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1. 51 全 Global Divine Awakening: I Grant All the Devil Fruits 全球神启：恶魔果实都是我赐予的 Three-Stick Sauce Wife三粘汁妻Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Mastermind Behind the Scenes]+ [Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Devil Fruit]+ [Ruthless and Decisive]+ [Overpowered Wish-Fulfillment] [Current World Turmoil: 0] Jiang Shu, reborn after transmigrating, looks at the orderly, nauseatingly peaceful world before him and pulls out a copy of the Devil's Compendium. If the world is too dull, then I'll be the one to create gods and demons! A desperate father with a broken leg swallows a purple fruit in the mud and transforms into a two-meter-tall, savage wer 3.3kReads5.5Score214Shelves
2. 52 我 I Created the Committee for the Management of Forbidden Objects! 我创造了禁忌物管理委员会！ Big Shot Yu大佬俞Urban675k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Behind the Scenes] [Somewhat Dark] In a bustling city, mysterious items with incredible powers and negative side effects begin to appear. They are called Pandora, also known as Forbidden Objects. 3-001, Marquardt’s Mask. 3-002, Lilith’s Blood Needle. 2-00X, Eris’s Magic Mirror. 0-001, Forbidden Ring. … A mask that lets its wearer become someone else; a silver hairpin that, once driven into a person’s heart, drains every drop of blood from their body and prolongs its owner 7.5kReads8.5Score650Shelves

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   1. In an ordinary, unchanging world timeline, the protagonist suddenly finds himself bound to an interesting system, allowing him to create many extraordinary things, and the world begins to become more magical. 2. The protagonist dies of a terminal illness and opens his eyes to find himself transported to a parallel world. However, his health remains poor; he suffers from heart disease and is physically weak. But the protagonist discovers a terrifying yet intriguing seed within his body.

3. 53 绝 Despairing Souls, Accept the Seed of My Soul! 绝望的人啊，接受我的灵魂之种！ Meow guri喵guriUrban1.5M WordsOngoing [Behind the Scenes] [Urban] [Ensemble Cast] [Dark] [Revenge] [Creating the Supernatural] Before transmigrating, Wen Yan died of terminal cancer, his final breath carrying his desperate longing for good health. After transmigrating, he became a sickly young man with congenital heart disease, and doctors gave him only six months to live. Fortunately, there was still a way forward: deep in his soul, he could condense one “Soul Seed” each week. To stay alive, he dragged along his heart, which could 30kReads7.2Score2.5kShelves
4. 54 我 The Universe in My Backyard 我的后院是宇宙 A Golden-Shaded Cat at Home家有金渐层Urban430k WordsOngoing (Entirely handmade, so read with confidence) [Fourth Calamity + ensemble cast + sandbox creation + the Myriad Worlds] Chen Jing creates a sandbox in his courtyard, evolving life from single-celled organisms to humanoids, and bringing forth civilizations of magic and martial arts. From cultivation civilizations to primordial civilizations, they all evolve one by one in his sandbox. The intelligent beings are savage? No problem, send a great flood. The players want to cause trouble? No problem, th 395Reads6.5Score—Shelves
5. 55 编 Fabricating Shrouding the Heavens: From the Start, I Invent the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin 编造遮天：开局虚构九龙拉棺 This Slide Is the Sneakiest这种滑道最阴了Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Ratings are open, and the score will rise!] [Mythology + Eastern fantasy + ensemble cast + no romance + plot-driven + secret identities + invincible protagonist] “Climb the road to heaven, stride forth to song, and cover the skies with a flick of your fingers.” The transmigrator Gu Changqing discovers that this world is technologically advanced, yet has no myths or legends at all. To survive the genuine crisis that lies ahead, he decides to fabricate a lie and force all of humanity to evolve. H 4kReads5.7Score233Shelves
6. 56 编 I Faked a Spiritual Qi Revival, and I’m the Mastermind? 编造灵气复苏，我是幕后黑手？ Forced to Write Because I'm Broke因穷被迫写书Urban806k WordsOngoing [Fake Spiritual Qi Revival + Secret Identities + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Written entirely by hand, no AI. A black sun hangs in the sky as tides of spiritual energy sweep across the land. Ancient cultivation methods revive one after another in nations across the world, and the ancient myths of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism return to the mortal realm. The sword immortals of Huaxia chill nineteen provinces with a single strike, crossing three thousand miles alone to figh 63.8kReads7.3Score6.2kShelves
7. 57 东 Tokyo: I Am the Creator God 东京：我就是创世神 Guaranteed Gacha Pull抽卡大保底Urban963k WordsOngoing Transmigrate to a parallel version of Tokyo, spread supernatural power, and weave myths into reality. Make the billions of people in the world dance in the palm of your hand. In other words, the Tokyo mastermind-behind-the-scenes style 39.5kReads8.2Score4.7kShelves
8. 58 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 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves

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9. 59 我 I Created a Supernatural World 我创造了超凡世界 Su MumuV苏木木VEastern Fantasy465k WordsCompleted [World Creation + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Game Players] "Please, Creator, decide which supernatural element this world will have." "The supernatural element is hereby established: [Water]." This is a world of eternal night, with a continent surrounded by ocean. Daylight does not exist, and strange evils run rampant. People use supernatural potions obtained from the depths of the ocean to fight these evils and become extraordinary beings. After that, the [Word Spirit World], [Twin World], 95Reads8.4Score134Shelves
10. 60 开 From the Start, I'm a Secret Realm, Watching Cultivators Fight for Their Fortunes 开局成秘境，坐看修士争机缘 Late Maples in a Secluded Valley幽谷晚枫Eastern Fantasy236k WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Dungeons] [Farming] [Cultivation] Lu Yuan transmigrates into the core of a secret realm. Countless martial artists and cultivators want to refine him and become masters of the realm. To fend off these invaders, he keeps opening up new areas of the secret realm and creates countless demons to guard them. What’s more, every time he opens a new secret realm, he gains all kinds of wonders and treasures. Reincarnation Pool: Anyone who dies in the secret rea 494Reads6.2Score104Shelves

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    Imaginative and well-written. Not mindless.

11. 61 炼 Making the Fake Real, Building an Age of Myth 炼假成真，打造神话时代 Money-Making Writing Machine赚钱码字机Urban723k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes] [Creating the Supernatural and Mythical] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Shocking the World] Su Fan obtains the Heavenly Chessboard and awakens the ability to turn lies into truth, bringing all things into existence. All he has to do is keep deceiving people, and he can make myths real and manifest supernatural items. Manifest [The Martial Laureate's Diary], and shatter everyone's understanding! Manifest [The Martial Saint's Legacy], and unleash blood and qi that soar to the heavens! 707Reads7.0Score153Shelves

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    The protagonist is the source of the extraordinary, reviving Earth's spiritual energy and creating an extraordinary myth. (This is all happening behind the scenes.)

12. 62 炼 Turning the False into the Real, I Built a Golden Age of Cultivation! 炼假成真，我打造了修炼盛世！ Money-Making Writing Machine赚钱码字机Urban252k WordsCompleted Invincible + Turning the False into Reality + Building a Faction + Making a Spectacle in Public While Pulling Strings Behind the Scenes + No Heroine [Spirit-Nourishing Grass raises the spiritual energy concentration to the low-martial level. Fortune Points +10,000] [Ye Xuan's strength rises to the Body Tempering stage. Fortune Points +10] [Alchemical skills accelerate everyone's improvement. Fortune Points +100,000] [Successfully created three thousand Dao Provinces. Fortune Points +10,000 trill 1.7kReads8.1Score102Shelves
13. 63 超 Supernatural Parasite: I Control Evolution 超凡寄生，我掌控进化 Passerby in a Glass玻璃杯里的路人Urban421k WordsCompleted (Behind-the-scenes story, ensemble cast, low-profile protagonist with a false aura of divinity, parallel world, supernatural conflict.) (The plot of this work is entirely fictional and has no connection to reality. The story takes place in an extreme universe in a parallel universe, with no connection to reality.) In 2048, an unknown energy capable of taking root in human bodies and granting supernatural abilities quietly descends, pushing the once-peaceful world to the brink of chaos. Wan Zui c 162Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this myself, so it's a bit messy. I'm still trying. [Sending heart]

14. 64 海 The One Piece Braggart, Starting with Reviewing Devil Fruits 海贼大话王，从点评恶魔果实开始 A Fish About to Drown一只要溺死的鱼Anime Fanfiction4.6M WordsOngoing [Sky-screen transmissions + summoning anime characters + protagonist as a pawn + dark fiction] The protagonist wants to bring some fun to the twisted world of pirates. Their personality is chaotic neutral, and everything serves the plot, regardless of good or evil. Using the sky screen to fabricate one half-true, half-false piece of information after another, they force pirates, Marines, and Celestial Dragons to believe in a fake future, no matter how powerful or wise they are, as their dirty la 9.5kReads7.9Score366Shelves

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    I've forgotten who the main character is.

15. 65 曦 Eternal Dawn 曦日永恒 Green Pine in Heavy Snow大雪青松Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsCompleted [Invincible protagonist + ensemble cast (sort of) + an entire clan creating a world + giant gods + wholly original] Over 7,000 words updated daily! Jump in with confidence! You've seen people transmigrate with their bodies or souls, men transmigrating as women and women as men, but have you ever seen an entire clan transmigrate? On the day Yang Sheng took over as clan leader, the ancestral stone underw 14.4kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    Gaga is so beautiful, they're all giants.

16. 66 蒙 Wrongfully Imprisoned, I Committed Eighteen Crimes in One Day 蒙冤入狱服刑，一日作案十八次 Soda with the East Wind汽水伴东风Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Urban + System + behind-the-scenes + revenge + feel-good revenge + ruthless] Overnight, a favored son of heaven becomes a prisoner. College student Lin Mo is framed as the mastermind behind a shocking crime. His family is destroyed, and he is thrown into the most heavily guarded prison in the country! Amid endless torment and despair, he awakens the [Death Warrior Judgment System]. As long as he judges criminals the law cannot punish, he receives rewards, and may even be able to bring his famil 30.1kReads7.6Score3.7kShelves
17. 67 我 I Can Grant Superpowers 我能赋予超能力 Poor Jerry可怜的杰瑞Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A new novel in the same genre, “You Asked Me to Grant Wishes, So Why Are They All Dark?” is now out. Interested readers are welcome to check it out] [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Global Setting + Supernatural Abilities + Saving the World + Readers Are the Handsomest and Most Beautiful] [Also known as The Wheel of Fate] [The main storyline is complete. Extras are being updated, so read without worry] The protagonist is a supporting character and barely appears early on. If that bothers yo 6.8kReads8.1Score390Shelves

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    Great book recommendation! Follow me and you'll never run out of books to read! The protagonist, an ordinary person, experiences numerous hardships before acquiring a system. He then creates various bizarre events behind the scenes, altering the world and ultimately becoming the uncrowned god of the world. The protagonist also unexpectedly obtains a mysterious treasure, gaining the ability to create extraordinary things. He continuously integrates and experiments with these abilities, silently astonishing the world, and finally becomes the king behind the scenes.

18. 68 异 Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！ 7723 Ah7723啊Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho 20.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    It's not behind the scenes, but it's very good.

19. 69 这EN This Uchiha Fights Dirty 这个宇智波不讲武德 Carefree Young Master无忧小郎君Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [The speech at the little tavern comes after Chapter 62. If you like it, you can start reading there.] Inside a little tavern, a voice rang out: “Ninjas aren’t tools, let alone expendable. Peace isn’t something we can beg for. We have to create it ourselves!” “The daimyo and nobles sit high above us, living in luxury and treating commoners like grass beneath their feet. They use ninjas as tools to command at will. Commoners live in misery, while ninjas risk their lives on mission after mission j 13.7kReads8.0Score952Shelves

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    The bag is so pretty!

20. 70 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: Crushed by the Eastern Emperor Bell from the Start 两界穿梭，开局被东皇钟砸到了 Carefree Young Master无忧小郎君Urban753k WordsOngoing Here’s a recommendation for This Uchiha Has No Sense of Honor, a novel of nearly a million words. It features a speech at an Uchiha tavern, a coup, becoming the daimyo, Danzo becoming Hokage, loads of memes, and plenty of laughs. [In the real world, he alone wields supernatural powers, showing off in front of others] [Traveling between two worlds to trade supplies] [Gambler, arms dealer, cultivator] Li Xuanzhi graduates from university only to find himself unemployed. Then he discovers he has ca 1kReads—Score100Shelves
21. 71 梦 Nightmare Space: It Has to Have Nightmares 梦魇空间，一定要有梦魇 Understand the Principles and Question Your Heart明其理而问心Urban643k WordsOngoing [Mastermind] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Source of the Supernatural] [Building the Main God] [Dream Dungeon] [No Female Lead] Infiltrate the dreams of entire groups and collect nightmares. Build dungeons, recruit apostles, bring forth the supernatural, and transform the age. If the supernatural means fabricating laws and trampling the world, and if the strong must have their own path and dreams, what kind of path would you take? When the boundary between truth and illusion is broken, and reality an 6.7kReads6.2Score1.4kShelves

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    Self-promoted, behind-the-scenes story, no female lead, no involvement.

22. 72 我 In the Chaotic Era, I Rely on a Costume Change System to Pose as a Goddess 我在乱世靠换装系统装神女 Little Xi Luck小西LuckAncient Romance653k WordsCompleted (The ending includes a woman disguising herself as a man. Feel free to skip if that bothers you.) [Disguised Goddess Who Never Gets Found Out + No Romance + Power Fantasy + Everyone Loves Her] Yun Shu transmigrates into a turbulent-era novel with a dress-up System. It's the end of the Yong Dynasty. Natural disasters strike again and again, and corpses litter the land. She puts on the starter outfit given by the System, [Snowy White, Fragrant with Grace], which comes with the [Unlimited White Con 43.9kReads6.5Score4kShelves

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    ① Pretending to be a goddess without being exposed ② The mastermind behind the spiritual energy revival is currently editing a dungeon ③ What to do if you transmigrate into an NPC in an infinite flow world? Luckily, you can modify panel information and fabricate story backgrounds.

23. 73 没 No HP Bar? You Call This Stunning NPC Frail? 没血条？你管这绝美NPC叫病弱 Archangel Gabriel大天使伽百列Mystery746k WordsOngoing This was supposed to be a horror instance, so why are all the players treating me, an NPC, like their savior? After transmigrating into an eerie, infinite-world setting, everyone else struggles to survive, while Mu Zhixi doesn't even have a body. Luckily, the character-creation software from her previous life activates, allowing her to possess characters she designed herself and gain their abilities and backstories. So, what if her identity isn't mysterious enough? Make one up! What if her facti 145.8kReads8.6Score21.1kShelves
24. 74 全 Global Divine Awakening: Sorry, I’m the One Who Granted the Supernatural 全球神启：抱歉，超凡是我赐予的 Nothing to Do with Wind, Wind, Wind, and Moon无关风风风月Urban660k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Creating the Supernatural]+ [Do Not Enter If You Want a Saintly Protagonist]+ [The Protagonist Has Little Screen Time and No Fixed Allegiance] The world was beginning to feel wrong. When the first Apostle breathing flames walked the streets, when the first hero soared across the sky and tore open the heavens... The whole world was swept up in a frenzy of excitement and panic at this sudden upheaval. Governments scrambled to establish secret agencies, classi 2kReads7.1Score188Shelves

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    This one was alright, but it ended abruptly.

25. 75 家EN My Family Cultivation: Gacha Pulls for Family Development 家族修仙：我靠抽卡发展家族 Lu Hai Shami陆海沙弥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Family Saga] [Mastermind] [Founding Ancestor] [Ensemble Cast] [Gacha Game] [Partly Farming] [Traditional Xianxia] [No Female Lead] After Yun Jiang angrily rants about the casual game Family Gacha Cultivation Game, he wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated. The good news: he transmigrated. The bad news: he transmigrated into an obscure old book deep in the mountains. While everyone else transmigrates into a book, he skips straight to becoming one. The book itself is the Family Gacha Cult 51Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    This is a story about cultivation within a family, where the protagonist is the family's ancestor, forever hidden behind the scenes. He starts with three cards, and his powerful abilities are gradually revealed as the family develops. In the early to mid-game, he acts like a constant grandfather figure to the family members. It follows traditional Xianxia (fantasy martial arts) mechanics, avoids overly sentimental or overly aggressive combat, and emphasizes a semi-farming, farming-based approach.

26. 76 七 Legends of the Seven Realms 七界传说 Dreams Leave No Trace心梦无痕Eastern Fantasy11.6M WordsCompleted The complete Seven Realms, including the full prequel. For a thousand years, the cultivation world has passed down the legend of the Five Sects, Six Academies, and Seven Realms. Lu Yun was born with a physical defect. On his defiant path to greatness, he finds several unforgettable loves and friendships and suffers one hardship after another. But how will it all end? Immortals, Buddhas, Daoists, demons, monsters, and beasts all gather. Good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and wickedness: who c 14.6kReads8.6Score664Shelves

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    Legend of the Seven Realms: A complete legend of the Five Sects, Six Academies, and Seven Realms, featuring demons, monsters, gods, Buddhas, Taoists, Confucianists, demon emperors, demon lords, Yama, the Yin Earth, the Heavenly Fiends, giant sea spirits, celestial beasts, and more. I would call it the strongest. Five Million Mercenaries of Northern Liang: Exiled to the extreme cold, they harvested a billion catties of sweet potatoes and potatoes, invented glass, beauty serums, and more, and established an unparalleled imperial court. Facing the imperial envoy, they jokingly said: "What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly. You are allowed to rephrase your words and say it again." Naruto: Intercepting Pain and Saving Jiraiya: After failing to resist the Otsuki clan, he transmigrated and was reborn. He started by saving Jiraiya, betrayed Konoha, collected the Rinnegan, the Summoning Cell, Jugo's Cursed Seal, Shisui's Sharingan… and accumulated power… Ancestral Star in Distress: I Can Summon All Transmigrators: Many powerful and terrifying creatures emerged from the Gate of Chaos, destroying the ancestral star. Lu Quan, in the name of the ancestral star, summoned transmigrators from various planes back. Some were Grandmasters, soaring through the air, capable of shattering mountains and rivers with a single thought. Others were Immortals, immortal through the ages, existing eternally in the primordial universe. Still others were Supreme Immortal Emperors, bearing the weight of galaxies, dominating eternity. "Who dares to offend my ancestral star? Hey, take this from my old grandson!" On the first day of being expelled from the family, the reward was the Martial God Physique: Xiao Chen, the eldest son of the Prince of Zhenbei, possessed astonishing talent, yet his dantian was shattered after shielding his younger brother from an enemy's blow. His father considered this a disgrace, and he lived in the shadow of his genius younger brother. His brother coveted his fiancée, and Xiao Chen was severely injured by him. Instead of defending him, his parents mistakenly believed he was causing trouble, forcing Xiao Chen to kneel and apologize to his brother. After severing ties, seeing the legendary Xiao Chen of the Great Xia Dynasty, who could tread the heavens and slay gods with a flick of his wrist, the Xiao family members were filled with remorse. They knelt on the ground, weeping and begging Xiao Chen to return to the Xiao family and restore its unparalleled glory. But Xiao Chen could never return. Back then, you treated me like a pig or a dog. Now, you can't even reach me. Divine Control of the World: One pavilion and two gates shake heaven and earth, three families and four sects move mountains and rivers, all directions gather to stir up storms, the power of the Central Region shakes the universe! With the three extraordinary objects in his sea of ​​consciousness—the Undying Tree, the Innate Yin Wind Pearl, and the Demonic Blue Fire Pearl—he obtains a heaven-defying opportunity. He rides top-tier divine beasts, controls divine-level powerhouses, and is invincible. Even if you unite with the Ancient Family in the north, the Killing Heaven in the west, and the Black Demon Sect in the center… and use all your forces to besiege me, I will not fear, and will annihilate all enemies. Demonic Supreme: Reborn from the ashes, the Demon Emperor reappears! The foolish prince consort cultivates both the demonic arts and the primordial arts, achieving the strongest demonic path. Nine Realms Mortal Immortals: The immortal path is strange and unpredictable, the human path is humble. All living beings are but pagodas, the immortal heart is like frost. Fang Chen unexpectedly obtains immortal destiny, but has only one wish in his heart: to use the immortal sword in his hand to usher in an era of peace!

27. 77 火 Naruto: Reborn as Naruto, I Save Jiraiya from the Start 火影：重生鸣人，开局拯救自来也 Er Gouzi's Dried Fish二狗子的小鱼干Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted In the era after Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, who died in battle, suddenly awakens and discovers that he is in another world. Just as he is worrying about how the final battle between Boruto and the Ōtsutsuki Clan will turn out, the Sage of Six Paths appears once more and tells him a secret he never knew. It turns out the Great Toad Sage's prophecy was right. Boruto really is the Child of Prophecy. It's just that the one whose fate changed wasn't the shinobi world's ending, but Naruto's destiny. 5.5kReads8.8Score453Shelves
28. 78 祖 Our Homeworld Is in Peril: I Can Summon Everyone Who Has Transmigrated 祖星有难：我能召唤所有穿越者 Qin Min沁泯Urban339k WordsOngoing The Gate of Chaos opens, and countless powerful, terrifying creatures emerge to wreak havoc on the ancestral planet. Lu Quan, reborn through transmigration, binds himself to the “System Master” and obtains a “Transmigration Token.” In the name of the ancestral planet, he summons the transmigrators who traveled to countless planes to return. Some are grandmasters, able to fly through the air and shatter mountains and rivers with a single thought. Others are immortal beings who have lived for ages 5kReads8.2Score573Shelves
29. 79 家EN First Day of Family Exile: Rewarded with the Martial God's Physique! 家族除名第一天，奖励武神躯！ They All Call Me King Arthur他们都叫我亚瑟王Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing (Guys, the physical book’s sample copy is ready and publication is just around the corner. I’m so excited!) Xiao Chen, the eldest son of Xiao Zhentian, the Northern Pacification Prince, was gifted beyond compare and should have enjoyed a life of privilege. But when he was fifteen, he took a strike meant for his younger brother from an enemy of the Xiao family. His dantian was shattered, and he lost all aptitude for martial arts. His father considered him a disgrace, and he lived forever in the s 33kReads7.5Score2.3kShelves
30. 80 九EN Immortal of the Nine Realms 九域凡仙 Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy8.1M WordsCompleted The path to immortality is uncanny, and humanity is lowly. All living beings are but pagodas, while the immortal heart is cold as frost. The young Fang Chen unexpectedly gains an immortal opportunity, but he has only one wish: to wield the immortal sword in his hand and bring peace to the world for all generations. 63.6kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
31. 81 妖 The Evil Ninth Prince 妖孽九皇子 Jiangnan Goldfish江南金鱼Historical2.2M WordsCompleted Ye Chen transmigrates into the body of the Ninth Prince of Xia. His royal brothers want him dead, the emperor wants him dead, and the powerful nobles at court all want him dead. Ye Chen has had enough. If everyone wants to kill me, then I’ll seize control of the military, train a million elite soldiers, sweep across the land, and claim the throne. 17.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
32. 82 神 Master of All Things 神控天下 I Am Pure我本纯洁Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted I had just transmigrated when my divine beast mount was stolen. Even my fiancée, who had made a three-year pact with me, was promised by her father to my enemy’s eldest son! Well, that’s it. My hate level is maxed out from the start. Time to unleash my inner power and settle this once and for all! The Eight Great War Generals, the Nine Profound Techniques, and my Thirteenth-Rank Warrior identity are all coming with me... Tremble! 6.2kReads8.9Score703Shelves
33. 83 争EN Contending for Supremacy: Summoning the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at the Start 争霸：开局召唤西凉铁骑 Hardworking Panda勤奋熊猫Historical2.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yi transmigrates to another world and becomes a prince's heir. There are no Four Books and Five Classics here, nor the Hundred Schools of Thought, but warfare rages on all the same. Dynasties rise and fall, ministers and nobles scheme, and heroes vie for control of the Central Plains. Fortunately, Lin Yi awakens a System and summons the fierce general Ma Chao and the elite Xiliang Cavalry from the Three Kingdoms era from the start. As long as he can win people over or beat them into submissi 25.3kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
34. 84 我 After I Left, Why Are You Crying and Begging Me to Come Back? 我走后，为什么又哭着求我回来？ Tell and诉与Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment, the art of cultivating a twisted self, the carefree life of the ultimate archvillain, and the Life Choice System.] Ye Qiu transmigrated! He found himself in a vast, primordial world, during the period of recovery and rebuilding after the great calamity that had struck all races. His father was the Demon King Who Repels the North, one of the Seven Kings of the Frontier. His mother was the sole heir to the Tidehearing Sword Pavilion. His maternal grandfather was the master of 177.3kReads8.7Score21kShelves
35. 85 妖 Supreme Demon Daoist 妖道至尊 I Am Pure我本纯洁Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted Reborn from the ashes, the Demon Emperor returns! A foolish prince consort transforms into the Demon Emperor, cultivating both demonic and primordial arts to rule the world with demonic might! He tramples villains, gathers followers, wins beautiful women, and forges the path to becoming the strongest demon cultivator! 1.1kReads8.6Score121Shelves
36. 86 我 Am I Supposed to Fake an Alien Invasion? 我来伪造外星人？ Fang Yuan, Who Loves Honey Grass Jelly爱吃蜂蜜白凉粉的方源Urban568k WordsCompleted A companion novel to Xirang, Make Me an Alien. (Sci-fi, behind-the-scenes mastermind) Li Bai woke up one day with a sci-fi deception System. In short, he had to use limited resources to fabricate a scientifically plausible world that would still shock humanity. His ultimate goal was to raise humanity’s Fate Value through the System and reach the final stage: becoming a god. “Do you think they can see the stars?” “What we see is them from 400 years ago. The reply they receive comes 400 years late 1.8kReads5.9Score—Shelves

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    This is a science fiction behind-the-scenes story. I feel like one of the first to try this on the entire internet.

37. 87 诡 Creating the Uncanny: My Creations Throw the World into Chaos 诡异创造，我的造物们霍乱世界 January Wind and Snow一月风雪Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Superpowers + Supernatural Horror + Lovecraftian + Contamination + No Female Lead + Behind the Scenes + Natural Disasters] Mysterious myths awaken amid natural disasters, while an unknown corruption quietly takes over the world. Abominable creations howl, and contamination continues to spread. Distortion returns alongside the supernatural: eyes that target human nature, domains that twist it, and strange shackles that cannot be broken. Destruction and rebirth intertwine to create a new mytholog 2kReads—Score150Shelves

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    May you be blessed with good fortune soon! May you be blessed with good fortune soon! May you be blessed with good fortune soon! May you be blessed with good fortune soon!

38. 88 开 I Activate GM Permissions from the Start and Launch the Supernatural Age 开局GM权限由我开启超凡时代 Autumn of Knowing Autumn知秋的秋Urban138k WordsOngoing [Invincible] [Behind the Scenes] [Multiple Secret Identities] [Pseudo Ensemble Cast] [GM] [Low-Stakes Brainpower] [Roleplaying + Deception + Building a Supernatural Faction + Immortal Venerable Setting] After transmigrating to a parallel world for 18 years, Chen Dao An finally gets his golden finger: [GM] privileges. From behind the scenes, he lays his plans step by step, contends with the will of the world, and creates a supernatural age. Clear a secret realm, and you can inherit it. Immortal 27Reads—Score105Shelves

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    Can you support me for writing this myself? [Salute]

39. 89 我 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 22kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    This is what I consider to be the behind-the-scenes footage; you can barely see the main characters, it's more of an ensemble piece.

40. 90 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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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.

41. 91 在 Isn't It Reasonable to Have a Few More Secret Identities in the World of Detective Conan? 在柯学世界多亿点马甲很合理吧 Gray Nightfall夜色灰Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Detective Conan fanfiction | secret identities | clones | gray faction | original organization | sickly protagonist] [Illogical, brainless fluff] [Canon cases in the early part, none in the middle] [Written for a female audience (I picked the wrong category)] - [Synopsis] After dying of illness, Qianye Qianzhu arrives in the world of Detective Conan. To collect emotional points and stay alive, he uses the System's features to create multiple secret identities: * The Black 5.3kReads9.4Score588Shelves
42. 92 我 I Built an Organization to Save the World at the End of Days 我打造了末日救世组织 A Twist of Dough一个麻花Urban309k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-scenes mastermind + apocalyptic savior + ensemble cast + supernatural powers] When Su Ming obtains the Savior Organization System, he builds an ancient supernatural organization in a world without magic, one that protects all of humanity. 216Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is quite a masterpiece; the protagonist obtains a mysterious item that allows him to create extraordinary powers, and there are quite a few plot threads interwoven within it.

43. 93 开 Activate the Investiture of the Gods from the Start, Rebuild Heaven and the Underworld 开局激活封神榜，我重建天庭地府 Summer Gazebo夏天的凉亭Urban168k WordsOngoing Transmigrate and get bound to the Investiture of the Gods? Sounds great. Except the list is shattered, the divine faction has been defeated, and the Western gods’ legacy is watching him from all sides. The moment he shows himself, he’ll die. What can he do? Lin Yang held a knife to his own neck and struck a deal with the artifact spirit: “I’m the boss, you get a cut. We either make a fortune together or go down together.” From then on, he hid in his rented apartment, declaring himself the local 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The genre is entirely behind the scenes; the protagonist stays hidden and never gets involved personally, while the gods go to the front lines.

44. 94 异 Anomaly Containment: Everything in the Game Is Real! 异常收容，游戏里的都是真的！ Star Sea of the Gods神名星海Mystery399k WordsOngoing [Completed older novel with over a million words] [No female lead] [Anomalous containment] [Games affect reality] [Urban] [Ensemble cast] [Light novel] [Contrasting protagonist] [Slow burn] [World-saving game] (There are female characters, but no female lead, and this is not a harem.) By day, Bai Zhou was an ordinary programmer, stuck in a dull routine between home and work. Then one early morning, a mysterious app called A.M.A appeared on his phone out of nowhere. He was appointed Director of t 7.4kReads6.2Score1.4kShelves

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    Not exactly high IQ, but what's going on behind the scenes, meow?

45. 95 开 Summoning Villains from the Start: I Rule from Behind the Scenes 开局召唤反派，幕后我为尊 Handsome Scholar with a Brush执笔俏书生Eastern Fantasy278k WordsOngoing (The rating has just been released and will rise later! Big shots, please head to the main text.) [System Summons]+ [Invincible Behind the Scenes]+ [Factional Conquest]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Never Takes a Loss]+ [Nonstop Thrills] Chu Tian transmigrates to the Tianxu Continent and becomes the useless heir of the Martial King’s residence in Dongzhou. He is afflicted with a strange poison, unable to cultivate for the rest of his life, and reduced to a laughingstock of the dynasty. But no one 12.2kReads6.2Score367Shelves
46. 96 全 Venom for All: I Secretly Create Supernatural Calamities 全民毒液：我，幕后缔造超凡灾厄 Peas Shoot the Marksman豌豆打射手Urban684k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes + Ensemble Cast] My name is Chen Mo. I died in a ridiculous accident, and when I woke up, I found myself a puddle of slime: a Venom symbiote. In this utterly ordinary modern world, I was weak and hungry, and could barely protect myself. That was until I discovered I could split my cells and grant my power to desperate people abandoned by the world! So the boy driven to jump from a building by school bullies became “Carnage,” infamous for his brutality, and slaughtered his enem 5.6kReads6.2Score563Shelves

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    It's really good; the main character is practically indistinguishable from The Rolling Log the whole time.

47. 97 吾 I Am the God of the Underworld, So What's Wrong with Handing Out a Few Systems? 吾为冥神，发几个系统怎么了 Autumn in the Swordsman's Heart剑客心上秋Eastern Fantasy212k WordsOngoing My name is Li Hao. By the time you read this, I've been dead for a long time. I unified the Underworld, and they all call me the Underworld God. But I don't want to be a god. I want to be human. The Heavenly Dao won't let me intervene, so I hand out Systems instead: The jilted, the reborn, the transmigrators, the chosen ones… Whoever shows up, I take them all in. They think they're the protagonists. They think the System is a cheat. They think they're defying fate and changing their destinies. W —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is behind a system that manipulates him to achieve resurrection.

48. 98 天 Sky Screen: My Livestream Connects Past and Present 天幕：我的直播通古今 Seven Lines, Ah七线啊Historical242k WordsCompleted [Historical what-ifs + livestreaming + System + sky screen + past and present connected] By day, I livestream explanations of the history of various dynasties, only to discover that people from ancient times are watching. Connecting past and present means that people from ancient times can come to the modern world, while I can travel to ancient times during the day. Guests who have appeared in my livestream so far include Crown Prince Zhu Biao of the Ming, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, an 390Reads—Score107Shelves

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    This book is worth reading.

49. 99 背EN My Family Is So Ridiculously Powerful, My System Broke 背景有亿亿亿亿亿点大，系统崩了 Ye Huohuo叶火火Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A System that makes you invincible from the start? Chen Mu asked, “What can you do?” System: [Complete missions to earn massive rewards: cultivation techniques, money, divine weapons… Everything you need to make the Host invincible!] Cultivation techniques? My uncle is the foremost creator of them. A few casual strokes from him are enough to produce the finest technique in the world! Money? My older sister’s trading company does business throughout the entire Great Azure World. It’s richer than 48kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves

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    Xu Ce, a graduate of Zhejiang University's Mathematics Department, was known as the "Prince of Logic" during his undergraduate studies, with his papers on mathematical logic appearing in numerous journals. He later received a full scholarship to the University of California, where he earned a PhD in Psychology. He then served as a regional executive at an investment bank in the United States. Xu Ce's single mother was killed instantly when struck by falling rocks during a demolition project in her hometown. Several construction workers received suspended sentences, but none of the officials in charge at the site were punished. On the eve of the first anniversary of his mother's death, Xu Ce suddenly resigned and returned to China…

50. 100 这 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 100.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves

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