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1. 1 甄 Empresses in the Palace: How to Milk the System and Become Emperor 甄嬛传：论如何薅系统羊毛当皇帝 Cloudy Mountains, Distant Mist云山雾远Female-Channel Fanfiction583k WordsCompleted [The new Landis quick transmigration series is out!] Landis, a male succubus from a Western fantasy world and a chaotic troublemaker, discovered a fanfiction System capable of traveling through time on a bizarre maid. He arrived in the world of Empresses in the Palace... On the day he first met Chun Yuan, he replaced Yongzheng and captured a Character System from him as well. From then on, as he kept exploiting the two Systems, one outrageous move after another turned a palace drama about the so 9.6kReads9.3Score493Shelves

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   This completed novel, "Nine Princes' Struggle for the Throne," combines elements of "Empresses in the Palace," "movie-style storytelling," and a system—it's incredibly captivating! I've already read it three times and listened to the audiobook. The protagonist's character is intriguing; he's a Western succubus, but his presence doesn't feel out of place at all. He doesn't use his beauty to bewitch others, as one might imagine. Instead, he uses cunning to gradually gain the throne he desires, and later, he uses his schemes to win the other princes' unwavering loyalty. The system plays a truly entertaining role. Everyone, you absolutely, positively should check it out—it's guaranteed to be amazing!!!

2. 2 大 Ming Dynasty Tyrant: I’ll Extend the Dynasty’s Reign by 300 Years 大明暴君，我为大明续运三百年 Kunwu昆吾Historical6.1M WordsCompleted [Political intrigue]+ [Passionate]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Ruthless]+ [No System] “Zhu Youjian, go in peace. Everything you had will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this day on, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen. I swear here: Those you, Zhu Youjian, could not kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill. What you, Zhu Youjian, could not accomplish, I, Chongzhen, will accomplish. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling? Then it depends on whether I give them the chance! The J 98.6kReads9.2Score11.8kShelves

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   Transmigrating into the body of Emperor Chongzhen, suppressing the rebellion and defeating the Jurchens, I have a dream: to destroy Japan and lift the sea ban. Let me show you a different Ming Dynasty.

3. 3 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves

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   Brothers who like fast-paced, action-packed stories can check this out.

4. 4 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335kReads9.8Score46.9kShelves

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   This crazy story is really good, really satisfying. After reading it, I even have some swear words to use. It's always someone else's fault, and there's no need for internal conflict. [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

5. 5 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (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 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves

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   🔥 **Tianyuan Forbidden Zone: The Trash's Path to Godhood** —— **Nine Heavens are nothing! This madman has turned even the Heavenly Dao into a stepping stone!** **📖 Explosive Start:** A hundred years ago, a prodigy fell, his soul lamp extinguished; a hundred years later, he crawled out of hell, only to become a despised cripple! His beloved publicly tore up their engagement, his sect forced him to kneel and lick their shoes, even a lowly servant dared to spit in his face— **"Laugh at me for being crippled?" Chen Qingyuan's blood-stained clothes fluttered without wind, "How about we bet, who will be kneeling and begging me for help in three days?"** **🌑 What does the Forbidden Abyss hold?** Deep within the Tianyuan Forbidden Zone, a galaxy surged in the eyes of a girl in red. The marriage proposal she offered was both honey and poison— **"Choose one, and I will help you ascend to immortality again; choose two…you must slaughter all the gods of the Nine Realms for me."** He interrupted with a sneer: "I choose two! After all…" **—After all, this madman had already buried an eternal trap of killing gods in the Heavenly Abyss!** **🎭 Black Lotus Male Lead: Hitting the Sweet Spots** ❌ **No System!** **A genius with monstrous intelligence, he tears up the rules of Heaven and uses them as draft paper!** 💥 **Anti-Routine!** **One minute the Holy Maiden who broke off the engagement begs for reconciliation, the next her enemy kneels and offers up the sect's most precious treasure!** 🩸 **Dark Side!** **The woman in red in the Heavenly Abyss is salvation? No, she is the bait for the ultimate BOSS!** **🚨 High Energy Warning:** ► When his hand, with its severed spiritual roots, crushed the first Nascent Soul cultivator, the entire cultivation world felt a chill run down its spine! ► On the day the nine immortal sects besieged them, people finally understood that the claim of "complete destruction of cultivation" was a lie—**He had already refined the Heavenly Abyss Forbidden Zone into his natal magic weapon, annihilating millions of cultivators with a flick of his finger!** --- **📌 Click to receive "Chen Qingyuan's Madness Chronicle":** ◆ Chapter 1: At the scene of the broken engagement, he smiled and presented his ex with "a coffin to congratulate you on finding a new love" ◆ Chapter 3: The red-clad woman of Heavenly Abyss revealed her fangs: "What I've been waiting for is the world-destroying calamity sealed within you!" ◆ Chapter 57: All the gods knelt: "Please stop your divine powers! The Nine Heavens cannot withstand your further destruction!" **🌟 Tomato Novels' Top Recommendation** **#The Cunning Male Lead Went Mad# #How a Useless Person Elegantly Overturns the Nine Heavens#** **⚠️ Warning: Reading this may cause side effects—making other fantasy novels taste bland!**

6. 6 想 I Want to Lie Flat, but My Strength Won't Let Me 想躺平，怎奈实力不允许啊 Big Boss Norma诺玛大大Ancient Romance637k WordsCompleted If you like stories that jump straight into fighting and killing, with life-or-death stakes, this one may not be for you. The heroine isn't naturally inclined to seek power or kill. For a long time at the beginning, she enjoys peaceful days filled with family life and everyday trivialities. They are the easiest, most carefree years of her life, and a crucial period for gathering supplies and building the reputation she will need when she later rises up. When natural disasters and human calamitie 730Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Logical and intelligent

7. 7 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
8. 8 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 118kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves

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   This is awesome, and the author is incredibly clever. He had to modify part of it at the beginning because he was locked up in a dark room, but it gets even more interesting as you go on.

9. 9 女 The Empress Drove Me Away, Only to Discover I'm Invincible 女帝逼走我后，才发现我无敌天下 Wings in the Wind风中的羽翼Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible + Max Level from the Start + Lighthearted + Empress + Carefree Wanderer] With a single imperial decree, Empress Nangong casts Yu Qing out of the empire like a dog, barring him from ever returning to the capital. His dantian had been destroyed while helping her seize the throne, but she repays him by banishing him forever. What she doesn't know is that when Yu Qing's dantian was destroyed, he gained an invincible System. Nor does she expect the empire to erupt into chaos after he le 25kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
10. 10 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 269.6kReads9.5Score22.3kShelves
11. 11 神 Divine Power Meatballs 神通丸子 Zuo Mo左莫Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Sharp-tongued + scheming + ruthless + evil in the right way] Bai Xiaoyu, nicknamed the Zuan Pianist. To unlock the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations, he needs to absorb other people’s anger, so he takes to trolling people online. He spent ten years in the Zuan battlefield, once taking on a hundred people online at the same time without losing ground. An unbelievable record for Zuan: both his parents are still alive after ten years. Confronted by a female ghost who turned into one after dying 25.8kReads8.0Score3.8kShelves
12. 12 校 The Campus Beauty Livestreams Ghost Hunts, Revealing My Celestial Master's Identity 校花直播抓诡，我天师身份曝光了 Knowledge Seeker知探Mystery289k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [No Frustrating Setbacks] [Relentless Monster Slaying] After transmigrating three years ago, Lin Bai gained a golden finger and became a Celestial Master who slays evil! As spiritual veins gradually awaken across Blue Star, supernatural incidents are becoming increasingly frequent. On the day of campus beauty Su Qiuwei's birthday, she invites a Taoist priest to livestream a ghost hunt, but mistakes the Evil-Slaying Sword Lin Bai gave her for an evil sword! She even want 15Reads6.8Score—Shelves
13. 13 超 The Extraordinary Era 超凡纪元 Don't Laugh, How Many Return?莫笑几人回Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled "The Extraordinary Era" The end of science is the occult. As technological progress hits a bottleneck, humanity begins its transition from a technological civilization to an extraordinary one. The clash between civilizations plunges people, who have barely had time to enjoy the conveniences of technology, into endless panic. What should humanity's future look like: a technological world, an extraordinary world, or one where technology and the extraordinary coexist? 57.4kReads8.0Score4.8kShelves
14. 14 神 Mysterious Creatures Awaken, and I’m Designated No. 001 神秘生物复苏，我被编号001 Zhang the Second Generation张二代Urban488k WordsCompleted [No System] [No Female Lead] [Urban Power Fantasy] [No Hiding His Strength] Chen Xiao pressed the wrong elevator button and was killed by the void a thousand times. After countless rebirths, Chen Xiao transmigrated to another world. Mystical creatures were everywhere. Mythical phoenixes reborn in flames, ancient emperors rising from the earth, tentacled monsters ruling the oceans, ruthless, bloodthirsty straw creatures… And Chen Xiao was branded with the number 001. … When the mystical creatures 6.7kReads8.8Score589Shelves
15. 15 人 I'm in the Mahayana Realm, and This Year I'm a College Freshman 人在大乘期，今年上大一 Jun Wuya君无涯Urban525k WordsCompleted I’m invincible in this world. Why bother playing in the mud if I’m not going to slay immortals and saints? Jiang Fan transmigrated to another world, endured a hundred cycles of refinement, and was reborn a hundred times. At last, he gripped the sword in his hand and fought his way to the heavenly realm! During the final battle with the empress of the heavenly realm, space and time twisted, and Jiang Fan returned to his original world. He had cultivated for a thousand years in another world, but 3.5kReads7.9Score248Shelves
16. 16 你EN You Have Pangu's Axe, I Have a Barrett 你用盘古斧我有巴雷特 My Name Is Cheng Dapao我叫程大炮Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: National Transmigration: I Have an Arsenal [Not an Invincible-Protagonist Story]+ [One Heroine or No Heroine]+ [The Villain Is Ridiculously Strong] (Don’t read if you don’t like that) Heaven and earth undergo a transformation, and ten billion people around the world transmigrate at the same time to another world where only melee weapons exist. After awakening a personal divine weapon from the start, how can you survive in this perilous otherworld? Everyone else gets swords, spears 47.3kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
17. 17 未 The Unknown Descends: I Have an Invincible Domain 未知降临：我有无敌领域 Dr. Cheng Er程尔大夫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Civilization Invasion + Invincible Domain + Unstoppable Satisfaction + No Harem + Witty Comedy] Mysterious creatures descend, and Earth's resources run dry... Just as humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, a corner-shop owner rises into the sky and decides life and death with a single word! When it is all over, Su Xiao thinks he can spend the rest of his days lazing around on Earth, protected by his invincible domain... But then he discovers that the vast cosmos above is dazz 8.3kReads8.6Score484Shelves
18. 18 情 I Have No Emotions, So I Found a Sniper for a Girlfriend 情感缺失的我找了个狙击手女友 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban664k WordsCompleted (One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma 30kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
19. 19 荣 Glory's Top Player 荣耀王者 Ye Heiyu夜黑羽Sports2.3M WordsCompleted “There are five of you across the way. You’re already surrounded!” Su Zhe, the one true god of the King’s Canyon! He’s the invincible king in the hearts of hundreds of millions of players, an esports pianist who can control five characters at once, and a Canyon maniac who can wipe out an entire team alone! But Su Zhe never imagined that his girlfriend would run off with someone else over a skin in the game. To teach the two cheaters a lesson, and to pursue the dream he once had, the former Glory 17.8kReads9.4Score2kShelves
20. 20 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 140.4kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves
21. 21 开 Suspended from the Start? I Join the Discipline Inspection Team Instead 开局停职？我转投纪委调查组 Second Master Jiangmen江门二爷Urban7.5M WordsOngoing His superior was under investigation, his girlfriend was cheating on him, and after being targeted by office rivals, he was forced onto leave. Yang Dong hit rock bottom from the start, never imagining that a phone call would change the course of his life. He was seconded to the Discipline Inspection Commission's investigation team to save his superior, only to inadvertently trigger a massive storm. Yang Dong had this to say: "No need to panic. I'll have a cigarette and calm down first!" (No hare 531kReads9.3Score28.7kShelves
22. 22 都 Urban: From Doing Good Deeds to Becoming the World's Richest 都市:从做好事成为世界首富 Radish and Little Dried Bean Curd萝卜小豆干Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After helping an old lady to her feet, Lin Fan activated the “Light of Righteousness” System. From then on, doing good deeds earned him rewards. Help an elderly person: Ding! Reward: one billion yuan. Be filial to your parents: Ding! Reward: a luxury Batmobile. Show compassion for others: Ding! Reward: a publicly listed conglomerate worth 300 billion yuan. With all this money, how should he spend it? Lin Fan decided to start by donating ten billion! Reporter: “Mr. Lin, why are you willing to don 5.8kReads8.9Score525Shelves
23. 23 浪 The Prodigal Returns: I Can See the Future 浪子回头：我能预见未来 Bai Ling白灵Urban4.1M WordsOngoing The short drama of the same name, I Can See the Future: The Prodigal's Return, premieres on Hongguo on December 6. On his way to get a divorce, Lin Ming finally realized what a bastard he'd been his whole life! He couldn't change the fact that he was getting divorced, but he unexpectedly gained the ability to foresee the future! Rising prices, volatile real estate, stock market fluctuations, global trends... he can handle them all with ease! Years later, a reporter interviews Lin Ming: “You're n 19.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 神 Divination: From the Start, I Reject the Empress! 神算：开局拒绝女帝！ Empress666女帝666Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [System + empress + one female lead + keeping a low profile] Xiao Fan, an ordinary person from Earth, transmigrates to Qianlong Continent and awakens the Heavenly Secrets Fortune-Telling System. The System can calculate everything, past and present! The protagonist earns points by telling people's fortunes. The points can be exchanged for all kinds of abilities. They can also be used to withstand all kinds of attacks. The protagonist can't cultivate and is usually just an ordinary person, bu 26.5kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
25. 25 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7kShelves
26. 26 剑 Sword Seed 剑种 Xu, Qing许、青Eastern Fantasy789k WordsCompleted One female lead, no angst. A sixteen-year-old boy with a sword case on his back sets out to wander the world for the first time. He only wants to recover the remains of his elders. Step by step, he uncovers the secrets of the sword case and masters one peerless famous sword after another, until he becomes the sharpest sword in the world. 6.7kReads9.1Score683Shelves
27. 27 谁 Who Let Him Become a Ghost Constable? 谁让他当鬼差的？ A Hundred Flowers万花丛Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted After dying, Su Fan transmigrates into the body of a spirit in the Three Realms and becomes a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld. From then on, the whole culture of the Underworld changes. “First of all, let me make this clear: I’m not the one who corrupted the culture of the Underworld. Ghost constables are supposed to reap souls. I’m just doing my job.” “If you can’t keep up with me, don’t blame me for changing the culture.” With that, Su Fan walks out through the Gate of Hell, car 77.5kReads9.3Score6kShelves
28. 28 极 The Ultimate Mad Son-in-Law 极品狂婿 Sunshine in the Wind风中的阳光Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Known as the King of Mercenaries and nicknamed Demon Soul, Gao Tie wakes from a drunken stupor to find himself tied to an iron chair while a beautiful stranger stomps on him with her high heels 133Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    The first two books that got me hooked on this hobby are now sitting at the bottom of my drawer.

29. 29 镇 The Nation-Guarding Divine Son-in-Law 镇国神婿 Young Master Liang梁少Urban9.6M WordsOngoing The original novel behind the short drama The Godly Son-in-Law Who Defends the Nation. Chu Chen, young master of China’s foremost family and heir to the world’s greatest school of esoteric arts, accidentally seals away two of his souls and five of his spiritual essences on his way down the mountain after completing his studies. He spends the next five years as a foolish live-in son-in-law. 20.4kReads9.2Score2kShelves
30. 30 长 A Book by Chang Sheng Ru Gu 长笙如故的一本书 Chang Sheng as Ever长笙如故Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Spirit Spring, Space, Farming, Fleeing Famine, Sweet Romance, Power Struggles] Yan Shu died unexpectedly and transmigrated into a book, becoming the vicious widowed sister-in-law of a crazed villain. Her husband-to-be died before they could even hold the wedding ceremony, leaving behind only a frail younger brother. The original Yan Shu fled in the middle of the night with the last of the family’s money. Before leaving, she even sold the younger brother, whose bearing was as refined as moonligh 403Reads9.0Score110Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the widowed sister-in-law of the villainous male protagonist. Just as she is about to take all the family's money and sell her uncle, she is fortunate enough to be able to hold on to the powerful villain and take good care of him. When she tries to retreat, the villain relentlessly pursues her.

31. 31 反 Villainous Son, Get Down on Your Knees. Mom Needs a Favor 反派儿子你跪下，妈求你点事 Rye Whiskey黑麦威士忌Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] (Doting father-type son x rebellious mother x no-brainer power fantasy x sweet romance x fantasy) In the great age of transmigrating into books, Su Miao transmigrates too. Other people become someone's unattainable first love, a wealthy heiress, or, at worst, a discarded wife. Su Miao is different: She transmigrates as the villain's real mother. She wants to smoke and drink, but the villain won't allow it. She wants fried chicken and milk tea, but the villain frow 187.9kReads9.2Score16.6kShelves

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    The female lead, male lead, and their son are all very intelligent. The female lead transmigrates into a book as the villain's mother, but she never loses a verbal battle. Later, she gains more and more friends, and Su Yuyan is no longer the pitiful little thing he once was; he also has loving parents, family, and friends. The male lead is truly head over heels in love with the female lead, loving her unconditionally.

32. 32 公 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色，影卫日日以下犯上 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 17.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    This story, "Logic Thinking," is very well-written and engaging. It features a strong female lead with an incredibly ambitious career, and the male lead isn't weak either; it's a powerful duo. Very good.

33. 33 登 The Godhood Game: Starting by Kidnapping All of Humanity 登神游戏，从绑架全人类开始 Lu Ershi San陆贰拾叁Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Decisive and ruthless] [Smart protagonist] [High-martial-apocalypse setting] See injustice on the street? Kidnap a vicious bandit and rob him blind. Be even more ruthless than the bandit himself. The world is in chaos? Kidnap a foolish emperor and trade him for a divine martial art, then kill him once you have the technique. Save the Blue Star? Don’t get the wrong idea. I just happened to be passing by. The truth is, I want to kidnap all of humanity! 20.8kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves

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    A rare gem among Tomato's works, truly excellent; not mindless, and with a good subject matter.

34. 34 高 High Martial: I Turn My Life Around, Starting with a Crackdown on Prostitution 高武：逆转人生，从治安扫黄开始 Wuwuwu呜污呜Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Before transmigrating, Yang Dian was an NPC whose life revolved around the office, his cheap rental, and the foot spa, logging into the Rift right on schedule whenever the time came. After transmigrating, he spent eighteen restless years accomplishing nothing in either literature or martial arts. Yang Dian had made a little money thanks to his foresight, and thought he was destined to become an NPC whose life revolved around a handful of places, just like in his previous life. Then, eighteen yea 24.4kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
35. 35 游EN Game Invasion: I Have Ten Thousand Talents 游戏入侵：我有一万种天赋 Eat Watermelon, Don't Poop吃西瓜不拉Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion]+ [Supernatural Horrors + Demons]+ [Classic of Mountains and Seas Divine Beast Lineage]+ [Invincible Talent]+ [Smart Protagonist] A game called [Apocalypse], connected to the real world, suddenly appeared on Blue Star. Its world was full of demons, monsters, strange creatures, and mysterious spirits. Even an unnamed little monster outside the starting village could easily kill players. Lin Yi happened to obtain an activation code with an early serial number, granting him a one-o 105.9kReads7.9Score8kShelves
36. 36 从 From Mecha Pilot to Starfleet Commander: I Rule the Stars 从开机甲到星海舰队，我统御群星 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted (Modern warfare + mechs + starships + galactic scale + farming on a colonized planet + decisive combat + exhilarating battles. The author has a highly rated previous novel with 2.4 million words. Read with confidence.) Standard version: Li Xin wakes up on the colonized planet Guansuo IV. Guns, cannons, tanks, fighter aircraft, mechs, starships. Together, they forge a future of blood and fire. Tens of thousands of interstellar warships stand ready, along with countless void mechs. Dense beams fro 38.7kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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    The first book's cheat ability is that killing allows you to inherit skills, leading to interstellar travel in the mid-to-late game. The second book, a historical novel, features a cheat ability that allows communication with the modern world, making it part of an industrialized superpower.

37. 37 全 Global Sinicization, Starting at the End of the Ming Dynasty 全球汉化，从明末开始 Cutting the Hanging斩悬Historical3.2M WordsOngoing After his soul travels back to the end of the Ming dynasty, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Wei Changjun discovers that he can contact the future. Before me lies the dying Ming dynasty, beset within by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and rebel kings vying for control of the Central Plains. Beyond its borders, the Jurchen cavalry watches hungrily, ready to invade at any moment. Behind me stands a future superpower: the National History Research Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture, the M 8.6kReads8.9Score540Shelves
38. 38 帝 The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马 Heavenly Fragrant Eyes天香瞳Historical4.4M WordsCompleted [New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top 113.8kReads9.1Score10.7kShelves

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    You can tell just by looking; it's a personal preference.

39. 39 律 Lawyer: The Bully Is Innocent? I'll Get Him the Death Penalty! 律师：霸凌者无罪？我送他死刑！ Xun Wen熏文Urban3.1M WordsOngoing Lin Mo is a top lawyer with a 100% win rate. He transmigrates to a parallel world. His first case is a bullying incident that no one else knows how to handle. Bully: “You’re suing me for bullying? You lousy lawyer, ever heard of the law protecting minors? You start talking about the law, and I can’t help laughing. Guys, ignore him. Keep the music playing and the dancing going!” Lin Mo: “Heh... Dancing sounds great. Finish your bullets, then go dance downstairs.” The final verdict: The bullies ar 115.8kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
40. 40 风 A Wind of Cranes and the Rustle of Grass 风声鹤唳 Jun Bu Jian君不贱Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A cuckoo cannot build its own nest. It can only take over the nests of other birds. What Feng Chen took over was not a nest, but someone else’s identity and name. Even the Military Statistics Bureau’s confidential files in Section Eight contained no photograph of him, only a codename known to no one: Red Cuckoo. A top Kuomintang agent, Feng Chen was ordered to infiltrate the Shanghai underground Communist Party to obtain the list of Communist agents embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau’s u 1.4kReads9.3Score171Shelves

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    I think this spy thriller is really exciting...

41. 41 让EN You're Supposed to Do Evil, Not Do Away with Evildoers! 让你做恶，不是让你做掉恶人啊喂 Make This Monk Your Core请以贫僧为核Urban911k WordsOngoing [Traditional high-level martial arts + memes + sharp tongue + comedy + clever plotting + one heroine] Xu Yuan transmigrates unexpectedly to Planet Earth, where divine martial arts reign supreme. A Crime List appears in his mind. As long as he commits evil, he earns Crime Points and can climb the rankings to claim rewards. The higher his rank, the greater the rewards. Xu Yuan thinks, So I'm supposed to become a scumbag? What about my family? But he soon discovers that doing good deeds actually de 41kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves

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    This is a lighthearted story; the villains are not brainless, but quite intelligent.

42. 42 抢 You Took My S-Rank Talent? Now I'm a War God, and You're Scared! 抢我S天赋？我杀成军神你怕了？ Brilliant Writing Turns to Smoke妙笔生烟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts, Kill His Way to Becoming a God of War, Feel-Good, Half Military and Half School, Great Sage Powers] After transmigrating into a high-martial-arts world, his family took away his S-rank talent and gave it to the cousin they favored instead. They gave me an F-rank talent and kicked me out of the family? Then I guess I'll have to cheat! [If you don't join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, you'll see me as a frog in a well gazing at the moon] [Once you join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, 36.4kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
43. 43 大 The Great Yu's Master Strategist 大渝筹算师 Little Darling Lost in the Way迷途的小心肝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + revenge on scumbags + lighthearted + pure romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + happy ending] Good news: Her betrothed came first in the provincial exams and earned the title of Jieyuan. Bad news: Her betrothed, now a Jieyuan, wanted to break off the engagement without losing face, so he schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine. If you want to break things off with dignity by scheming against someone, then neither of us is going to have a 19kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    [Strong Female Lead + Scumbag Retribution + Lighthearted + Both Characters are Clean + Pretending to be Weak to Outwit Others + Happy Ending] Good news: Her fiancé, with whom she was engaged, achieved the top rank in the provincial examination. Bad news: The fiancé, having achieved the top rank, broke off their engagement and schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine, since you want to break off the engagement gracefully and scheme against others, then let's all have our fun. Ye Cishu, having learned her lesson, decisively retaliated. You like scheming, don't you? Your schemes have all failed, will you go crazy? Since you like calculating, then Ye Cishu will calculate with you, one by one. Ye Cishu knows nothing, but she's best at using an abacus. An abacus calculates not only accounts, but also human hearts, and even the world…

44. 44 穿 After I Transmigrate Into a Book, I Flirt Recklessly with the Obsessive Villain 穿书后在偏执反派的心尖肆意撩火 Shen Xingxu沈星许Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, playful flirting, and pure feel-good indulgence!] Jiang Chuyi, a sweet-voiced, soft-hearted top-tier star, transmigrates into a book. When she wakes up, she has to face a divorce showdown with the powerful villain, and the prospect of being tortured to death! To stay alive, she pulls out all the stops to fan the flames in his heart. The man, once obsessive and violent, pins her in his arms and murmurs in a voice that makes her melt, “Baby, if you’re going to tease me, you have to 7.4kReads9.3Score751Shelves

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    Check out this one! The female lead transmigrates into a book; she's intelligent and outspoken, and the male lead is fiercely protective of her. 💕

45. 45 三 Three Kingdoms: I Snatch Guan Yu from the Start and Carve Out My Own Domain 三国：开局截胡关羽，割据一方 Cloud of Stars星星之云Historical3.3M WordsOngoing (Struggle for supremacy. Unification. Feel-good. Harem. Overwhelming dominance) He transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era as a down-and-out member of the Han imperial clan. From the start, he gets to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei first and swears brotherhood with them. To survive in these turbulent times, he enlists in the army. He endures countless hardships, overcomes every obstacle, puts down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and is ennobled and appointed as a general. He carves out a domain of his own, 60.3kReads8.6Score4.8kShelves

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    This is a really good read, without any of the fluff or unnecessary padding typical of wish-fulfillment novels. Everything about it is based on solid facts and guaranteed to be enjoyable, brothers!!!

46. 46 雪 The Snowy Swordsman: Plundering Traits, Starting in Wudi City! 雪中：掠夺词条，从武帝城开始！ Dreaming of Deer and Fish得鹿梦鱼呀Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted Su Cheng transmigrates to the world of Snowfall and becomes a White Horse Cavalry Scout. The battlefield is dangerous, but he isn't worried at all, because he has also awakened a golden finger. He can grow stronger by plundering traits! Jian Jiuhuang: “Six Thousand Miles with the Ninth Sword” (Gold). Eunuch Han Diao Si: “Three Thousand Red Threads” (Gold). Cao Changqing: “From Confucian Dao to the Hegemonic Dao” (Red). Sword God Li Chungang: “Two-Sleeve Green Snakes” (Red). Yuan Tingshan: “The t 19.5kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves

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    These are all great books that you can read multiple times. I've read them several times myself, much better than those books that are boring after a few chapters. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

47. 47 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
48. 48 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 23.5kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
49. 49 和 He Shen in the City 和珅在都市 Xu Muyu徐牧渔Urban2.5M WordsCompleted On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world? 28.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
50. 50 佣 The World of Mercenaries (Complete Five-Volume Edition) 佣兵天下（全五册） Master Can't Say说不得大师Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted One of the ten greatest fantasy works of the past twenty years of online literature! The complete 2.4-million-word commemorative edition! Mercenaries, magic, famed generals, dragons, gods… Does history make heroes, or do heroes make history? Beginning in the year 200 of the Red Moon calendar, the first year of the Magic Era, on this fantastical continent of magic and knights, Amy Haber started out as a lowly mercenary and went on to write a sweeping, epic legend! Mercenaries, magic, famed genera 27kReads9.5Score3.2kShelves

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