Severe Reading Drought: Please Recommend Your Best Hidden Gems 高级书荒，求各位压箱底的好书

1. 1 离 After the Divorce, She Became a Housekeeper for a Powerful Family 离婚后，她在豪门做保姆 Yin Yue茵月Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After five years of marriage, Lin Wan gave her husband everything she had, only to receive divorce papers in return. Penniless and with nowhere to turn, she took a new name to make ends meet and became a live-in nanny for an elite, wealthy family. She thought she could live peacefully as long as she kept her head down and did her job. But her cold, refined, powerful employer kept drawing closer, step by step. He crushed her awful ex-husband, helped her start a business, and cleared away every s 1.2kReads8.3Score242Shelves

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   After her divorce, she worked as a nanny in a wealthy family. This book, through the pursuits and views on marriage of various ordinary people such as Miss Yun, Mr. Su, Lin Wan, Feng Wei, and Xie Lei, reflects the importance of character in marriage, which is unrelated to material possessions or age. For example, in the relationship between Yun Jing and Lin Wan, Lin Wan was three years older than Yun Jing, divorced with a daughter, had no house or car, and was a nanny with average conditions. However, she eventually won a beautiful love with her diligence and sincerity. The story is wonderful and worth reading.

2. 2 宦 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 Liang Zhoumu梁州牧Urban4.7M WordsCompleted No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 249kReads9.5Score27.2kShelves
3. 3 不 Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗？怎么一亲就哭 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n 65.6kReads9.7Score11.1kShelves

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   These are all sweet romance novels (with two male leads) that I think are well-written and have good content. The first one is an AB0 (absentee/dominant) story, featuring a cold, aloof commander who transforms from a B to an O (submissive) and a flirtatious, talkative seme (dominant partner). The second one is a modern story, where the seme and uke are childhood friends, and the seme has a crush on the uke, turning a straight man gay. The third one is a post-apocalyptic story, featuring a non-human seme who is an adorable little octopus (who can cook and do laundry).

4. 4 谁 Who Taught You to Be a Brother Like That? 谁教你这么当兄弟的 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Two Male Leads544k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available, published under the title Planetary Effect] Chen Zhijuan is the top surgeon in the orthopedics department at Beicheng People's Hospital. He's usually cold and taciturn. Dr. Chen is strikingly handsome, and his crisp, slender figure in a white coat gives off an air of restraint. The girls chasing after him could circle the hospital three times. Too bad his heart belongs to someone else. He's been secretly in love with his best friend for nearly ten years. The 84.2kReads9.3Score12.5kShelves
5. 5 末 Apocalypse: My Unhinged Octopus Boyfriend Is a Farming Expert 末世：疯批八爪男友种田一把好手 Crazy Dumpling Soup疯狂饺子汤Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing [Dual Male Leads + Apocalyptic Farming + Golden Finger + Team-Based Challenges] [A sweet, gentle, devoted husband when in his other form, but a deranged, twisted top when human VS a cunning, clever bottom who can be a little unhinged] “My first half of life was a joke.” Li Yuanmo flipped the roasted bun over and spoke to Pei Yifei, the top commander of the Special Defense Group Against Otherworldly Species. “My mother abused me as a kid. My father was a security guard and was rarely home. I surv 36.2kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
7. 7 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 228.3kReads9.5Score28.1kShelves
8. 8 从 The Sword Knows No Sorrow: Beginning with The Legend of the Condor Heroes 从射雕开始之此剑莫愁 Bai Shuiqing白水清Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted The Miao people are renowned for their mastery of Gu arts. But from childhood, the young man never studied Gu poison techniques, choosing instead to practice the sword. Falsely accused in his village, he is branded a traitor, and his parents die as a result. After fleeing the village, he heads north in search of the sword. At last, his sword-flight technique reaches perfection, and he fights his way back to Miao territory. Yet he still feels more at ease living in the Central Plains. Where will 601Reads6.5Score105Shelves
9. 9 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

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   "A song that breaks the heart, where in the world can one find a kindred spirit?" He begins his life as a blind street singer, transmigrating into the body of a blind man. [Erquan Yingyue: LV2 (1/10000) Effects: Unblocks Qi and blood, clears meridians, dispels dampness and warms the body...] He is a blind street singer, a drunkard who destroys an entire gang for a single penny, and a slumbering drunkard in a dilapidated temple. The dynasty has collapsed, heroes from all over the land are vying for power, and sects are independent. Gangs fight each other, and the land is in chaos. A blind street singer wanders through this chaos, weaving an untold story.

10. 10 射 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: My Senior Brother Left, So I Have to Become Invincible 射雕：师兄走了，我只好天下无敌 Pacification Commissioner of Jiannan剑南安抚使Male-Channel Fanfiction2.5M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + longevity + no System + cultivation] Han Mu was born with a sacred martial arts physique. At the start, Patriarch Wang Chongyang of the Quanzhen Sect brought him back to Chongyang Palace, where he became the sect's junior granduncle. Ten years later, Han Mu descended the mountain and began his path to invincibility. “Sorry, everyone. I have a hundredfold talent in everything I train in. Since Senior Brother has left, I suppose I'll just have to become invincible under heaven 12.5kReads6.8Score952Shelves

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    These books are alright; those of you experiencing a reading slump can check them out. Please recommend any other good books you know of.

11. 11 国 Rejected by the National Team? Then I’ll Just Play in the NBA 国家队被拒？那我只好去打NBA Attaining the Dao达道Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [System-focused + realistic + slow-paced] Basketball prodigy Lü Zhe was blacklisted from the national youth team in high school after clashing with “the king of dirty plays,” Zhao Qilin. Zhao’s father, who held an important position in the Huaguo Basketball Association, had secretly sabotaged him, shutting him out of higher-level competition. After ten years of ups and downs, Lü became a fitness influencer, only to be ruthlessly suppressed by Zhao Qilin once again. His account was banned from th 11.3kReads8.3Score985Shelves
12. 12 我 My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical6.5M WordsCompleted I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc 236.3kReads9.4Score27.6kShelves
13. 13 网 Online Game: A Resource Satellite from the Start 网游：开局一颗资源卫星 Fang Hetaо方核桃Sports2.5M WordsCompleted The era-defining game Global War has launched. Starting from a thatched hut, players develop their settlements from the tribal stage, gather resources, train troops, recruit famous generals, and build armies to challenge the world’s top powers! The Great Song Duchy, the Great Qin Duchy, the Great Han Duchy, the Great Ming Duchy, the Mongols, the Xiongnu... The Empire of Alexander, the Holy Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, the Maurya Empire, the Egyptian Empire... Unemployed young man Chen F 9.6kReads8.9Score839Shelves
14. 14 网 Online Game: Everyone's a Bandit, and I'm Here to Suppress Them 网游：全民山贼，我来剿匪 No Coupon Needed for Spicy Strips买辣条不用劵Sports5.4M WordsOngoing [Online Game] [Notable Ministers and Generals from Every Dynasty] [The Ultimate Schemer] [Development] [Warlords Battle for Supremacy] [Slow-Building] At the start of 2060, the groundbreaking virtual online game "Seize the Throne" burst onto the scene! By a stroke of luck, Lin Yue joined the Great Qin from the start. With no other choice, he borrowed a fellow villager's head for a while. When players first entered the game and found themselves forced to become bandits, Lin Yue was using the co 34.8kReads8.2Score3.3kShelves
15. 15 挖 Excavating the Imperial Mausoleum, the First Emperor Asked Me How Many Generations the Great Qin Would Last 挖掘皇陵，始皇问我大秦传几世 Hey, Daddy哎霸霸Urban1.1M WordsOngoing As the spiritual energy of Blue Star gradually resurged, demons ran rampant through the city. Jiang Shang was reborn and awakened the Chinese Guardians System. He could use faith points to bring historical figures from China’s past back to life and protect China. On this day, demons appeared on Mount Li. Led by Professor Wang, a team of archaeologists began an emergency excavation of the underground mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Under the gaze of the entire world, the final bronze gate of the maus 199Reads5.1Score—Shelves
16. 16 网 Online Game: Reborn, I Built the Number One Village Under Heaven 网游：重生后，我建立天下第一村 White-Clad Reincarnation白衣轮回Sports3.3M WordsCompleted Governments around the world launch the virtual game World, set against the backdrop of the Great Qin Dynasty. Historical figures from every dynasty will appear in the game! "Ding! Congratulations, Player, on establishing the world's first village. You are rewarded with an SSS-rank historical figure..." "Ding! Congratulations, Player, on obtaining a General Summoning Platform!" "Ding! Congratulations, Player, on obtaining Cheng Yaojin, Zhao Yun, Han Xin, Dugu Xin, Gao Changgong..." [Note: The pr 14.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
17. 17 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    It's super good! The author's writing is excellent (๑>ڡ<)☆ Everyone should check it out!!!

18. 18 女 A Woman Running a Prison? You Heartless Author, Don’t Do This to Me! 女子监狱长？无良作者别搞我！ Jin Ruhua今入画Urban1.2M WordsCompleted A massive spectacle, a huge production! Dad sends me off to a women’s prison! The author spent thirty years undercover in a women’s prison, pouring heart and soul into this work! My parents couldn’t stand that I didn’t have a partner, so they made up their minds and sent me to work as the warden of a women’s prison! Unfortunately, I’m under the control of the System! Dad, none of this is my fault! If you’re going to blame anyone, blame that unscrupulous author! Author: One day, when I hold power 20.3kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves

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    This is beautiful! Highly recommended.

19. 19 恋 Romantic Battle Royale: The System Tricked Me Into Becoming a Player 恋爱修罗场：系统坑我当海王 Mo Yi Xian陌一仙Urban154k WordsCompleted Overworked office drone Qin Mo accidentally gets bound to a “System.” From then on, his life is like a cheat code: he turns his career around and his charm skyrockets. Under the System's precise “guidance,” Qin Mo enjoys the thrill of being admired by everyone. But when a battlefield of beauties throws him into the spotlight, how will Qin Mo deal with it...? Only after everything fell apart did people finally learn the truth. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Campus and urban humorous and funny novel

20. 20 穿EN After Transmigrating into a Novel and Marrying the Male Lead, I Became a Variety Show Sensation 穿书和男主结婚后我上综艺爆红了 Tianyue Zhou天月舟Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted [Both are each other's one and only + mutual devotion + healing each other + happy ending + bittersweet romance + no angst in the love story] Gu Nian'an transmigrates into a novel about wealthy families fighting for power, becoming a little-known, universally disliked celebrity who has a contract marriage with the male lead. During a slice-of-life variety show, everyone realizes that the supposedly arrogant, diva-like pretty face who looks down on her teammates seems to have become a different 17.9kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    They're all incredibly good!!! These are books I've had for a while and have already finished reading; they're definitely worth reading. I think 104 and 5 are the best. As for 105, I felt a little heartbroken because it's the kind where the protagonist (the uke) transmigrates back into his own body and discovers that the person who transmigrated has ruined his family relationships, so the uke ends up cleaning up his mess.

21. 21 穿 After Reincarnating as the Real Young Master of a Wealthy Family, I Became a Top-Tier Star 穿成豪门真少爷后成了当红顶流 A Cat That Smells Like Oranges是橘子味的猫Two Male Leads374k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Showbiz + Wish-Fulfillment Male Lead + Sweet Romance] Spoiled young master Yu Ci, the bottom, x overbearing CEO Fu Siheng, the top Yu Ci transmigrates into a book as an obscure, washed-up supporting character who gets trampled by the protagonist, the bottom. In the original story, the protagonist uses him as a stepping stone to fame and success, steals his inheritance, and hires someone to kill him. It’s downright cruel and unforgivable. So, brimming with a sense of j 3.2kReads9.2Score439Shelves
22. 22 重 Reborn: The Su Family Has a Heartthrob Loved by All 重生，苏家有个万人迷 Dreaming Little Zombie做梦的小僵尸Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + everyone’s darling + showbiz + equally matched leads + 1V1 + no female lead] Also known as: A Heartthrob in the Su Family The pampered young master Su You has always had low expectations of himself. He spends his days eating, drinking, and waiting for death, joking around as one of the capital’s most notorious wastrels. Later, his family sends him to work at their company, where he meets a sweet, well-behaved young man with a tragic past. When someone who has always been protected sudd 935Reads9.2Score146Shelves
23. 23 全 The Whole Internet Is Shipping Them! But I Photoshopped the Marriage Certificate 全网磕爆！但结婚证是我P的 Yan Ze颜泽Two Male Leads616k WordsCompleted [Book 2 of the Series] [Two Male Leads / Older-Man Pampering / Marriage First, Love Later / Variety Show Livestream] [Top-Tier Star Bottom x Powerful Beijing Circle Top] He debuted as a genius singer at nineteen, but was completely blacklisted at twenty for offending the wrong people. Shi Ming gave a cold laugh. “I’m tired. Let’s burn it all down.” Then he took the whole company down with him At a banquet, he sank his teeth into Gu Jiujing, the living King of Hell whom nobody in all of Beijing d 12.7kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
24. 24 漂 My Beautiful Wife Is a Master Flirt, Turning My Doomed Start Around in an Instant 漂亮老婆是钓系，天崩开局秒反转 Floating White浮白Two Male Leads208k WordsCompleted When Shi Miao wakes up, she has transmigrated seven years into the future. The good news: her crush has become her husband, she has a child without going through labor, and she has the cozy family life she always wanted. The bad news: things go terribly wrong from the start. Her husband wants a divorce, her child seems to be neglected, and even her best friend has blocked her. The even worse news: she just confessed her feelings to her husband, and the next day, her variety show begins. 4.3kReads9.0Score618Shelves
25. 25 暗 When My Secret Crush Was Exposed, He Stopped Pretending to Be Sweet 暗恋被拆穿，他也就不装乖了 Seven O'Clock七点钟Two Male Leads227k WordsCompleted [Mature, steady, restrained top x beautiful, brooding bottom who pretends to be well-behaved] Unrequited love + both pure + flirtation + HE + bittersweet angst + imaginative premise Chi Wanyan had been secretly in love with his older brother's friend for eight whole years. When he learned the man had returned from abroad, he was overjoyed. He would go on being the sweet, considerate little brother who followed him around, just as he had before. Chi Wanyan was content with that, still putting on 4.9kReads9.0Score669Shelves
26. 26 仙 Above the Immortals 仙人之上 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban1.5M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be 60.7kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves

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    The first book is from the list recommended by the author "Zhongyan," and the last book is already listed on the first and last pages of "Zhongyan's" list.

27. 27 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves
28. 28 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
29. 29 报 Report, Commander: Your Grandson Took His Wife Out to Beat Someone Up Again 报告首长你孙子带媳妇又去打人了 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete + male lead takes the domestic role, female lead takes the career role + fussy, love-struck husband + daily face-slapping antics of the compound's little tyrant in the 1970s] Shen Xia transmigrated into an ongoing period novel and became a pitiful girl whose father didn't care for her and whose mother didn't love her. After transmigrating, Shen Xia accidentally discovered that something was wrong with her identity. She reported her adoptive parents, sent her adoptive father to labor ca 17.3kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    The first two are by the same author, and both have a strong female lead style. The second one is a short film, but the female lead is truly determined and a strong female protagonist, although the ending is a bit disappointing.

30. 30 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
31. 31 真 The Real Heiress Fights for Power and Profit 真千金她争权又夺利 Selling Wedding Candy in a Tragic Romance去虐文里卖喜糖11k WordsCompleted The Real Heiress Fights for Power and Profit 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 无 No Simulations Needed: I Inherit Every Option! 无需模拟，所有选项，全部继承！ This Sword Immortal Is Unbeatable这个剑仙强无敌Eastern Fantasy247k WordsCompleted [Invincible, fast-paced, satisfying, the Myriad Worlds] After transmigrating into a dangerous fantasy world, Lin Xiao becomes the useless senior disciple of the Yantian Sword Sect. His talent is mediocre, but fortunately, his master and junior brothers and sisters treat him wonderfully. Then one day, the master he respected most is killed in a siege by an heir of the Immortal King and five Great Emperors. Because of the heir's status, no one in the sect dares speak of revenge except Lin Xiao and 2.4kReads8.3Score175Shelves

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    These are all top-notch books, covering all genres. I've finished every single one of them; they're all fast-paced, exciting stories with tight, satisfying plots that don't drag! Decisive action! Massive amounts of data! No female characters being given away! No feeling of being stifled!

33. 33 开 Invincible from the Start: One Sword Instantly Kills Enemies of Any Realm 开局无敌，什么境界都是一剑秒杀 Matter, Form, Loss, World事式失世Eastern Fantasy349k WordsCompleted [Invincible from the Start + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Fast-Paced + Ruthless + No Mercy for Those Who Defy Me] The violence is extreme, so don’t read if that bothers you. He won’t put up with the slightest insult. Pure wish fulfillment! Chapter one sets things up a little. Starting in chapter two: kill! Kill! Kill! At the start, Ye Xuan’s spiritual root is destroyed during a family dispute over a mineral vein. His younger brother, Ye Feng, demands that Ye Xuan hand over his cultivation resources 1.3kReads6.9Score102Shelves
34. 34 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
35. 35 反 Villain: I Discovered the Campus Belle's Secret 反派，发现校花秘密 Take Medicine If You're Sick有病吃药Urban604k WordsCompleted [Scheming protagonist + protagonist's mother + System + villain + multiple female characters + just enjoy the ride] After being cruelly murdered in his previous life, Zhou Feng was reborn. This time, he would claim everything for himself. When the protagonists came swarming in, Zhou Feng smiled faintly. “Sorry, but my System is on a whole different level from yours!” [ 665Reads6.2Score114Shelves
36. 36 网 Online Game: Superhuman from the Start 网游之开局就超神 Have a Liqun Cigarette陪一根利群Sports560k WordsCompleted “What? He made it to the main city as soon as the game launched?” Countless players stared in silence at their level 0, 0 XP character screens. “Ding! Your All Restrictions Lifted talent has activated. You have actively ignored the requirements for entering the main city. You will be transported to Xuanyuan City in five seconds.” “Ding! You have successfully changed classes to Assassin, Archer...” Hearing the notifications, Ye Zhen broke into a grin. I'm level 1, have five classes, and made it s 547Reads7.5Score105Shelves
37. 37 长 The Immortal’s Long-Lived Tomb 长生仙墓 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Lu Changsheng possesses the Eternal Immortal Body, living forever through the ages, never to die. Over countless years, he has roamed through a myriad of worlds and accumulated boundless experience. He has served as a carefree Immortal Emperor, run a tavern and sold wine, founded a sect as the mysterious and carefree sect leader, and opened a clinic as a master healer who saves lives. He has also wielded a three-foot sword, sweeping across the world with his sword energy as the Azure-Robed Sword 29.8kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
38. 38 都 Urban: I Somehow Became the Villainous Rich Heir 都市：我竟成了反派富二代 Master Yideng一灯大师Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 190Reads8.1Score101Shelves
39. 39 网 Online Game: I Control Fate and Bless All Things from the Start 网游：我掌控命运，开局赐福万物 Crowdsourced Name众筹取名Sports753k WordsCompleted (A power fantasy where a game merges with reality, featuring a one-of-a-kind talent) The world-changing game Fate launches. Tang Feng draws the one-of-a-kind talent: Fate's Blessing. He can bless anything, turning its destiny toward a better outcome. Bless equipment, and white gear becomes gold quality? Bless skills, and their damage multiplies tenfold? Bless pets, and scruffy mutts become divine beasts? Wait, this talent can even grow stronger. Can he really control the fate of everything? “I'v 3.8kReads8.5Score247Shelves
40. 40 修 In the Cultivation World, Don't Talk to Strangers 修仙界之不要和陌生人说话 Found Flowers Still Awake发现花未眠Eastern Fantasy373k WordsCompleted Gu Chen transmigrates into a cultivation world, but without a spiritual bone, he can't cultivate at all. He thinks he'll have to live out the rest of his life in obscurity, but the System may arrive late, yet it never fails to show up... Because of the System's unique nature, while everyone else lies low until they reach the Great Dao, Gu Chen only gets farther and farther along the path to finding the strongest being... Years later, his words, “Fellow Daoist, please stay,” make people shudder. 11.1kReads8.6Score917Shelves
41. 41 把 I Increased the System’s Power by Ten Thousand Times, for an Explosive Start 把系统增幅万倍，炸裂开局 Fish Who Loves Spicy Food爱吃辣的鱼Eastern Fantasy241k WordsCompleted Chen Changqing, the richest man in a trillion-yuan conglomerate, transmigrated into the body of a prince of a divine dynasty and bound the “Strongest Ten-Thousandfold Amplification System.” From the start, he amplified the System ten thousand times! [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host! You chose to amplify the System's amplification effect and received a permanent one-hundred-million-fold amplification effect!] [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host! You deeply shocked the System and received 999999... Emoti 4.6kReads8.5Score321Shelves
42. 42 练 Three Thousand Years of Sword Training, Invincible the Moment I Leave the Mountain 练剑三千年，出山就无敌 Oh No, It's Raining哎呀下雨了Eastern Fantasy580k WordsCompleted There are countless paths of the Dao in this world, but I have only the sword in my hand. With a single sword, I can shatter all the myriad paths of the Dao. He trained with his sword beneath Sword Mountain for three thousand years. The world mocked and despised him, saying that a once peerless prodigy had been ruined by a woman and reduced to a cripple. Little did they know he was only pursuing the ultimate sword strike. The day his sword was perfected, none in the world could stand against him 12kReads9.0Score758Shelves
43. 43 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Can Level Up Without Limit 玄幻：开局无限升级 Herding Cows and Eating Melons放牛吃瓜Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [System + Power Fantasy + No Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + If You Don’t Like It, Fight Me] Lin Xiaofan transmigrated to the Xuantian Continent and obtained a cultivation System. [You’re a martial arts prodigy. A year of training lets you advance one minor realm! Too bad I can level up instantly by spending experience points!] [You’re a peerless genius. Ten years of training lets you break through one major realm! Too bad I can break through instantly by spending expe 25.8kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
44. 44 掠 I Stole Too Many Fortuitous Encounters, and the Protagonists Broke Down 掠夺太多机缘，主角都崩溃了 Rabbit Eats Watermelon兔子吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain + satisfying power-up story + life script + ruthless decisiveness + multiple heroines] Jiang Li transmigrates to the Desolate Ancient Continent, where he becomes an ordinary disciple of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect and awakens the Life Script System. From then on, Jiang Li embarks on an invincible path of plunder! The Qian Kun Great Emperor Lin Dong’s [Immortal Defiance Origin-Stealing Art] The Undying Demon Venerable Su Ming’s Heaven-Rank Spirit Flame... The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Em 11.8kReads8.1Score762Shelves
45. 45 玄 Xuanhuan: My Sword Strikes Just a Little Too Slowly 玄幻：我的出剑速度有亿点慢 Shadow Afraid of the Dark怕黑的影子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qiye thought that with a sword in hand, he could live freely and take on the world, but he was betrayed and killed. In this life, he follows his own path, keeping his sword hidden in his heart. The Sword Saint of Heaven and Earth: “You draw your sword too slowly…” The Sword Saint of Heaven and Earth, dead! The Sword God of the Nine Netherworlds: “Everyone says you’re slow to draw your sword. You really are no match for me…” The Sword God of the Nine Netherworlds, dead! The White-Robed Swor 665Reads8.1Score103Shelves
46. 46 反 Villain: I Was a Simp for Three Years, and Now You Call Me a Jerk for Stopping! 反派：舔狗三年，不舔骂我渣男！ Little Assassin Seven刺客小七Urban415k WordsCompleted After three years of devotion, all he got in return was, “Stop bothering me!” Gu Changsu, who transmigrated into this world, couldn’t accept it. He was a rich young heir from a prestigious family, after all. Why should he grovel at a woman’s feet when he could have anything he wanted? So Gu Changsu immediately cut ties with her and canceled all the various business partnerships between their companies over the past three years. Then he began a new life. CEO Mu Qingyue: Is this because you’re end 5.8kReads7.1Score233Shelves
47. 47 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book as the Villain, I Just Want to Wrap Things Up, but the Heroine's Character Has Fallen Apart 穿书反派的我只想杀青，女主人设崩坏了 Bald but Strong变秃也变强Urban929k WordsCompleted Qin Tianming transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes a minor villain with very few scenes. System: “Host, as long as you wrap up your role perfectly, you can return to your original world with me and become the supreme protagonist.” Qin Tianming: “Easy. Playing a villain is what I do best!” But then the heroine goes completely off-script and starts throwing herself at him. Qin Tianming: “Can you stop throwing yourself at me? I just want to wrap up my role! Where’s the male lead? And 6.6kReads8.3Score384Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villain, the Heroines All Rebel Together 穿书反派，女主们集体造反 Cute Little Archdemon萌萌哒大恶魔Urban639k WordsCompleted The live-action short drama adaptation, I Transmigrated into a Book, and the Heroines Can All Hear My Thoughts, is now streaming... [Comedy + inner thoughts + everyone overthinking things + outrageous behavior + wild imagination + multiple heroines] Tang Ao transmigrates into a modern urban power fantasy about a Dragon King, becoming a rich villain. Only by pushing the plot forward can he earn rewards and return to his original world! Could his fiancée, Zhou Qiao'er, actually be the ultimate vil 4.5kReads8.2Score338Shelves
49. 49 偏 The Snow-Soft Flower Is Spoiled by Everyone 偏宠雪柔花 Everything Is About Romance风月都相关Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted A composed, imposing senior official × a pure, stunning academic beauty. Height gap + age gap + status gap, with intense push and pull. [Song Qingchen & Li Man] Originally titled “Drowning in His Palm” [In a nutshell] Breaking free from the cocoon hurts, but embracing spring is beautiful. He gave her a ticket into the pyramid; she worked hard to turn it into her trump card. Song Qingchen is the quintessential son of a distinguished family: a seasoned, dignified official, mature and stead 62.8kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves

    Reader note

    Highly Recommended *Male Lead: A high-ranking individual descends to earth to experience love. Female Lead: A character who grows and rises step by step under Lan's guidance. "It is said that butterflies cannot fly across the vast ocean, not because they cannot, but because they willingly choose to remain on this ocean."

50. 50 高 The Powerful He Family CEO Spoils His Stunning Young Wife 高门贺行长强宠绝色小娇妻 Wind and Moon in This Place此间有风月Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Pretend gentleman President He & genuine seductress dance student] He falls for her after spoiling her + class divide + powerful family [kept woman + winning her back + both leads have no past relationships] Proud as an eagle at first, humble as a dog later [In a word: He’s at the top of the pyramid, so climb onto his shoulders and take in the view beside him] Rumor had it that Mr. He, the untouchable man who never got involved with women, was keeping a delicate little songbird. He Junyan doted 8.1kReads9.1Score778Shelves

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