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1. 51 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 4.8kReads8.4Score592Shelves

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   An inconspicuous little masterpiece with a new theme. The content is hard-core dreamy and realistic, and there are no time-travel and rebirth system plug-ins. The writing is bright, funny and down-to-earth. The more you read, the more profound you feel. It has been completed. The plot is reasonable, the suspense is full, and the reasoning is brain-burning. It draws on a hidden real history to make a funny counterattack and growth of a strategic wild scientist. After reading it, you will have a brain, and read it with caution if you don't have a strong character!

2. 52 蚀 The God-Eroding Corpse 蚀神之骸 Let's Doze Off for a While迷瞪一会吧Eastern Fantasy136k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Feel free to check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No, everyone should read this book

3. 53 道 Fellow Daoist, Your Interest Bill Is Due 道友，你的利息账到了 Ren Dan人丹Eastern Fantasy126k WordsOngoing I'm Chovy. You'd better make sure that debt gets paid back to me. The System can glitch all it wants, but why is the debt being charged to me? At least there are rewards. On his first day after transmigrating to the Xuan Yuan Realm, Lin Budo makes the Qingyun Sect's spirit-testing stone explode on the spot. The elders fall to their knees, and the sect leader asks solemnly, “Grandmaster, do you still remember the debt from three thousand years ago?” Lin Budo badly wants to explain: I'm not the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Take it, take it, no thanks

4. 54 逆 Rebel Soul, Become a God 逆魂成神 Chives Aren't Winey韭菜不是酒yEastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted [Reverse Path to Godhood | Decisive and Ruthless | Fiercely Protective | Western Fantasy x Eastern Daoist Arts] Everyone says Carlido is a divine abomination, a madman cursed by his bloodline, born to be spurned by all three realms. But they don't know that he braved the River of Forgetfulness, where death was all but certain, toppled the highest throne in the divine realm, devoured obscure and difficult ancient Eastern texts, and grasped the legacy of ancient cultivators who defied the natural 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Holy shit! So cool! The Western God of Death, Carlito, opened his mouth and said, "If Ka's observation is correct," he immediately gave me a look! One second he could overturn the supreme throne of the God Realm. The next second he could see through the clone's Dantian that three inches of green lotus had condensed. In the late stage of becoming a god, he had touched the threshold of the aspiration stage. This level of cultivation was astonishingly outrageous!

5. 55 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 44.1kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves

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6. 56 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 175.7kReads9.5Score22.4kShelves
7. 57 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 68.2kReads9.3Score8.7kShelves
8. 58 新 My Beginner Quest Is to Dissect a Zombie? But I'm a Forensic Pathologist! 新手任务解剖丧尸？可我是法医啊 Su Jiuyao苏九遥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 54kReads9.5Score7.8kShelves
9. 59 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.6kShelves
10. 60 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding: The Proud Captain Is a Sweet Talker in Private 闪婚，矜傲机长私下好会哄 Zhao Le昭乐Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Aloof, proud commercial airline captain x sweet-voiced, beautiful air traffic controller. She has a longtime crush on him; they marry first and fall in love later. The print edition goes on sale February 28; the short drama is already out.] Before she was urged to go on a blind date, Meng Liyue never imagined the man she was meeting was the person she’d secretly loved since her student days. She had written his name countless times in her diary. After she married him, everyone thought Meng Liy 38.7kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves
11. 61 邪 How Strange! The Whole Cultivation World Is Fighting to Take Me as Their Personal Disciple 邪门！全修真界都在抢我当亲传 Jiu Yue Yu久月鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Publication deal signed] Jiang Que transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, doomed to a tragic fate and destined to be nothing but a foil for the heroine. The heroine is aloof and otherworldly, while Jiang Que is just a woman; the heroine is blessed with extraordinary talent, while Jiang Que has only her life to lose; the heroine has suitors everywhere, while Jiang Que has never even held a man's hand. Even worse, the day she transmigrates into the bo 81.7kReads9.4Score11.5kShelves
12. 62 星 Rainbow Sea: A Wooden Box Takes on the Martial World 星游记：一个木盒闯江湖 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing A 28-year-old corporate drone in the city and an ardent Stephen Chow fan, he unwinds by cracking jokes and roasting everything around him. His mind is full of modern internet memes and practical knowledge, and he has a hidden knack for using humor to ease awkward moments. By chance, he touches his grandfather's old film canister of The Saint of Gamblers in Shanghai and unexpectedly enters the world of the movie. Thus begins his journey across different films. In The Saint of Gamblers in Shanghai —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    It's so funny. The funny story that happened in the movie of Time Travel

13. 63 我 My Brilliant Life: An Armless Man's Road to the Top 我的璀璨人生：无翼者的巅峰之路 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Sports971k WordsCompleted An accident in a small southern city in 2008 left six-year-old Lin Chen without both legs below the knees. The rumble of his wheelchair over stone-paved streets took the place of his childhood footsteps. Mockery and isolation at school made him retreat into the shadow of feeling “left behind by the world.” His parents’ protection was a glimmer of light that helped him learn to “walk” with his hands, but it could not fill his longing to feel that he had a purpose. Then, in 2015, his cousin handed —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Beautiful Teacher, I Went Rebellious 穿越成美女老师后我叛逆了 UU Empress DowagerUU太后Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted Top student + transmigrate + sweet romance + literature + personal growth A genius science-and-engineering student who ruled the school and laughed her way through life failed her entrance exam for the University of Science and Technology of China’s gifted youth program during her first year of high school. Heartbroken, she stepped into the “Madam Yi No. 1” time-traveling machine built by her quirky best friend, Shen Han, and emerged as a demure Chinese teacher. But she ran into one obstacle aft 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beibi, look at this. It was written by Zhen Chinese teacher. The writing style is very good. The plot is novel and not brainless. It's really beautiful. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A good girl who is a top student travels back in time and becomes a beautiful teacher. She is flirted with by a handsome school boy, chased by a rich and handsome school doctor, and battles wits with the shady principal. It is sweet and exciting, written by a real top student. It is beautiful and meaningful.

15. 65 高 High Martial: On My First Day in the Army, I Get an Immortal Golden Body 高武：参军第一天，奖励不朽金身 Blue-Eyed Starry Eyes蓝瞳星眸Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Enlistment, high martial arts, stat upgrades, immensely satisfying, passionate and heroic, no holding back realms, decisive killing] Li Yuan arrived in a high-martial world ravaged by vicious beasts and invaded by countless races. He was told that human civilization would be wiped out in just thirty years. Luckily, on his first day in the army, he awakened the God of War Slaughter System. From the start, he received the S-rank martial talent, Immortal Golden Body! “Each time you achieve a miles 18kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
16. 66 大 My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 645.9kReads9.5Score52kShelves
17. 67 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 98.8kReads9.4Score11.8kShelves
18. 68 大 Great Qin: I Became a Butcher, and the First Emperor Begged Me to Stop Killing 大秦：化身人屠，祖龙求我别杀了 The Five Black Categories黑五类Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Conquering new lands] [Improving people’s livelihoods and technology] [Ruthless and decisive] After transmigrating to the time when Ying Zheng had just ascended the throne, E Fu discovered that his strength increased dramatically once every year. Thus, the Great Qin gained a god of slaughter even more ruthless than Bai Qi, the Lord of Wu’an! He killed Lao Ai, wiped out Lü Buwei, and swept across the Six Kingdoms, always charging at the very front! Known as Great Qin’s honey badger, he spent eve 1.1kReads8.8Score235Shelves
19. 69 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 94.9kReads9.3Score10.8kShelves
20. 70 老 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Thug! 老弟，你是警察，不是暴徒啊 KISS in the CloudsKISS云中Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn? Xiao Mu: No need to panic. This is nothing. Remembering how he had worked himself to death in his previous life, he wanted to live a lazy life this time around. Fate’s Wheel: No, you don’t. Congratulations, you’ve acquired the abilities of a human weapon, an all-seeing eye, mastery of a hundred martial arts, superhuman hearing, an extraordinary physique, an unparalleled sense of smell, the power to imitate, and more... Xiao Mu: (￣ω￣;) Are you trying to force me to show off in front of ev 4.7kReads9.5Score525Shelves
21. 71 校 The Campus Belle Had Never Been Linked to Anyone, Until I Went to College 校花学姐从无绯闻，直到我上大学 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 400.5kReads9.8Score42.7kShelves
22. 72 不 The Not-So-Cold Magician 不太冷的魔术师 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.6M 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 329.5kReads9.5Score29.6kShelves
23. 73 亡 Necromancers Are Weak? What Does That Have to Do With Me, the Lord of Death? 亡灵法师弱？关我死亡主宰什么事 Wild Ideas and Scribbles瞎想胡写Sports3.6M WordsOngoing (The comic and print edition are in production, so rest assured and enjoy reading.) [A game that transports everyone to another world, lone wolf, no baggage, ruthless, BUG-level talent, disaster legion, rigorous stats] The Myriad Worlds Game descends, and everyone begins transmigrating. Su Mubai is betrayed by the campus belle he married and left on the verge of death. The Myriad Worlds Game saves his life, but after scanning his body, the stats panel is a disaster. His maximum health is permane 181.7kReads8.8Score14.1kShelves
24. 74 音 Awakening the Way of Music: Lie Back, I’ll Carry This Round! 音道觉醒：都躺好，这把我带飞！ San Dian Shui Ti三点水替Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Genius Protagonist + Power Progression + Top-Tier Family Background + High Martial Arts + Music-Based Powers + Genius Ensemble + Comedy] An alien invasion threatens the Great Xia human race, which has fought for 300 years without being wiped out. Humanity awakens, producing all kinds of superpowered warriors who develop skills across a variety of schools. The world has its own unique rules, and the protagonist has female teammates. This is no ordinary story. Chen Xiyin' 18.9kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
25. 75 全 Global Card Draws Make Me Stronger, and I Have Concept-Level Luck 全球抽卡变强，我拥有概念级幸运 Wu Xiaowu勿小悟Urban5.0M WordsOngoing In this world, gacha rules! When people turn eighteen, they each get one chance to draw a card and change careers. Some poor students draw combat classes and rise to the top overnight. Some top students draw civilian classes and lose any chance of adventure and battle. In this gacha era, drawing a combat class is called pulling a gold. The world rewards you with another draw, and duplicate classes are converted into constellation levels. However, there is no pity system. On the day of his draw, 165.5kReads9.0Score14.3kShelves
26. 76 异 Exotic Beasts Invade? I Run a Zoo! 异兽入侵？我开动物园的！ Extra-Thick Rice Noodles加厚款米线Urban708k WordsOngoing After being reborn in a parallel world, Xia Luo was in despair. This world was full of danger. Humanity was locked in a constant war against terrifying exotic beasts emerging from spatial rifts, but the beasts were far stronger than anyone had expected, and humanity was steadily losing ground. Just as Xia Luo fell into despair, he awakened a cheat of his own. But why did this cheat seem so unreliable? System: “Host, please build your own zoo!” After that, a terrifying figure could always be seen 917Reads8.5Score113Shelves
27. 77 谁 Who Gave Me a Divine Title? You’ve Made My Life Miserable! 谁给我的神位？真是害苦了我啊！ Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban647k WordsOngoing [No romance, rigorous stats, author calculates attributes using self-written C++ programs and Excel spreadsheets. If you like protagonists who keep a low profile, this isn’t for you! No secrets kept!] A young man inexplicably receives the extraordinary talent Heart of Favor. Any skill he learns undergoes a miraculous transformation. He chooses to offer himself to the country and stand alongside it! [Silk of the Wind: Unraveled] Floats above the target, granting immunity to damage and control! Ad 19.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
28. 78 人 Writing Self-Help in America, I Become the Nation's Choice for President 人在鹰酱写鸡汤，全民求我当总统 Steamed Plum Pastry Sauce蒸梅油酥汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Darcy transmigrates to America and becomes a sheriff. He activates the Influencer System: all he has to do is write toxic inspirational quotes and cultivate influencers to earn rewards. How hard can that be? He fires off all kinds of self-contradictory quotes to fool foreigners: “America, Please Wait for Your People!” “Don't Make America Great Again! Give the Little People Their Dignity!” “Why Does China Wash Its Dishes Seven Times?!” The more foreigners he fools, the more buffs the System 78.7kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves
29. 79 皇 The Emperor Escapes! The Nine-Clan Severance Technique! Execute, Execute, Execute, Execute! 皇遁！九族剥离之术！诛诛诛诛！ Guide to the Art of War兵法指南Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Overpowered domination + leveling up + vying for supremacy + female characters] The Abyss invades, and humanity enters an age where everyone can choose a class. Monsters run rampant, and factions vie for power in this world. Only those who become class holders deserve respect. While everyone cheers as geniuses awaken elite classes, Qin Yang awakens the one and only hidden class: Supreme Sovereign. Appointed by Heaven, may his reign endure forever! He bears the imperial destiny of five th 19.7kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
30. 80 江 A Gentle Breeze Rises by the River 江边柔风起 Mu Twenty-Nine暮二十九Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real 64.7kReads9.4Score6kShelves
31. 81 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.8MReads9.9Score186.2kShelves
32. 82 长 Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望：带领全球反攻异界 Not Two, Deep Sea不二深海Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang 32.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
33. 83 开 From the Start, Selling Muscle-Building Tonics at a Street Stall 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [The Dali anime premieres on July 29. Search the title on Tomato to watch the PV.] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Muscle-Boosting Potion? Detoxifying Soybeans? Lucky Cherries? They can't keep them in stock! The world's top tycoons, richest men, popular streamers, and strongest experts all come to buy them. Jiang Nan: "I'm not even a tiny bit interested in money! 349.4kReads9.7Score43.7kShelves
34. 84 我 Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score172.2kShelves

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