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1. 101 归 Return to Righteousness 归义 A Tangerine 99一个橘子99Eastern Fantasy605k WordsOngoing The story begins at a courier agency. As time passes, the many vicissitudes of human life unfold, and in the end, everyone gets their own ending. Was it shaped by the times, or by fate? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 102 坑 What a Lousy Name My Dad Gave Me 坑爹给取的这倒霉名字 Author Bear Who Hibernates in Winter作者猫冬的熊Eastern Fantasy300k WordsCompleted Blood Refining: Use your own blood to refine a nascent embryo. Fortune: Use a range of mountains as your foundation to forge the supreme treasure that guards a sect. Severing the Veins: Cut off a mountain’s roots, then undergo rebirth and reconstruction. Borrowing Fortune: Use your enemy’s momentum to avoid boundless karmic burden. Forge artifacts with mountains, use artifacts to guard mountains, and nurture artifacts within mountains to create supreme treasures. Witness battles unlike any other 4Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 103 反 Villain: From the Start, I Gouge Out the Heroine's Spirit Eye 反派：开局刀剜女主灵瞳 Snow Seeking Redemption赎罪的雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Harem] [One Female Lead] Shen Yuan transmigrates and becomes the villainous cannon-fodder clan head in a mindless power-fantasy xuanhuan novel. Yes, the kind of villainous clan head who never stops courting death. When a woman from his clan falls in love with the protagonist, he has to do everything he can to stop them. Whenever the protagonist finds some rare treasure in a secret realm, he has to scheme to steal it. But he never gets his own hands dirty, only sending his clan’s 1.9kReads8.6Score31414d adds
4. 104 西EN Journey to the West: The Monk Who Doesn't Want to Retrieve the Scriptures 西游：贫僧不想取西经 Lone Moon West Tower独月西楼Eastern Fantasy7.4M WordsCompleted “Wukong, kill all the male demons. Leave the female ones to your master.” “Good patron, allow this humble monk to teach you a lesson.” Sun Wukong: “Master, these demons are too powerful. I can't beat them.” “Wukong, stand aside. Let your master handle this!” 1kReads8.4Score15514d adds
5. 105 军 The Great Emperor of War 军武大帝 Sad Dog悲伤的狗Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted There is no battle energy here, let alone magic. There is only primordial energy cultivated to its peak. There is no mindless face-slapping or tired old formula, only a man's iron-blooded dream. Framed and betrayed, a young man leaves his family and joins the chaos of war. Driven by hatred and bound by a promise, for the sake of family and friendship, he embarks on a path of slaughter, rising from an insignificant foot soldier to a man who holds the lives of tens of thousands in his hands... 35Reads8.6Score—14d adds
6. 106 宿 Enemy of Fate: I Learn to Wield Qi in Another World 宿运之敌：我在异界学驭气 Houses for the Price of Cabbage房子白菜价Eastern Fantasy129k WordsOngoing (Mortal’s Journey, No System, Traditional Fantasy, Slow-Paced, Schemes and Intrigue, Dark) To repay his father’s gambling debts, Xiao Yuanning is accidentally drawn into the Wei family’s struggle for control of Qingyun Town. After apprenticing under a storyteller, he uses his Qi Refining cultivation to do everything he can to stay alive amid schemes and conspiracies. As he uncovers more and more secrets, his situation grows increasingly dangerous. To survive, he wracks his brains. For his family —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A classic fantasy novel with a focus on ordinary people, featuring delicate writing, no melodramatic plot twists, no cheat codes, and a slow-paced early story that becomes increasingly engaging as you read on. A rare gem among books.

7. 107 美 Beauties Like Jade Shake My Daoist Heart, but I Will Become Invincible 美人如玉乱我道心，但我终将无敌 Traveler of the Ink River墨河行客Eastern Fantasy327k WordsOngoing The Heavenly Dao is merciless. It treats geniuses like pigs, raising them in different pocket worlds until they grow fat, then slaughtering and devouring them to make up for its own deficiencies. Chen Qingyun was an ordinary working stiff on Earth, just trying to earn a living and get his meals. He never expected that a car accident would send him to another world, where he would embark on the path of cultivation. Favored by Heaven and Earth, he had one fortuitous encounter after another and acq —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The author possesses profound knowledge and excellent writing skills, creating a compelling and humorous story that is well worth reading!

8. 108 异 Rescue from Another Dimension 异次元救援 Long Xinyue龙馨月Modern Romance219k WordsCompleted (Contemporary + Romance + Superpowers + Sci-Fi + War) Volume One: The Dream Realm Those scenes that seem so familiar: are they memories from a past life, or from a parallel world? When scenes from your dreams come true in reality, have you ever wondered why? Are they fantasies or memories? Volume Two: Power Struggles Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Volume Three: Pandora’s Box Once Pandora’s box is opened, the world fills with the unknown and chaos. Countless secrets and p —Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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   It has to be this one: outwardly cold but inwardly warm, calm and decisive, and efficient in doing things.

9. 109 武 Martial God Storm 武神风暴 Lab Rat实验小白鼠Eastern Fantasy7.6M WordsCompleted A boundless continent, vast seas, forbidden lands where life cannot survive, wicked forests, and endless primeval mountains. The world gave rise to ten golden ancient clans, alongside countless sacred lands and empires. They looked down upon all living beings and trampled everything beneath them. One thought could change the color of heaven and earth; one whim could spill blood across the sky. Here, billions of living beings revered martial strength, and empires prospered through the power of th 748Reads8.8Score10214d adds
10. 110 我 Cultivating Immortality in a World of Mutant Beasts! 我在异兽世界！修仙 Earn Enough for One Da Buliu挣够一个达不刘Eastern Fantasy132k WordsOngoing This is a world teeming with savage beasts. To defend against their invasions, humanity began cultivating their combat prowess and raising their realms. Yet one young man was different. In a world overflowing with spiritual energy, no one cultivated immortality. And so he set out on the path of cultivation. The world’s strongest warrior at the pinnacle of his power: “You’re just a mere War King. How dare you spout such nonsense!” Liu Heng: “The so-called pinnacle of the God of War is merely wh —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You can take a look; it seems pretty good.

11. 111 全 The All-Class Supreme 全职至尊 Mo Yuling莫羽凌Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted On the Martial God Continent, where strength reigns supreme, Ye Fan was once dismissed as a good-for-nothing who could never cultivate. But the arrival of a mysterious bead opened a new chapter in his life. Mastering alchemy, crafting, talismans, formations, and more, he is no longer the good-for-nothing everyone despised. Instead, he is gradually making his way toward becoming an all-around supreme expert. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 112 穿 Transmigrating to Immortality Through Merit 穿越之以功德成仙 Still Sleeping还在睡觉呢Eastern Fantasy222k WordsOngoing Li Changsheng is an ordinary novel fan who loses his life one day while saving a little girl from drowning. Guided by a mysterious force, his soul transmigrates to a world overrun by demons. Here, demons run rampant, and humanity lives in fear. But Li Changsheng does not arrive unprepared: he obtains a mysterious System, the Merit-to-Immortality Assistant System. The System grants him a special power that lets him earn merit by slaying demons and eliminating evil, steadily growing stronger. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is good, you can take a look.

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