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1. 201 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
2. 202 长 I’ve Lived for Millions of Years, and I Don’t Want to Prove Myself and Become an Emperor 长生千万年，我才不想证道成帝 Zhi Xiaoyuan致校原Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Longevity + ensemble cast + rise to emperorhood + traditional xianxia flavor + epic style + no System] (Also titled: "Ten Million Years of Life, and I Still Don’t Want to Ascend to Emperorhood") Jiang Mu was the most dazzling prodigy of his era. He defeated every contender favored by Heaven’s Mandate, and should have attained the Great Dao and become an emperor. Yet in the end, the Great Dao did not acknowledge him, and he was denied the throne. Could living forever really be a sin? Unwilling t 41.7kReads7.8Score2.8kShelves
3. 203 从EN Becoming the Vampire Progenitor, Starting in Central Europe 从中欧开始成为血族始祖 Strawberry-Flavored Little Butt草莓味的小屁股Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (Immortality + vampires + dark Central Europe + the Church + changing eras) A great vampire novel. - According to the Holy Covenant: [All things reproduce, but none die. Eden grew ever larger, so God created Death and suspended it high above the heavens. God, as the Lord, governed the beginning of life, while Jonah, as the End, oversaw the passing of all living things. Only Kuba displeased Him, and God cast him out. To escape Death, Kuba became immortal and hid from the sunlight.] Norton picked 23kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
4. 204 从 Starting with a Dormitory Manhunt, I Slay Every Ghostly Evil God 从宿舍逃杀开始斩尽幽诡邪神 Peace Throughout the Land天下长安Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Communicate with the Future] [Monsters Lurking] [Rules That Kill] [Power-Up System] [Supernatural Sequences] [Everyone Has a System] [No Female Lead] "Chu Xuan, if you're awake, don't speak. Don't make a sound... You'll be the next one to die!" "These are the rules of the day-and-night killing game. If you want to get out alive, you have to find and kill the monster!" After transmigrating back to his college days, Chu Xuan planned to use his foresight to make money and lie flat. But he never ex 250.4kReads8.8Score31.2kShelves
5. 205 求 Survive? Why Would a Warden Like You Need to Survive? 求生？你一个监管者求什么生？ I've Changed My Name Three Times Already我已经换三个名了Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [If you won't clear the level, what are you even trying to survive for?] [I'm a supervisor. Using my privileges to exploit a bug at the perfect moment is totally fair, right?] [Go tell my coworkers that!] Everyone transmigrates, and Lin Qian becomes one of the survivors in the Infinite Tower. Behind every door is a new, unknown world. While everyone else is still hesitating to step outside, Lin Qian has already become a supervisor after winning a bet. [Level 1 Supervisor Salary: Gain one free at 161.7kReads8.8Score16.5kShelves
6. 206 重 Reborn as the Heavenly Dao of the World 重生之我是世界天道 Gong Damу工大木Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [Multiple power systems] [No female lead] [Management and farming] The order of chaos is collapsing. The beings living beneath it are beginning to challenge that order and seize its benefits, hoping to become the new supreme powers. Jiang Tong is reborn as a variable within this order. He gains a newly born, nameless micro-world and uses it to deduce countless power systems, seeking a path to the supreme heights. He aims to replace the old order of chaos and suppress all turmoil. 4.8kReads8.5Score430Shelves
7. 207 机 Mecha: I Tore Apart the Campus Beauty's Engine from the Start 机甲：开局拆了校花机甲引擎 April Isn't Like When I Came四月不似我来时Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsOngoing [Mecha] [Overpowered Male Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Heroics] [Unexpected Contrasts] [Technological Hegemony] [Super AI] [Multiple Mecha Series] [Illustrations] [Over a Million Words, Read with Confidence] Mo Li was the youngest and strongest marshal of the Yanlong Empire. During a desperate decapitation operation against the Zerg, he was thrown into an unfamiliar mecha civilization along with his ultimate weapons: the mecha Divine Machine: Ten Directions of Silence, capable of an 29.2kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
8. 208 开 A Sacred Land's Daoist Heir from the Start, and You Want Me to Follow the Trash Talent Route? 开局圣地道子，你让我走废材流？ The Boss of East Street东大街一霸Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted (Cultivation prodigy, decisive and ruthless, lighthearted, System, play the pig to eat the tiger, master of bullying the weak, fishing expert, multiple women) After transmigrating to a xianxia world, Qi Yuan never awakened a golden finger, but everything still went smoothly for him. He established his foundation in one year and formed his core in three. His peerless talent caused a sensation at the Taixuan Sacred Land, and he became its Daoist Heir at a young age, enjoying lofty status and unpar 91.8kReads8.6Score10kShelves
9. 209 被 Running for My Life from a Black Hole 被黑洞撵着活 Zi Han梓瀚Sci-Fi & Apocalypse505k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival. Invasion by alien races. Humanity is kept like livestock, a lowly source of food! The black hole in Wei Xiaobao’s left chest has saved his life countless times in the apocalypse. But this time, even the black hole can’t hold on any longer. Just as he is about to be thrown into a demonic beast’s stomach, the remnant soul of an Ancestral Shaman bursts through the depths of the black hole and settles everything with one decisive blow. Only then does he learn that he is actu 96Reads—Score—Shelves

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   All the heavens and worlds call upon my name, the gods watch over you, and bestow upon you power.

10. 210 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score313.1kShelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

11. 211 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.7MReads9.3Score344.4kShelves
12. 212 慈EN Cihang City 慈航市 Mountain-Patrolling Lord God巡山主神Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing At Cihang's grand arena, don't show up without a cheat. Chen Feng transmigrated to another world and discovered that the bosses here were unbelievably sneaky. “Let's go level up in the newbie village first.” “Ha! Got you, transmigrator.” “I'll be reborn and buy a lottery ticket.” “Ha! Got you, regressor.” “Fine, if you're going to play dirty, I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman either.” Chen Feng discovered that every time he died, he could refresh and get a new System. A System's power ha 1.2MReads9.2Score132.8kShelves
13. 213 嘉 Jiahao Gets Stronger? Sword Dancing in the Rain on the Field to Open Heaven's Gate 嘉豪就变强？操场雨中舞剑开天门 Fallen Leaf Blade落叶之刃Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Jiahao? Sword Saint!!] [Invincible] [Ultimate Show-Off] Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a System at eighteen. He thinks he's about to reach the peak of life. Instead, he awakens the Jiahao Ascension System. And so Lu Ming gets started with his Jiahao antics. "A grudge from ten years ago, and you're just going to let it go?" "Didn't you say Jiahao spawns on the sports field? I've done two laps and still haven't seen him." "A hero descends from the heavens! Fury twists his f 113.5kReads8.4Score20.1kShelves
14. 214 禁 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Eat the Little Almond吃掉小杏仁Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves
15. 215 别EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 142.9kReads9.1Score10.8kShelves
16. 216 替 Living for the Dead: I Devour the Bizarre in the Human World 替死者而活：我在人间吞噬诡异 Wind Who Loves Reading爱看书的風Mystery243k WordsOngoing [This novel is a serious supernatural mystery] Qi Guang died, and I took his place. An inhuman being, surviving in a borrowed body, without warmth or an understanding of humanity. I can devour every supernatural entity. I carry all of his memories, imitate his life, and learn to understand warmth, the bustle of everyday life, and the bonds between people. The human world meant nothing to me, until I met Mu Chen and gained a family I wanted to protect, along with an ordinary daily life. But the 301Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is an anomaly, possessed by another body; he's not human, and his childhood friend is his only anchor of humanity. In a world where the bizarre has revived, he grows stronger by devouring other monsters, but the more he devours, the less human he becomes. It's a story of two male leads bound by destiny, no female lead, a slow-burning serious drama with a strong atmosphere. Currently at 200,000 words, the plot takes off in the Red Star Cinema instance after the protagonist awakens his spatial ability. It's not a wish-fulfillment novel, nor is it a fantasy story based on supernatural rules. It's slow-burning at first, but once you get past the first five chapters, you won't be able to stop reading. You can find it by searching the title "Living in Place of the Dead: I Devour Monsters in the Human World" on Tomato.

17. 217 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia154k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The secret, sealed for nine years, was revealed, and on the day it was unveiled, everyone in Yunshui Town died! Before, Cen Ziyu had always thought that the mountain demon eating children was just a bizarre story made up by adults to scare kids, until that day he remembered something. When he was a child… he had eaten people.

18. 218 探 Exploring the Unknown Entity 探明未知体 Unknown Ancestor, Hidden Star未知始祖隐星Sci-Fi & Apocalypse586k WordsOngoing Modern urban setting + unsolved mysteries + specialized career system + unknown beings and objects (Cthulhu, SCP Foundation) + collection of grim fairy tales + ensemble cast This is an era in which humans and unknown beings coexist peacefully! Tan Zhen sets out with his childhood friend Wan Kun to investigate the disappearance of their loved ones. After passing the warrior assessment, they are assigned to the Third District Containment Center. Along the way, they search for his older brother, 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Original world view, based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, a Cthulhu internment theme, slow-burn, you'll understand once you start reading.

19. 219 灰 Beyond the Gray Fog, I Am the Absurd 灰雾之上，吾即荒诞 Star-Cleansed World, Nine Pure Abysses星净世九洁渊Male-Channel Fanfiction529k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Eerie] [Invincible] [Troublemaker] [Redemption] I transmigrated into the world of I Am Not the God of Theater and became the only BUG in the Gray Mist. While Chen Ling acted out life’s joys and sorrows onstage, I devoured the indescribable Calamities beneath it. They saw me as a raving nightmare, a plague on logic, an error that should never have existed. Until world-ending despair descended, all living beings trembled, and the curtain was about to fall. I rose from the chaos, 48Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Indescribable, nameless mist, the path of the mad god

20. 220 我 I’ve Been Possessed for Ninety Thousand Years 我被夺舍九万年 I've Got a Rebellious Streak我这一身反骨啊Eastern Fantasy403k WordsCompleted I transmigrated, and then... I was possessed again. I was possessed for ninety thousand years. So, now that I've finally returned, let's see how I conquer the cultivation world and build a mighty empire. 404Reads6.3Score101Shelves

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    When spring returns and my home is safe and sound, the blooming flowers will know I was once a youth. A Chinese-style succubus shocks the cultivation world; the plot is novel, it pays tribute to martyrs, and features a plethora of amazing skills from various characters—super exciting, hilarious, and tasteful.

21. 221 诡 The City Lost in the Eerie Fog: Divine Punishment Game 诡雾迷城：神罚游戏 Mo Xia Li Xin莫夏离心Mystery212k WordsOngoing Tags: Survival Game + Mind-Bending Mystery + Challenge Dungeons + Wits and Deduction + Alternate Dimension + Monster Invasion When Ling Wen thought this was just an ordinary exam, he was forcibly dragged into the "Death Game." When he thought that clearing the "Death Game" would let him leave and return to the real world, he discovered that he had been in the real world all along. But now, gods from an alternate dimension are invading the real world. The fog descends without warning, and a dimen 2.9kReads—Score391Shelves

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    Alice in the Land of the Dying.

22. 222 他 His or Her Infinite Reincarnation 他或者她的无限轮回 Star Silver Wing星银翼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse521k WordsCompleted [Charming Protagonist] + [Dark Worldview] + [Hellish Instances] + [No Romance] + [Apocalypse] + [Science-Fiction Worldview] + [Beautiful Characters] We were born from the dreams of technology, keeping watch between life and death! Exploring other worlds brought us endless technological breakthroughs, but also countless troubles? Our generation began in a state of drunken revelry and oblivion! Pioneers of UDA and WD colonization, buriers of the dead... (Apocalyptic World) + (Factions at War) + (S 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fear is on my face, I cannot run away, life is beside me. Pain is the color of nightmares.

23. 223 诡 The Supernatural Descends: Your System and Golden Finger Are All Illusions 诡临，你的系统，金手指皆是虚妄 Dark Horse Scholar黑马书生Mystery145k WordsOngoing Urban mysteries and supernatural legends, unraveling their origins, explaining their rules, and offering practical solutions. No, no, don't look. The world is a playground for the gods. All living beings are like straw dogs. If you don't pierce the illusion, you die. The truth is this world reveals a picture deliberately concealed by rulers throughout the dynasties. Since the era of ancient mythology, there have been no gods! 245Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're tired of those formulaic, mindless novels, read this one. What sets this book apart is its realism. The story follows a folklore professor and his five students on a research trip to Yinshan, where they find themselves trapped in the altars of another civilization, forced to confront a series of bizarre and inescapable predicaments. The strange creatures and the vanished sects mentioned—the Meishan, Lushan, Pu'an, and Maoshan sects—are all real. The Three Emperors Sect was once one of the three great talismans of Taoism. Some of the methods for dealing with these strange creatures are simple and easy for ordinary people to use. The protagonist, Jiang Yi, has a clear personality and growth arc. The story is engaging, the characters are not foolish, and the world-building is grand. The author has researched numerous historical records to support the existence of the vanished ancient civilization, rather than fabricating stories out of thin air. The overlap between the two worlds, the clash between the two different eras, the shared memories of gods, and the true meaning of cultivation—all of these are well-documented and verifiable. It's truly a very enjoyable read.

24. 224 劲 Strong? That’s the Law of Strength 劲大？那叫力之法则 Barn Full of Rice稻米满仓Urban187k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu Mythos] + [Ultimate Martial Power] + [System] + [Ferocious Fights] A new author with a new book: a transmigrator battles Cthulhu. Lilith, priestess of the Starry Festival, you leave your guard wide open. Watch me scale the mountain with my tiger pounce... So you're Yog-Sothoth! Take my Heaven-Piercing Cannon from a Standing Position! Unknowable Hastur? I'll beat you until you're Hastur! Take this elbow to the heart! Squid belongs on a barbecue, not on la 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unspeakable Cthulhu, come and accept the embrace of my fists!

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