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1. 51 哈 Harry Potter: If the Villain Isn't Ruthless, He Won't Keep His Position 哈利波特：反派不狠，地位不稳 Eighth Month, Sixteenth Day捌月拾六Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Dark Draco + No romance/no heroine + A battle of wits + Scheming and plotting + Focused on building a career + No golden finger + Not an especially indulgent power fantasy] After Draco is knocked unconscious by a Bludger to the head during a Quidditch Match, he wakes up with memories of the future. Draco Malfoy takes stock of his past mistakes and decides to become a proper villain. If you're going to be a villain, you have to act like one. Everything for the glory of Malfoy “Every sacrifice i 2.7kReads9.3Score36014d adds
2. 52 神 A Blessing from the Gods 神明的赐福 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available under the title "Where Light Falls"] Huo Songjin is the biggest villainous male supporting character in "Beloved in the Palm", a hit on the women's fiction charts. Just how bad is he? He wipes out the male lead's entire family, then forces him to choose between the female lead and his own mother aboard a cruise ship. This dangerous, obsessive man has such striking looks and such a tragic past that his fans can't help worrying over him, and end up loving him th 22.8kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds

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   I absolutely love this love story of mutual redemption! Both the male and female leads are wonderful, and I truly envy this kind of slow-burning, enduring love. I stayed up all night to finish it! I was left wanting more! "Proverbs may not always come true, but Huo Lingjin's love for Lin Yaojia will always be true." After finishing this book, I immediately checked out the author's other works, all of which are very well-written. I hope everyone finds their own redemption! (The two above are heterosexual romance novels; the one below is BL.)

3. 53 细 Spoiled for Her Slender Waist 细腰恃宠 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted (College campus, straight-laced pretender vs. attention-seeking show-off) Shang Che was narcissistic and full of himself. When pretty girls confessed to him, he didn’t bat an eye. He just thought he was the most handsome man in the world, and that being with anyone would be a loss for him. - Xu Qingju only glanced once at the red string on his wrist. Shang Che thought, She has a crush on me. Xu Qingju: What the hell is wrong with this guy? - There were so many people chasing Shang Che at college 8.2kReads9.3Score98514d adds
4. 54 野 Desire Unleashed! The Campus Hottie’s Rival Is Secretly in Love with Me 野欲！校草死对头竟然暗恋我 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Two Male Leads173k WordsCompleted [Physical publication signed] [Campus + academic rivals + mutual secret crushes + a tense push and pull] As one of the country's top universities, Lan University livestreams its opening ceremony. Jiang Yu is the freshman representative, taking the stage in a tie to deliver a speech. The young man stands tall, his white shirt perfectly neat and his features clear and refined. He casually adjusts the microphone, drawing squeals from the girls below. Sitting in the audience, Shi Jing lets out a sco 29.9kReads9.5Score4.9k14d adds
5. 55 他EN He Loves Him So Much! The Unhinged Big Shot Only Wants to Spend Money on the Cannon Fodder 他超爱！疯批大佬只想给炮灰花钱 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Two Male Leads512k WordsCompleted [Physical publication signed] [Two male leads + showbiz + transmigrate into a book + goofy guy takes down a maniac + mutually faithful + EA] - Jiang Nan transmigrates into a pampered fake young master from a novel. The moment he opens his eyes, Fu Jingzhou, the novel's biggest villain, is sitting in a wheelchair, while Jiang Nan is hopping around and pointing at him, yelling, "Fu Jingzhou, what makes a cripple like you think you can marry me?" The original owner leaves him this mess, then kicks 31.6kReads9.6Score4.1k14d adds
6. 56 直 Livestream: You Can't Criticize This, He's a Real Expert! 直播：这喷不了，这是真专家！ Strawberry Sweet Milk草莓甜牛奶Urban403k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + memes + wish fulfillment + no female lead + lighthearted comedy + System] Jiang Cheng transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes an expert, binding to a Fame System from the start. After a moment's thought, he starts giving people advice on livestreams to build his fame. His livestream's description is eight words long: “Ask me anything. I know everything.” “Professor, I bought a Maybach ten days ago and now it's leaking. What should I do?” Jiang Cheng: “It's leaking? Just stick a p 1.3kReads8.7Score10114d adds

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   The first book is a live-stream novel, quite funny. It features a real expert who provides the country with high-tech solutions to include foot baths in the medical field – very hilarious! The second book is an urban fantasy novel, an invincible, satisfying read without any Mary Sue elements; it's all about chaotic killing, yet within reasonable and legal boundaries. The third book is also a live-stream novel; my brother Yunzi is back! Although there were some edits, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, so I reread it. Let's all laugh! 😏

7. 57 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M 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 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
8. 58 直 Livestream: One Song, "Tears of a Dancer," Leaves Dai Xiaomei Stunned 直播：一首舞女泪，唱懵呆小妹 An Accident是个意外Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + outrageous antics + sign-in rewards + comedy + absurdity + female streamer + female entertainer] Jiang Yun unexpectedly obtains a livestream sign-in System. All he has to do is livestream to receive sign-in rewards! To rack up livestream hours and claim the System’s rewards, he decides to connect with other streamers. His first guest is the popular streamer Dai Xiaomei. Dai Xiaomei: “What talents do you have?” Jiang Yun: “I can sing.” Dai Xiaomei: “Let’s hear it.” Jiang Yun: “On 46.3kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
9. 59 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.3kReads9.6Score2.6k14d adds

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   The first book, "White Impermanence's Underworld Livestream," was novel, heartwarming, and funny. The second book was even more unique—Sun Wukong and Lin Daiyu traveled to the modern world to participate in a dating reality show! 🤭

10. 60 恋 After the Dating Show, Sun Wukong and Lin Daiyu Got Together 恋综过后孙悟空和林黛玉在一起了 Shallow Words浅浅的言Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted [dating-show livestream + Sheng Dai CP + ultra-sweet, no angst + slice of life + feel-good + ancient-to-modern + modern-to-ancient] Lin Daiyu accidentally transmigrates to the twenty-first century. To repay the kind young woman who took her in, she somehow ends up on a dating show, where she unexpectedly encounters someone she has long since lost track of. “Hello, I’m Lin Daiyu.” “Hello, my name is Sun Wukong.” At the sound of that name, Lin Daiyu’s heart trembles, and she blurts out, “Is it you 299Reads6.4Score—14d adds
11. 61 我 I Can See the Rules of the Forbidden Zone 我能看到禁区规则 Candied Sweet Potato拔丝地瓜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Two hundred years ago, the White Mist Forbidden Zone suddenly appeared, and Blue Star underwent a massive upheaval. Monsters with all kinds of bizarre abilities and people with supernatural powers emerged. The White Mist Forbidden Zone was known as a death zone. Of the countless people who entered, barely one in ten thousand made it out alive. After seven years imprisoned behind a mysterious wall, Ye Shiqi had grown tired of life. At last, he stepped into the White Mist Forbidden Zone once more. 5kReads8.4Score38114d adds

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    These different types

12. 62 放 I Give Up Cultivation. I Want to Be a Lifestyle Player 放弃修真，我要当生活玩家 nrikusAncient Romance787k WordsCompleted For my new story, I’d like to ask readers: should I write a cultivation fantasy or a Western transmigration story? I also have an idea for a matriarchal society story. -------------------------//-- Xu Lili transmigrated into an unreasonable cultivation world. The six arts of the gentleman, with the path to immortality found through spiritual energy. An ordinary farm girl who knew nothing of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, she took fifty taels of travel money and went with her big brother 56Reads6.5Score—14d adds
13. 63 兽 Beast World: The Little White Tiger Becomes Everyone's Favorite 兽世：小白虎她成了团宠 The Rabbit from Flower-Planting Country种花家的兔子Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted As a fresh graduate who had only just gained her freedom, Bai Guo never expected that one wild night would send her straight into reincarnation. She was reborn in a prehistoric beast world as a tiny white tiger cub. A flood had just swept away her home, and now she had to wander with the tribe. Luckily, Heaven had left her a way out. Or rather, the beast world hadn't left her without a way out. She unexpectedly bound herself to a gathering System, which could supposedly earn her energy points th 1kReads8.9Score10914d adds
14. 64 校 Has the Campus Heartthrob Put His Girlfriend to Bed Yet Today? 校草他今天哄女朋友睡觉了吗？ Morning Sunsets晨起落阳Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [1v1 + Healing + Top Student + Sweet Romance + School Life] [Beautiful, resilient, gentle girl VS charming, straightforward boy who knows exactly how to spoil her] Two new girls arrived at Huazhong. Su Sheng had poor grades, barely spoke, and wore black-rimmed glasses that made her look a little dowdy. Su Mumu was lively, pretty, and got good grades. She became Huazhong's new campus belle as soon as she arrived. Scene One: Lu Lin secretly walked Su Sheng home. When he was discovered, he hurriedl 3.1kReads9.0Score37014d adds
15. 65 植 The Little Plant Sprite Takes the Internet by Storm with Her Gardening 植物小精灵，靠种植爆火全网 Lu Lela鹿了了Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Farming + interstellar + elves + business management + livestreaming] Si Yao, a max-level wood-type ability user in the apocalypse, dies unexpectedly. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the interstellar era, where she is now a good-for-nothing with E-grade mental power. In this interstellar age, where planters hold a lofty status, E-grade mental power means there is absolutely no chance of becoming a planter. She will only be abandoned by her family. Just as Si Yao arrives, her family 10.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
16. 66 向 Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes 128kReads9.6Score14.3k14d adds

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    [Top Post][Attention] This post tells the story of He Zhicheng and He Shu. On their path to adulthood, they encounter numerous setbacks and difficulties, but they always maintain their love for life and their aspirations for the future. They constantly hone themselves in adversity, ultimately achieving self-worth and showcasing the vitality and passion of youth. Readers can find themselves reflected in their stories, generating a strong sense of resonance. 🔥

17. 67 位 Interdimensional Food Shop 位面美食铺 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + fantasy + gourmet hunting + The Wandering Earth + Journey to the West + multi-plane restaurant + adventures in other worlds + cooperation with the state] Deep in debt, Xu Milu gets a Plane Transmigration System and sets off down a one-way road, selling ingredients from countless planes across the universe. She sells pearls from the East Sea Dragon Palace to sea monsters, recommends spicy hot pot from Sichuan to dwarves, supplies Earthlings with little spring fruit juice t 7.3kReads9.2Score82814d adds

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    The first book has an incredibly imaginative and novel concept: ping-pong, grapes, plant-based fried chicken. Who hasn't fantasized about traveling to another world and experiencing various customs and cultures? The second book, "Raising a Hotel," is truly unbelievable; the system's gacha pool is incredibly deep, and every character you pull is a refreshing surprise. I really want the author to keep writing! The third book is about opening a milk tea shop in a fictional era—lighthearted and humorous, with each character very distinct and definitely worth reading.

18. 68 靠 Running an Inn with Gacha Draws 靠抽卡经营旅馆 Moon Over Heaven月关天Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Business Management + Card Draws + Food + No Romance] Unable to find a job, Su He takes over her family's small hotel, which is on the verge of closing. Luckily, Su He binds herself to a card-drawing System! The Princess and the Pea's bed, delicacies from Dream of the Red Chamber, a magical vine elevator… all kinds of wondrous items appear. The maids from Dream of the Red Chamber want to kowtow to Su He three times. Su He says, “We're all equal in modern society. We don't do that anymore.” The 3.9kReads8.8Score42114d adds
19. 69 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
20. 70 提EN Logged In Early! How Can I Lose After Rebirth? 提前登录！重生的我怎么输？ Little Belly Fish肚肚鱼Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Character build] [Health bar] [Horrors] [Martial artists] [Sequence] In 2035, a fully immersive game called Dark Realm hit the market and instantly took the world by storm. But a year later, the game descended into reality. Flesh-eating horrors, murderous foreign races, and paranormal Ascendants brought about the apocalypse and drove humanity to extinction. Zhang Qing is reborn two years earlier and is shocked to discover that his headset has returned with him. So he logs in ahead of time! Rebo 100.6kReads9.2Score10.3k14d adds

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    These are all super good books. The first one has a decent theme and the protagonist is intelligent. The second one is amazing, the plot is incredible, it even made me cry. I highly recommend it. The third one is a post-apocalyptic story, which is pretty good. The fourth one is a time-travel story, which is quite good; you can check it out if you're looking for something to read. The fifth one is one I just started reading; it's quite funny, the host beats up the system, and the system becomes a donkey out of humble status. The sixth one is similar to a wasteland story where trash is turned into treasure, with high technology that synthesizes low-level items into higher-level ones. The seventh one is a martial arts story where the protagonist also has a system, but the plot is the main focus. The system basically gives you tips on your martial arts skills. I recommend you check out the eighth one. The ninth one provides the protagonist with skills and memories by burning corpses, which is also quite good. The tenth one also has an amazing theme; I recommend you check it out.

21. 71 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
22. 72 末 Apocalypse: The Flame Rises 末世：薪火崛起 Li Haha Yo梨哈哈哟Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing In the ancient era, emperors and sovereigns vanished into the river of history. The myriad Dao fell into turmoil, the gods of the heavens wailed, and no one could become an emperor. In the Primordial Era, supreme emperors defied Heaven and attained the imperial realm, but their glory was fleeting. In the end, the universe's age of spiritual desolation arrived, the myriad Dao fell silent, and all living beings and cultivators fell into a forced slumber. As the years passed, time buried everything 55.4kReads8.7Score3.6k14d adds
23. 73 大 The Savage Bandit of the Great Wilderness 大荒悍匪 Golden Bull Fragment金牛断章Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing Everyone knows that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is actually a cookbook. Transmigrate across mountains and seas, and stew a Kunpeng with a phoenix, or cook a Zhujian with a black tortoise. In the demon wasteland, the countless great demons are dangers to everyone else, but Zhang Chu sees them as food. One bite of demon meat doubles his strength. One sip of demon blood sends his cultivation soaring. From then on, Zhang Chu goes farther and farther along the path of cultivating by eating demo 102.9kReads9.0Score7.1k14d adds
24. 74 开 From the Start: The System Locked Me Up Until I Became Mentally Ill 开局：被系统关成了精神病 A Little Chicken一条幺鸡Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Sword God + beating up the System + fast-paced] Lu Chuan was supposed to transmigrate to a high-martial world, but a screw-up by his goofy System sent him to a world of cultivation instead. To keep its Host from getting killed, the goofy System forcibly locked Lu Chuan away for a hundred thousand years. Unable to find a suitable template for the cultivation world, the goofy System could only have Lu Chuan practice swordsmanship from the high-martial world. A hundred thousand years. 121.5kReads9.0Score9.8k14d adds
25. 75 弃EN Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存：相同垃圾合成全新装备 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsCompleted After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G 315.5kReads9.1Score49k14d adds
26. 76 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
27. 77 只 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ A Long Sigh长叹一声Urban3.9M WordsOngoing (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 263kReads9.5Score19.5k14d adds
28. 78 我EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 126kReads9.2Score15.1k14d adds
29. 79 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds
30. 80 探 The Explorer's Path of Cultivation 探索者之修行路 The Needle and Thread引线的针Eastern Fantasy414k WordsOngoing The path of cultivation has no end. It is an eternal mystery. Only by venturing into uncharted territory can we create a new world. Follow the young Tang Chen as he embarks on the path of cultivation with a book without words and slays all manner of monsters with a broken blade. Others cultivate to grow stronger, but I do it only to uncover the world's ancient mysteries. 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    A ten-year dream of cultivating immortality has now come to life on paper.

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