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1. 101 市 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Flying Flowers in the Fine Rain密雨飞花Eastern Fantasy6.7M WordsOngoing Zhao Mu transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and gains the power to grow young again. Whenever one life reaches its end, he returns to his youth, living forever without ever dying. For fifty years, I serve as an official at the entertainment bureau, leisurely watching celebrated courtesans dance and seeing every beauty the world has to offer. I live through the rise and fall of dynasties, watching wise rulers bring peace and foolish emperors plunge the realm into chaos. I roam the rivers and l 95.3kReads8.4Score9.2kShelves
2. 102 虫 The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途 The Wind Rises in Chang'an风起长安Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats 53kReads9.2Score5kShelves
3. 103 国 The Nation Sent You to Farm, So You Grew Corn Cannons 国家让你去种田，你种玉米加农炮 I'm Really Not Icebound Giant我真不是冰封巨Urban7.1M WordsCompleted [Class Change for Everyone + Hybrid Plants + Conceptual Powers + Invincible Power Fantasy + Standing with the Nation] The moment he opened his eyes, Li Yang had transmigrated to a world where everyone could change classes. He started out as a farmer, but unexpectedly obtained Dave’s Plant Shop. [Peashooter: Five shots to cripple you, ten to kill you! My rules are the rules!] [Marigold: Short on cash, Master? Would you like silver coins or gold coins?] [Cob Cannon: I’ve got infinite range! Fire! 2.5kReads8.2Score245Shelves
4. 104 我 Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 75.2kReads9.2Score7.5kShelves
5. 105 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 23.6kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
6. 106 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Urban3.6M 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 308.2kReads9.5Score27.8kShelves
7. 107 我 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 Wu Yue乌月Urban5.3M WordsOngoing [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 83.5kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
8. 108 开 I Inherited Seven Stunning Disciples from the Start and Became Invincible 开局继承七个绝色徒儿，我无敌了 Mischievous Hammer调皮的锤子Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines · Slice of life · Heartwarming · Character growth · Lovable disciples] In 2045, the book Seeking Immortality takes the internet by storm. Lu Yang transmigrates into the book, just as the book’s great villain, Peak Lord Lu Yang, is about to cultivate a divine art. Lu Yang decides to kill him and inherit everything he owns. To avoid exposing his identity, Lu Yang has no choice but to get on good terms with seven stunning prodigies. [Ding! Host bestowed the Everlasting Dao Script 14.4kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves
9. 109 星 Honkai: Star Rail - The Divine Sword of Taixu at the Start! 星穹铁道：开局表演太虚剑神 The Sky Yearns for Snow at Dusk晚来天欲樰Anime Fanfiction4.1M WordsOngoing Yan Huan accidentally transmigrates into the world of Honkai: Star Rail, and from the start Kafka stuffs a Stellaron into her. "Congratulations, Host. You’ve awakened the Slacker System. The lazier you are, the stronger you become!" “Now that’s a sweet deal!” Yan Huan flops down on the spot, leaving Kafka and Silver Wolf utterly dumbfounded. After her slacking session… "Congratulations, Host. You have gained the power of an Emanator and the true teachings of the Celestial Phoenix!" “Wait, you’r 10.5kReads9.1Score793Shelves
10. 110 无 Infinite Upgrade System 无限升级系统 Godlike Notebook超神笔记本Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsCompleted Yang Xu transmigrated with the [Unlimited Level-Up] cheat. One devastating strike, and instantly reaching Level 999 is no longer the limit! Resurrection, paralysis, and teleportation artifacts are all yours just by fighting monsters! Nine Suns Divine Skill, Six Meridians Divine Sword, and Demon-Seeded Dao Heart Skill: kill someone and they’ll drop! Divine maidens, holy maidens, and demonesses throw themselves into his arms, while Heavenly Emperors, gods, and Demon Emperors compete to become his 6kReads8.4Score806Shelves
11. 111 禁 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Eat the Little Almond吃掉小杏仁Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 220.6kReads8.8Score11.6kShelves

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    They are all pretty good, but the world view is not very big.

12. 112 兽 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 My Name Is Fangcun我叫方寸Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Now published in print. My new book is out, so please show your support] [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 161.3kReads8.8Score20.7kShelves
13. 113 我 I'm Just a Eunuch, So What's Wrong with Having a Few More Beautiful Women? 我一太监，红颜多点很合理吧 Snow Flying over the Cold River寒江飞雪Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Hunt down transmigrators] [Ensemble cast] [No saintly heroine] [Three empress sisters] [Rebellious disciple] “Anyone who inexplicably plagiarizes poetry shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who makes soap, cement, or gunpowder shall be executed without mercy!” “Anyone who writes simplified characters or speaks strangely shall be executed without mercy!” “Any good-for-nothing whose cultivation suddenly skyrockets and who claims that even the heavens can’t block his sight shall be executed w 62kReads9.0Score7.9kShelves
14. 114 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [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 393.9kReads9.1Score37.4kShelves
15. 115 从 From a Single Cell to the Ultimate Lifeform 从单细胞进化到究极生命 Silly Shaoshao痴呆的少少Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (No System + no transmigration + not a goody-two-shoes + nonhuman protagonist + mostly female forms) (Note: The protagonist has no CP, and this is not a brainless power fantasy!) (Once the rating reaches 9, she'll wear a maid outfit a little.) If Earth wanted to abandon humanity, could humanity survive? Humanity's natural enemy appeared in the world without warning. Humans named them [Aberrants], and humanity also gained immense power to fight back. But is the protagonist a genius? Will she be h 1.4kReads8.7Score165Shelves
16. 116 全 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 49.3kReads9.0Score4.4kShelves
17. 117 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 201.8kReads9.4Score19.8kShelves
18. 118 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 182.8kReads9.7Score22.4kShelves

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    They are all very beautiful sacred books. I have read them myself and approve them!!! No matter which book you choose, it is a very good book and well worth reading!!! [Praise]

19. 119 开 Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 341.6kReads9.7Score49.7kShelves
20. 120 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 692.5kReads9.6Score90.2kShelves
21. 121 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 304.3kReads9.5Score36.4kShelves
22. 122 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 153.6kReads9.3Score16.6kShelves
23. 123 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... 234.9kReads9.6Score28.1kShelves
24. 124 我 I'm a Cash-Grabbing Streamer! But the Big Spender Really Does Send Gifts! 我，圈钱主播！但大哥是真刷啊！ Blue Chalk蓝色粉笔Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon 161.5kReads9.4Score15.5kShelves
25. 125 让 You Were Supposed to Go Undercover as a Teacher, So How Did You Become Principal? 让你卧底老师，怎么当上校长了？ The Rabbit of the Goat Year未羊的卯兔Urban351k WordsCompleted [Undercover Homeroom Teacher + Unintended Success + Variety Show Livestream] Lu Ze, 24, completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Peking University. He thought he’d become an outstanding teacher after graduation. But then... “Lu Ze, tomorrow you’re going to be the acting homeroom teacher for the elite class at No. 3 High School. Remember, you’re undercover. Your job is to lead those students astray.” To complete his mission, Lu Ze could only resort to a series of actions that went 901Reads7.8Score—Shelves
26. 126 系 The System Keeps Feeding Me Success, and I’ve Won So Many First-Class Merits I’m Tired of Counting 系统追着喂饭，一等功拿到手软 Charcoal-Grilled Rice Cake炭烤切糕Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Ye Chang’an was once saved by the police, and from then on, he was determined to become a police officer. On his first day at work, just after arriving at the local police station, a voice rang out in his mind. [Ding! Criminal System successfully bound.] [As a professional criminal, you must make preparations before taking action.] [Commit crimes when police presence is thin to reduce the risk of getting caught.] [Mission: Investigate the detailed shift schedule of the police officers at Tangwu 151.8kReads8.5Score23kShelves
27. 127 鬼 Genius Lawyer: I Persuaded Someone to Surrender, and They Sent Me a Banner? 鬼才律师：劝人自首还被送锦旗？ Zuo You Jiang Nan左柚姜楠Urban2.8M WordsOngoing The renowned lawyer Zhou Yun became the young lawyer Zhou Yun. Thanks to his godlike case-solving logic, netizens called him a legal genius. A married scumbag seduces a woman, then refuses to take responsibility when she gets pregnant. The police won't even do anything. What should she do? Have them turn themselves in for the joint crime of bigamy. The police will definitely take the case, and with a confession and a pregnancy, there's a good chance the charges will be dropped. A cook who has wo 120.8kReads9.3Score12kShelves
28. 128 我 I Thought We Were Brothers, but You Tricked Me into Robbing a Bank? 我把你当兄弟，你骗我抢银行？ Dragons Fighting龙打架Urban523k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ming’s friend Zhou Hang took part in a military exercise, playing the role of a bank robber. Zhou Hang decided to recruit Lu Ming to play a robber too. For security reasons, he couldn’t tell him the truth about the exercise, so he used an invitation to dinner as an excuse to get Lu Ming out of the house. “Isn’t this just dinner? Do you really have to withdraw cash at the bank?” Watching his good friend Zhou Hang, who’d invited him to dinner, Lu Ming s 16.8kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
29. 129 斩 Slay the Gods: I Am the God of the End, Breaking All Laws from the Start! 斩神：我终焉之神，开局破万法！ One, Two, Three Autumns一二三个秋Male-Channel Fanfiction892k WordsOngoing [Slay the Gods + The Ten Days of the End + deities + no female lead + comedy + dual personality + slow burn] After transmigrating into the world of Slay the Gods, Su Yun discovers that he has ended up in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, as one of its patients: the God of the End. Unlike the gods who exist in Slay the Gods, Su Yun’s powers come from the echoes and surges of The Ten Days of the End. As his treatment progresses, he unlocks these echoes and surges one by one! By slaying the mys —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 当 Becoming the Internet Emperor and Living a Shameless Life 当网络皇帝，享缺德人生 Evil Mother Orangutan恶毒母猩猩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [An electronic sycophant’s fan + a heroine who rules the internet like an emperor + a top-tier star who’s lightning-fast at picking up jokes] [Dating show + memes + face-slapping + super sweet] Ji Huanshu transmigrates into a tragic romance novel as its heroine. Her Actor boyfriend wants her to give up her heart and corneas for his gravely ill first love, yet refuses to make their relationship public. His fans assume she’s a desperate doormat, and she’s relentlessly attacked until she becomes th 39kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves
31. 131 四 Siheyuan: The Story of an Ordinary Man 四合院之小人物的故事 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted This book doesn't demonize anyone; it gives everyone something to hope for. The protagonist won't spend the whole story cooped up in the Siheyuan. The main focus is on what happens later, as things develop and change. Follow Wang Yong's perspective as he returns to that era. 494Reads8.6Score104Shelves

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    It's super good-looking, and the protagonist has already received level 2 salary

32. 132 低 A Low-Budget Primordial World: I Open an Immortal Path in Chaos 低配版的洪荒：我于混沌开仙路 Hami Melon Who Loves Fruit爱吃水果的哈密瓜Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted When Lin Xuan wakes, he finds himself trapped in primordial chaos, his consciousness on the verge of scattering. At the brink of life and death, he glimpses the origin of the world and transforms into a low-budget Pangu, forcibly splitting open the heavens amid endless nothingness! A microcosmic world is born, and the Heavenly Dao forms on its own. Lin Xuan reaches the Void Dao Realm and takes command of the powers governing heaven and earth. Even more absurdly, his cultivation is equal to the c 33Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is a soul in chaos. He wants to be wiped out and create a new world with low configuration.

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