Has Traditional Fantasy Fallen Out of Favor? Bring on the New Books. Something Like Dao, There Is a Dao 传统玄幻没落了吗？来新书。类似于《道，亦有道》

1. 1 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 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1k14d adds
2. 2 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 166.5kReads9.1Score19k14d adds

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   Go see it, you're welcome.

3. 3 太 The Primordial Sword Tribulation 太初剑劫传 Shen Guanzhi沈官之Eastern Fantasy345k WordsOngoing After the Calamity of the Era, the young Lu Chen inherits the legacy of the Lingxiao Tianshu Tower and sets out to find the Primordial Sword Soul. He braves the land of strange fires, unravels one conspiracy after another, and wields his sword against the cycle of Heaven's will, rewriting his fate and embarking on a path to forge a legend. —Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 4 凌 The Sky-Cleaving Sword Emperor 凌霄剑皇 Shen Guanzhi沈官之Eastern Fantasy466k WordsCompleted On the frontier of the Cangxuan Region, young Lu Chen clutches a rusty sword and struggles to survive beneath the claws of demonic beasts. Then fortune suddenly smiles upon him: the Lingxiao Heavenly Pivot Tower, sealed away for eons, awakens with a thunderous roar! As runes flow across its body, his meridians are reforged, propelling him from the third level of Qi Refining straight to the peak of the ninth. A torrent of swordsmanship inheritance floods his mind. The snow-white spirit fox Xueli —Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 5 青 The Tale of the Azure Satchel and the Dragon Point 青囊点龙传 Ye Ziqingchen叶子卿尘Eastern Fantasy214k WordsCompleted The Legend of the Qing Nang Dragon Pointing builds on the core ideas and mysterious prophecies of the thousand-year-old feng shui classic, The Qing Nang Secret Teachings. Set amid the chaos of the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, it weaves together feng shui arts, the fortunes of dynasties, martial-world feuds, struggles of human nature, and the mysteries of Heaven and Earth to create an epic tale. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   There's no time travel, no system, and it's not your typical mindless wish-fulfillment or angst-filled novel. This is a long novel set in the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, drawing upon traditional Chinese Feng Shui culture. Give it a try!

6. 6 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds

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   What is Chen Ling's true identity? What ulterior motive lies here? Do you want to be an actor on stage, using every means to please the audience and avoid being replaced? Or do you want to be an audience member, a crocodile in the water, waiting for the right moment to strike and kill the performer? Do you want to learn the Cloud Step? Do you want to learn how to make your writing come true? Do you want to learn mechanical puppetry...? Here you can learn everything you want. Do you know what your senior sister's voice sounds like? Want to hear it? Do you know how to sing "Requiem"? If you want to know, come and listen, I guarantee you won't regret it.

7. 7 长 Immortal for Eternity, I Come, I See, I Am Invincible 长生万古，我来我见我无敌 Old Ghost Trapped in the Mountains囚山老鬼Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted There was an old man at the Heavenly Sword Dao Sect who brought back an eleven-year-old mortal boy from the ancient burial grounds of Heaven. From that day on, the world learned what it meant to truly sweep across the ages and be invincible beneath the heavens! The boy, Gu Changsheng, turned his back on all living beings and murmured softly: "If you do not cultivate, seeing me is like a frog in a well gazing at the moon in the sky." "If you do cultivate, seeing me is like a mayfly gazing at the 34.5kReads8.0Score2.2k14d adds
8. 8 一 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 Guan关Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 72.9kReads9.3Score6.8k14d adds

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   The plot is fast-paced and there are no dull moments.

9. 9 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6k14d adds
10. 10 拔 A Hundred Years of Sword Training, Then I Descend the Mountain Invincible 拔剑百年，下山即无敌 Cicadas Chirping in Summer夏日蝉鸣Eastern Fantasy7.8M WordsOngoing Her master said, “If you want to learn the sword, first draw it.” So he spent his whole life drawing his sword. Zhou You said, “I’m going to be a real man. I absolutely won’t use my right hand.” He never imagined that mastering one move could really take him everywhere. After drawing his sword that day, he gradually began to realize... He really was pretty fast at drawing his sword. 19.7kReads8.7Score81514d adds

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    It's more exciting than any book you've ever read before.

11. 11 开EN 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 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (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 164.4kReads9.1Score17.4k14d adds
12. 12 红 Proving the Dao in the Mortal World, I Am a True Immortal Among Men 红尘证道，我为在世真仙 Time to Sleep睡觉了吧Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + xianxia + lighthearted + invincible hero + showing off] A song of the mortal world, a tale of immortal dreams. Su Mu was a transmigrator. To perfect the cultivation system he had created, he ventured into the mortal world to hone himself. He traveled north and south, seeing humans, immortals, gods, demons, monsters, and strange creatures. With a broken sword, a bamboo hat, a handful of coins, and an old mountain goat, he slew demons in a lake and discussed the Dao in the fa 18.6kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds

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    Traditional fantasy without a system

13. 13 长 Immortal Travel of Longevity 长生仙游 Sleepless at Four in the Morning四更不睡Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl 5.4kReads8.9Score75414d adds
14. 14 草 My Rooster Martial Soul Transformed into a Phoenix 草鸡武魂变凤凰 Xiaobai of the Jade Dragon Hall玉龙殿的小白Eastern Fantasy214k WordsOngoing Misidentified as the weakest, Yellow-Rank, First-Grade Chicken Martial Soul, Luo Tianxiao is scorned by his family and mocked and bullied by the young prodigies of Liangzhou City. With no other choice, he devotes himself to studying alchemy. To his surprise, after his Yellow-Rank, First-Grade Martial Soul sneaks a taste of the pills he made, it advances to Yellow-Rank, Second-Grade. From then on, Luo Tianxiao turns his fortunes around and rises to become one of the region’s top experts. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 天 Skyvault Domain: The Hub Between Worlds 天穹域：诸天中转站 Delusion and True Form虚妄与真形Eastern Fantasy502k WordsOngoing The end of one era heralds the arrival of another. The Myriad Worlds still hold many unknowns, and we built a transit station to make traveling between worlds convenient for everyone. We are everywhere: in the gaps between space, among the world's layers, and within chaos! Legend has it that in a distant age, Feng Yunqi, ruler of the Tianqiong Domain, brought about the end of a new world. It was then that the Tianqiong Domain Transit Station first began to take shape. It connects to the Syste 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The author has started a new book, still a traditional fantasy set in another world. This one is a sequel to the previous book, *Sky Dome Domain*. While fantasy elements will appear, it will also incorporate other technological elements, such as high-level martial arts and magical cultivation. Anyway, I've heard it's some kind of ensemble piece? I'm not sure, I don't know either 😏

16. 16 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
17. 17 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
18. 18 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 21.1kReads8.4Score1.8k14d adds

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    Even the Way of the Gou can be the Way.

19. 19 开 Ascension to Immortality 开仙 Yi Shi易十Eastern Fantasy450k WordsOngoing The road to immortality stretches on; only the Dao keeps me company. Born as lowly as an ant, yet my sights are set on the highest heavens. A fate full of twists, a journey fraught with hardship. Three thousand lives, all striving to become immortal. All things live and die, through nine turns of reincarnation. Immortality means freedom, the life of a divine being. A weak little insect, reincarnating life after life, peering into this world. Immortality, the ultimate goal pursued by all living t —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This should work.

20. 20 我 I Have a Disease. Its Name Is Immortality 我有病，病名，长生 Si Lingmu司灵木Eastern Fantasy557k WordsCompleted [Longevity] [Daily life] [Eras] [Not really a System] … I was sick, terribly sick. From that day on, I fell into a deep sleep. I slept for so long, then woke up, then fell asleep again, for longer and longer stretches. … I thought medicine would cure me. But it didn’t. … Later, I fell asleep again. And woke up again. I looked around, bewildered. My family was gone, and so was Nancheng. I had come to a strange place, where immortals and immortal sects existed. … I thought cultivating immortality 8.3kReads9.2Score89014d adds
21. 21 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 196.6kReads9.5Score24.6k14d adds
22. 22 黑EN Centuries of Copying Scriptures on Blackwood Cliff: I Became the Demonic Ancestor 黑木崖抄书百年，我成了魔道祖师 Still a Youngster仍是少年Martial Arts2.2M WordsOngoing In the final years of the dynasty, immortals and demons rose together. Lin Fan had transmigrated only a few days earlier when a devilish beauty, as lovely as a celestial maiden, abducted him to the Blood Demon Sect. Though his body was in Cao Cao's camp, his heart was with the Han. Lin Fan only wanted to be a good person, but people often misunderstood him. Fortunately, he grew stronger by copying books in the library. … Years later, when the six great orthodox sects attacked the Blood Demon Se 678Reads7.9Score7014d adds

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    Beep beep beep, an interesting novel is here!

23. 23 谁 Who Said You Could Really Cultivate Immortality? 谁让你真修仙了？ Qi Qi Ai柒柒唉Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] [Invincible protagonist] [Comedy] Qin Luo transmigrates to a cultivation world overrun by monsters and demons. To protect himself, he goes to the Longhu Temple to study under a master, only to discover that his teacher is a fake Taoist who makes a living by swindling people. In the first year, his master tells Qin Luo to meditate and cultivate. He gazes within himself and integrates the foundation of the Great Dao. In the second year, his master tells Qin Luo to scrimp and save. H 29.5kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
24. 24 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.6kReads8.5Score3.5k14d adds

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    It's very good, I recommend it.

25. 25 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 205.3kReads9.0Score19.2k14d adds

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    Both books have good plots. I highly recommend the first one; the plot is engaging, and there's no female lead.

26. 26 大 The Great Domain 大域 Hua Xuansu花玄宿Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation / ensemble cast / single heroine / good and evil / schemes / destiny / creation] The ancient zither that subdues demons, the breathtaking fatal strike. Seven strings bear the weight of white hair? The shang mode carries the moon along its flowing notes. Why ask where the five notes come from? One breathtaking melody shakes the eight wastelands! This is an entirely original work. Its world and cultivation system differ from those of other novels, so please refer to this book for the 921Reads9.3Score10314d adds

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    You should definitely check out this book; it's really great.

27. 27 剑 The Sword Subdues the Nine Provinces: A Realm Forever at Peace 剑镇九州：山河永固 A Fei Wants to Learn Swordsmanship阿飞想学剑Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A powerful male and female lead, Supreme Sword Physique, a struggle for the throne, an invincible protagonist, slaying gods, a sprawling cast, and epic warfare. The empire teeters on the brink of collapse. A thousand-year-old divine dynasty is about to fall, and foreign tribes on every frontier are stirring. Caught up in the conflict sweeping across the land because of the mystery surrounding his birth, Li Yu fights his way from humble beginnings to slay demon emperors, bring noble clans to heel 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A traditional fantasy novel, focusing on political intrigue and power struggles. It's a very good book, currently at 200,000 words, with the author updating 8,000 words daily.

28. 28 散 A Rogue Cultivator's Journey 散修的征程 A Willow Branch有一柳枝Eastern Fantasy124k WordsOngoing A new story is here! Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 旁 Unorthodox Rogue Cultivator 旁门散修 Ink Rain Becomes Soup墨雨成汤Eastern Fantasy408k WordsOngoing [Unorthodox Methods] [Decisive and Ruthless] The clash of cannon fire and blades The interweaving of old and new ideas What are called unorthodox arts are also the arts of the left path. Blazing Sun Fire Talismans Tiger Summons the Heavenly Ghosts Great Art Northern Lodging Demon-Slaying Qi Formula Those who follow unorthodox methods may not belong to the orthodox Daoist schools, but their path can still lead to the Great Dao. The methods are the foundation, the techniques the nature. When natur 540Reads6.7Score—14d adds
30. 30 从 Building a Cultivation Sect from Scratch 从散修开始建立修仙宗门 Three Thousand Sorrows三千忧郁Eastern Fantasy218k WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Ensemble cast, sort of] [Blood Dao] [No golden finger] [Local-born protagonist] [Slow-burn farming and development] [Not a power fantasy, mediocre aptitude] Mortal cultivation + sect development + demonic path (with an ancient, demon-cultivator flavor) Yin Yuan and his master make their fortune as rogue cultivators who prey on others, build up their foundations, purchase spirit veins, recruit disciples, establish the Yellow Springs Immortal Sect, 241Reads8.2Score—14d adds
31. 31 穿 The Traveling Pearl 穿梭宝珠 Light Streaks in the Night Sky夜空流光Eastern Fantasy92k WordsCompleted After being reborn in another world, Huo Junhao learns that his parents are cultivators who were infected by a spirit-devouring Gu worm and have been living in seclusion in a mountain village. To rid his parents of the Gu worms, he sets out on the path of cultivation. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    How is this new book?

32. 32 仙 Fairy, Let Me Explain 仙子你听我解释 Beyond Life and Death离境无生灭Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads | seducing the master | no System | comic antics | slice of life, light on the main plot] Before joining Tianxu, I thought cultivating immortality meant slaying demons, carrying a three-foot sword, proving the Dao and attaining eternal life, and living free of grudges. After joining Tianxu, I discovered that every one of my fellow disciples was a brilliant oddball, all the elders were masters of wild antics, and the ultimate destination of cultivation was apparently pure a 57.5kReads9.0Score5k14d adds

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    A light read, I've read it five times! It gets better and better as you go on, the quality gets higher and higher, the only downside is that there are frequent revival rounds. A must-read!

33. 33 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 444.6kReads9.2Score46.8k14d adds

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    This is good, you can.

34. 34 方 The Legend of Fangshan 方山的传说 E Lun Little Wolf额仑小狼Eastern Fantasy167k WordsCompleted My name is Xie Xin. I grew up in Zhuangyuan Manor, where my people had made their living from the tea growing halfway up Fang Mountain for generations. Our enemy, Zhang Zhongyuan, grew jealous as our tea business prospered. He joined forces with Wang Hansheng, who claimed to be a soldier but was really a bandit, and accused us of colluding with bandits. Almost all my people were slaughtered. People say immortals live atop Fang Mountain, but when I was little, the carpenter Li told me that the o 21Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 35 姻 The Marriage Mirror 姻缘镜 E Lun Little Wolf额仑小狼Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was a poor young man, and she was a thrush. She stayed by his side when he had nothing, until they were buried in the earth together. But he never knew, even until the day he died, that a thrush had devoted her life to watching over him. In this life, he is a proud, wealthy young man, and she is a cool beauty who lives forever in her own lonely world. Will they find love and stay together in this lifetime? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 36 墟 The Mystery of the Ruined Realm 墟界谜局 zj552Eastern Fantasy260k WordsCompleted Step into The Riddle of the Ruined Realm and embark on an imaginative adventure in another world! In this mysterious Ruined Realm, death is no longer the end. It is the beginning of losing your memories, and everyone who enters is like a traveler lost in a maze. This is the stage of the New Humans, whose physical strength, neural reaction speed, and lifespans far surpass those of the Old Humans, as if they hold the world's secrets in their hands. Ordinary Old Humans Lin Yuan and Su Yao, howeve —Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 37 侠 The Hero on the Left, the Sword on the Right 侠左，剑右 Carefree Junior Uncle逍遥小师叔Eastern Fantasy5.7M WordsOngoing [Passion, strategy, and chivalry] In Great Chu, there was a town called Shili. Shili Town had a cripple named Lu Tianming. Since he pushed a little cart around the streets every day, writing letters home for people, the townsfolk liked to call him Scholar. One day, the top fighter in Shili Town died. Scholar reported it to the authorities, only to get caught up in a power struggle with undercurrents running deep. After that, a Sword God appeared in Shili Town. No one knew who he was. They only k 38.1kReads8.8Score3k14d adds

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    The story is tightly paced, with no dull moments, no harem elements, and remains consistent throughout.

38. 38 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
39. 39 欲 Desire! Gu? Immortality! 欲！蛊？仙！ Er Tong from Afar来自远方的二筒Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (Dark fantasy, no System. The protagonist is the author's idea of a villain. Multiple heroines. If that's not for you, don't read.) Ten thousand years ago, the so-called righteous sects planted a Prosperity Tree. It twisted the spiritual veins and tampered with the laws of Heaven, dividing the world into two realms: The Land of Prosperity, where flowers bloomed every day, fruit ripened all year round, and gold and jade filled every home; And the Land of Declining Dharma, where nations fell into 23.4kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
40. 40 寄 After I Moved In with Mom's Best Friend, Auntie Went Bankrupt 寄宿妈妈的闺蜜家后，阿姨破产了 Tian Yishi天一狮Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Superpowers➕billionaire lifestyle➕cathartic wish fulfillment➕no simping➕revenge on anyone who wrongs him➕positive energy] My name is Chu Liu Feng, and I’m a first-year student at Xia Country University. I’ve been staying at Aunt Xing’s place for a month. Aunt Xing Yi Shan is my mother’s close friend. But lately she’s been in serious trouble. Her husband suffered huge losses on an overseas investment, racked up massive debts, and, unable to pay them back, abandoned Aunt Xing and her daughter and 1.9kReads8.6Score23614d adds
41. 41 开 From the Start, I'm an Emperor-Realm Sect Master, with Infinite Synthesis of Immortal Elders 开局帝境宗主，无限合成仙人长老 The Heavenly King Eats Pork Knuckles天王吃肘子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Chen Xuan transmigrates to the Primordial Ancient Continent and becomes the sect master of the declining Ethereal Sect. He thinks he'll have to lie low in the mountains for the rest of his life, but then the System suddenly appears, granting him Emperor-level cultivation and an ultimate weapon right off the bat! It also orders him to recruit disciples and build up the sect! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on recruiting a disciple with nine-star potential. You are rewarded with a deluxe disciple-re 63.6kReads8.5Score5.5k14d adds
42. 42 你EN Why Provoke Him? Even the Weakest in His Sect Is a Great Emperor 你惹他干嘛？他宗门最弱都是大帝 Mihoyo, Watch Out米忽悠看刀Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing (Invincible protagonist + taking disciples + sect upgrades + ruthless and decisive + expansive worldbuilding + ensemble cast + gradual build-up + the pacing is a little slow for the first 200,000 words, then becomes explosively fast) “You have to pay to cultivate immortality?” “You even have to grease palms to get a spot?” “And pay the sect thirty taels of silver every month?” “You have to serve as a menial for half a year before you can even get a chance to study immortal arts?” “You came first 135.9kReads8.5Score10k14d adds
43. 43 神 The God of Sky & Earth 神祇 Yu Feng禹枫Eastern Fantasy5.4M WordsCompleted On the Tianman Continent, martial arts reign supreme. The young Su Yi rises to prominence with a host of demons, standing above one ancient clan after another. He marries a beautiful, wealthy woman and reaches the pinnacle of another world, setting his sights on the throne of a primordial deity! 8.3kReads7.6Score74114d adds
44. 44 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 47.3kReads9.0Score5k14d adds

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45. 45 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 59.2kReads9.1Score14.3k14d adds
46. 46 永 Eternal Gate 永恒之门 Six Realms, Three Paths六界三道Eastern Fantasy6.7M WordsCompleted The gods and demons wage war, the myriad worlds collapse, and only the Eternal Immortal Realm endures. After countless ages, a battle god named Zhao Yun gathers the essence of heaven and earth and reforges the primordial universe. From the depths of the underworld, he fights his way to the Eternal Immortal Realm and, in the name of the divine, rules over the myriad paths. From then on, his words become legend. 17.8kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
47. 47 异 Spiritual and Martial Conqueror 异世灵武天下 Yu Feng禹枫Eastern Fantasy10.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, he becomes the dead young master's good-for-nothing body and meets the mysterious elder Uncle Nan. For family, for the women he loves, and for the people dearest to him, Lu Shaoyou rises step by step from a good-for-nothing to a powerful expert. The road to power is covered in thorns, but nothing can stop a heart set on becoming strong. He sleeps with beauties in his arms and wakes with the fate of the world in his hands. They say that reaching the pinnacle of the Martial D 25.7kReads8.7Score3k14d adds
48. 48 鬼 The Ghost Realm Returns, and Monsters Help Me Cultivate 鬼蜮复苏，妖怪助我修行 Daoist Jiang Shang江尚道人Eastern Fantasy527k WordsCompleted [No harem] + [Not invincible] + [Mildly supernatural] + [No System] + [Not mindless] + [The protagonist is decisive and ruthless] This world has gone mad: mice are bridesmaids for cats. Ghosts and monsters run rampant, people stir up chaos, and crops grow upside down. Chen Yan wakes from a nap as if trapped in a nightmare. The familiar, cold hospital bed is gone, replaced by a completely strange place. As he stands there, baffled, he hears a commotion in the distance. Following the noise, he rea —Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 49 幻 King of Illusory Arts 幻世法王 Dharma King of the Illusory World幻世法王Eastern Fantasy122k WordsOngoing The whole story is packed with thrilling twists, nonstop climaxes, and dramatic ups and downs. There are no filler chapters, just one exhilarating moment after another! Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. This story is entirely fictional! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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50. 50 玄 The Profound Heaven Feather Emperor 玄天羽帝 A Neuroscientist at Some Institute某院的神经科学家Eastern Fantasy33k WordsOngoing My new work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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