“I Shall Give My Life to Protect the Lights of Ten Thousand Homes Behind Me” (Desperate for Something to Read!) “吾以吾身，护那身后的万家灯火”（严重书荒！）

1. 101 渡 Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉 Bamboo Song Pear竹音梨Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra 3kReads—Score192Shelves

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   Others ferry countless lives and rivers across mountains and rivers, but Su Yuhe only ferryed the battered and bruised Jiang Zui. It's exceptionally good!!

2. 102 妖 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 Sallow Little Face小脸蜡黄Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [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 108.1kReads8.8Score15.2kShelves

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   Monsters have invaded, and humanity has retreated to its base cities. Hope lies in these last 13 cities.

3. 103 神 The Gods Invade: I Guard the Gates of Jiuzhou 神明入侵：我为九州守国门 A Southern Wind Rose Overnight一夜南风起Urban749k WordsCompleted In the year 2300, gods descended upon Blue Star and invaded, slaughtering humanity. Qin Chuan, the God of War of Jiuzhou, stood guard at the nation's borders and fought to the death. Blue Star fell completely... But on that day, Qin Chuan was reborn, carrying the memories of his previous life and returning to the time before the disaster began. “This time, I will never let the tragedy happen again!” At his urging, Jiuzhou launched a series of drastic measures: The Veteran Recall Program, rapidly 223Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   ① A god descends to invade Earth. Qin Chuan, carrying memories of his past life, returns to the time before the disaster, determined to change humanity's perilous situation. Under his mobilization, the Nine Provinces embark on a frenzied campaign: the Encirclement Plan, protecting the Nine Provinces within a 40,000-kilometer-long, 100-meter-high wall! Atop the wall, facing the arrogant god, Qin Chuan stands proudly: "The Nine Provinces lie ahead, the borders of the nation!" "Gods forbid passage; those who trespass will die!" ② This is truly the best book I've ever read, bar none. From the moment the Son of Man returned, this book was already a masterpiece. The vast land of China, the millennia-old heritage of the Yellow Emperor, the red flag burning brightly, all people fighting together—what fear is there of not returning!

4. 104 渣 My Scumbag Ex Dumped Me, but the Nation Dotes on Me 渣男抛弃我，被国家爸爸宠翻了 True Samadhi Fire三昧真火Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted [System + offering it all to the country + growth-oriented heroine + slow burn] Long Yuanyuan supported her boyfriend for three years, worked herself to the bone, and became terminally ill. The first thing she did after making it was cut ties with the man she loved. After Long Yuanyuan was cruelly dumped, she thought she might as well die and be done with it. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself facing mountains of garbage and a fantastical city in the sky. [Ding! System successfully 5.4kReads8.8Score516Shelves

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   This is the first book I've read from cover to cover in a long time. It's incredibly well-written and exhilarating, with the female protagonist traveling through different dimensions to fight for her country. I highly recommend it! It's devoid of romance, but it's definitely worth it! [Heart][heart][heart]

5. 105 被 Driven to Death by a Cultivator’s Mistress? I’ll Raise My Sword to the Nine Heavens 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 79.4kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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   "My name is Li Fu, Li as in dawn, Fu as in soaring upwards. My specialty is killing immortals." "I will fall from the heavens, making the distinction between immortals and mortals irreversible!" The female protagonist, after being murdered by cultivators, lost her entire family of 67, including herself and her best friend, becoming a vengeful ghost. Enduring the agony of being devoured by a hundred ghosts, she climbed the cloud ladder to plead with the cultivators, only to be met with the words "Immortals and mortals are different" and banished. She eventually became the Lord of Ghosts and encountered Bu Wang (the male protagonist). Afterwards, she continuously searched for companions in dungeons (her weapon is the Human Emperor Sword Banner, which has 8 slots). She has already found 5 and is currently recruiting the 6th. It's by the same author as Sheng An's book. It's very good; it feels like the 5 teammates all have elements of the previous book.

6. 106 国 National Fate Survival: My Fragile Self Carries the Team with Luck 国运求生：娇弱的我靠幸运值带飞 Fresh Orange Flavor清清橙子味Two Male Leads915k WordsOngoing Dual male leads, dual couples, livestream survival, a team everyone's devoted to, stockpiling supplies, and a slow-paced slice-of-life story In a peaceful era, System 0711 arrives and reveals that an asteroid is hurtling toward Blue Star at an astonishing speed. It is expected to hit Blue Star within three years, leaving no survivors. The National Destiny Survival event automatically begins. [National Destiny Survival is a seed-preservation plan launched by the Interstellar Alliance's Star Admin 5.2kReads9.1Score426Shelves
7. 107 快 Quick Transmigration: Who Says the White Moonlight Is a Wicked Supporting Character? 快穿：谁说白月光是恶毒女配 A Big White一大白Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Unattainable First Love + Serving the Motherland] As the male lead's early-deceased unattainable first love, Jin Ning watches the leads twist themselves into knots over her later on. She refuses to take the blame and tears up their tragic romance script instead! Sorry, even a dog wouldn't play the unattainable first love! Given another chance, Jin Ning first teaches the heroine to stand on her own two feet and reject every form of psychol 16kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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   They are all books about patriotism. The first three are all romance-free, and the last one is a time-travel novel where the protagonist pretends to be a recluse and does scientific research.

8. 108 高 High Martial: My Shadow Can Slay Gods 高武：我的影子能弑神 Long Songs and Fish长歌与鱼Urban393k WordsOngoing Where I stand, there is peace! Behind me stand my fellow countrymen of the Nine Provinces! Wherever the Great Wall stands, there shall be our graves! Wherever our eyes fall, there our blades shall point! Though a million stand against me, I will go! [The pace is slower at first, but after five chapters the action takes off!] 1Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   One is named Su Bai, the other Jiang Bai; one stands as a Great Wall against all tribes, protecting the lights of countless homes behind him; the other saves all of humanity.

9. 109 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.3kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves

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   They are all books about patriotism. The first three are all romance novels with no romantic pairing, and the last one is a time-travel novel where the protagonist pretends to be a recluse and does scientific research.

10. 110 从 The Man Who Walked Out of the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出来的男人 Rogue Lao Wang流氓老王Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Chu Ye, heir to the Chu family, is the number one wastrel in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with countless heinous crimes to his name. In just four years, he was thrown into the imperial prison eleven times, yet walked out unscathed every time. The reason was his grandfather, the fearsome Northern Frontier Prince, who commanded a million troops. But this time, Chu Ye crossed the emperor’s bottom line. Imprisoned for the twelfth time, he was exiled to the perilous Abyssal Reach. Countless factions and i 11.1kReads8.9Score883Shelves

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    I will sacrifice myself to protect humanity and slay the gods.

11. 111 我 I Became a Guardian Deity in My Dreams 我在梦里当守护神 lxp Xing Huolxp星火Fantastical Romance58k WordsOngoing [Fall into the abyss with me] Dreams. What are they, really? Zhuang Zhou dreams of a butterfly; a butterfly dreams of Zhuang Zhou. Is the you in a dream really you? Or... is that... You in another world? A marriage contract... Where is my groom? A text message... Where exactly is that road home? A photograph... Let's get married, darling. But where is your face? One object after another, under some unknown influence, becomes a heavy shackle. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist suddenly becomes a bride forced into a ghost marriage in her dream, and has the same dream every night, trapped in the dream and unable to get out.

12. 112 无 Infinite Life: Trapped in a Lifetime 无限人生：被困在了一生的时间里 Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He had once been an explorer, a war correspondent, a business genius, and the king of investment. He had also been a notorious war profiteer, a world-famous charlatan and prophet. He was also the greatest composer and novelist of the century. And a materials scientist, a physicist, a giant in the history of science... Countless times, in countless different ways, he had stood at the pinnacle of the world. Only he knew any of it, however, before he broke through the limits of a single lifetime. U 24.1kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    The fourth book is about Kerner's world of youth.

13. 113 重 After Being Reborn, I Devoted Myself to Huaxia: A Peerless National Scholar! 重生后，我身许华夏，国士无双！ Kitten Eating Ice Cream吃雪糕的奶猫Urban638k WordsCompleted Before Gu Ran took the college entrance exam, no one understood what the greatest upheaval in a century truly meant. With China facing an uphill struggle, the distinguished academician Gu Zhiqiu was reborn on the eve of the college entrance exam. He flipped the chessboard, tossed away the pieces, and then announced to the world: “It's China's turn to counterattack.” 10.6kReads9.0Score791Shelves
14. 114 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 386.7kReads9.3Score42.7kShelves
15. 115 长EN The Immortal: I Lived to See the Next Epoch 长生者：我活到了下一个纪元 Feng Xiao Ya枫潇呀Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Explosive action] [Invincible hero] [A hymn to civilization] [From myth to reality] [Emperor] [Boundless imagination] Do you know that the gods are merely humans who survived the previous era? Do you know that the stars and moons of the solar system have not existed since time immemorial? The people of the First Era built the Myriad Worlds. The people of the Second Era buried life and cultivated death. The people of the Third Era flew through the skies and burrowed underground. The people of th 8.3kReads9.2Score741Shelves

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    Turning its back on all living beings, it dictates everything for eternity.

16. 116 斩 Slay Demons, Devour Sins, Drive Out Evil in the North! 斩妖吞孽，北极驱邪！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 100.2kReads9.1Score10.5kShelves
17. 117 末 Doomsday Paradise 末日地狱乐园 Cigarette Butt烟头Sci-Fi & Apocalypse5.0M WordsCompleted When doomsday arrives, the world falls apart. Humanity plummets from the top of the food chain to the very bottom, entering its darkest and most miserable age. Betrayal by family, the darkness in friends, the cruelty of doomsday, the ugliness of human nature: this is hell for humanity, but a dark paradise for monsters! Even in the depths of this dark hell, there are always a few fools who believe that a glimmer of light will someday break through the clouds, tear apart the darkness, and illumina 2.3kReads6.6Score217Shelves
18. 118 末 Doomsday War God 末日战神 Clown小丑Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted With the arrival of a mysterious dimensional world, humanity faces the greatest crisis in its history. Bloodthirsty creatures from another realm, disasters at every turn, and starvation: what path can humanity take when it has been driven to the brink? 560Reads6.1Score—Shelves
19. 119 穿 Transmigrated into an Ancient Apocalypse, I Use My Family Fortune to Build Infrastructure 穿进古代末世，靠着家底搞基建 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine + Natural Disasters + Zombies + Infrastructure Building + No Superpowers + No CP] Wei Xiyin transmigrates, born into a noble family as its legitimate daughter. She thought she'd been handed the script for a family power struggle, but who could have expected a zombie outbreak on the way back to her hometown? Then plants and animals begin to mutate, and extreme weather sets in. Her entire worldview collapses in an instant. There are no cars, no canned food, no high-tech weapons, an 11.6kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    ①🌈🌈The female protagonist is a noblewoman from a prominent family. She needs to protect the women behind her and ensure that the people in her clan have a place to live. So it seems reasonable for her to surpass her elder brother and become the new clan leader.

20. 120 桑 The Spirits of Sangshan, Beating People Up Everywhere 桑山有灵，到处锤人 Wen Yueyue温越越Ancient Romance410k WordsCompleted [The heroine is immortal, has a special identity and a golden finger, with several romantic interests but only one-sided feelings (though romance is not described much)] An unworthy ruler reigns, warlords divide the land, and flames of war once again engulf the Central Plains. At first, only a young male courtesan died. Few people cared about the dead courtesan, and nobody cared about the person who killed him. Then a nobleman's son died, followed by a general, a princess, and even the emperor. 4.6kReads9.2Score536Shelves
21. 121 从 From Goblin to Goblin God 从哥布林到哥布林神 Oranges from Huainan淮南为橘Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Simulation + Dark + Nonhuman + No Female Lead + Men Who Like Peachy Guys Stay Away] Lin Tian is reborn as the weakest monster, a goblin, and is slaughtered by humans right from the start. He activates the Life Simulation System, along with a divine blessing unique to goblins. Through endless simulations, consumption, and evolution, he rises step by step from the weakest goblin to the pinnacle beyond all things. The once lofty Sword Saintess, Mother of Dragons, and angelic deities all bow before 9.8kReads8.7Score946Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥Super good! The atmosphere is amazing, the dark feeling is really well done 🍎🍎, the main character is intelligent, and the portrayal of the Sword Saint is surprisingly superb 🍊🍊🍊

22. 122 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 70kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves

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    🍂①In 2025, a man awakened his abilities after being hit by a meteorite, and the world experienced an outbreak of supernatural phenomena. A week later, the supernatural phenomena disappeared, and all the superpowered people suddenly died.

23. 123 高EN High Martial Arts: Infinite Clones, Starting by Stuffing an S-Rank Beast to Death 高武：无限分身，开局撑死S异兽 A Touch of Deep Blue一抹深蓝Urban2.5M WordsCompleted “We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi 52kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves
24. 124 幼 A Young Dragon from the Start, and You Really Think I'm a Beggar? 幼龙开局，你真把我当乞丐？ Sour Candy酸宝Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Gods run rampant, and strange creatures are everywhere. In a world gripped by fear, where anyone might undergo a monstrous transformation, a lowborn boy emerges from an old graveyard. He carries a mysterious space where killing strange creatures lets him absorb their power and conjure items. [Legendary creature, Jade-Eyed Corpse: Its eyeballs can peer into the Yellow Springs and read the scriptures of the dead. Requires a sixth-rank martial artist who has mastered a pupil technique.] The sevent 67.6kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
25. 125 我 My Wife's World 我妻世界 Why Say So Much何必言深Urban2.4M WordsCompleted When worlds descend and the world itself is threatened, no one can stay out of it! Biological anomalies! Climate anomalies! Geological anomalies! Anomalies in the laws of nature! All anomalies must be eliminated! Become the world’s [white blood cells] and devour them! The West: “I will protect our world!” The East: “We will protect our shared home!” Zhang: “I will protect my wife!” Everyone: “???” [Comedic and lighthearted] [Includes hand-drawn monster illustrations] 33.6kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
26. 126 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 575.4kReads9.4Score59.5kShelves
27. 127 我 I'm F-Rank, and I'm Slaying It at University! 我F级，在大学杀疯了！ Big Zhong Who Loves Hot Pot吃火锅的大钟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + No Female Lead + No System + Slow Burn + Passionate + Growth] After years of being tormented by illness, Qi Feng is about to lose his chance to attend college. Just as despair closes in, Longguo University opens up a new life for him. But he never imagined that a mysterious forbidden zone existed in a city crisscrossed with steel and concrete. As the real world is about to be revealed to everyone, as a secret guarded for many years is about to come to light, and as the entir 17.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    These two are absolutely perfect for you. The second one really got me going. Trust me, even with my incredibly discerning taste, you won't be disappointed. You have to come in crying to face this challenge. You absolutely cannot surrender and leave in tears. If this happens again, it will inevitably lead to bloodshed. This journey is a return. This journey is a fight to the death!

28. 128 匹 A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到 Qian Xiao千笑Urban2.4M WordsCompleted (Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy, 75.6kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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    The reviews are comparable to "I Slay Gods in the Mental Hospital," and as a seasoned bookworm, I consider this one to be truly exceptional! This book is incredibly good!! The concept is novel, introducing a completely new concept: "Exorcist!" The female lead is also incredibly powerful, in some ways even stronger than the male lead, and she's not obsessed with romance!! The author has a wildly imaginative mind, using the idioms A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, G to name the levels, and the writing is superb, the story is very insightful, thought-provoking, and inspiring. The titles are very elegant!! I heard the author is also a university professor, and his wife is a very beautiful artist!! A powerful combination! [Makes face]

29. 129 全 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 54.3kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
30. 130 全EN Global Metahumans: Awakening the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning at the Start 全球异能：开局觉醒紫霄神雷 The Wind Is Howling Tonight今晚的风儿甚是喧嚣Urban4.5M WordsOngoing On Blue Star, vicious beasts run rampant. Everyone can awaken an ability and has a chance to become a powerful force, feared across the land! Yet Xu Jingming, who transmigrated here, had only an E-rank ability. Fortunately, the Deep Blue System appeared, upgrading his weak E-rank electric ability into S-rank Purple Firmament Divine Thunder! That’s not all. Every time he kills a vicious beast, he earns ability points. Spend ability points to raise his level and strengthen his skills. “Deep Blue, 244.4kReads9.1Score19.8kShelves

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    Highly recommended by a seasoned reader with over 1000 hours of reading experience. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize me.

31. 131 怪 Monsters Run Amok: I Sweep This World with Laughter 怪物横行：我以笑声横扫此界 Hardworking Goldfish努力的金鱼Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No female lead + System + transmigration + demon beasts + undead + artificial intelligence] Lu Yu transmigrates to a strange world of spirit and martial arts, where technology and cultivation, demon beasts and the undead overturn everything he thought he knew. Luckily, a golden finger is essential for anyone who transmigrates. But after reading the System’s introduction, he decides he’d be better off without this ridiculous thing. He’s a man through and through, not some peerless beauty, so why 2.9kReads8.9Score240Shelves

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    1. He used his own strength to save the collapsing edifice, and his companions left him in the process; it was a testament to friendship and patriotism. 2. Though he considered himself cold-blooded, he repeatedly sacrificed for the people, using his own methods to drive away darkness. 3. With each swing of his sword, he forged himself into a peerless swordsman of his time, becoming a Night Watchman, protecting the bright lights of countless homes.

32. 132 现 Modern Cultivation: Our Captain Is Utterly Righteous 现代修仙：队长她正的发邪 Zhou Wendao舟闻道Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted [No romance, strong female lead, lightly ensemble, High Martial, feel-good] (The rating just came out, so it’s low for now.) “When a great tower is about to fall, the only ones who die are those still standing inside it!” “I’m willing to be one of them.” “The Great Xia Demon-Slaying Bureau will fight to the death and never retreat!” “The horns have sounded. I ask you to die for your country!” “My name is Lin Zhi’an. I came to this world as an immortal banished from the heavens, and in my name, I 7.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    The first book should match the rest of the text, then the second book, hmm, it's good, it's good. If you really don't read the third book, I'll really cry.

33. 133 让 I Told You to Go Undercover, Not Hit on the Boss's Wife! 让你卧底，没让你勾搭大嫂！ Bei Cai贝才Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + never a saintly heroine + multiple heroines + wildly satisfying] Lei Zhen transmigrates to a parallel world in 1995. Starting out as a low-level underling, he rises through the ranks with ruthless force, amassing wealth and beautiful women until he rules everything with an iron fist! 103.9kReads9.3Score11.5kShelves
34. 134 开 Abandoned From the Start: The Gatekeeper Is the Real Boss 开局被弃：守门人她是真大佬 Tracking Through the Mountains山林寻踪Ancient Romance409k WordsCompleted [A love spanning a thousand years + ensemble cast + saving the world] The adopted daughter raised by the Su family in Tanxi County was finally coming to the capital. The entire household was on high alert, convinced that this orphan, abandoned at birth, was scheming to marry into a higher station. She had waited until just as the renowned eldest son of the Su family had reached the age for marriage negotiations to arrive in the capital. The adopted daughter was cunning. She had no chance of beco 2.8kReads8.0Score434Shelves
35. 135 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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    After witnessing the wickedness of the world, the protagonist's heart begins to twist and become unbalanced. Later in the story, the male protagonist becomes more cunning than a sieve, wielding two swords and refusing to worship gods or kneel before demons, fighting his way out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the war between gods and demons.

36. 136 万 Ten Thousand Clans Invade: I Forge a Path to Heaven for Humanity 万族入侵：我为人族开天路 Eleven Words, Five十一言五Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [System] [Modern High Martial Arts] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Passionate] [Everything for Daxia] [Clever Wish Fulfillment] In the first year of the Martial Era, the myriad races invaded. The human race of Blue Star fought in blood-soaked battles on the battlefield against the myriad races. With the help of the System, the young Su Zhe rose from the depths of despair. "Congratulations, Host! Your Qilin Seal has advanced into the Nirvana martial skill, Myriad Forms Sacred Qilin Transformation!" "Co 247Reads8.7Score163Shelves

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    🔥All races want the sky to fall, but I'm determined to prop it up! The male protagonist is bound to a system, enters the Dao through martial arts, slaughters all races on the battlefield, fights against alien races, and the contemporary martial god descends, causing all the geniuses to retreat!

37. 137 快 Quick Transmigration: Every World Starts in Hell 快穿：每次都是地狱开局 Yin Binger音冰儿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance pairings / alternate history / nation and family] [Please don't use AI to generate the heroine. The author commissioned the illustrations at personal expense.] Yin Lingyu is one unlucky girl. In her quick transmigration missions, she always gets the most hellish start and has to roll up her sleeves and climb her way up, becoming the beautiful, tragic woman everyone admires. World One: The top scholar's younger sister, sold into a brothel. (Setting: Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty) Worl 20.4kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
38. 138 国 National Security Bureau 8: My Aunt Is the Queen of Arms 国安第八局：我的小姨是军火女王 KISS in the CloudsKISS云中Mystery531k WordsCompleted That day, Xiao Yao met an aunt who had a split personality. That same day, he activated the 'Spy King System'… … Flirty Aunt: Sweetie, want to play a game with me? Xiao Yao: Auntie, please behave yourself. Goddess Aunt: Come here. Kneel down. I need to ask you a favor. Xiao Yao: I can kneel, but don't slap me in the face. What's it like having an aunt with a split personality? It's intense. Damn, it's really intense. Xiao Yao: I swear on my virtue, I don't have any weird perversions… Auntie, 535Reads9.5Score104Shelves
39. 139 长 Eldest Son: My Brother and Sister Simulated My Life, and I Broke Down in Tears 长子：兄妹模拟我人生，泪崩 Flight Captain飞行团长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Anti-drug trafficking] [Narcotics officer] [High IQ] [Mastermind] [Undercover] The Wei family has five children. The second is a wealthy businessman, the third has an impressive background, the fourth is a research professor, and the fifth is a pop star. Only the eldest has amounted to nothing. He’s notorious and despised by his siblings. Because he sold off his younger siblings and drove his family away! He’s done every kind of evil, and his siblings loathe and spurn him! Then, on the day the 80.6kReads9.5Score12.8kShelves

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    In this story, despite his already miserable situation and the lack of understanding from his younger siblings, he still chooses to stand at the forefront of the fight against drugs, forging ahead bravely.

40. 140 我 We Are the Xia People of Great Xia. Gods, Prepare to Die 我大夏人族，请诸神赴死 Big Blade大刀Urban726k WordsCompleted The apocalypse descends, and the gods appear. Great Xia is ravaged by suffering, and its people weep blood. "Who will save the people of Great Xia? Who will defend its lands and rivers?" Chen Shifang takes a deep breath. "Who dares bully Great Xia?" With my blood, I summon the sages; with my fists, I restore our glory. I will make Great Xia's lands everlasting and its people eternal. Wherever the stars shine, the dragon banner of Great Xia will fly! 595Reads8.5Score—Shelves
41. 141 穿 Reborn as the Orphan of a Fallen Hero in the Sixties, I Use the System to Get into Science 穿成六零烈士遗孤，我靠系统搞科 Lan Guofeng, Who Likes Water Snails喜欢水蜗牛的蓝国锋Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Being afraid of people isn't scary. What's scary is being afraid of people and well-read! After transmigrating as the orphan of a revolutionary martyr, my background made me seem too much like a genius, so I had no choice but to pretend to be autistic! Shen Xiaoman, a 29-year-old web novelist whose career had gone nowhere, died suddenly and transmigrated to 1960 with a specially supplied underworld edition of the DeepSeek 7.0 System. He became the most unusual 15-year-old resident of a military 1.7kReads6.2Score106Shelves
42. 142 半 Half-Demon Awakening: After Devouring a Wolf Demon, I Went on a Rampage 半妖觉醒，吞噬狼妖后我杀疯了 Fellow Daoist, Draw Your Sword道友请拔剑Urban172k WordsOngoing [High-Octane Suspense · Urban Superpowers · Ensemble Power Struggles] On a stormy night, Lin Tian clawed his way back from the abyss to the human world, bringing with him a pair of Blood Eyes that could see through the disguises of the demon clans, along with a hunger for blood that consumed him. His ex-girlfriend, Shen Qingli, was horrified to discover that his fangs, bared as he went berserk and devoured a wolf demon’s flesh, matched the Committee’s top-secret files on the “Taotie Resurrection 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With blood-red eyes that can spot demons and fangs that devour blood, the male protagonist crawls back from the abyss to the human world. His revenge and growth storyline is explosive, and the ensemble cast and political intrigue add even more depth!

43. 143 末 Love Debts in the Apocalypse: My Historical Girlfriends Are on a Rampage 末世情债：我的历史女友杀疯了 Chicken Roll Expert鸡肉卷达人Historical695k WordsCompleted The ancient well at Grandma's house is about more than transmigration. It is a struggle against “the rules,” a journey of self-redemption, and a series of interpretations and exaltations of love. It is also a witness to history's silence. The heroines are all distinctive and talented: Gao Yang is passionate, Su Xiaoxiao is tender, and Bing Ji is wise... The redemption of transmigration adventurers... The guardians' duty... 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The writing is detailed and relatively easy to understand. It covers two different themes, and the author is quite punctual, updating daily.

44. 144 全 Global Awakening: I Can Summon China's Gods 全民觉醒：我能召唤华夏诸神 Silverlby银lbyUrban2.9M WordsCompleted [Youthful passion + summoning the gods of Huaxia + decisive killing + crushing the greatest talents] This is an era of spiritual qi revival, when everyone awakens their supernatural talent. Li Yebai transmigrates into this world as a peerless genius, yet awakens only the lowest-grade abstract talent: split personality? The academy that once took pride in him expels him and strips him of his cultivation resources. His beautiful girlfriend dumps him outright. But under the doubtful gazes of everyo 13.3kReads8.4Score2.1kShelves
45. 145 我 My Guardian Is the Flames of Burning Karma 我的守护是焚业之火 Chicken Roll Expert鸡肉卷达人Ancient Romance387k WordsCompleted He was once a once-in-a-century genius of the Xuanjing Sect, but after the weapon inside him, the Falling Star Blade, turned against him, he became a traitor who killed his master and betrayed his sect. Ten years later, he is the master of Wangchuan Post. Then he meets her, a woman who can see the dead. To love her, protect her, rebuild a home, struggle and submit, and guard her to the marrow... —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 146 我 Forced to Study in the Quick Transmigration World 我在快穿界被迫学习 Gray Sweet Soup灰色甜汤Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted At just five years old, little Xiyou was bound to a System. Hearing a voice in her head, the little girl was so frightened that she burst into tears. Her parents comforted her until she finally calmed down. But when they heard from her that the world was about to enter apocalypse mode, they started crying too. Little Xiyou thought she would finally get out of going to kindergarten. Instead, she was forced to join the System on a journey to save the Earth, where she began studying all kinds of s 165Reads6.1Score—Shelves
47. 147 穿 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: The Spy Enters the Game 穿越民国：谍影入局 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 23.9kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    "My name is Sheng An, Sheng as in prosperous times, An as in peace and prosperity for the country." "My name is Qiu Yu, Qiu as in a thousand autumns and ten thousand years, Yu as in favorable weather."

48. 148 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 129kReads9.5Score51.4kShelves
49. 149 规 Rule Horror: All of You, Turn into Birds 规则怪谈：你们都给我变鸟 I Eat Crayfish我吃小龙虾Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [No heroine + mystery-solving + brains over brawn + interstellar + livestreaming + national destiny + power fantasy] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. Those selected are sent into a bizarre world to face challenges on behalf of their respective countries. While every other contestant fights for their country, one gentle young man says his wish is for everyone to get along peacefully. Everyone: "Peaceful my ass! Do you think this is kindergarten?" Then they watch as this mild-mannered young 13.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    He killed himself forty-nine times, all to activate the array and return to the past to save Earth from the invasion of supernatural tales. He refused to harm anyone, no matter the time or place. Even when activating the array for Earth's only hope, he chose to tear his soul apart and kill his reincarnated self forty-nine times, simply because he was a martyr's spirit.

50. 150 羽 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉Xianxia736k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 5kReads—Score610Shelves

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    "But what the sect gave you was worldly silver, not cultivation stones! The sect has never treated you as a cultivator!" The protagonist exposed her self-deceiving lie, and at that moment, she fell silent. [Already recommended]

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