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1. 51 叶 Kid from the Ye Family, Why Are You So Low-Key? 叶家小子，你咋这么低调呢？ Longan and Red Bean Porridge桂圆红豆粥Urban441k WordsCompleted Ye Chen had just graduated from high school and entered Yanjing University. He had only wanted to study in peace, but he was so dazzling that countless beautiful girls, both young and old, threw themselves at him. Ye Chen was deeply troubled, but the girls were just too persistent… 8.6kReads6.5Score65314d adds
2. 52 绝 The Peerless Genius Builds a Harem in the City 绝世天才都市建立后宫 Feel-Good Fiction Maker爽文制作者7k WordsCompleted A peerless genius builds a harem in the city —Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 53 我 After Becoming an Immortal Emperor, I Returned with Unrivaled Power 我成仙帝后，带着无上修为回来了 Qiao Mu11乔木11Urban742k WordsCompleted [Modern cultivation + invincible power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + no hiding one’s identity] Chuzhou, Jiangnan. A celestial phenomenon shattered the city’s peace, rousing its powerful residents. A figure in white stepped out of thin air. “Listen well, all of you. From today onward, I will rule this place.” And so, that day, Chuzhou City gained a new master. Myths descended, and an age of chaos followed. As the only Immortal Emperor in the world, Li Xuan declared, “I’m invincible. Do whatev 31.7kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
4. 54 成 Becoming an Immortal Emperor Is All Thanks to My Enemies' Efforts 成就仙帝，全靠敌人的努力 Mu Chun沐春Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted What would it feel like if every side effect of your cultivation were borne by your enemies? And so Liu Shunyi began frantically practicing forbidden arts and life-draining techniques. He even started madly cultivating methods that would wreck his foundation. First, he wanted to raise his strength as quickly as possible. Second, these techniques were powerful. Third, his enemies would bear every cost and adverse effect anyway. What’s more, he could even cultivate using his enemies’ talents. What 37.2kReads8.4Score3.3k14d adds

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5. 55 谁EN Who Says a Spiritless Can't Cultivate? 谁说没灵根不能修仙的？ Kiss a Mango亲一下芒果Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing Fang Chen was born without a spiritual root and thought he would never be able to cultivate. But everything changed after he obtained a broken sword. He discovered that every time he used it to chop something, his cultivation increased. You have a Heavenly Spirit Root? No wonder my cultivation shoots up so fast when I chop you! There’s no spiritual energy in the forbidden zone? No problem. I can absorb power just by chopping rocks! A cultivation technique is hard to master? What a joke. I can re 114.3kReads8.3Score6.9k14d adds
6. 56 穿 The Book Transmigrator Tears into the Reborn Woman, Even Ripping Out Her Hair Ornaments 穿书女手撕重生女，头花都扯掉了 Camellias and Wine茶花与酒Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted (Don’t worry about the rating. New books have few readers at first, but it will rise.) [A transmigrated woman takes on a reborn woman] [Fictional ancient setting, no need to nitpick] Gu Qingli transmigrated into a satisfying revenge novel about a woman reborn. She wasn’t the heroine, but the wicked supporting character who had killed her, and the first person the heroine would take revenge on after being reborn. Gu Qingli herself had been born into a political family. She was gentle, quiet, an 13.1kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
7. 57 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6k14d adds

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8. 58 都 Since I've Transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Why Not Boldly Choose Kangxi? 都清穿了，不妨大胆点选康熙啊！ Midnight Stars深夜星辰Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On the first day Shi Nanxi transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty, she learns that her elder legitimate sister, Shi Rongyue, is also a transmigrator. Shi Rongyue wants to escape her future as the Crown Princess, so she approaches Nanxi and offers to let her marry the Crown Prince while she marries the Fourth Prince. Anyone who transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty knows the history. The Crown Prince’s later years are miserable. Though the Fourth Prince eventually wins, he is only thirteen now and wil 18.3kReads9.2Score2.2k14d adds
9. 59 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: That Couple's Both a Little Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 46.8kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
10. 60 回 Back to the Song Dynasty to Be a Tyrant 回到宋朝当暴君 Painting Lingyan画凌烟Historical3.2M WordsCompleted In the halls of government, rotten wood holds office. Between the palace steps, beasts feast on their salaries. Men with hearts like wolves and the ways of dogs crowd the halls of power. Toadies and bootlickers fill the ranks of government, bringing the state to ruin and the people to misery! You dare demand to know whether the sword in my hand is sharp? 165.8kReads9.4Score19.2k14d adds
11. 61 这 In This World, I Alone Am an Immortal 这世间，惟我独仙 Far Away, So Far遥远的远Urban822k WordsCompleted After awakening memories of his past life, Shen Yu discovers that he was once a rogue cultivator in the Qingyun Realm. In this new world, he is merely the adopted son of a junk dealer. Faced with a new life and a new environment, how will a rogue cultivator with no cultivation handle things? Can a ruthless rogue cultivator who killed without mercy become an ordinary person in a modern city...? Author’s note: This isn’t a fast-paced wish-fulfillment novel. It’s a mishmash of ideas, but the logic 32Reads8.6Score—14d adds
12. 62 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 126.7kReads9.4Score11.8k14d adds
13. 63 暗 A Dark Obsession Turns to Madness 暗瘾成狂 Heavenly Fire, Flowing Glaze天火流琉璃Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted Each volume is a completely new, standalone story. Volume One: Love Under the Stars: After Chen Guang was in a car accident, he lost the use of his legs. Bai Weixing cared for him for three years, enduring his insults and being driven away countless times. At last, his legs recovered, but she had no reason to stay by his side anymore. So she sensibly left. Chen Guang, however, couldn’t get used to her absence. Over the course of those more than a thousand days and nights, he had grown accustomed 348Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Each volume tells an independent story. In the first volume, the male protagonist suffers from leg injuries, and the female protagonist is his devoted fan who takes care of him. Later, after his legs heal, the female protagonist leaves. In the second volume, the female protagonist falls in love with a gay man who is a uke (bottom/submissive) in the gay community. The male protagonist is very handsome, and the female protagonist initially mistakes him for a uke when they meet at a bar. Their relationship becomes entangled, but the male protagonist is actually cunning and manipulative, and the female protagonist is deceived many times.

14. 64 玄 After the Metaphysics Expert Divorced, Officer Gu Got Promoted 玄学大佬离婚后，顾警官转正了 Big Tangerine Loves Cats大橘子爱吃猫Modern Romance702k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance + Strong Heroine] Nan Sangning returned after spending several hundred years in the cultivation world, only to stumble into a scandalous mess as soon as she got back: a cheating man had sent another man to his own wife’s bed? Nan Sangning had never seen a man who willingly let someone cuckold him! After learning that good karma could help her cultivate, Nan Sangning promptly picked up her old trade. She coul 13kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
15. 65 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 998kReads9.5Score85.8k14d adds

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16. 66 警 Warning! Cheating Is Forbidden in This Death Game 警告！死亡游戏禁止作弊 Half a Cup of Fruit Tea果茶半杯Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No CP + Rule-Based Horror + Livestream Comments + Ensemble Cast + Fictional Setting] No CP in every sense of the term. A max-level expert returns to the beginner village. When the Heavenly Eye descends, Song Tianjiao, a retired Infinite Flow veteran who wants to enjoy a peaceful retirement, is dragged into a death game and becomes one of its lucky contestants. [Death game rules: cheating is forbidden!] Facing a deadly instance, the audience cries out: “To live or to die? That really is the ques 15.6kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
17. 67 接 You Hit Me Just for a Kiss, So I’m Done with You. Why Are You Crying? 接个吻都揍我，不要你了你哭什么 Get-Rich Little Panda暴富小熊猫Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally strong leads + reborn + rekindled love + bittersweet + mutually devoted + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, spoiled rich-boy bottom vs. restrained, stoic straight-man top] In college, Chu Feng used underhanded tactics to force the aloof campus heartthrob into a relationship. He thought they had both fallen in love over time, since the heartthrob indulged him in everything. After graduation, he boldly proposed, and the other man said yes. After they married, the heartthrob k 37.7kReads8.8Score4.6k14d adds

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    Warning: Crying fits ahead!! Chu Feng has been treated like "expired pastry" for six years, every intimate moment feeling like torture 😭 When he finally says "I don't want you anymore," that cold-hearted man kneels down, trembling with sobs... Prepare three boxes of tissues! [High angst warning + find sweetness amidst the heartbreak]

18. 68 泄 After My Thoughts Were Exposed, Everyone Came to Win Me Over 泄露心声后，所有人都来攻略我 Like Brocade似锦Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted 1V6, everyone is pure, the heroine is doted on by all, everyone can hear her thoughts, a light and fluffy read Fang Ruotang is an unremarkable, sickly girl from the prime minister's household. One day, a cute little thing called the Rewind Mirror clings to her and reveals a lot of secrets no one knows. But it says Prince An loves her so much he'll willingly become her secret lover, the crown prince will force her to be his, the young prince will rebel for her, and the former top scholar will eve 70.7kReads8.1Score17.1k14d adds

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19. 69 傅 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Gone Fortune-Telling on the Street Again and Again 傅总，您夫人又又又去摆摊算命了 Mu Fufeng木抚风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + comedy + wish fulfillment] After her master passes away, mystic prodigy Lin Xi comes down from the mountains to set up a fortune-telling stall, earning money while searching for her fiancé. “Master, when will my son meet his destined woman?” Lin Xi: “There’s no destined woman, but there is a destined man.” “Master, I keep dreaming about a ghost. Please get rid of it for me.” Lin Xi: “The ghost is your father. You’ve been visiting the wrong grave. He 63.7kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds
20. 70 心 My Heart Sank: I'm the Doomed Kid in a Wealthy Family Novel 心拔凉，我是豪门文里早死的崽 Mu Zhizhi木枳枳Modern Romance476k WordsCompleted [Adorable-kid romance + feel-good revenge + mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + paranormal + mild horror...] Jiang Suisui has transmigrated into a book! She’s landed in an old-school CEO romance where the husband dotes on his wife. Unfortunately, Jiang Suisui isn’t the wife, or even the villainess. She doesn’t even qualify as a minor female character. The book is a million words long, and she’s dead before it even begins... My fists are clenched! Jiang Yan, head of the Jiang family, is 2.9kReads8.9Score27114d adds
21. 71 糟EN Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 Sui An Ya岁安呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 76kReads9.5Score10.4k14d adds
22. 72 献 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 24.3kReads9.5Score3.9k14d adds

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    The female lead is truly an incredibly strong and independent woman; she's not blinded by emotions and her initial intentions remain clear. The male lead is like a mentor, teaching her how to wield power. Beyond the main characters, every character in this story is well-developed, and the themes of family, country, friendship, and kinship are beautifully portrayed.

23. 73 小 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 89.8kReads9.6Score11.6k14d adds

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    The author's writing is excellent; it grabs your attention from the very beginning and makes you want to keep reading. Normally, if I encounter a chapter I don't like that's dragging on, I'll skip to the next one, but with these two books, I don't feel that way at all. Although "Little Old Man" isn't finished yet, it's incredibly addictive, making it impossible not to keep following the updates.

24. 74 重 Reborn: After My Sister Stole My Life, I Was Delighted 重生被阿姐抢走人生后，我乐了 Picking a Bowlful of Stars摘碗星星Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Faithful couples + building wealth through business + nurturing a powerful figure + feel-good story + beloved by the whole family] The sisters A Fu (the heroine Yun Fu) and A Yao are both reborn. A Fu and A Yao are twin sisters. After their parents abandoned them, they were adopted by two different families. In their previous lives, A Fu was adopted by the Song family and became the daughter of an official. When she grew up, she married Xiao, the young heir of a marquis’s household, and was gra 34.2kReads8.9Score5.7k14d adds
25. 75 幺 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 18.8kReads9.5Score3.2k14d adds
26. 76 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds
27. 77 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
28. 78 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 124.8kReads9.6Score17k14d adds
29. 79 小 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
30. 80 末 The Wicked Supporting Character in an Apocalypse Novel? I’ll Be Arrogant While I Can 末世文恶毒女配？嚣张一日是一日 Yun Wan Cai Cai云挽财财Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted (Published) [Heroine’s return + space + interplanar trade + zombie crystals + mutated plants and animals] After Jiang Yuntan died suddenly from working through the night, she transmigrated into an apocalypse novel. The good news: She became a wealthy young lady with a handsome, rich fiancé. The bad news: She was the vicious female supporting character, her fiancé was the male lead, and she arrived just after pushing the heroine into a horde of zombies. The family heirloom jade bangle her fiancé 59kReads8.9Score5.8k14d adds

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31. 81 玄 The Mystical Beauty’s Calculations: What Do I Do If She Calculates Her Husband to Death? 玄门美人轻点算，算死老公怎么办 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads552k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + two powerful leads + supernatural atmosphere + ghosts in the book + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + fortune-telling livestreams + eerily accurate predictions, no matter the consequences] Qi Mubai, Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, refused to cultivate dual cultivation with anyone. He picked up a book of destiny and took up fortune-telling as an amateur. His predictions were scarily accurate, but he didn't care who got hurt. One moment, he predicted that the cultivation wor 27.5kReads9.4Score4k14d adds
32. 82 不 Wasn’t This an Arranged Marriage? Why Is Lord Pei So in Love with Me? 不是联姻吗？裴大人怎么这么爱 Deep-Fried Ice Cream油炸冰激凌Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted Jiang Shiyuan spent ten years pursuing Shen Lüchu, only to receive four words on her eighteenth birthday: “You make me sick.” So Jiang Shiyuan, the girl who made Shen Lüchu sick, turned around and agreed to her family’s arranged marriage, preparing to marry into the Pei family. The Pei family was the most powerful clan in the capital, with influence that reached the heavens, far beyond what Jiang Shiyuan could aspire to. Fortunately, the family was full of talented men, but one grandson, Pei 50.3kReads9.1Score6.5k14d adds

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    A sweet and heart-wrenching tale! Jiang Shiyuan's ten years of devoted love were misplaced, and she was humiliated on her birthday, leading her to resolutely sever all ties—unaware that Grand Tutor Shen had already fallen deeply in love! 💔 Her aunt dotes on and protects her, her loyal servant is devoted to her to the death, and the male lead's pursuit of his wife is a rollercoaster ride. From "disgusting" to "I can't live without you," this mismatched romance is a bittersweet tale! [1V1, both are virgins + ultimate pursuit of his wife]

33. 83 醉 Drunk on a Golden Age 醉于盛世 Mint-Infused Wine薄荷泡酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [No Romance] [No Stupid Decisions] [No System] [True-to-Life Characters] [A Touch of Angst] [Slow-Paced] [Ensemble Cast] ⚠️Please note: (1) This book supports freedom of romance. Don't read if that bothers you. (2) The protagonist likes nothing except alcohol. Avoid if that's a dealbreaker. (3) This is not a traditional Foundation Establishment cultivation system. If you mind, move along and don't start a fight. Li Heng was an overworked young man in the twenty-first century. His parents died w 18.9kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds

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34. 84 谁 Who Let Him Fall from Grace? He's Sexy, Strong, and a Total Freak 谁让他塌房的！又骚又强还变态 I'm Famous, I'm Going Viral我火啦爆火啦Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Negative Emotion Value System + Sharp Tongue + One Heroine + Meme Humor] Chen Fang transmigrates into the body of a top-tier starlet with a devoted-dog persona, only to have his reputation just implode. And that’s… great news! To hell with morality. Time to be myself! As soon as he makes up his mind, he gets a Negative Emotion Value System. Now he’s got the perfect boost to unleash his full power! He joins a variety show, and the guests get to choose the program. Then he’ll go on a co 26.7kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
35. 85 官 The Government Says the Game Is Coming 官方说，游戏要降临了 Shanqing de Maizi山清的麦子Sports2.0M WordsOngoing [Female Lead] [Mainly Game Exploration and Guides, with Real Life on the Side] [Power Level Syncs with Reality Later On] The official network technology company, Dragon Travels the World, launches its fourth virtual reality game, The Mystic Realm. Just before the game's launch, the company announces that one year after release, players' in-game abilities will sync with reality. The announcement sparks heated discussion overnight and becomes the biggest joke in years. Once the game launches, play 449Reads6.9Score—14d adds
36. 86 模 How Can the Me Inside the Simulator and I Team Up? 模拟器内的我要和我联手怎么办 Little Fang Mountain小方山Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Xuanhuan] [Simulator] [Two protagonists, one inside and one outside the simulator] [System-driven] [Genius] [Good-for-nothing] [Our heartfelt thanks to all our dear readers.] Chen Yuan transmigrated as the owner of a supreme immortal spirit root and reached the ninth level of Tribulation Transcendence in just a few decades. But what do you mean, the ninth level of Tribulation Transcendence is the ceiling, and there’s no immortal realm above it? And there are millions of Tribulation Transcende 11.8kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
37. 87 重 What's Wrong with a Reborn Fake Young Master Who Only Wants to Make Money? 重生假少爷只想搞钱有什么错！ Where the Green Smoke Drifts青烟往Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No regret-and-reconciliation arc + partial entertainment-industry variety show + daily life + one female lead] Chen Huan, who had run away from home and spent seven years as a wildlife rescue worker, was reborn. He was reborn to the moment when the true and fake young masters' story had just come to light, while he was on a blind date at a café. Chen Huan: “Sis, I don't want to work hard anymore either.” - Fans of the real young master raised their keyboards: “Charge! For our brother!” Th 19.3kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
38. 88 娘 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑，帝王纵情堕落 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 120.1kReads9.5Score11.3k14d adds

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    A rare find: a novel featuring a remarkably clear-headed female protagonist! It's completely finished and I couldn't stop reading. Hats really are a wonderful thing! Highly recommended.

39. 89 继 The Second Empress 继后 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 79.6kReads9.5Score8.9k14d adds

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    She's really intelligent; I watched it in high school. #IntelligentFemaleLeader

40. 90 我 I’m a Decent Gentleman, but the System Keeps Setting Me Up 我是正人君子，奈何系统坑我 Hardheaded Old Cured Meat头铁老腊肉Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Absurd Comedy] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Nontraditional Fantasy] + [Goofy Male Lead] + [Fake System] Early story: [Thick-skinned + Funny] Mid-story: [Scheming + Funny] Late story: [Shameless + Scheming + Face-Slapping + Awesome + Funny] He gets beaten up a lot in the Mortal Realm, but the Divine Realm is where the fun really begins. This is nontraditional fantasy. If that’s not your thing, please move along. Thanks! The System in this book is fake. If that bothers you, please move along too. 8.8kReads8.3Score96614d adds

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    #Anti-cliché cultivation #Silly protagonist #Hilarious ideas #Daredevil style #System bug #Lighthearted and not angsty #Rant and meme-filled #Alternative path to godhood

41. 91 罪 The Far Shore of Sin and Redemption 罪与赎的彼岸 Wang Jun of Jingyang泾阳的王钧6k WordsCompleted On the Far Shore of Sin and Redemption —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Girls help girls, redeeming each other, becoming each other's light.

42. 92 架 A Fictional Immortal Realm 架空仙界 The Child Matriarch's Cozy Retreat童姥的养心小筑Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing “Letian” is an NPC in an online game, assigned the role of a monster beast kept by an immortal sect. His original fate was to be enslaved by the “immortals” for the rest of his life, but he’s determined to change his destiny through sheer wit... “Bai Qi” is the top disciple of an immortal sect in the game. His real name is Bai Qilin, and in real life he’s a brilliant student who can’t catch a break. He hoped the game would help him regain his “confidence,” but even “Letian,” an NPC, refuses to h 33Reads9.0Score—14d adds

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    Absolutely perfect for you

43. 93 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 230.7kReads9.6Score66.9k14d adds

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    Every single one is great, and you can learn something from them too. I highly recommend them!

44. 94 升 Climbing the Ranks and Proving the Way 升官证道 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top. 90.2kReads9.5Score10.2k14d adds
45. 95 观 The Art of Reading People 观人有道 Uncle Mao of Jinmen金门卯叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted The Daoist Five Arts are Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Physiognomy, and Divination, representing Heaven, Earth, Humanity, Ghosts, and Immortals respectively. The Immortal Way is Mountain: focusing on cultivation, talismans, martial arts, geography, and feng shui. The Human Way is Medicine: focusing on healing, Daoist medicine, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, pulse diagnosis, and prescriptions. The Divine Way is Destiny: focusing on fortune-telling, the Eight Characters, Zi Wei astrology, and more. 13.5kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
46. 96 官 Officialdom Is Like a Chess Game 官场如棋 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban2.5M WordsCompleted There is no straight road through life, especially when it comes to being an official. Hao Xiaodong spent many years navigating the political arena before gradually understanding its many hidden rules. Now, following his novel The Way to Promotion, a new story is here for readers. Join us as we witness another kind of life in the world of officialdom. 34.1kReads9.2Score4.4k14d adds
47. 97 华 The Last Traditional Chinese Doctor in China 华夏最后一个中医 Yiwu Yu亿屋鱼Urban515k WordsCompleted Chen Qing is a young Chinese medicine practitioner just starting out. On his first day seeing patients, he discovers that he can actually hear his patients’ internal organs talking... Spleen: Brrr, it’s so cold. That fatty ate thirteen popsicles yesterday. I nearly froze to death. Lungs: Don’t get me started. He spent all night burping yesterday. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep. What a pain in the lungs. Liver: Stop complaining. He’s just a little greedy. It’s no big deal. Look at how he’s stayed 42.8kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
48. 98 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 557.8kReads9.3Score70.2k14d adds
49. 99 大 The Great Nation's Top Doctor 大国上医 Fang Qianjin方千金Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Fang Lezhang, an outstanding modern doctor from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, wakes up one morning reborn in the 1990s as Fang Le, a medical student of that era. Suffering from tuberculosis, he has taken a leave of absence and is stuck at home, despised by everyone as a sickly consumptive. Fortunately, he has a kind and beautiful wife to care for him. Now that he's reborn in the 1990s, should he ride the wave of the times and become the richest man alive, or draw on his 17.3kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
50. 100 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 59.2kReads9.4Score30.3k14d adds

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    I recommend this book; I stayed up two nights to finish it.

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