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1. 251 开 A Serf from the Start: I Rise to the Throne by Raising Dogs 开局农奴：我靠养狗登王座 We Mere Mortals我等凡人Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + lord + low martial arts and a hint of magic + farming + battle beasts + slow burn + character development] Luo Lin transmigrates to another continent and becomes a serf. By chance, he obtains a copper-bound book. Just as he decides to stew a couple of chickens, he finally unlocks the book’s secret to raising livestock. And so begins his animal-raising plan. A chicken laying two eggs a day? That’s not nearly diligent enough. A sheep producing as much wool as two others? That do 37.4kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
2. 252 世 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化，却忘了生成玩家 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 211.5kReads9.3Score19.5kShelves
3. 253 惊 Thriller: I Built the Anomalous Track Containment Society 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 58.2kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
4. 254 金 Holy Mother Jinling: Honghuang’s Strongest Female Immortal 金灵圣母：洪荒最强女仙 Touring the Northern Sea by Day, the Firmament by Night朝游北海暮苍穹Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing Understand yin and yang to become an immortal; cultivate for eons to attain the Primordial Unity. Wield the mysteries of heaven and earth to create the world; in a single day, become a limitless Great Luo Immortal. Jin Ling, a student at a Taoist academy in the 21st century, transmigrates into the Primordial World by chance and is reborn as the Jie School’s Holy Mother, Jin Ling. The Primordial World is home to countless great sects, with myriads of cultivators pursuing the Dao and contending f 22.8kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
5. 255 西 Journey to the West: Travelogue 西游旅记 Qin Tianming Xuan Niao秦天命玄鸟Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary young man wakes up one day to find himself in another world, where everyone calls him the Tang Monk... “I'm doing the Journey to the West? Seriously?” “I'll see all eighty-one thousand miles and laugh my way through eighty-one tribulations?” “I'm just a gentle monk with little fighting ability, but my three disciples are another story.” “Amitabha. I kill to protect life; I destroy karma, not people.” “Wukong, once we've retrieved the scriptures, do you think your master could return 12.4kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
6. 256 倒 90-Day Countdown: China Enters First-Level Combat Readiness 倒计时90天：华夏进入一级战备 A Salted Fish Swaying in the Wind风中摇摆的咸鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsOngoing #Ensemble cast #Apocalypse rebirth #A whole nation mobilizes #Hardcore military industry #Everyone transmigrates #Rise of a great power “If the apocalypse were an exam, the Eastern Nation would hand in the most exhilarating answer!” In the command room, Li Yunshu smashed his fist into the sand table. He had once witnessed humanity’s annihilation with his own eyes: Comrades charged into the beast tide with gas cylinders in their arms, while children’s drawings drifted past the nuclear mushroom cl 61.3kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves

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   If you don't have the patience, don't read Ten Days End. It's too explosive. You'll need to read it several times to understand it.

7. 257 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 246.4kReads9.4Score53.8kShelves
8. 258 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M 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 906.4kReads9.6Score176.7kShelves
9. 259 御 Beast Taming: I’m Stronger Than My Own Divine Pet 御兽：本人比自己的神宠还要强 I Love Green Lemons我爱吃绿柠檬Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Beast taming + cultivation + one heroine + satisfying power fantasy + no System + transmigration] “Global cataclysm! Rifts in space-time have appeared, countless ferocious beasts are invading, and every plant and animal on Blue Star is mutating...” As vicious beasts run rampant, humanity faces a crisis. The human race searches desperately for a way to survive, and so the “beast tamer” savior is born. Li Anlan unexpectedly inherits the memories of a powerful cultivator and transmigrates to this 885Reads5.8Score124Shelves
10. 260 高 A High-Risk Supporting Actress’s Guide to Self-Preservation 高危女配的自救指南 Shallow and Deep浅予深深Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A fiercely competitive go-getter and her eccentric companions, ready to take on anyone] [Ensemble cast] Bai Youyou transmigrates into a book she once criticized, landing in a novel she had hated. The moment she opens her eyes, the original host’s mother is right in the original male lead’s face, going on the attack: “A pheasant thinks it can dream of becoming a phoenix?” Bai Youyou: ... Mom, do you realize that one line has just doomed our entire clan? But when she thinks of the original st 28.5kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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11. 261 这 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 The Foundation of One's Life立身之本Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 71.6kReads8.9Score8kShelves
12. 262 神 The Amazing Little Junior Sister Takes an Unconventional Path to Immortality 神奇小师妹不走寻常成仙路 A Boatload of Sweet Dreams一舟好梦Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The junior sister says their sect is poor, so they have to strip the passing geese bare and skin every beast they catch. The declining Taiqiong Sect keeps growing richer until it becomes the number one sect in the cultivation world. The junior sister says she needs to take care of her senior brothers, so she leads by example and uses both carrots and sticks. The eldest senior brother, who was assassinated in his previous life, survives this time and becomes so powerful that the cultivation world 16.3kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
13. 263 从 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 216kReads9.6Score26.5kShelves
14. 264 千 Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录 A Chilly Breeze on Either Side侧侧轻寒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T 22.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
15. 265 史 The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期 Li Daoran李道然Urban14.5M WordsCompleted Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!” 50.6kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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    Don't be afraid of being late with a good book

16. 266 绝 The Peerless Immortal Emperor in the City 绝世仙帝在都市 Loves Blue Robes恋青衣Urban2.7M WordsCompleted An immortal king is reborn and returns with all the divine abilities and secret arts from his previous life, dominating the city. What’s the problem with being too powerful? Medicine? I can make a divine pill that keeps every illness at bay, so why would I need medical skills! Martial arts? I practice the Way and immortal arts! 14kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
17. 267 父 Father and Son Fight for the Crown Prince’s Seat 父子夺嫡 Yang Laosan杨老三Historical3.3M WordsCompleted My father is the crown prince, and he lets my stepmother harm me. I won’t put up with them. I’ll just give them a piece of my mind. My father murdered his own father and usurped the throne. When he ordered me back to the capital, I broke away and established my own domain. So what? A powerful enemy took the opportunity to attack me, but I defeated him. Then I forced the enemy kingdom’s empress dowager to marry me and seized their princess. Then I told my father, “Abdicate and surrender. Hand ove 15.7kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
18. 268 系 After the System Bound the Wrong Person, My Cultivation Path Went Awry 系统绑错人后，我的修仙路走歪了 The Boss of East Street东大街一霸Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted (Cultivation prodigy, decisive and ruthless, lighthearted, System, play the pig to eat the tiger, master of bullying the weak, fishing expert, multiple women) After transmigrating to a xianxia world, Qi Yuan never awakened a golden finger, but everything still went smoothly for him. He established his foundation in one year and formed his core in three. His peerless talent caused a sensation at the Taixuan Sacred Land, and he became its Daoist Heir at a young age, enjoying lofty status and unpar 108.3kReads8.6Score12.7kShelves
19. 269 我 My Days Catching Dragons in the Arctic 我在北极抓龙的日子 Hua Yuliang花雨凉Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In the modern world, you're telling me those rare and exotic beasts actually exist? My name is Xu Yuan. After nine years of compulsory education and three years of high school that no human should have to endure, I stood out and got into a... pretty terrible university. I thought I was about to begin four years of lying flat at college. In my first month on campus, two soldiers took me all the way to the freezing Arctic. And that's how my... well, bizarre and downright absurd dragon-catching lif 101.7kReads9.0Score12.7kShelves
20. 270 第 The Number One Playboy: I Steal the Stunning Heroine from the Start 第一纨绔：开局截胡绝色女主 Ye Jiu夜九Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [Sneaky villain + lighthearted, wildly satisfying + no simping] After transmigrating into the body of a villainous cannon fodder character who wouldn't survive three chapters, he was lucky enough to awaken the Villain System. The more evil deeds he did, the stronger he became. Protagonist? Send him packing! Heroine? Flirt with her! “Miss Hero, hold on! Let me explain!” “Villain? That's slander! My father is only a little overbearing, my eldest sister is only a little domineering, and my second b 2.4kReads7.1Score333Shelves
21. 271 超 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 Success Together一起成功Urban10.8M WordsOngoing Ye Fan, a useless live-in son-in-law, accidentally inherits the Taiji Scripture and the Stone of Life and Death, setting him on a very different path in life. He saves beautiful women with his medical skills and slays enemies with his martial arts. Not only does he overcome the scorn and ridicule of others and win his wife's heart, he also rises to the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all creation. 187.5kReads9.1Score9.4kShelves
22. 272 超 Super Dad System: Unlimited Rewards for Raising Kids! 超级奶爸系统：带娃无限奖励！ Empress666女帝666Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy + System + goddess + dad life + adorable child + feel-good power fantasy + one heroine] Three years ago, Lin Chen unexpectedly slept with Xu Mengyao, the stunning campus belle. Three years later, Xu Mengyao showed up at Lin Chen's door with a little girl who was just over two years old. “Qianqian, say hello to Daddy.” At that moment, an unfamiliar voice rang out in Lin Chen's mind. [Super Dad System activated.] By taking care of the child, Lin Chen could rapidly improve all kinds 110.3kReads9.2Score8.7kShelves
23. 273 这 This Villain Has a Conscience, Just Not Much of One! 这个反派有点良心，但是不多！ I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 429.5kReads9.5Score87.1kShelves

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