Fantasy, Cunning Schemes, and Intricate Planning: Books Worth Staying Up All Night to Finish 玄幻+心思缜密+布局 通宵也要看完的书
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Building an Underworld and Heavenly Court in Another World 我在异界建地府天庭
Xiao Chen, a young man from the modern era, dies unexpectedly and transmigrates into the Qianyuan Continent, a world where martial arts flourish and countless races stand side by side. In this world, martial cultivation exists, but there is no cycle of reincarnation or orthodox divine order. When living beings die, their souls drift away. Good and evil go unrewarded, and chaos runs rampant. By a stroke of fortune, he awakens the Genesis Divine Mansion System. Drawing on the ancient myths of Huax
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Bureau 749: Classified Files 749局绝密档案
Bureau 749: Do you want to know its secrets? The dead returning to life? Vampiric zombies? Clones? All will be revealed here.
1kReads7.4Score128Shelves
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
1.7MReads9.9Score235.2kShelves
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Online Gaming: The Peerless Poison Lord 网游之绝世毒尊
A cross-generational game called Oracle was born, and quietly began changing the world. When a game's abilities can be brought into reality, should you be excited or afraid? Wu Shaochen, an utterly ordinary office worker, gets food poisoning after eating expired food. But after logging into the game, his misfortune turns to fortune when he gains the special talent Source of Venom, setting him on the path to the top. [New novel: Doomsday: I'm Really Not a Bandit]
201.5kReads9.2Score23.1kShelves
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In the Book, Reborn as the Young Demon Venerable, I Turned Evil 人在书中，重生幼年魔尊，黑化了
[2025’s hottest mind-bending fantasy + both parents are Emperors + clever plotting + ruthless and decisive, no saintly heroine] [Invincible power fantasy, once ranked among the top 1.45 million readers. The thrills kick in after 200,000 words. Give it a try!] Chu Tian, a crime boss from a past life, is reborn as a great villain in an unfinished novel, during the childhood of the Great Hatred Demon Venerable. As soon as Chu Tian is born, he is appointed the Holy Son of the Sacred Heaven Sect. His
92.6kReads8.3Score13.5kShelves
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Xuanhuan: The Immortal Divine Son Needs No Sister’s Bones to Prove His Dao! 玄幻：长生神子，何须妹骨证道！
The short drama adaptation of the same name is now available! [Invincible Overpowering Force][Decisive and Ruthless] Gu Changge transmigrates to the Central Continent Dao Domain and becomes the Gu family’s divine son. From the start, his elders want to take his younger sister’s Supreme Bone, but with a System in hand, why should Gu Changge need his sister’s bones to prove his Dao?! [Your bound target has received one spirit pill. You receive one peerless immortal pill in return, multiplied by a
110.4kReads8.3Score37kShelves
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The Will to Defy Heaven 决天之意
[Uplifting] [Fantasy] [Slow-Paced] [A Little Explosive] Listening with headphones makes it even more immersive~ This! Is a story full of incredible encounters and reversals! This! Is also a story about keeping your feet on the ground! Lu Taozhi! He was an utterly ordinary boy until a chance meeting with an uncle unexpectedly gave him the opportunity to become an "immortal arts cultivator" in the real world. But it came at a price... He used to fail at winning over his goddess, couldn't sell his
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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From the Start, I Had Only Eight Years to Live, So I Bet It All 开局只有8年寿命，我选择梭哈
[Concept Enhancement + Decisive and Ruthless + No Brain-dead Moves + Cold-Blooded and Merciless + Rock-Solid Caution + No Simping] After mysteriously transmigrating to another world, Ding Yi grew more and more uneasy by the day. He noticed that the elderly couple who had kindly taken him in kept peeping at him outside his door in the middle of the night. The suppressed, excited breathing and sounds of swallowing from beyond the crack in the door left Ding Yi in no doubt that the old couple would
44.8kReads8.8Score4.1kShelves
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A Useless Body for Ten Thousand Years, So How Did I Slay Ten Thousand Immortals with One Hand? 万载废体，怎么就只手秒万仙了？
[Invincible] [Utterly satisfying] [Highly recommended] [Decisive and ruthless] [Blood-pumping] Lin Xuan transmigrates to the vast fantasy world of Cangyun Realm, bringing with him the Nine-Story Soul-Suppressing Tower. His noble Yanhuang bloodline is branded as a worthless body, said to appear only once in ten thousand years. When the Soul-Suppressing Tower opens, ten thousand years pass inside for every instant outside. While others toil at cultivation, he grows stronger with every breath. Onc
18.1kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
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A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物
(No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden
169.3kReads9.1Score18.8kShelves
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Why Mess with Him? He Cultivates the Heavenly Dao 你惹他干嘛，他修天道的
On the first day after Luo Tian transmigrates, he obtains nine volumes of Heavenly Scriptures. The Heavenly Dao Scripture: Its contents can be summed up in one word: invincible. The Heavenly Dao Body-Refining Art: Its contents can be summed up in one word: invincible. The Heavenly Dao Visualization Method: Its contents can be summed up in one word: invincible. The Heavenly Dao Movement Technique: Its contents can be summed up in one word: invincible. The Heavenly Dao Sword Art: Its contents can
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You Wretched Disciple, Stop! I’m Your Master! 孽徒快住手，我可是你师尊啊！
[Protagonist with no System] [Powerful golden finger] Lin Tianqi transmigrates to another world, thinking he’ll top the imperial exams, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life. Unexpectedly, he turns out to be a legendary cultivation prodigy with a Pure Yang Sacred Body. At the age of five, his beautiful master brings him back to her sect, and from then on, his life as a wicked disciple begins! “Heh heh heh~ Master, your disciple has a sleepwalking condition, you know~”
22.9kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
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If My Swordsmanship Can’t Cut It, the Demon-Sealing Talisman Covers Room and Board 如若剑法遭不住，封魔贴里包吃住
New book: My Emperor Armor, Revealed to the Campus Beauties. Updated regularly. [No-brainer power fantasy, decisive and ruthless, Emperor Armor, rapid growth, smooth sailing in the later stages, Emperor Realm guardians, two heroines] Because he failed to awaken a sword spirit, Leng Yang was nearly killed by his own father. At death’s door, memories from his previous life, dormant for eighteen years, resurfaced. Only then did Leng Yang discover that the spirit he had awakened was actually the Emp
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The Record of Hairpins (Complete in 4 Volumes) 簪中录（全4册）
The little red fish Agashnie, which feeds on human blood; the mysterious talisman that had followed Li Shubai for years; Empress Wang, the peerless beauty of the Daming Palace; three clusters of doodles written by the late emperor himself before his death; a marriage contract made with Wang Yun in their youth... Every mystery returns to its point of origin. Every choice remains beyond anyone’s control, as impossible to resist or escape as fate itself. Yang Chonggu has returned to the palace and
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After Our Flash Marriage, I Discovered My Husband Was a Billionaire CEO 闪婚后，发现老公是亿万总裁
A sweet, beautiful heiress fallen on hard times × a calculating, aloof, celibate CEO [Accidental marriage, sweet romance, office romance] After her father goes bankrupt, Shu Yan is left with nowhere to go. She can only agree to meet the man her father has chosen for her, with the plan to register their marriage on the day they meet. But outside the marriage registry, a nearsighted CEO mistakes her for someone else, and the two end up married in a daze. Shu Yan thinks she's married a hot pot rest
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A Flash Marriage, a Pampered Life: The Wealthiest Mogul Falls for Me 闪婚成宠首富大佬爱上我
She was an ugly country girl who took her younger sister's place as the bride of Fu Nancheng, the most powerful man in Ye City. By day, she worked diligently as a humble maid. By night, she took off her scars to reveal a peerless beauty, becoming the stand-in bride of a tycoon worth hundreds of billions. When the secret of her stand-in marriage came out, Ye City's socialites waited for her to be humiliated. But all they got was a front-row seat as she launched her unstoppable new life, blending
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Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊
Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha
68.7kReads9.1Score15.4kShelves
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The CEO Won't Let His Wife Practice the Supernatural Arts 总裁不准夫人搞玄学
[Metaphysics + powerhouse + adored by the whole family + hilarious chaos + ridiculous antics + unleashing ultimate moves nonstop!] Word has it that the Nan family had a mix-up involving a real and a fake heiress. The real heiress was a metaphysics powerhouse who opened the door to a whole new world for the Nan family. One day, the powerhouse was heading out to “take care of business.” Twin Fifth Brother: Little sis, take me with you! Movie Star Fourth Brother: I wanna go, I wanna go! Doctor Thir
34.2kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves
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Adorable Fortune-Telling Wife: Her Secret Identity Is Dazzling 神算萌妻：她马甲飒爆了
The Qin family was richer than a nation, and their only son, Qin Bei, was a peerless genius, devilishly handsome, and born under an unlucky star. Any woman who came into contact with him would die unexpectedly. Rumor had it that his grandmother, hoping to secure her grandson’s happiness, had found a tough-as-nails country girl and brought her home to marry him. Qin Bei said, “My wife is a country girl who hasn’t seen much of the world, so please bear with her!” Everyone: … When the powerful and
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Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途
Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t
76.4kReads8.8Score7.5kShelves
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Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越
[Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege
398.3kReads9.1Score37.9kShelves
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Writing a Diary in the Jie Sect, Tongtian Gets Played for a Fool 人在截教写日记，通天被玩坏了
Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc
83.7kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves
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China’s Civil and Military Greats Travel Through Time Together, and I Fight Our Ancestors for the Realm 华夏文武群穿，我和老祖宗争天下
I was reborn as the eldest legitimate son of a prominent Jiangnan family. My grandfather is the greatest bandit under heaven, revered by outlaws everywhere as the "Heaven-Defying Demon King." My mother is a princess from an enemy kingdom who wields absolute power over the Bronze Sparrow Tower. My second uncle is a treacherous court official who holds the emperor hostage to command those who refuse to submit. Jiang Lin is a little worried. Is our Jiang family born rebellious? You ask about my fat
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Lord of the Night 夜幕之主
What’s so great about inheriting the throne? A kingdom you conquer yourself is the one you can rule with confidence. He commands Nightfall, one of the three great assassin organizations, and a single word from him decides who lives and dies. He also controls the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, one of the ten great trade guilds, and is richer than an entire nation. Once that useless prince leaves the capital, he soars like a dragon released into the sea. He raises the Banner of a Hundred Battles in
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You All Chase After the Heroine? I’ll Marry the Demon Queen! 你们都追女主？那女魔头我娶走了
[One heroine + everyday affection + guaranteed sweetness + cultivation system + grand setting] Shen Yi'an transmigrates into a rather outrageous novel. Born into the world, he discovers that he’s the original protagonist, the one with a massive green hat hanging over his head: the Sixth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, His Highness Prince Chu! The second, third, fourth, and nth male leads all like the heroine. Whoever wants that whole field of green can have it. I don’t. You’re all going after
110.8kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
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Three Thousand Brocade Guards from the Start: Who Else Could Be Invincible? 开局三千锦衣卫，我不无敌谁无敌
[The rating is a little low right after launch, but it'll gradually go up!] [Decisive and ruthless + summoning + sign-in + conquest] Qin Ye transmigrates to the Great Qian dynasty and spends eighteen years there before being dragged into a struggle for the throne as soon as he comes of age. One night, he unexpectedly discovers his future sister-in-law unconscious in a side hall! His elder brother arrives with his men right on his heels, shouting that he's caught them in the act! Was this an acci
16.8kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves
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I Really Didn't Want to Be a Prince 我真没想当王爷啊
Prince + fictional setting + multiple heroines + lighthearted comedy “Spring breezes and peach blossoms, a cup of wine; ten years of lanterns glowing through rainy nights in the martial world.” During the Chenghe era of the Great Ning dynasty, rival powers rise up, the people suffer, and the realm is thrown into chaos. Across three northern and southern dynasties, ministers and nobles, talented scholars and famed courtesans paint a vivid portrait of the realm. The imperial court, the batt
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The Ancestral Sage of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖圣祖
A half-demon youth obtains the Demon Clan's sacred tome. He transforms into a Heavenly Wolf, devours the moon, and keeps female ghosts as servants; becomes a Vermilion Bird, burning the heavens and boiling the seas; takes the form of a White Tiger and slaughters his way across the world; cultivates into a Divine Dragon and roams the seas and skies; becomes a Kunpeng and soars through the Nine Heavens; devours heaven and earth and transforms into myriad demons. He rules the three thousand worlds,
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I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王
[Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re
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Starting as the Peak Master: Signing In for an Ultimate Emperor Armament! 开局成为首座，签到极道帝兵！
[Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an
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