Stories Where the Protagonist Acts Carefree but Is Actually Pulling the Strings Behind the Scenes 主角嬉皮笑脸，其实按地里掌控全局的书。
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- 1 EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.5kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves
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Wild Dog Milk: The Whole Internet Jokes About It, but I'm the Only One Who Really Drinks It 野生狗奶：全网玩梗，就我真喝
The whole internet is joking about wild dog milk, but I'm the only one who actually drank the real thing. Special edition from western Guangdong. Shelf life: forever. Instructions: Do not drink. Worship recommended. I drank it anyway. After work that night, I saw a woman in red hanging beneath a streetlight, counting the lights with her toes three inches off the ground. When she realized I could see her, she lunged at me in delight. My voice cracked as I screamed, and she shattered into pieces.
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Quick Transmigration: The Wish List of a Max-Level Human 快穿之满级人类愿望清单
Male protagonist, no heroine + no CP + silly comedy The author thinks this story needs another title: The Author and His Rebellious Readers This is the journey of a max-level human. The first story may not be handled very well, so feel free to start with the second. I didn’t outline the first story properly, so it ended up a little rushed. Please take my advice, darlings!!! World One Not all parents treat their children fairly: Genius Training System (complete). Skip this world, please! I’m begg
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- 4 The All-Purpose Caretaker of Quick Transmigration 快穿之全能管家 No female lead + no CP + absurd comedy There aren't two male leads. I tagged it wrong, and now I can't delete the tag! (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ) Shen Mingxuan is one of the rising stars in the primary System space of the World Sea. After reaching his mission goal, he successfully qualifies to apply for a companion System. So he binds himself to the “All-Purpose Butler System.” It's a new System, and it comes with character templates as plug-ins. Shen Mingxuan has to complete his missions while following each cha 14.7kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
- 5 Infinite Shadow Clones: Find the Original and I’ll Admit Defeat! 无限影分身，找到本尊算我输！ [Seriously Ill Teen + No Female Lead + Mischievous Clones + Real-World Instances + Unlimited Restarts + Lighthearted Comedy + Rivers of Blood + Not a Cowardly Survival Story!] [Sequel: “Stars: I’ve Never Lost, So Why Are You Calling Me a War Criminal?”] In a revived cultivation world, Tang Gao gets the Shadow Clone Technique from the start. His shadows can idle automatically, project their consciousness, and enter all sorts of instances based on the real world to reap rewards. What’s more, Tang 3.3kReads9.1Score325Shelves
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A Master Plan for the Realm: Everyone Is a Pawn 谋定天下：一切皆为棋子
He was the third prince of the Great Zhou, once a god of war who had never known defeat. Now he is a prisoner in the imperial dungeon, stripped of everything because his achievements eclipsed the emperor's. When war breaks out, he becomes the third prince once more and takes command of the three armies. He drives back the northern forces, matches wits with the emperor, squares off against enemy nations, outmaneuvers court officials, and constantly weighs the intentions of those around him. The m
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- 7 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms: Strategizing to Rule the Realm 穿越三国之谋定天下 Chu Du, a double PhD in history and chemical engineering, transmigrates to the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty. Here, warlords rise everywhere and bandits swarm the land. Here, flames of war rage and chaos reign. This is an age of brilliant stars. (This is an alternate Three Kingdoms setting. To bring many characters onstage at the same time, some of their ages have been adjusted. It couldn’t be helped. Please don’t nitpick, thanks.) 1.4kReads8.4Score101Shelves
- 8 Three Kingdoms: My Brother Is Dian Wei, and I Take on Lü Bu from the Start 三国：家兄典韦，开局硬刚吕布 Dian Mo transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes Dian Wei's younger brother. To join Cao Cao's camp, Dian Mo sends a letter that leaves Cao Cao stunned. Cao Cao: “Find the person who wrote this letter, no matter what. This must be the peerless genius I've been looking for!” While the whole camp launches a search, Dian Mo comes to Cao Cao of his own accord and begins his career as a strategist. Yuan Shao: “The Dian brothers are one a civil genius, the other a military geniu 45.6kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves
- 9 Ruling the Realm 宰执天下 The ruler governs as prime minister; the executor administers the state. Serving the monarch above and bringing peace to the common people below, with all ministers yielding the way and receiving honors above every official: this is the prime minister. Assisting in government, setting national policy, and countersigning imperial edicts, second only to the prime minister: this is the chief administrator. After an air disaster, He Fang leaped a thousand years into the past, returning to the Northe 505Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 10 The Tyrant of Great Song 豪横大宋 “Dalang, it's time to take your medicine.” Wu Zhi wakes up and suddenly finds a bewitching beauty standing before him, holding out a bowl of medicine! Should he drink it...? 691Reads8.5Score124Shelves
- 11 The Rise and Fall of the City 都市沉浮 After his boss suddenly gets into trouble, Qiao Liang, whose career had been going smoothly, suffers a major setback. Then his wife betrays him. Even worse, he discovers that he has fallen into a carefully laid trap... 4.2kReads7.2Score444Shelves
- 12 The Super Beautiful Boss 超级美女领导 A top-ranking young scion of privilege is sent down to work at the grassroots level. By chance, he earns the favor of a beautiful female superior, and his political career takes off from there. The political world is full of intrigue and deception, but he still manages to live comfortably and thrive. 11Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 13 The Three Kingdoms: The Strongest Empire System 三国之最强帝国系统 Warlords vie for supremacy as the world descends into chaos, while brilliant strategists determine the fate of the land with extraordinary schemes. A young man transmigrates into another world with the System of All Under Heaven, and step by step forges an iron-blooded empire. A dragon rises in Bingzhou, but who will conquer the nine provinces and bring peace to the land? Or will three powers stand in a precarious balance, leaving the age of chaos unending? The strings that set disorder right wi 1.7kReads7.5Score102Shelves
- 14 I Was Barely Born When the Empress Dowager Used Me to Fight for the Throne! 刚出生，母后就拿我争皇位！ Alternate history, no System, strategy and warfare He was once a prince, but fate left him stranded beyond the frontier. Now the land is shattered and warlords vie for supremacy. How could he, a prince by birth, stay out of it? 1.4kReads7.1Score104Shelves
- 15 The Open Plot 阳谋 The story of Tang Jun, a newly appointed civil servant, rising swiftly through the ranks! 6.6kReads9.0Score762Shelves
- 16 Conquer the World 争霸天下 There are only two reliable ways to solve a problem: money and a blade. There are no shortcuts to climbing your way up, and if there are, they’re only for those who are better prepared. In times of peace, Fang Jie wanted to live as a wealthy landowner, but failed. In times of chaos, Fang Jie wanted to live in peace, but failed again. So he fought to rule the realm. 87Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 17 Scheming for the Realm 谋天下 Born into a prominent family, he faces one calamity after another. As his clan undergoes upheaval, he grows and transforms step by step, starting from a county town. Through schemes both covert and overt, he leads the people to suppress the great clans and overthrow the monarchy. He maneuvers across the land to contend for the Central Plains, unifies them, drives out foreign invaders, and brings the realm under one rule! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Scheming for the World 谋算天下 After years of bloody battles, he was finally made a prince. As the first non-imperial prince of the Chu dynasty, Shu Yanyan never imagined that what awaited him wouldn’t be countless rewards, but a grand red bridal sedan chair decorated with pearl tassels. Palanquin bearer: “Your Highness, His Majesty requests that you return to the palace.” Shu Yanyan: “…” 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Iron Fist 铁腕 No one is reborn, and no one transmigrates. This is a realistic novel about life in government circles. A country boy without connections loses his chance at promotion and his girlfriend. He even stands to lose his life as others try to take everything from him... By a twist of fate, he wins the favor of various powerful factions one after another and becomes a rising star in government, writing a sweeping, legendary tale of a political career... 103.9kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
- 20 Since I've Transmigrated, Bringing a Super Arsenal Isn't Too Much, Right? 都穿越了，带超级军火库不过分吧 The nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty. The night was as dark as ink. Chongzhen stood atop Coal Hill, gazing at the capital engulfed in flames. He couldn't help turning to look at the crooked-neck tree. Zhu Zhongjie, a later-generation descendant of the Zhu family and a senior private in a reconnaissance company, suddenly transmigrated right in front of him. Chongzhen immediately decided that Zhu Zhongjie must have been sent by th 8.6kReads8.8Score702Shelves
- 21 Zhu Cilang: I Refuse to Be the Crown Prince of a Fallen Dynasty! 朱慈烺：我不做亡国太子！ Lighthearted + political intrigue + war + passionate action + no System + no brainless decisions! See how he manipulates the levers of power and wins people’s hearts, outwits civil officials and military officers, and crushes every rival faction! See how he develops the economy and technology, trains his troops into a powerful army, conquers the world, and builds a Ming Empire on which the sun never sets! If they go to war, then their nations will be destroyed and their people wiped out! 4.8kReads8.7Score371Shelves
- 22 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 29.9kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
- 23 The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下 Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I 10.3kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
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Villain? The Protagonists Are All My Sworn Brothers! 反派？主角都是我的结拜兄弟！
He wakes up as a villainous rich kid in a novel! According to the plot, he doesn’t have many chapters left to live. Just as Yang Tian is about to give up, a System drops out of the sky! “Ding! The Get Stronger by Sworn Brotherhood System is binding!” Yang Tian is wide awake now. If he can be a grind king, who would want to give up? Who can he become sworn brothers with to earn more than the protagonist? “Huh? You were raised by your master in the mountains from childhood and trained in medicine.
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The Instance Wants to Kill Me? Sorry, I’m Farming Bugs 副本杀我？抱歉，我在刷BUG
The Instance Wants to Kill Me? Sorry, I’m Farming Bugs Also known as: A Horror Instance Wants Me Dead? On an ordinary day, Huai Jiu is keeping watch at the funeral home as usual, breaking up a fight and helping hold down a thrashing corpse. Then he looks up and finds himself dragged into a bizarre instance. Other people enter an instance cautiously, testing the waters and nervously studying the rules. Huai Jiu enters an instance to figure out where he can exploit a bug in the rules. “You can’t h
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A Dream of Huangliang: The Mad Heroine Hates Me to the Bone 黄粱一梦，疯批女主竟恨我入骨
[Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning and Devious + Invincible Among His Peers] Ye Lingtian transmigrates into a romance-and-intrigue novel as the villainous Third Prince of Great Zhou. From the start, he’s supposed to marry the heroine, Feng Huojun? On their wedding night, the crazy heroine tries to kill me. The reason? She loves me to the point of obsession? As the poison-coated dagger sinks into my heart, I know I’m done for. This villain really doesn’t survive pa
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This Prince Has Gone Mad. Why Would You Provoke Him? 这皇子都疯了，你惹他干嘛？
[No System + High-Stakes Scheming + Laying Low to Build Strength + Logical Plot + Brains and Brawn + Suspense + Ancient Espionage] His mother consort dies suddenly of an illness. His older brother dies mysteriously in battle. All his backers are gone!! His father distrusts him, and his other brothers all want him dead! Not a single court official is on his side? In that case, he has no choice but to carve out a path to survival from between the cracks! After transmigrating to another world, he b
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- 28 Above the Immortals 仙人之上 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be 60.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
- 29 EN The Great Emperors' Forbidden Zone: After My Master Died, I Went Mad 大帝禁区：师傅死后，我疯了 [At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? One glimpse of red hair, and the Dao is lost.] (Not a wish-fulfillment novel. A brain-teasing, increasingly captivating long story.) “My eldest senior brother is reborn. In his previous life, he was an ancient-era Great Emperor.” “My second senior brother transmigrated from another world, one where technology and shady shortcuts coexist.” “Our junior sister is the little princess of the Ji family, peerless in swordsmanship and unrivaled in ta 36.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
- 30 EN One Piece: The Navy's Greatest Scum 海贼：海军史上最大败类 At a Marines internal hearing, senior officers sternly questioned Darren, the North Blue Admiral known as the Marines' “scum.” “You've had improper relationships with princesses from numerous North Blue kingdoms and the wives of their nobles?” “I was just showing the people some care.” Marines high command: ... “Then how do you explain the outrageously high pay for the soldiers under your command in the North Blue?” “With the pittance Headquarters pays them, how else do you expect them to risk t 26kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
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Everyone Transmigrates: I See Through Their Identities and Watch from the Sidelines 全民穿越：看透身份的我作壁上观
"Not a power fantasy + no romance + protagonist isn’t invincible + Eastern fantasy + Cthulhu" When Gu Jius thought he had transmigrated to the Skyvault Realm, he stared at the chat channel in his mind and assumed it was the usual story of “everyone transmigrates, then gets crushed by the people from beyond the borders.” That was, until the “Rule of Accusation” came crashing down. Reporting your fellow transmigrators could buy you a chance to live. Stay silent, and you would all die together. The
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A Game Streamer Reincarnates as a Villain and Turns the Tables with a Livestream System 游戏主播穿成反派，靠直播系统逆
At twenty-four, illustrator Lin Yu's startup fails, leaving her with 200,000 yuan in debt. She struggles to pay it off by delivering takeout and hauling cement. At her most desperate, she downloads the game "Mountain and River Order" and becomes obsessed with two NPCs nobody cares about: the zither player Shen Lanzhou and the swordsman Xie Xun. She draws pictures for them, builds them a home, and writes their stories, finding a reason to keep going in the virtual world. After three years of dedi
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Reborn Son-in-Law: After Bringing Good Fortune to the Frail, Beautiful CEO 重生赘婿：给病弱美人总裁冲喜后
[Nontraditional live-in son-in-law + comedy + one heroine + bickering couple] In his previous life, Shen Zhao was a lovesick simp. When his tea-drinking goddess stole the bride at the wedding, he ran away without a second thought, leaving Chu Qingmian, the frail beauty of the Chu family, alone at the altar. He thought that after running away, he could live happily ever after with the goddess. But she had already thrown herself into the arms of a rich heir. When she saw him make a fool of himself
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- 34 Slacking Off Makes Me Stronger: This Merit System Is Toxic 摆烂就变强：这个功德系统它有毒 Office drone Su Gou dies suddenly and transmigrates to a cultivation world, where he is bound to a "Karmic Merit System." Thinking he can lie flat and still ascend to immortality, he soon discovers that the System's missions are utterly absurd, forcing him onto an unconventional path of cultivation. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅
Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more
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I Keep Acting Like a Jerk, Yet I Somehow Reach the Pinnacle? 不断耍贱的我，竟登临巅峰？
If Heaven had not given birth to Jian Bufan, the path of shamelessness would have been shrouded in darkness for all eternity! Heh, bet you never saw this coming: shameless antics can take you all the way to the top... Everything else is inferior. The art of shamelessness reigns supreme! One shameless move can shatter the heavens! One shameless move can cleave fate!
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Ugh, Men? I Just Want to Build My Career 哼，男人？我只想搞事业
Su Xiaoxiao is the daughter of the richest man in the Kingdom of Qing. In a dynasty where scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants are ranked in that order, merchants are lowly, and her father, Su Ruhai, dreams of rising to power. He uses a million-tael dowry as bait to marry Su Xiaoxiao, who has been trained in all kinds of skills since childhood, into the Prince of Annan's residence as a concubine! Following Song Yunzheng, the Prince of Annan, Su Xiaoxiao sets out to build her own power! Sta
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The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师
[If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno
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Everyone Enters Another World: Something’s Off About This Family! 全民异界：这一家人不对劲！
[One Female Lead] [Survival Game] [Fight Monsters and Level Up] [Divine Pets] [Slow-Burn] All of humanity was transported by a mysterious force to a vast, boundless, dazzling world. At first, people thought it was just an ordinary game. But this was a game played by the gods. Li Mao was reborn five minutes before the game began for all humanity. Watch as he defies fate, changes his destiny, and sets foot on the path to godhood with the person he loves! “What?! My family are all hidden powerhouse
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