I’m Out of Books to Read. Please Recommend Something Fresh and Unusual, Preferably With Less Romance 书荒了，求求新奇一点的书，希望感情线可以少一些

1. 1 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 269.6kReads9.5Score22.3kShelves

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   I highly recommend these novels; they're all ones I really love. I've read each one multiple times and never get tired of them. 💕

2. 2 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
3. 3 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves
4. 4 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves
5. 5 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
6. 6 林 I, Lin Daiyu, Have Transmigrated to the 1990s 林黛玉本玉穿到九十年代了 Mu Yunshu木蕴枢Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Little cutie + adorable child + everyone’s favorite + top student + ancient-to-modern transmigration + school life + Northeast China + raising a child] Lin Daiyu, who died after crying herself dry, transmigrates into a five-year-old girl in rural Northeast China. She lives in a brick house, eats coarse grains, and has to herd geese, dig for wild vegetables, and help with chores. But she even has to wear a sleeveless undershirt and shorts? Waaah, no, no, no… “What are you bawling about? Want noo 4kReads9.2Score423Shelves

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   [Rebirth + 90s + Comedy] 🤔🤔 This book is definitely worth reading. Lin Daiyu herself travels to the 90s. It features heartwarming family dramas and the witty battles between parents and siblings. In particular, the contrast between the delicate and frail Lin Daiyu in ancient times and the crazy Lin Xiaoyu in the 90s is quite hilarious in the early stages.

7. 7 穿 After Reborn as a Duke's Old Lady, I Became More Brazen and Much Happier 穿成国公老夫人没素质后开心多了 I Love Cheese我爱芝士Ancient Romance732k WordsCompleted No CP + a heroine who’s done with love, romance, and even menstruation!!! Song Qiyao, a single woman who died from overwork in the modern era, woke up as the old madam of the Duke of Guo’s household in the Great Rui Dynasty. She had no parents, no husband, and no children. Her only adopted son was the current emperor, Emperor Xuanzhi. In the Great Rui Dynasty, she was practically the Empress Dowager. In her previous life, Song Qiyao had spent her whole life striving for financial freedom. At las 6.5kReads8.8Score742Shelves

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   This is really good, I just watched it recently, and it's quite nice.

8. 8 天 A Disastrous Start: I Became the Female Lead’s Terrible Third Brother-in-Law 天崩开局，我成了女主的极品三嫂 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Transmigration, Space, Sweet Romance, Military Marriage] When Jiang Yuzhu woke up, she had somehow become the heroine’s awful third sister-in-law, a lazy, vain, shrewish, shameless woman. Ever since she married into the Xu family, there hadn’t been a single peaceful day. The household was in constant chaos, and she was a universally disliked supporting character. She must have woken up wrong. Back to sleep! She was a food-streaming influencer with a million followers, yet she ha 22.7kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
9. 9 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became an Investor Everyone Wanted to Win Over 退婚后，她成了万人追捧的投资人 Ten Thousand Blades千万刃Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Medical skills + transmigrated supporting villainess + political intrigue + strong heroine + secret identities + satisfying read] Bai Jiu'er, a doctor, transmigrates into the body of a vicious supporting character with a truly tragic ending. In her previous life, she was the male lead's wife, only to end up as a miserable prostitute. After transmigrating, she has nothing but money. At least she isn't married yet. First step, obviously, is to break off the engagement! What? The male lead went cr 51.1kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves

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   Super good-looking romance with little focus on career

10. 10 我 There Are Seven Hells Inside My Body 我的身体中有七座地狱 Platinum Wind白金之风Urban2.8M WordsCompleted When the gods enthroned in heaven turn against humanity and the shadow of destruction falls over the mortal world, the bells of the end times ring out among mankind. Hell will become humanity's last refuge. 7.2kReads8.4Score893Shelves

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    There's practically no romance, and if there is, it's rather rough around the edges, but the plot is undeniably excellent. I won't comment on the second and third books; the first one is definitely a gem that was overlooked.

11. 11 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
12. 12 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
13. 13 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 129.5kReads9.5Score52.2kShelves

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    No romantic pairing!! A hilarious ensemble piece!! Excellent writing!! Highly recommended!!!

14. 14 贫 Just a Poor Rogue Cultivator. Why Are You Kneeling, Fellow Daoist? 贫穷散修一枚，道友何故下跪？ Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast] [A goofy trio of wandering cultivators] [Female-led cultivation progression, few scenes involving children, skip if that bothers you] Song Li transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the evil female supporting character. After bullying the heroine, she is thrown by her own brother into the Abandoned Infant Pagoda, where she dies at the hands of countless vengeful infant spirits. Waking inside the pagoda, she looks at the crying spirits and says, “I can be your mother 31.8kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
15. 15 别 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Cultivate My Fate. Even the Heroine Can't Outlast Me 别人修仙我修命，女主也没我命硬 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book, cultivation, strong female lead, System, fire spiritual root, no romance] Chu Luo transmigrates into a cultivation world and binds herself to a Destiny System, starting off with her luck reduced by 9,999 points. It turns out that she and her twin sister share the fate of twin flowers on a single stem. All of Chu Luo's luck has been drained by her elder sister, the heroine of the original novel. Worse, her own family wants to kill her outright so the heroine can becom 7.7kReads9.3Score950Shelves
16. 16 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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    🍣🍣🍣 I highly recommend these two! Both are urban martial arts novels🧁🧁🧁 Written by the same author, both are very famous on the Tomato Peak Chart🥮🥮🥮 Among them, "Slaying Gods" is a masterpiece that has already been completed!

17. 17 一 One Crazy Person Is Twice the Fun, Two Are Ten Times the Fun 一个疯批一倍爽，两个疯批十倍爽 Half a Moonbeam半朵月光Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted (The short dramas Family Feud and Moonlit Scenery are now streaming.) (King of the Mental Hospital x Master of the Isolated Island Prison, mutually devoted and equally powerful crazy types, fake and real heiresses + abusing scum and face-slapping + solving cases and mysteries + comedy + sweet romance) After spending ten years in a mental hospital, Feng Zhi was brought back to the Feng family on the condition that she not bully the fake heiress? The fake heiress fell down. "Sister pushed me..." F 6.2kReads9.0Score793Shelves
18. 18 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
19. 19 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves

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    Let me recommend two great books. The first one is a top-tier post-apocalyptic novel with incredibly strong logic. It's not mindless wish-fulfillment; the female lead, Sheng An, is intelligent, charming, and powerful. She unites a large group of reborn individuals and those with superpowers to save humanity in the face of the apocalypse. It's very positive and unconventional! Highly recommended! The second book is about Qiao Jiaojiao who transmigrates into a book—into a tragic family that has been wiped out. She has a script and a merit shop at her disposal. Her blood relatives can all hear her thoughts. She has a wise and charismatic father, a wise and capable older brother, a strong and capable second brother, and a super villain—the highly intelligent second prince. Everyone is surprisingly intelligent, especially Princess Yu Shu's schemes—they'll give you goosebumps!

20. 20 满 My Whole Family Are Cannon Fodder, but After They Read My Mind, They Rebel 满门炮灰读我心后，全家造反了 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 123.7kReads9.7Score14kShelves
21. 21 女 I’m a Three-Year-Old Empress, Yet Dad Keeps Tossing Me Out! 女帝三岁半，我又被爹爹丢出去啦 My Mom Told Me to Go on a Blind Date我妈喊我去相亲Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] (Search for Ye Tuantuan) [Animated comic now available] (Search for Ye Tuantuan) Ye Tuantuan was sneaking snacks in the kitchen when her prince father caught her red-handed. As he grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up, she was still secretly biting down on a shrimp with all her might. Ninth Prince: “Is this really my kid? How can she be so dumb? Maybe I should just throw her away.” Ye Tuantuan’s eyes sparkled. “Wow, Daddy is so handsome.” Empress System: “I’ve n 17.9kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is seriously amazing! Sisters who love sweet romance novels absolutely have to check it out!

22. 22 卡 Card-Based Beast Taming: My Trump Card Is a Mythical Beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas 卡牌御兽：我的底牌是山海异兽 Yun Shenzi云深子Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing [Card Crafting + Beast Taming + No Romance + Growth-Oriented Female Lead + Mythical Beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas] A sudden accident awakened Su Yunzheng’s memories of her previous life. In a wasteland apocalypse teeming with mutant beasts, even an ordinary little flower by the roadside could kill without a trace. The living conditions were brutal. Only humans who mastered card-based beast taming could barely hold their own against them. Su Yunzheng: “I’ve seen this episode. All I 1.2kReads9.0Score100Shelves

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    Card crafting + beast taming + no romantic pairing + a female protagonist with character development + mythical beasts from the mountains and seas – this is simply a masterpiece!!!

23. 23 全 The Nation’s Beloved Four-Year-Old Takes Her Soldier Brothers on a Transmigration 全国团宠：四岁宝宝带兵哥哥穿越 Meng Yining萌艺宁Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Truly Adorable Child + Everyone’s Darling + Feel-Good Revenge + The Nation Is Her Real Dad + No Romance] Ever since her mother fell ill and passed away, Mu Chen has been a child with no one to love her. Her father married a stepmother and had a son, so he paid even less attention to Mu Chen. Mu Chen never gets enough to eat. Like the old man next door who collects scrap, she sneaks out every day to collect empty water bottles and sell them, just to buy a little food for her tummy. One day, Mu C 33.8kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves

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    System, cub, traveling the universe

24. 24 综 In a World of TV Adaptations, Why Do I Love Villainous Supporting Characters? 综影视之配角反派怎么了，我就爱 Idly Turning Things Around闲余在翻身Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Two male leads + drama crossover + supporting characters + villains + original male lead + one-on-one romances in each world + no golden finger] They were all people who had never been cherished. They struggled through life, battered and bruised, with no choice but to keep fighting. But they had a right to be loved, too. And so, he came into their lives. The City of Youth: Lu Lu VS a born tycoon and investor. “I came only for you.” (Complete) Not a clean romance! Not a clean romance!! Not a cle 521Reads8.7Score143Shelves

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    This second world is very good; there's some romance, but not much. [Salute][Salute][Salute]

25. 25 太 My Eunuch Husband Is More Beautiful Than Flowers 太监夫君比花娇 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance235k WordsCompleted (A genuine eunuch x a princess from a fallen kingdom, light and sweet romance + mutual salvation) When the Nan Kingdom raises its army, the Ying Kingdom surrenders without a fight. The uncherished little princess proves to be the last person to uphold the dignity of Ying, and the moment she hears the news, she prepares to die for her country. But the new emperor betroths her to a great hero of the Nan Kingdom: Zhu Yunjian, the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. This eunuch is cru 7kReads9.3Score911Shelves

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    This one (ᐢ⸝⸝ᴖ ·̫ ᴖ⸝⸝ᐢ), the male lead is a real eunuch, not a fake one, and the female lead is a princess of a fallen kingdom.

26. 26 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves

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    It's incredibly funny and entertaining; it provided me with laughs for several days straight. Highly recommended, definitely worth watching.

27. 27 女 My Daughter Wreaks Havoc in the Immortal Realm, Exposing My Immortal Emperor Identity 女儿大闹修仙界，我仙帝身份曝光 Wanderer at the End of the World天涯流浪者Eastern Fantasy780k WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Daughter + Empress + Feel-Good] Lu Ming transmigrated to a cultivation world. Unable to cultivate, he married his childhood sweetheart and chose to live an ordinary life. But after his childhood sweetheart gave birth to their daughter, she suddenly claimed to be an Immortal Emperor reincarnated, with too many karmic debts to settle, and left without a trace. After his wife left, Lu Ming never expected his sign-in System to suddenly activate. Thanks to the rewards from s 8.5kReads8.5Score832Shelves
28. 28 无 Infinite Slaughter: From Prisoner to the Emperor of the Age 无限杀戮：从囚犯砍到当世人皇 Youyou又有余Urban761k WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless + Satisfying Read + Passionate + Story-Driven + No Romance] An unimaginable ten-colored phoenix soared through the cosmos, its wings sweeping across the heavens and snuffing out one sun after another, plunging countless worlds into eternal darkness… A cosmic behemoth with stars circling its fur was cold and merciless, devouring billions of humans as life-bearing planets rolled through rivers of blood… An undying progenitor, still standing at the peak after a cosmic calamit 1.6kReads7.4Score104Shelves

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    Lu Chuan's novel, from being framed to being sent to the battlefield, is a fast-paced, action-packed story of becoming stronger by killing enemies. In short, it's all about grinding!

29. 29 吃 Spilling the Tea! The Metaphysics Master Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 吃大瓜！玄学大佬在娱乐圈爆红 A Ruan Isn't Soft阿阮不软Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Gossip + Lighthearted, Satisfying Story + He Secretly Loves Her + One-on-One Romance] Ming Lan, a prodigy of her sect, transmigrates into modern society and becomes a pitiful girl kicked out of her home. To make ends meet, she becomes a streamer specializing in metaphysics. A viewer calls in to ask whether their idol will become famous. Ming Lan nods. “He will. He’s about to get arrested, and the whole internet will be talking about him.” Fans hear this and rush in to a 8.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    ♂&♀ The story revolves around body swapping and soul transmigration, focusing less on romance but still having some sweet moments. I'm a gossip enthusiast, and I love watching! [You get the idea]

30. 30 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves

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    When in doubt, consult the spring breeze; the spring breeze remains silent, so let your heart guide you.

31. 31 剑 A Sword's Thought for Peace 剑念平安 Winter Melon Soup冬瓜汤咯Male-Channel Fanfiction528k WordsOngoing (A Sword of Coming fan fiction) I have a jug of wine, enough to console me through life. I have a sword that can cut through the world's turmoil. The grotto-heavens shatter, the pearl of Li Zhu falls to earth, karma turns in its cycle, and chaos gradually rises. The young Chen Ping'an from the small town carries a sword on his back and sets out to see the complicated world for himself. 2.8kReads6.7Score102Shelves
32. 32 开 From the Start, My Sword Falls in the South Sea as I Scheme for the Nine Provinces 开局剑落南海，我布局天下九洲 The Moon Was Still There Back Then当时明月犹在Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing Three million characters and counting, with plenty to binge. The strongest contender in this niche across the entire web. Not a nanny story + original plot + settling arguments with reason + settling arguments with a sword A slow burn, but the writing speaks for itself. With a flask of wine at his waist and a sword on his back, a young man heads north, wanting to see a world and the hearts within it that are neither wholly good nor wholly evil. I, Ning Yuan, have a dream: of righteousness, of th 7.8kReads8.8Score507Shelves
33. 33 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
34. 34 七 The 1970s: A Dignified, Fierce Officer Carried Me Home in His Jaws 七零：被矜贵又凶的军官叼回家了 Looking Up at the Sun仰望阳光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xia Wei, a criminal profiler, was killed in retaliation by a criminal and transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder woman in the 1970s who was about to be tricked into marriage. After being used, she had died a miserable death from poisoning. Xia Wei sneered. I’m not that easy to fool. She tore off the scumbag’s mask and methodically crushed his path to success. Even his older brother, the male lead, was dragged down from his pedestal. Just as she was getting ready to enjoy her freedom, 167Reads6.9Score107Shelves

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    The plot unfolds seamlessly, and the female lead has strong moral principles; it's definitely worth watching.

35. 35 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 151.8kReads9.6Score19.7kShelves

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    The first book features a cool, clear-headed female protagonist with no romantic subplot. It focuses on family and friendship. The second book describes a beautiful, ethereal woman: "... How bright the moon hangs high in the sky! Those who bathe in its light do not envy it, but sing its praises and yearn for it." It features a beautiful, ethereal moon and a handsome man. The protagonist is uniquely beautiful, without a romantic subplot, and possesses a clear-headed perspective. The writing is very smooth. The third book has a very novel character setup, starting with the female protagonist transmigrating into the body of a baby. It mainly depicts the lighthearted family life, connecting with real life and touching the reader's heart. The fourth book is a post-apocalyptic story where most countries don't exist, but this book does, making it feel like reality. The female protagonist is incredibly cool.

36. 36 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
37. 37 穿 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 137.8kReads9.6Score16.6kShelves
38. 38 综 I Coast Through Variety Shows, and the Nation Praises My Great Contributions 综艺快乐划水，国家夸我功高至伟 Wind Duo Duo风朵朵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shen Yuwei was the junior sister of the Xianling Sect. Above her were eight senior disciples with superb spiritual roots, all of them crazy and unreliable. In the end, the burden of managing the sect fell to her. She worked tirelessly, earning a reputation as the cultivation world’s model worker, and eventually gave her life saving the three realms. Exhausted to death, Shen Yuwei said, “Great! I can finally rest!” But after dying, she transmigrated into the body of a newcomer in the entertainmen 17.7kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates to another world and enters the entertainment industry. She's incredibly talented, a true all-rounder, and brings glory to her country. 💕 The second book leans towards the infinite flow genre, with no romantic pairing. Zheng Xun comes from the White Tower and ultimately returns to it. 😢 The third book combines supernatural elements with fortune-telling, also with no romantic pairing. The female protagonist is incredibly powerful, but her second brother suffers a tragic end. 😢 He exists as a soul, which can be seen as another way of accompanying her for a long, long time.

39. 39 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves
40. 40 全 Everyone Here Is Evil, So One More Won’t Hurt 全员带恶人，算我一个不多吧 Jingwei精卫Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted A female lead’s redemption story [A comforting, heartwarming redemption treat. There’s hardly any of the usual over-the-top villains, just so you know.] “The Easygoing Life of a Top Scholar in a Brothel” “A Royal Noble Becomes a Brothel Madam After Being Poisoned” “The Push and Pull Between a Green-Tea Bodyguard and a Delicate Young Lady” “I Was Reborn After My Family Was Destroyed and My Country Fell” “A Handsome General Falls for a Brothel’s Top Courtesan” “A Tough Northeastern Little Girl’s C 1.7kReads9.4Score198Shelves

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    This is a completed story. What sparks will fly when an amazing new generation clashes with the ideas of the old era? The romantic subplot is relatively short.

41. 41 将 The Bride-to-Be 将嫁 Echoes Linger for Three Days绕梁三日Ancient Romance287k WordsCompleted Three years ago, to pacify the western frontier, he married the daughter of the Governor-General of Yongzhou as his empress. But during his lifetime, he met Huo Shiying, the one and only woman of her kind, and the sole female general in the Great Yan dynasty. She doesn't know, and no one else does either, that he has followed her life for twenty whole years. When he was six, he first heard his mother and eldest sister mention her name, and wondered how a two-year-old girl could have been taken t 25kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves

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    "The Bride-to-be" is a gripping and emotionally rich novel. It tells the story of a woman's resilience and wisdom amidst chaos, and the difficult choices she makes amidst intertwined love and hate. The characters are vividly portrayed, and the plot is full of twists and turns, making the reader feel as if they are immersed in that turbulent era, experiencing the protagonist's joys and sorrows. This is an unforgettable masterpiece, well worth reading.

42. 42 惹 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 257.8kReads9.7Score30.2kShelves
43. 43 我 My Readers Span Three Thousand Worlds 我的读者遍布三千世界 Turtles Go with Mung Beans王八配绿豆Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [System] [Wish fulfillment] [Face-slapping] [Secret identity] [Everyday life] [No romance] Li Wenshu, a top author in the online fiction world, died suddenly after writing all night. The System sold everything it had to send her back to when she was sixteen. It was an era when neither entertainment nor the internet was very developed. Faced with the three thousand worlds of books in the System’s storage space, Li Wenshu rubbed her chin and sighed, “Dying suddenly was worth it!” A suspe 15.5kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    The first book, Juejuezi

44. 44 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.6kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
45. 45 种 Farming Keeps Turning Everyone Else’s Worldview Upside Down 种田我每天都在刷新别人的世界观 A Timid Soul Who Follows Their Heart从心的怂怂Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [No romance + comedy + farming + online shop] Also known as: After Becoming a Cultivation World Freak, I Took the Internet by Storm with Farming Jiang Yun returned from the cultivation world and began a leisurely life of farming. The things she grew just happened to have a tiny bit more medicinal benefit than everyone else’s. Before long, Jiang Yun’s products were all over the trending lists. Today’s Entertainment pushed a breaking news story. #Shocking! ER doctor mobbed by people. The reason is 731Reads8.9Score101Shelves
46. 46 厨 The God of Cooking and the Demon Beasts: Oh No, We're the Ingredients! 厨神，妖兽：不好，我们成食材了 Jiu Yu九语Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsOngoing A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the strongest Chef God System. Whenever someone praises a dish he makes, his talent, physique, and insight improve. Well, this is an instant takeoff. What's more, his dishes have special effects: they can strengthen the body, nourish one's health, and clear away hidden injuries… The entire sect goes wild. From the Ancestor, Supreme Elders, and Sect Master to the servant disciples, everyone goes crazy for a taste. The Sect Master say 66.6kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
47. 47 离 Unbelievable: Turning a Bathroom into a One-Bedroom Apartment 离谱，卫生间爆改一居室 Remember Jing Jun景君须记Urban402k WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Lighthearted] [Landlord] [Daily life] [Leisure] [No romance] After arriving in another world, Chu He awakens the Strongest Rental System. As long as he rents out a place, he gets rewards? Easy! Chu He: ??? Nobody told me the houses would be this bizarre. Well, there’s nothing wrong with finding a different way, right? Soon, videos of his rentals go viral on short-video platforms, and the comments section gets stranger by the day. Chu He reads the comments and laughs his head off! [Take 431Reads7.0Score100Shelves
48. 48 摆 Selling Bento on the Roadside, Causing a Massive Traffic Jam 摆摊卖盒饭，公路堵疯了 There's a Cat Named Soybean有只猫叫黄豆Urban300k WordsCompleted Shen Li has just transmigrated to a parallel world when he learns that his father is buried in debt. As his son, he has to take responsibility. The family can no longer afford the rent on their restaurant, so they have no choice but to set up a street stall. Then some little potatoes from the south come to visit, and they can’t tear themselves away from Shen Li’s stall. Overnight, the humble stall becomes a sensation, drawing more and more little potatoes from far and wide. “Is this the braised 573Reads8.3Score104Shelves
49. 49 都 Urban: From the Start, Even Fake Street-Corner News Comes True 都市：开局街边虚假信息都成真了 Flying Fish Roe起飞的鱼子酱Urban508k WordsCompleted Bai Zhou had just started college when, while letting loose by the roadside one day, he idly scanned an ad for a fake mobile game. To his surprise, he actually received a cash reward. And so it began: Scam call? Answer questions to get cash rewards? What a scam! “Zhifu Bao: 10,000 yuan deposited!” Browser game? Sell equipment to get your money back? What a scam! “Zhifu Bao: 100,000 yuan deposited!” “...” “Hey! Look, someone really believes this fake ad!” Bai Zhou: “Get lost! Stop interrupting my 1.3kReads8.5Score104Shelves
50. 50 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves

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    This is good. There's not much of a romantic subplot, but the humor is plentiful yet natural, and it's exciting when it needs to be, without feeling awkward.

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