaster? 高中还没毕业，你怎么就成宗师了 Ye Ling Du叶灵渡Urban3.6M WordsCompleted The wasteland descends, exotic beasts invade, and martial arts sweep the nation as warriors become the new mainstream. High school student Ye Ran transmigrates to this world and relies on the Martial Arts Achievement System to drive out the beasts, protect his home, and climb step by step to the summit. He becomes the strongest Martial Saint and sweeps across the eternal starry skies! Martial Arts Achievement 1: Chicken-Slaying Expert. Kill 3,000 chickens to earn 10 achievement points and a phys 47.7kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves

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    The writing and plot are both excellent, the setting is rigorous and without any flaws, and neither the protagonist nor the antagonist is unintelligent. Highly recommended.

35. 35 高 High Martial: From the Start, I Awakened S-Rank Indestructible Diamond Body 高武：开局觉醒S级金刚不坏 One-Slash Killing Sword一口杀人剑Urban2.3M WordsCompleted (Four chapters every day. An explosive, cathartic power fantasy!) A nuclear war ushers humanity into an age of evolution! The higher your bloodline rank, the stronger you are! From the start, the young Mo Tian awakens an S-rank Indestructible Vajra Bloodline, becomes a hulking mass of muscle, and kills his way forward! You want to talk reason? Fine. If you refuse to listen, I’ll beat you to a pulp! The Indestructible Vajra Bloodline’s first ancestral awakening… The second ancestral awakening… Th 29.8kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
36. 36 猎 Miss Witcher, I'm Really Not a Vampire 猎魔人小姐，我真不是血族 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban485k WordsOngoing [Single Female Lead + Villain Protagonist + Action-Packed Battles] After transmigrating as a vampire, Lu Zhou discovered he was different from his fellow vampires. He wasn’t afraid of sunlight, silver weapons, or holy water. He was truly immortal and indestructible. Growing overconfident, he made a vow: “One day, I’ll unite the vampire race.” “One day, the Blood Moon will hang in the sky forever!” “One day, the vampire race will be great again!” But that could all wait. First, he had to figure o 500.3kReads8.5Score81.3kShelves
37. 37 高 High Martial: The Blackflame Spear Suppresses Demons 高武：长枪黑炎镇妖魔 Black Cat Beneath the South Wall南墙下的黑猫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Genius + Everyday Life + Plot] “According to the Temporary Regulations on the Management of Demonkind in Donghuang, anyone who crosses the boundary and harms another shall be killed without exception.” In a dark alley, eighteen-year-old student Shen Changan stared at the monster before him and recited the regulations without expression. He went to school by day and hunted demons by night. As the top official of Qingzhou’s Night Watch Bureau, he had long since gotten used to this life. Until one 279.9kReads8.5Score33.6kShelves
38. 38 让 You Were Supposed to Defend Against the Ten Thousand Clans, Not Stew Them All! 让你抵御万族，你全给炖了？ The Real Erdaomao二刀毛本尊Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Rated 9.7 during serialization] [Cultivation at school (high-martial arts) + a growth journey + a vast cosmic world + an utterly clueless male lead + no heroine (or a single heroine) + noble ideals and fiery passion + standout supporting characters + satisfying wish fulfillment with smart characters] The myriad races force open the star path and descend upon Earth! Humanity is in danger! Ordinary student Lu Chuan accidentally obtains an ancient book recording the delicacies of the cosmos, and d 37.5kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves
39. 39 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18kShelves
40. 40 高 High Martial: From Temp Worker to Guardian of the Celestial Cycle! 高武：从临时工到武镇周天！ Slow on the Uptake后知后觉丶Urban767k WordsOngoing [Leveling Progression] [Satisfying Battles] [Everything Handcrafted] [No Female Lead] [Long, Though Not Necessarily Slow-Burn] This time, the cycle of spiritual energy tides comes to an end. This time, martial arts finally rise above reality! The world's rules are shattered, and a new order is established! A jade disc, with a good and an evil side. Punish evil? Promote good? No, I can put both good and evil to use! Only after becoming the strongest on Earth does Jiang Yun realize that the 173.1kReads8.7Score16.2kShelves
41. 41 你 You're a Sword Immortal, and You're Not Just Strong, You're Ridiculously Handsome! 你这剑仙，强的同时又过分帅气！ Dirt Dog Egg土狗蛋儿Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Class Change for Everyone + Passionate Battles + Ridiculous Comedy + Multiple Classes + Leveling Up + Defend Our Homeland + An Absurdly Handsome Protagonist] After transmigrating to a world where everyone changes class, Lu Sheng discovers that his quest panel often glitches, assigning him all sorts of bizarre missions. By completing them, he keeps earning Charm rewards and becomes the handsomest guy in school. At the pep rally held a hundred days before the college entrance exams, Qiu He, the s 63.7kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves

    Reader note

    The first and third books are hilarious, and the fourth book is incredibly good, even after multiple rereads.

42. 42 高 High Martial World: Starting with a Blood-Red Bow, I Slay My Way to Godhood 高武，开局一张血色弓，杀敌成神 Inflated Potato膨胀土豆Urban1.1M WordsCompleted It gets better and better as it goes! (No female lead; if there is one, she’ll be killed off.) A soul from Huaxia accidentally transmigrated to a high-martial world. Just as he was about to enlist, his System arrived five years late: “Killing grants 30 Qi and Blood points.” A one-of-a-kind bow warrior had appeared! A bow warrior? Everyone considered it a dead-end path. Chen Qiu, a bow warrior no one had faith in, bulldozed his way through everything from the enlistment trials to the freshman tou 4.5kReads8.2Score300Shelves
43. 43 高 High Martial Arts: Cultivating All Laws, Proving the Dao Once and for All 高武，万法同修，一证永证 An Old Man from Tianshan天山一老人Urban619k WordsOngoing [Rating opens on the 20th, starting at 6.7. The score will rise.] [No heroine/single heroine] [High-martial world] [Vast worldbuilding] [The characters will stay smart] After fifteen years of reincarnation, Zhou Heng awakened a talent with a single move. From then on, he was like a dragon meeting the wind and clouds, soaring to the heavens. [Talent] Cultivate All Paths, Every Breakthrough Lasts Forever Effect 1: Simultaneous Cultivation. Ignore all cultivation thresholds and conflicts between ex 409.2kReads8.6Score60.6kShelves
44. 44 我 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 Cool Isn't Cool酷是不酷Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 237.9kReads9.1Score22.5kShelves
45. 45 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 179.8kReads9.7Score21.3kShelves
46. 46 星EN Star Martial Pinnacle 星武绝巅 Catfish Book猫鱼书Urban849k WordsOngoing [Stellar-Era Martial Arts] [No Female Lead, No Romance, Just the Thrill of Battle!] [Talent Copying] [The Author Has Already Completed a High-Martial-Arts Novel Nearly Two Million Words Long, So Read with Confidence] In the interstellar era, humanity has spread across the cosmos. Interstellar colonization, spaceships, alien races, and eldritch gods from beyond the boundaries of the universe... They arrive one after another. Chen Yu comes bearing a golden finger that lets him copy talents. All he 300.4kReads9.1Score33.6kShelves
47. 47 万 Ten Thousand Races Invade: Is It Really So Wrong to Eat a Hundred Million of Them? 万族入侵：我就吃亿只很合理吧 Wine Between the Flowers花间酒间Urban639k WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + System + one female lead + school life + ruthless combat] The starways have reopened, and the myriad races have invaded. Gods descend upon the world, and mountains and rivers crumble. From Chang'an's Kaiyuan Gate, nine thousand nine hundred li west to Anxi: these countless miles of mountains and rivers are our glorious Dragon Kingdom. We will never compromise with our enemies. We will take up blades and swords, and tear them apart bit by bit with our teeth. Invaders must 6.8kReads9.0Score569Shelves

    Reader note

    A fast-paced, action-packed urban fantasy novel featuring geniuses, various competitions, and invasions by myriad races!

48. 48 赦 Night's Pardoner 赦夜人 Li Ma李马Urban775k WordsOngoing [The author has a completed title on the Top Peak list, “The Usurper (Below the Upper City).” Read with confidence!] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Not Invincible] [Plot-Focused] [Dark Tone] [Not Mindless] [Character Growth] Every shift from day to night is a silent contest of survival. After nightfall, the world becomes a playground for the Blighted. A special light source can offer humanity brief protection. Some live high above, beneath the lights. Others cling to life in the mud. No matter how 264.4kReads9.0Score28.1kShelves
49. 49 反 Villain: From the Start, I Refused to Fawn over the Campus Belle and Took the Twin-Tailed Girl Away 反派，开局拒舔校花，抱走双马尾 No Way Out没有退路Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8.9kReads8.1Score578Shelves
50. 50 高 The Martial Arts School Beauty Is Soft, Sweet, and Adorable, Yet She Charms Everyone Without Even Trying 高武校花软呆萌，撩人处处于无形 Primordial Sword太古一剑Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Single female lead] + [purely handmade] + [adorably clueless campus beauty] + [helping others] + [school thug] + [comedy] + [intense training] Jiang Bai: “Heaven has treated me well, giving me the Help Others System. Once I bind myself to a person in need, I can permanently remain one major realm above that person.” “Helping those in need earns Help Others points, and the points can upgrade the System.” “For the sake of my cultivation, I grabbed the foolish An Hehe and began helping her like cr 244.9kReads8.6Score34.3kShelves

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