No Showing Off and Face-Slapping. Do the Supporting Characters Have to Mock the Protagonist for the Story to Work? 不要装逼打脸的，配角不嘲讽主角就写不下去了？
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- 1 Tycoon: From the Start, Studying in America and Taking Europe and the US by Storm 神豪：开局留学美利坚，玩转欧美 [Billionaire fantasy + easygoing daily life + no showing off and humiliating others + no angst for the protagonist + enjoying life + illustrations throughout!] Chen Jingyun’s parents sent him abroad to study. He thought he’d be set for life and on his way to the top, but instead he discovered just how vast the gap between people could be. Some classmates were geniuses who had secured guaranteed places in graduate and doctoral programs as freshmen. Their papers were published with ease, and profe 40.3kReads7.7Score3.4kShelves
- 2 Three Kingdoms: The Uncrowned Chancellor 三国：无冕之相 (History doesn't change much early on. If that bothers you, don't read. The main storyline follows the protagonist's growth. Three wives, no dumbed-down characters, no System, not a power fantasy, no vilification, and no all-knowing, all-powerful characters.) A sword pierced through his chest. At Cao Cao's blade, Zhou Yan pointed out a path to survival, and with it, the way to an era. All he wanted was to keep his head down and stay alive in the chaos. To that end, he had no choice but to offer 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I'm a Naruto Streamer, So Why Do I Have a Romance System? 我一火影主播，给我恋爱系统？ [Naruto Streaming Esports] A tiny, tiny, tiny Naruto streamer unexpectedly awakens a Romance System while livestreaming? Zhou Yuan: “No, you want me to play a romance game with her? You... honestly...” Hey, streamer, hold on a second. I need to ask you something. 10.1kReads8.9Score776Shelves
- 4 CSGO: Claiming the Major Title CSGO之问鼎major (No System + no overpowered golden finger + not invincible + no brainless power fantasy + a coming-of-age story + strives for plausibility + lightly fictionalized setting + no heroine in the near future) Returning to 2015, this is the story of how a boy from a small town uses his talent to become the GOAT of CSGO and reach the pinnacle of the Majors. If anything in the story offends anyone, I’ll make changes. I’ll try to respect history, while still fictionalizing it, haha. My writing is limited 23kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
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The Guanshan Pact 关山契
On the western frontier, yellow sands bury the dead, and honor is as fragile as paper. The young Zhao Tianhao was merely a merchant’s son from Ping Wharf. With a heart full of sincerity, he kept his contracts, protected his family business, and brought peace to his neighbors. Yet the crushing might of the war-torn age destroyed his household, driving him to abandon trade and take up arms. He entered the death camp, managed military rations, trained a corps of death-defying soldiers, and defended
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- 6 Salt and Iron 盐铁 Liaodong is bitterly cold, and salt is worth its weight in gold. To save his parents, young Shen Huai pawns his hairpin for salt. But without a permit, the officials seize it. His father dies in prison, and his mother’s blood stains their doorstep. After a blizzard, he leaves his home behind and follows his uncle, a wandering man of the jianghu, onto the path of the black salt trade. From then on, he is drawn into the fateful abyss of salt and iron, military funds, and political power. At first, 439Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Evil Cultivator Proves Her Dao and Ascends in the Entertainment Industry 邪修她在娱乐圈证道飞升了
[Modern Setting + Imaginative Premise + Livestreaming + Revenge + Comeback + Variety Show + Entertainment Industry] (The author has a friend who is a sorcerer. Some plotlines are adapted from real events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.) After failing her tribulation, the evil cultivator patriarch Jiang Wuwang opens her eyes to find she's become an obscure, universally hated actress? Plagued by scandals? Buried in debt? She tells fortunes on livestreams, catches ghosts on variety shows,
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The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】
[Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He
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Dual Cultivation Through Charging: Cultivating Immortality in the City 充电十双修：我在都市修个仙
(Also known as: An Uncle’s Low-Key Urban Immortal Cultivation) (The first 60 chapters focus on charging up and cultivating, so progress is slow. In the middle, dual cultivation speeds up advancement, and it gets even faster later on. The plot becomes richer and more varied in the middle and later stages.) An uncle accidentally gained the recognition of a small world and inherited the legacy of an Immortal Realm Dao Ancestor. Charging up replenishes his energy, while dual cultivation raises his
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- 10 The Prodigy of Barcelona 我在巴塞罗那当天才 [A Super-Talent Takes Europe by Storm! A Growth Story with No Golden Finger, Showing the Real Game of Soccer. The Chinese National Team Is In It! I’m Seriously Afraid of You People.] The dream began not in the halls of a giant club, but at the youth academy of a local rival. Rejected by La Masia at the age of ten, he went on to become Espanyol’s greatest good fortune. Yang Ming was born for soccer. There were no shortcuts in his development, only day after day of hard training and the experience 460Reads8.4Score106Shelves
- 11 Demon Corpses Aren't Edible? Quick, Send It to My Family's Crematorium While It's Still Warm 妖尸不可食？快，趁热送我家火葬 [High Martial] [Passionate] [Demonic beasts invade] [Not reborn] [Funny] If you want a lone-wolf protagonist, you can swipe away. The protagonist, Jiang Ping, is a passionate young man. He can be calculating, and he can be moved. He’s a real person, with classmates, friends, parents, and teachers. Spatial rifts opened, and demonic beasts invaded the land. Everyone knew that demonic beast corpses were inedible, and eating them would turn you into a contaminated being. By chance, Jiang Ping obtain 111.1kReads8.8Score15.8kShelves
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After I Transmigrated, I Became the Most Terrifying Existence! 穿越后，我成为了最恐怖的存在！
[Steady and cautious + master of dirty tricks + decisive and ruthless + slow-burn plot + one heroine] [Not an overpowered-from-the-start power fantasy. The story has only just begun, so it will pick up later. Don’t worry about it] Chen Xuanqing transmigrates into Great Chu, a world in chaos where demons run rampant, strange spirits wreak havoc, and martial arts reign supreme. Luckily, he awakens an Origin Panel. By killing anything and everything, he can seize its origin energy to deduce techniq
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Thunderous Edo Sticker 雷霆江户贴
She is the thunder from Genshin Impact, yet steps into the warmth of everyday life, carving “eternity” into the space between absurdity and epic grandeur. When she first arrives in Edo, she topples the Tokugawa shogunate and brings a new everyday life to everyone amid the bustle of Kabukicho. Strawberry milk from the Odd Jobs crew, mayonnaise from the Shinsengumi, the first glimmer of dawn over the ruins of Yoshiwara: from the Raijin who once sat enthroned in her castle, she becomes a country b
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The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺
“Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending
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From the Start, I Had a Guaranteed-Death Identity 开局就是必死身份
First World: Mr. Vampire 2 Role: Lin Xiangdong, the foremost of Daoist Priest Qianhe’s four strong disciples. Duration: Ten days (ten minutes until the Imperial Clan Corpse King emerges) Second World: The Haunted Cop Shop Role: Lin Xiangdong, one of the two traffic cops who stop Meng Chao. Duration: Fifteen days (five minutes until he meets Meng Chao) Third World: Young and Dangerous 2 Role: Crow’s underling (three days with Crow means nine meals missed) Entry point: Kneeling before Lord Guan, b
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After Swapping Bodies, I Became the Empress 互换身体后，朕成了皇后
[Perhaps this is a story about seizing power. Or maybe it’s a story about “I only changed bodies, it’s not like I gave up the empire.”] For Qi Muzhi, the only good thing about being emperor was that he could make his subordinates write novels for him whenever he wanted, and then read them. But one day, in a ridiculous turn of events, he switched bodies with the empress. Then he discovered that being empress was even better than being emperor! And so Qi Muzhi began his journey of flirting (not) w
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A Storm Rises, and the Beauty Takes a Stand 风起云涌红颜怒
The male lead is not chaste. Please avoid this if that bothers you. Since I've transmigrated, why not make the country strong and conquer the world? Even if I'm forced into a relationship, I'll still make money and build my career. After transmigrating into the body of a stunningly beautiful female doctor, she remains devoted to the man she loves. She and her fiancé are in love with each other and have sworn to stay together for life, growing old side by side. Yet the iron-blooded “God of Slaug
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A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手
Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p
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- 19 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 369Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 20 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves
- 21 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 296Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田 [Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 479Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Original Sin of Kindness 善良的原罪 The Original Sin of Kindness 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 一个山村女孩如何成坏女人的 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 93Reads—Score—Shelves
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The System Granted Me Immortality, but Cursed Me to Be Single 系统赋予我长生，却诅咒我单身
[Not a comedy! No heroine + female supporting characters + survival-focused cultivation + ruthless action + daily life in the cultivation world] Li Zhibai transmigrates to the cultivation world and gets a [Longevity System]. The System has just one useless function: longevity. It can't do anything else. In the end, it even curses him to be single before falling silent for good. (The System barely appears again after that.) He has an endless lifespan and won't die of old age, but he can still gro
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- 32 Arms Depot System: Conquer the Ancient World and Unite the Realm 军火库系统：称霸古代，一统天下 [Alternate History + System + Dynasty + War + Technological Overkill + Invincible + Sweeping All Before Him + Epic Thrills + Ascending the Throne + Multiple Women] Li Xun transmigrates to the age of ancient dynasties on a new continent and obtains the [Arsenal System]. He starts with a pistol. The larger his territory, the more types of firearms he unlocks, with no limit on quantity. What’s more, everything the arsenal produces is guaranteed to be high quality and can never harm its Host! “Ding~ 626Reads6.5Score103Shelves
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Me? A Failed Author, and My Own Male Lead Takes Over My Account? 我？扑街作者，被自己男主顶号？
The male protagonist of a novel by a washed-up author has lost both his parents, been sent to live with his aunt and abused, bullied after joining a sect, and then watched that sect get wiped out just as he was starting to climb the ranks. After switching sects, he is deceived by a woman... then betrayed by a brother... At last, he falls to his knees. Then he hears the voices of the hot-blooded boys from a shonen manga encouraging him?! Don't give up so easily, okay, Weekend-kun. The System awa
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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Traces Among the Stars: Lu Bu Fights Aliens to Protect Me 飘渺星踪：吕布护我战外星
Beneath the dome, at the birthplace of creation, within the span of a light-year, gods may not tread! Not a power fantasy. If that's not for you, don't click. The early chapters lay a lot of groundwork and foreshadowing, and the plot unfolds gradually! Urban martial arts, sci-fi mecha, space battleships, ensemble casts and team combat, elemental powers, mental force, ancient martial arts, and superpower battles. Battles span many settings, races, and systems. Famous generals from the Three Kingd
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- 36 Nine Days to the Ruins 九日归墟 Mind-bending suspense, imaginative mysteries, apocalyptic survival, Infinite Flow, battles of life and death waged through wits, restrictive rules, clever characters who stay smart, no cheap melodrama, shocking twists, multiple settings and a large cast. A group of ordinary people wake up in a bizarre space. Waiting for them are mind-bending games of life and death, along with all kinds of unknown hardships. They struggle to survive and search for the truth, only to find that when they peel away 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Chronicles of the Misty Apocalypse 飘渺末世录 Sci-fi action with team battles, multiple female leads, and a clash between Earth's ancient civilization and aliens. An ancient civilization has been protecting Earth for hundreds of millions of years! Battles across time and space! The laws of the galaxies! Just then, the phantom image of a blue-haired woman gradually appeared in the sky, standing around a hundred meters tall. The blue-haired woman was stunningly beautiful, even more so than Yan Shiyu and the other women. Her blue hair fell ove 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 We Spend Our Lives Flying Toward That Blue Planet 我们用一生向那颗蓝色星球飞行 We spend our whole lives flying toward that blue planet. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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Emergency Room: I Can See Disease Descriptions from the Start 急诊科：开局看见疾病词条
Thousands of comments every day. The comment section is even more entertaining than the book, and even the author laughs reading it. [Hardcore Medical Drama] [Clinical Term System] [Resident Doctor’s Comeback] [No Toxic Tropes or Brain-Dead Characters] As the lowest-ranking resident in the emergency department of a provincial hospital, Lin Shu does the toughest jobs every day and handles the most routine minor cases. Then, after working nonstop for fourteen hours, he saw a line of floating, bloo
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