Painter, Plague Doctor, Prophet, Magician, and Appraiser: Elegance Never Goes Out of Style, Get It? 画师疫医先知魔术师入验师，优雅永不过时，懂？

1. 1 灾 The Calamity Canticle 灾厄乐章 Braised Green Peppers红焖青椒Urban744k WordsCompleted [Musician + Summons + Mysterious Organization + Villain + No CP + Fun-Seeker] Perhaps, in some corner unknown to you, mysterious rituals are underway. Strange life forms secretly covet the flesh and blood of the living. The colossal entity that maintains order lurks beneath the surface of society. A bloated, foolish god's child rots and stinks in an underground palace. The giant king in the flames silently blesses his people. A fantastically colored giant shark swims through the deep sea. A skel 8.7kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

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   He's a musician, and you can see our elegant and arrogant musician; the protagonist is incredibly cute! 1. The protagonist eventually ascends to godhood (Praise to the penitent in his torment, those mired in the mire, the echo of all things, the one suffering the greatest calamity, the silent yet eloquent one, the pillar of voice, the head of original sin, the singer spreading the gospel, the one bound in countless threads—the arrogant and cold-hearted god, Xu Du!). 2. Some basic knowledge is required; otherwise, some of the settings may be difficult to understand.

2. 2 我EN I'm Just Playing a Pervert; I'm Actually a Good Prisoner 我只是扮演变态，其实我是好囚犯 Walking the Dangerous Path危行Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Male lead is a trouble-loving thrill-seeker + livestreaming + role-playing + no romance, pure wish fulfillment + AI game infinite-flow] Xie Qi transmigrates to a parallel world. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself a prisoner, being taken to an island that houses the world's most vicious criminals. This world is controlled by major corporations, with the government nothing more than their puppet. The Prisoner Island is a massive livestreaming game made for the rich. All the prisoners are an 13.8kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds

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   It must be the head chef.

3. 3 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5k14d adds
4. 4 网 Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金 A Tom一只汤姆丶Sports3.6M WordsCompleted [Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all- 66.6kReads9.3Score6.1k14d adds

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   The bag is elegant. [Thumbs up]

5. 5 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4k14d adds

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   Elegant with a touch of madness

6. 6 隐EN Hiding in Hogwarts as a Professor 隐藏在霍格沃茨当教授 Plain Old Boiled Water白白了开水Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Harry Potter fanfiction + mastermind behind the scenes + plotting] [Early focus on getting stronger and staying alive, with a slow start] [He hides his ambition and desire for conquest behind a trustworthy appearance and seemingly sincere words] Tewell, the most outstanding graduate in Durmstrang’s history, arrives at Hogwarts. “One day, Muggles may be able to use science to detect magic and expose our spells. They’ll build a mathematical model for every single incantation. “What will wizard 31.7kReads9.6Score3.6k14d adds
7. 7 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds

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   1. The Fate Weaver 2. The Plague Master

8. 8 诡 The Eerie Town: From the Start, I Became a Plague Doctor 诡异小镇：开局成为瘟疫医生 Buddha's Son of Loulan楼兰佛子Mystery500k WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite flow + paranormal horror + not a power fantasy + character growth + forced to become an all-round doctor] [Evernight Town] The dead disguise themselves as living people, a doctor who knows nothing, and a fishman who appears out of nowhere all vie for control of the town. [Spring Blossom Middle School] Thirteen eerie urban legends, a troublemaker who gets toyed with, and a doctor who never gets a moment's rest. [The Never-Ending Train] The nine carriages are all different. 1.4kReads9.2Score17314d adds
9. 9 白 The Bone Painter 白骨画师 Ji Qingmo寂倾墨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted He is a painter, and she is the work he is most proud of. He is also a collector, using artifacts as his medium and white bones as his guide. Shanghai, in an old alley. An ancient woman, and a qipao shop called Ling Gu Zhai. Every antique in the shop holds the record of a story from the past. So, did you know that the things of legend really do exist... (A collection of strange tales and supernatural mysteries, beginning in the Republican era.) 154Reads8.8Score—14d adds
10. 10 大 The Grand Magician 大奇术师 Thrush鸫丶Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Rock and roll, Broadway, the city lights coming alive: an age known as golden. Prisoners, con artists, madmen: a bunch of hopeless cases. Reason, madness, writhing shadows: an ancient dream that has never awoken. Guns and cannons set the gears turning, while ancient mysteries stir back to life in blood. In this age on the verge of its end, our very existence is a miracle. 7.7kReads8.4Score91514d adds
11. 11 斩 Slay the Gods: I Am a Painter 斩神：我是一个画家 Jiang Ziya江耔芽Male-Channel Fanfiction595k WordsOngoing [No CP]+ [Respects the original, keeps characters in character, doesn't mix up relationships, doesn't copy the original, no transmigration or rebirth, slow-burn character growth] [Primarily aimed at male readers, with female readers as a secondary audience. Most of the characters and plot are original, and the story doesn't follow the exact same main plot as the original] [You can read this even if you haven't read Slay the Gods. Any references you don't understand will be explained in notes on 124Reads9.3Score10414d adds
12. 12 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 539.7kReads9.3Score88.4k14d adds

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    The first is a con artist, the second an actor. You could say they're both masters of deception, using multiple identities to fool the world. I am him, I am her, they are all me.

13. 13 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 266.5kReads9.5Score22k14d adds

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    The protagonist is a world-class magician who transmigrates to a world where his abilities and magic are perfectly matched. The story takes place in a global martial arts world with a small amount of school-themed elements. There is currently no romantic pairing.

14. 14 开 From the Start, I Had a Three of Diamonds. This Hand Is in the Bag 开局一张方块3，这把稳了 Looks Like a Scholar酷似书生Mystery742k WordsCompleted [Mystery and Imagination + Twists + Strong Female Lead + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Plot-Driven + No Golden Finger + A Ruthless Heroine] Chuan Liu has always believed: “Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.” So the magician Chuan Liu chose the isolated prison island for criminals: “Paradise Island.” On this island, teeming with criminals and ranked by the value of your playing card, how can you survive from the start with nothing but a Three of Diamonds? Find the Joker and she’ll set y 2.3kReads9.1Score42614d adds

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    The first book, "Jin Feichen," and the second, "Chuan Liu," are both magicians. The third book, "Fang Xiu," is a prophet. (•̀ᴗ•́)و̑̑

15. 15 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6k14d adds
16. 16 直 Execution Livestream: I Become a Clown and Harvest Emotions 直播处刑：我化身小丑，收割情绪 Mad Words, A Thousand Laughs狂言千笑Urban532k WordsCompleted 851Reads7.9Score12914d adds

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    Elegance never goes out of style. [Note][Note][Note]

17. 17 山 You Have a Mountain Lord for a Mount, Yet You Claim to Be Ordinary? 山君当坐骑，你说你是普通人？ Winds Rise Over Layered Mountains风起重山Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing After transmigrating, Luo Chen was so hungry that he ate a stalk of golden millet, and promptly made an enemy of the Mountain Lord! The Mountain Lord glared at him. “Fifty years! In fifty years, you and I will fight. The victor lives, the loser dies!” To save his life, Luo Chen accepted the wager. Later, he taught himself to cultivate by studying scriptures in an abandoned Daoist temple. Fifty years later! The Mountain Lord bowed low, his eyes full of unwillingness. “Please, Master, give me a qu 28.3kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds

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    I don't know what to read, so I'll just read whatever's good, but there are too few new books being updated.

18. 18 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 163.4kReads9.2Score13.1k14d adds
19. 19 模 Simulating Immortality: A Chinese-Style Femme Fatale. Heaven, Come and Face Your Death 模拟长生，中式魅魔，请苍天赴死 Immortal Fisher捞仙人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Simulator + Life Review + Talent Trait Draws + Inheriting Everything + Immortal and Martial Arts] After being reborn in an immortal and martial world, Wen Yu grows up in a comfortable, well-off family, free of worries. But at sixteen, disaster strikes and his entire family is slaughtered. Luckily, he obtains a life review System. In each simulation, he can review his life once every ten years and gain a talent trait. The more dramatic his simulated life, the higher the realm he reaches in immor 93.9kReads8.4Score11.5k14d adds
20. 20 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds

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    I don't believe there's anyone who hasn't seen it.

21. 21 画 Painting the Weird into Reality: Do You Only Draw Beautiful Female Ghosts? 画诡成真：你只画漂亮女诡？ Hu Tao Half-Life Cat胡桃半命猫Mystery271k WordsCompleted 732Reads7.1Score14414d adds

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    🌱Lu An transmigrated to a world rife with horror, but luckily possessed the abilities of a mysterious painter, so he had to get to work quickly. 🌱Yu Feng, a plague doctor forced into the role, could only learn knowledge and participate in games through various dungeons. 🫧Follow Guiyuan Gao if you like it!🫧

22. 22 恐 Terror Descends: I Am the Creator of the Supernatural 恐怖降临：我，诡异造物主 Thousand Gold Beans千金豆Urban262k WordsCompleted “Hello. There have been reports of strange occurrences involving the police in the building where you live. Do you know anything about them?” “Sorry, I don't know anything. I'm just an illustrator.” Chen Yuan introduced himself this way, then handed his sketchbook to the investigators. As the investigator flipped through the pages, his earpiece kept crackling with his subordinates' panicked shouts. “Chief, that man-eating sea of Bianan flowers is spreading again!” “Chief, that building full of t 183Reads6.9Score—14d adds
23. 23 惊 Thriller: You Were Hired to Prepare the Dead, So Why Are You Putting Makeup on Ghosts? 惊悚：让你当入殓师，你给鬼化妆 Durian Fizzing Tablet榴莲泡腾片Mystery144k WordsOngoing [Horror Descends + The Uncanny + Awakened Powers + Supernatural Abilities + Building His Own Faction + Supernatural Items + No Romance + Genius] As horror descends, Guang Hao, an undertaker, awakens a supernatural ability. He makes up the dead while hunting evil spirits on the side. Then one day, he discovers that applying makeup to demons and ghosts earns him supernatural rewards... [Complete the burial makeup for a Succubus Ghost]: Obtain the Succubus Ghost's stockings (can control a male pupp 2Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138kReads9.6Score16.9k14d adds
25. 25 我 I'm a Doctor in the Horror World 我在惊悚世界当医生 Cao Zi Bu Chen曹子不晨Mystery780k WordsCompleted In a world of horror, ghosts run rampant. Su Yun is stunned to discover that he's the only living person around! Everyone else is a ghost. How is he supposed to play this? Is this the worst start ever? Oh, no! He's awakened a System! As long as he makes ghosts feel fear, he can earn Horror Points! None of the ghosts know I'm alive. I'm a doctor at Yinshan Hospital now! I have to treat ghosts, and Su Yun breaks into a maniacal grin. Many-Eyed Monster: "My eyes hurt!" No problem. Just pluck them o 543Reads8.9Score10514d adds
26. 26 入 The Mortician Hustles for Extra Cash in Horror Games 入殓师在恐怖游戏里狂挣外快 fhbfghMystery200k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + no female lead] [Horror game + livestream + comedy + power fantasy] On his way to prepare a customer's body for burial, mortician Zhu Jiaxu gets into a car accident and is forcibly pulled by a livestream System into a world of horror games. He may not have many skills, but he's got one thing going for him: he's impossible to scare. The bizarre monsters in the research zone want to eat people? Zhu Jiaxu: Strike while they're down! Knock their heads off! The amusement park has bee 405Reads8.1Score—14d adds
27. 27 全 Global Game: I'm an Elegant Riddler 全球游戏：我是优雅的谜语人 A Real Master of Yin and Yang老阴阳人了Urban388k WordsOngoing [Riddle Master + Highbrow + Light Novel + Roleplay + No Heroine] After an accident, Mu Qing transmigrates twenty years into the past, to a time before the Game of the Gods descended upon the world and before the true gods made their appearance. The SSS-tier supreme talent known as “Prophet” comes back with him! He can see anyone’s future and the outcome of every game. From then on, Mu Qing sets out to turn himself into an elegant “riddle master.” What’s a riddle master? Someone who could speak p 3.6kReads9.3Score38114d adds
28. 28 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
29. 29 入 Mortician: The Soul-Chasing Crime Buster 入殓师：缉魂追凶人 An Lingche安凌澈Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever seen anything strange? A strange sound on campus, an eerie method of committing a crime, a grisly scene where a life was taken. One horrifying incident after another is unfolding... My name is Ye Chen. I was hired by the Capital City Criminal Investigation Bureau. I also have another, far more imposing title: the Soul Hunter, the one who pursues murderers! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 我 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 39.6kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
31. 31 我 My Paintings Can Seal the Old Ones 我的画能封印旧日支配者 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban429k WordsOngoing [The Old Ones Return + No Saintly Heroine + One Female Lead] The stars fall into alignment, and the Old Ones return. Human civilization teeters on the brink beneath an unknown terror. As a thick fog blankets the world, the Old Ones' followers roam and hunt. Investigators face the ancient rulers head-on, fighting to preserve humanity's last spark. Among the ruins, a painter in white sketches portrait after portrait of the Old Ones, sealing them inside his gallery and gaining their powers. [Seal ‘ 92Reads8.8Score—14d adds
32. 32 航 Seafaring: An Ancient God Awakens? I'll Knock It Out with Money 航海：古神苏醒？用钱把它砸晕 Horn角笛Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Ancient gods awaken in the deep-sea fog. Islands emerge amid raging storms. Mysterious, uncanny treasures, fleets thundering with cannon fire, pirates laughing wildly as they bring bloodshed and slaughter, and intrepid adventurers exploring a new continent... When Li Cha Aldrich awakens once more, he finds himself an NPC in the game world known as Voyage. To prepare for the dangers ahead, Li Cha has no choice but to take the extraordinary path as a [Jeweler]. From [Jeweler] to [God of Wealth and 10.2kReads9.0Score96314d adds
33. 33 诡 The Weird Path to Immortality: I Become a God in a Strange World 诡道长生：我在诡异世界封神 Xian Muo衔木oEastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Gu cultivation] [A completely revamped power system] The blind Lin Hun is a corpse collector, a white-clad servant in his ninth life at the Demon Suppression Bureau. Born ill-fated, he cultivates the eerie path with his crippled body. He spends his days collecting, stitching, and refining corpses, surrounded by the Eerie. Then he unexpectedly awakens the divine Eerie art, "The Lifespan-Boiling Gu Cultivation Method": Use lifespan as fuel, boil up supernatural abilities, and cultivate Gu 23.2kReads8.2Score2.6k14d adds
34. 34 我 My Embalming Notes with the Agent 我和代行者的入殓手记 The Unchirping Palace Sparrow不吱宫雀Mystery312k WordsCompleted [Thrills + Heartwarming Moments + Redemption + Past and Present Lives] Do you believe someone could wait a hundred years for you? Bai Yan doesn’t. She’s just a junior makeup artist at a funeral home. Her only real skill is pretending she can’t see ghosts. But one early morning, she personally transfers a man’s seal onto herself. He lived to be 129, owes a life, and demands she repay him by doing ten things. This isn’t an evil spirit haunting her. It’s a madman who waited a hundred years for the —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Who understands this fated couple! A hundred years ago, the female lead died tragically while delivering his last words. Reborn as a mortician, he became her proxy, searching for her for a full century, his arms covered in black lines of resentment, willing to break the rules to protect her. The main plot involves completing ten obsessions to break the curse, while the side stories of each deceased character are realistic and heart-wrenching. There's no artificial sweetness; the restrained tension is palpable, and it gets more and more tear-jerking as it progresses.

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