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1. 1 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M 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 1MReads9.3Score123.9kShelves

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   I'm currently following both of these books. The main characters have similar abilities—they become stronger by eating. The first book has a more ensemble and comedic feel, while the second book features a single protagonist who is incredibly powerful.

2. 2 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 8.7kReads8.9Score851Shelves
3. 3 迷 Surviving the Mist: Ascending to Godhood Through Mutation 迷雾求生：以异化术升格诡异之神 Chen Someone Is the Demon King陈某是魔王Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Survival + Superpowers + Shelter + Eldritch Horrors + Sequences + Cthulhu] The moment Jiang Lin opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of survival amid the mist. The mist concealed countless dangers and opportunities. His only shelter was the rickety wooden cabin behind him. Ferocious beasts and monsters, along with eerie eyes and tentacles, filled him with despair. Fortunately, everyone could draw a supernatural talent to rely on. Fire control, flight, prophecy, synthesis, listening, det 25.8kReads7.9Score2.3kShelves

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   This is one of the better Cthulhu books I've read; I recommend it.

4. 4 偷 Diary of a Thief's Path to Godhood 偷盗者序列成神日记 Fly, Rabbit!飞吧兔子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Game Transmigration] [Prophecy] [Witches] [Yandere Pursuit] [Apocalypse Redemption] [Light Western Fantasy] [Love Triangle] Li En is stunned when he transmigrates into the completed game The Witch and the Apocalypse. The five witches who will determine the world’s future are all misunderstood by the world as harbingers of disaster. Li En: “No big deal. I’ve unlocked every achievement.” Knowing every tragic scenario by heart, he decides to go all out: save the witches and turn the apocalypse aro 95.7kReads8.6Score16.1kShelves

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   Highly recommend this novel! [Highly rated witch-themed novel, multiple female protagonists in a love triangle, prophetic game element, mysterious Cthulhu, supernatural elements, Japanese-style light Western fantasy, post-apocalyptic redemption] A goldmine of a novel, already over 1 million words long, the story is coherent and captivating, you won't be able to put it down. Five-star recommendation!!

5. 5 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves

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   This is absolutely fantastic! There are a few minor flaws at the beginning, but it gets better and better after chapter 50. It's the kind of book that gets more exciting as you go on.

6. 6 本 This Dharma Says, Let There Be Light 本法说，要有光 Your Honor, the Prosecutor检察官阁下Urban383k WordsOngoing [Legal Fantasy] [Path to Godhood] [Cthulhu Mythos] [Corruption] [One Female Lead] [Pure Love] [Dystopia] "Teacher, why is Earth the only place in the galaxy with life?" "Because that's what the law says." "Then where did light come from?" The teacher flipped through the legal code. "I know this one. The law says, 'Let there be light!'" The technology and civilization of the past have fallen silent, and an unprecedented power now rules the new world. It is neither arcane, inscrutable magic nor ce 383Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Cthulhu] + [Legal Fantasy] + [Single Female Lead] + [Godhood Rise] + [Fast-paced] + [Darkening] + [Dystopian], the male and female leads are decisive and ruthless, their intelligence undiminished, and their mutual devotion unwavering. Fans who enjoy new settings, grand war scenes, and a pure love story between the male and female leads, along with the Cthulhu and dystopian themes, are welcome to check this out! [Heart]

7. 7 支EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 The Universe Is Gaining Entropy宇宙在熵增Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another, 38.7kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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   This book is excellent; knowledge entered my mind in a strange way.

8. 8 骰 Goddess of Dice, My Luck Is So Terrible! 骰子女神，我的命好苦！ Making Up a Name凑个名字出来Mystery552k WordsOngoing [Lovecraftian] + [Infinite Flow] + [tabletop role-playing] + [no female lead] + [purely random dice rolls] (New book, low rating is normal) I dedicate this book to everyone who loves tabletop role-playing, or is about to. Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling, ding-ding... (Animal World theme song) “Welcome, viewers, to the fringes of human civilization, where a strange species of primate thrives: the Cthulhu investigators. They wear trench coats, carry Elder Signs, and live on caffeine and curiosity. Here c 119Reads7.1Score—Shelves
9. 9 灰 The Gray Realm’s Devotee 灰界信徒 Strange Hero Ai Ai怪侠一艾艾Mystery231k WordsCompleted After I was dismembered, my consciousness awoke in the restroom of an abandoned psychiatric hospital. A stranger's face stared back at me in the mirror. A phone lay on the sink, its screen displaying a message: “Welcome to the Ashen Realm Human Resources Department. Employee ID: 444. Your first performance target: survive tonight.” This is a bizarre world formed as the “Ashen Realm” seeps into reality. Grudges become rules, memories become currency, and humans are its cheapest disposable resourc 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In exchange for the power to distort reality, a disabled protagonist fights his way through a series of trials. The novel premise and tight plot make it a fantastic watch!

10. 10 克 Cthulhu Flower God: Pollination of Withering and Blooming 克苏鲁花神：枯荣的授粉 Knife Up My Sleeve袖藏刀Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu] [Hardcore occult studies] [Meticulously researched] [Mystery and exploration] [Not a power fantasy or formulaic story] [No female lead] [Phobias] [Impostors] Have you ever wondered where the feng shui energy in the world comes from? Could dragon veins be something beyond human understanding? Why do the occult traditions of different regions around the world all ultimately point to the same entity? Shen Yu, a paleographer, is drawn into a series of bizarre incidents. Every clue points t 1.3kReads8.3Score248Shelves

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    There is a lot of research on human geography, religion, and mysticism.

11. 11 深 Abyssal Mutation Files 深渊畸变档案 No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban140k WordsOngoing [Dark] + [Behind the Scenes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Lovecraftian] + [No Female Lead] + [No System] There was no mystery here once, until I came along. They are underground, in the sky, and in the deep sea. Before I knew it, I had become one of them... “They crave power, but I am the opposite, because I am power.” 5.5kReads9.1Score455Shelves

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    Good-looking, not stupid, and reasonable

12. 12 我 My Left Eye Is from the Olden Days 我的左眼是旧日 Clear River Never Changes清川不改Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Lovecraftian horror + anomalous containment + supernatural powers + mystery + the uncanny] More than three hundred years ago, humanity received the "Pioneer Gilded Aluminum Plate" from a higher-dimensional world. Based on its pictographic writing, they provisionally translated its name as Shenhulu. At the same time, The entire world ascended to a higher dimension, and humanity evolved. Humans deciphered the arcane entities from higher dimensions recorded in Shenhulu. They also realized that the 50.9kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves

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    [Cthulhu Theme + Anomaly Containment + Superpowers + Mystery + Bizarre] Over three hundred years ago, humanity received a "Pioneer Gold-Plated Aluminum Plate" from a higher-dimensional world, which, based on hieroglyphics, was tentatively translated as - "Divine Pen." Simultaneously, global dimensional ascension occurred, and humanity evolved. Humanity deciphered the mysterious existence from a higher dimension recorded in the Divine Pen. They realized that the invasion of higher dimensions had already begun long before the arrival of the Divine Pen… The mysterious descended, the higher dimensions invaded. Logic collapsed, civilization stagnated. A group of ascended beings with special abilities traveled in the twilight before the sun completely set. Merely colossal beasts that swallowed rivers and seas. Merely rotten, black-blooded, hundred-eyed mountains of flesh. Merely overwhelming hordes of zombies. Merely bizarre and chaotic things. All the fear…is it really due to insufficient firepower? The déjà vu of existence. The fear that roams the sea of consciousness. The bizarre that lingers in dreams. The deity you chant from your lips. Will the bullets in your gun... Hit the monster in your mind?

13. 13 这 Something’s Not Quite Right in This Cultivation World 这修仙界有点不太对劲 Head of the Stove Crew灶班子班主Eastern Fantasy371k WordsOngoing ([Chinese-style horror · eerie cultivation · not for the faint of heart] The immortal world is a lie. Beneath it lies a man-eating hell. If you like stories like Dao of the Bizarre Immortal, come on in. If you're looking for a power-fantasy progression story, this isn't for you.) Li Changsheng has a Heavenly Spiritual Root. He is the personal disciple of the Qingyun Sect's leader, the foremost talent of the younger generation, and everyone's envy: the future Daoist heir. His only flaw is that hi 70Reads8.2Score569Shelves

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    Some parts of the story made me watch it twice; I just love it, there's no way around it.

14. 14 环 The Huyang City Horror 环阳市恐怖事件 funny014Mystery514k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu] [Eerie] [Plot-driven] [Feel-good read] The rainy season in Huanyang never ends. It has simply turned blue. From a detective's missing-person case to a young man's “Buy one, get one free”; from a reporter's investigation of a construction site to an elementary school student's essay; from a graduate's rented room beneath a bridge to a charlatan's inexplicable incense ritual... Everyone is seeing the same color and hearing the same sound: A buzzing rises from underground, whispers coil a 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Each volume contains a short story; I recommend it.

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