No Shen Shen, No Xi Shen, No Strange Beasts. Looking for Promising New Books 不要斩神，不要戏神，不要异兽，要有潜力的新书

1. 1 形 The Shape-Shifter's Tale 形变记 Lin Feichen, Ninth-Grade Middle School Student林飞尘初中九年级学生Urban97k WordsOngoing “Beneath this endless starry sky” “The vastness and mystery of the universe” “Are adorned with countless sparkling stars” “Like brilliant gemstones” “Life is like this night sky, seemingly silent and still, yet every star has its own path and story. Shapeshifting mechs stand against the gods of the great divine kingdoms. Beneath the night sky, a phantom flickers into view behind the young Lin Feichen. Stars fall, all things fall silent, divine might descends, and the world is annihilated. “Ste 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Science fiction to the point of brain-burning

2. 2 诸 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 539.7kReads9.7Score74kShelves

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   Hee~, I'm Cheng Shi

3. 3 恩 The Game of Grace 恩赐的游戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + Player Summoning + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Wild Imagination + Another World] A legion that worships violence and slaughter refuses to start a war. An empire founded by a slave uprising continues to uphold slavery. A tribe that worships and relies on its gods refuses to speak of them. A nation founded by androids obsesses over human rights. By that logic, then, it seems perfectly reasonable that an omnipotent god has no powers at all, doesn't it? Shen Ming looked at the ea 34.5kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
4. 4 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 940.3kReads9.3Score119.4kShelves

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   They're all pretty good [smile]

5. 5 玄 Xuanhuan: I Simulate Becoming a God While Listening to Music in the Brothel 玄幻：勾栏听曲的我，模拟成神 The Twenty-Fifth Hour第二十五时Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Fantasy, simulator, playing it safe, no female lead, exploration and progression; not pure wish fulfillment.] [Important note: In real life, he plays it safe. Most of the story takes place in simulations.] Jiang Yifeng transmigrated as the eldest son of the Jiang Merchant Guild in the Great You Kingdom. He thought this was an ancient society where he could spend his whole life lounging in the pleasure houses, listening to music, and taking it easy. But five years after he transmigrated, a simul 27.9kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
6. 6 洪 Honghuang: I’ll Come Clean, I’m the Ancestor of Wisdom! 洪荒：摊牌了，我就是智慧祖巫！ Duo Lai Dreams哆来做梦Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World + Investiture of the Gods + Journey to the West + invincible + comedy + scheming + play the pig to eat the tiger] Wu Tian transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes a member of the Wu Clan. Unlike the others, he has no interest in fighting and killing. He just wants to stay behind the Ancestral Shamans, occasionally offer them advice, cultivate cautiously, and attain the Great Dao. Why fear the Calamity of the Wu and Yaoguang Clans? As long as he can hang on until the 107kReads8.9Score17.9kShelves
7. 7 觉 Awakened the Worst Talent? My Clones Can Simulate! 觉醒最烂天赋？我的分身能模拟！ Who Says I Can't Do It?谁说我不行Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + mastermind behind the scenes + thrilling!] What would it be like if you awakened a clone talent, and your clones were bound to a simulation System that could give them the strength an ordinary person would gain over a lifetime, all in just a few minutes inside a simulated world? Lin Ke glanced at his pitifully weak stats panel. Then he looked at the dazzling figures before him, his clones who had already become the Grand Marshal, Prime Minister, and Great General of the Human 623Reads8.8Score103Shelves
8. 8 恐 Terror Era: Starting as a Tomb Keeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 81.3kReads8.9Score7.2kShelves
9. 9 恶 The Calamity of Nightmares 恶梦之灾 User23336399用户23336399Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted P.S. A semi-dark infinite-world story, not a horror or supernatural tale~~ “Master, what’s that? It looks weird.” “That’s a soul lantern. Don’t be scared. It’s just something to frighten children.” Song Luo looks suspiciously at the countless twisted spirits before him. Is it really just supposed to look scary? “What about this one?! It looks like a corpse!!!” “Don’t be ridiculous! That’s human incense. It’s tender and soft, and your mistress loves it. Hm?! You ungrateful brat! What’s with that 6.2kReads7.9Score612Shelves
10. 10 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Physical book edition now available] [Short drama of the same name is now streaming! Watch it on Hongguo!] [The only martial arts ensemble novel on the entire site with such a wild premise!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Readers, come on in and take a look!] [Ensemble cast + System + traits + martial arts] Chen Ye transmigrates to the Great Wu Dynasty and binds himself to an Orphan Training System. As long as he raises orphans, 114.3kReads8.9Score11.5kShelves
11. 11 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 216.2kReads8.9Score40.3kShelves
12. 12 反 Villain Simulator: Starting Off by Having My Supreme Emperor Bone Dug Out 反派模拟：开局被挖走至尊帝骨 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [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.] 49.3kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves
13. 13 我 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 Wu Yue乌月Urban5.3M WordsOngoing [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 81.7kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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    This book feels good

14. 14 我 I Am Uncontainable 我，无法收容 May Season五月时期Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] [Everyday life] [Managing containment facilities] (Peaked at 600,000 active readers and has updated steadily for over a year.) The sun burned beneath the deep sea, while roots spread across the sky. Gears grew from people’s bodies, and upside-down cities fell like meteorites. Fang Jiu once thought that these things, which existed only in fantasy, had nothing to do with an ordinary man like him. That was until his head was chopped off one night... (The pace is slower from the start 132.7kReads9.3Score18.6kShelves

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    The imagination is wide open, the plot is light and interesting, and it has potential.

15. 15 斩 The Card Game of a Ghost Slayer 斩鬼者的卡牌游戏 Dust-Covered Little Earth蒙尘小土Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Original title: The Card Game of the Ghost Slayer [No System] At dawn, Qiu Xiaoye obtained a card called [Sword God] and gained the power to wield the sword. Then he suddenly discovered that his younger sister, Qiu Xiaolu, was a ghoul. His sister bared her fangs and lunged at him, so Qiu Xiaoye had no choice but to draw his sword and hack away. The restaurant was instantly transformed into a heartwarming scene of deep sibling love. 31.7kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves

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    I would like to recommend a few "miscellaneous books". The first four are good, but the second to last... You can read it yourself [laughs awkwardly]

16. 16 我 Selling Muscle Juice at the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院卖大力 Put Pen to Paper, Forget Your Worries提笔忘忧Urban374k WordsCompleted Lin Nan binge-read Slay the Gods all the way to its latest chapter. After staying up too late, he suddenly died at his bedside. When he woke up, he had mysteriously transmigrated into the world of Slay the Gods and inexplicably bound himself to a street-stall System. Will Zhao Kongcheng still die in battle on a rainy night this time? A tiny butterfly gently flapped its wings, and the world began to change in u 4.2kReads8.7Score259Shelves
17. 17 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 127.6kReads9.6Score15.6kShelves
18. 18 混 A Chaotic Search for Heaven 混沌寻天记 Nangong Hen of Jixia稷下的南宫恨Eastern Fantasy129k WordsOngoing My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 这 This System Is Acting Strange: Child of Truth 这个系统不对劲：真理之子 Daoist Ji Shui楫水道人Urban159k WordsOngoing Slow burn, not brainless [High Martial Arts + Comedy + System + One Female Lead + Semi-Ensemble Cast + Anime Style + Slow Burn + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Wild Imagination + Cunning + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Vast Worldbuilding] In this age when truth is returning, I, Song Xiaochu, have obtained a System. But this System... is a little unhinged... [Mission complete] You are a perverted, tightly bound high-level player, equally fond of men and women, perched at the top of the world's —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book needs to be well-written and well-thought-out. Anyway, it is a fine product, but it has a few flaws.

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