Romance Is Fine, but No Wimpy Leads or Childish 'Ruthless and Decisive' Posturing 有CP不阳痿，而且没有小学生的“杀伐果断”

1. 1 禁 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Eat the Little Almond吃掉小杏仁Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 224.8kReads8.8Score12.8kShelves

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   These two books, especially the first one, are particularly rough.

2. 2 B The BOSS Is Logging Into the Players' Forum BOSS正在登陆玩家论坛 Ink Rising on the Wind扶风起墨Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Newbie village boss]+ [Subverting expectations]+ [Torturing players] On the night the “Divine Revelation” game went on sale, Xia Er died from staying up too late. When he opened his eyes, he discovered he had become a “newbie village boss” in the game. To make sure he survived, all he could do was quietly lurk on the player forums every day and study their latest guides. Player: “There's a secret passage in this dungeon area. We can sneak in through here.” Xia 20.9kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
3. 3 龙 Dragon Raja: A Loser Would Never Meet a Cold-Faced, Adorable Witch 龙族：衰仔不会遇见冷脸萌魔女 OdinMale-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [Chu Zihang? Chu Zihan!] + [Single Female Lead] + [Chu-Lu] There's no time to mourn! Now making her entrance is a cool, black-haired, super-A-level beauty at Kassel, with a bit of a gossip's streak: the future president of the Lionheart Society, Chu Zihan!!! “Breaking!!! The boundlessly promising S-rank freshman Lu Mingfei or the domineering young noble and Student Union president Caesar Gattuso: who will the super-A-level choose?” The red-pinned post has taken over the smartest corner of the Ni 4.6kReads8.8Score395Shelves

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   The second building is considered CP [laughs awkwardly]

4. 4 从 Starting Out as an Armor Summoner 从变成铠甲召唤器开始 Si Sisi四肆寺Anime Fanfiction626k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a world plagued by monsters, Lin Ti became an armor summoning device. Use the device to summon powerful, mysterious armor. Defeat monsters to keep evolving. Raise both hands above your head, young man. Use your card to transform! “Armor, unite!” 13.1kReads9.2Score931Shelves
5. 5 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 256kReads9.4Score43.8kShelves

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   These three books all have cp, and they must repay kindness and revenge, have brains, be decisive in killing, and treat others sincerely. The most important thing is that his content and plot are very exciting and logical, which will make you amazed.

6. 6 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 892.1kReads9.6Score220.5kShelves
7. 7 我 Deicide Learning In A 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 1.1MReads9.9Score179.9kShelves
8. 8 从 From Mecha Pilot to Starfleet Commander: I Rule the Stars 从开机甲到星海舰队，我统御群星 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted (Modern warfare + mechs + starships + galactic scale + farming on a colonized planet + decisive combat + exhilarating battles. The author has a highly rated previous novel with 2.4 million words. Read with confidence.) Standard version: Li Xin wakes up on the colonized planet Guansuo IV. Guns, cannons, tanks, fighter aircraft, mechs, starships. Together, they forge a future of blood and fire. Tens of thousands of interstellar warships stand ready, along with countless void mechs. Dense beams fro 42.3kReads9.1Score4.1kShelves

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   These two books are good. One travels across the stars and dominates the universe. The second travels to the world of immortality, which is less stressful for daily life.

9. 9 灵 Immortal Path of Spirit Origins: The Spirit Beasts I Raise Are So Grateful 灵源仙途：我养的灵兽太懂感恩了 Brewing Tea in the Spring Mist春雾煮茶Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [golden finger] + [Farming] + [Steady Progress] + [Relaxed] + [Everyday Life] In the world of Cultivation, all things possess spirits. After transmigrating, Gu An gained the ability to grasp the spiritual essence of spirit beasts. [Spiritual Source Recompense] Any spirit beast or spirit bird he personally raises will repay him when it dies! [One of the rainbow-feathered chickens you raised has died peacefully of old age and returned a portion of spiritual energy to you!] [One of 158.5kReads8.8Score12.4kShelves
10. 10 兽 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 My Name Is Fangcun我叫方寸Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Now published in print. My new book is out, so please show your support] [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 159kReads8.8Score20.3kShelves

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    Isn't that what you're talking about?

11. 11 冰 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Sea of Memories记忆的海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse7.3M WordsOngoing Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 353.1kReads8.7Score23.9kShelves
12. 12 R Abandoned as R-Rank, I Became an SSR: Why the Tears? R卡被抛弃，我成SSR你哭什么 Summer Abyss Tavern夏渊酒馆Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [School Beauty Contract + I Became a Card-Pool Character + The Ultimate Power Ceiling in a Shape-Shifting Crossover + A Fresh New Concept] “How unlucky!” “An R-rank spirit card? You wasted my 180-pull pity!” “A useless character like you thinks you’re worthy of a contract?” Jiang Li, a spirit-card summoner, turns livid and angrily dissolves the contract. She snarls, “A trash character like you can just disappear!” Xia Yuan transmigrates into the card pool as its lowest-tier R-rank character. The 78.4kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves
13. 13 说 You Said Beast Taming Was for Battle, So Why Did You Shatter the Galaxy with Your Fist?! 说好御兽战斗，你却拳碎星河！ Ye Pengfei夜鹏飞Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Tens of thousands of words per update + unhinged + hilarious and action-packed + no System, but with a golden finger] (Just started receiving ratings, please leave a five-star review) In the future, demonic rifts have appeared. Corpse controllers cultivate the Dao by refining corpses, while demonic cultivators worship evil gods in the mortal world and extend their lives by borrowing years from others! Universities must burn through tens of billions every few days, or they'll be branded unfilial 10.6kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 异 City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 471.9kReads9.7Score74.9kShelves
15. 15 先 First I Keep Getting Wiped Out, Then I Reap the Rewards: First a Human Tool, Then a King 先连跪后收菜，先当人器再当爷 As Close as a Pipa势同琵琶Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing (Cloud-top talents, reincarnation, has a Dao companion but no fixed heroine, beast taming, beast transformation, not a power fantasy) “Not qualified to cultivate immortality, but still want to try? Maybe in your next life!” “Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.” [Host death detected. Beginning score calculation...] [Calculation complete. Reincarnation requirements met.] [Overall score for this reincarnation: Upper Ding] [Rewards for this reincarnation's overall score: +6 Reincarnation Poi 5.6kReads7.6Score574Shelves

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    Genting talent, reincarnation and cultivating immortality

16. 16 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 159.3kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves
17. 17 杀 I Gain Points for Killing, and Now I'm Forced to Livestream a Death Game 杀人加点的我，被迫直播死亡游戏 Yong Ming雍名Urban946k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.8kReads8.3Score294Shelves

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    Don't hesitate to fight [like][like]

18. 18 规 Rule Horror: Who Can Stand Against My Corporate Empire? 规则怪谈：我家巨企谁可奈何？ World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Mystery511k WordsCompleted [Original strange tales + megacorporations + the Lord's Space] Like every other unlucky soul, Mu Yu is swept into the Lord's world. Strange tales, corruption, and countless dangers and hardships await him. But Mu Yu is a little different from the other unlucky souls in the Lord's Space. They found It! It is an immense entity that ordinary people can barely even look up at: a megacorporation. We must make this clear. First, we are a monopoly. Second, we are a monopoly. Finally, we must emphasize 3.9kReads9.2Score397Shelves

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    Continuing with the introduction: Don't kill without caring about your heart. Don't kill because of mental illness (such as excitement to kill, special resistance to killing, etc.)

19. 19 御 Beast Taming: Evolution by Sequence 御兽，序列进化 Daylight Reader白昼读者Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [No System + No Academy Setting + Bloodline Research + A New Beast-Taming Style with Wizards] No matter how powerful your beasts are, a single bullet can still take down their tamer. No problem. We have class advancement. [Ferocious Beast Knight] → [War Knight] → [Radiant Knight]. Bound together in life and death, sharing honor and disgrace. [Phantom Beastmaster] → [Arms Master] → [Elemental Annihilator]. Command the elements and attack with spells. [Herder] → [Legion Commander] → [Totem Master] 6.5kReads9.1Score435Shelves
20. 20 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 16.2kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
21. 21 谁 Who Let Him Fall from Grace? He's Sexy, Strong, and a Total Freak 谁让他塌房的！又骚又强还变态 I'm Famous, I'm Going Viral我火啦爆火啦Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Negative Emotion Value System + Sharp Tongue + One Heroine + Meme Humor] Chen Fang transmigrates into the body of a top-tier starlet with a devoted-dog persona, only to have his reputation just implode. And that’s… great news! To hell with morality. Time to be myself! As soon as he makes up his mind, he gets a Negative Emotion Value System. Now he’s got the perfect boost to unleash his full power! He joins a variety show, and the guests get to choose the program. Then he’ll go on a co 25kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
22. 22 怪 Monster Researcher 怪人研究员 Kindhearted Ice Cube热心的冰块Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing Xu Nuo “died young” while saving a child from drowning, only to discover that he had transmigrated. But why does this world seem so strange? Kamen Riders, Super Sentai, Metal Heroes, magical girls, superheroes… A whole crowd of people are working hard to uphold justice. Monsters, kaiju, and evil organizations are causing trouble everywhere in their quest to conquer the world. Ordinary people are so used to the struggle between good and evil that they’ve even started picking favorites! They atten 54kReads8.7Score5.7kShelves
23. 23 给 Just Leave Bad Reviews. Why Bother Playing Games? 给给差评就行了，还玩啥游戏啊！ Four Jin of Ribs四斤排骨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game development + original games + lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations] [Short drama now available] Lu Ming transmigrated to a parallel world and took over a bankrupt game studio. By chance, he bound himself to the [Moral Debt System]. Every time he did something “immoral but legal,” he earned rewards based on its impact. So, to get players cursing and turn that into profit, Lu Ming launched a series of outrageous schemes. With his left hand, he rolled out “Pay to breathe after loggi 12.4kReads8.8Score926Shelves
24. 24 刚 I Just Became a Principal, So What Is This Prison Warden System? 刚当上校长，典狱长系统什么鬼？ Night Forgiveness夜恕Urban913k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [The Protagonist Focuses on Education] A reality show livestream about high school education, Education Decoded, was airing on Central TV. The production team selected three schools: Henghe Middle School, where grades came first; Qixin Experimental Middle School, with its military-style management; and the little-known Laofang Middle School. Henghe Middle School was known for its strict schedules and intense academic pressure, training students to becom 3.6kReads8.8Score380Shelves
25. 25 全 Survival for All, Obtaining the D-Class Personnel Simulator 全民求生，获得D级人员模拟器 Dream Tea Turns Cold梦茶凉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.6M WordsOngoing Everyone transmigrates into an apocalyptic world, where each person starts with a shelter and a unique talent. Lin Ye gains the D-rank Personnel Simulator ability, which lets him enter other worlds and simulate being D-rank personnel. Lin Ye: ??? 151.5kReads8.9Score11.8kShelves
26. 26 致 Dear Players: The Air in This Server Is About to Become Private Property 致各位玩家：本服空气即将私有化 World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (The print edition has been published under the title The Final Ownership Era) [The Ultimate Owner] [Synopsis: The stars are my candlelight, the orbits my sash, and civilization my game board. It is my mercy that lets all life flourish in my garden, where no one has to measure each breath in money.] Like millions of others, Ling He was unexpectedly pulled into a war game. Outside, countless races watched hungrily. Within, humanity schemed against itself. Some wanted to become emperors, standing 62.6kReads8.8Score7.9kShelves
27. 27 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 39.2kReads9.2Score4kShelves
28. 28 流 Wandering Knight: My Simple Data Panel at the Start 流浪骑士开局：我有简易数据面板 Not a Penny in My Pocket兜里没有一分钱Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, he found himself in a feudal society much like the Middle Ages. Starting as the second son of a knightly family, armed with nothing but a simple data panel, he set out on the path to empire. Training soldiers, forging weapons, building castles: he had it all. 43.6kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
29. 29 开 Ten Thousand Deaths from the Start, and My Little Paper Doll Turns into a Blood Paper Doll 开局死亡一万次，小纸人变血纸人 Immortal of Erxian Bridge二仙桥仙人Urban386k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Simulator + Corruption-Style Evolution + Antagonist Side Character + No Female Lead] (There are a few female side characters, but they're all just plot devices. If that bothers you, don't read.) This is another world where beast taming is paramount. Ordinary people with “no talent,” “no blessing,” and “no team” are destined to remain ordinary their whole lives. Xide was one such ordinary passerby. In his previous life, he went to unimaginable lengths to gain powerful abilities, eve 147Reads8.2Score—Shelves
30. 30 来 A Fire Mage from the Game World 来自游戏世界的火系法爷 Salted Fish Eats Watermelon咸鱼吃西瓜Sports3.4M WordsCompleted Everyone knows there are three kinds of mages: 1. Mages who cast spells with intelligent assistance 2. Mages who only know how to reuse spell frameworks 3. Archmages who use knowledge and mana to move the elements So where do mages who wield a deeper understanding fit in? “Luo Wen Yi, you're not fit to be a mage! A deeper understanding? You call that a deeper understanding?! It's nothing but a crude warrior's delusion!” “But... if it exists, there must be a reason.” “You're a disgrace to mages!” 76.3kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves

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    Have cp and high quality

31. 31 灰 Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 110kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
32. 32 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 383.7kReads9.3Score38.9kShelves
33. 33 我 I Want to Save Someone, but She Lived a Thousand Years Ago 我想救个人，可她活在一千年前 Li Getuir李个腿儿Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Xianxia] [Convergence of Time and Space] [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [Plot-focused] “Are you a disciple of the Sword Sect?” “I'm the Sect Master.” “Then you should still have a long time to live, right?” “Why do you ask?” “Put down your sword first. I need to tell you something.” “Go ahead.” “Do you know that the place I'm standing in is the ruins of the Sword Sect?” “...” “This may sound strange, but what I mean is that your Sword Sect was destroyed a thousand years ago. Your past, your 10.5kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
34. 34 开 From the Start, Maxed-Out Cooking Skills: Earn Money, Grow Strong, and Become a Lord 开局满级厨艺，赚钱发育当领主 Doesn't Like Celery不爱吃芹菜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Laid-Back + Everyday Life + Silly Comedy + Beast-Eared Girls + Nearly Invincible] The continent of Celsis is home to many races. Besides humans, there are elves, beastfolk, dragons, merfolk, vampires, demons… From the start, Cheng Yu gains max-level cooking skills and can exchange the positive emotions of his customers for all kinds of items. One day, the Skeleton Lord who rules a vast territory goes missing. Someone asks Cheng Yu, “Mr. Cheng Yu, do you know where the Skeleton 36.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves
35. 35 满 A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 28.9kReads8.4Score2kShelves
36. 36 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 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 1.7MReads9.9Score189.8kShelves
37. 37 修 Cultivation: Recording the Good Life 修仙：记录美好生活 Six Livers from Head to Toe浑身上下六个肝Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted After obtaining the Record System, all Lu Yao has to do is capture interesting moments to earn all kinds of rewards. And so begins his recording journey in the world of cultivation. “This year’s list of prodigies has to have Saint Son Lingyun at the top, right?” “The top swordsman of Beiyuan would be a reasonable choice too.” “The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Demon? It’s a bit of a stretch, but I guess that works too.” “...” “What do you mean some nobody defeated every prodigy single-handedly, and there 118.6kReads9.0Score11kShelves
38. 38 大 The Great Dao Dies, but I Live On; Even as Spiritual Energy Dries Up, I Remain Evergreen 大道死而我不死，灵气枯竭我长青 Principal Typhoon台风校长Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Immortality + no System + not a power fantasy + fictional setting + slow-paced] [The story mainly follows the protagonist as he travels and witnesses the changes after spiritual energy dries up.] Have you seen an age of prosperity, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races rose to prominence, and geniuses shone like stars in the sky? But have you ever lived through an era when spiritual energy ran dry, all magic withered, and the Great Dao died? Have you seen a vast immortal dynasty g 39.7kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves
39. 39 我 I Am Uncontainable 我，无法收容 May Season五月时期Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] [Everyday life] [Managing containment facilities] (Peaked at 600,000 active readers and has updated steadily for over a year.) The sun burned beneath the deep sea, while roots spread across the sky. Gears grew from people’s bodies, and upside-down cities fell like meteorites. Fang Jiu once thought that these things, which existed only in fantasy, had nothing to do with an ordinary man like him. That was until his head was chopped off one night... (The pace is slower from the start 137.8kReads9.3Score20.4kShelves
40. 40 传 Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 210.9kReads9.6Score29.7kShelves
41. 41 洪 Honghuang: A Primordial Yin-Yang Flood Dragon, So There Is No More Golden Flood Dragon Scissors 洪荒：先天阴阳蛟，再无金蛟剪 Leaning on a Slanted Bridge in Spring Clothes春衫倚斜桥Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No System] [Has a Heroine] [Slow-Burn] [Traditional Style] [Sound Logic] [No Conspiracy Theories] [Creative Liberties] I transmigrated into the Primordial World. The good news: I’m a primordial lifeform, and later generations will remember me as a legendary figure. The bad news: the source of that legendary reputation is the treasure made from my corpse, the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, not me while I’m alive, the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon born of primordial yin and yang energy. The convergence of 52.3kReads8.9Score4.9kShelves
42. 42 1 1890: Starting the Great Voyage by Climbing the Tech Tree 1890从爬科技树开始大航海 Slacking Off, Paddling Along, and Taking Naps摸鱼划水睡懒觉Historical1.2M WordsOngoing [Slow burn, national industry, rural development, great-power rivalry, hard-hitting naval warfare] Tang Xiaoyi found himself in a parallel world where the Age of Discovery had reached the late nineteenth century. The technology, wealth, and rivalries accumulated by every nation were on the verge of a final tipping point, ready to erupt. “The introduction of steam engines as ship propulsion ushered in a new revolution in navigation.” “Shipping grew faster and faster. It took just dozens of hours 144Reads9.2Score—Shelves
43. 43 百 With Percent-Based Damage, Why Play a Tank? 百分比伤害，不玩肉盾玩什么 Eating Hands吃手Sports4.1M WordsOngoing [A VR Game Novel That Doesn’t Pad Its Word Count] [Afraid of getting sliced up hit after hit?] The government has forced everyone to play games. There’s no way to opt out! What does it mean that the whole world has passed this new law forcing people to play games, in flagrant disregard for human rights? After going seven days without playing, Li Wu was invited down to the station for a chat. With no other choice, he entered a virtual reality game called . 78.1kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves
44. 44 家 Clan Cultivation: I Ascend to Immortality Through My Descendants 家族修仙：我以子嗣登仙 Hardworking Bumblebee勤劳的大蜜蜂Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [Family Saga + Farming and Development + No Goody-Two-Shoes + No Army-Spamming + Slow Burn + (Not for readers who dislike romance or prefer a female-free cast)] Chen Jing'an transmigrates into the world of the Immortal Dao and is born into a small Qi Refining immortal clan in Qinghe County. With mediocre aptitude, his prospects on the path to immortality are bleak. He thought he was destined to live an unremarkable life, but then he unexpectedly awakens the “Mother-and-Child Bell.” As long as he 78.9kReads8.8Score6.6kShelves
45. 45 世 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化，却忘了生成玩家 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 215.5kReads9.3Score19.7kShelves
46. 46 全 Cards for Everyone: I'm a Red Card Player from the Closed Beta 全民卡牌：我是内测红卡玩家 Vow to the Light誓约光明Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Everyone Thinks Strategically] + [Cards] + [Heroes Vie for Supremacy] + [Yu-Gi-Oh!-Inspired] + [Twelve Talismans] + [Game Invasion] + [Fishing] + [One Heroine] A rain of cards ushered humanity into the Age of Cards. On top of a building, a young man fiddling with a red card spreads his arms to welcome it. Welcome to the age of Card Masters! The next moment, countless white cards and a handful of green ones rain from the sky. A voice rings out above them. “[Card Domain] has officially logged in 139kReads8.7Score10.6kShelves
47. 47 你 Your Talent Is Great, Too Bad It's Mine! 你的天赋很好，可惜是我的了！ Yu Taijie余太劫Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Adapted into a comic, a short drama, and an animated comic; animation adaptation coming soon] In a dark age where order has collapsed, Lin Luo still clung to his morals, only to die horribly at someone else's hands! Fortunately, he returned to the moment just before the age of universal class advancement began! Reborn, he no longer suppresses his [Plunder] talent, which lets him level up by killing! He's going completely berserk! Villain: My S-rank talent, [Book of Wishes], can grant any wish! 25.8kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
48. 48 提 Logged In Early! How Can I Lose After Rebirth? 提前登录！重生的我怎么输？ Little Belly Fish肚肚鱼Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Character build] [Health bar] [Horrors] [Martial artists] [Sequence] In 2035, a fully immersive game called Dark Realm hit the market and instantly took the world by storm. But a year later, the game descended into reality. Flesh-eating horrors, murderous foreign races, and paranormal Ascendants brought about the apocalypse and drove humanity to extinction. Zhang Qing is reborn two years earlier and is shocked to discover that his headset has returned with him. So he logs in ahead of time! Rebo 96.3kReads9.2Score8.1kShelves
49. 49 我 I Exchange Black Technology by Crushing the School Bully 我靠打爆学霸兑换黑科技 Meat-Eating Panda吃肉的熊猫Urban4.6M WordsCompleted [Academic Prodigy + Black Technology + Technology to Strengthen the Nation + War and Terror Bureau] High school student Song He gets the Academic Grudge System. As long as he can make top students lose their composure, he can exchange their resentment for all kinds of black technology. So Song He keeps driving the top students over the edge: “You snatch first place in the grade, and every other top student drops in the rankings. Resentment +10,000!” “You receive a special research allowance for 61.7kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves
50. 50 全 The Age of Global Esports: I'm the Only Cheater 全球电竞时代，我是唯一作弊玩家 Not Yet Gone未灭Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gaming metropolis + choose-your-own cheat + invincible + goofy and irreverent + shameless protagonist, worse than the villains + no goody-two-shoes] Cartridge worlds, runaway data, phantom gaming realms, esports players… Lin Tian transmigrates to a gaming metropolis where games have become the focus of competition across the globe. The universal currency is game cards, and status and power are determined by rank. Supernatural abilities, rare treasures, extraordinary pets and beasts, mercenaries 49.7kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves

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