No Wonder You Look Like Someone from My Past. It Turns Out They Never Died. “难怪有故人之姿，原来是故人没死”

1. 251 学 What Does the Campus Heartthrob Have to Do with an Average Guy Like Me? 学院万人迷和我一路人有什么关系 Yogurt-Fried Watermelon酸奶炒西瓜Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [Oblivious to romance, reads messages and replies at random; powerful and calm, embraces chaos; laid-back, wooden, irresistible heroine × others desperately showing off their charms, only for their advances to go unnoticed × irresistible to men and women alike × romantic battlefield × probably surrounded by one-sided crushes × ABO, heroine is a beta and is unaffected by pheromones from beginning to end] A new teacher arrived at the Empire's top military academy. They said she came from the myste 68.9kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves

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   Greatness needs no further explanation. [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

2. 252 修 The Cultivation World’s Dark Moonlight: I’m Proud to Be Shameless 修真界黑月光，缺德我是认真的 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted (Low rating due to low popularity; see the novel for details.) [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + young genius + secret identities + plot-driven] Ning Wei is reincarnated as the personal disciple of the head of a notoriously unscrupulous sword sect. She wants nothing more than to have her soul scattered, but accidentally makes a name for herself across the cultivation world and becomes its dark moonlight. In the Qi Refining stage, she enters a trial to die, but accidentally wipes 2.4kReads9.0Score376Shelves
3. 253 玄 The Real Heiress Is a Mystical Pro at Taming Ghosts 玄学真千金驭鬼超凶的 The Barking King汪汪叫大王Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Metaphysics + crime-solving + everyone’s favorite + corpse-driving + wealthy families] The Yanjing Major Crimes Unit “arrested” a four-year-old girl who looked like a doll. When they found her, a rotting female corpse was floating beside her. It was the victim who had gone missing in a murder case. The little girl, being questioned, answered in a childish voice: “Xiaochun is a corpse driver. I can speak to spirits and travel to the underworld, so of course I can find big sister.” In the end, th 43kReads9.1Score8.3kShelves

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   Highly recommended! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] 1. A tragic ending where the protagonist dies but discovers he can be resurrected 10 years later to save his brothers. 2. How pitiful this adorable little girl is! [Crying][crying][crying][crying] But thankfully, many people still love her.

4. 254 贫 Just a Poor Rogue Cultivator. Why Are You Kneeling, Fellow Daoist? 贫穷散修一枚，道友何故下跪？ Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast] [A goofy trio of wandering cultivators] [Female-led cultivation progression, few scenes involving children, skip if that bothers you] Song Li transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the evil female supporting character. After bullying the heroine, she is thrown by her own brother into the Abandoned Infant Pagoda, where she dies at the hands of countless vengeful infant spirits. Waking inside the pagoda, she looks at the crying spirits and says, “I can be your mother 32.3kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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   This is a super good female-centric novel. The female lead is highly intelligent and an all-rounder who excels at everything she does.

5. 255 成 After Returning from Immortality, I Became a CEO’s Bodyguard 成仙归来后，我成了总裁保镖 Watching the Rain at Midmonth月中赏雨Urban373k WordsOngoing A vocational-school student is tricked by his childhood friend into joining a scam compound, where he meets Shu Wanqing. After making a clever escape, he is hunted by gangsters and falls into a rift in space, becoming a cultivator. In the immortal realm, he wipes out the demon clan and battles the realm's patriarchs. After reaching the pinnacle of cultivation, he returns to the human world. While seeking revenge, he meets Shu Wanqing again. She has inherited her family's fortune, and Ling Jue be 1.8kReads—Score103Shelves

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   I thought we'd be living in different places, but it turns out we're right here in front of each other.

6. 256 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villain Acts Sweet to Win Over His Laid-Back Female Lead 快穿：反派装乖，勾我咸鱼女配 Jing Xiaobaibai景小柏柏Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + transmigrate into a book + vicious female lead lazes around + obsessive villain pretends to be a little bunny and begs for cuddles and kisses~] Su Zhizhi was slacking off at work when she bought a 9.9-yuan “rich woman experience package” on Pinduoduo. And so began her experience transmigrating into a book as a vicious female lead (≈rich woman). From the start, he was being treated so cruelly. Unable to stand seeing him suffer, she gave him a hand and a reminder: [Slacking 2.7kReads9.2Score312Shelves

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   [1] The ending will reveal that the male and female leads were originally a couple (I was so happy watching this! [Licking screen][licking screen][licking screen]) [2] The female lead has an alternate identity in the dungeon, but she doesn't have that memory yet. [3] The female lead is a human hero who is resurrected as an elf. [4] The female lead is an enforcer, and the male lead gives up his chance to become the Heavenly Dao and disperses his soul in order to gamble on whether the female lead will soften her heart.

7. 257 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Host Is Back to Clean Up the Mess! 快穿：白月光宿主又回去善后啦！ Broken Bones骨头被打断Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + quick transmigration + beloved white moonlight + secret identities + coercive romance + powerful leads] As the head of the quick transmigration department's beloved white moonlight division, Yun Qingzhou was always the type to finish winning someone over and then run. But he never expected that one day, all the worlds he had played a part in would collapse. His points and vacation days were confiscated, leaving him no choice but to put on another identity and return to those or 676Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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   The secret is revealed very quickly, it's very entertaining.

8. 258 男 My Boyfriend Is Insecure and Cries Easily. How Could He Be the Villain? 男友自卑又爱哭，怎么可能是反派 Little Duckling小鸭鸭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted and equally powerful couple + mildly scary infinite worlds + indulgent wish fulfillment] [They seem perfectly normal on the outside, but both are crazy inside. The heroine trains her man like a dog, while the hero is insecure and pitiful.] Yu Li and her boyfriend had known each other for four years and been together for three. They were deeply in love. Her boyfriend was gentle and considerate. Aside from being a little clingy and insecure sometimes, and always wanting her to watch horro 30.5kReads9.5Score5kShelves
9. 259 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Character Gets a Pampering Romance Plot Again 快穿之女配又拿了宠文剧本 Paper Immortal纸仙Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + the male lead has been plotting this for ages and is extremely possessive, a complete psycho!! + the female lead is a ditzy sweetheart with little affection to give + the System is the male lead's accomplice!] (Note: This is a fictional world, and the male lead follows the female lead into these worlds. He uses only copies of himself!) Suisui, an elf, joins the Universe Stability Bureau's Supporting Female Character Division to earn merit and secure her retirement. She take 11.6kReads8.9Score802Shelves
10. 260 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Knows the Big Shot's Man Is a Lovesick Fool 快穿：谁都知道大佬男人是恋爱脑 Fishing Lights Beneath the Dark Moon月黑见渔灯Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted [The former “kind-hearted” queen of the quick transmigration world has retired to a laid-back life × an immortal lord and major villain who can destroy the world in public but is clingy and delicate in private] [The female lead is laid-back; the male lead is calculating and yandere.] They are each other's one and only. This is just a fun story, so if you don't like it, feel free to leave. A writing exercise. Writing isn't easy, so thank you for reading. [Note: The fourth school-heartthrob mini-w 5kReads9.2Score421Shelves
11. 261 弃 Abandoning the Blackened Dragon-Prince, Only to Be Brutally... 弃养黑化龙傲天，死遁是要被狠狠 Chicken Stewed with Fries小鸡炖薯条Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + transmigrate into a book + Cultivation + younger love interest + a touch of ensemble cast + devoted to each other + two powerful leads] Evil black-and-white cat villain bottom Ning Henshui, with questionable mental health, x prickly, leveling-up-school overpowered male lead top Xie Zhizui In his hundredth year of struggling his way through the cultivation world and rising to the top of the demon realm, Ning Henshui transmigrated into a book, and the long-offline Villain Comeba 38.8kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves

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    It's incredibly good! Judging from the title, I thought it was a master-disciple story, but it's not. It's a micro-ensemble piece, and you can really feel the youthful spirit. Plus, the suspenseful plot and the way the two main characters interact make it absolutely amazing. Highly recommended!!

12. 262 嬴 Ying Zheng: W-W-Wait, She's My Sister? 嬴政：这这这这这是我妹？ Zhao Cidu昭辞渡Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse transmigration to Qin + Superpowers + Pocket Dimension + No Romance + Original Setting + Bandit Heroine] “An assassin? You’re asking for death!” Chen Ci, a superpowered survivor of the apocalypse, comes to her senses and finds a sword at her throat?! She’s covered in zombie blood, gripping a Tang Hengdao, and can’t understand a word anyone’s saying? First, she’ll fight them. They can talk later! Then she remembers her telepathy and instantly understands the voice of her ancestor: “Fu 19.2kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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    Although I like this book, there aren't any other books on my shelf that match the title, but this is one of the few that should suit your taste. It's a no-romance book, and the female lead is a time traveler. I felt the first few chapters, around the first ten, were a bit stiff, but it gets very good later on.

13. 263 深 Devoted Male Leads All Love the Villainess 深情男主都爱恶毒女配 Yun Xuchuan云叙川Modern Romance927k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + capricious, beautiful heroine who's both mean and spoiled + deeply devoted, lovesick hero + sweet, indulgent, satisfying romance, 1v1 + both leads are each other's first and only] The villainess is the most common obstacle on the leads' path to love, and her ending is usually no different: She loses the hero's sincere love, then spends the rest of her lonely life in a cold mansion, surrounded by mountains of wealth. Jiang Ciwan is more than happy to play the villainess. “ 23.9kReads8.0Score934Shelves

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    He had been sickly since childhood, and finally died of illness. In his early twenties, the prime of his life, he was destined to die young. Tsk tsk tsk. How tragic and lamentable. But unexpectedly, he only learned the truth about this world after death. It turned out that the world he inhabited was a vast, fictional world within a book. And not just one book. All his brothers were protagonists and antagonists in those books. And he was merely a minor character mentioned only when the plot required it—a brother who died young. However, in all the books, whether protagonists or antagonists, his brothers all met tragic ends. They either died from their own madness or from being driven mad by others. Those who survived lived miserable and miserable lives in their later years. Almost none of them had a peaceful death. Jiang Che was speechless upon learning the truth. Damn! Could he have been cursed to death by these madmen? Otherwise, why would the most normal of them all die so young?! [Host, I can send you back.]

14. 264 我 I Can Stop Time. What Will You Do About It? 我时间暂停，阁下当如何应对？ A Beauty in the Bustling City闹市伊人Urban483k WordsOngoing [Time Stop] [No System] [Otherworldly Continent] [High-Fantasy Martial Arts] [Power Fantasy] [Leveling Up] The mountains and seas return, and Yuan Power descends. Ren Pingsheng transmigrates into the body of a spoiled young heir who swallowed his classmate's S-rank potion and was about to explode. By chance, he awakens a mysterious wheel in his sea of consciousness, inherits the Candle Dragon bloodline, and gains the power to stop time. The Nine Realms of Martial Arts: Body Tempering, Origin Ope 80Reads8.4Score105Shelves

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    Beautiful! This time-pause technique has created a completely different style!

15. 265 首 The Chief Came Back to Life and Went on a Rampage 首席复活后杀疯了 Matchmaker Nine月老九Two Male Leads686k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Equally Matched Strength + Satisfying Leveling-Up + Class Advancement for All] He was once ranked number one on the Ladder, but after dying in battle, he was framed and left to bear the blame. But no one knew. Lin Xun'an had come back to life. He had been reborn in the body of his twenty-year-old self. This time, the strongest God of War had actually changed class into... a support?! “So what if I’m support?” Lin Xun'an chuckled as he crushed his enemy’s spine beneath his 4.3kReads9.3Score726Shelves

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    Modern city, infinite flow (interstellar?), Fantasy, time travel

16. 266 首 He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se 30.6kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    🌈🌈The female protagonist is reborn and stays away from the male protagonist. In this life, Jiang Nian will never marry Qi Heng again. She'll marry someone from her own village or even the next one, and live a leisurely life as a wife, working from sunrise to sunset. 🎂🎂 It's likely that in her previous life, after her death, Qi Heng finally married a noblewoman and escaped her, this wretched peasant girl. 🌿🌿

17. 267 大 After the Senior Brother Was Reborn, His Junior Brother Pursued Him Relentlessly 大师兄重生后，师弟他疯狂追妻 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads556k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Master-brother who has lost all hope, the receiver x cold-hearted junior brother, the pursuer] - Love is the hardest thing to understand. Yan Jin used to think it was just an excuse made by people whose resolve in the Dao was weak. That was before he met his junior brother, Duan Weizhuo, a sword cultivator who followed the merciless path. They were entangled for years. Yan Jin even became obsessed, eventually falling into demonic cultivation. But in the end, it had all bee 7.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Books from the same series, sharing the same world view and author—you could call them sibling stories. If you've read all of these, you're amazing! [Thumbs up] They're all finished; they're probably from somewhere else. Anyway, some are really good!!! As for the others, I can't help it if you can't accept them [Understood]. (Note: they're all about two male leads~)

18. 268 被 After His Disciple Turned Dark, He Defied His Master 被渣的徒弟黑化后以下犯上了 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads460k WordsCompleted - Huan Ji is one of the Chaos Gods of the Chaos Divine Realm. He descended to the mortal realm to undergo a thousand lifetimes of tribulation. In his final life, he remembered everything. Though he cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness, one saying was widespread in the cultivation world: those who cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness will eventually have their path broken. So everyone assumed Immortal Venerable Huan Ji would meet the same fate. No one expected the Immortal Venerable to treat his di 2.3kReads9.1Score329Shelves
19. 269 懒 The Lazy God Cultivates 懒神修仙 Old Cha Goes Shopping老查逛街Eastern Fantasy567k WordsOngoing Xu Renjie, a good-for-nothing with all five spiritual roots, is widely known in the cultivation world as the ultimate slacker. While others cultivate, he sunbathes. While others fight over treasures, he takes a nap. When refining pills, others proceed with extreme caution. Xu Renjie dumps ten batches of ingredients into one cauldron so he can have more days to play. If the furnace explodes, that's a perfect excuse for a break. A beast tide arrives? He doesn't even lift an eyelid. He pats the spi 721Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A powerful figure reincarnated...

20. 270 我 I Collect Unfulfilled Wishes Across the Myriad Heavens 我在诸天收集意难平 What Are We Eating Today?今天吃啥子哟Anime Fanfiction286k WordsCompleted Lin Yi, a Palace Museum restorer, transmigrates into the Myriad Worlds as an “emotion hunter.” While others transmigrate with a golden finger, he makes his way by collecting scraps: fragments of unresolved regret. The ashes of Lin Daiyu’s burned manuscript, Runyu’s tears as he fell on his wedding day, the swing Naruto sat on when he was lonely, and the tooth Zoro cracked after being bound for three days and nights... Each fragment holds the deepest obsession of a world. Collect fragments, su —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reading progress: Just finished reading about the total annihilation, my heart is breaking, does anyone understand?! I thought it was going to be a lighthearted read, but I was totally wrecked!!! The protagonist collecting emotional fragments is absolutely brilliant! Lin Chong's white silk ribbon, Naruto's tears, Zixia's waiting... Every fragment has a story behind it, and collecting them feels like digging up the unresolved issues in classic works. The beginning was really fun, Naruto eating Ichiraku Ramen, Luffy stealing meat, Zoro and Kuina practicing swordsmanship, Sun Wukong and Lu Zhishen drinking... A bunch of people making a ruckus, I thought it was just a slice-of-life story about traveling through multiple worlds. Then the battle on Fairy Island came. When Killua stood in front of Little Dragon Girl, I was completely numb. When Naruto fell, he was still clutching that little fox charm. Zoro and Kuina fell side by side, never letting go until their deaths. Luffy died standing up, like an unyielding statue. Little Dragon Girl collapsed into Su Xin's arms, her last three words being "Live on..." I cried throughout the entire reading; my roommate thought I'd broken up with my boyfriend. But!!! The most amazing part was what happened next! The protagonist collected ninety-nine colored fragments to reverse time! He went back to the past to save everyone! This kind of setting resonated with me so much! Who wouldn't love a protagonist who would give everything to revive his companions? Now we've seen the game world, everyone's reunited, bickering and laughing every day—it made me both laugh and cry. Author, keep up the good work! I just want to ask one question: Who exactly is Su Ming? Is he the protagonist of another timeline? Will Su Ming, who waited for a thousand years, finally see his companions again?

21. 271 我 Quick Transmigration: My Terrifying Ex-Boyfriend 【快穿】我那可怕的前男友 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Abandonment System x Male Lead Out for Revenge] - A major incident recently rocked the System Department. Dozens of Hosts and Systems in a row had met their ends in mission worlds, dying gruesome deaths and having their souls wiped out. The Systems had suffered the same fate, leaving the entire Law Department in a state of panic. So the Law Department recalled the top Systems from every department and asked who would dare take on this mission. The final answer was: 007. As an all-around System 6.3kReads8.0Score600Shelves
22. 272 末 Apocalypse: After the Saintly Hero Turns Dark and Becomes the Villain 末世：圣母男主黑化成了反派后 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads503k WordsCompleted [Male lead top x System bottom] - 0329 was a System ordered to capture a fugitive System. But the fugitive was far too powerful. Not only did 0329 fail to catch it, it got beaten so badly that its energy was completely drained and its chip started smoking! With no energy left, it couldn't contact headquarters, so it had no choice but to crash-land in an unfamiliar world. It planned to form a contract with a male lead and absorb a little of his luck, which would let it recover enough energy to co 5.5kReads8.9Score657Shelves
23. 273 c C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 Dawn Without Spring拂晓不春Urban204k WordsOngoing In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 178Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High-quality, high-level martial arts! A dark star falls, strange beasts descend, and dimensional rifts sweep across the land! While others rely on luck to find treasure, the protagonist relies on his SSS-level, Eternal King Jin talent! Broken ancient seals, rusted tiger tallies, centuries-old artifacts… what others see as junk are all top-tier cultivation resources in his hands! ✅ Treasure appraisal and comeback + secret realm treasure hunt + monster melee! Dominate the Qingzhou Martial Arts Competition, break through realms with a fortuitous encounter in Qingyang Valley, and seize opportunities amidst danger in the Dragon Water Ravine secret realm! Subdue the Black King with the bloodline of a dragon, and collect the Wind-Stepping Boots, Guardian Pendant, and Clear Light Armor!

24. 274 全 The Entire Cultivation World Is Hunting Me 全修真界都在追杀我 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads616k WordsCompleted [Story complete] (A Shura-style crematorium story, 80% angst. One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, no split personalities.) - Lin Ji was a Host on a male-protagonist storyline. His mission was to become the male lead's whetstone and help him grow. But there was a problem: the System sheepishly told him that it had only just been transferred to the male-protagonist division and didn't know the business well enough to tell who the male lead was. Lin Ji fell silent. But it didn't matt 6.1kReads8.7Score834Shelves
25. 275 快 Quick Transmigration: Where’s the Male Lead’s Ambition? Why Is He All About Romance? 快穿：男主事业心呢，怎么全是恋爱脑 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads587k WordsCompleted [A diligent troublemaking villain x a ruthless male lead who turns dark after being stabbed in the back] 1v1, and the male lead is the same person every time. - Ji Yang is a villain. His mission is to serve as the male lead's whetstone, putting him through trials until he becomes a proper male lead. But every male lead he encounters has something wrong with him, so Ji Yang changes tactics. He works hard to become close friends with each male lead, then, once he has earned his trust and affection 5.7kReads8.6Score977Shelves
26. 276 抛 Quick Transmigration: After I Dumped the Male Lead, He Hunted Me Across the World 【快穿】抛弃男主后，他满世界追杀我 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads780k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete] - Bai Ying died in an accident and was bound to a System. He had to travel to various mission worlds and fulfill the original owners’ wishes, collecting soul-fragment energy to earn a chance to live again. But he never expected the missions to be so difficult. Bai Ying failed in the first two worlds. After reviewing what went wrong, he changed his approach. In the third world, a cultivation realm, the original owner’s wish was to stop being the “overpowered protagoni 1.4kReads7.9Score202Shelves
27. 277 和 After Breaking Up with a Creep, I Forgot to Turn Off the Shared Payment App 和变态分手后，忘记关亲密付了 Little Duckling小鸭鸭Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted (Short drama now available) (Signed for publication, awaiting release) [Sensitive catlike, sweet-faced but secretly ruthless girl × gloomy, obsessive, pathological male lead] [Mutual identity reveals | Sweet romance, both devoted to each other | Pathological love | Flirtatious push and pull] After hearing the transmigrator and the System’s inner thoughts, Yang Ci Ci learns that she is living in a novel and that her boyfriend, Pei Yanchuan, is the male lead. As for her, she’s just cannon fodder. 133.8kReads8.8Score20.4kShelves

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    ✨✨Recommendation System: Fantasy Romance - Everyone's praising Xie Chenzhou. Only Xie Chenzhou knows that he just wants to find someone. His wife, his... Nian Nian ✨✨ A seemingly innocent but actually cunning and virginal character, failing his nth attempt to seduce the female lead. The male lead is truly cunning and has a wife-obsessed mindset, completely devoted to the female lead. It's very engaging and I like reading it.

28. 278 我 I’ve Been Possessed for Ninety Thousand Years 我被夺舍九万年 I've Got a Rebellious Streak我这一身反骨啊Eastern Fantasy403k WordsCompleted I transmigrated, and then... I was possessed again. I was possessed for ninety thousand years. So, now that I've finally returned, let's see how I conquer the cultivation world and build a mighty empire. 404Reads6.3Score101Shelves

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    A novel and engaging fantasy cultivation novel featuring a Chinese succubus that shakes the cultivation world, a red-themed cultivation story paying tribute to fallen heroes, and a plethora of seemingly ordinary people encountering Chinese succubi. The story is full of amazing moments, thrilling, hilarious, and high-quality content.

29. 279 先 Master the Myriad Heavenly Ways Before Cultivating Immortality 先修诸天万道再修仙 Duck at the Door门前鸭Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Longevity + daily life + farming + keeping a low profile + no angst] Jiang Quan transmigrated to a cultivation world and gained immortality from the start, but he had no aptitude for cultivation. Since that was the case, he decided to master every path under heaven before cultivating to immortality. So Jiang Quan entered the mortal world to experience life's many facets, mastering weapon forging, alchemy, talismans, formations, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, karma, reincarnation... everyt 13.7kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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    This guy really didn't die and was even found by his apprentice [awkward laugh]

30. 280 崩 After the Plot Falls Apart, the Carefree Beauty Is Spoiled Until She Cries 崩剧情后，摆烂美人被宠哭了 Queen Julian朱莉安女王Ancient Romance257k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] In a romance novel, the heroine is the one who overcomes countless hardships and ends up with the hero. The vicious supporting heroine is the one who overcomes countless hardships to keep the hero and heroine apart. And the female cannon-fodder who shows up just to make a spectacular mess of things before being written out three episodes later is... Gu Ningning is a professional female cannon-fodder. After years of slacking off, her performance fell short, so she had to c 11.8kReads8.8Score771Shelves

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    ① The female lead fakes her death after completing her storyline, but later returns to the small world. 🌌 "There's no misunderstanding between us." His voice was soft and strained. "She's just—" 😭 "She simply gave up on me." ②🔥 The female lead fakes her death three times to save the male lead. The male lead gradually discovers the clues and recognizes her. 😭 The male and female leads redeem each other. The male lead gives the female lead a warmth she never had, and the female lead guides the male lead step by step towards good. ✨ The author's writing is superb. I'm incapable of recommending books, so please go to the main text. If you don't like it, come and hit me! It's about national righteousness and tender emotions. It really made me cry my eyes out. 💔His father died unjustly, his mother perished in a fire, and those who had been with him died one after another. The female lead also died repeatedly before his eyes. 🍂He used to say, "A man stands tall in this world, upholding integrity and a steadfast heart." Now, he is still walking step by step down the path of villainy, his life filled with hardship and scars... 🥰😭You don't need to turn to good, I will come to save you. "You can take anything you want, Qiaoqiao, as long as you love me, as long as you grant my wish."

31. 281 无 The Heartless Dao Senior Sister Ran Away While Pregnant 无情道师姐揣孕肚后跑了 White Crane Grass白鹤草Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Li Yao was chosen, because of her unusual constitution, to be the future wife of Xiting Zhi, a prodigy at catching demons. An ordinary mortal, Li Yao was naturally beneath Xiting Zhi's notice. He told her that he would never marry her. Li Yao knew how to read the room. Though she liked him, she never clung to him, and quietly waited for him to convince his family and call off the engagement. But then a great demon wiped out the entire Li family overnight, leaving Li Yao as the sole survivor. Und 7kReads8.7Score622Shelves

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    Ahhh!! I finally saw it on the trending list, and I really love it. It's gone from over 20,000 readers three months ago to 80,000 now. Ahhhhhh, I hope more people see it!

32. 282 快 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the White Moonlight Who Makes Powerful Men Weep 快穿：穿成虐哭大佬的白月光 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 11.9kReads9.1Score802Shelves

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    Reunion with an old friend is insane! These are the pinnacle of "substitute literature"—who understands the bittersweet feeling of "No wonder she has the appearance of an old friend, it turns out she's..."? I've unearthed several substitute/wife-chasing/darkening novels, where the "old friend" trope is played out in creative ways, and they're incredibly addictive! 👇 🔥 *Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Tears Up the Cannon Fodder Script Again* (9.2 Rating) The king of substitute reversals in the quick transmigration genre! The female lead has a cannon fodder script, but is always treated as the "old friend's white moonlight." Every time she tears up the script, it breaks the male lead's defenses. ✨ Wife-chasing crematorium + anti-substitute trope, already completed, so you can read it with peace of mind. After reading, you'll want to shout, "White moonlight, don't even think about escaping!" 🔥 *Imprisoned in Eternal Night* (9.7 Rating) The pinnacle of romance novels! A reunion with an old friend, yet trapped in eternal night, memories and reality intertwine, creating a masterpiece that elevates the theme of "longing to the point of illness." This completed work, with over 2.481 Million readers, still has a powerful impact, making you want to reread every detail. 🌪️ 🔥 "Can't Take It! The Darkened Boss is Both Crazy and Seductive" (9.6 Rating) Quick transmigration + darkened substitute! The powerful boss treats the female lead as a "substitute for an old friend," relentlessly flirting and possessively controlling her. The female lead's counterattack and darkening plot is incredibly satisfying. Completed, it's a sweet and angsty story; after reading, you'll want to be close to the darkened boss! 💥 Highlights of the "Old Friend" theme: ✅ The substitute/wife-chasing/darkening tropes are cleverly used, maximizing the bittersweet feeling of reunion. ✅ Explosive plot twists: cannon fodder counterattacks, longing to the point of illness, darkening possession—the satisfaction surpasses ordinary novels. ✅ Engaging characters! From the white moonlight substitute to the eternal night prisoner to the crazy boss, there's bound to be one that will appeal to you. Substitute novel lovers, lock this book now! Especially the quick transmigration novel, the setting of tearing apart the cannon fodder script is divine. I was smiling like a proud aunt while reading it, and I was also heartbroken. The "old friend" trope is brilliant. 💥 #SubstituteLiterature #QuickTransmigration #Darkening #WifeChasingCrematorium #NovelRecommendation

33. 283 为 I've Failed Three Times Trying to Reform the Villain 为感化反派我连扑三次 I Eat Vegetarian我行吃素Ancient Romance348k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + heroine with secret identities + villain hero + mutual salvation] The System plays a minor role, and there is no golden finger. Jiang Yingqiao transmigrates into an old-fashioned sweet romance novel. Bound by the System to save a tragic villain, she must raise Song Guici's dangerously low kindness score. Who could have guessed she'd fake her death three times along the way? The first time, she transmigrates as a beggar and becomes a young master's childhood friend. 2.5kReads9.2Score357Shelves
34. 284 重 After I Was Reborn, My Little Apprentice Started Fighting My Ex 重生后小徒弟和前夫哥打起来了 Win by Half a Move胜半子Two Male Leads847k WordsCompleted I’m the number one cultivator in the realm of cultivation: handsome, charming, and with a bright future ahead. The only thing that could be called a dark stain on my past is having exes. Those exes took advantage of my lovesick nature, cheating me out of my body, my heart, and my cultivation. They left me wishing I could dig up wild vegetables to feed them. And I had seven exes that impressive. Fortunately, I’m cursed to bring misfortune to my partners. All seven of my exes died one after anothe 804Reads8.9Score117Shelves

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    See? These two are really good-looking. The reason the first one has a low rating is because fewer people are rating it now, but it's genuinely beautiful. The second one is also quite good, very appealing. No wonder it has the look of an old friend; it turns out the old friend isn't dead.

35. 285 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves

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    The first one needs no introduction, just look at the rating 😎. The second one is truly amazing! A strong female lead, both career-driven and incredibly doting. The third one is so satisfying and heart-wrenching, the theme is great, and the whole book flows smoothly. The fourth one is also fantastic… Ahhh, just read them! A must-read for any seasoned bookworm! I'm still pretty strict about ratings, hehehe 😎🤭

36. 286 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 108.1kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
37. 287 快 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Big Shot Has Fallen to the Dark Side Again 快穿攻略之病娇大佬又黑化了 Seventh Lane on Moon Street月街七巷Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted couple with mutual fidelity + lovesick obsession] Shi Yao dies suddenly after staying up all night reading a novel. Luckily, she encounters System Xiao Liu. If she completes the missions in each world, she can come back to life on the spot. But the missions gradually take a strange turn: in every world, a lovesick obsessive starts clinging to her! A possessive tyrant does her laundry and cooks for her, then offers to warm her bed? A wild and mysterious young man from Mia 59.4kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
38. 288 癫 The Lunatic Novel's Cannon-Fodder Villainess Tore Up the Script 癫文炮灰女配手撕了剧本 Jiang Ruohe江若何Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a Book + Ultra-Sweet One-on-One Romance + Showbiz + Face-Slapping + Absurdist Humor + Both Pure and Faithful] [A powerful, absurdist girl who always says exactly what she thinks × a cold-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside film emperor with a delightfully unhinged mindset] After cursing the author as a lunatic, Yin Shuwei found herself transmigrated into a deranged romance novel as the cannon-fodder wife of the second male lead. In the original plot, her husband would be houn 7.3kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    Just from the name, you can tell it's crazy [laughing][laughing]. Thinking of the mess in the original plot, Yin Shuwei's heart softened suddenly, and she decided to be blunt: "Shen Jin is mentally ill. Stay away from him. I know you have no choice in this marriage. Going on the show can help you relax. Then you can find an excuse to get a divorce." "Do you think I'm stupid? That woman punches a pervert and slashes with a knife, catches snakes with her bare hands, is incredibly fierce, single-handedly cracks a pyramid scheme case, remains calm in the face of skeletons, and bravely fights medical disputes to gain experience. Do you think I'm tired of living? Go head-to-head with her?"

39. 289 边 Back from the Border, the Little Heiress Is Everyone’s Darling 边境归来，小千金成团宠啦 Mountain Queen女山大王Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance + strong female lead + coming-of-age + genius top student + tough and taciturn] Ye Qing saves a group of wealthy heirs. After coming back from the border with the resolve to become a good person, she accidentally discovers that she's the An family's true daughter, who went missing years ago. A status-obsessed father, a biased mother, a sister vying for attention, and a quiet girl. She doesn't care about Grandpa's hundreds of millions in inheritance: she can win that much in a hacki 12.3kReads9.3Score2kShelves
40. 290 被 Driven to Death by a Cultivator’s Mistress? I’ll Raise My Sword to the Nine Heavens 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 79.4kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves
41. 291 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 235.3kReads9.7Score27.5kShelves
42. 292 穿 Reborn as a Cannon Fodder Villain, I Was Spoiled by My Yandere Master 穿成炮灰反派被病娇师尊强宠了 Brat竖子Two Male Leads324k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + disciple transmigrates into a book + master reborn + unconventional yandere] [The master is the top; an ensemble cast, not mindless.] (A sharp-tongued, spoiled, rebellious disciple with severe depression VS a once-gentle, beautiful yandere master, betrayed by everyone and driven to darkness) ◆ Both are pure and devoted to each other! ◆ Xie Xu's experiences in this story are based on real events. ◆ Insult me, not the characters. After the people closest to him drove him to suic 2.7kReads9.1Score377Shelves

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    1.2 Is correct. The rest is up to you whether you want it or not. ☝︎(`ط´≠︎)

43. 293 七 70s Military Marriage: The Couple’s a Bit Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 47.1kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
44. 294 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 42.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
45. 295 无 After Retiring from Infinite Games, I Just Want to Be Ordinary 无限游戏退休后我只想做个普通人 May I Soon Have All the Strawberries I Want早日实现草莓自由Two Male Leads388k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Both devoted to each other] [Happy ending] [Both leads are formidable] [Complete] [A cool beauty who wants to live an ordinary life but is a powerhouse in a fight, paired with a powerful, hot-tempered husband who is completely devoted to his wife] After barely making it out alive from an infinite-flow game, Zhong Yao stretches out his legs and settles in to enjoy an ordinary life as still and uneventful as a pool of stagnant water. But the good times don't last. Zhong Yao disco 4.7kReads9.3Score671Shelves

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    Second book I highly recommend!!! Infinite flow, a master returns to the beginner's village.

46. 296 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 118.9kReads9.6Score13.8kShelves
47. 297 这 Do I Really Have to Be Your Master? 这师尊非做不可吗 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads535k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] My disciple is looking at me strangely. I really want to run away Sweet romance + equally matched leads + one-on-one + secret identities + irreverent cultivation Liu Yu'an transmigrates into a book and becomes the cannon-fodder master of the arrogant male lead. The male lead is gifted, but he takes the demonic path. To keep the plot moving, Liu Yu'an fusses over the male lead every day, showing him every kindness in an effort to bring him back to the righteous pat 62kReads9.1Score10.1kShelves
48. 298 别 Stop Crying. Fine, I’ll Give It to You, Okay? 别哭了，为师给你还不行吗？ Cottonwood Fish棉木鱼Two Male Leads723k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + master and disciple + devoted to each other + silly, lighthearted sweet romance + love at first sight] Original title: “Stop Crying, I’ll Give It to You, All Right?” Softhearted, straight, runaway bottom x loyal top driven to darkness by his master Chi Buwan’s world came crashing down when he transmigrated into the role of a beautiful master who was destined to force himself on his disciple, only to be taken home by that disciple and doted on every day! But he’s straight! He’d 25.6kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
49. 299 盗 Tomb Raiding: Miss Qi Is a Little Tattletale 盗墓：齐小姐是个告状精 Fairy's Cherry Blossom仙女的樱Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted A slice-of-life story. The female lead is a fragile darling doted on by everyone. This is not a strong-female-lead story. Everyone's relationships are ambiguous, with no infidelity or villainizing. Synopsis: Everyone gets a route! It's a branching story! I'm Qi Jin. To stay alive, I clung to a mute man's leg in a tomb. He's incredibly strong, seriously. All I really wanted was to get out of the tomb safely with my brother, Qi Yu, and live happily ever after. But because of various circumstances, 7.2kReads8.9Score773Shelves

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    [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow] This book is super good! 🌈🌈🌈🌿 "Wu Erbai, your brother is a real scoundrel!" The servants knew that Third Master was going to get a beating again. 🤔🤔 Later, Third Master grew up 💫💫 and always encountered trouble outside. 🌸🌸🌸Qi Jin then said confidently, "What do you want to do to him? Although that bastard Wu Sansheng has disappeared, 🍉🍉 Wu Xie is still the darling of the Wu family. Does Second Master know you're bullying his nephew like this?" 🍂✨"Wu Xie, let's go, your second uncle is looking for you! If you have something to say, go find Wu Erbai." 🌿🌿🌿Qi Jin thought to himself, "I'll use his connections to help Wu Xie first!" Below is Qi Jin's confession: 🍃🍃🍃 I am Qi Jin. To survive, ✨✨✨ I clung to a mute man's leg in the tomb. He's incredibly strong, really. Actually, I just wanted to get out of the tomb safely with my brother Qi Yu. But I failed. When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a courtyard by Wu Erbai under the guise of protection, and I've been imprisoned for six years. 🌵🍀 During the days I was kept under Wu Erbai's thumb, 😤😤😤 he was afraid I'd be bored, so he often brought his nephew over for me to play with. 🌵🌵🌵 Knowing I disliked Wu Sansheng, he would often find excuses to beat him up to vent my anger. [Please follow][Upvote]

50. 300 乱 Beauty in a Chaotic Age: A Brutal Warlord Claims Her, Step by Step 乱世美人：被粗莽枭雄步步豪夺 Baiyun Yeye白云耶耶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bodhisattva-like beauty × ambitious hero of a chaotic age, with an obsessive, possessive love (The rating is low because it just came out, but it should rise.) Rong Ci spent ten years with Zhao Chu as a hostage in the State of Qi. The year he returned to Qin and was made a prince, she died in childbirth, leaving him twins before she could finally rest. Who could have guessed that before long, the System would summon her back in a frenzy? This tyrant has scoured the world for your remains and pla 21.7kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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    This one definitely fits the bill. The female protagonist is a time traveler who returns to the modern world after completing a mission, then travels back again. Her appearance has changed slightly, but everyone recognizes her; she truly has the features of someone from the past.

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