In a Reading Slump: Looking for a Truly Fresh and Exciting Read 厌书期，求真正的让人眼前一亮的书

1. 2501 十 Tales of Strange Happenings Across the Ten Directions 十方异事录 Yu Yi鱼一Mystery399k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, the young Ma Shiyi wanders aboard a wondrous ship that sails beyond the Six Realms. The great vessel drifts across the Ten Directions Sea, hazy and dreamlike. Inside, it holds a world of its own, like a gigantic living maze, carrying countless humans, ghosts, and demons toward worlds that are not theirs. It is filled with dazzling splendor, rare treasures, and unimaginable wealth. The one thing it has no supply of is time, and death is its greatest problem. 27Reads9.2Score—Shelves
2. 2502 全 Global Survival: I Became the Eternal Second Place 全民求生，我成了万年老二 Air Fryer Reheated Rice空气炸锅热饭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse823k WordsCompleted [No romance + stockpiling + infinite survival + natural disasters + teammates + food + mildly scary] [The rating just opened, so it’ll gradually rise. Don’t miss out, come take a look!] People know that among all the rankings, you can remember the number one spot, because it might belong to the leading sheep, the fierce wolf, the agile leopard, or the farsighted eagle. You can also remember the number six, because that one’s a troublemaking stick, a fish coasting along, a bucket waiting to be fi 75.9kReads9.3Score12.9kShelves

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   This book is really good! The female lead, Li Chengzi, and her teammates Gu Yuebai and Zhen Zhangsan go from initially testing each other to eventually working together with other companions to save humanity. It's truly a great read. Don't be fooled by the title; it's incredibly good, with a tight plot and clear logic.

3. 2503 王 A Corrupt Official in the Dynasty: From the Start, the Empress Simulated My Life 王朝贪官，开局被女帝模拟人生 Unbeatable Beneath the Moon月下开无双Historical1.8M WordsCompleted At the end of a dynasty, Su Chen is saddled with a Corruption System. He had planned to abuse his power for personal gain, amass enough ill-gotten wealth to build a new world, and watch the tides rise and fall. However, just as Su Chen is waiting to pledge himself to the new ruler, the reigning Empress unexpectedly acquires a simulator that can simulate the nation’s fortunes and see into people’s lives. In the first simulation, the borderlands fall, and the foreign tribes prove unstoppable. Su C 1.7kReads7.9Score176Shelves
4. 2504 全 The Richest Man Online: Who Can Make Me Lose? 全网第一神豪，谁能赐我一败 Half Wild半身轻狂Urban420k WordsCompleted [I'm no good at writing introductions. Please read the story.] After Chen Jidi is cruelly kicked aside by the materialistic younger sister he depended on, he unexpectedly awakens a Network Tycoon System. “This System is dedicated to turning its Host into the greatest tycoon and the greatest champion on the internet.” From then on, Chen Jidi begins a life of throwing money around and dominating the online world. In real life, he's a timid food delivery rider. In love, he's the master of living of 2.6kReads8.6Score124Shelves

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   A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump! I've unearthed a hidden gem of a novel!

5. 2505 惊 The Horror Story Editorial Department 惊悚故事编辑部 Cat Bro from Northern Liaoning辽北喵哥Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing “Welcome to the Horror Story Editorial Department. Here, you’ll enjoy an extraordinary horror-reading experience. In these stories, you are both the author and the reader. Now, begin your reading journey and share your frightening experiences with other readers.” 141Reads6.8Score—Shelves
6. 2506 大 The Savage Bandit of the Great Wilderness 大荒悍匪 Golden Bull Fragment金牛断章Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing Everyone knows that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is actually a cookbook. Transmigrate across mountains and seas, and stew a Kunpeng with a phoenix, or cook a Zhujian with a black tortoise. In the demon wasteland, the countless great demons are dangers to everyone else, but Zhang Chu sees them as food. One bite of demon meat doubles his strength. One sip of demon blood sends his cultivation soaring. From then on, Zhang Chu goes farther and farther along the path of cultivating by eating demo 105.3kReads9.0Score7.3kShelves
7. 2507 魔 Dungeons & Dragons: The Evil Dragon Requests Release from Prison 魔龙与地下城：恶龙请求出狱 Five-Emperor Dragon of the Skeleton Hall骷髅殿的五帝龙Eastern Fantasy636k WordsOngoing [Western fantasy, nonhuman protagonist, dungeon, demon dragon, management, behind-the-scenes mastermind] The world-ending demon dragon who once inspired terror across the world awakens after an unknown number of years in confinement, looking utterly bewildered. Because someone has taken over his body. Or you could call it transmigration. In his previous life, Zhou Miao was an ordinary game designer. He never expected a truck to send him to a Western fantasy world inhabited by many races. The goo 59.2kReads8.5Score7kShelves

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   Looks like I'll have to pull out some of my hidden gems. 2, 4, 5, And 11 are all atypical fanfics (at least on Tomato). Finding gems in history is really tough!

8. 2508 从 Starting as a Minor Officer in the Demon-Suppression Bureau: Get Stronger by Slacking Off! 从镇魔司小旗开始：摸鱼就变强！ Chui Chui炊吹Eastern Fantasy342k WordsOngoing In a world overrun by demons and crawling with sinister creatures, the imperial court has established the Demon-Suppression Office to slay monsters and protect the people. Yet the demons are powerful, and humanity struggles to hold on as its territory is steadily swallowed up. Lin Fan is an utterly ordinary junior banner officer in the Qingyun City branch of the Great Xia Dynasty’s Demon-Suppression Office. If one slash will do, he won’t waste words. But he’s lazy in his day-to-day life and has —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 2509 全 Everyone Digs for Treasure, but Only I Can See the Hints 全民挖宝，只有我能看到提示 Thirty Thousand a Day一日三万Urban6.0M WordsOngoing [First release anywhere online + no saintly heroine + satisfying story + decisive and ruthless + gleefully slaughtering everything] “Shocking! Shocking! The whole world is shocked! Daddy Ma spent one billion yuan to buy ten Super Treasure Maps and finally dug up a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. He has now attained immortality!!!” “Good news, good news! A high school senior used a Treasure Map to dig up an ancient golden elixir. From now on, my fate is mine to control!” “Rumor has it that netizen Ye us 72kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
10. 2510 告 A Group Text Confessing My Love, and My Aunt Cries That I Sent It Too Late? 告白短信群发，小姨哭诉发晚了？ Surely Not a Couch Potato怕不是咸鱼Urban413k WordsCompleted Su Yang transmigrates to a parallel world, becomes a small-time streamer, and activates a mission System. Only this System isn't exactly respectable. [Today's livestream mission: Send a mass confession text. The mission is complete as soon as you hit send.] [Note: From ninety-nine-year-olds to toddlers who can just walk, any age or gender!] Su Yang: … “Everyone dies someday, but not from public humiliation!” [Refuse a mission and the System will be forcibly reclaimed!] Su Yang: “Damn it, th 11.8kReads9.0Score1kShelves
11. 2511 我 For the Great Ming, I Shall Bring Eternal Peace 我为大明，开万世太平 The Bright Moon of That Year那年的明月Historical3.1M WordsOngoing Autumn, the second year of the Chongzhen era. Huang Taiji leads an army of over a hundred thousand, bypasses Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and breaches the Great Wall west of Xifengkou at the passes of Daan, Longjing, and Malanyu. He captures Zunhua and advances straight toward the capital. That same year, modern special forces soldier Qin Feng transmigrates into the late Ming frontier, becoming a dying garrison soldier in Xuanfu. In the depths of despair, he kills two Tartars and earns the rank of squa 5.4kReads7.9Score411Shelves
12. 2512 霍 Hogwarts' Unorthodox Slytherin 霍格沃兹的非典型斯莱特林 Another Self l另一个自己lMale-Channel Fanfiction442k WordsOngoing [Harry Potter] [Slytherin] [One Female Lead] [Some Original Settings and OOC] [Hogwarts] Yifa transmigrated, but soon discovered that his situation was even worse than starting out as an orphan: he was a homeless vagabond. After finally getting a wand, his very first spell turned out to be Avada Kedavra. At that moment, Yifa knew he was destined to have nothing to do with the White Wizards for the rest of his life. The Sorting was an even bigger disaster. How could someone with no connections en 86kReads6.8Score13.2kShelves
13. 2513 玄EN Fantasy: Simplified Cultivation, From Minion to Overlord 玄幻：简化功法，从喽啰开始成霸主 Di Tian帝天Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Level Suppression] [Crush Everything] That year, the nobody Chu Qing refused to stand in the background in a hemp robe and bare feet, waving flags and shouting slogans. Now, a thousand-year empire, sects that dominated their regions, and the heroes of the martial world were all rising at once, like dragons and serpents. Then I, Chu Qing, would trample the streets beneath my feet until the bones of nobles littered them, and burn the imperial treasury until its splen 8.1kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
14. 2514 仙 Supplier to the Immortal Realm 仙界供应商 Househusband煮夫Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Complete and free, a must-read power fantasy!] Betel nut and cigarettes, boundless magic power. Betel nut and liquor, the world is mine. This is a general store in the cultivation world. Want to advance to the Golden Core Realm and crush every prodigy out there? Betel nut and cigarettes, one million spirit stones! Want to beat your Nascent Soul Realm fiance to death? Betel nut and liquor, ten million spirit stones! Want to survive the tribulation and become an immortal? Sure, as long as you can 902Reads7.7Score100Shelves
15. 2515 动 Animal City: From the Start, I Was Found by Mr. Big 动物城：开局被大先生捡到 Cricket King蝈蝈国王Anime Fanfiction317k WordsOngoing Furry, conspiracy theories, original story, pure love (not a gay romance), male-oriented, male protagonist. The male lead is Kevin, whose love interest is Karen, a white wolf who appears later on. Liu Kai was in the middle of a competition when someone suddenly elbowed him. When he woke up, he found himself in a world full of animals... Wait, isn't this Animal City? He had a new name: Kevin. If you're going to elbow someone, at least do it properly, you busted robot. He also had a new identity h 32.5kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
16. 2516 末 The Forgotten Dusk of the Apocalypse 末世之遗忘黄昏 Let's Talk About It Tomorrow後天再说Sci-Fi & Apocalypse655k WordsCompleted [Wasteland + zombies + giant beasts + exoskeleton armor + mecha + genetically enhanced warriors + war + coming-of-age + one heroine + interstellar] The apocalypse plunged a world that had once flourished into the abyss. The remnants tried in vain to restore the glory of the old days. Survivors established a new order among the ruins, only to set off another cycle. The abandoned tried to change the world, but... never mind, they were too insignificant to make a difference. A hundred years later, 53Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 2517 七 At Seven Years Old, I Took Leave to Return to My Village and Officiate at Funerals and Weddings 七岁的我，请假回村主持红白事 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Chen is a grandmaster of feng shui and Taoist arts, one of the country’s foremost feng shui masters and Taoist adepts, and heir apparent to the title of Celestial Master of the Taoist sect! One day, Zhou Chen… suddenly transmigrates into the body of a little boy. And the boy’s seniority in the family is unbelievably high. He visits the village during summer vacation, and everyone from the eighty-year-old men and women down to the three-year-old brats has to respectfully call him Great-Uncle 7.3kReads9.1Score810Shelves
18. 2518 穿 After Entering Sherlock Holmes, I Became a Literary Master 穿进福尔摩斯后，我成了文学巨匠 I Eat Ugly Tangerines Without Spitting Out the Peel吃丑橘不吐丑橘皮Urban589k WordsOngoing [No shipping or romance] [No System] [The protagonist's identity is never exposed in the main story] [Career] [Book Transmigration] [Literary plagiarism] [Classics] [Original Sherlock Holmes] [Victorian era] [Slow burn] [Slice of life] [Sickly protagonist] [Not a power fantasy] London, 1880. A public carriage stops in front of 221B Baker Street, and a pale, frail young man steps down. No one knows that one day he will become an uncrowned Poet Laureate, a science fiction giant, a master of fai 13.3kReads8.7Score996Shelves
19. 2519 最 Even the Weakest Skeleton Wants to Study Magic 最弱骷髅也想努力学习魔法 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Evolution] + [Dungeon] + [Magic] + [Nonhuman Protagonist] + [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Leveling Up] After unexpectedly transmigrating to a magical world, he turns into a battered skeleton on his very first day. Level up, evolve, allocate attribute points. From a low-level skeleton that crumbles at the slightest touch, to a sturdy skeleton, then fusing with a bone dragon's horns to evolve into an elemental skeleton. Level up, fuse, evolve, grow, step by step. Until he becomes the strongest 26.9kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
20. 2520 在 The Wife I Picked Up in a Game Turned Out to Be a Demoness 在游戏中捡的老婆竟是女魔头 Buy Meat to Feed Egg Yolk买肉喂蛋黄Sports1.6M WordsCompleted The game world of Xuan Ying Continent forcibly kicked out every Hailan Star player because of an unknown malfunction. When the servers shut down, only “player” Song Ye was left behind, becoming the only player in Xuan Ying Continent. He was also confined to the beginner village. Song Ye could only run beginner-village quests every day to earn experience and level up. No one knew how much time passed. Realizing he had no hope of returning to the real world, Song Ye married a mysterious woman from 33.3kReads7.4Score2.5kShelves
21. 2521 我 I Beat Cancer, Yet My Wife and Children Kicked Me Out 我，癌症痊愈，却被妻儿扫地出门 Feng Wuhen风無痕Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama based on this novel is now available. Readers are welcome to watch it. [One Heroine]+ [Invincible]+ [No System]+ [Wealthy]+ [Devoted Husband]+ [Dotting on the Kids, Boys and Girls]+ [No Cultivation] [The author has already completed a million-word novel, My Dad Is Super Rich, and the Whole World Knows It. Feel free to dive in.] Fifteen years ago, Wei Jiuzhou was in the terminal stage of cancer. To spare his wife and children any worry, he concealed his illness and went abroad. Fi 3.4kReads9.0Score257Shelves
22. 2522 梦 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 The Bearing of a Sixty-Year-Old Hall六十岁殿堂之姿Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted 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 [ 8kReads8.9Score738Shelves
23. 2523 让 I Sent You to Train, So Why Is the Whole World Trying to Capture You Alive? 让你去历练，怎么全球都要活捉你 God of War Dad战神奶爸Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Military + special forces + scheming + lighthearted comedy] Su Chen transmigrates to Blue Star and builds a fearsome super-unit from the ground up. “I refuse to accept this! That bastard Su Chen took a company of soldiers disguised as young women, pretended they were an entertainment troupe, and wiped us out. That wasn’t tactics, it was exploiting our feelings to pull a cheap trick!” “Do you know what I’ve been through these past two weeks? I couldn’t eat or sleep. I searched everywhere for tha 52.7kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
24. 2524 蒸 Steampunk Western Fantasy: This Werewolf Is Ridiculously Strong! 蒸汽西幻：这个狼人强的离谱！ Five-Emperor Dragon of the Skeleton Hall骷髅殿的五帝龙Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + werewolves + races + kingdoms + steam age + slow burn + martial arts + nearly invincible + soul transmigration] [There are some farming elements. I’m not even sure whether this counts as a farming story.] [The protagonist has a strong sense of justice, so readers who are used to decisive, ruthless protagonists may think he’s a pushover. If you don’t like that, please avoid this book. Since werewolves in this world are generally extremely evil, enjoy eating humans, and are viol 8kReads9.0Score724Shelves
25. 2525 地 Laugh at Any Dark Joke You Like, I'll Pay the Merit Penalty 地狱笑话随便笑，扣功德算我的 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wei Lai, who loves telling dark jokes, is slapped straight into a wasteland apocalypse 300 years in the future. The Four Pillar Evil Gods from the Chaos Universe are constantly corrupting the entire world. All the technology and knowledge of the old era have been tainted, and only those who hold fast to their sacred faith can weather the storm. Do a good deed each day and earn Merit Points, unlocking an angel's blessing. Commit an evil deed and earn Depravity Points, receiving a demon's blessing 13.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
26. 2526 和 How Did I Become a Top-Tier Star by Trading Insults with Haters? 和黑粉对喷的我怎么成顶流了？ Strange Road Map陌路地图Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Rebellious version: The songs early on are so obscure they're downright bizarre!!! If you can't stand that, don't come in and sample them!!! And if you insist on giving them a try, don't leave a bad review over it!!! Straightforward version: [Showbiz + Sharp Tongue + Meme References + Everyday Romance + One Heroine + Public Displays of Affection] Lin Chuyan transmigrated into the body of a washed-up idol. He had no money, couldn't get work, and was constantly hounded by trolls. What to do? Easy 14.7kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
27. 2527 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: A Scholar-General from a Distinguished Family 红楼：勋门儒将 Liang Yue Nian Yi良月廿壹Historical476k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the Ningguo Mansion in Dream of the Red Chamber, he became a character who never existed in the original story and rose from the ranks of the military. As one of the many who transmigrated, he refuses to let this world ever fall under the rule of foreign peoples again. He will make this a world where the Han people reign supreme! (Not mindlessly tormenting the Jia family. If you don't like that, don't read.) 42.2kReads6.2Score2.8kShelves
28. 2528 军 The Military Princess Will Never Fall in Love with a Magical Scientist 军事公主不会爱上魔法科学家 Qu Yu曲予Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + equally powerful male and female leads + magitech industrial revolution] He is a mad professor who defies convention; she is an iron-fisted princess with boundless ambition. In an age when the magitech industrial revolution is on the rise and old aristocrats clash with new capital, a prophecy book from the future lays a bloody countdown to their deaths before them. The script of fate has already been written, but who will ring the bell of rebellion? Years later, when Logaris f 65kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves

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29. 2529 早 I Shouldn't Have Played It Like This! 早知道不这么玩了！ Luo Ran 123洛然123Eastern Fantasy949k WordsOngoing [Sword and Sorcery] [Fantasy Adventure] [No System] [Love Rivalry] [Dragons and Epic Tales] “How many steps does it take to raise a BOSS?” “First, we need to find a gifted young orphan with no one to rely on.” “Then, give her endless warmth and care.” “Finally, die in front of her.” “Oh! That's good. That's interesting!” Some time later “Holy crap! You didn't tell me I'd transmigrate into the game after beating it! Can I still start over?” P.S. This blurb is limited in length. A hundred or so w 96.5kReads8.0Score7.6kShelves
30. 2530 咒EN Jujutsu Kaisen: Carefree by Nature 咒术回战：无忧本色 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Anime Fanfiction280k WordsCompleted [Satoru Gojo’s Contemporary + Nearly Invincible + Genius + Handsome + Strongest + Some Original Headcanons] A mysterious technique, a rebellious nature, murderous demons, the master of the world: that’s what they call me. As for who I am? My name is Igarashi Tenha, and I’m just an ordinary smoker. Sweep across the six kingdoms and scatter the clouds; when the king raises his army, sharpen my spear and polish my sword. Whatever I see, I make my own. By the command of the imperial seal, the lords 9.9kReads9.0Score751Shelves

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31. 2531 东 Tokyo Exorcist Diary 东京除灵日记 Luo Ran 123洛然123Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Japanese-style light novel + not overpowered + slice of life + healing + a touch of the supernatural + Taoist arts + alchemy Hoshino Gen transmigrates, with a younger sister and a house, while both parents are always busy. His busy parents are loaded, and his younger sister is even a hugely popular idol. Without a doubt, Hoshino Gen has won at life. But then... A swordsman stands watch, sword in hand, for hundreds of years in a dilapidated dojo beneath the evening sun... In a warm and healing ga 45kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves
32. 2532 每 Sixty Million a Day, and I Can Only Spend It in a County Town? 每天六千万，只能在县城花？ Phoenix Loses the Phoenix凤失凰Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Not socially Darwinist] + [A people-centered view of history] + [No gender conflict] + [Infrastructure] + [Career] + [Slow burn] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] Working in Shanghai, he was ground down by relentless competition until he developed high blood pressure, yet he still could not save any money. In a fit of anger, Lu Ming quit his job and returned to his hometown, only to unexpectedly bind with the "County Spending Money System": every person in the county gives him one hundred yuan, 245.8kReads8.4Score23.8kShelves

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    See for yourself, I've finished reading it.

33. 2533 开 Murdered from the Start: Inheriting All of the Killer's Abilities 开局被杀：继承凶手全部能力 Yi Lü Xiao Cao伊吕萧曹Urban269k WordsCompleted [Not formulaic] [No mindless power fantasy] [Urban supernatural powers] Chen Jinming, a good-for-nothing who failed to awaken eighteen times in a row, is tortured to death while trying to save someone. When he opens his eyes again... What the hell! I've become the lunatic who killed me! And I've gotten an S-rank power that lets me control shadows for free! Death = reborn + possession + inheriting all of the killer's abilities! When he learns that the three moles on the back of his neck have made 35Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 2534 开 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 Bi Huo彼火Urban1.3M WordsOngoing "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 8.7kReads8.9Score848Shelves

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    This one! This one! The plot is very original, the protagonist is quirky and very engaging, and the author's writing is superb! You definitely won't regret buying it! ٩(๑•̀ω•́๑)۶

35. 2535 清 A Tsinghua and Peking University Graduate, and You Want Me to Return to My Village as Its Secretary? 清北毕业，你让我回村当书记？ Zhu Yu猪俞Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Rural Development] + [Cutting-Edge Technology] + [Pure Power Fantasy] (Over a million words are ready to binge. Power-fantasy fans, jump right in!) Xu Yi, a student at Qingbei University, is about to graduate. Just after finding a job, he unexpectedly activates a System that tells him to return to his village and become its Party secretary? Xu Yi naturally refuses, but the System’s rewards are just too good. He gets an invincible kidney right from the start. After much inner turmoil, Xu Yi ulti 15.7kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
36. 2536 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
37. 2537 抱 Cling to Senior Sister's Coattails, Then Grind Dad to Dust After Paying Off the Debt 抱师妹大腿，还债后让爹挫骨扬灰 Chi Xi尺汐Eastern Fantasy641k WordsOngoing [Scheming] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Idiots] + [One Female Lead] On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Yun Moze received a grand gift from his own father. It was a ledger taller than he was. His father smiled kindly and said, “Thirteen trillion top-grade spirit stones. Sign here, and they all belong to you.” He signed without hesitation, never noticing the four conspicuous words on the cover: Debt Ledger. The moment he signed, the creditor, Zhen Qianyue, appeared. His father shoved him to 6Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    [Eating popcorn] I'm recommending this because it's good.

38. 2538 关 Tomb Raider Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓王 Xu Gou'er许狗儿Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Real tomb-raiding + suspense + treasure appraisal + Master Yao's team + no ghosts or monsters] I'm a spirit medium from Northeast China, and a poor young man hoping to turn my life around and get rich. With nowhere else to turn, I got involved in tomb-raiding. I never imagined my very first shovel would strike the legendary Tai Sui. From then on, the wheels of fate began to turn... I've spent over a decade raiding tombs, traveling far and wide and dealing with deception at every turn. Do you th 65.7kReads9.1Score8.5kShelves
39. 2539 天 Secrets of the Heavenly Coffin 天棺秘藏 Three Parts Drunk三分九醉Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Tomb Raiding + Jianghu + All Walks of Life] I have a sister-in-law of peerless beauty. She gave me an iron fan and a compass, and taught me a whole range of skills. In the 1990s, I rode across the country, searching for dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, appraising antiques, and navigating the grudges of the jianghu... At first, people from every walk of life called me Little Meng. Later, they called me Brother Xun, then Master Meng. In the end, all that remained was a codename in sealed 44.2kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves
40. 2540 无 Infinite Flow: I Become a God After Giving Up 无限流：摆烂后我封神了 Chang Chang Chang Xiao长长长消Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing No CP + System + mass misinterpretation Luo Yuejian has always thought of herself as plain and ordinary, with a touch of social anxiety and a poker face. Someone like her would be utterly unremarkable in a crowd and completely ignored by everyone. After dying under bizarre circumstances, she is forced into a survival game. She knows her own limits and realizes she has no chance of coming back to life in a terrifying survival game. As she agonizes over whether to fight with all she has or give 35.5kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    The first book is great, no need to say more; our Great Song Seeker is invincible. The second book is a Dihua-style novel that's incredibly good; the protagonist is mistaken for a big shot, no angst, just pure enjoyment, the plot doesn't drag, it's crisp and clean. The third book is also a female-centric novel; it's a new book with a lower rating, but the female lead is career-minded, has a broad vision, and is ambitious. The plot is very enjoyable, and her cheat ability is very powerful. It's super good. The fourth book is a top-ranked road trip survival novel; the protagonist is shrewd and resilient, even managing to defeat the strange king. The fifth book also needs no introduction: Mr. 39 And Little Inkstone. The sixth book features a CP (couple) relationship where the male lead is mistaken for Japanese, creating a lot of tension. The seventh book, Beast World, is also a female-centric novel; she's focused on building her own empire, not bound by romantic entanglements, and is ambitious and capable.

41. 2541 网 Online Romance Goes Wrong? Bound to a Goddess System, I Captivate the World 网恋翻车？绑定女神系统迷翻世界 Can I Just Lie Flat?能不能躺平啊Modern Romance359k WordsOngoing Lin Wei becomes a laughingstock across the internet: she spent 200,000 yuan while dating a wealthy benefactor online, her photos were heavily edited, and in person she was fat and ugly. After binding to the Goddess System, she stares silently at her stats panel: “...Looks: 5... Voice: 3...” Luckily, her starter pack contains a marrow-cleansing potion that gives her a stunning new face, while her heavenly voice comes with a built-in buff, amazing everyone at once. When the wealthy benefactor show 87Reads8.5Score—Shelves
42. 2542 角 I Won't Play a Role Unless They're Miserable, and My Fans Beg Me Not to Leave the Show 角色不惨我不演，粉丝求我别下线 Fan Chou范愁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + showbiz + acting talent + no romance] [This book has no romance, so feel free to dive in. It focuses on acting, and a few close relationships between male and female characters are included to show the protagonist’s charm.] With just five hours left to live, Lin Yan is bound to the “You’ll Die If You Don’t Act” System. If he wants to survive, he has to “die” in front of the camera! He agrees to work for free just to land a role, but plays a corpse so convincingly that his 5.2kReads8.1Score680Shelves
43. 2543 炮 Cannon Fodder Becomes Wildly Popular on the Forum by Shipping Couples 炮灰靠炒cp爆火论坛 Snow on Green青上雪Two Male Leads801k WordsCompleted 17kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
44. 2544 十 Ten Days, Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma, I'm Not a Scumbag 十日十八岁太奶我不是渣男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban767k WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 322Reads6.9Score145Shelves
45. 2545 兽 Beast World: Bet You Didn’t Expect Me to Turn Myself In 兽世：没想到吧，我把自己上交了 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Beast World, farming, infrastructure building, interworld development, cooperation with the nation, turning everything over to the country, and an ambitious heroine (ambition is not a derogatory term) (National cooperation, with an overwhelmingly powerful cheat) What should you do if you become the absurdly pampered wife heroine in a beast-world conquest novel? Jiang Jiao turned around and handed herself over to the country, clinging to the leg of her motherland. Jiang Jiao: Mom, food, pleas 22.1kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
46. 2546 混 Making It in Dongguan: Tough as Nails and Fighting for a Place 混在东莞，命很硬，强闯一片天 Ku Loves Writing Smut库爱写黄Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Underworld + Comedy + Multiple Female Leads + Period] There is no clear line between good and evil. This world is a sea of gray. Those who symbolize justice don't necessarily do just things. Those in the underworld are truly damn ruthless. 24.7kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
47. 2547 黑 The Underworld's Turbulent Road 黑道风云江湖路 Old Jianghu Number Six江湖老六Urban4.9M WordsOngoing What is the Dao? It does not arise because of one person's goodness, nor perish because of one person's evil. Good and evil are determined by people; rise and fall are determined by fate. The people of the world think they are fighting for money, power, or pride. Only in the end do they understand that they were fighting for nothing but illusion. The Dao knows no black or white. All living beings are within the game. (Note: This book is extremely realistic and even somewhat oppressive. Re 137.5kReads9.2Score9.5kShelves
48. 2548 谁 Who Says These Evil Spirits Are Fierce? I Specialize in Taking Down the Worst! 谁说这邪祟凶？我专治大凶之物！ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] [Unlimited growth] [Slow burn] “You all call it an evil spirit, but I say it's clearly a good omen!” “Do you really think I don't know whether it can help me cultivate?” “Hand it over to me!!!” Shan Liang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and strode forward with a knife... Evil spirit: “Don't come any closer!!!” 42.1kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

    Reader note

    I've read all the latest chapters, and they're all very good, especially the last and penultimate books. Plus, they're both new books with great potential.

49. 2549 东 Black Myth: Dongguan 东莞黑神话 Soft Lavender淡淡薰衣草Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [System + Decisive and Ruthless + Invincible Power Fantasy] [Lightning-fast pacing, no frustrating setbacks, throwing down from the start, and pure thrills!] He rushes into a burning building, only to rescue his cheating girlfriend and her lover! When a wealthy businessman humiliates him with, “Here's a hundred thousand. Leave that slut alone,” firefighter hero Wang Zhenhua sees red and chops off the man's leg with an axe, severing his own path to heroism in the process! Fired and abandoned, his 13.6kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
50. 2550 我 I, the Life-Fueled Martial God, Fear the Campus Isn't Violent Enough 我，氪命武神，害怕校园不够暴力 Catfish Book猫鱼书Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [The Stars and the Sea] [High Martial Arts in Space] [Decisive and Ruthless!] [Action-Packed and Satisfying!] Chen Yuan transmigrated, and he was terrified because he was bullied at school from the start. [Lifespan-Fueled System bound. Spend lifespan to deduce martial arts without limit] [Spend eighteen years of lifespan to take basic saber techniques from beginner to proficient, advanced, and perfect, and even comprehend the secret of 31.9kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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