Eerie Cultivation, White-Bone Foundation Building, Heretical Paths, Conspiracies, Parasitism, and the Unknowable 诡异修仙、白骨筑基、外道、阴谋、寄生，不可名状

1. 251 蛇 The Snake Heavenly Emperor 蛇天帝 Gorilla咯比猴Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing An old snake from the village accidentally swallowed a human elixir and gained intelligence, setting out on the path to immortality. With a mysterious little cauldron and a cultivation technique that can transform it into a dragon, the snake has only ten short years to live, so it must seize every moment. This is the story of an old snake becoming an immortal. [Original title: The Old Snake’s Path to Immortality (Snake Ancestor). A manga adaptation is currently being serialized.] [No System, tra 95.1kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
2. 252 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins as a Laborer 修仙从奴工开始 Prajna Xiaoguo般若小果Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted The path to immortality depends on resources and chance encounters. Liu Yang is a lone cultivator who starts out as a formation slave. How will he fight his way through one difficulty after another, carve out a path to survival, and stand at the pinnacle of cultivation? 850Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   I was truly cunning and calculating.

3. 253 仙 Xianxia: A Dog Owner's Life of Cultivation 仙侠：养狗人的修仙生活 The White Wolf Who Eats Greens吃青菜的白狼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (Beast Taming + Farming + Clan Building + Ordinary Protagonist + No System) (No female lead; female characters are all just tools.) In a cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak, Zhang Tian starts from the very bottom as an ordinary young cultivator at the Qi Refining stage. To pursue the path to immortality, he begins raising spirit dogs, spirit bees, and spirit insects, building spirit fields, spirit lakes, and spirit orchards, and establishing a power of his own. Step by step, he c 112Reads8.3Score101Shelves
4. 254 龟 Tortoise, My Longevity Is Just a Bonus 龟龟我啊，长生只是顺带 Autumn in a Word一言秋Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + farming with exotic beasts + island management + maxed-out support skills + cautious survival + no female lead] When Mo An wakes up, he discovers that he has become a turtle. Fortunately, he isn’t an ordinary turtle, but a legendary Yin-Yang Longevity Turtle from the cultivation world: a turtle who has been immortal since birth, already standing at the end of every cultivator’s journey, with support abilities maxed out. * Innate Talent: Endless lifespan, immortality Divine Talents 13.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
5. 255 虫 The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途 The Wind Rises in Chang'an风起长安Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats 46.7kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
6. 256 李 Li Dakai’s Record of Cultivation 李大开修仙记 Li Dakai李大开Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivator Style, No System, Decisive and Ruthless, Not Mindless, Funny] I, Li Dakai, began cultivating immortality at the age of fifty. A slow-burn cultivation fantasy with a satisfying payoff. The story unfolds gradually, with every turn grounded in reason! Fellow cultivators, please don’t be put off by the title. New chapters every day at exactly 5:10 p.m.! 28kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
7. 257 左 Two Mouths, One on Each Side: I Am the Immortal Who Devours Demons 左右两张口，我乃食妖仙人 Yu Tang 13鱼棠13Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Unorthodox cultivation + no female lead + xianxia treasures] I may be a transmigrator, and before I transmigrated, I might even have been descended from an immortal or a god. I was born with a supernatural gift, but my natural talent is mediocre. So I resolve to hunt demons. In doing so, I lose an eye and an ear. A left-handed cultivator saves me and takes me on as his disciple. Later, he dies... upholding the principles he believes in. As he lies dying, I ask, “Could you just not save people?” 2.8kReads8.5Score241Shelves
8. 258 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 138.4kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves

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   I stayed up all night watching it.

9. 259 灵 Era of Spirit Relics: Clearing the Game in a Mortal Body 灵骸纪元：凡躯通关 Big Dajin大刂巾Sci-Fi & Apocalypse364k WordsOngoing Transmigration to Another World, Spirit-Corpse Apocalypse, Team Challenges, Debt Rules, Self-Healing Powers, Martial God Legends, Final Battle in the Divine Realm, Ordinary Mortals Fighting Back System Story, Retrospective Golden Finger, SSS-Rank Talent, Team Bonds, Passionate Team Battles, Tragic Sacrifice, Secret Crush, Transmigrate Home, Wasteland Survival, Resist the Gods and Save the World Spirit-Corpse Transformation, Spirit Core Self-Healing, Cultivation Realms, Divine Beast Evolution, Pu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Programmer Zhao Guibin, to save his terminally ill mother, transmigrates to the Spirit Corpse Continent, where everyone carries the burden of "self-healing debt." Using their abilities deepens their spirit transformation, ultimately turning them into monsters. But his self-healing has no debt. He assembles a team: a girl purifying her debts, a former assassin being hunted, a transmigrator burdened with his sister's fate, a frost commander who killed his beloved disciple, a shield guard who protects to the death, and a sharp-tongued war strategist. Every battle is a race against chaos. When the "debt collector" at the world's end—the Lord—desires to devour everything to settle debts, Zhao Guibin, the world's biggest "bad debtor," raises his sword and sneers at the system rules: "Today, I'll teach you what it means to—clear the level with a mortal body."

10. 260 神 Lord of the Divine and the Strange: From the Start, I Grew a Scorpion Tail 神诡之主：开局长出一条蝎尾 Lost in the Mist茫茫然归Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Multiple transformation forms] + [Friends and family sacrificed to the heavens] + [A brand-new version with no imitators anywhere online] + [No female lead, no harem] “What matters most after you transmigrate? Talent? Background? A golden finger? No, no, no. Friends and family matter most. If you don’t sacrifice them to the heavens, your magic will never know bounds. I’m Gu Xin. Don’t call me a jinx. I’d die for my friends and family.” Gu Xin transmigrates into the body of a lowly knife sla 25.7kReads8.1Score2.8kShelves
11. 261 仙 The Immortal Sects Rejected Me, So I Entered the Mortal World to Forge My Own Path for Eternity 仙门不收，我红尘入道独断万古 There Are Still Some Weirdos变态还是有的Eastern Fantasy518k WordsOngoing Everyone carries a flame of mortal dust that burns away their spiritual roots, cuts them off from spiritual energy, and locks their lifespan. They are treated like straw dogs. Li Changhuo was an ordinary man, without spiritual roots. He rose from humble beginnings, yet ten thousand years later, he would become a nightmare spoken of with dread throughout the cultivation world. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: “However vicious you are, can you be worse than Daoist Changhuo? Even if you and I 38Reads7.4Score—Shelves
12. 262 警 Officer, Don't Arrest Me! I Really Did Call the Police 警官别抓我，真是我报的警 Big Sunny, Little Sunny大晴小阳Urban439k WordsOngoing The rating just came out, but it’ll definitely go up. Trust me. Lighthearted and funny, no romantic pairings at all, male-female or otherwise. Keep that in mind. No one looks more like a criminal than Shen Jin. Put it this way: if Laden and Shen Jin stood together, a rookie cop would handcuff Shen Jin. And yet Shen Jin’s home is covered with commendation banners honoring him as a model citizen. To be precise, Shen Jin is an actor. He dreamed for twenty years, and on the day he woke up, he receiv 610Reads8.1Score114Shelves
13. 263 嘻 Hehe, I’m Going to Survive! 嘻嘻，我一定要活下去呀！ Divine Light of the Sun Mountains日山脉的神曦Urban994k WordsOngoing “Only death and taxes are unavoidable. Just kidding, death can actually be avoided, as long as you can afford the taxes.” If someone had said that to Jiang Feng in the past, he would have thought they were crazy. But now, looking at the cyberpsychos, corporations, idealist martial artists, curse witches, blood demons, demon cultivators, evil monks, cults, magical girls, calamities, eerie spirits, artist gangs, gangs, lunatics who simply enjoyed killing, the bookmakers running the Dead Man’s Lott 36.4kReads8.1Score4.1kShelves
14. 264 我 I Am a Horror Story Photographer 我是恐怖故事摄影师 Return on the Roadside陌上回Mystery566k WordsOngoing Where do the instances these warriors of the myriad worlds have to endure come from: paranormal stories, zombie movies, monster legends, and war plots...? “I’ll give you a smack! Don’t you know you’re not supposed to attack the cameraman in a horror movie?” “Miss ghost, you’ve got a great sense of how to work the camera. Yes! That pose is perfect, hold it...” “Zombie, stand still. Look at the camera. Let’s get you a close-up!” “As a serial killer, can you tell us about your inner journey?” “Shel 2.8kReads8.0Score349Shelves
15. 265 湛 Azure Tyrant 湛蓝暴君 Return on the Roadside陌上回Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted “What? You’re creating a biological disaster? Arrest them!” “Huh?! You’re trying to summon the Zerg? That’s completely insane! Seize them!” “Whoa! Why are you bringing an alien along? Are you planning to build up a whole army? Hands on your head, get down on your knees!” The many Chosen Ones from different realms cried out, “Run! The Evil God’s lackeys are here!” Li Si, a man devoid of emotion, wanted to become normal. Representing his realm in the Contest Across the Myriad Heavens, he became an 26.7kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
16. 266 我 My Real World Is a Game 我的现实世界是游戏 As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Qin Ren thought that after getting a System, nothing could ever surprise him again. So what if the real world turned into a game? His dog had become a level-10 boss who threw combo attacks at him at the slightest provocation. His mom had become a level-15 boss who could summon his level-30 boss dad. He'd gotten used to all that. It was no big deal. But then one day... “Son, why are you still standing at the door? Hurry in and pray to the Bodhisattva! Ask for a blessing so you can get into a good 4.3kReads8.7Score375Shelves
17. 267 修 The Cost of Cultivation? Whatever, I Can Restore the Source! 修行代价？无所谓，我可以返源！ The Sheep Who Loves Eggs爱吃鸡蛋的羊Eastern Fantasy402k WordsCompleted (The protagonist aims to save the world and has principles. No female lead. There are word games after Chapter 58, so don't read if you dislike them.) No one knows when pollution and distortion first descended upon the world. No one knows when cultivation began to exact a price, either. The lofty gods don't care, for they still look down upon all living beings. Even if those beings wail in anguish, what does it matter to them? The powerful figures at the world's summit don't care, either. They'r 242Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    The first was a bizarre cultivation method, the second was a skeletal cultivation method.

18. 268 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
19. 269 刀 The Blade, the Eerie, and the Corpse: The Wen Record 刀诡尸闻录 Brother Liang良哥儿Eastern Fantasy682k WordsCompleted What is supreme? To become an immortal or a Buddha, to see all things as straw dogs, all for the fruit of immortality. What is the Other Shore? Half-mad and half-demon, balancing the Heavenly Way with a mortal heart, raising a blade to sing a song of sorrow. … In the thirty-seventh year of the Daqi era, the Tang clan reigns supreme, while immortals and demons run rampant. A humble corpse-sewing craftsman hiding among the common folk has his body refined into a corpse furnace by the "Supreme." Sn 723Reads8.2Score106Shelves

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    These are all good books. The first one is particularly well-written [smirk]. I guess it wasn't promoted by anyone, so not many people have seen it. I only found it on a book list by chance.

20. 270 2 2052: Thirty Years Asleep 2052，沉眠三十载 Yan Bofu言伯符Urban1.8M WordsCompleted (Original title: 2052: Thirty Years of Slumber) An accident left Yan Muyun in a deep sleep for thirty years. When he woke again, his parents had passed away, and the children of the younger brother he remembered as a newly grown adult were now adults themselves. The Dark Curtain, aberrant species, shadowy organizations, vigilantes... These once-unheard-of things had become commonplace in the modern world. A “god” who appeared out of nowhere issued a prophecy: Earth's civilization would face a de 12.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
21. 271 谈 Negotiations Failed, Prepare for the Assault 谈判失败，准备攻坚 Dantalion但他林Urban5.3M WordsCompleted [No System, ensemble cast, ensemble cast, don’t get it wrong, this is an ensemble story, not wish fulfillment, supernatural abilities, lighthearted, no bitter grudges, a little relaxation, not a monster-grinding-and-leveling story, goofy] In a world where everyone awakens supernatural abilities, Jiang Tao awakens an F-rated ability called “Negotiations Failed, Prepare to Breach.” And so he sets out on a path unlike anyone else’s, living a life that’s uniquely his own. 5.4kReads8.1Score385Shelves
22. 272 不 Wait, Why Is This Sect Inside the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls? 不是，这宗门怎么在万魂幡里？ I Waited Until 6:30我等到6点半Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted This is a fun read, so if you like something to snack on while you watch videos, come on in. [Male-oriented + doppelganger adventure + sect building + Ten Thousand Souls Banner + shenanigans + no female lead x half a female lead √] Chapter 94: Title reclaimed. Li Fan transmigrates to the cultivation world and gains the ability to generate one doppelganger every day, each at his cultivation level but with different aptitude. So he sends his doppelgangers undercover into various sects to gather re 17kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
23. 273 阴 The Yin-Yang Heavenly Master’s Art 阴阳天师决 Qing Yu'an倾于安Mystery30k WordsOngoing Eighteen years ago, my father settled with me, still a swaddled baby, in a small mountain village, where we lived a peaceful life apart from the world. It wasn’t until I was nine, when my father saved me from a wolf demon, that I learned he had once been one of the greatest warriors in the world. The enemy who killed my mother and forced my father to conceal our identities and live in seclusion was a being above all living things: a legendary god. That was because, once the Li family’s inherited —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The father was the number one prodigy of the previous generation, and the son is the strongest prodigy of this generation. For sixty years, the father and son have dominated the entire martial arts world, and no one dares to call themselves a genius. Because being called a genius is merely the threshold they've ever crossed. They've seen many geniuses, but those people all call them geniuses.

24. 274 荒 The Primordial Age’s Supernatural Immortal 荒古诡仙 Jing Shan Gui静山归Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing Yang Huan is shot and transmigrates to an unfamiliar continent, where he turns out to possess the one-of-a-kind “strange turbidity” constitution. This constitution has an irresistible allure for extraordinary women of every race, turning the protagonist into the most coveted prize in the world. Saintesses, witches, and demonesses: beauties of every kind approach him, taking turns acting sweet and cute. Everyone pulls out all the stops, from gentle invitations to forceful abductions and relentles 1.3kReads9.0Score102Shelves

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    The world within the book is filled with eerie powers and mysterious beings, where cultivators encounter various bizarre challenges and tribulations on their path to immortality. The yearning for immortality intertwines with these strange powers, creating a unique yet dangerous world.

25. 275 祓 Immortal Exorcist 祓仙 Master of the Eighteenth Tier十八线高手Eastern Fantasy587k WordsOngoing A heads-up: Senior Sister is not the female lead! The protagonist and she have no romance! There are plot elements similar to cuckolding, so don't read if that's not your thing! Traditional xianxia, no System, no levels. The main story: Cultivators prey on mortals, and the protagonist kills every last one of them. 164Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    It's so beautiful, so beautiful! Please, please support it! 😭😭😭

26. 276 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
27. 277 诡 The Strange Immortal Records: The Whole World’s Memories Have Been Altered 诡仙录：全世界都遭到认知篡改 Heavenly Prince Luoshen天子洛神Eastern Fantasy531k WordsCompleted [Eerie]+ [Cultivation]+ [Lovecraftian]+ [Warhammer]+ [The Foundation]+ [One Female Lead] Sight, hearing, smell, and touch are merely the brain's interpretation of sensory signals. If cognition itself is compromised, how can you be sure that anything you perceive is real rather than an illusion? This is a tainted world. The pills that cultivators eagerly seek are actually living insect eggs, while the beautiful, aloof sword pavilion immortal maiden was long ago refined into a long sword of twiste 424Reads8.0Score—Shelves
28. 278 怪 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 49.5kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves

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    [Please follow][Please follow] Highly recommended! The protagonist is intelligent! Not a light novel!! (No female lead, Eastern Cthulhu, no system, not invincible, bizarre aesthetics, unconventional supernatural tales, technological cultivation) The old man said that people with spiritual power or evil spirits will turn into a handful of ashes after death, called filthy ashes. Filthy ashes contain their life's energy; consuming them can add to their life lamp and extend their lifespan. If left unattended, they will be reborn as impure earth! [Eating melon][Eating melon][Eating melon]

29. 279 诡 Seeking Immortality in the Strange Realm: I Have a Divine Ability Tree 诡界求仙：我有一棵神通树 Calm Waters of the Xiang River湘水无波Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Masterful survivalist cultivation + eerie cultivation + Tiangang divine powers + ruthless and decisive + no harem + not a bleeding heart] Born as the master of divine powers, I am the Dao Lord of the cosmos! The eerie invaded, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and the cosmos was left in ruins… The gods and Buddhas of the heavens, the great powers of the Immortal Dao, all vanished overnight. The path to immortality was severed, the divine path fell silent, and demons and monsters ran rampant. Where ar 76.9kReads8.3Score7.1kShelves

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    Unorthodox Cultivation Novel

30. 280 长 The Immortal Grand Emperor, Sharing the Nation's Lifespan 长生太上皇，与国同寿 Praise Cult Leader夸夸教主Eastern Fantasy529k WordsOngoing Li Qian was reborn in the body of a man over seventy years old: the retired emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty. His own son forced him to abdicate and seized the throne, confining him deep within the palace. Unable to communicate with the outside world, he could only sit around and wait to die. Fortunately, he activated the Immortal Lifespan and National Fortune System. As long as the dynasty survived, he would live forever. What’s more, he could draw upon the nation’s fortune to increase his str 4.3kReads7.9Score156Shelves

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    Each has its own characteristics; you can check them out if you're looking for something to read.

31. 281 伴 With a Weapon-Nurturing Immortal Coffin by My Side, I Raised a Million Divine Generals 伴生养兵仙棺，我养出了百万神将 Green, Red, and White Chili Peppers青红白辣椒Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Among all living beings, those blessed by heaven and earth and born with exceptional gifts may have a spiritual treasure accompany them from birth. Some prodigies are born alongside immortal swords, each stroke capable of cleaving the starry river. Some are born alongside pill furnaces, their alchemy skills unmatched beneath the heavens. Others are born alongside supreme formation diagrams, with killing formations filling the cosmic starry sky and making stars crumble like dust. There is even an 25.8kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
32. 282 初 Becoming a CEO Through Scheming After Junior High 初中毕业靠计谋当老总 Strange Tales of the Old Lane旧巷诡事Urban111k WordsOngoing My name is Tian Gensheng, but everyone calls me Gou Sheng. On the day I graduated from middle school, my homeroom teacher called me worthless, and my first love said I had no prospects. My parents divorced, and only my grandfather cared about me. Before I left, Grandpa slipped me an old notebook: The Thirty-Six Stratagems of the Workplace. From the assembly line to general manager, I used schemes to fight my way to the top. My first love wants to get back together? My parents want me to supp —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After graduating from junior high school, his parents divorced, and his first love disliked him. Relying on the "Thirty-Six Strategies for the Workplace" left by his grandfather, he rose through the ranks to become the general manager.

33. 283 都 The Mysterious Revival in the City 都市神秘复苏 Hook Wolf Listening to Music勾狼听曲Urban1.2M WordsCompleted (Spiritual qi revival, myths return) Half of the Classic of Mountains and Seas is a history of myth. The schemer enters the game in person, makes a winning move against Heaven, and lays plans for eternity. Five hundred years after Liu Bowen slew the dragons, a black dragon descended upon Linjiang Village. A stone stele appeared, and through a twist of fate, a young man obtained its mysterious inscription: the Thirty-Six Heavenly Astral Arts. From then on, Heaven and Earth underwent a great t 2.1kReads6.1Score161Shelves
34. 284 我 I Was Just an Ordinary Man: Land of Purgatory 我本庸人：炼狱之地 Zhangyi Fan璋熠凡Urban222k WordsOngoing Ye Chen is an ordinary high school senior whose father is missing. He and his mother depend on each other, and he thought he would live his life as he pleased. But an unexpected accident throws his fate into turmoil. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 全 Global Honghuang: I Claim the Title of Venerable Ancestor in Honghuang 全球洪荒：我在洪荒称尊做祖 The North Wind Passes Through北风过境Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 7.6kReads7.9Score435Shelves
36. 286 九 I’ve Survived Nine Near-Death Experiences, and My Life Has Been Like Walking on Thin Ice 九死一生，我这一生当真如履薄冰 Bitter Melon Doesn't Taste Very Good苦瓜不太好吃Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Xu Qingshui transmigrated to a strange otherworld. Thanks to one unexpected encounter after another, he escaped danger and turned misfortune into good luck. [Encounter A: You show admirable courage and choose to fight the monster barehanded. You die, but years later, you become a vengeful ghost and successfully take revenge.] Xu Qingshui: “I don’t want this encounter. I don’t want to become a ghost.” [Encounter B: You choose to flee alone. Ye Yaxin is tortured to death by the monster, and this s 6.3kReads8.4Score453Shelves

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    ①This world is rife with monsters and strange occurrences, and evil spirits are as numerous as carp crossing a river.🔥Zhang Yang, carrying the BUUF system, transmigrated to this bizarre world. With one heaven-defying buff after another, he suddenly realized that the greatest evil god in this world was himself!

37. 287 诡EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 52.5kReads9.2Score5kShelves
38. 288 从 Starting the Beauty Rankings in Tiantang 从天唐开启倾城榜 Time to Rest?休息么Urban210k WordsOngoing [Historical Upheaval, A Gathering of Clans, Primordial Myths, Prodigies Vie for Supremacy] The human race's eight great empires, the Immortal Qin, Divine Han, Demonic Sui, Heavenly Tang, Demonic Song, Barbarian Yuan, Martial Ming, and Sinister Qing, are riddled with holes. Xia Yan arrives in the Heavenly Tang. His childhood friend is Shangguan Wan'er, his troublemaking friend is Li Taibai, and his classmate is Yang Yuhuan. The imperial prodigy Li Longji has set his sights on Yang Yuhuan, his son —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨Cultivating immortality? It comes at a price! The protagonist unexpectedly discovers he can be exempt from that price [eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji], and is actually the sixth-in-command behind the scenes [shocked emoji]. ✨✨There's a wondrous object that can collect the most beautiful people in the world, using them to build power and exorcise evil spirits [inquiry emoji]. ✨✨✨Cultivating immortality through unorthodox methods, and even using bones to refine techniques, he builds an unparalleled Dharma form, becoming a Dao Master [cool emoji][cool emoji].

39. 289 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 137.8kReads9.4Score15kShelves
40. 290 八 Reborn in the Cultivation World as Iori Yagami 八神庵重生修仙界 The Unreliable Rose Prince靠不靠谱的玫瑰王子Eastern Fantasy108k WordsOngoing During the ultimate battle in The King of Fighters '98, Iori Yagami, Kyo Kusanagi, and Chizuru Kagura sealed Orochi once more. Unexpectedly, an unknown power beyond this universe erupted from within Orochi. The three died on the spot, and Iori was reborn in the cultivation world as the useless Luo Chen. From then on, living under Luo Chen’s identity, Iori sets out to reclaim his violet flames and return to the peak. As he grows stronger, he battles across the eight wastelands, searches for Kyo K 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features the protagonist, Iori Yagami, from the King of Fighters series, reborn into the world of cultivation. He's not a saint, there's no female lead, he's ruthless and decisive, no fluff, just pure violence. He rises from weak to strong, reclaiming his Purple Flame and returning to his peak.

41. 291 万 The Ancestral Sage of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖圣祖 October Years十月流年Eastern Fantasy19.5M WordsOngoing A half-demon youth obtains the Demon Clan's sacred tome. He transforms into a Heavenly Wolf, devours the moon, and keeps female ghosts as servants; becomes a Vermilion Bird, burning the heavens and boiling the seas; takes the form of a White Tiger and slaughters his way across the world; cultivates into a Divine Dragon and roams the seas and skies; becomes a Kunpeng and soars through the Nine Heavens; devours heaven and earth and transforms into myriad demons. He rules the three thousand worlds, 14kReads9.1Score572Shelves
42. 292 惊 Thriller: The Death Knight Is Actually Me? 惊悚：亡灵骑士竟是我自己？ Loves Apple Pie爱吃苹果派Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Survival + Brother Cheng] The horror game arrived. Yin Cheng, known as Brother Cheng. He awakened a special talent that raised monsters' favorability toward him. Then Yin Cheng realized that his horror game... seemed to be going completely off the rails! A towering ghost nurse begged Yin Cheng to give her an IV, holding out her drip bag; a graceful, aristocratic vampire countess refused to drink anyone's blood but Yin Cheng's; a shapeshifting painted-skin ghost chased him, begging 41.9kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
43. 293 你 How Can You Be Such a Jerk Yet So Desperate for Love? 你怎么这么渣还恋爱脑 Ji Zhi嫉枝Modern Romance521k WordsOngoing On that rainy day, Mom left after saying one last thing: "Anything that can make a profit is an opportunity to me." Shen Weilai deleted every video that recorded her happiness, just as her mother had erased her own existence from Shen Weilai's life. She began drifting from one man to another, as shrewd as her mother yet longing to be loved. Gu Rongyin had been watching her in secret. This man, who had taken on the identity of his deceased older brother, made her smile the only reason he kept liv —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    As the title suggests, this is a harem novel featuring a scumbag and love-obsessed female protagonist.

44. 294 十 Ten Years of Frost: In the End, Even Fate Was Hard to Defy 十载寒霜：终是难敌天命 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Xianxia1.3M WordsOngoing (Male-oriented, xuanhuan, immortal cultivation, xianxia, wuxia, sword cultivator, slow burn, heart-wrenching, multiple female leads, war) He was once the Crown Prince of the Xiaoyao Kingdom, and also the fiancé Shangguan Baili had waited ten years for. On the day his kingdom fell, his face was disfigured and he was left on the brink of death. Shangguan Baili saved him with her own hands. But she failed to recognize the man before her. Taking him for a lowly good-for-nothing with nowhere to go, s 7.2kReads9.3Score736Shelves

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    ✅ Country destroyed, family ruined + disfigurement and name change + good versus evil ✅ Fiancée doesn't recognize him and becomes his pursuer ✅ Friends and family die tragically one after another + tragic ending for everyone ✅ A strong sense of destiny, so heart-wrenching it will make your liver hurt!

45. 295 没EN There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 6.3kReads9.0Score449Shelves
46. 296 照 A Jade Bow in the Mirror 照镜见玉弓 Insomnia Sundae with Extra Crispy Coconut失眠圣代添加脆脆椰椰Mystery490k WordsOngoing The entire novel is being revised (revisions will be finished by the end of the month). [Two male leads + horror + Chinese-style Cthulhu + deduction + plot + cultivation + tabletop role-playing] Three years ago, four alchemists (cultivating sorcerers), acting on the emperor’s orders, traveled a thousand li to Baoxiang Temple in Yanzhou to bring back a human-shaped Tai Sui said to grant immortality. But no one expected that what awaited them at Baoxiang Temple would not be a miraculous elixir rip 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cthulhu fantasy, cultivation, Chinese Cthulhu, the protagonist can't cultivate because he's already at the top from the start.

47. 297 长 The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm 长生剑，红尘仙 Feng Le枫乐Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Steady even in the thick of things, sharp-minded, kind-hearted, skilled in both combat and scholarship.] [Upright values, a conscience, and unmatched strength. Keep a low profile to the extreme, and you can afford to live boldly.] A little Taoist priest who has not yet mastered his skills arrives on the Flowing Cloud Continent. True to his unwavering Taoist convictions, he slays demons, exorcises evil, and upholds justice. This book is also titled The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal 28.1kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
48. 298 檐 Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 檐下雨，有些爱，只能在雨里重逢 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了8k WordsCompleted Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 576Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 299 始 The Dawn of the First Law 始法重明 Lazy Fisher and Fish懒散的渔和鱼Eastern Fantasy127k WordsOngoing “Hang a lantern at night, and light a candle in dark places.” This custom has been passed down in the village for generations. No one knows why, only that those who don't take it seriously are chewed to bits that very night… Su Geng, a boy raised in the countryside, should have lived an ordinary, uneventful life, until he too broke a taboo… 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Eastern fantasy, bizarre cultivation, the protagonist is reborn from the brink of death!

50. 300 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves

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