I’ve Noticed a Problem: Most New Books Are Extremely Lackluster 发现一个问题,新书大多数都非常惨淡。
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Guess What? She Really Does Have Two Axes! 没想到吧?她还真有两把斧子!
[A cast full of lovable weirdos + the male lead falling for her on his own + an outrageously powerful heroine + male lead reborn + heroine transmigrates + lighthearted laughs + a true-love romantic + super-sweet everyday romance] Shen Xiaoxi had just won a million yuan when she got hit by a car? When she woke up, she found she had transmigrated and become a poor country girl with nothing to her name, constantly bullied by everyone? Never mind, her unhinged antics would carry on as usual!!! Whoev
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My Target Always Wants to Be My Husband 攻略对象他总想当我老公
[Secret Identities + Comedy + One-on-One, Both Pure + Beloved by All + Subversive Tropes + Sarcastic Wit] [Immersive System Conquest + Inescapable Fate] I played the villain in several worlds, and finally, I blew it. If I fail my final mission, my soul will be scattered. System: “Final mission: Thump-Thump Heart-Pounding Battle!” Me: “? What kind of brainless romance anime is this?” System: “Become a wealthy heiress and win over five designated characters, making them willingly become your unde
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Welcome to the World of Cotton Dolls 欢迎来到棉花娃娃的世界
[Traditional Novel\Reborn in Another World\Redemption and Healing\Adventure and Battles\Fantasy] A cotton doll that unexpectedly came to life rescued its owner, who had tried to take their own life, with the help of an "ability user." The doll and its owner traveled to the world of cotton dolls. In this world, nobody has to worry about jobs or housing. People no longer marry or have children, devoting themselves to raising adorable cotton dolls instead. However, the anti-cotton-doll movement is
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The Flawless Pure Land 无瑕净土
[Dark, grim, and deep] [Slow-paced] [Not a power fantasy] No matter how hard you struggle, this silent catastrophe will drive everyone into a pit of despair. The ending is destined to be tragic. Will you keep going?
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I Posted Douyin in the Immortal Realm, and Even the Protagonist Had to Quit the Internet 发布仙界抖音,主角来了也得戒网
I, Qin Huachen, transmigrated into a fantasy world with only three things on my agenda: face-slapping, face-slapping, and more damn face-slapping! You ask whose faces I'm slapping? Why, all those main characters, of course! You say you're the Dragon King? Smack! You idiot, what kind of Dragon King are you? You say you're an Asura? Smack! So you're the Asura, huh? You say you're a God of Slaughter? Smack! Someone call the police, there's a murderer here! What? You say you're the reincarnation of
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- 606 I'm a Spoiled Rich Girl, So Why Did I Get Stuck With This Incredible Little Husband? 我是纨绔女哎,喜提王炸小相公 [Farming + Mutual Devotion + Tooth-Rotting Sweetness + Super Satisfying + Medicine + Strategy + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Secret Identity] Su Su is a spoiled young lady with no ambition! Be a cool, overpowered, strong female lead? Use brains and brawn to reach the pinnacle of life? No, no, that’s definitely not her! One day, she transmigrates and lands herself a brilliant young husband. Her reborn husband comes from a farming family. He can predict the future, and he’s both a scholar and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 607 The Mute Girl Reads Minds 哑女读心 The Mute Girl Can Read Minds 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Apocalypse: I Empty the Immortal Realm's Retirement Home 末世:我搬空仙界养老院
[It gets better and better! Apocalypse + spiritual qi revival + slaying gods and ghosts + fusion of Chinese and Western deities + revenge + hot-blooded action] The apocalypse strikes without warning, and the technological civilization humanity built with such care collapses. The gods of East and West fall, and the firmament shatters. Those blessed by the gods are one in ten thousand, and each receives only a fragment of a divine being? Well, sorry, but the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the God of
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This Top Student Is a Bit of a Delinquent 这个学霸有点渣
Two top students Jiang Xun x Shen Ao Two top students Enter with caution: BE (The romance develops slowly, so enter with caution if you prefer a faster pace.) “I’ve been to so many places, the ones we used to talk about.” “There’s no snow in Ireland in winter; California’s sunsets really are beautiful; and Iceland has endless glaciers and auroras stretching across the sky. Alaska’s two-colored waters still don’t mix, just like us. We’ll never meet again.” “Don’t be sad. Even if we’re destined
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- 610 My Mother-in-Law Called Me Poor, So I Bought Her Company 丈母娘嫌我穷,我把她公司买了 My Mother-in-Law Thought I Was Poor, So I Bought Her Company 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Began to Live Forever by Having Nightmares 从做噩梦开始长生不死
[Xuanhuan Cultivation] + [No System] + [Mystery] + [Horror] Lin Yan died of a terminal illness and transmigrated to a world of cultivation. Under the guidance of his master, Meng Feng, he embarked on the path of “dream cultivation”! He thought that, as someone skilled at daydreaming, he could easily master every dream, break through them one by one, and claim the fruit of immortality! Unexpectedly, with memories of his past life still intact, Lin Yan found his dreams filled with horrifying thing
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- 612 Tycoon System: Why Does My Money Keep Growing the More I Spend? 神豪系统,我的钱怎么越花越多? [Urban]+ [System]+ [Tycoon]+ [Money-Spending Mode]+ [No Female Lead] Attention! Attention! A brain-off wish-fulfillment novel! A classic opening! A fresh take on the usual formula! A Tycoon System that grows with you! It's still going to be a blast! Qin Feng, an outstanding young man, falls into the water and accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he's a top-tier backup boyfriend? But no matter. The System will take care of it! With a cheat activated, he's bound to 77Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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Detective, Innocence, and the Future 侦探,天真与未来
“You, be my assistant!” A girl calling herself Rochitar appears before him. When the logic of deduction falls apart and the mind evolves into fists, is this an awakening or a descent? Forged over 1,660 days, seventy souls blaze through nine volumes of epic. From the depths of mystery to a frenzy of supernatural powers, a new-generation tale of superpowered battles begins!
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- 614 The Retired Soldier King Returns to the Countryside and Beats the Village Bully to Tears 退休兵王回农村,把村霸打哭了 The Retired War King Returns to the Countryside and Beats the Village Bully to Tears 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Whispers of the Fallen Dragon Star 龙陨星的低语
[No instant kills, no golden finger, no leveling System, no transmigration] [Just steel, gunpowder, faith, the Warp, and cultivation magic colliding] Lin Lan, a cultivator at the Deity Transformation stage, was struck by a tribulation bolt while breaking through his heavenly tribulation and ended up in Warhammer 40K, on the Imperium's remote planet, Dragonfall. What happens when a weakened cultivator faces a boltgun at point-blank range? What will happen when his once-elegant spells clash with
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- 616 I Told You to Squander Money, Not Invent Starship Technology 让你败家,你竟然研究出星舰科技 [Billionaire + Spendthrift + Black Technology + Lighthearted] The business world, entertainment industry, and tech sector are all stunned! No more being pushed around! After transmigrating to a parallel world, he discovers that his grandfather is the richest man in the Dragon Kingdom, and his fiancée is the beloved heiress of the Xia Group. Wouldn’t failing to squander their money waste their talent for making it? Staring at the Spendthrift System interface, Ye Xiaoqiang falls into deep thought. 552Reads6.9Score103Shelves
- 617 The Unkillable Jinx 打不死的扫把星 The Unkillable Jinx —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 618 The Lucky Girl Doesn't Want to Work Hard 锦鲤她不想努力 The Lucky Koi Doesn’t Want to Work Hard —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Mr. Orange 桔子先生
The morning light slanted through a gap in the curtains, falling across the wooden table and casting a faint golden ring around the rim of the cup. Steam slowly rose, then dispersed in midair, like words left unspoken. Outside, the wind nudged the shadows of the trees, making them sway gently. Leaves brushed against one another with a soft rustle. In the distance, someone was sweeping, one stroke at a time, unhurried. I sat there like that, thinking of nothing, feeling only that time was a quiet
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- 620 Discussing Cause and Effect with Xiao Yan 我和萧炎谈因果 [Fake System] + [Battle Through the Heavens Fan Fiction] + [Fate and Causality] + [Transmigration] + [The Soul Clan and Backlash from Causality] + [Comedy] “First of all, are you saying I came here because I ate too much cheap takeout and died?” “Ahem, Host, don’t worry about that. Let me tell you a story first~” The Dou Qi Continent. Everyone envies Xiao Yan for turning his life around, shedding his reputation as a good-for-nothing, and rising to become a Dou Di. Yet they don’t know that 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Cultivation: I Turned a Broken Sect into One of the Five Hundred Strongest in the Immortal Realm 修仙:我把破宗门干成仙界五百强
With the spiritual qi revival, it's an era of cultivation for everyone, and university graduates are assigned to sects. Everyone else fights tooth and nail for an entry-level offer from the Heavenly Sword Sect or the Azure Cloud Sect, all for a meager monthly stipend of spirit stones. Meanwhile, I'm assigned to the poorest, near-bankrupt sect in the entire cultivation world: the Fallen Star Sect. Everyone laughs at me: “That's it for you! Go there, and you'll never ascend in this lifetime!” Then
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- 622 I Have a Tycoon System, but I Have to Spend Money to Get Stronger 我有个神豪系统,但需要花钱才能变强 I Have a Tycoon System, but I Have to Spend Money to Get Stronger —Reads—Score—Shelves
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How Could My Online Girlfriend Possibly Be the Aloof Campus Belle? 我的网恋女友怎么可能是高冷校花
[Everyday Romance + Mutual Devotion + One Female Lead + No Harem + Campus Beauty + Autobiographical + Sweet Romance + No Rebirth + No System] This book is based on Xiaofeng’s real-life online-dating experience. “Senior, would you be willing to give us a try?” “I don’t want us to be just an online romance, or merely ordinary friends in real life.” Xiao Feng never imagined that the girl he liked would really step out of the screen and into his life. He never imagined she would be Xu Yihuan, the fa
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Everyone Here Exists Outside the Painting 此间尽是画外人
[Romance + Daily Life + Catgirls + Fox Spirits + Plant Girls + Multiple Female Leads] After graduating and losing his job, with rent weighing on him, Lin Che lives a hand-to-mouth existence in a shabby apartment in Nancheng, with no end in sight. The one bright spot in his life is Yuanbao, an orange cat he rescued. Then a barefoot young woman knocks on his door, just to borrow a bag of cat food. Lin Che: “I thought my roommates were just reclusive. Later, I found out they were nonhuman in the mo
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Doomsday Escape: A Celebrity Meets a Killer from Another World 末日逃亡之女明星遇异世男杀手
[Space System] [Growth-Type Superpowers] [Endless Natural Disasters] [Romance with a Couple] [Apocalyptic Ensemble Cast] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] Lin Moxun: “With power this immense, how can you be so fragile that you seem ready to shatter at a touch?” Xie Li: “In all these millennia, I never thought I’d fall in love with anyone. By the time I realized I loved you, I was already about to die.” A tragic, beautiful apocalyptic romance ✘ push and pull ✘ fighting back together Author’s note:
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- 626 After I Was Kicked Out of My Home, I Became the World's Richest Man by Collecting Scrap 被赶出家门后,我靠捡破烂成了全球首富 After Being Kicked Out of My Home, I Became the World’s Richest Man by Collecting Junk —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Take a Pigeon and a Branch and Go Beat the Demon King 给你鸽子和树枝去打魔王吧
[No romance, modern world of magic with gender equality, a little play the pig to eat the tiger and face-slapping, lighthearted, all-female main cast, no male leads or supporting characters] Before she died, she killed the Demon King. When Long Xunnian wakes after a hundred years of sleep, she finds the world has become much more peaceful. She is pleased, until she hears that there are now six Demon Kings. As if she could put up with that! If she can fight one, she can fight six. Long Xunnian de
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Tales of the Mechanical Unknown 机械异闻录
[Transmigration + Cards + No System + Leveling] A thunderous boom on the national highway, and a big truck makes its dazzling entrance! Ye Ming, who was strolling along the road, gets sent to another world by the truck’s overwhelming force. In this world, everyone can wield a weapon engraved upon their soul. The gods, too, have bestowed their blessings upon this realm. As a transmigrator, what will become of Ye Ming here...? At least he has the identity of a transmigrator. Maybe he can follow in
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This Sharingan Is Anything but Ordinary 这个写轮眼不正经
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Uchiha Madara finally gathered all nine Tailed Beasts and launched the Eye of the Moon Plan. But when he looked at the strange Sharingan in the sky, he fell silent. “Uchiha Madara! What the hell are you doing?!” the Allied Shinobi Forces on the ground finally shouted. Under the light of the Sharingan projected onto the moon, their bodies began changing in bizarre ways. They grew rounder and fuller, becoming more and more feminine, while their bellies started
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- 630 A Werewolf's Castoff Awakens on the Night of the Full Moon, Transforming from a Good-for-Nothing into the King of Two Bloodlines 狼人弃子月圆之夜觉醒,废柴变成双血脉之王 On the night of the full moon, the werewolf outcast awakens and rises from a good-for-nothing to a king with two bloodlines —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Soul-Locking Fog: I Love Her with His Memories 浓雾锁魂:我带着他的记忆爱着她
The girl he fell for was the daughter of “his” wife. Chen Luo had lived for eighteen years without ever experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. A dense fog lay locked in his mind, concealing the memories of a man who had been dead for eighteen years. Then he met Du Xiaoyu in the library. The instant he saw the jade pendant around her neck, he blurted out a name: “Xiao’er.” Du Xiaoyu didn’t know he was calling her mother. She knew even less that her father’s memories, all his love, and all
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- 632 The Vampire Queen Returns Reborn, and I'm Offered Up as a Sacrifice 吸血鬼女王重生归来,我被当成祭品献祭 The vampire queen is reborn, and I'm offered up as a sacrifice —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Awakened the Frost Undying Phoenix from the Start 开局觉醒寒霜不死凤
[Not a brainless power fantasy; not an invincible-hero story] [A cautious, slow-burn beginning with plenty of thrills later on] The Frostbound Undying Phoenix, the Nine Heavens Silver Thunder Dragon, the Purple Star Spatial Beast, the Light of Fuxi, the Dreamlike Star King, and the God of the Void. These six peerless essences are nurtured within Yang Yiguang’s Void Ancient Pagoda. Yang Yiguang was once an unassuming boy living peacefully in a peach blossom grove. But during a life-or-death tribu
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With Hundreds of Millions of Haters, I Become a Venerated Dao Ancestor in Another World 黑粉亿万,我在异界称尊道祖
Two worlds (an ancient cultivation world and the modern city) + wish fulfillment + comedy + celebrity + the only supernatural being on Blue Star Lin Zun obtains a twin-fish jade pendant that lets him travel freely to an ancient cultivation world. He also gains a top-tier technique for cultivating the spirit, which lets him grow stronger by angering people and absorbing their resentment. Practicing this technique in the other world is too dangerous, so he stirs up trouble in the modern world, bec
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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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- 636 Goodnight, My Monster 晚安我的怪物 An old book titled Goodnight, My Monster contains “instructions” for all kinds of monsters lurking in everyday life. I thought it was a ridiculous bedtime read, until I followed its directions and made my noisy roommate suddenly lose the ability to speak. I thought I’d found a divine artifact, until I turned to the newest page. In handwriting identical to mine, it had added a new rule: [How to Seal “Player” Shen Mo] Now all the monsters in the book are following its instructions to find me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 637 Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” 稳健修仙:开局词条劳逸结合 [Cultivation · Cautious Protagonist · Playing the Fool to Catch the Wise · Traits · Fame · Lie Flat · Longevity · Farming] (This book has been adapted into a short drama and an animated comic.) Su Yuan is reborn in a cultivation world and discovers that the path to cultivation is full of obstacles: he has no talent, no resources, and no connections. Luckily, he activates a System and obtains Traits with astonishing effects! [Work and Rest in Balance]: You’re great at balancing work and rest. The 44.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves
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Forced Match: The Movie Emperor Saw Through My Secret Identity 强制匹配:影帝他踩住了我的马甲
[Complete · Dating show + secrets exposed one after another + two formidable leads seeking revenge + a battlefield of rivals] (Not your traditional sweet romance! Not your traditional sweet romance! This is a satisfying story about two equally formidable leads and revenge, so don’t be fooled by the title.) Su Weihe joins a dating show, sits in the back row, isn’t picked for a team, and gets mocked across the internet as a poor, unknown nobody. The livestream cuts out for three seconds. When th
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- 639 How to Deal with Annoying Neighbors... 遇到扰人的邻居,就这样办…… This is how to deal with a troublesome neighbor... 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 640 The Three Realms' Code 三界律典 After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Lin Xuan became the only lawyer in the Three Realms, armed with a copy of The Three Realms Legal Code. A good-for-nothing with no talent for cultivation? Don’t panic! The sect rules have loopholes. Watch me work my magic. A fellow disciple stole your treasure? Hold on! Sign this Waiver of Liability for Accidents During Secret-Realm Exploration. A fairy refuses to pay her debt? I’ll sue you! The Heavenly Dao is my witness. You’re not g —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Heavenly Court of the Nine Heavens 九霄天庭
Here lie three thousand Dao Domains, a hundred thousand Divine Provinces, and countless lands yet unknown. Sects pass down the Dao, accumulating merit; nations govern the realm, gathering the Mandate of Heaven; families pass on their bloodlines. Here, humans, demons, devils, and ghosts wage brutal struggles. Buddhism, Chan, and Confucianism collide with a thousand other paths, giving rise to wonders as myriad arts flourish. This is a world filled with marvels and legends, with light and darkness
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Random Skills: My E-Rank Self Unleashes an A-Rank Forbidden Technique 技能随机,E级的我放出A级禁技
[Endless Trump Cards] + [Protecting Home and Country] + [Clever, Satisfying Payback] + [Comedy] + [Superpowers and Monsters] Su Jiu, a laid-back high school student, transmigrates to a world where monsters from another realm invade Blue Star and humans with superpowers defend their home. There, he awakens the Random Skill System. “System, draw a random skill!” An E-rank skill to start? With enough luck, I can pull an S-rank forbidden skill on my next draw! Cornered with no way out? Too bad, I ca
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In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Eats Dirt, but I Hide in the Mountains and Roast Meat 荒年全村都吃土,我躲深山烤肉吃
If you could transmigrate back to ancient times and become an ordinary villager, what would you do? Li Feng was an ordinary wage earner. After a car accident, he mysteriously transmigrated into the body of Li Yi, a good-for-nothing in an ancient world, and began a new life in the countryside. He had no special abilities or System to help him. The only things he could rely on were the knowledge and skills he'd learned in his modern life! Facing a home with nothing but bare walls, he worked hard s
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- 644 Heir to Sin 罪之继承者 The lifelong nightmare of criminal investigator Chen Mo came true. As the serial killer known as “The Collector” recreated perfect crimes, Chen Mo found a mark belonging only to his missing father at every bloody crime scene. After twenty years of searching, he found no truth, only ironclad evidence pointing to his own flesh and blood. The police force’s trust crumbled, and hidden snipers were impossible to guard against. When Chen Mo tore apart the web of lies, he found an answer that would o —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Divine Martial Heavenly God 神武天神
On the Divine Martial Continent, everyone revered those with spiritual roots. Ye Chen alone was born without any, and became the butt of everyone’s jokes. Then he unexpectedly obtained a mysterious cultivation technique and cultivated a special kind of true energy. The other geniuses mocked him: “You can cultivate without spiritual roots?” That was, until he threw a single punch and sent the entire continent into shock.
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Invincible from the Start: What Do You Mean I'm in the Author's Realm? 开局无敌,什么叫我是作者境
[Ruthless] + [Never Takes a Loss] + [Invincible] Su Yan is eating instant noodles in his rented apartment when an out-of-control truck speeding down the road runs him over and kills him. He transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. At first, Su Yan is all set to endure thirty years of hardship and then turn the tables. But then he unexpectedly awakens a System! Overjoyed, Su Yan hurriedly asks what it can do. Can it reveal people’s fortunes? Give him an Ancient Desolate Sacred Physique f
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- 647 High Martial Arts: I Ate the System as Soon as It Arrived 高武开局:系统刚到就被我吃了 (Not a school-focused story, not an officialdom story. Simple-minded wish fulfillment at the start. Its worldview and outlook on life clash with mainstream real-world thinking.) A lone cultivator with a cheat ability, feared even by the great masters. A man reborn in the womb, forced to toil like an ox or horse and expelled from school, begins with a heaven-defying talent. Even the System can't handle him. He repays every grudge and returns every kindness. In a martial world, I defy heaven... 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Keep My Zerg Ex-Boyfriend Alive by Scavenging 我靠捡垃圾,养活虫族前男友
[Strong Female Lead × Mild Angst × Mutual Firsts] After dying, Chen Yu is reborn inside the body of a little being from the interstellar world. Along the way, she picks up a near-death young male insect who suffers from a phobia of female insects. To survive, she volunteers to be a test subject for experimental drugs. But she accidentally reveals her extraordinarily powerful mental strength, and after being targeted for assassination several times in a row, Chen Yu finally loses her temper! Foll
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The Yin-Yang Twin Emperors 阴阳双帝
[Cyberpunk City] [Power Progression] [High-Octane] [Dark Jungle] [Ruthless Protagonist] Yun Ming is an ordinary undercover police officer from Blue Star. Life has dealt him plenty of hardships, but he has a beautiful wife who loves him with all her heart: Ye Linghan. She is the only thing that keeps him going through his bitter life. But a cataclysmic event that threatens the fate of the universe changes his life forever. That day, Ye Linghan disappeared, and every trace of her vanished f
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- 650 I Kindled the Tree of Technology in Ancient Times 我在古代点燃科技树 I Lit the Torch of Technology in Ancient Times Xiao Wanyue, the nation’s chief scientist, transmigrated into a princess who was about to be sacrificed on her way to a political marriage. Faced with a barbarian’s blade, she tossed aside the prayer scroll, picked up a branch, and wrote the mass-energy equation in the sandy soil of the altar. Black powder was only the beginning, and the steam engine a brief stepping stone. When she built a generator with her own hands and lit the era’s first ele 1Reads—Score—Shelves

















































