A True Mastermind Protagonist Who Never Takes the Field, With an Ensemble Cast and a Revival Theme 真幕后 主角不亲自上阵 群像 复苏

1. 1 唯 Only I Can Use Magic: I Reshaped Everyone’s Worldview! 唯我独法，我重塑了全民世界观！ Big Orange Is the One to Watch 96大橘为重96Urban754k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will rise later.] [Pure behind-the-scenes story] + [Only I wield supernatural powers] + [Folklore and urban legends] + [A world transformed by magic] + [Deceiving the masses] + [No female lead] + [An all-seeing perspective] While the world was still divided between war and entertainment, Chang Qing had quietly ascended to the divine throne, gazing down upon humanity. They cared nothing for mortals' prostrations and needed no prayers from believers. They simply loved 60kReads8.4Score6kShelves

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   The first book has no major flaws so far. The protagonist is a bit of a goofball. The main plot unfolds gradually, with the protagonist taking on commissions as if on a leisurely stroll. He's not confined to one place; he has a global reach, and he doesn't just act on impulse, but has his own plans. Overall, it's good. The second book has a bit of a monster-themed feel in the beginning. The protagonist's personality is similar to the one in the monster series—a researcher, a goofball. He's slightly more of a villain, but so far there are no major flaws. He's not mindless either; his intelligence is on point.

2. 2 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban904k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 145.6kReads8.6Score19.8kShelves
3. 3 你 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves

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   These two are purely behind-the-scenes books. I'd like to read something similar. Any recommendations? [Almost crying]

4. 4 许 Wish System: How Could I Possibly Be Kyubey? 许愿系统，我怎么可能是丘比 A Moonlit Night at Qilitan月夜过七里滩Urban441k WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes + ensemble cast + villains + world destruction + no female lead + fictional setting + slow burn] Legend has it that when neon lights are shining, a wish powerful enough can draw a legendary god down to grant it. As for the price, it only tells you afterward. I have made countless people’s dreams come true, and witnessed countless people descend into madness. I am Pu Song, a soul trapped in a cat’s body, a stranger from another land who harvests despair to find my way home. If 1.4kReads8.6Score147Shelves
5. 5 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves

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   A great behind-the-scenes article. Please come back and comment after you've taken it.

6. 6 我 I Am the Mastermind Behind the Scenes, Creating a Supernatural Game 我，幕后主宰，创建超凡游戏 Short on Gold and Silver金缺银少Urban417k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-scenes mastermind + urban fantasy + ensemble cast + global upheaval + ruthless decisiveness + sharp minds + factional conflict + human nature at stake] After becoming a god, Yunge found the world far too boring. So he decided to have some fun, randomly selecting “lucky ones” to take part in a killing spree called the [Game of the Gods]. Here, kindness is an epitaph, and treachery is a passport. He brings about spiritual qi revival, unleashes the supernatural, and brings technology cr 9.4kReads8.2Score573Shelves

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   Immersed in books for ten years, accumulating over 3000 hours of reading! 📚 No genre bias, enjoys both male and female readers. Every book I put on my shelf is a high-quality masterpiece, carefully selected! Follow with confidence and you won't be disappointed. If you don't like it, feel free to come back and "settle the score" with me!

7. 7 你 Your Anomaly Has Been Created. Please Set Its Killing Rules 你的诡异已创建，请设置杀人规则 Doesn't Like Sausages不爱吃香肠Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes + urban setting + ensemble cast + dark themes + revenge + creating the uncanny + rules for killing] Vengeful spirits, urban legends, and evil ghosts: terrifying beings once confined to supernatural horror films had crossed into reality, shrouding the world in fear. Each had its own rules for killing, and they especially favored the lives of evil people. Once they marked you, if you didn’t know how to break their rules, you were sure to die by their hands. Governments around th 43.2kReads7.0Score5.2kShelves
8. 8 最 The Strongest Golden Finger: Nurturing a Trillion Immortal Emperors Every Day 最强金手指，每天蕴育万亿仙帝 A Pig Striving for Greatness一只拼搏向上的猪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Tyrant + endless troops + conquest + countless beauties + ultimate thrills] Qin Zheng transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the emperor of Great Qin. He obtains a reincarnation pool for attribute-based troops, which can nurture a million soldiers every day with attributes such as destruction, time, space, curses, souls, and light and shadow! [Destruction-attribute troops are like walking bolts of divine destruction. Wherever they pass, the heavens collapse and the earth is shattered!] 30kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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   The first book features a massive army, with the protagonist orchestrating the battlefield from behind the scenes; the second is about a clan leader behind the scenes; the third is pure wish-fulfillment fiction; and the last one is like opening blind boxes every day.

9. 9 激 Activating the Training System to Build an Invincible Clan 激活培养系统，打造无敌家族 Snow and Frost in Heaven天上雪霜Eastern Fantasy681k WordsCompleted [Family clan]+ [Steady growth]+ [Summoned characters] Chen Daozhen transmigrates into a world of immortals and martial arts, becoming the head of a clan and awakening the strongest family System. As long as he keeps developing the clan and gathering its fortune, he can grow stronger. The System can also return rewards a hundredfold: when his clan members cultivate, their gains are returned to Chen Daozhen a hundred times over. “Clan Head, I’ve reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage.” Chen D 4.9kReads8.1Score300Shelves
10. 10 签 One Sign-In and I’m Invincible! 签到一次，直接无敌了！ Half a Lifetime半生Eastern Fantasy308k WordsCompleted Invincible protagonist + sign-in system + pure power fantasy! “Ding! Congratulations, Host. Sign-in successful. You have received 100,000 years of cultivation.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. Sign-in successful. You have received 100,000 cultivation techniques and secret arts.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. Sign-in successful. You have received 100,000...” Ye Junlin sighed. Being invincible was so lonely. 95.9kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
11. 11 神 God-Tier System: Instant Kills for One Yuan 神级系统：一元秒杀 Starfire Across the Sky星火连天Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted “Ding... Congratulations, Host Tang Yu, on successfully instantly killing a Chaos Physique. You have obtained the Chaos Physique, empowered by the Chaos bloodline.” “Ding... Congratulations, Host Tang Yu, on instantly killing a Heaven-grade cultivation technique...” “...” This is the story of Tang Yu, who transmigrated into the Divine Land and awakened a One-Yuan Instant Kill System eighteen years later. He embarks on a path of killing gods and turning his fate around, climbing step by step to t 2.4kReads6.8Score273Shelves
12. 12 我 I, a Screenwriter, and the Spiritual Qi Revival 我，编剧，灵气复苏 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Mystery906k WordsOngoing Unkind female lead, no romance, game invasion, spiritual qi revival, mastermind, dungeons, infinite flow, rules-based horror, reborn, secret identities, horror game … Song Mo died at the end of the Song dynasty, then came back to life in a parallel world. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is a blood-soaked corpse: [Low-level material: Landlord's corpse (click to view related material)] [Scriptwriting points: 0] [Time remaining: 6 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes, 40 seconds] [Write a s 74.8kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves

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    The female lead is good; from what I've seen so far, she seems to have an extremely high status, almost superhuman. I still prefer stories with a neutral stance, especially those involving behind-the-scenes manipulation.

13. 13 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Become the Mastermind Behind the Scenes with My Secret Identities 灵气复苏，我靠马甲成为幕后黑手 Tang Leaf Chatter棠叶喧Modern Romance596k WordsOngoing Slow burn, spiritual qi revival + mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + multiple secret identities + identities never exposed + discarded character cards Chen Xu binds herself to a spiritual qi revival System and follows 099 to Blue Star, which has been caught up in the Calamity of the End. To save the planet, she chooses to disguise herself and deceive everyone. She writes about the tangled relationships born where cultivation and magic intertwine. She writes of the resolve of every chara 15.3kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves

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    You can check out these books; they're all about spiritual revival and behind-the-scenes female-oriented content. The second and third ones are my current favorites. If you want more, check my bookshelf.

14. 14 重 Reborn at Sixty: The System Helps Me Bring About a Mysterious Revival 重生六十老太，系统带我神秘复苏 From Today On, I'll Be a Godly Tycoon从今天开始当神豪Modern Romance595k WordsOngoing [No Romance]+ [Reborn as an Old Lady]+ [Many Secret Identities, All Women]+ [Can Become Young Again]+ [No Catfighting]+ [Mystery Revival]+ [Doesn't Cooperate with the Authorities]+ [The Protagonist Isn't Always Behind the Scenes] Mu Rongqiu, a promising young person from the 21st century, closed her eyes and opened them to find herself as Rong Qiu, the elderly matriarch of the Rong family in a parallel world. Over sixty years old, poor and destitute, frail in health, with her husband and daughte 106.6kReads8.2Score19.2kShelves
15. 15 躲 Hiding Behind the Scenes, Bringing Fear and Faith to the World 躲在幕后，给世界带去恐惧与信仰 Xuanyuan Goudan轩辕狗蛋Urban725k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, behind-the-scenes mastermind, manipulating the masses, creating the supernatural, a mix of everything, people reading too much into things, Tarot Club] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Luo Chen scattered the seeds of the supernatural and became the mastermind behind the scenes. A young woman who jumped into a river gained the power to take revenge and became a monster, slaughtering everyone in her path. A police auxiliary officer, mortally wounded while fighting criminal 2.1kReads7.1Score124Shelves
16. 16 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: From the Start, My Secret Identity Unleashes Gravity and Emotion 咒回：开局马甲扮演展开重力情感 Dreamlike Life Observer浮生若梦观察员Anime Fanfiction201k WordsOngoing Right after finishing the college entrance exams, Luo Zhiyu opens her eyes and finds herself thrown straight into the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. The timing is fixed on the eve of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, with Special Grade Cursed Spirits everywhere and undercurrents surging. One careless move means certain death. Fortunately, she has a secret identity role-playing System. By playing different characters under secret identities, she can harvest impression points from outsiders. The de 198Reads—Score104Shelves
17. 17 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: Awakening Without Limits 灵气复苏，无序觉醒 Hot Pot Is So Tasty火锅好吃捏Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Spiritual Qi Revival + Ensemble Cast + Satisfying Read + No Stupid Characters + No Saintly Protagonist] Power is distributed at random, and the privileged are collectively left reeling. Spiritual qi revival brings random awakenings across the globe. Generations of accumulated privilege are no match for a single person chosen by fate. This is the most chaotic era, and also the fairest. Chen Mo, a manual laborer driven to desperation by bride-price demands, awakens and wipes out the entire family 6.6kReads6.9Score370Shelves

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    [Early Stage of Spiritual Qi Revival + Ensemble Cast + Thrilling Read + No Brainwashing + No Mary Sue] Extraordinary awakenings occur randomly, causing the elite to collectively break down. In 2026, spiritual energy revives, leading to random awakenings worldwide. Generations of accumulated power are no match for a single chosen one. A thrilling read throughout: The awakening begins with immediate reckoning, with no frustrating or Mary Sue moments. A panoramic ensemble cast: Loyalists, collaborators, independent individuals, hedonists, observers… multiple perspectives driving the narrative. Hardcore deduction: How will the world be reconstructed after the random arrival of power? This is the core appeal. An epic saga: A complete world-building framework is in place; immerse yourself in the story.

18. 18 超 Supernatural Gifts: I Created Ninety-Nine Gods 超凡赋予：我制造了九十九个神明 Soul Eater of the Southwest西南的噬魂Urban336k WordsCompleted In a world where the powerful and wealthy hold absolute sway, Chen Mo is just an ordinary man, until he obtains the Supernatural Empowerment System. He can grant supernatural powers to those driven to the brink by their need for revenge. The deeper their hatred, the stronger their powers and the greater their impact on the world. And the more power Chen Mo gains in turn. Thus, he becomes the most unusual “investor” of his age. He gives the power of “corrosion,” which rots everything away, to 2.1kReads5.3Score214Shelves
19. 19 穿EN Reborn Without a Cheat—Because I’m a Planet! 穿越没有金手指，因为我是星球 Jinwan Fights Tigers巾晚打老虎Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted [World creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + transmigration + planets + planetary consciousness + civilization development + lords + conquest + the Myriad Worlds] Zhang Yang transmigrates, but from the start he has no golden finger. Instead, he transmigrates into a ball: a planet! A planet lord must constantly simulate the planet's development and the rise and fall of its civilizations to raise the planet's level. While other planet lords are still pondering which direction their civilizatio 11.7kReads9.3Score973Shelves

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    Behind-the-scenes manipulators, planetary will, gods, the Fourth Calamity, building civilization, time travel NPCs

20. 20 我 All My Chosen Ones Are Fourth Calamity Players 我的神选者全是第四天灾 Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Beneath the grand facade of swords and magic lies a world hurtling toward corruption and ruin. After transmigrating to a Western fantasy world for 682 years, Ye Zhi finally got his golden finger: a glowing orb connected to the Blue Star internet! Combined with the divine spark that practically came knocking at his door, it gave birth to a game linking Blue Star with another world. Who says you can’t track someone down through the internet? With nothing more than an exclamation mark and a few gam 28.6kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
21. 21 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. 4.8kReads8.5Score422Shelves
22. 22 恩 The Game of Grace 恩赐的游戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + Player Summoning + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Wild Imagination + Another World] A legion that worships violence and slaughter refuses to start a war. An empire founded by a slave uprising continues to uphold slavery. A tribe that worships and relies on its gods refuses to speak of them. A nation founded by androids obsesses over human rights. By that logic, then, it seems perfectly reasonable that an omnipotent god has no powers at all, doesn't it? Shen Ming looked at the ea 27.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
23. 23 航 Seafaring: An Ancient God Awakens? I'll Knock It Out with Money 航海：古神苏醒？用钱把它砸晕 Horn角笛Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Ancient gods awaken in the deep-sea fog. Islands emerge amid raging storms. Mysterious, uncanny treasures, fleets thundering with cannon fire, pirates laughing wildly as they bring bloodshed and slaughter, and intrepid adventurers exploring a new continent... When Li Cha Aldrich awakens once more, he finds himself an NPC in the game world known as Voyage. To prepare for the dangers ahead, Li Cha has no choice but to take the extraordinary path as a [Jeweler]. From [Jeweler] to [God of Wealth and 10.2kReads9.0Score963Shelves
24. 24 成 After Becoming the Sea God, I Accidentally Conquered the Stars 成为海神之后：一不小心征服星际 Eid Nos医德诺斯Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No Pairing + Male Protagonist + Gods + Summoning Players + Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Ensemble Cast] The galaxy is a river, and the sea of stars is an ocean! Keg has survived in the oceans of Ryan Star for five hundred years. All he wants is to return to Blue Star and embrace his beloved phone... There are only two ways to travel between two different planets: build a starship, or become a god. That's right, Ryan Star is a planet with supernatural powers. After five hundred years of arduous 2.5kReads8.8Score367Shelves
25. 25 第 The Fourth Calamity: Tides of the Star Sea 第四天灾：星海狂潮 Mo Shengren墨生刃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Sci-fi armor] [No heroine] [Behind the scenes] [Ensemble cast] [Steady growth] After transmigrating through the void to another world, Xia Shang wakes once more to find the entire Origin Star System engulfed in centuries of chaos and conflict. The glory of the Orokin Empire has rotted away in the river of time, and its fall has nourished a host of new powers. The Clone Empire, ruled by an army of clones with little intelligence but plenty of brutality, has devoured the largest share of the Orok 3.3kReads8.8Score360Shelves
26. 26 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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    Both books are very good, especially the first one where the protagonist is a weirdo.

27. 27 从 Train Survival Begins as My Home Planet Explodes 从母星爆炸开始列车求生 Feng Qiumo风秋莫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural evolution] [Civilization collection] [Theism] Their home planet explodes, and humanity escapes into the depths of space aboard interstellar trains. Chen An becomes a train conductor, carrying passengers through the struggle for survival among the stars and creating a unique civilization of his own: the Fuyao Civilization. Under his direction, the passengers sweep across the stars like locusts. They develop technology, plunder species, destroy empires, and trample civilizations. Cou 36.2kReads8.9Score3kShelves
28. 28 神 The Age of Myth: I Invest the Yellow River God from the Start 神话大世：开局敕封黄河水神 A Useless God of Pen and Ink笔墨废神Urban319k WordsOngoing [Behind-the-Scenes Scheming] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [Myths Descend] + [Ensemble Cast] Were there no immortals or gods in this world? There are now, because I came along. Su Tian thought the world was far too dull, so he decided to pull back the curtain on the age of mythology himself. Standing on the banks of the Yellow River, he bestowed a title with a single point of his finger. A carp transformed into a dragon, the River God took his place, and spiritual qi surged and revived from that 554Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Behind the scenes, they fabricate myths and watch the tides rise and fall.

29. 29 我 I Wield the Power of the Supernatural, Rewriting the World's Injustices 我掌超凡权柄，改写世间不平 Mi Pa Si咪帕斯Urban224k WordsOngoing [Mastermind + Creating Supernatural Beings + Ensemble Cast + Revenge + High-Energy Power Fantasy] Have you ever seen evildoers walk free while their victims have nowhere to turn? Have you ever seen rules trampled at will while ordinary people can barely take a step forward? Have you ever seen injustice crush the breath from people’s lungs, while voices of resistance are easily drowned out? My name is Wen Ming. Ming, as in “the dawn after nightfall.” No one knows that every supernatural being who 259Reads5.5Score103Shelves

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    A true behind-the-scenes revenge story, the protagonist's character is genuinely detached and cold, never showing his face and maintaining an air of aloofness throughout. Furthermore, the reactions of the revenge-seeking side, the government institutions, and the villains are all realistically portrayed; no one is treated like a fool.

30. 30 提 I Logged In Ten Thousand Years Early, but I’m the Mastermind Behind It All 提前一万年登录，但我是幕后黑手 Carving a Boat to Find a Sword in the River of Time时间长河中刻舟求剑Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing (Ensemble cast · Western fantasy · world creation · epic · players arrive · protagonist never takes the stage, remaining purely in the background) After unexpectedly acquiring an ancient book, Chen Jiu becomes the Creator. With enough Creation divine power, Chen Jiu can do anything. There are only three ways to obtain Creation divine power. First, the world periodically repays him with Creation divine power. The stronger the world, the greater the reward. Second, whenever an epic, world-sha 30kReads8.5Score3.2kShelves

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    The existence of this protagonist is probably unknown to most; it's a captivating Western fantasy ensemble piece. All the transmigrators are doing very well, and the protagonist is a higher-dimensional being.

31. 31 我 I Forge a Fantasy World in Another Realm 我在异界缔造玄幻 Tongtong Rushing Like a Mountain通通如山Eastern Fantasy688k WordsOngoing Lin Luo suffered from illness in his previous life and died. His soul then transmigrated to another world, where he became a physically robust soldier. Just as he was imagining a wonderful life ahead, he was unfortunately killed in battle. The peculiar nature of his soul from another world turned him into an uncanny, immortal spirit. But he could not exist beneath the heavens of this other world, and was targeted for erasure by its will. To survive, Lin Luo could only plant spirits among all liv 660Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    A masterpiece among masterpieces, you'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't watch it! [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

32. 32 永 Eternal Night God: I Sealed Civilization to Become Divine 永夜上帝：为了成神我封印了文明 Windwalker Flow风行者流Eastern Fantasy639k WordsOngoing [Turning Back the Clock of History] + [Fighting the Tide of History] + [Becoming a God Through Faith] + [Mastermind Behind the Scenes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Protagonist Is a Hypocrite] After a dizzy spell, Li Wei wakes up in medieval Gaul, transformed into a fifteen-year-old boy. He nearly gets burned alive by a mob, and almost falls victim to a perverted old priest... At the last moment, he gains the ability to collect faith. With the Black Death looming, he must survive the dark Middle Ages and 122Reads6.4Score—Shelves
33. 33 盒 The Creator God in the Box 盒子里的创世神 Daoist Long Yuan龙渊道人Urban312k WordsOngoing Inside this prison called the “Box World,” countless races have sung songs of blood and tears through the tide of history. Gwyn witnessed King Arthur’s final charge and gathered up the last of humanity’s dignity. Gwyn heard the elven queen’s desperate prayer as the World Tree withered. He saw the bones of the orc prophet, who had fallen in the desert while searching for the “edge of the sky.” “God, if you truly exist, why do you turn a blind eye to our suffering?” Gwyn watched it all in silence. 37Reads6.8Score—Shelves
34. 34 唯 Only I Have Magic: I Faked the Nightmare Realm 唯我独法：我伪造了梦魇空间 Little Cuckoo Dove小咕咕鸠Urban656k WordsOngoing [I Alone Have the Way] + [Building a Lord God's Domain] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Villain] + [Dark] + [Ensemble cast] "There were no gods in this world. Then I came, and now there is a god!" This is a parallel Blue Star completely devoid of magic, until Xu Zhihuang unexpectedly inherits a ruined divine realm. But... The divine throne has crumbled, and the sacred fire is about to die out. Its only fuel is the intense emotions intelligent beings unleash at the brink of life and death: fear, de 2.1kReads7.0Score139Shelves

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    A masterpiece among masterpieces, you'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't watch it! 😄😄😄

35. 35 转 Reincarnated as a Divine Tree, I’m Building a Yin Soldier Clan 转生神树，我打造阴兵家族 Mu Feng Feng木风峰Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + System + Clan Saga + No Female Lead + The Protagonist Isn’t Human!] Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is injured! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is on the brink of death! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people just passed away! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree. We can’t let the body get cold on the way! Reincarnated as a frail locust tree, Ji Yang only wanted to bask in the sun, 101.7kReads8.8Score11.4kShelves

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    It's incredibly good. The Divine Tree, the silent dedication, and the family's steady progress—it's the best behind-the-scenes story I've ever read.

36. 36 我 I Built a Monster Club 我打造了怪物俱乐部 Xihe Tuntun羲和豚豚Urban253k WordsOngoing [The first volume is a little slow. The plot picks up in the second volume, with more monsters appearing.] [Behind the scenes]+ [Ensemble cast]+ [Monsters] When despair takes shape, when hatred becomes claws… A mysterious being calling itself Zero walks through the shadows of the city. In exchange for their souls, it grants mortals power beyond the ordinary, turning them into walking harbingers of calamity. A despairing sculptor commands statues to trample the rules. An honest man transforms int 6Reads5.5Score—Shelves
37. 37 东 Tokyo: Creating the Supernatural from Behind the Scenes 东京：幕后创造超凡 Nine Tomato-and-Egg Stir-Fries九番茄炒蛋Anime Fanfiction207k WordsCompleted [Detective Conan + behind-the-scenes mastermind + secret identities + ensemble cast + creating monsters + writing myths + causing trouble worldwide] In his previous life, Bai Shi Qingye died of an illness. Reborn in Tokyo, he awakened his memories. He also brought along an editor capable of editing anything. Create life, grant skills, craft extraordinary items: everything can be edited. To achieve immortality and become an immortal ancestor, Bai Shi Qingye went further and further down the path 530Reads6.0Score—Shelves
38. 38 蓝 After All Life on Blue Star Was Wiped Out, I Created Urban Legends to Invade the World 蓝星死绝后，我创造怪谈入侵全球 Seriously, I'm Done with This Tomato真是服了tomatoMystery782k WordsOngoing [Power fantasy + behind-the-scenes mastermind + rule-based horror + ensemble cast + revenge + ruthless protagonist + no female lead] The rating has just come in. Blue Star fell five years ago. The foreigners slaughtered the last of its original inhabitants. He is Chen Mo, and he died three minutes before the war ended. But now, he has returned. He is neither a ghost nor a god. He is the blade hanging over the invaders' heads, the purest form of fear that haunts their midnight dreams. That night 3.6kReads6.3Score412Shelves

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    A perfect blend of behind-the-scenes stories and uncanny rule-based tales

39. 39 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy875k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 759kReads9.0Score136.9kShelves

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    It has a few minor flaws, but it's still acceptable.

40. 40 我 I Fabricate Myths and Lead the Spiritual Qi Revival 我编造神话，引领灵气复苏 Do Seagulls Ever Get Lucky?海鸥到底欧不欧Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Qing is on the verge of death. To stay alive, he has to make the whole world believe in the “spiritual qi revival.” No spiritual qi? He’ll create it with special effects! No cultivation techniques? He’ll write them in code! No ancient ruins? He’ll bury and excavate them himself! But he never expected that, the more he made things up, the stranger the world would really become. Scientists go mad over runes seen through their microscopes; the Western Church prostrates itself before sword immor 308Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    They're all behind-the-scenes manipulators, spiritual energy is reviving.

41. 41 幕 The Mastermind: Fabricating a Spiritual Qi Revival from the Start 幕后黑手，开局编造灵气复苏 Belldandy, Who Likes Shuangqing喜欢双清的贝露丹迪Urban219k WordsOngoing Reborn one month before the apocalypse, Chen Ran awakens the power to turn falsehood into truth. This time, he won’t keep a low profile. Using an ordinary human body, he will orchestrate the revival of myths and fight the harvesters beyond the stars. When spiritual qi revival begins, he will be the world’s only director and god. (Behind-the-scenes mastermind), (ensemble cast), (invincible protagonist) 20Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 从 Editing the Supernatural, Starting in Neon 从霓虹开始编辑诡异 Frost and Snow Share Plum Blossoms, Books Are Hard to Write霜雪共梅书不易Urban264k WordsCompleted "Reality warped by magic + fantasy revival + plot-driven + behind-the-scenes mastermind + secret identities + transmigration + intelligent characters + no romance" After transmigrating to a parallel world, he plans to use his memories of the future to reach the pinnacle of success, only to discover that this doesn't seem to be the world he came from. With a world-editing interface at his fingertips, all he needs is enough mental energy to edit reality into something fantastical and create a sc 200Reads5.6Score—Shelves
43. 43 幕 Creating the World Behind the Scenes, I Bring the Cultivation Realm to Earth 幕后创世，我让修仙界降临 Virtual Ghost虚拟幽灵Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes] [Creation] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [No Female Lead] Lin Sheng unexpectedly obtains a game engine capable of creating worlds. Anything he creates can descend into reality by ascending dimensions. Soon, instance after instance appears on Blue Star. A series of urban murders is turned into a horror instance, plunging a city into a nightmare while securing justice for the dead. A bloody gladiator arena instance forces wanted criminals from around the world to fight one another. Ma 1.9kReads6.0Score124Shelves
44. 44 火 Naruto: I Direct a Remade Sky Screen in the Ninja World 火影：我在忍界导演魔改天幕 What the Heck Is This啥玩意啊这是Anime Fanfiction265k WordsOngoing [Pseudo Sky Screen] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Ensemble Cast] [Wildly Altered Storyline] [The Protagonist Is Just a Tool] Su Yue transmigrated into the world of Hokage and obtained the [God-Tier Screenwriter Story-Rewrite System]. From behind the scenes, with the sky itself as his screen, he forced the entire shinobi world to watch spoilers of a crazed, rewritten "future": Sasuke kills the daimyo of the Land of Fire and a host of nobles, setting out on the path to transform the shinobi world. Naruto s 1.4kReads8.0Score105Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a Naruto-themed novel I wrote myself, a behind-the-scenes story with a heavily modified plot. The protagonist is essentially a plot device, logic-conscious readers are welcome, and it's not mindless wish-fulfillment. If you enjoy novels with well-developed foreshadowing and ensemble casts, you might want to give it a try!

45. 45 我 I, the Heavenly Dao, Will Build the Strongest World 我，天道，打造最强世界 A Calm Heart Is Possible清心也可以Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes + cultivation] A mysterious world appeared somewhere in the Sea of Chaos. It was filled with countless legends. One powerful figure after another emerged from it. There were peerless Immortal Emperors, ethereal as immortals and immaculate in bearing. There were martial titans who strode across mountains and rivers and shattered the void with their fists. There were peerless War Gods with bloodlines so powerful they defied the heavens, unmatched throughout history. There were m 4.6kReads8.6Score314Shelves

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    Skip through the first 100 chapters, but the next 250 chapters are really exciting.

46. 46 投 I Invest in the Chosen Clan, and My Strength Equals the Entire Clan's 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和 Sleepy Cat 9睡不醒的猫9Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members 127kReads9.1Score9.7kShelves

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    The plot isn't mindless! The male lead is a powerful figure behind the scenes—it's all about satisfying action! It's purely enjoyable, with excellent logic, super engaging, and a great novel to read multiple times! Everyone, come check it out!

47. 47 编 I Make Up Stories, and Everyone Thinks I’m the Protagonist 编造小说，世人都以为我是主角 Even Lung-Fog Belial Once Loved Deeply肺雾贝利亚也曾深情Urban301k WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.2kReads7.5Score105Shelves

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    Perfectly suited.

48. 48 幕 Behind the Scenes: I Spread Superpowers to Strengthen Myself 幕后：我散播异能反哺自身 The Night Owl Can't Sleep夜猫子睡不着Urban200k WordsOngoing [Behind-the-Scenes Style + Superpower Revival + Superpowers + Introducing the Supernatural + No Heroines + Mind Games Early On, Invincible Later + Founding an Organization] Blue Star, a beautiful planet, bears all of humanity’s joys and sorrows, its life and death. But society has grown suffocatingly stagnant, and the unchanging world leaves people numb and hopeless. Jiang Lan obtains a divine ring capable of absorbing superpowers. Believing in the legend that gathering eight kinds of superpower 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Feel free to take a look. It's short now, but if you like it, you can add it to your bookshelf. [Heart emoji]

49. 49 诸 Fishing Across the Heavens, My Mortal Star Becomes the Core of All Worlds 诸天垂钓，我的凡星成万界核心 Lone Shadow, Thin in the West Wind西风孤影瘦Urban332k WordsOngoing Chu Qi is reborn in the Great Feng Empire on Planet Diyuan, a world similar to a parallel Earth. He signs a Star Contract with this planet, whose human civilization has entered the early modern era, and becomes its Star Lord. He can control all of the planet's power, and has the good fortune to obtain a fishing rod that reaches across the Myriad Worlds and through time. Using the treasures he fishes up from across the heavens, Chu Qi develops Planet Diyuan, gradually turning it into a superconti 13kReads6.4Score1.3kShelves

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    The first book, "Summoning the Descent of All Realms," was quite interesting.

50. 50 我 As the Mastermind Behind the Scenes, I Usher in an Age of the Supernatural! 我为幕后主宰，开启超凡时代！ Crazy Power Generation疯力发电Urban910k WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Bestowing Supernatural Powers + Upending the World + Urban Superpowers] While others transmigrated to rule the world, Lu Qi only wanted to go home. Lu Qi found himself in a dark, despairing world. Fortunately, his blood could create gods. When a small, frail weakling awakens the power of giants... When a feeble, sickly patient gains an immortal body... When an avenger consumed by rage learns to travel through space... When the old world's order is shattered b 1.8kReads6.7Score108Shelves

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