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1. 251 让 You Were Asked to Design a Dungeon, So Why Did You Invent Tomb-Raiding Gameplay? 让你设计副本，你开创摸金玩法？ Yuan Yuan the Great 66缘缘大王66Urban387k WordsOngoing Lin Yue wakes up in a world where everyone can enter instance dungeons and transmigrates into it. In this world, people can earn all kinds of rewards by taking part in dungeons or designing them. But dungeon gameplay has been lacking variety and depth. Drawing on his experience from his previous life, Lin Yue decides to create a tomb-raiding gameplay mode. Fight, search, and get out once the job is done! Player: “Ever since I started playing this dungeon, I’ve lost my house and my family’s falle 98Reads5.2Score—Shelves
2. 252 香 Hong Kong: Inheriting a Factory with Ten Thousand Workers from the Start 香江之开局继承万人工厂 Hometown of the Vast World大千故里Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Hong Kong + business wars + finance + technology + industry + entertainment + Miss Hong Kong] In 2024, countless fresh-faced retail investors piled into the A-shares market, blindly buying at the peak with all their money. As a thousand stocks hit the daily limit down on the ninth, one investor who had trusted a financial livestream host perished in a blaze alongside a certain blue-tick financial streamer. In 1985, British capital was retreating from Hong Kong as Chinese-owned businesses rose, 23.2kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
3. 253 提 Logged In Early, and I’m Really Not a Plant! 提前登录，我真不是托！ The Macaque Has No Peaches猕猴没有桃Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Early Login + Game Descends into Reality + Invincible + Wish Fulfillment + No Female Lead] A game called Abyss of Sin appears. But a year later, the game descends into reality. Countless sinbeasts invade, and humanity is plunged into despair. When Lin An wakes up again, he discovers that he has transmigrated into the game as a native. Not only does he have a game interface, but players won’t enter the game for another year. Transmigration + rebirth + early login? All the buffs, stacked to the m 19.6kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
4. 254 乍 Suddenly Rich, I Lie Flat at a State-Owned Enterprise 乍富，躺平国企 Set Sail出海了Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Life rushes by. Thirty years have passed, but has he managed to stand on his own two feet? For the first thirty years, a man honors his father; for the next thirty, his son honors him! Like the sound of his name, Lou Yi is just one of countless insignificant ants in this world! At thirty, with no career to speak of and no family of his own, he returned home for the New Year and looked at his aging parents, their backs bent and their hair half white. His heart was filled with bitterness and helpl 13.3kReads7.0Score632Shelves
5. 255 三 Three Kingdoms: Transmigrating into the Yellow Turban Rebellion to Turn the Tide 三国：穿越黄巾逆转天下 Phantom Feathers Beneath the Vast Sky幻羽苍穹Historical2.0M WordsCompleted This is my second long novel about transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era. The protagonist transmigrates to become Zhang Jiao’s disciple, then escapes Jizhou alongside his senior sister Zhang Ning, the Way of Great Peace, and the Yellow Turban warriors. Though many look down on him for being a Yellow Turban rebel, Lu Yun keeps striving toward his goal and ultimately unifies the Three Kingdoms. 2.6kReads8.8Score223Shelves

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   These are four of my favorite novels, including long Three Kingdoms time travel novels, traditional oriental fantasy novels, and urban love stories. Among them, the Three Kingdoms time travel novels mainly focus on planning large-scale wars, supplemented by marrying beautiful women, and defeating the princes and alien races to finally dominate the world.

6. 256 平 A Commoner Runs Wild in the Three Kingdoms 平民乱闯三国 Phantom Feathers Beneath the Vast Sky幻羽苍穹Historical1.3M WordsCompleted A Three Kingdoms transmigration novel about striving for supremacy, with no System. The protagonist is an ordinary modern man who transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes Han Fu’s son. Through his own efforts, he builds a powerful army, defeats the various warlords and foreign tribes, and ultimately unifies the Three Kingdoms. He goes on to live a life of luxury and power that modern people can hardly imagine, surrounded by beautiful women and ruling the world. 1.8kReads8.0Score100Shelves
7. 257 晓 Xiaotong, I’m Here for You 晓彤，我在你身边 Phantom Feathers Beneath the Vast Sky幻羽苍穹Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted The protagonist is an investor who failed abroad and returns to his home country to start over. But at home, he has another identity: a rich second-generation heir. By chance, he meets the woman he loves. After overcoming a thousand hardships, the two come to understand and support each other, eventually getting together and living a happy, sweet life. 49Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 龙 Dragonblood Soars 龙血腾 Phantom Feathers Beneath the Vast Sky幻羽苍穹Eastern Fantasy996k WordsCompleted With the help of the Dragonblood Pagoda, the protagonist builds a powerful mercenary corps and reclaims control of his family. He leads the Demon-Slaying Corps to defeat the demons and human traitors, ultimately uniting the continent in this classic eastern fantasy. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 259 听 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 Lute and Evening Breeze琴涩晚风Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 61.3kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves
10. 260 穿 Reborn as the Grim Villain’s Foster Mother, I Go Viral on a Parenting Show 穿成阴鸷反派养母后在娃综爆红了 Two Pieces of Candy for You分你两块糖Modern Romance892k WordsCompleted Su Jinjin transmigrated into a book, becoming the wicked adoptive mother of the story's great villain. The original owner was a woman so desperate to become famous that she adopted a child from an orphanage specifically to join the hottest parenting reality show and build an image as a kind, genuine person. She treated her adopted villain cub wonderfully in public, but was extremely harsh behind closed doors. She piled on study assignments, forced the child to do things they hated, and hit and s 2.2kReads8.7Score230Shelves
11. 261 穿 Reborn as the Early-Deceased Son of an Emperor Who Can’t Have Heirs 穿成绝嗣皇帝早死的崽 Listening to Magpies Sing闻鹊语Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Raising a child + doted-on by everyone + no romance + adorable baby + heartwarming] Yan Chengyu transmigrates and learns that he's become the baby of an emperor with no heirs. He plans to give up and lie flat as emperor. Who knew he'd face death from the start? Luckily, his father comes through and successfully activates the System to save his life. But in the midst of the crisis, the System seals his memories, turning Yan Chengyu into a somewhat clever little baby. Emperor Mingxi has ruled f 23.1kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
12. 262 霸 A Corporate Drone in a CEO Novel, I Steal the Heroine's White Moonlight 霸总小说打工人，拐走女主白月光 Biscuit Cat饼干猫Modern Romance449k WordsCompleted [A money-minded, slow-to-realize heroine] x [A seemingly aloof, secretly unhinged hero who falls at first sight and talks himself into it] [One-on-one romance] + [Both leads' first love] [Note: The heroine's slowness has a physical cause] Lin Ran died suddenly after staying up all night editing a document during her senior-year internship, then transmigrated into a CEO romance novel as the daughter of the heroine's family's housekeeper. But she arrived five years too early. The heroine hadn't me 1.7kReads8.9Score152Shelves
13. 263 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 82.5kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
14. 264 诡 The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 319.1kReads9.5Score38.4kShelves
15. 265 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 37.4kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
16. 266 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.4kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves
17. 267 玄 Fantasy: My Sudden Enlightenment of the Chaos Physique 玄幻，我顿悟了混沌体 Ye Dadao叶大刀Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Xiao Yun's System has only one function: epiphany! Ordinary constitution? Have an epiphany and gain the Chaos Body! Cultivation technique too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! Divine ability too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! There's nothing an epiphany can't solve. And if there is, then have an epiphany ten times, a hundred times... 63.3kReads9.1Score7.8kShelves
18. 268 都 The Peerless Immortal Venerable of the City 都市极品仙尊 Banxia Is Poisonous半夏有毒Urban5.0M WordsCompleted In his past life, he was bullied by thugs, framed by villains, betrayed by his girlfriend, and scorned by the world. In this life, he'll crush every one of them beneath his feet. In his past life, his parents were disgraced, he couldn't be with the woman he loved, and his friends were wronged. In this life, he'll repay every debt. Li Xuan, the Fire Profound Golden Immortal who once roamed the cosmos, is reborn at twenty and returns to the bustling city to resume his cultivation. Watch him play t 3.6kReads7.9Score355Shelves

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    Urban series, high-scoring masterpieces

19. 269 舌 A Tale of Entrepreneurship: The Rise of Fresh Fish and Lamb Hot Pot 舌尖上的创业鱼羊鲜火锅崛起记 Xi Mozi喜墨子Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Synopsis of The Rise of Fish-and-Mutton Fresh Hot Pot: A Startup Story Amid the turbulent clash between food and business, Xi Mozi’s The Rise of Fish-and-Mutton Fresh Hot Pot: A Startup Story unfurls an inspiring tale of building a hot pot restaurant from the ground up. Centered on the founding, development, and rise of the Fish-and-Mutton Fresh Hot Pot brand, the book reveals how an obscure local delicacy transformed into a celebrated restaurant chain sweeping the nation. The book details the f —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Great book! I am running a hot pot restaurant, and this book is worth reading. It contains many hot pot business secrets.

20. 270 赦 Forgive the Moon 赦免月亮 Lu Wu陆雾Mystery375k WordsCompleted [Classic Whodunit + Case-of-the-Week + Locked-Room Murders + Multiple Twists + Power Couple + Mutual Pining] To get revenge, Du Qingci kills two people, but runs into her old classmate Chu Dongping and has no choice but to become his partner. Together, they solve five cases in seven days. As they grow closer, their feelings heat up, and the killing intent draws nearer. Du Qingci: “Why does he keep looking at me? Did he spot my weakness? Is he going to silence me?” Chu Dongping: “Why does she kee 646Reads8.2Score133Shelves

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    It allows people to see their transformation and growth after experiencing setbacks.

21. 271 天 The Heavenly God Returns to Bathe the City in Blood for His Daughter 天神归来为女儿血洗都市 Yan Bei燕北Urban6.2M WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional] While fighting bloodily on the battlefield, he receives a desperate call for help from his daughter. Overnight, the world's top experts from across the three thousand realms rush to Huaxia! Xiao Tiance has lived a life of hardship, and his daughter and wife are the light of his life. He will never allow them to suffer even the slightest harm! 45.5kReads9.5Score10.5kShelves

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    My family is really impressed by these books. They are super good-looking. I gave them 9.9 Out of 10. The reason why I didn't give them 0.1 Is because they are so perfect. I recommend, recommend, and say important things three times.

22. 272 九 Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Ordinary Magician平凡魔术师Eastern Fantasy18.6M WordsOngoing Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 208.2kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
23. 273 都 The Supreme Immortal of the City 都市巅峰仙尊 Pig Climbing a Tree猪爬树Urban4.3M WordsCompleted In my past life, you looked down on me. In this life, I’ll leave you eating my dust! Chen Mo, a great cultivator of the Deification Realm, sneaks into a forbidden area with his junior sister. After dying there, he is reborn on Earth as a high school senior. Chen Mo discovers that his junior sister has also been reborn on Earth, a thousand years in the past! His first love from his past life? Chen Mo couldn’t care less. The most beautiful woman of his past life? Chen Mo takes her on as his maid. 2.9kReads8.4Score865Shelves
24. 274 剑 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsCompleted In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 62.3kReads9.0Score7.1kShelves
25. 275 仙 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Six Realms, Three Paths六界三道Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsCompleted 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 70.4kReads9.1Score15.6kShelves

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