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1. 1 万 After the Most Hated One Turns to the Heartless Path 万人嫌转修无情道后 Catnip Addicted to Cats猫薄荷吸猫Two Male Leads419k WordsCompleted Aloof, ascetic sword-saint seme vs. cool, reborn beauty uke. Both are each other’s one and only. Happy ending. A groveling-for-forgiveness arc ahead! 1. The Canglan Sword Venerable, famed for cultivating the Heartless Way, possessing unfathomable powers, and captivating countless male and female cultivators, has returned after disappearing with severe injuries. He has also brought back his betrothed. His betrothed is neither his sword nor a prodigy from one of the great sects, but an obscure bum 2.5kReads6.8Score23814d adds

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   [Double Nan main, please do not disturb] The opening is angsty, a little angst is good for the soul. First book: A scumbag gong who practices the ruthless path and kills his wife to prove his path VS a cold and beautiful shou who is reborn and practices the ruthless path. Second book: A reborn crown prince VS several reborn powerful brothers, extreme tug-of-war, the crown prince is the group's darling, male lead [no CP]. Third book: A pure-hearted gong who is reborn multiple times, each time with no happy ending with the shou, on the verge of madness VS a tragic shou with a charming and popular identity.

2. 2 癫EN What the Heck! Everyone Around Me Is Completely Nuts! 癫！孤身边全是神经病！ Wen Yuan Party文元党Ancient Romance764k WordsCompleted Born a crown prince, Qi Yuanzuo was convinced that he was the only normal person in the imperial family. Little did he know what the Crown Prince looked like to outsiders: At seven, he shot a tiger and won nine hundred kilometers of territory in the Qilian Mountains. At thirteen, he cut through the great clans of Jiangnan and personally orchestrated the Case of the Ninety-Seven Mourning Robes, stepping over piles of corpses to claim the throne. At fifteen, he gambled on the Qilian Mountains once 53.5kReads9.5Score6.9k14d adds
3. 3 艳 The Seductive Minister Reborn 艳臣［重生］ Don't Assume莫以为Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted After his kingdom fell, Lin Chu was betrayed and reduced to a male favorite of the enemy emperor. The emperor was a little strange. One day he would torture Lin Chu nearly to death, and the next he'd sob over his wounds, as though he were two different people. "Stop pretending. I know you're not that tyrant." In his first life, Lin Chu fell in love with Lu Hanzhang, then died. In his second life, Lin Chu fell in love with Lu Hanzhang again, and died again. His third life... His fourth life... .. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 4 得 After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了 Lu Jiuxing鹿久星Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov 8.7kReads8.4Score81714d adds

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   It's me who's going to die, what are you panicking about? [Staring][staring]

5. 5 嫁 After Marrying the Enemy Nation’s Crown Prince, I Turned the Tables 嫁给敌国太子后，我逆风翻盘了 Young Master Guiyuan归远少爷Two Male Leads351k WordsCompleted New novel: After Becoming the Tragic, Powerful Villain Rong Se transmigrates into a book and becomes the sinister, ruthless villain in a political intrigue novel, a man who murders his father and brothers and covets the throne. But he is nothing more than a tool and a backdrop for the main couple’s flirtation. He repeatedly gives his all to help their romance, only for them to live happily ever after in the imperial palace while he dies alone, abandoned by everyone and without a whole body. Rong 16.6kReads9.4Score2.8k14d adds

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   This book is great! 😳😳😳 It features two strong main characters! 👍 At the beginning, because the protagonist (shou) was the crown prince of an enemy country and already injured, the other protagonist (gong) whipped him three times. But later, the other protagonist treated him very well. 😏

6. 6 漂 A Beautiful Villain? Come Cuddle Me, Innocently 漂亮反派？无辜贴贴 Sleepy Lemon Tart昏睡的柠檬挞Two Male Leads662k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / interstellar / adored by everyone / size difference / beast forms / universally adored / sweet romance / healing / redemption / supporting characters are reborn] [An adorable, sweet, well-behaved little merman * a cruel, violent, true villain blood dragon] In the post-interstellar era, the average person stood two meters tall. Men and women, young and old, were all formidable fighters, and even children could bend steel pipes with their bare hands. Everyone thought An Yu, who w 1.7kReads8.6Score24814d adds

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   Various powerful beings are reborn, vaguely remembering the wicked people who committed countless evil deeds in the past. They are reborn here, solely to kill that person. Upon finding the person, they discover that he is a fragile little mermaid who has suffered endless abuse at the hands of his nanny. No one loves him, and those who come to find him are only there to kill him and use him.

7. 7 老 After His Wife Stopped Chasing Him, He Panicked 老婆不追后，他慌了 Lu Bulu陆步鹿Two Male Leads211k WordsCompleted Reader warning: No groveling ex. Xia Jin Yi got married to the person he’d had a crush on for a long time, but the other man didn’t love him. Their marriage was only a business arrangement. He thought that love would grow with time, so he resolutely entered into marriage, offering up his whole heart with both hands. But he never received the other man’s love in return, not even a little. He was getting tired. He thought it was time to give up on this love he could never have. Little by littl 1.3kReads6.1Score11614d adds

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   It's really a bit heartbreaking.

8. 8 小 The Pitiful, Hated One Becomes a Substitute Bride, and Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance 小可怜万人嫌替嫁后，全员火葬场 Pure-Hearted Little Bunny纯情小白兔Two Male Leads263k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Marriage First, Love Later + One-on-One Romance + Both Pure + No Forgiveness + From Everyone’s Least Favorite to Everyone’s Darling] Su Mu was born with a handsome face. He was sensible and well-behaved, but everyone around him disliked him. After the legitimate son who had been raised elsewhere was brought home, Su Mu’s life became even more difficult. No one in the household ever treated him kindly. That included the mistress of the Su household, who had insisted on raising h 1.5kReads8.7Score11614d adds
9. 9 没 If You Can’t Say It, You’ll Have to Win Her Back the Hard Way 没有嘴，那就追妻火葬场 The Egg Tart Is a Cat蛋挞是只猫Two Male Leads202k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Scum Gong + Regretful Pursuit + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Happy Ending] After his parents died, Nan Yi was all alone until one of their old friends took him in. That was the first time he met the boy. He was tall, handsome, and outstanding, but he hated Nan Yi. Nan Yi wasn’t angry. He just felt that he was taking the boy’s fatherly affection and mooching off his family, so the boy was right to despise him. So Nan Yi tried to win him over again and again, hoping they could 896Reads8.1Score10214d adds
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.3kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
11. 11 万 The Scorned Cannon-Fodder Wants to Save Herself, but Her Entire Sect Is in the Crematorium 万人嫌炮灰想自救，全师门火葬场 Snow on Zhou Mountain周山有雪Two Male Leads506k WordsCompleted (Two male leads + cultivation + power progression + regret and redemption + bottom protagonist) One day, after an unexpected awakening, Lin Zhiyu discovers that he is the universally hated cannon fodder in a book, while his junior fellow disciple… is the universally adored protagonist?! His junior fellow disciple, Ji Chen, ascends to immortality, while Lin Zhiyu is driven to his death by the protagonist and his admirers, his body and soul destroyed. After seeing this ending, Lin Zhiyu says, “To 19.6kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
12. 12 少 After the Young Master Faked His Death, Lord Jiang Searched the Whole World for Him 少爷假死后，蒋爷疯狂找遍全世界 White Kitty Tuan Tuan白喵团团Two Male Leads347k WordsCompleted [The husband-chasing crematorium + adorable child] Su Chen loves Jiang Yi'an with all his heart. He can tolerate the existence of Jiang Yi'an's first love and endure the pain of being disfigured, but none of it wins Jiang Yi'an's love. Su Chen dies, leaving Jiang Yi'an only a cold tombstone. Jiang Yi'an goes mad and has to undergo therapy, until he meets Tong Yu, a top student at their university and a talented young director. Jiang Yi'an: “Su Chen, where have you been all these years?” Tong Yu: 1.1kReads9.0Score10114d adds
13. 13 这 This Host Is Something Else: Told to Die for the Villain, He Actually Did 这宿主绝了，让他替反派死他真死 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads1.5M WordsCompleted (Complete) Villain + Corruption + Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion + One-on-One (the villains are all souls of the Main God) To come back to life, movie star Yu Tang binds himself to a quick transmigration System. His mission is to show the villains care and warmth, then die for them, driving them completely over the edge. But when he has finally earned enough points and wants to be revived, the System tells him: The worlds he visited have all collapsed. Yu Tang: ??? System: So you need to 27.4kReads9.6Score3.1k14d adds

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    This book perfectly fits the bill. It has a touch of angst, a very rich plot, and the author's writing is exquisite. It's the kind of book that makes you want to keep reading after just one chapter.

14. 14 反 Countdown to the Villain Boss’s Corruption: Host, Hurry and Save Him 反派大佬黑化倒计时，宿主快拯救 Lin Dongye林冬也Two Male Leads912k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Quick Transmigration + One-on-One Romance + Sweet, Satisfying Romance + Kink-Focused + Love Through Coercion] Qi Sui was once the supreme god, revered by all ten thousand years ago. Now he is a sinner, condemned by everyone and abandoned by those closest to him. One day, he binds himself to the “Save the Villain” System. 681: “Your mission is to stop the villain from turning evil and destroying the world.” He assumed the villain would carry out a crazed campaign of revenge. Who 16.8kReads9.5Score2.5k14d adds

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    Xia Yunhuai, bound to the system, undertakes missions and, while pursuing various targets in different worlds, develops emotional misunderstandings with the person who has always silently protected him. The opening quick transmigration plot foreshadows a crematorium, and as the story progresses, their relationship continues to develop amidst misunderstandings and resolutions.

15. 15 顶 The Top-Tier, Arrogant CEO and His Poor Little Darling 顶级傲娇总裁和他的小可怜 Qu Jingyu璩景钰Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [Both devoted to each other + angsty romance + husband desperately trying to win his wife back + ABO] [Arrogant CEO who says one thing but means another × meek, stubborn, pitiful sweetheart who endures in silence] Gu Nanting thought Mu Yan was someone who had approached him by any means necessary, so he treated him with nothing but hostility. By the time he realized he had truly fallen in love with Mu Yan and wanted to tell him how he felt, he discovered that Mu Yan no longer believed him. 79Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Gu Nanting misunderstands that Mu Yan has ulterior motives for approaching him and treats her badly. By the time he realizes that he has fallen in love with Mu Yan, Mu Yan no longer trusts him. The opening creates a strong atmosphere of a wife-chasing-after-the-wife crematorium, showing the two's torturous love process from misunderstanding to reconciliation.

16. 16 火 There’s a Place for President Shen at the Crematorium 火葬场有沈总一席之地 The February Breeze Is Like Noodles二月春风似面条Two Male Leads143k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads] [Coercive Love] [Groveling for Forgiveness] [Beloved by Everyone] [Possessive Top] [False Replacement] Cold as frost, flawless as jade: those were the words Shen Lei used in his heart when he first met Chen Xi. His cool, detached features also looked so much like that person’s. Shen Lei pursued Chen Xi with great fanfare and won him over, only to discover that Chen Xi was constantly surrounded by an endless stream of admirers. After one argument and suspicion after another, 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Shen Lei won Chen Xi's heart because she resembled his ideal woman, but their relationship was marred by constant arguments and doubts due to Chen Xi's numerous suitors, leading Chen Xi to threaten to break up with him multiple times. The story immediately enters a "chasing after his wife" phase, showcasing the complex emotional entanglement between the two.

17. 17 重 Reborn: The Husband-Chasing Crematorium 重生之：追夫火葬场 Broccoli Caicai西兰花菜菜Two Male Leads113k WordsCompleted (Multi-story CPs + reborn + modern + xianxia) (Proud little Crown Prince of the Immortal Realm, Shen Ling × Ye Ling Shen of Ziling Divine City, Su Zhong) The Matchmaker God went into seclusion to cultivate, and with no one left to manage the romantic entanglements of the mortal world, he asked Shen Ling to take charge. So Shen Ling created a rebirth System… 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The arrogant young prince of the immortal realm, Shen Ling, creates a rebirth system and has a past life and present life emotional entanglement with Zi Ling Shen Du Ye Ling Shen Su. The story begins with rebirth as the background and unfolds as a story of chasing after her husband in a crematorium. The two re-examine their feelings for each other in different worlds and identities.

18. 18 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Posing as a Mysterious, Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Man 盗笔：装出个高深莫测但美强惨 Fish Like Water鱼依如水Two Male Leads447k WordsCompleted "The only Grave Robbers' Chronicles fic rated 9.6, come see!" [Starting with the Old Nine Gates, Beloved by All, Pick Your Favorite Pairing + Slightly Everyone's Favorite + Everyone Imagines the Powerful Heartbreaking Beauty] Third-person narration I transmigrated, but not completely. At that very moment, my body was lying right beside me, playing the part of a breathtakingly beautiful vegetative patient. The good news: I could create an immortal secret identity. The bad news: the System told me 44.6kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds

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    It looks pretty good, but the crematorium is in the middle. You could try it.

19. 19 我 I Transmigrated in My Sleep 我睡梦中穿越了 Feitian Jie, Who Loves Hot Pot喜欢火锅的飞天杰Urban1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary man transmigrates after neglecting his sleep and scrolling through Douyin before bed. He finds himself in a world of hopeless romantics, then in the Republic of China era, a martial arts world, and eventually a world of immortal cultivation. Watch as he gradually transforms into a chuunibyou middle-aged man. Of course, his greatest wish is to transmigrate back home, where he can enjoy a warm bed with his wife and children, earn good money without working too hard, and live a lie-flat 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    As you can see, the story starts with a crematorium, hehehe, but I think it's still pretty good~

20. 20 修 Cultivation: Starting as a Slave 修真：从奴隶开始 Awake in a Haze梦醒迷离Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted [Longevity + master of staying under the radar] Chen Xin obtains a cultivation modification tool. All he wants is to become an invincible cultivator devoted to pursuing immortality, but a mistaken choice of starter pack leaves him stuck with ten lifetimes of slave origins. A hundred years of effort across ten lifetimes as a slave is not even one ten-thousandth of what those gifted prodigies possess from birth, but Chen Xin will never give up on the path to immortality. “Being born poor is no dis 17.9kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
21. 21 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm the Male Lead's Foil 快穿：我是男主对照组 Little Pickled Garlic 425小糖蒜425Modern Romance6.2M WordsOngoing The writing in the first few worlds isn't very polished, so feel free to skip them. The first five worlds have romance; the later ones don't. In every world, there is a man like this: graceful and refined, modest and benevolent, an extraordinary prodigy blessed by heaven. In the end, though, his reputation is ruined, and he dies despised by everyone. Only after Gu Sinian dies suddenly does he learn that he is one of these men, a foil created specifically to help a grassroots male lead rise to s 56.4kReads8.5Score2.8k14d adds
22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Male Lead Grabs His Bucket and Runs 快穿：男配他提桶跑路了 Pidam718皮蛋718Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Told from the male protagonist's perspective. Each small world may or may not have a romance. This isn't a conventional wish-fulfillment story: in every world, he simply lives his own life. The novel is complete, and unfortunately, the typos can no longer be fixed. (ToT) Also, I'm not a studio. No studio updates this slowly. Since readers keep mixing up the protagonist's name with the names in the small worlds, from now on the protagonist's name in each world will match the name used there, with 27.3kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
23. 23 末 Does the Apocalypse Need a Crematorium Too? 末世也要火葬场吗？ Big-Headed Potato大头洋芋Two Male Leads268k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, supernatural abilities, fiercely protective, happy ending] - He’s a dragon. Mi Wu thinks Shan Shihui doesn’t like him, and that his coldness is unbearable, so he decides to get a divorce. He tosses down the divorce papers with a swagger, but before half a day has passed, a zombie lunges at his car window. Mi Wu: ! Luckily, his ex-husband comes to save him. And his ex-husband awakened his abilities long ago. He’s an incredibly overpowered cheat. [The apocalypse arrives, and my hu 196Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    Miwu decides to divorce Shan Shihui because she feels that he doesn't like her. However, after the divorce, her ex-husband comes to her rescue when she is in danger. Shan Shihui doesn't understand why Miwu divorced him. The opening scene presents the emotional conflict between the two and a scene resembling a crematorium.

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