Looking for Tomato Novels That Aren't Power Fantasies, with a Highly Intelligent Protagonist and Clever Antagonists 求番茄非爽文，主角高智商，反派不无脑的小说
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Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶
[No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou
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Day After Day, Endless and Long 朝朝漫漫
Moonlight spilled across the ground, cool and pale. Lotus flowers stood tall in a tranquil pond. A gauzy veil concealed her face as she danced with graceful poise, every smile and frown captivating. People said Gu Yanchu, the powerful grand secretary, was the emperor’s illegitimate son, abandoned among the common people. Otherwise, how could he have joined the Grand Secretariat at such a young age? It was a pity that such an elegant, handsome gentleman had married a fierce and domineering young
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Ten Days to the End 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
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The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位
“If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had
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Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子
"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
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- 6 I Picked Up Corpses and Became a God in the Three Kingdoms 我在三国捡尸成神 Liu Yi transmigrates to the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty. While generals can sweep through armies and scholars can command the wind and rain, he gains the art of looting corpses: he can take all kinds of items from the newly dead, learn skills, and improve his attributes. Wielding the Filial Son Sword, he follows Dong Zhuo to the capital to rescue the emperor and wreaks havoc outside Hulao Pass. Thus begins his reborn rise in an age of chaos, as he makes his way to prominence during th 11.7kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 7 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [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
- 8 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves
- 9 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
- 10 Villain Simulator: From the Start, My Supreme Imperial Bone Is Stolen 反派模拟：开局被挖走至尊帝骨 [Villain Simulations + High-Martial World + Invincible Domination + Ruthless Killing] Lu Qian transmigrated and became a playboy villain from the Lu family, one of the top families in the Great Xia Empire. From the start, he saw the drunk, unconscious fated heroine, Liu Ruyue, lying right in front of him. Yet the fated male lead, who served as the icy beauty Liu Ruyue’s bodyguard, was nowhere to be found. Wait, this plot... [Ding! An unconscious fated heroine has been detected ten meters ahead.] 29.3kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
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Black Desires of Youth 黑欲青春
(Not a wish-fulfillment story, and the hero isn't invincible. Enter at your own risk.) A youth stained with blood, vows made without regret, inexperienced love, sincere friendship, the cruelty of society, and the complexity of human nature. An unforgettable, turbulent era! A piece of underworld lore passed down to this day! A band of brothers who shared honor and disgrace, life and death! An unmatched era, with a flag-bearer standing at its peak! Laughing as we watch the tides of fortune, marchi
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From the Start, a Life-Shortening Demonic Art: I Became an Immortal by Turning Negatives Around 开局减寿魔功，我靠负面逆转成仙
[Fast-Paced Cultivation + Side Effects Become Buffs + Cunning Schemer + Calculating + Cautious and Steady] Ye Bufan transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes a lowly rogue cultivator in the Zhao Kingdom. Born with a low-grade yang spirit root, he thinks he has a chance at immortality. But despite diligently cultivating for a hundred years, he still fails to reach Foundation Establishment, even in his old age. Seeing no hope of immortality, he decides to make the most of the few years he
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- 13 From the Start, I Was Divided Up for Food, So I Swallowed the Evil Spirit Whole 开局被分食，我直接生吞邪崇 "A Must-Read in 2026" [Eerie Revival]+ [Revenge before the day is out]+ [Saintly do-gooders must die]+ [The protagonist is crazy, not stupid]+ [No female lead]+ [This is actually a food story] The red moon rises, and the eerie returns. After transmigrating to a world where the eerie has returned and evil spirits roam the earth, Ye Kui opens his eyes to see himself being devoured by monsters! But if monsters can eat people, there’s no reason people can’t eat monsters! After three years of plottin 8.7kReads8.9Score851Shelves
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Cultivating Through Trait Entries: Having a Child Makes Me Invincible 词条修仙：生子就无敌
[Traits] + [Plot-Driven] + [Family Saga] + [Leveling] Chen Yun, born at the bottom of his clan, discovers that every breakthrough lets him choose a trait. “You may obtain the following starting traits. These traits will form the foundation of your cultivation and determine the path and results of your future training. Choose carefully.” “You can obtain one trait each time you level up and break through.” “Traits come in six colors, from lowest to highest: white, blue, purple, red, gold, and rain
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- 15 Farming in Ancient Times: A Wife, Children, and a Warm Bed 古代种田，老婆孩子热炕头 The short drama has launched: “Farming in Ancient Times, the Imperial Court Finds Me a Wife” Zhou Cheng transmigrates into a house with nothing but bare walls, with a wife and daughter to his name. His parents play favorites; his second younger brother seems simple-minded but is actually an expert at setting traps; his third younger brother is selfish and self-serving; and his little sister is arrogant, vain, domineering, and unreasonable. As for him… he’s a gambling addict who beats his family 6.4kReads8.2Score460Shelves
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I Get Stronger Whenever I'm Called On 我被点名就变强
[Comedy + scheming + tycoon] One day, the rebellious Fang Qimai got a special System. Whenever someone called on him, he could receive a reward from them. Ding! Your math teacher called on you. Reward: Skill Book, Mastering Olympiad Math. Ding! Your rich classmate called on you. Character unlocked: Billionaire Dad. Ding! Your PE teacher called on you. Reward: Skill Book, Mastering English Grammar. Wait a minute... Did something weird just sneak in there...?
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- 17 EN My Family Is So Ridiculously Powerful, My System Broke 背景有亿亿亿亿亿点大，系统崩了 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
- 18 EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves
- 19 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 64.7kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves
- 20 EN Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 209.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
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Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场
(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
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Three Kingdoms: A Million Troops, and You Call This an Ordinary County Magistrate? 三国：屯兵百万，你管这叫普通县令？
Lu Chuan transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era. With the help of a System, he turns a small village into a massive county town. He only wants to keep farming and develop agriculture, the economy, culture, and the military, but the warlords keep coming to find him. Cao Cao: If I can persuade Lu Chuan to enter public life, who in all the land could stop me? Yuan Shao: Get the gifts ready at once. I’m going to visit Mr. Lu Chuan in person. One cart of gifts isn’t enough? Make it ten! Liu Bei: Sec
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- 23 Three Kingdoms: From County Magistrate of Xuzhou to Conquering the Realm 三国：从徐州县令开始争霸天下 After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms period, he becomes a low-ranking county magistrate in Pengcheng, Xuzhou, but gains the Ultimate Promotion and Domination System! Starting as a county magistrate, he will conquer the world step by step! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a beginner's gift pack.] [Congratulations, Host, you have received the peerless God of War Li Jing, the renowned statesman Liu Bowen, and the supreme empress Wu Meier!] [Congratulations, Host, you have recei 1.7kReads8.5Score103Shelves
- 24 Three Kingdoms: One Bowl of Pork Belly with Preserved Mustard Greens, and I'm Emperor Now? 三国：一碗梅菜扣肉，我竟黄袍加身？ Tang Yu transmigrated to the end of the Han dynasty and became an insignificant county magistrate. The Yellow Turban rebels were besieging the city, and food was running short. In the midst of internal and external crises, he bound himself to the Strongest Reputation System and got free steamed buns, starch sausages, and braised pork with preserved vegetables from the start. “Brothers, eat your fill! We’ve got buns to spare. Eat well, then follow me and conquer the world!” [Ding! Reputation +1.] 758Reads5.7Score105Shelves
- 25 The Strongest County Magistrate in the Three Kingdoms 三国最强县令 Zhou An, the top food-delivery man, takes a delivery to the Three Kingdoms and becomes Shu Han’s poorest county magistrate. Fortunately, he gains a System. With its help, Zhou An transforms into the strongest county magistrate of the Three Kingdoms and begins writing a wondrous chapter in history. 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Strongest County Magistrate in the Three Kingdoms 三国最强小县令 Lin Nan transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes a minor county magistrate. In this chaotic age, he puts his county in perfect order. Even Cao Cao hears of his accomplishments and makes three visits to the Far East, asking Lin Nan to come out of seclusion. When Cao Cao arrives in Far Eastern County, he is stunned by its modern facilities, which seem nothing short of miraculous. He even exclaims that Lin Nan is a divine being! Cao Cao: "With Nan at 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Three Kingdoms: I’m a Civil Engineering Maniac with a Million Soldiers 三国：我，基建狂魔，拥兵百万 Liu Chu transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty and awakens the [Overlord System]. From the start, he completes a System mission, binds a main city, and becomes the magistrate of Jiumen County. He receives the [Xiang Yu template], maxing out his martial prowess. Every time he builds up his main city, he receives generous rewards. [Repair the crumbling city walls and receive 3,000 spears and 3,000 sets of armor.] [Repair the long-neglected moat and receive 100 warhorses.] [Raise the main city 906Reads7.0Score102Shelves
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The Yellow Emperor’s Secret 黄帝秘藏
With a blood-written deed on my body, I fought hungry dogs for food. In the bitter cold of winter, I was about to be beaten to death on the frozen ground, until someone stood before me and told me I was a dragon in the art of feng shui...
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