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1. 1 无 Infinite Lifespan: I Get Stronger Just by Soaking in Water 无限寿命，我泡在水里就能变强 Peerless Giant Dragon无双巨龙Urban1.7M WordsOngoing (The rating has only just opened, so it'll go up later.) In a single night, heaven and earth changed drastically. Superpowers descended, and countless lucky people gained all kinds of powerful abilities. Some commanded divine kingdoms, summoning all Buddhas with a wave of their hands. Some could split into countless forms and be everywhere at once. And some peerless prodigies became immortals on the spot and ascended in broad daylight! The old order crumbled, and a brilliant yet brutal age of gr 60.2kReads7.0Score5.1k14d adds

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   That's really good; there aren't any scenes of characters losing their minds.

2. 2 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, 250.5kReads9.1Score20.6k14d adds

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   Refreshing novel, extreme style

3. 3 开 From the Start, I Ate the Campus Beauty 开局我吃了校花 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone has imagined that there might be something mysterious in this world, right? Have you imagined taking a train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Have you imagined a beautiful senior pulling up in a Ferrari to hand you an acceptance letter from Cassell College at the school gates? Have you imagined that when you feel lost and alone, a swordsman from an ancient sect will descend from the sky and tell you, “You’ve been chosen!”? Congratulations. Your fantasies have come true. Th 13.5kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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   Here you go, they're all 9 points or higher.

4. 4 退 After Retirement, My Wife Brought People to Arrest Me 退休后，老婆带人来抓我了 Storytelling Lazy讲故事的LazyUrban1.9M WordsCompleted From the start, a beautiful woman proposed to him. Liu Xuedong was a fake psychologist and, in reality, an S-Rank Cleaner. Just as he was happily anticipating a perfect life, he realized things weren't going quite the way he'd imagined… Wait, isn't my wife the one I hate most? (A professional writer registered with the Provincial Writers Association. Credentials verified, so read with confidence.) 47.4kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
5. 5 洛 The Legend of Luo Luo: From Black Armored Beast to Red Armored War King 洛洛历险记：从黑甲兽到赤甲战王 Going Our Separate Ways各奔西东Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [Transformers: Beast Wars] [Machine Beast World] [Remake of The Legend of Luo Luo] [Warrior’s Path] [Transmigration] [Conquest] [System] Transmigrating to Chiliaoxing, a hundred and twenty years before the events of Machine Beast World, Chi Liaoxing is mistaken for the Machine Beast King of the Ferocious Beast faction by a Black Armored Beast because he is human. Just as the Black Armored Beast cautiously tries to take Chi Liaoxing away, Chi Liaoxing’s unconscious body makes a decision that leav 6.3kReads9.5Score50814d adds
6. 6 绑 Qiusheng, Bound to a Martial Arts System 绑定武道系统的秋生 Pitch-Black Meat Bun黑不溜秋的肉包子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Drive out demons with martial might, banish ghosts with the Dao, master both martial arts and the Dao, and become the Martial Sage of the mortal world. One blade to destroy the Eastern Seas, one sword to slay gods and demons, one halberd to shatter Heaven's will. Shatter the void with martial might and stride across the myriad realms, suppress the heavens and rise above the nine skies. Defy Heaven and slay the Dao to become the exalted one, live free and proud, and attain eternal transcendence. 4.5kReads7.6Score28914d adds

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   Physical exorcism, a martial arts saint among men, shattering the void with martial prowess, traversing the heavens, reigning supreme in martial arts, unrivaled and carefree. From the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt, to the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, then to the Indestructible Golden Body Technique, then to the Indestructible Martial Body, and finally to the True Body of Martial Arts. With his physical body alone, he can suppress all ages—incredibly awesome! 😅

7. 7 给 What Could Go Wrong If You Awaken This Guy's Powers? 给这人觉醒异能，那还了得？ Driving Rain and Gale骤雨疾风Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Urban Superpowers + Lighthearted Humor, with a Touch of the Eerie + Plot Twists, No System] Lin Yu transmigrates to a parallel world where demons and monsters roam, and people can awaken superpowers. To avoid falling prey to them, he applies to a superpower academy, only for one mishap after another to follow... The freshman exams are a complete disaster! The test takers are stunned, the upperclassmen are silent, and the upperclasswomen have a dull ache between their brows. If he's already like 147Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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   These books are all supernatural/martial arts/spiritual energy revival novels. The protagonists start with a system, giving them a cheat code that makes them incredibly powerful. They don't hide their strength or act low-key, and they don't feel suppressed. The plots are all quite good, and the characters are intelligent. Quality guaranteed.

8. 8 武 My Martial Skills’ Special Effects Are Maxed Out, and I’m Slaying My Way Through the High Martial World! 武技特效拉满，我杀穿高武！ Happy Little Dong欢乐小东Urban2.6M WordsCompleted A high-martial-arts world. The strong thrive, while the weak perish. Lin Tian is weak, so he gets bullied and is as insignificant as an ant in this troubled age. This makes no sense! My martial skills have reached divine mastery, and you're still cutting my benefits? It's not that the benefits are worth much. Taking them is simply better value for money. What no one knows is that Lin Tian has awakened the Martial Skill Special Effects System. “Please purchase the A-rank effect, Myriad Thunder Su 23.2kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
9. 9 桃 Blessed by the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal: From the Start, I Kissed the Aloof Campus Belle by Force 桃花剑仙赐福：开局强吻高冷校花 Ling'er Jingle Bells伶儿响叮当Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Invasion of the Myriad Races] + [High-Octane Action] + [One Heroine] Gu Qingchen transmigrates to a high-martial world. On the day of the blessing ceremony, he awakens the Divine Spirit Hall. Complete its trials, and he can receive a divine blessing. Just as the icy school beauty Luo Yuli receives an SS-rank blessing, stunning the entire crowd: [Trial issued: Kiss the school beauty Luo Yuli in front of everyone within three minutes] [Failure to complete the first trial will be treated as volunt 79.5kReads9.1Score9.7k14d adds
10. 10 没 I Didn't Get into a Martial Arts High School, So I Had to Draw My Blade 没考上武者高中的我只好去拔刀了 Listen to the Slaughter听殺Urban945k WordsOngoing [No System + leveling up + character growth + hard work alone] Synopsis: The protagonist's score on the martial artist entrance exam is switched, and a rich young wastrel takes his school place by impersonating him. Which matters more: family resources or cultivation talent? No System? Then I'll take a beat-up blade and fight my way from A to Z! 466Reads9.1Score10114d adds
11. 11 人 Life in the Jianghu: An Electrical Engineer's Extraordinary Adventure 人在江湖：一个电力工程师的奇遇 Year Three Provinces年三省Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Li Fangao, an electrical engineer, unexpectedly gains supernatural powers. In a daze and against his will, he finds himself stepping into the modern-day underworld. His powers bring him one extraordinary encounter after another, and with each new experience, his abilities continue to advance. Moving between the underworld and everyday life, he thrives in both. The underworld today has no more flashing blades or torrents of blood, but it is rife with open and covert power struggles, with deadly d 14.3kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds

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    A new, exciting, niche theme: superpowers within the power industry. No spiritual power, only electricity. No internal strength, only electricity. I am the Master of Electricity!

12. 12 高 High Martial: I Was Expelled at Eighteen, and Now I’m Furious! 高武：年满十八被退学的我怒了！ A Finger from the Azure God青神一指Urban250k WordsCompleted [Life Scripts, Find Fortunes, Repay Every Grudge, Not Invincible, A Growth Story] 400 years ago. Vital energy returned, and a new age dawned. Now, everyone practices martial arts. Yet even in this era, Gu Xiayang, a senior in high school, reached a turning point in his life just as the martial arts college entrance exam approached. He was expelled!!! Looking at the contemptuous expressions on the faces of those below, Gu Xiayang's gaze turned cold. Since you all look down on me so much, I'll gla 64Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 星 Xinghe Yuan 星河元 Great Ethereal大缥缈Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Global High Martial Arts] [Cosmic Stars] [Burning Passion] [Epic-Length Story] At a certain point in time, a mysterious beam of light from the cosmos pierced the void and entered the body of a newborn baby on Earth. Nangong Zhui was born amid strange omens. As the vessel for this mysterious beam, was his fate decided from the moment he was born? Hi, everyone! I'm an orphan. My parents left me the year I was born. I was originally a member of an ancient sect, but for certain reasons, I was bro 624Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Urban power (ˊᵒ̴̶̷̤ ꇴ ᵒ̴̶̷̤ˋ)

14. 14 我 I'm a Conceptual God: One Slash Splits the Galaxy 我概念神，一刀断银河 A Pot of Wine by the Roadside路边一壶酒Mystery415k WordsOngoing [My name is Shen Ming. The Ming means “god.”] [Invincible + cheat abilities] A terrifying game descends upon the world, and bizarre creatures run rampant. Everyone awakens a talent, and Shen Ming awakens all kinds of conceptual abilities. [Stare at someone and make them pregnant]: No limits on gender or species, and the effect stacks. “Holy crap, I’m a guy! How am I supposed to give birth? And it’s ten babies...” [It hurts, it hurts so much!]: Any attack makes anything feel pain. Shen Ming gave —Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 神 God-Tier Choices: From the Start, I Contracted the Raiden Shogun 神级选择：开局契约雷电将军 Little Ma's Hot and Sour Rice Noodles小马酸辣粉Urban4.4M WordsOngoing Urban fantasy + beast taming + original setting + academy + stress relief + no brainless plot + one heroine. Ye Ye, who spent all his time grinding maps at home, unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world full of beast tamers. A year later, just as Ye Ye seemed destined to fail the Awakening Ceremony, he unexpectedly awakened a System. What’s more, his very first contracted spirit turned out to be the legendary Electro Archon, Baal Zebul. As long as 6.5kReads9.3Score57014d adds
16. 16 让 You Asked Me to Make Equipment, So What’s with These Black Stockings? 让你打造装备，这黑丝是什么鬼？ A Powder-Pink Toothbrush一支粉牙刷Urban1.5M WordsCompleted (Lighthearted daily life. Please don’t complain if it’s not your thing.) Games descend upon reality, bringing savage beasts and eerie places where no one survives. Humanity’s survival is under grave threat. Fortunately, everyone can awaken a class and gain extraordinary powers at the age of eighteen. At the most important moment of his life, Su Ming awakens the most useless class of all, [Blacksmith], and the school abandons him in no time. But Su Ming’s class panel mutates, awakening the hidden 4.9kReads8.4Score55314d adds
17. 17 人 I'm in the Mahayana Realm, and This Year I'm a College Freshman 人在大乘期，今年上大一 Jun Wuya君无涯Urban525k WordsCompleted I’m invincible in this world. Why bother playing in the mud if I’m not going to slay immortals and saints? Jiang Fan transmigrated to another world, endured a hundred cycles of refinement, and was reborn a hundred times. At last, he gripped the sword in his hand and fought his way to the heavenly realm! During the final battle with the empress of the heavenly realm, space and time twisted, and Jiang Fan returned to his original world. He had cultivated for a thousand years in another world, but 3.5kReads7.9Score25114d adds
18. 18 高 Mastery of the Esoteric Arts 高术通神 Write Well伸笔码良Urban3.0M WordsCompleted When I was in eighth grade, the school bully picked on me. I found someone, a person connected to a mysterious incident from my childhood. He taught me something called traditional Chinese martial arts. I trained in boxing, but never let it interfere with my studies. Baji, Iron Wire Fist, Xingyi, Taiji, Baguazhang, Tongbi, Xinyi. I met masters who carried on the traditions of these powerful styles. I also discovered a vast, deeply secret world of traditional martial arts, unknown to ordinary peo 20.6kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds

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    [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it] Everyone who's seen it says it's great, the stuff in it is so realistic, and some people in the comments are even saying they'll try it out. But since it's not verified, I don't recommend trying it out!

19. 19 全 Super Martial Arts for All 全民超武 Strange Winds and Fine Rain奇风佳雨Eastern Fantasy634k WordsOngoing Strange beasts roar as colossal creatures rampage across the land and sky. Overnight, a planet appears in the sky. Where did it come from? How did the strange beasts descend from the heavens and cross the universe? Did they cause the world’s transformation? What exactly happened in this era? What happened to the world? While humanity is still researching technology to fight the strange beasts, the arcane arts are born… As superpowers and technology intertwine… With extraterrestrial life in —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Take it! Absolute attention to detail, detailed descriptions of superpowers and fights, and extremely logical!

20. 20 高 High Martial: Hunted from the Start, I Sign In for Two Divine Martial Souls 高武：开局被追杀，签到双神武魂 Ordinary Man, One Sword凡人一剑Urban111k WordsOngoing [Relentless slaughter + satisfying all the way through + no goody-two-shoes + invincible + martial souls + sign-in + fiercely protective + sly schemer + multiple identities + enters the government] Lin Mu transmigrates into a high-martial world. From the start, he witnesses the deputy captain team up with a gang to kill their superior. When he's discovered, they hunt him down. He awakens the sign-in System and gets two god-tier martial souls: the Eye of Truth and the Heaven-Punishing Sacred Swor —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 我 I’m a Demon, So What? 我是妖族我怕谁 Red Persimmon from the Departed City离城红柿Eastern Fantasy111k WordsOngoing Cultivators drain the marrow from demons and kill them for their cores, all so they can live as long as heaven and earth. Is that truly only natural? The demon race has something to say! The Demon Emperor takes over a little Teddy, commands the demon race, beats up the Cultivation Alliance, and kicks mech warriors to the curb. He clears the demon race’s name, drives out the cultivators, and restores the world to what it should be. No harem, no womanizing, no System, no invincibility, anti-cultiv —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The demons, with their wicked and alluring appearance, defeat the immortal cultivators, making for a thrilling spectacle.

22. 22 虫 Insect Beasts Parasitize Me, and I Awaken the Strongest Talent 虫兽寄生，我觉醒了最强天赋 Big Mantou大馍Urban177k WordsOngoing [No System] [Everyone Is Strong] [Everyone Is a Cunning Schemer] [The Protagonist Is Ruthless] [Moderate Comedy] In a world overrun by demon beasts, humanity can barely hold on to its existence. Ye Yun was born in the human territories. As a child, he was infected by an insect beast. Fortunately, unlike countless others who lost their minds and turned into monsters after being infected, his body was transformed by the insect beast, which called itself the “Sacred Insect.” With the insect beast's —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Bizarre talents, brutal combat, intrigue between various factions, unwavering brotherhood, insects, demons, mysteries, endless dangers, and intricately linked conspiracies.

23. 23 开 I Started with Two Invincible Talents, Yet Somehow They Called Me a Nobody 开局双无敌天赋，竟然被称为废物 Flying Cloud Foot飞云脚Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Anyone who’s ever been a superhero knows that whether it’s One-Punch Man or the Son of Krypton, they’re both ridiculously powerful. One gets stronger just by working out, and the other becomes invincible just by soaking up sunlight. But when Jiang Lan gained both powers, his classmates went wild mocking him as a loser. That was because people in this world had to call out a hero’s name to awaken their abilities. They called Teacher Saitama a bald guy in a yellow suit, and Superman an exhibitioni —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    There are some contradictions in certain parts, but it's still a good read. This book has a better rating than some of the books on the bestseller list, so its rating shouldn't be so low.

24. 24 山 May Our Land Remain at Peace, Heroes, Come Home 山河无恙，请英雄回家 Dragon-Riding Warrior骑龙的勇士Urban109k WordsOngoing [No System] [No Female Lead] [Slay the Gods] [Passionate] [Comedy] [Scheming] [Superpowers] [Nation] The nine strongest people in Shenzhou. A Sword That Cuts Heaven and Earth: A Guai. Fist Saint: Xiao A Giao. Wudang: Tie Shan Kao. Gambler: Run Fa. Sheathed Blade: Er Lv. Old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain: Zhang Sanqian. The Wanderer: A Wei, the most gutsy man in all of Shenzhou. Two Zen Monasteries: Monk Yi Yi. Confucian Sage: Yu Jiangjun. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is absolutely amazing! The protagonist awakens a rule-based weapon, a monument of faith, and the Second Battalion Commander's Italian artillery fire magnified a thousandfold! General Yu's flying kick, magnified a thousandfold, wipes out a million-strong demon army.

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