I'm in a Reading Slump. Nothing Seems Worth Reading Lately... 最近书荒了， 感觉没什么好书……

1. 151 重 Back to the Nineties: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Gets to Play the Loving Mom 重回90，恶婆婆拿了亲妈剧本 Mei You Wen Hua莓柚雯椛Modern Romance639k WordsCompleted [Reborn] [1990s] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [No Golden Finger] [Everyday Life in a Small Town] He Meijuan, an old woman from a small town, spent her previous life favoring boys over girls, acting selfishly, and picking on those weaker than her. She treated her daughters-in-law as enemies to vent her frustrations on and torment, and her daughters as tools to support her sons and show off. In the end, she left the entire Xu family fortune to her eldest and youngest sons. Unexpectedly, in her old a 4.3kReads8.6Score386Shelves
2. 152 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves

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   I've been reading this recently; it's a female-oriented, action-packed novel. The female protagonist, Zaijiu Xunge, is incredibly cautious, incredibly greedy, incredibly principled, and doesn't trust anyone. She weighs the pros and cons before making any choice. While seeking revenge, she gradually becomes stronger, becoming Zaijiu's agent. All the powerful figures both love and hate her because of her cheeky personality, but she also knows her limits. You could say she constantly bounces around on everyone's nerves.

3. 153 腹 The Modern-Day Wild Wife of a Scheming Divine Lord 腹黑神尊的现代狂妻 Lover of Ink and Rhyme墨韵爱人Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Li, a modern-day girl, opens her eyes to find herself a lamb led to slaughter on a wasteland in another world. Penniless and utterly powerless, she faces the fangs of the lawless Xuantian Continent, where the strong prey on the weak. At death's door, she encounters Ye Jin, the Dark God Venerable, a peerless harbinger of doom who is just as battered and powerless as she is. He thinks she's as weak as an ant; she can't stand his cold, domineering nature. Yet fate binds these two together. Su Li 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   So pretty!

4. 154 逆 The Rebellious Pulse: A Doctor's Record of Three Thousand Tribulations in the Hidden Dragon's Clinic 逆鳞岐黄录，龙隐杏林三千劫 Lover of Ink and Rhyme墨韵爱人Urban517k WordsCompleted **Male Lead: Li Chen - Dragon Clan Mark: A dragon-scale chip is hidden in the third vertebra of his spine. When his emotions fluctuate, blood-red patterns appear. - Female Lead: Su Qian (nickname: A Yu) - Secret Chinese Medicine Technique: She has mastered the “Nine Meridians of the Spiritual Pivot” diagnostic method and can identify seventy-two kinds of toxins by the color of a person’s irises. Li Chen wore a black, close-fitting combat suit and a black mask that left only his sh —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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   I trained as an excavator operator in Paris for six years; my heart, like the Parisian tractor, was already burning through fuel. I sold popsicles at the Puden convenience store for ten years; I thought my heart was as cold as a popsicle, but when I opened the comments section, tears streamed down my face, soaking my coat. My heart kept repeating the same question: Could you... Could you please reply to me?

6. 156 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves
7. 157 奶 Milky-Sweet Watermelon 奶香味西瓜 Tong, Just One Tong桐一个桐Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted At first, he’s a gangster boss with impatience written all over his face. By the end, he’s completely lovesick. Xia Wenxuan manages to win himself over all on his own. Genius girl Lin Zhiwei travels to Thailand for an academic exchange and moves into the home of the cold, violent Xia Wenxuan. The two begin living together. At first, Xia Wenxuan looks down on this frail little thing with her skinny arms and legs. But as they spend time together, he realizes he’s completely besotted with everythin 7.6kReads8.9Score592Shelves

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   ① The male lead is a Southeast Asian tycoon, and the female lead is a smart university teacher. The male lead develops feelings for her during their time together (Warning: The male lead is not a virgin). ② The female lead is a doctor, and the male lead is an undercover agent. They reunite after a long separation. A tribute to the heroes who dedicated themselves to peace.

8. 158 北 Starlight over North City 北城有星光 Beauty Faded红了容颜Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted The first time they met, she was a doctor and he was a wounded fugitive. He held her scalpel against her fair throat, his voice cold and sharp. “It’s dangerous for a woman to carry a knife!” The next time they met, she cornered him and tugged at his clothes. He smiled seductively, his voice low. “In such a hurry, Miss Mo? Can’t even wait until we get to the room?” She glared at him. “I’m a doctor. I need to examine your wound!” Still as cocky as ever, he said, “And what will Dr. Mo use to examin 5.2kReads9.3Score589Shelves
9. 159 追 Notes on a Manhunt [Criminal Investigation] 追凶笔记[刑侦] Fou Ye否靥Mystery802k WordsCompleted An elderly passenger dies mysteriously on a bus. A male student vanishes without a trace from his university dorm. A small-shop owner is brutally murdered... The cases are intertwined and baffling. As the criminal investigation team follows the trail to the truth, they uncover even more untold stories of hardship and dark dealings... Open this notebook of murder investigations and join the search for truth and light. May you and I raise the banner of justice, advance side by side, and leave nowh 7.5kReads9.2Score1kShelves
10. 160 十 After Eighteen Years in Seclusion, Who Dares Hurt My Son? 十八年后破关而出，谁敢伤我儿 Glowing Salted Fish咸鱼在发光Modern Romance695k WordsOngoing [Strong heroine, no romance, feel-good power fantasy] After finally making it back from the cultivation world, Shen Nanxing opened her eyes to a difficult childbirth. She risked her life to deliver a child, then had no choice but to leave the baby behind and enter seclusion. That retreat lasted eighteen years. Eighteen years later, she boldly emerged from seclusion to save her child. From that moment on, the world had a remarkable new Shen Nanxing. Before Shen Nanxing emerged, Chen Jingyu was an 963Reads8.3Score102Shelves

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    Tight plot, novel content, new book recommendation

11. 161 雾 Mist-Shrouded Indulgence 雾色靡靡 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted Aloof doctor × graceful beauty Rekindled love + a long road to winning her back + a powerful man lowering his head / both leads are each other’s only partners Ni Wu takes her daughter to the hospital, where the attending physician turns out to be her boyfriend from years ago. They’ve been apart for seven years. She changed her name long ago and has slimmed down from being very overweight. He doesn’t recognize her, and has no idea she secretly had his daughter. Her daughter holds her hand. “Mommy 25.2kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves
12. 162 将 The General's Wife Is a Bit Fierce 将军夫人有点强 Little Sunflower小小向日葵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The legitimate daughter who went missing from the Grand Secretariat’s residence is back! They say she’s weak, useless, and timid as a mouse. She hasn’t even left the house once in the six months since returning to the capital. What! She’s actually the Ghost Doctor, feared by every nation? With a handful of silver needles, she can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. They say she has eyes that see through life and death, and no illness can escape her gaze! And she’s engage 34.9kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
13. 163 七 She Woke Up Pregnant in the Seventies 七零睁眼肚子揣了个崽崽 Cloud Looking Down at Fish俯视鱼的云Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Transmigrate + pocket dimension + face-slapping + sweet romance + family life + turning a husband into a success] Lin Fan transmigrates into the eldest daughter of an ordinary working-class, divorced single-parent family in a period novel, and becomes a young woman who is pregnant before marriage. No, she has to find the baby’s father and make him take responsibility. Whether he loves her or not doesn’t matter. As long as he has money, a job, and can provide a secure life, that’s enou 165.4kReads8.7Score8.2kShelves
14. 164 你 Go Ahead and Be Crazy, but Leave the Kids in the Compound Alone 你疯就算了，大院的崽你也不放过 Charcoal-Grilled Crumbs碳烤渣渣Modern Romance828k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + born into the past + parallel 1970s + doted on by the whole family + spatial dimension + strong male and female leads] Lin Sa was born into the 1970s and became the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Most families favor boys over girls, but the Lin family favors girls over boys. Out of four children, the Lin family had only one daughter, and the whole family cherished her with their lives. Other people’s daughters are little cotton jackets, but theirs is a drafty leather jac 71.9kReads8.5Score7.7kShelves
15. 165 暴 A Nouveau Riche Falls for the Crown Prince of the Capital’s Elite, but Are They Really a Match? 暴发户爱上京圈太子爷，怎会般配 Wu Ximo吾西墨Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [The print edition is now available under the title A Love That Came Too Late] [Rekindled Romance + Regretful Pursuit + One-on-One Romance] Main characters: Gu Shiyu and Chu Yao Synopsis: In her senior year of high school, Chu Yao, whose family had recently struck it rich, fell in love at first sight with Gu Shiyu, the new transfer student! From that day on, she shamelessly pursued him with unwavering persistence and a heart full of joy! When she learned he was from the capital, Jing C 31kReads7.3Score30.8kShelves
16. 166 王 The Princess Consort Is Too Arrogant? She's Earned Her Place in the Imperial Ancestral Temple! 王妃太嚣张？她凭本事配享太庙！ Jian Yu简钰Ancient Romance824k WordsCompleted [Expert at winning over his wife + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + goofy + two powerful leads + sweet, satisfying romance] Behind a red bridal curtain, Shi Wanwan opens her eyes to find herself surrounded by handsome men. Her eyes light up. Is this the legendary perk of transmigrating? What? The scumbag wants to break off their engagement? Break it off, then! Absolutely! With all these handsome men around, who needs a scumbag? Xie Xuanzhi happens upon Shi Wanwan impersonating him after d 4.3kReads9.0Score576Shelves

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17. 167 穿 Reborn as a House Servant, I Open My Eyes to Find My Fortune Stolen and Myself Sold 穿成家仆一睁眼被夺机缘还被卖了 Qing Jiu Bu Du青九不渡Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted (The male and female leads both travel through time + high-martial-arts setting + mind reading + sweet romance + Divine Void Secret Realm + invasion by another race + the heroine has a clone) Jiang Chunyi is reborn as a cannon-fodder servant in the household of the male lead, a great aristocrat. Memories of her body's previous life reveal that she's destined to die. But the moment she opens her eyes, her reborn cousin steals her opportunity, leaving Jiang Chunyi with no choice but to awaken a us 3.6kReads9.0Score320Shelves
18. 168 六 In the 1960s, the Young Educated Youth Takes Back Her Body and Goes on a Rampage 六零，小知青夺回身体后缺大德了 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance809k WordsCompleted [Strong male and female leads + space + scheming + never takes abuse + both leads are wonderfully outrageous] When Jiang Sheng is eighteen, trouble strikes her family and she is forced to move to the countryside. Her family has prepared everything for her, so she isn’t worried. But despite all their precautions, she never expects an accident to rob her of control over her body and send her to a strange place. They call it the twenty-first century? She goes from confusion and panic to adapting, t 33kReads8.9Score3kShelves
19. 169 人 In the Cultivation World, My White Moonlight Chooses to Side with the Villain 人在修仙界，白月光选择跟反派混 Durian-Flavored Cheese榴莲味奶酪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead: slyly keeping a low profile while thinking she's the hunter / Male lead: sweet on the outside, dark within, and willing to be the prey] Gu Nanyan transmigrated into a cultivation novel about a stand-in and was forced to play the supporting role for an entire lifetime. After painstakingly following the plot to the end, she never expected to be reborn in the novel's world. Gu Nanyan: “I really can't thank you enough!” Thinking back on the previous life's plot, she had barely made it 37.9kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves
20. 170 重 Back to the Horrific Apocalypse: From the Start, I Stockpiled a Graveyard 重回恐怖末世：开局先囤一块墓地 Soft Fish Song袅袅鱼音Sci-Fi & Apocalypse266k WordsCompleted (Horror Apocalypse + paranormal revival + stockpiling supplies + an unconventional safe haven) Reborn seven days before the Horror Apocalypse, Shen Qi immediately bought herself a grave, carved her own name onto the tombstone, and added a couplet. First line: A home, a field, and a well Second line: Good food, good drink, and sound sleep Center: Shen Qi's Tomb In the Horror Apocalypse, no house is safe. Only spaces born from graves can serve as safe havens. Those with ancestors can rely on them 1.6kReads8.2Score154Shelves
21. 171 恋 Love-Struck Evil God, Your Parasitic Flower Has Gone Wild 恋爱脑邪神，你家菟丝花杀疯了 Bend at the Waist折腰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse259k WordsCompleted [A seemingly cold and terrifying evil entity who secretly does laundry with a straight face and is hopelessly in love VS a seemingly sweet and obedient beauty who is actually a ruthless, dark-hearted charmer, keeping a madman in line] [Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Powerful Leads + Stronger Heroine + Power Fantasy + Taming a Madman] Male Lead’s Blurb: Yu Qing, an ancient deep-sea evil god doing his best to pass as human in the apocalypse, has run into a heartbreaking problem. He can’t stop th 14.5kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
22. 172 带 I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅，日日被撩 Jiang Qiuqiu姜秋秋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th 38.8kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves
23. 173 穿 Reborn as a Marquis's Daughter, Still Beating Up the Fake Heiress 穿成侯府千金，今天也暴打假千金 Jiang Qiuqiu姜秋秋Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Two Powerful Leads + Feel-Good] After transmigrating, Wei Anning, a martial arts heiress, made a contract with a System after dying in an accident. To help the System gather energy, she transmigrated into a book and became the real daughter of the Marquis's household, a disposable character who had been maliciously switched at birth. In the story, the fake daughter who had taken her place was gentle, refined, beautiful, and noble. Meanwhile, her real d 14.2kReads8.6Score829Shelves
24. 174 被 They Summoned the Wrong Soul, So I Helped the Marquis Empty the Capital Before Exile 被勾错魂，我带侯爷搬空京城流放 Luan Jing峦镜Ancient Romance701k WordsCompleted [Space + Hoarding Supplies + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Exile and Flight from Famine + Livestream + Cuisine + Female Lead Can Speak to Animals] Xin Long, a formidable survivor of the apocalypse, finally reversed time and returned to the modern era. But after only a few peaceful days, the wrong soul was summoned, and she was sent to ancient times, waking up right in the middle of an exile. No need to panic: she has a pocket dimension. First, s 5kReads8.2Score651Shelves
25. 175 渣 I Wronged the Venerable One, Stole Billions of Spirit Stones, and Ran Off Pregnant 渣了尊上，我抢亿万灵石揣崽跑 Zi Lu子璐Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted Yuan Yi somehow ended up sleeping with the revered lord who cultivated the merciless path, then ran away! Take responsibility? Not a chance! In this life, she only wants to stay alive! Relying on memories from her previous life, she sets out to collect a group of divine palaces, packed with billions of spirit stones, immortal crystals, immortal artifacts and talismans, and every kind of supply in abundance! The 36 immortal palaces contain vast spaces, with immortal fields and springs that gen 3.3kReads9.3Score578Shelves
26. 176 觉 After Awakening, the Supporting Female Character Cultivates Immortality with a Red Packet Group 觉醒后，女配她带着红包群修仙了 A Heart That Loves and Protects爱佑之心Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted [Complete, Urban, Cultivation, System, Red Packet Group, Strong Male and Female Leads, Both Chaste] Ji Changxin idly scrolls through WeChat on her phone. Out of the corner of her eye, she spots a huge carp coming up for air and playing on the lake’s surface. On a whim, she opens WeChat’s scan feature. Sure, she can’t eat the fish, but she can at least scan it and see what it’s worth! Ding! Would you like to join the Newborn Planes Red Packet Group? “Ding! Congratulations, you’ve received a red p 3kReads8.8Score270Shelves
27. 177 退 After the Broken Engagement, the Villainess Became the Cultivation Realm’s Favorite 退婚后，恶毒女配成了仙界团宠 Xian Shiyi弦十一Ancient Romance700k WordsCompleted After Mu Li died, she transmigrated into a novel about cultivating immortality, becoming the supporting character who shared her name. The supporting character was the male lead’s fiancée. When the heroine appeared, she felt threatened and used every vicious method she could think of, swearing to erase the heroine from the male lead’s world! Of course, in the end, she was the one who disappeared, without a trace, and in the most tragic way imaginable. Just thinking about the supporting character 8.8kReads8.8Score834Shelves
28. 178 穿 I Transmigrated and Picked Up a Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Husband 穿越捡来的相公五岁半 The Wind Goes Whoosh大风呼呼的Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knows that the influential Grand Secretary married the older sister who raised him from childhood to repay her kindness, becoming a thoroughly henpecked husband. They say Qin Zhao’s wife is jealous, never lets him take a concubine, and won’t let him go out drinking with courtesans. They say Qin Zhao has a miserable life at home, worse than death. Cao Xi spat out a melon seed shell. They don’t know what they’re talking about. That clingy little pest is practically attached 10kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
29. 179 求 Please Love Me Openly 求你明恋我 Elk Seventeen麋鹿十七Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available. Search for A Confession I Couldn’t Hide to get a signed copy] [Roguishly handsome, irresistible Jin Zhuo x sweet, alluring Qin Yingxia] [Both Pure + College Romance + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Sweet Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Yingxia had been secretly in love with Jin Zhuo for seven years. She worked as hard as she could to get into Imperial University, all so she could be a little closer to him. On the first day of school, she accidentally took t 48.8kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves

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    Let's have some sweet romance to kick things off!

30. 180 偷EN Eavesdropping on Thoughts: Starting with Yunxiao Slaying Dingguang Immortal 偷听心声，开局云霄提剑砍定光仙 A Seasoned Old Hand老油条啊Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted Li Xiao becomes Tongtian’s fifth personal disciple, and Yunxiao overhears his thoughts! “Fifth Senior Brother, why are you staring at Dingguang Xian?” “Nothing. I just feel like eating rabbit meat!” [That Dingguang Xian is going to betray the sect. How do I kill him?] “Fifth Senior Brother, could you stop being such a slacker?” [Why shouldn’t I slack off? I’m already invincible. What else is there to do?] [The Three Xiao sisters have it rough. Yunxiao is imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff, and Qiong 25.4kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended for those experiencing a reading slump

31. 181 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves
32. 182 残 Tattered Robe 残袍 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Urban1.5M WordsCompleted He lives in the war-torn Republic of China era. Though he possesses peerless mystical arts, he isn't a Taoist priest. He walks the line between good and evil, accompanied by an old cat that escaped from an ancient tomb. To be precise, it isn't a cat at all, but no one knows what it really is. 24.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
33. 183 归 Oneness 归一 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Urban3.1M WordsCompleted The mysterious golden dragon tattoo on his chest, the strange human-shaped skeleton in a grave, the dying beggar who speaks an unknown language, the modern writing carved on an ancient stone tablet: all of it haunts Wu Zhongyuan. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going... 9.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
34. 184 麻 The Linen-Clad Daoist Patriarch 麻衣道祖 Master of the Windrider Tower御风楼主人Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted Demonic energy invades his body, and Chen Yishan is on the brink of death. His ancestors answer his prayers and send a cold, aloof immortal maiden to save him. But she is helpless and has a terrible temper. She abducts Chen Yishan, beats him up, and tosses him into a cave to reflect on his own. Reflecting is out of the question. Enraged, Chen Yishan punches the statue of the Holy Land’s founder to pieces, and suddenly, it all clicks... From then on, dressed in snowy robes and carrying a moonlike 1.7kReads8.2Score233Shelves
35. 185 长 Immortality 长生 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Ever since he was young, the boy Changsheng has inexplicably been struck by heavenly lightning time and again. He is saved by Daoist Lin, who takes him in as his final disciple. Daoist Lin was an abandoned disciple of Gezao Mountain, with the Daoist title Luoyangzi. For years, he explored tombs not for wealth, but to find treasures that could extend the life of the woman he loved. Before his death, he divides the secret manuals taken from the tomb among his five disciples and entrusts Changsheng 28.7kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
36. 186 紫 Purple Sun 紫阳 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing When the Hu invaded, he lost his family, his home, and his newlywed wife, who was taken from him. He searched for her across a thousand miles but failed to find her. Through a twist of fate, he embarked on the path of Shangqing cultivation. A pedantic scholar gained immortal arts, mastered the immortal way, saved the people, and brought order to the world. 7.5kReads9.2Score827Shelves
37. 187 太 The Supreme One Is Heartless 太上无情 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing The divine race is born divine and considers itself superior to all others. It secretly manipulates the royal family through sorcerers, enslaving the people. Emperor Xia refuses to be controlled by the divine race and is murdered by sorcerers. With no son to inherit the throne, he passes it to his younger brother, Xia Mu. Xia Mu returns to the capital for the funeral, only to be ambushed as well. His young son, Xia Xuan, is rescued at the cost of a loyal general's life and grows up among ordinar 4.3kReads9.0Score264Shelves
38. 188 参 Reaching to the Sky 参天 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted The appearance of fragments of the Heavenly Book sparks a frenzied struggle among the people. Is this a fortuitous opportunity, or does it conceal a deeper mystery? Is the pursuit of cultivation really only about attaining immortality? 4kReads8.9Score476Shelves
39. 189 气 Mastering Qi for a Thousand Years: The Heaven-Defying Divine Artifact 气御千年.逆天神器 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Urban371k WordsCompleted Feng Yu Jiu Qiu is one of China’s most celebrated fantasy and cultivation novelists, a prominent figure on the Tianya online community. His epic Taoist adventure novel, Qi Yu Qian Nian, has been passionately embraced by readers, earning rave reviews and over a hundred million clicks. Readers have called him the Jin Yong of contemporary fantasy and cultivation fiction. In 2012, he was named one of China’s Ten Most Influential Internet Celebrities, an event hosted by Phoenix TV and Lenovo, with Li 220Reads9.3Score—Shelves
40. 190 残 The Tattered Robe 1: Heartbroken in Tatters 残袍1：碎心残袍 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Mystery206k WordsCompleted During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zuo Dengfeng, an office worker at the cultural center in Wendeng County on the Jiaodong Peninsula, is unexpectedly sent to guard an abandoned Taoist temple in the Kunyu Mountains. There he meets Wu Xinyu, an orphan who has struggled to live alone in the temple for many years. They come to trust each other, fall in love, and marry. By chance, while descending the mountain, they find an old cat captured by the villagers below. It wears a gold collar arou 427Reads9.3Score103Shelves
41. 191 残 The Tattered Robe IV: Between Taoism and the Demonic Path 残袍.肆：亦道亦邪 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Historical250k WordsCompleted Just as the search for the six Yin Earthly Branches was progressing smoothly, Zuodengfeng’s enemy Fujisaki came looking for the other six Yang Earthly Branches. He proposed working together and threatened the lives of Zuodengfeng’s loved ones. Left with no choice, Zuodengfeng played along, using the opportunity to kill Fujisaki and avenge himself at last. 127Reads9.5Score—Shelves
42. 192 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves

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43. 193 我 I Serve Manchu-Han Banquets at Kindergarten, Making the Whole City Drool 我在幼儿园做满汉全席，全市馋哭 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted 24.5kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
44. 194 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
45. 195 惊 Thriller Game: This Doctor Is More Terrifying Than Ghosts 惊悚游戏：这个医生比鬼恐怖 Sliding-Step Expert滑步高手Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The paranormal is on the rise, and horror games are invading reality. The genius doctor Li Fei is accidentally drawn into a game. With the Ghost Doctor System at his side, he devotes himself heart and soul to medicine, gradually building his clinic into a thriving business. The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “I only went in for a checkup for a cold, and he sewed my mouth shut the moment I walked in!” The Red Wedding Dress: “I only turned him down, but he insisted I had a fear of men!” The Ghost Lady: “He t 16.6kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
46. 196 我 I Became Qin Shi Huang’s Dog 我穿成了秦始皇的狗 Clouds Drift, Not Chasing Birds流云非逐鸟Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: I Was Reincarnated as Qin Shi Huang’s Dog [No romance, a real pet, can hear thoughts, can talk] Web novelist Ying Bai has just finished writing the ending to a novel. Before she can even send it out, she slumps over her computer. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become a dog. The good news: she’s landed in the great Qin, home of her fascinating ancestor! The bad news: she’s become a dog?! Ying Bai curses the heavens with everything she’s got. In 221 BCE, Ying Zheng successi 11.2kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
47. 197 末 Apocalypse: I Survive on My Convenience Store 末世：我靠便利店续命 Niu Kulu Baldy钮枯禄秃头Sci-Fi & Apocalypse493k WordsCompleted [No romance] [Business-building] [Not a self-sacrificing saint] Sang Yu died at eighteen because of a heart condition, but she never expected that after binding to a System, she’d get to keep living it up. As someone who loves “peace,” Sang Yu always remembers to win people over with virtue. [Ding... Mission issued: Open a convenience store.] [Starter gift pack delivered.] Sang Yu had only just gotten back on her feet when she came face-to-face with a zombie. Terrified, she punched it and blew i 1.4kReads8.7Score186Shelves
48. 198 全EN Global Metahumans: Awakening the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning at the Start 全球异能：开局觉醒紫霄神雷 The Wind Is Howling Tonight今晚的风儿甚是喧嚣Urban4.5M WordsOngoing On Blue Star, vicious beasts run rampant. Everyone can awaken an ability and has a chance to become a powerful force, feared across the land! Yet Xu Jingming, who transmigrated here, had only an E-rank ability. Fortunately, the Deep Blue System appeared, upgrading his weak E-rank electric ability into S-rank Purple Firmament Divine Thunder! That’s not all. Every time he kills a vicious beast, he earns ability points. Spend ability points to raise his level and strengthen his skills. “Deep Blue, 247.9kReads9.1Score20.3kShelves
49. 199 开 They Took Me for a Simp from the Start, So I Confessed to the Reborn Empress 开局被当舔狗，反手表白重生女帝 Inscription Beneath the Moon月下铭Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + campus belle + High Martial + empress + growth-oriented + multiple heroines] After transmigrating into a world undergoing a spiritual qi revival, Shen Xingyu finds humanity in dire straits as alien races invade. Everyone can awaken a talent and become a spirit martial artist. From the start, he is bound to the strongest support System. As long as he completes the bizarre tasks it assigns, he can earn all kinds of rewards. His beginner task is to randomly confess to a pass 76.8kReads8.0Score11kShelves
50. 200 攻 After Winning the Empress's Heart, the System Makes Me a God 攻略女帝后，系统直接让我成神 NPC Abandoned AccountNPC弃号Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing (Fantasy + multiple heroines + transmigration into another body + Empress + System takes human form + sweet interactions) After Yun Zhou transmigrates, he binds to a System. From the start, he saves the strongest person in the Tianzhou Realm, the Moonlight Empress, and is then forced to survive on a deserted island. After winning over the Empress, the System directly rewards Yun Zhou with cultivation at the Heavenly God Realm. By the time endless demonic light descends from the sky, Yun Zhou has 408Reads7.9Score101Shelves

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