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1. 451 书 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 Sunlight on the River日照前川Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
2. 452 不 No Missing Person Notice 不寻人启事 Lu Wu陆雾Mystery349k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Multiple Twists + Social Realism + Villainess] [Film and TV rights sold] Luo Meijuan's daughter has gone missing. She assumes the girl ran away with her boyfriend, but while searching for her, she discovers three things: First, her daughter loves her very much. Second, her daughter has fallen from being a top student at a prestigious university to becoming a gang leader who has killed someone. Third, the whereabouts of her daughter's twenty million in illicit funds are unknown. 5.4kReads9.1Score86114d adds

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   Let me recommend this super thrilling movie, *No Missing Person Notice*! The female lead is searching for her missing daughter, only to discover that her daughter has become a gang leader, and the whereabouts of 20 million in stolen money remain a mystery. The plot is incredibly dramatic, with ruthless characters everywhere, and so many twists and turns that you won't be able to stop watching. Go for it!

3. 453 大 Great Ming: From Book Boy to the Strongest Imperial Guard 大明：从书童到最强锦衣卫 Jinghai's Most Devoted Lover京海第一深情Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Zhou Chu transmigrated to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. To survive, he was sold to the Lu family as a page. Just as Zhou Chu was helping the family’s second young master study and make steady progress, disaster struck the Lu family. Its members were thrown into prison. Zhou Chu took the Lu family’s only daughter with him, earning money while bribing the guards to make life in prison more comfortable for the family. Then Zhu Houzhao died, and Zhu Houcong took the throne, changing the era n 45.1kReads8.9Score5k14d adds

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   You should give it a try. This novel has nuanced character portrayals, smooth emotional transitions, and a tight plot.

4. 454 余 Embers (Also Known as The World Lost Its Guard) 余烬（又名《人间失守》） Mottled Garment斑衣Two Male Leads790k WordsCompleted [Seasoned, calculating, hot-blooded detective VS. an enigmatic, morally ambiguous young nobleman from the slums] [Two powerful male leads + Criminal investigation + Mystery + Case-solving + Happy ending] A seasoned, calculating, hot-blooded detective VS. an enigmatic, morally ambiguous young nobleman from the slums. The world is a city, and even when its walls crumble, you can still see the light from atop the ruins. Wei Heng: “This world is strange. People only care about when you’ll die; no on 24.8kReads9.6Score4.7k14d adds

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   Ember: A suspenseful mystery where the protagonist, a thief, becomes a police consultant and helps solve cases 😂. Tibetan Mastiff Notes: A book I've read twice; the loyalty, bravery, and intelligence of Tibetan mastiffs are vividly portrayed. Assassin Lu Yutang: The legendary story of a retired assassin, full of humor. The Thousand-Faced Thief King: A non-stop read, captivating from beginning to end; a thief with heart and soul 😎

5. 455 杀 The Assassin Lu Yutang 杀手陆鱼塘 Dharma Name: One More Watch法号一更Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No transmigration, no System.) Lu Yutang, a professional killer, never imagined that his wealthy landlady would turn out to be a police detective, living right across the hall from him. What a predicament. (Other works in this series are now available. Visit the author’s page.) 38.9kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
6. 456 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.3kReads9.6Score10.6k14d adds
7. 457 宗 The Sect's Darling: The Five-Year-Old Junior Sister Rules Through Cultivation 宗门团宠：五岁小师妹靠修仙称霸啦！ Scallions and Tofu青葱拌豆腐Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Lu Qingyou transmigrates in the worst way possible, waking up as an unknown five-year-old passerby in a cultivation novel! When everyone takes the spiritual-root test, they turn out to have one or two roots, or three at worst. But Lu Qingyou tests as having eight, leaving everyone stunned. The little girl promptly joins the poorest sect in history, the Biqing Sect. Her cheap master is unreliable, and the sect is so broke it can barely scrape together a coin. Luckily, her senior brothers and sist 3.2kReads9.0Score35514d adds

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   A female protagonist with cultivation, beloved by her sect, and a growth-oriented storyline is born with immortal bones and is sought after by powerful figures in the cultivation world. Her sect treats her like a mascot, but she ultimately triumphs through sheer strength. Very satisfying!

8. 458 来EN Pyromancer from the Game World 来自游戏世界的火系法爷 Salted Fish Eats Watermelon咸鱼吃西瓜Sports3.4M WordsCompleted Everyone knows there are three kinds of mages: 1. Mages who cast spells with intelligent assistance 2. Mages who only know how to reuse spell frameworks 3. Archmages who use knowledge and mana to move the elements So where do mages who wield a deeper understanding fit in? “Luo Wen Yi, you're not fit to be a mage! A deeper understanding? You call that a deeper understanding?! It's nothing but a crude warrior's delusion!” “But... if it exists, there must be a reason.” “You're a disgrace to mages!” 94.1kReads9.1Score10.7k14d adds

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   You'll see by looking at the comments section; at least several thousand people are following the updates, which is pretty good.

9. 459 团 The Whole Dynasty's Most Spoiled Little Baby Is Me 团宠小奶包，我是全皇朝最横的崽 Matcha Red Bean抹茶红豆Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted Adapted from the short drama Everyone's Favorite Little Sweetbun: The Cutest Kid in the Entire Dynasty [Everyone's favorite + lucky charm + magical space + secret identity + food + ability to communicate with animals and plants] The dirt-poor Fu family finally has a little girl. And from then on, one stroke of good luck follows another. Pheasants and rabbits come right to their door, and ginseng and reishi mushrooms are there for the taking. Her brothers start making something of themselves too. 3.2kReads9.1Score52314d adds

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   You absolutely have to read this one!!! It's a pastoral story.

10. 460 武 Shattering the Starry River with Martial Might 武碎星河 Demon Night妖夜Eastern Fantasy7.9M WordsCompleted Gods look down from the stars, while demons roar in hell. This is a fantastical world where countless races vie for supremacy and gods and demons run wild. A poor young man takes up his blade and fights against the current. He will become the king of this world! [The animated adaptation of this book, Shattering the Star River with Martial Might, is now airing] 183kReads9.1Score21.1k14d adds

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    🔥 The soul-stirring opening of "The Burial of Gods"! An eleven-year-old sister is forced to marry an old man as a concubine. Tonight, his blade will drink blood! 🔥 "Brother! Brother—!" A heart-wrenching cry pierces the eardrums! Eleven-year-old Jiang Li, like a frightened cub, rushes out of the room and throws herself at her only support. But her "destiny" is the cold order of the clan's third elder: to marry out! To be a concubine to an old man over fifty...! Why?! His eyes are bloodshot, his boundless rage burning away his reason! That's the sister he watched grow up, still an innocent and carefree child! Child marriage? To be a concubine? To a dying old man? This is not only humiliation, but a cruel punishment that tramples on human ethics! "How could I possibly agree to this?!" This question is the brother's last restraint, and the battle drum before the bloody battle! The third elder? Clan rules? Corrupt power? In his eyes, everything was like rotten wood waiting to be felled! What he gripped tightly in his hand was not just a knife, but his sister's precarious future, the only hope to sever this sordid deal! The knife's name—Burial of Gods! Tonight, if any god or Buddha dared to obstruct his rescue of his sister, he would bury them all! If the clan's rules were so corrupt, he would use this knife to carve a bloody path! Watch as this young brother, with his mortal body, defies fate, wielding the Burial of Gods knife, to carve a sliver of life for his loved ones! "Burial of Gods"—Family ties as the blade, fury as the edge, cutting down all injustice in the world! #BurialofGods #HeroicRevenge #SiblingLove #DecisiveKilling #ResistingOppression #DefyingFate #FantasyNovel #MustReadMasterpiece

11. 461 爱 Lover's Bones 爱人骨 Burger Burger Silly Bun汉堡汉堡憨包Mystery11k WordsCompleted Lover's Bones —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I recommend a short story

12. 462 女 Dressed as a Man, Hated by All? The Whole Crowd Is Secretly After Me 女扮男装万人嫌？全员觊觎修罗场 Chili Ning炽柠Modern Romance281k WordsOngoing [Woman disguises herself as a man / Everyone's darling / Ancient-to-modern / Entertainment industry / Wealthy families / Rivalry between men and women in a chaotic love triangle] Qi Qingqi woke up one day as a universally hated person who'd disguised herself as a boy since childhood to compete for the family fortune. “He” was insecure and sensitive, cautious in every little thing, and tried desperately to please everyone. Yet his family disliked him, his bandmates loathed him, his fans cursed 65Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    I absolutely love the female lead's con artist character; it's so novel, a modern-to-ancient story, a boy band, and lots of handsome guys.

13. 463 狐 Fox Maiden 狐女 King Rabbit兔子大王Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Tu Sang. Grandpa said I was a gift from the Fox Immortal. I was barely alive when he found me, as good as dead. So he sought out the village shaman and traded his life for mine, keeping me alive until I turned eighteen. But before my eighteenth birthday, he passed away, and overnight I became an orphan again. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a ghost below. Who knew he would be a ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Immortal? But our connection goes far beyond that... 12.3kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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    A lifesaver when you're bored...

14. 464 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 36kReads9.0Score2.6k14d adds
15. 465 长 Longing for You 2: Together Forever 长相思二：长相守 One Dream, One Life一梦一生Female-Channel Fanfiction211k WordsCompleted She searched the island where he had fallen in battle for three days and three nights without closing her eyes once. At last, amid a pool of poisonous blood, she found the remnants of his soul, wrapped in a mass of spiritual energy. Overjoyed, she wept as she carefully cradled his soul, laughing and crying at once. This time, let me save you. 7.5kReads9.4Score53514d adds
16. 466 好 Is That Supposed to Be Funny? All I See Is a Desperate Copycat 好笑吗？我只看到个绝望的学人精 Jiang Yuqiao江遇乔Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted [Print edition of Confession Letter goes on sale September 4 at 7 p.m.] Also known as Is This Funny? All I See Is a Desperate Copycat [Flirty sweetheart who doesn’t realize she’s flirting × cocky guy who dishes it out but can’t take it] [Sweet campus romance + a couple destined to make people cry out in disbelief + System + both leads are virgins] In her third year of college, Sheng Zhi was diagnosed with stomach cancer and had little time left. Luckily, the heavens really did treat her like a 20.2kReads9.4Score3k14d adds

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    Sheng Zhi, a girl with stomach cancer, is bound to a bizarre system: becoming a mimic and imitating the school heartthrob Xie Yuchen can extend her life! To survive, Sheng Zhi goes all out—same hoodie? Arranged! Same copywriting? Copyed! Same elective course? Attended! The constant clashes with Xie Yuchen leave the aloof heartthrob questioning his existence. At the 800th "clone" moment, the aloof heartthrob finally breaks down, grabbing the hoodie she's wearing: "Clone sheep only live for six years!" Sheng Zhi, her survival instincts kicking in, instantly replies: "Thank you for the blessing, I'll try my best!" Pressed for a reason? She closes her eyes: "I'm sorry, I like you too much!" Xie Yuchen sneers: "Love is restraint." Sheng Zhi: "I can't restrain myself at all!" A few days later, Xie Yuchen, sporting panda eyes, blocks her path outside the teaching building, looking serious: "I've thought it over, I accept your confession." Sheng Zhi is bewildered: Huh??? Playing along, she asked the probing question: "So... What brand of underwear do you wear? Do you have a link to the women's version?"

17. 467 甜 Sweet and Sensual! The Aloof God of the Main System Knows How to Flirt, Comfort, and Act Cute 甜欲！冷舔主神他会撩会哄会撒娇 Rice-Loving Dumpling爱干饭的团子Two Male Leads2.6M WordsCompleted [Print edition published under contract] [Comic adaptation now available] [Quick transmigration, two male leads, satisfying and sweet] [Both powerful and devoted, exclusive 1v1 romance] Si Jin, Heaven's No. 001 prisoner, is sentenced to live through all kinds of tragic lives across three thousand worlds because his sin score is far too high. The supervising System trembles with fear: “Please behave, boss. Follow the plot properly, or the main System will punish you...” Si Jin wiggles a finger an 44.4kReads9.6Score4.5k14d adds

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    Seriously, I'm dying to read these two! They're so good, so incredibly good. They're the same thing—one's a comic, the other a novel. If you don't like novels, you can read the comics; if you don't like comics, you can read the novels. Seriously, look at how high the ratings are! They're incredibly, incredibly, incredibly high. And they're absolutely fantastic, I'm not kidding.

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