In a Reading Slump 书荒了，书荒

1. 1 我 My Youth Was Like a Pile of Mud 我的青春，好似一摊烂泥 Jiu Shihan酒诗寒Urban2.4M WordsOngoing (Youth, School Life, Growing Up, Everyday Life, Redemption) Told in the first person, this is a coming-of-age story about a bad boy who matches wits with students and teachers at his school. They save one another and gradually grow up. My name is Fang Yuan. Ever since I was a child, I've been different from other people's kids. Girls say I'm as thick as a log, and my friends say I'm selfish. But I never thought there was anything wrong with that. Because I'm not a good person to begin with. W 155.4kReads9.5Score11.3kShelves

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   I've been reading these books lately, and I think I'm quite picky; these are the ones I found.

2. 2 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
3. 3 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 535.6kReads9.3Score87.5kShelves
4. 4 疯EN The Mad Scholar's Invincible Sword 疯书生无敌剑 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing There was once a mad scholar who carried a broken wooden sword everywhere and told everyone he met that he was invincible beneath heaven. The mad scholar’s name was Chen Xun. He wandered the world, falling into madness for three years at a time before regaining his senses, over and over again, in an endless cycle. No one knew where he came from or where he was going. What did he carry upon his shoulders... An ancient curse? A self-imposed path of cultivation? Or perhaps the shackles of a fate he 114.2kReads8.9Score8.3kShelves
5. 5 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves
6. 6 万 Ten Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation: Immortals Like Abysses, the Dao Dust 万世轮回：仙如渊，道为尘 One-Man Show Ultra独角戏ultraEastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Chen Yan has died countless times. Every time he breathes his last, he is reborn on some day in his long life, bringing his cultivation with him. His cultivation stacks, and so do his memories. But reincarnation is no salvation. Instead, it drives him into an even deeper despair. “Senior Brother, what lies at the end of the Immortal Dao?” Chen Yan has lost count of how many times he has answered this question, and he has never given the same answer twice: “It is a prison, an abyss of reincarnati 66.7kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
7. 7 让 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！ The Angler Who Catches Big Fish钓鱼佬钓大鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 172.1kReads9.1Score24kShelves
8. 8 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 60.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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   These novels are quite enjoyable. They don't have any complicated plot twists, making them easy to read. The characters feel like people you might meet in real life, experiencing both joy and hardship, and the emotions are genuine. The plots are fast-paced, and you can easily read through more than half the book before you know it. They're perfect for relaxing when you want to pick one up; you can laugh along and find yourself touched by a few words. I recommend them to you.

9. 9 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 178.3kReads9.7Score21.4kShelves
10. 10 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
11. 11 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
12. 12 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
13. 13 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 117kReads9.6Score13.4kShelves
14. 14 零 Zero-Degree Intimacy 零度暧昧 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on sale across all platforms on August 1] [Short drama now streaming] Previously titled: Zero-Degree Intimacy [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + happy ending + secret marriage + sweet romance ♥ Double-layer milk foam, 70% sugar!] (Rich, sharp-tongued, scheming investor Jian Yuchen VS money-loving, mischievous young designer Wen Ni) In a nutshell: She married her nemesis. In physics, zero degrees is the point where ice and water coexist. Zero-degree intimacy is 79.2kReads9.5Score9.5kShelves

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    Your smile is the direction my heart desires, the light of my dreams.

15. 15 凑 A Marriage of Convenience with Extra-Sweet Romance 凑合夫妻，糖分超标 Xu Buyi许不宜Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted Originally titled The Secretary’s Little Lamb [Clearheaded, sensitive saleswoman X composed, divorced male official] [Heroine: 28, hero: 35, seven-year age gap, flash marriage, lightly sweet] Yang Mian & Xie You’an What is love? Yang Mian didn’t understand it, nor did she expect it. With thirty fast approaching, at an age when even friends, family, and dogs were sick of her, she hurriedly got married. Love was nothing at all. Xie You’an had seen through it. At an age when he still had ne 3.8kReads8.9Score354Shelves
16. 16 宗 My Sect Thinks I'm Too Ruthless? I'll Join the Imperial Court Instead 宗门嫌我狠辣？我转身加入朝堂 Wu Liang Ye武梁耶Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted This book has been adapted into a short drama and several comic versions under the same title. [Decisive and ruthless + merciless + wildly satisfying + fast-paced] Xiao Ren transmigrates to an ancient world of powerful martial artists and becomes a personal disciple of the Spirit Talisman Sect. His talent is exceptional, and the sect leader takes him on as a disciple. His abilities surpass everyone else in the sect! But during a sect mission, Xiao Ren is accused of being too ruthless after he sl 47.1kReads8.0Score5.2kShelves

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    #BookStruggle# Here it comes, brothers! These books are all pretty good. They're arrogant and domineering, decisive and ruthless, and the characters are very intelligent. They all have no female leads, and some characters are reborn as animals, while others are reborn as insects. The only minor drawback is that they are all still being serialized, so you can wait and read them later.

17. 17 我 I Can Reincarnate Infinitely, Choosing a New Talent Each Time 我能无限转世，每次选择一种天赋 Two Taels of Pig Trotter二两猪蹄Eastern Fantasy257k WordsOngoing [Reincarnation + Choose Talents + Plan for Future Lives] [Women appear, but there is no heroine] Xu Lianshi only discovered after his death that he had a golden finger. It just couldn't be activated until he died. After death, he would be rated based on the life he had lived. The higher the rating, the greater the rewards. … [Rating: Upper Grade C] [Reward: 90 Attribute Points; Choose one talent] [1. Hollow Green Bamboo: Your speed increases significantly when cultivating wood-element technique 45Reads8.3Score—Shelves
18. 18 长 Immortality Begins with a Fisherman 长生，从打鱼人开始 So Many Things in the Jianghu江湖多少事Eastern Fantasy364k WordsOngoing [Immortality, Staying Low] A tiny boat, a net cast across misty waters. Ye Xuan transmigrates to another world and becomes a poor fisherman on Yunmeng Marsh. He has only one special talent: eternal life. With no illustrious family, no heaven-defying techniques, all he has is the same routine day after day: casting his net, practicing his blade, and saving money, quietly building his strength over the long years. From a down-and-out boy who scavenges bird eggs to stave off hunger to a wandering m 4Reads5.9Score—Shelves
19. 19 凡 Mortal Cultivation: A Female Cultivator's Corpse Gave Me My First Fortune 凡人修仙，女修尸体送我第一桶金 Ink Fades with the Years断墨流年Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Lin Yue, a lousy student at a third-rate engineering college, gets a lamb skewer lodged through his throat and transmigrates to a cultivation world, where he meets one beautiful confidante after another. From the start, all he has is a shabby wooden frame and a few beast tendons, so he hand-builds a heavy crossbow to survive. While cultivators are still painstakingly practicing sword arts and seeking to comprehend the Great Dao, Lin Yue is already using spirit stones as batteries and arrays as c 2.1kReads7.4Score228Shelves
20. 20 魔 The Demon Sect Is Draining My Talent? Good Thing I Can Be Reborn for Ten Thousand Lifetimes! 魔宗耗人材？还好我有万世重生！ Driving Rain and Gale骤雨疾风Eastern Fantasy609k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Underdog comeback]+ [Reborn and plotting]+ [A villain with roots in righteousness but a heart as black as ink] Chen Zheng transmigrates to the world of cultivation, only to be captured by a demonic sect. Everyone here is a “talent”! The weak have no right to survive and can only be used up as expendable resources! Luckily, Chen Zheng binds the [Reincarnation Scroll] from the start. Whenever he dies, he can start over, inherit part of his legacy, and receive a word-trait 43Reads8.1Score—Shelves
21. 21 杀 Killing to Steal Merit, I'll Become Invincible with My Maxed-Out Drop Rate 杀人夺功，点满爆率的我终将无敌 The Ox Head Is the Best牛头最棒Eastern Fantasy212k WordsOngoing [Intensely Satisfying] [Fast-Paced] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] Demons and monsters run rampant, and the world is in chaos. Yang Hong transmigrates into this troubled age, but his talent is mediocre, and finding a way to survive is harder than reaching the heavens. Luckily, his drop rate is maxed out. When he kills an enemy, he can inherit their cultivation techniques and martial arts, gain “vital energy” to strengthen his body, and even has a chance of getting divine weapons, prote 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
22. 22 逼 You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I'll Awaken the Evil Servant System! 逼我当走狗？反手觉醒恶仆系统！ Tian Ting天听Eastern Fantasy126k WordsOngoing The protagonist makes a point of choosing the biggest villains as his lords. As he witnesses the wicked deeds of corrupt landlords, magistrates, commandery governors, warlords, feudal lords, and emperors throughout history, he makes sure every last one of them meets a miserable end. —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 重 Reborn as a Spider: Escaping the Pigpen from the Start 重生为蛛，开局猪圈逃生 Melon Seed Cube瓜子魔方Eastern Fantasy177k WordsOngoing He nearly died in a pigsty from the start! Zhu Ye reborn in the world of cultivation thought he was the chosen one, destined to cultivate immortality, win over beauties, and rule the land. Then you tell him he isn't even human, but an utterly ordinary little spider... Just as Zhu Ye is about to die of old age, the System finally arrives. If he can't become an immortal who rules the land, then he'll become a demon god who wreaks havoc across it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 重 Reborn as a Monster: I Am the Black-Mane Wild Boar King 重生妖魔：吾乃黑鬃野猪王 Invincible Starting with a Wild Boar无敌从野猪开始Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Wild boar, exotic beast, gigantic, villain, gains cultivation by eating humans, not a bleeding heart, decisive and ruthless] Reborn as a wild boar, I can increase my cultivation by eating people. But they won’t let me eat them, and they even want to kill me. Fine, I’ll eat them all!!! 2.7kReads7.5Score190Shelves
25. 25 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Mosquito 从蚊子开始无限进化 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No human transformation, do-gooders beware, no heroine] Chen Feng transmigrates to another world with an Infinite Evolution System and becomes the most ordinary mosquito imaginable. As long as he drinks blood, he can evolve. From then on, Chen Feng embarks on a journey of endless evolution. Powerful sect leaders, ancient divine beasts, mighty dragons: they’re all just experience points. Leading an army of mosquitoes, Chen Feng conquers the world and makes it tremble beneath his wings. 2.3kReads8.5Score222Shelves
26. 26 妖 The Beautiful Demon Wife 妖妻美人 Qia Ling Little Taoist恰灵小道Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted I've slept in a coffin since I was little. When I was six, a snake slipped inside and stayed with me in the coffin for six years… 3.7kReads8.9Score424Shelves

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    It's a fantastic cultivation novel! Thousands of chapters are simply not enough. The male protagonist climbs to the pinnacle of the cultivation world through his own hard work and perseverance. Highly recommended!

27. 27 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 84.7kReads9.6Score8kShelves

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    Haha, nice! As the most professional amateur book recommender, I absolutely have to satisfy you. The books are all good. As for the ratings, well, that's subjective. A few have lower scores mainly due to the authors. Of course, they're all absolutely great!

28. 28 带 Getting By in the Apocalypse with a Spiritual Spring Space 带着灵泉空间混末世 Little Lazy's Candy小懒的糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse308k WordsCompleted (Dual protagonists, apocalypse, zombies, stockpiling supplies, special abilities, no angst, powerful male and female leads) Liu Nuonuo (Liu Zhiyi) survived five years of the apocalypse. In its fifth year, while searching for supplies with her teammates, they ran into another base that had its eye on the same cache. As the two teams fought over the supplies, the other group shoved them into a horde of zombies. When she woke again, she was back before the apocalypse, with six months to go. Her par 4.9kReads8.9Score515Shelves

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    All kinds are available!

29. 29 阴 The Gloomy, Lovesick Tycoon’s Little Fairy Is a Master Flirt 阴郁病娇大佬的小仙女她超会撩 Jiang Yanyan将焱焱Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted [Two Possessive Leads + Reborn + Healing Each Other + Unhinged + Little Temptress] Reborn once more, Sang Yu wants to save a possessive boy who will become a disaster to the world ten years from now. He is cold, cruel, dark, and feared by everyone. But Sang Yu knows how deeply he has loved her in both of their lives. Huo Yan glares at the little bundle of pink clinging to his side, his expression icy and sinister. “Say you like me one more time, and I’ll…” Sang Yu blinks, rises onto her toes, a 3.3kReads9.1Score447Shelves
30. 30 野 The Wild Guy’s Sweetheart Is So Adorable 野哥家的小心肝甜翻了 Pineapple Mochi菠萝糯糯Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted [Computer genius + airheaded beauty + college campus] [Delicate, soft, affectionate little bunny VS a cunning, calculating big bad wolf] Chu Tian is just like her name: tiny, soft and sweet, obedient and adorable. One little pout from her could melt anyone’s heart. Ji Chiye is also just like his name: unruly and arrogant, with no regard for anyone. But he dotes on one particular junior like she’s the most precious thing in the world. The first time Ji Chiye saw her, he etched the little girl’ 10.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
31. 31 美 A Sweet and Wild Beauty! The Obsessive Top Student Has Secretly Set His Sights on Her Again 美人甜野！偏执学神又偷偷盯上她 You Yili幼一栗Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Super sweet and irresistibly flirty + childhood sweethearts + mutual pining] [Cool, sickly genius ✖️ sweet, flirtatious, straightforward little enchantress] From childhood, Jiang Yuxing has been completely obsessed with good looks. The first time she met Jiang Yubai, she thought this beautiful boy was so gorgeous that she had to marry him and bring him home! Everyone at Rong High knows that Jiang Yuxing, hailed as a temptress, comes up with new ways every day to openly flirt with the aloof Jian 9.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
32. 32 别 Don't Flirt with Me 别和我撒娇 Qi Xue栖雪Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted 40.8kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
33. 33 全 Everyone Knows Captain Jing Is in Love with Doctor Lu 全世界都知道，景队长喜欢陆医生 Fragrant Orchid馥郁兰香Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted “Love After Marriage” + “One-on-One, Both Pure” + “Whirlwind Marriage” + “Sweet Romance” Aloof, handsome special police officer × Gentle, kind-hearted surgeon Lu Xingchen thought that without love in their marriage, they would simply treat each other with respect. She never expected that Jing Jiamu had fallen for her at first sight long ago. He respected her and supported whatever she did. He even told her he liked her... After the man's gentle pursuit, Lu Xingchen finally fell for him. She said 1.3kReads9.4Score201Shelves
34. 34 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 232.7kReads9.0Score16.1kShelves

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35. 35 书 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 Sunlight on the River日照前川Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28.3kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
36. 36 天 Heaven Does Not Answer 天不应 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Three myriad mounds of yellow earth and white bones, a sword's light like a shadow, the moon like wine. The spring breeze cuts through all the world's troubles. Tell me, peach blossoms, will you turn white-haired too? In the year 547 of the Yong'an era, a pitch-dark snowstorm fell over Kuhai County, a border county in southern Qi. In a dilapidated temple outside the county, Wen Chaoshen found a crippled woman, gravely injured and on the verge of death. He thought she was merely a refugee in dist 84.8kReads9.1Score6.1kShelves

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    The male protagonist truly embodies my ideal of a strong, independent male lead. He survives alone for so long, and when he finally decides to fight the injustices of the world with his life on the line, a turning point arrives. I hope that after reading this book, you too can be as resilient as the protagonist.

37. 37 梁 Tales of Liangzhou: Underworld Turmoil 梁州往事之黑道风云 San Bian Gua三扁瓜Urban788k WordsOngoing The jianghu has never been just about fighting. It is about navigating human relationships and weighing the pros and cons. After years moving through the gray areas, I have seen the warmth and coldness of human nature, and witnessed betrayal and scheming time and again. With no one to rely on in my youth, I endured a bitter, hard life. Some took a wrong turn and ended up behind bars, their lives ruined before they were halfway through. I clawed my way up from the very bottom of society, swallowi 141Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    This new book is good; those who are interested can take a look. It's quite realistic!

38. 38 大 Great Ming: The Corrupt County Magistrate Who Shocked Old Zhu 大明：巨贪县令，震惊老朱 Mo Dao Shiba墨刀十八Historical1.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Great Ming as a county magistrate, Zhao Xing has suffered through poverty and knows what it means to go hungry. After three years of vigorous development, silver keeps pouring in. “If you don’t bribe me and I don’t take bribes, how can the Great Ming develop?” A memorial reads: “Your Majesty, the people of Fengyang have barely enough clothes to wear and not enough to eat. Bandits run rampant, and the people are fleeing...” Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang personally arrive 315Reads7.2Score129Shelves
39. 39 转 Reincarnated as a Villain: I’m Really Not a Lo*icon 转生反派：我真的不是萝莉控 Tomato-Flavored Trash Fish番茄味杂鱼Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing Ye Wangchuan had spent eighteen years reincarnated in a fantasy world. Only on his birthday did he discover that he was actually a villain! And he had no System, no rebirth, no golden finger, just some “insignificant” family connections. Sigh... This was rough. To avoid getting taken down by the Chosen One, Ye Wangchuan began paying attention to the unusual people around him. And the first Chosen One he met... Huh? Why was she a little girl? And this little girl even had a System! He could take 70.1kReads9.3Score6.2kShelves

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    The first book is five stars; the author's writing is incredibly detailed and the content is good—you can read it without thinking too much. The second book is four stars, but the first author wrote it too long, and sometimes the main plot progresses a bit slowly, making it slightly tedious to read. The third book is five stars; the plot is very interesting so far. It's just a bit short. The rest are three stars each—readable.

40. 40 都 They Say It's a Second Personality, but What the Heck Is Love? 都说是第二人格，恋爱是什么鬼 Ice and Fish冰加鱼Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Two Souls in One Body] [Invincible Male Lead] [Female Lead's Growth] [Superpowers] [Battles] [Transmigration] [Everyday Life] [Affectionate Closeness] [Lighthearted] [Slow Burn] The Dark Abyss descends upon the world, bringing disaster to the entire globe while awakening superpowers in some people. Bai Ze is trapped in the deepest part of the Dark Abyss. He makes a deal with the System and gains the ability to connect with reality by becoming a beautiful girl's second personality. “Don't be 3.9kReads8.9Score426Shelves
41. 41 不 Oh No, Even the Air in This World Follows Web-Novel Tropes 不好，这世界连空气都是网文套路 Distant Stars on a Cold Night寒夜远辰Urban392k WordsOngoing [Absurdity + System + madness + multiple genres] Han Yuan transmigrates into a world made up of a mashup of web novels from every genre imaginable, but things are even more absurd than he expected. Here, you’ll find: A domineering God of War falling in love with me. The global esports skill level drops by 99%, but mine stays the same. Passersby whose only job is to look shocked on the spot. A rich young master shouting “Shift!” from his 9,000-story villa. An evil ancestor who orders everyone to 2.9kReads8.8Score164Shelves
42. 42 我 All My Chosen Ones Are Fourth Calamity Players 我的神选者全是第四天灾 Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Beneath the grand facade of swords and magic lies a world hurtling toward corruption and ruin. After transmigrating to a Western fantasy world for 682 years, Ye Zhi finally got his golden finger: a glowing orb connected to the Blue Star internet! Combined with the divine spark that practically came knocking at his door, it gave birth to a game linking Blue Star with another world. Who says you can’t track someone down through the internet? With nothing more than an exclamation mark and a few gam 28.6kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
43. 43 满EN 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 21kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
44. 44 奥EN An Ultraman Grunt? Call Me the Space Police Out There! 奥特杂兵？在外叫我宇宙警察！ Jun Bulang菌不浪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance, No Female Lead] [Invincible] [Consistent Characterization] [Power Fantasy] [High-Octane] When Ultraman leaves behind the budget constraints of tokusatsu and appears in the real world, in universes that aren't part of a tokusatsu production, just how powerful would he be? In the main universe of the Land of Light, where gods clash, Xia Shu is merely an "ordinary" member of the Space Garrison, no match for those gods who use cheats every day. But when he leaves the tokusatsu set and v 46.1kReads9.5Score3.8kShelves
45. 45 系 The System Exploded, and I Became the System 系统炸了，我成了系统 Little Monster小小怪Urban4.9M WordsOngoing What's it like to be a System? After Ye Tian angered the System that coveted him, he became a System himself. He travels through the Myriad Worlds, stealing the essence of each world. He transforms into the “Great Villain System,” helping villains beat the living daylights out of protagonists. In a world where men are inferior to women, I become the “Great Man System,” giving my Host a little extra charm every day and attracting the empress's attention. He evolves into a Creator System, and the 14.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 我 I Transmigrated into the Heroine's Money-Grubbing Relative 我穿成了女主的财迷亲戚 Go with the Flow顺随意Modern Romance701k WordsCompleted (See the end for character descriptions.) I transmigrated into a book, becoming a money-grubbing relative of the heroine. My greedy mom morally blackmails the heroine into getting me a job at the male lead’s company. As for me... Of course I’m thrilled, and I wholeheartedly support my mom’s moral blackmail. To thank the heroine for helping me get a job, I offer her advice when she and the male lead argue... When the hero and heroine break up, I talk them into making up... When they get married, 6.2kReads9.0Score600Shelves

    Reader note

    The latest novel I haven't skipped a single chapter of, and the author's writing is excellent. The female lead is a relative from the original female lead's story who was always trying to freeload, but in this novel, she's the one who brings the original male and female leads together. Although she's a bit of a money-grubber, she's adorable because she gets what she wants ethically. Then, a domineering CEO is gradually attracted to her. He's the kind of perfect child who excels in everything from a young age, and his rare act of rebellion is only for the female lead. Before they even get together, he clears obstacles for them, even fighting against his family. Lots of hilarious scenes unfold, making it well worth reading.

47. 47 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Purple Mansion's Immortal Destiny 凡人修仙：紫府仙缘 Eternal Swastika卍字永恒Eastern Fantasy283k WordsOngoing (A slow-paced mortal’s tale. No mindless decisions, no characters getting dumber, no System. The protagonist is decisive and there’s a little violence. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own risk.) The protagonist unexpectedly acquires an immortal estate and from then on embarks on the path of farming and cultivating immortality. I have a few acres of good farmland, and I watch the world change with a smile. I farm a little, refine some pills, and avoid all that environmentally unfrien 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 异 Love in Another World: An Ordinary Mortal's Path to Immortality 异界情缘之凡人修仙 Like the Moon, Like Ye如月如烨Eastern Fantasy132k WordsCompleted Lin Xuan is an ordinary mortal who embarks on the path of cultivation because of a mysterious jade pendant, unaware that he has long been caught in the deepest whirlpool of the Three Realms. On Qingyun Mountain, he meets Mo Zihan, daughter of the Celestial Venerable, and the two fall for each other. At the border of the Demon Realm, the power hidden within him begins to awaken, drawing deadly threats. Beyond the Nine Heavens, a fate spanning a thousand years awaits its revelation… When love —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 刺 The Assassin and the Miner 刺客与矿工 Cosmic Star City寰宇星城Urban562k WordsOngoing Zhou Quan, a high school student, discovers that his roommate, Zheng Qing, has fallen into a deep sleep and cannot be woken. A sudden appearance by the alien girl Xiaobai reveals that Zheng Qing has contracted “Sleeping Sickness.” It was caused by the alien civilization Intairi secretly using human brains to collect “consciousness energy.” The only way to save the victims is to enter their bizarre dreams and assassinate the dreamers. And so, an extraordinary adventure begins. Zhou Quan plunges i —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    "Assassin and Miner" tells the story of Zhou Quan, a high school student who, in order to save his roommate Zheng Qing from "hypnotic disorder," is unexpectedly drawn into an alien civilization's conspiracy to mine human consciousness energy. He teams up with the mysterious "Little White" to enter Zheng Qing's dream of power and launch a rescue mission, later delving into Teacher Chu's joyful dream and transfer student Wu Mei's righteous dream. Hidden within these fantastical adventures are reflections on humanity and civilization, taking you on a thrilling journey through dream realms and a battle against aliens.

50. 50 我 I Guard a Lonely Lamp in the Ashen Ruins 我于烬墟守孤灯 A Leaf Turned Red红了一叶Eastern Fantasy605k WordsCompleted I was once the last lamplighter in the mortal realm, safeguarding the fires in every living heart. On the day of the war between immortals and demons, I burned all nine heart lamps to protect the people. My Dao foundation was destroyed, and I became mortal. From then on, I hid in a humble city academy, a destitute teacher. Until one day, the heart fire of a new female disciple at the academy began to die out. I looked down at the last remaining spark in my palm. This sullied mortal world was not —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A promising book, highly recommended.

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