I'm Out of Books, Looking for Fast-Paced, Satisfying Reads With No Dragging Plot 已书荒，求节奏快，剧情不拖拉的爽文书籍
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Patrolling the Heavens with an Unwavering Dao Heart 道心巡天
[Traditional Fantasy + Demonic Cultivation + Ruthless and Decisive + Story-Driven] The clan chief is my uncle, the city lord is my aunt’s husband, and there’s even an old ancestor at home whose cultivation level is anyone’s guess. When transmigrated Wang Que sees all this, he figures he’s set for life. Just as he thinks he’s about to enjoy endless comfort, he gets kidnapped to a mountain stronghold and made the chieftain’s husband… People say: There’s a mountain called Xuanyin, with a str
667Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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The Dao of the Heavens: Towering Above All Worlds 道极天之雄峙诸天
[Story-Driven + Comedy + Daily Life + One Female Lead + Pets + Invincible Heroine] In a fantasy world, hunted by every race, I, Ye Chen, need only one thought to shatter mountains, churn seas, and destroy gods... Forget it! Wife, save me! After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Ye Chen went into the mountains to hunt and unexpectedly found himself a sweet little wife. He planned to farm, get rich, and grow old with his wife and children. He never imagined his wife would turn out to be an Empres
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Starting with Ying Zheng: Emperors of Every Dynasty Arrive One After Another 从嬴政开始：历代君王陆续降临
[Lighthearted + humorous + adventure] History buffs, enter at your own risk After Qin Shi Huang died, he was transported to a walled city. One day inside equaled one year in the outside world. Each time the city gates opened, the setting was different, bringing all kinds of fantastical adventures. On the third day, Hu Hai arrived. “Father, you have to get justice for me!” Twelve days later, Liu Bang arrived. “Brother Zheng, don't tell me you still don't know your Qin has fallen!” Wang Mang arriv
71.9kReads9.6Score8.2kShelves
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After Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation, I Return to Find My Daughter Is the Future Empress 修仙万年归来，女儿是未来女帝
[Feel-good power fantasy + invincible cultivation + decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart] Chu Hao accidentally falls into a mysterious immortal realm. After cultivating for ten thousand years, he reaches the throne of the emperor, only to be betrayed and killed by his brothers. To his surprise, he returns to Earth. In this life, I’m still invincible! When I reach my peak again, I’ll crush every last enemy!
15.7kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
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Who Gave Me a Divine Title? You’ve Made My Life Miserable! 谁给我的神位？真是害苦了我啊！
[No romance, rigorous stats, author calculates attributes using self-written C++ programs and Excel spreadsheets. If you like protagonists who keep a low profile, this isn’t for you! No secrets kept!] A young man inexplicably receives the extraordinary talent Heart of Favor. Any skill he learns undergoes a miraculous transformation. He chooses to offer himself to the country and stand alongside it! [Silk of the Wind: Unraveled] Floats above the target, granting immunity to damage and control! Ad
19.4kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
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The Fourth Calamity: Infinite Conquest 第四天灾：无限征服
The animated series "The Stars Descend: I Summon Players to Conquer the Wilderness" is now streaming on Hongguo. If you enjoy animated series, please go check it out and show your support. The Wilds Continent is home to countless races, where the strong prey on the weak. After transmigrating to the Wilds Continent, Lin Feng discovers that the human race is one of the weakest species there. Though they have many people, other races keep them penned up and enslaved. At this critical moment, Lin Fe
46.2kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
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I Thought This Was a Casual Game, So What’s With the Paper Bride? 说好的休闲游戏，纸嫁衣什么鬼？
[Strongly recommended by the editor + game design + livestreaming + everyday life] [Sheep a Sheep only earns the protagonist his first pot of gold; it has nothing to do with the later plot] Zhao Kai transmigrates to a parallel world and vows to build his own gaming empire. He obtains the “Rage-Inducing Game System.” As long as he frustrates players, he earns rewards. Zhao Kai says, “I just want to make good games. The System is the one forcing me to do this.” His first game is Sheep a Sheep. Pla
10.2kReads9.1Score1kShelves
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Starting With a Campus Horror Story, I Set Out to Become the Greatest Designer 从校园惊魂开始做最强设计师
[Interstellar gaming + comedy + no romance for the heroine] Ye Yuxi transmigrates into an interstellar age full of tough customers. From the start, she’s tossed into a shoddy version of Saw made by a rotten classmate, who mocks her for being a coward and says she could never make a horror game. Born on Earth in her previous life and raised on a steady diet of horror from all over the world, Ye Yuxi takes one look at the monotonous selection of shooter and combat games topping the interstellar ch
16kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Host Gets the Feel-Good Story Script 快穿之宿主她拿了爽文剧本
The people of the land kneel; all living beings worship her. She is Ji Yan: the Ji of enchantress, the Yan of annihilation. The Demon God descends, and she is crowned queen. Feeling that life is as lonely as snow, she captures a System as her assistant and begins her game. She travels through endless worlds, giving those people another chance at life. [World One: The White Moonlight in a Substitute Romance] Ji Yan: “Who says I can't get a substitute too? You played me first, so I'll do the same
591Reads8.3Score102Shelves
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Global Class Change: I Have Unlimited Skill Attribute Points 全民转职：我有无限技能属性点
[Ruthless and decisive] + [Explosive stats] + [Forbidden spells carpet-bomb everything] + [Fiery revenge] + [Bonds with teammates] + [Epic worldbuilding] + [Brutally beating demons] When the world undergoes a global transformation and the Demon Tower descends, the world becomes a battlefield of slaughter. On his class-change day, eighteen-year-old Lin Feng awakens the weakest class, [Mage], but unexpectedly activates an overpowered System: unlimited skill attribute points! Add stats however you
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
1.8MReads9.9Score232.5kShelves
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
1.2MReads9.9Score172.8kShelves
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
1.8MReads9.9Score184.4kShelves
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One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤
[Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham
72.1kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
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Xiao Xi’s Magical Life 小西的神仙生活
Xiao Xi was taken in and raised by Xuan. Following Xuan, Heng and Lu learned responsibility and love. After they all fell in battle, Xiao Xi became the God of War and took their place, protecting the peace of the world.
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After Becoming Emperor 当了皇帝之后
After Becoming Emperor
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A Concubine's Road to Reversal 小妾的逆袭之路
The Concubine’s Path to a Comeback
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After I Died by Suicide, I Was Reborn in India 自杀后，我投胎到了印度
After I Died by Suicide, I Was Reborn in India
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From Beggar to Emperor 从乞丐到皇帝
From Beggar to Emperor
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The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期
Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!”
50.6kReads9.1Score4kShelves
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I Have a Pagoda That Buries Immortals, Gods, and All the Myriad Worlds 吾有一塔，葬仙，葬神，葬诸天
[Work by a renowned author + invincible protagonist + thrilling power fantasy + highly recommended] In the eternal river of time stood the supreme treasure, the Heaven-Burying Tower. It had once buried the heavens of ages past and imprisoned the strongest beings of every era. Among them was the Sword Demon, whose swordsmanship had dominated an entire age. The Taixu Alchemy Saint, the greatest alchemist of all time. The Emperor of Refining, who could temper all things in heaven and earth into art
89.1kReads8.8Score8.7kShelves
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The First God of All Time 万古第一神
[This Year's Hottest Xuanhuan Power Fantasy] Li Tianming could laugh himself awake just thinking about it. His pets were all legendary Primordial Chaos Behemoths. His family's chicken was the “Eternal Inferno Phoenix,” which fed on the sun. His black cat was the “Primordial Chaos Thunder Demon,” which refined the Myriad Worlds with thunder. Even the cockroach in his home was the “Myriad Worlds Immortal Beast,” with a trillion undying clones... From then on, he commanded ten Primordial Chaos Behe
24kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
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The Age of High Martial Arts Arrives: Top-Tier Talent from the Start 高武降临：开局顶级天赋
In 2021, Earth was caught in the shockwave of a supernova explosion, and a bronze dragon's corpse fell from the sky. From then on, heaven and earth were transformed. Spiritual qi revival began, demons and monsters ran rampant, and humanity entered an age of flourishing martial and Dao arts, as demons and monsters vied for supremacy! The youth Li Mu unexpectedly activated an invincible cosmic battleship and gained memories from thirty years in the future. He swept across the six realms, fought hi
7.8kReads7.2Score449Shelves
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War God Rampage 战神狂飙
Ye Wuqian was born with peerless talent, a dazzling genius. But to uncover the mystery of his origins, he willingly vanished from the world, pretending to be a good-for-nothing as he refined the source of the Sacred Battle Art for a full ten years! Now his ten years are up, and the true dragon has returned! An invincible path begins, one where he crushes countless prodigies and geniuses, smashes every royal and divine physique, and tears apart the legends of the heavens, making the myriad worlds
40.9kReads9.1Score959Shelves
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Aren’t You an Evil God? Why Does Seeing Me Lower Your SAN? 不是邪神吗？见我怎么降SAN值
[Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes
152.5kReads9.6Score17.6kShelves
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Isn't It Only Natural for a Slime Like Me to Crush a Dragon? 我一个史莱姆吊打巨龙很合理吧？
[Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a..
194.9kReads9.7Score24kShelves
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Every Protagonist Is a Monster. How Am I Supposed to Be the Boss? 全是妖孽主角，你让我怎么当老大
[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!
124.6kReads9.6Score15.2kShelves
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This Villain Has a Conscience, Just Not Much of One! 这个反派有点良心，但是不多！
"Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain
432.4kReads9.5Score86kShelves
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Why Mess With Him? He’s a Hound of the Evil God! 你惹他干嘛？他是邪神走狗啊！
[Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all-
66.7kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
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The Movie Emperor Keeps Trying to Make a Move on Me 影帝他总想对我图谋不轨
Shen Yi, stage name Wei Long, was an actor of superstar caliber who took the world by storm in the 1970s. But after he disappeared one day, he vanished from history without a trace, as if he had never existed. One day, Rong Qian spotted a photo of herself with Shen Yi, taken more than thirty years ago... This incredible discovery sent her on journey after journey through time, transmigrating into the past to save him! For Rong Qian, only a few days passed between each trip to the past. But for S
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Transmigrated into a Book as a Male Side Character, I Become the Heroines' White Moonlight 穿书男配，我成了女主们的白月光
The result of staying up all night reading novels is that one night you pull an all-nighter, close your eyes, open them again, and discover you’ve transmigrated into the body of a villainous male supporting character. Readers of urban wish-fulfillment novels know that the villainous supporting character has to keep courting death for the plot between the male and female leads to move forward. As the villainous supporting character, Long Aotian has to bully the female lead, harass the second fema
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Growing One Point a Year: From Country Bumpkin to Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 每年加一点从山野村夫成仙界道祖
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
850.1kReads9.7Score88.8kShelves
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Arriving in Bright Sword, the System Urges Me to Repay a Debt of Gratitude 初到亮剑，系统催我去报恩
[Arms Dealer System + War of Resistance + Arsenal + Spycraft + Logistics + Behind-the-Scenes] What's the biggest thing in Bright Sword that left fans feeling it could have been better? Sun Desheng: “Regimental Commander, using Tiger tanks to take out those Japanese tin-can tanks is so satisfying. Shame we've got so few.” Li Yunlong: “No rush. Use these for now. Another 200 are already on the way.” Zhang Dabiao: “Regimental Commander, my First Battalion is nearly 5,000 men now. We can't fit any m
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Spy Code Name: I’m the Useless Barbed Wire 谍战代号我是废物铁丝网
He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation...
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After We Had a Baby in My Dreams, They All Came True 梦里和娘子生娃后，她们都成真了
When he was eighteen, Lin Chuan got the Dream-Reincarnation System. In dream reincarnations, he could experience everything with complete realism and customize the dream's traits. Enter the traits [Villainous Demoness], [Swordsmanship Prodigy], and [Dual Personality], and the dream became a winding prelude to cultivation. Enter [Childhood Sweetheart], [Scion of a Prominent Family], and [Close Friend in the Martial World], and the dream became a stirring journey through the martial world. Enter [
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