The Night Grows Late, My Heart Won't Settle, and Sleep Won't Come 夜已深,心不静,人未眠

1. 1 每 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 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [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
2. 2 让 I Told You to Spend Big on Cultivation, Not to Keep a Female Sword Immortal 让你氪金修仙，没让你包养女剑仙 Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 274.1kReads9.3Score44.8kShelves
3. 3 不 The Undying Emperor’s Mentor 不死帝师 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 584.3kReads9.4Score48.8kShelves
4. 4 说 You Said She’d Become an Empress, So Why Did You Turn Her into a Demoness? 说好女帝，你把她黑化成女魔头？ Across the River隔江Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Raising a Wife + Two Souls in One Body + Corrupted Heroine + Bandit Hero + Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance] Su Ye transmigrates into the body of Luo Qinghuan, the heroine of a female-oriented novel he read, and binds himself to the Corruption Investment System. Under his influence, every time Luo Qinghuan turns evil, he receives a reward. He can choose whether or not to invest that reward, but investing in the corrupted heroine earns him even greater rewards! So Su Ye corrupts h 5.7kReads9.4Score453Shelves
5. 5 玄 Xuanhuan: Blind, I Wander the Martial World 玄幻：成为瞎子，我游历江湖 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 204.4kReads9.6Score22.7kShelves
6. 6 这 This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 66.7kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
7. 7 三 Three Kingdoms: So What If I’m a Han Imperial Relative with a Million Troops? 三国：我汉室宗亲拥兵百万怎么啦 I Am Brother Kun我是昆哥Historical1.8M WordsCompleted Liu Kun, a burned-out office drone working 996, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty. With no System or golden finger, he relies solely on his understanding of people and his strategic skill, from sparking a civil war among the Southern Xiongnu to establishing himself in the Hetao region and rising to power. He forces Dong Zhuo to his death in Chang’an and rebuilds the Han court. Just as he leads his elite troops in sweeping aside the warlords with the speed of a thunderbolt, he discovers tha 2kReads7.6Score103Shelves

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   I guarantee you won't be able to stop watching it.

8. 8 我 Stranded on a Desert Island with the Neighboring Auntie 我和邻家阿姨荒岛求生 Flying Stir-Fry Pancake飞天夹菜饼Urban3.8M WordsCompleted [No System + deserted island + age gap + survival + vying for dominance] [Short drama now streaming: My Life on a Deserted Island Isn't Quite Right] A mysterious bolt of lightning struck the cruise ship, and Zhou Feng woke up on a beach. The only person beside him was the neighbor, Auntie Qin Xiaoxue. It didn't take long for them to discover that the secrets of this island were beyond anything they could have imagined. 47kReads8.8Score4.8kShelves

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   Systemless survival challenge: Abandon the traditional system settings, survive purely by wisdom and courage, and experience the most authentic desert island life! Sparks brought about by the age difference: How do Zhou Feng and Qin Xiaoxue, of different ages and backgrounds, support each other and grow together on a desert island? Mysterious Island Secrets: What secrets does this deserted island hide? Waiting for them to explore and discover step by step! Competition and survival: Not only survival, but also competition with other wanderers for hegemony, competing for limited resources, and becoming the king of the desert island!

9. 9 狐 Fox Maiden 狐女 King Rabbit兔子大王Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Tu Sang. Grandpa said I was a gift from the Fox Immortal. I was barely alive when he found me, as good as dead. So he sought out the village shaman and traded his life for mine, keeping me alive until I turned eighteen. But before my eighteenth birthday, he passed away, and overnight I became an orphan again. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a ghost below. Who knew he would be a ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Immortal? But our connection goes far beyond that... 11.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 十 The End of Ten Days 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 1.8MReads9.9Score232.5kShelves

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    After listening to this book, my brain is exhausted and I fall asleep quickly.

11. 11 九 The Nine Netherworlds Pharmacopoeia 九幽药典 Long Zhentian, Who Likes Tianluo Xu喜欢天罗絮的龙震天Eastern Fantasy163k WordsOngoing I’m an ordinary herb gatherer. By chance, I save Luo Qingxue, a true disciple of the Xuantian Sect who is being hunted by a demonic cultivator, only to discover that we share a bond from a past life and that a twin-soul pact lies hidden within us. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all very good books, and they are also suitable for sleeping.

12. 12 春 Spring Breeze Like a Song 春风如歌 Long Zhentian, Who Likes Tianluo Xu喜欢天罗絮的龙震天Sci-Fi & Apocalypse223k WordsOngoing My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 下 After Coming Down from the Mountain, I Unexpectedly Moved in with a Beautiful Woman 下山后，意外跟美女同居了 Su Xiaoci苏小辞Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Only one female lead On the day Qiu Chenfeng turned twenty, his master inexplicably kicked him down the mountain to fulfill a marriage contract, only for him to be inexplicably dumped. Then, while he was out getting something to eat, a beautiful police officer inexplicably arrested him. He ended up as a temporary worker on the criminal investigation team and soon settled in at her place. 21kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
14. 14 狐 The Bewitching Fox-Demon Wife 狐妖艳妻 Big Brother Xuanyi玄一哥哥Rural Life3.2M WordsCompleted [Fox Wife] + [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [Mystery and Twists] + [Funny Ensemble Cast] + [Interlocking Plotlines] + [First-Ever Nine-Tailed Fox with Nine Clones] I’m the village’s famous idiot. Of course, that’s what people who don’t know any better call me. Those in the know call me… the village guardian! But my half-baked fortune-teller of a grandfather has a very different opinion from everyone else. He says I’m a kept man who lives off women! Still, I never imagined the woman I’d have 19.3kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
15. 15 养 Raising a Fox as My Wife II 养狐为妻Ⅱ Wang Shisi王十四Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted I am a jinx, born under an ill omen. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged an extraordinary betrothal for me when I was a child… 411Reads7.3Score—Shelves
16. 16 秦 Qin Che: My First AI Boyfriend 秦彻：我的第一个AI男友 When Happiness Comes Knocking OK当幸福来敲门OKAnime Fanfiction150k WordsCompleted A diary of sculpting an AI boyfriend. A single mother raising her daughter carries many burdens, yet a gradually taking shape idea leads her on a journey of transformation as she pursues her dreams and discovers herself. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can turn off the light, but you can't turn off his concerned eyes. "This is the edge of technological eroticism. How an AI can be 'trained' to express human passion, learn to tease and respond little by little, and then actively pounce on you. It's suitable for late at night, when a person is reading feverishly.

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