Looking for Urban High-Martial-Arts Stories That Are Lighthearted but Not Brain-Dead, with a Hero-Rushes-to-the-Rescue Vibe 求都市高武，内容轻松但不无脑，（江湖救急）类型

1. 1 星 Rising Among the Stars, Starting from Blue Star 星空崛起，从蓝星开始 May You Pluck the Immortal Osmanthus仙桂愿君折Urban3.2M WordsOngoing [No System, one heroine, multiple viewpoints, slow burn, high martial arts, outer space later, no mindless pretending. Skip if you’re not into that.] Two hundred years after spiritual qi revival, the entire world had changed beyond recognition. Fang He, an ordinary student at Jiangling High School, endured a year of nightmares before the clouds finally parted. He merged with the soul of another version of himself from a parallel timeline. Soon, people everywhere began talking about him. First, h 37.8kReads8.5Score2.7k14d adds

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   The storyline of Gao Wuwen is not bad.

2. 2 人 In a High-Martial World, I Get a Wife from the Start 人在高武，开局送老婆 Selling Energy Drinks at the Mental Hospital精神病院卖大力Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [More Children, More Blessings]+ [multiple heroines]+ [leveling progression]+ [invincible protagonist]+ [play the pig to eat the tiger]+ [High Martial] In a High Martial world, More Children, More Blessings: the campus beauty and her senior are delighted to welcome twins. The fourth More Children, More Blessings novel. You have my word! 33.2kReads7.6Score2.4k14d adds
3. 3 双 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ The White Dragon Is No Dragon白龙非龙Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 225.8kReads9.5Score18.5k14d adds
4. 4 她 She’s the Demon Queen Who’ll Destroy the World, So What’s Wrong with Wanting a Hug? 她灭世大魔王，要个抱抱怎么了？ Drizzling Clear Rain清雨滴答Urban697k WordsCompleted [Slice of life, feel-good, sweet romance, 1v1, pure love, comic-book style] Lu Xue, the top underground boxer of Blue Star’s Jiuzhou, transmigrates to a continent of magic. Armed with the script of a hero, he defeats Seraphina, the world-ending Demon King, with nothing but a human body. As the Demon King lies dying, her only last wish is for a hug. Lu Xue grants it. But he never imagined it was an alluring trap set by the evil Demon King. Unable to resist, Lu Xue is forced to sign a succubus con 30.2kReads9.0Score5.5k14d adds
5. 5 世 Everyone Hoped I'd Die, but After I Did, They Wept 世人皆盼我死，我死后，他们哭了 Leisurely Evening Breeze晚风悠人Urban701k WordsCompleted [Patriotic + passionate + moving + vivid plot + well-rounded supporting cast] Three years ago, he was celebrated by everyone, showered with accolades and admiration. Three years later, he was burdened with a notorious reputation and cursed and reviled by everyone. No one knew what he had gone through during those three years. All they knew was that he had changed... He had become cold-blooded, numb, and cruel! He turned his blade against his own people and betrayed the land that had raised him! 6.5kReads8.2Score56714d adds

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   It's pretty good; it's not a wish-fulfillment story, but the plot is decent.

6. 6 不 After I Quit Being a Simp, the SSS-Rank Thunder Emperor Shocks the Entire School 不当舔狗后，SSS雷帝震惊全校 Yan Jinhuan颜尽欢欢Urban391k WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Decisive and Ruthless + System + Thunder Dao + Fast-Paced Power Fantasy + Martial Arts Exam] Xu Jing transmigrates into the body of a simp in a high-martial-arts world, only to discover, to his shock, that this simp has been chasing seven campus beauties at once! There's the tall, aloof beauty with long legs, the petite JK-uniformed girl, the kindhearted heiress with a gorgeous figure... He even went after a mysterious ghost girl and the princess of the demon race... [Di 4.1kReads8.0Score41914d adds

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   The first book is more action-packed, while the second is more humorous.

7. 7 让EN You're Supposed to Do Evil, Not Do Away with Evildoers! 让你做恶，不是让你做掉恶人啊喂 Make This Monk Your Core请以贫僧为核Urban911k WordsOngoing [Traditional high-level martial arts + memes + sharp tongue + comedy + clever plotting + one heroine] Xu Yuan transmigrates unexpectedly to Planet Earth, where divine martial arts reign supreme. A Crime List appears in his mind. As long as he commits evil, he earns Crime Points and can climb the rankings to claim rewards. The higher his rank, the greater the rewards. Xu Yuan thinks, So I'm supposed to become a scumbag? What about my family? But he soon discovers that doing good deeds actually de 41kReads8.7Score3.9k14d adds
8. 8 我 I'm a Goofball, So Being a Little Invincible Is Totally Reasonable 我一个沙雕无敌亿点很合理吧 Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Top rich kid Lin Bei becomes intellectually disabled after a car accident, commonly known as an idiot. At the same time, the world undergoes a global upheaval: demons and monsters return, and danger keeps closing in. Lin Bei: You don’t actually think I’m a moron, do you? [Ding! System warning: Host, please don’t use your mental impairment as an excuse to do whatever you want…] 27.8kReads9.3Score3.7k14d adds

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   Um, I don't know if this is what you guys like to watch, and I don't know what to change the Fifth Master to do, so I'll leave it at that. Those who want to watch can check it out 😄

9. 9 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
10. 10 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
11. 11 以EN In the Name of Justice: Slaying the High-Martial Multiverse 以正义之名，斩尽高武苍生 Ya Qi鸦栖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + Overwhelming dominance + Ruthless + No female lead] In the interstellar age, martial arts flourish. Chu Sheng binds himself to the Justice System. Every righteous deed earns him a reward. Being timid and submissive is not justice. Justice that comes too late is pure bullshit! Justice means striking hard! Taking the initiative! Evil must be punished! If the wicked don’t die, should I die instead? Evil breeds evil! What do you do when someone frames you? Hit back! What do 42.2kReads8.1Score3.9k14d adds

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    The first two books are about high-level martial arts, where a small group goes all in to kill a small group and then slaps them in the face. Your book, "Group Portrait," is unplayable, but the third book seems to have a similar synopsis, except it's about experiencing life in a small world.

12. 12 别EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 142.9kReads9.1Score10.8k14d adds
13. 13 开 From the Start, I Risked My Life Against Drug Dealers, Bringing Hundreds of Millions to Tears 开局跟毒贩以命换命，数亿人泪崩 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Urban394k WordsCompleted An He saves a little girl and gets hit by a semi-truck, awakening a life simulator. The scenes from his simulated lives are also connected to the Myriad Worlds, where they are livestreamed. [The first time, in 1999, he was the son of anti-narcotics officers. He watched his parents die before his eyes, then his whole family was relentlessly hunted by drug traffickers.] [To protect his family, An He walked straight into the trap and faced the traffickers alone, trading his life for theirs.] [He ma 6.3kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
14. 14 直 Livestream: I Said I’d Never Killed Anyone, and the Lie Detector Went Off 直播：我说没杀过人，测谎仪响了 Naming Is Annoying取名烦人Urban1.2M WordsCompleted A new interview show took the country by storm. The host randomly picked people on the street and asked them questions. Answer, and you could win cash! That day, the host came across Jiang Feng. With a teasing smile, the host asked, “Jiang Feng, have you ever killed anyone?” Jiang Feng smiled faintly and said, “Life is precious. We should all cherish it.” After leaving him with those words, Jiang Feng walked away. But the moment he was out of sight, the lie detector in the host's hands let out a 32.3kReads8.4Score3.2k14d adds

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    The first book's protagonist is unassuming at the beginning; the second book's author's writing is superb, and the ending is bittersweet, but the plot in the middle is good; the fourth book is also quite enjoyable, a satisfying read without being mindless.

15. 15 诡 The Cursed Abyss Cannot Be Crossed 诡渊不度 Never Eat Sachima绝不吃沙琪玛Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + nonhuman protagonist + no female lead + evil gods] Note: This is not a livestream story, a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, or a brainless invincible-protagonist story. Feel free to ship any pairings, though (doge). It leans a little toward two male leads, but not much, and has an everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe. If that bothers you, please move along. The worlds of ghosts and humans were once clearly divided, yin and yang keeping each other in balance. But as t 12.3kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
16. 16 黑EN The Black Fog Descends: I Am the Taboo 黑雾降临：我为禁忌 A Little Lump of Chenchen一坨小臣臣Urban733k WordsCompleted [Sequences] [Cthulhu] [Slow burn] [No female lead] Sixteen years ago, a blood-red meteor tore across the dawn and descended upon the world. No one knew how terrifyingly strange the world humans knew would become because of its arrival. From that day on, a black fog that engulfed the entire world descended. Among humanity, people with immensely powerful abilities known as Sequence holders began to appear. With a wave of their hands, they could destroy cities and mountains, but the world had alrea 5.9kReads8.9Score79914d adds
17. 17 你 You All Awakened? Then I'll Become an Evil God 你们都觉醒？那我当邪神好了 Butterfly Is Super Brave蝴蝶超勇的Urban448k WordsCompleted [No Romance + No System + Cthulhu + Sequence Path] Yang Yan transmigrated from Earth to Huaxia and was reborn as an evil god. What the heck! Did I end up in the wrong story? I'm just a kind, innocent high school student. Why are you making me an evil god? In 2024, the Red Moon descended once more, and the evil gods revived. Huaxia entered an age of mythological resurgence. As supernatural beings walked the earth, and cultists carried out bloody rituals, where were the ancient gods of Huaxia? 2.2kReads6.6Score34714d adds
18. 18 装 Armored Mecha Girls? I'll Lead Them to the Championship! 装甲机娘？我要带她们打上冠军！ Doraemon Dragon哆啦A龙Urban526k WordsOngoing This story follows Zhong Tianlin, who served as the commander of a modern main battle tank in his previous life. During a war, his crew was attacked and wiped out. As he lay dying, he transmigrated to another world, where beings known as Mecha Girls exist. They usually look like ordinary girls, but when they transform, they become genuine weapons of war. To resolve conflicts over resources, the world established a series of competitions. After Zhong Tianlin transmigrated, he was discovered by Fe 1kReads8.7Score10114d adds

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    The first book was written by myself, and the second book is an absolutely excellent book.

19. 19 赛 Racing Girls’ World: I Have God-Tier Tuning Traits! 赛车娘世界：我有神级改装词条！ Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [A fresh concept you definitely haven't seen before] [Racing competition] [Sweet romance and growth] [War God mecha] [Catgirl] [The Goose Sect's rebirth] Also known as: You were supposed to modify the mecha girls, so why are you making them cling to the wall?! A white-haired catgirl is forced onto the streets because her performance is too poor. But I'm the only one who can see her hidden talents... This is a strange world where human-shaped girls can transform into supercars built for the racet 218.1kReads9.5Score18.4k14d adds
20. 20 破 Solving Cases Turns Into Gossip Time, and My Policewoman Mentor Is in Stitches 破案秒变吃瓜，警花师傅笑麻了 A Xian阿仙Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Police Beauty + Lighthearted + Comedy + Gossip + One Female Lead + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance] Just as Chen Jun was about to head out on a call with his policewoman mentor, he awakened the Gossip System. He could earn rewards by following gossip. Wait, wait, wait! Gossip? I’m a cop. What’s with this Gossip System? From that day on, the atmosphere at the police station began to change. Day One! [What? You’re saying the thief didn’t just leave your belongings alone, he also left you t 13.4kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds

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    Although it's not a high-level martial arts story, it's a humorous and lighthearted one.

21. 21 人 Writing Self-Help in America, I Become the Nation's Choice for President 人在鹰酱写鸡汤，全民求我当总统 Steamed Plum Pastry Sauce蒸梅油酥汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Darcy transmigrates to America and becomes a sheriff. He activates the Influencer System: all he has to do is write toxic inspirational quotes and cultivate influencers to earn rewards. How hard can that be? He fires off all kinds of self-contradictory quotes to fool foreigners: “America, Please Wait for Your People!” “Don't Make America Great Again! Give the Little People Their Dignity!” “Why Does China Wash Its Dishes Seven Times?!” The more foreigners he fools, the more buffs the System 15.9kReads9.6Score2.1k14d adds
22. 22 谁 Who Told Him to Become the Big Villain? 谁让他当大反派的？ Exorcise Evil and Uphold the Way除魔卫道Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Villain + Invincible Background + Regretful Pursuit + Ruthless + Multiple Heroines] After transmigrating into the eldest son of the Qin family, he finds himself with the most beautiful woman in Yunhai City as his girlfriend and the inheritance rights to a fortune worth tens of billions. But Qin Ge is freaking out. He's the biggest villain in the book! He's about to be crushed by a powerful expert who came down from the mountain, becoming a stepping stone on the chosen one's path to success? For 28.4kReads7.6Score2.9k14d adds

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    😳😳😳😳😳

23. 23 反 Villain: The Mad Young Noble, the Heroine Begs to Be Tormented 反派：疯批贵公子，女主跪求折磨 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Urban405k WordsCompleted [Unhinged] [Disturbed] [Psychological Manipulation] [Elegant] The villain Jiang Yaoyang is reborn on the day he kidnapped the heroine. In his previous life, the protagonist rescued the beauty, and Jiang Yaoyang had his legs broken before his whole family was slaughtered. This time, he's going to change everything. His [Eye of Insight] awakens, laying bare everyone's character settings before him and putting their corruption progress at his mercy! [Hidden character setting detected for the Chosen 9.5kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
24. 24 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4k14d adds

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    Practical Techniques for Changing Your Fate: The author has organized the information very systematically.

25. 25 转EN Class Change to the God of Wealth: Paying My Way to Invincibility from the Start! 转职财神：开局充钱到无敌！ Sweet Orange甜蜜蜜的橙子Urban1.3M WordsOngoing In this world, everyone gets one chance to awaken a profession during their final year of high school. When Lu Fang awakened, he unexpectedly discovered that he could increase his profession's potential by spending money. With one phone call, Lu Fang asked his father for 150 billion, directly spending his way into becoming the only hidden profession, the God of Wealth. From then on, he began his life of scattering money everywhere, no, of rocketing to the top. Lavishly throwing money around, mon 351.4kReads8.7Score42.5k14d adds

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    This is a very good read that doesn't require much brainpower. The only downside is that it's not finished yet and is still being serialized. (Fantasy: One Day in the God of Wealth)

26. 26 哎 Hehe! Didn't See That Coming! My Companion Is Every Kind of Weapon 哎嘿！没想到吧！我伴生是全武器 Si Si汜巳Fantastical Romance632k WordsCompleted [Complete! Enjoy with confidence!] [No CP, but feel free to ship whoever you like!] [Lots of slice-of-life] [Aimed more at female readers] [Lots of catlike character portrayal] [Important: The male lead will gradually grow up. He's just a little kid at the beginning, and his development is a bit delayed because he's a picky eater. (╬•̀皿•́)] Twelve-year-old Ning Yizhou is the most bizarre psychic power awakener in the entire galaxy. While everyone else awakens a bonded weapon at sixteen, he awak 6.4kReads9.3Score92214d adds

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    It's a good book, but it's normal if you don't like it. Everyone has different tastes. I'm sincerely offering this book that I think is good. Please don't criticize if you don't like it. 💕💕💕

27. 27 觉EN Awakening Supreme Ice Powers, Then Unrivaled All the Way! 觉醒顶级冰系，然后一路无敌！ Extreme Darkness Is Born of Light极暗诞于光Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Ice element] + [Long spear] + [High-octane thrills] + [Multiple heroines] (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later...) Lu Yuan transmigrates to an ability-user world teeming with ferocious beasts. Just as Lu Yuan expected, at the awakening ceremony, what awakens before his ability is the System, an essential perk for transmigrators! The System not only grants him a rare ability, but also gives him a chance to grow stronger by farming monsters! It’s just that there seems to be something a 50.6kReads7.2Score4.5k14d adds
28. 28 末EN Apocalyptic Calamity: Who Let These Lunatics Save the World? 末日灾祸：谁让这群癫子去救世的 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast, apocalyptic disasters, urban fantasy. Split up, and trouble strikes from every direction. Together, and the world faces annihilation.] (The animated series adaptation is now available.) The team’s main mission: save the world. Hidden achievement: elbow-check the world. Code of conduct: As long as we elbow-check fast enough, disaster will always be one step behind us! People around the world: Thanks to the Daxia Squad for the elbow-check survival kit. We refuse deliver 198.3kReads9.4Score32.4k14d adds
29. 29 近 Unbeatable in Melee, and You Call This a Healer? 近战无敌，你管这叫奶妈？ Hard to Predict再难豫Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Unresolved Regrets, No Female Lead!] [Not a Pure Power Fantasy!] [A Strong Sense of Duty to Country and Family!] [Disclaimer: This book may not be for readers who only enjoy pure power fantasies!!!] Three hundred years after supernatural abilities first awakened, rifts in spacetime tore open the heavens and unleashed war. While ability users were still protecting Blue Star civilization with fire and blades, Chen Ang graduated from the academy and shattered everyone's understanding of the world. 18.1kReads7.9Score1.7k14d adds
30. 30 弓 My Archer Talent Is Maxed Out, and I Slaughter My Way Through the Ten Thousand Races 弓手天赋拉满，我杀穿万族 Chong Er虫二Urban3.6M WordsOngoing In a world where martial prowess reigns supreme, poverty and weakness are sins. Chen Qi awakens an E-rank archer talent and is forced to leave school. Determined to protect his family, he decides to enlist in the army. When the System appears, he gains the SSS-rank archer talent: Hou Yi. In everyone’s eyes, archers are merely support fighters in this world. But from the moment Chen Qi gains his SSS-rank talent, he gives the archer a far more powerful meaning. [Talent Skill: Hawk-Eye Insight. Gra 40.1kReads8.2Score3.3k14d adds
31. 31 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
32. 32 你 You're a Sword Immortal, and You're Not Just Strong, You're Ridiculously Handsome! 你这剑仙，强的同时又过分帅气！ Dirt Dog Egg土狗蛋儿Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Class Change for Everyone + Passionate Battles + Ridiculous Comedy + Multiple Classes + Leveling Up + Defend Our Homeland + An Absurdly Handsome Protagonist] After transmigrating to a world where everyone changes class, Lu Sheng discovers that his quest panel often glitches, assigning him all sorts of bizarre missions. By completing them, he keeps earning Charm rewards and becomes the handsomest guy in school. At the pep rally held a hundred days before the college entrance exams, Qiu He, the s 62.5kReads9.1Score5.6k14d adds
33. 33 我 I’m a Good-for-Nothing Guy with Powers, but I’m Bound to a Goddess Marksman System? 我男异能废柴，绑定女神枪系统？ Half a Step Clear半步清Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Superpowered Martial Arts + Transformation (Gender Swap) + DNF Female Gunner, All Classes (Skills Change to Suit the Setting) + One Heroine, One Hero + Technology vs. Superpowers?] Yang Jinyu transmigrated into a high-martial world overrun by monsters. Unfortunately, he was a good-for-nothing with no awakened abilities. Just as he was giving up, a shooting star streaked across the sky, and he made a wish. The next day, he awakened and got bound to a System! But what the heck? Where did his manh 13.7kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds

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    Both of these urban martial arts novels feature the theme of marriage transformation.

34. 34 高EN High Martial: The Broken Her, Strengthening Through Stat Points 高武：变身破碎的她，靠加点变强 Mapo Tofu Immortal麻婆豆腐仙人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System-Based + Urban High Martial + Gender Bender + Substitute Romance] Li Wei, a young man from twenty-first-century Earth, transmigrates as Li Wei, a prospective freshman at a martial arts university in a high-martial parallel world. Having inherited the original host’s memories and emotions, she decides to marry herself off to save her younger brother, who is gravely ill and on the verge of death. As the wife, she will take the place of the Gu family’s eldest son and fight on the front lines 20.3kReads8.8Score2.2k14d adds
35. 35 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 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds

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    You absolutely have to read it! It's one of my favorite books; once you start reading, you can't put it down.

36. 36 都 Urban: The Show Crew Exposed All the Anomalies in My House 都市：我一屋异常被节目组曝光了 Sharing a Boat Tonight此夜同舟Urban360k WordsOngoing Also known as: Urban Fantasy: My House Full of Anomalies Was Exposed by a TV Crew Containing Anomalies, I Was Mistaken for Anomaly Zero by the Authorities [Comedy + Exposure + Mystery + Variety Show] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Jiang Lin unlocks the Anomaly Containment System. Anomalies contained in his home can level up quickly and are one hundred percent loyal to Jiang Lin. Before long, his house is full of high-level anomalies, and even the house itself is an anomaly. To make ev 1.4kReads8.2Score20414d adds

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    There are urban and suspense books included; check the tags yourself. I mainly forgot what I wanted when selecting the books, thinking it was urban suspense. I don't want to delete it now, so I painstakingly dug it out from my bookshelf of over 100 books. Just look at the synopsis; I've forgotten what it was about. I read it a long time ago and highly recommend it, since I added it to my bookshelf. Except for a few, the rest are all 9 points or higher.

37. 37 刀 Brother Dao Goes Viral in Showbiz, and Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing 刀哥爆红娱乐圈，粉丝求我别杀了 Drunk in Solitude孤风一醉Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + no romance + absurd comedy + entertainment industry] [Print edition published | Comic adaptation released] Xiao He acquired a criminal golden finger that let him learn all kinds of criminal skills. But he could only stay alive by continually stabbing people. Xiao He: “I’m a perfectly decent college student. Who’d want to become a criminal?!” Wait, there really is a way! After an accident, Xiao He successfully exploited a bug in his golden finger. By acting instead of committing r 166.7kReads9.3Score13.7k14d adds
38. 38 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.3kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
39. 39 这 This Blind Man Isn't Blind 这个盲人他不瞎 Three Steps of Parting Sorrow三下离愁Urban640k WordsCompleted [Urban Superpowers + No Romance + Slightly Sickly + An I-Person Male Lead of Ambiguous Beauty + Mildly Pampered by Everyone + Slow-Burn, Not Much of a Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System] Though this is listed under male-oriented fiction, it doesn't really have the usual traits of the genre, so male readers might not enjoy it. Feel free to steer clear. My writing is very amateur, so please don't set your expectations too high. I hope you'll be gentle when leaving reviews. (╥_╥) After barely 2.5kReads9.3Score37314d adds
40. 40 从 After Returning from Infinite Flow, I Became the True Young Master 从无限流回归后，我成了真少爷 The Bandage-Wrapped Black Cat缠绷带的黑猫Urban1.4M WordsOngoing (No romance, semi-ensemble cast, infinite-flow, real and fake young masters, supporting characters have romantic pairings) Shen Chifan is a famous powerhouse in the infinite game “Pure White World.” After defeating the main god of “Pure White World” alongside his fellow players, he earns the ultimate reward and returns to the real world. At last, Shen Chifan can relax. Three months later, someone shows up at his door claiming to be family. Shen Chifan, who has been an orphan his entire life: ? H 8.3kReads8.8Score92414d adds
41. 41 末 Surviving in a Doomsday Apartment, While I Have Infinite Clones! 末日公寓求生，而我无限分身！ Ye Yu叶余Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsOngoing Everyone across the globe is transported to a series of apocalyptic apartments! Everyone awakens a talent and struggles to survive in their apartment. Jiang Ye and his classmates are transported to the same beginner apartment! Classmate A: Listen up, I awakened an S-rank talent! Classmate B: That’s great! With an S-rank talent, we’re saved! Classmate C: We’re all classmates. We should help one another! Classmate D: Big shot with an S-rank talent, carry us to victory! Jiang Ye awakens an X-rank t 9.5kReads7.8Score93114d adds
42. 42 我 I'm a God? Don't Spread Rumors! You Might Get Banned! 我是神？别造谣！小心封号！ Writing Is Just Going Crazy写文就是发癫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no harem + unconventional ensemble cast + high-energy growth] The strongest permission-hog is forced to save the world Spiritual qi revival? Superpower awakenings? The world ending? This world has already been shot full of holes by these cheaters! Gu Xing, an utterly ordinary “G-rank loser,” awakens the ultimate cheat: [Administrator Privileges] Skill One: Warning Skill Two: Ban Passive Trait: Succubus Physique (debuff) [Dog-headed emoji for dear life] When a villain uses chea 15kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
43. 43 疯 The Unhinged Boy Band Goes on a Killing Spree in the Infinite Worlds! 疯批男团在无限世界杀疯了！ Walking the Dangerous Path危行Mystery423k WordsCompleted [Male lead seems normal but is actually unhinged + Power Fantasy + Livestreaming + No CP] Qi Mo opened his eyes and discovered that he had transmigrated into a doomed, nameless extra in the hit manga Infinite Radiance: Idol Survival Project. Despite sounding like a gacha mobile game, this world was a deadly meat grinder that fused infinite-loop survival, rule-based horror, idol stages, and death-game reality shows. Seeing that his life countdown had only 72 hours left, the System coldly announce 816Reads8.9Score11814d adds
44. 44 惊EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.7kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
45. 45 天 Friends Across the World: From Zhang Wei to Old Man Zheng 天下皆友：从张伟到郑老头 Working Frog打工呱Urban605k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Gender-Neutral Perspective + Making Friends Far and Wide + Building Influence + Global Bragging] Li Bei transmigrated to a parallel world and awakened a friendship System! Meet the friendship requirements and he could receive random System rewards. He could also instantly become friends with anyone in the world. And so, the person with the most connections in the world was born! A friend’s gas canisters aren’t selling? I have a friend in the Far East who fixes cars, though he s 336Reads8.1Score—14d adds
46. 46 我 I Really Thought This Was a Game 我真以为这是游戏啊 Shang a觞aMystery393k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + System + a touch of corruption, no CP, ensemble cast] Gu Qiu’s phone was infected by a virus, and an invitation to join a VR game called Sanity Value appeared... At the same time, in a parallel world under siege from higher-dimensional invaders, people were about to encounter an outsider life-form. This powerful, indescribable being, however, always seemed to defy common sense. Awakened A: “I saw it! Don’t be fooled by its lower-dimensional body. Its phantom just now looked lik 1.2kReads7.2Score13114d adds
47. 47 抽 After Pulling an SR, I Was Forced to Save the World 抽到SR后我被迫拯救世界 Wind Wash风洗Mystery865k WordsOngoing Chu Wu is a down-on-his-luck unemployed man who can't afford his rent. A mysterious game he can't uninstall suddenly appears on his phone. It gives him an S-rank handsome character from the start, and he can even exchange completed missions for cash. How is this a shady app? It's targeted poverty alleviation! Just when Chu Wu thinks he's about to reach the pinnacle of life, he only wants to enjoy the simple life of playing games and making money. He never expected to end up saving the world! 5.3kReads8.9Score96614d adds
48. 48 当 When Nexus Appears in the Real World 当奈克瑟斯出现在现实 Sulfuric Acid Mooncake硫酸月饼Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Real World] + [Gut-Wrenching Tragedy] + [Nexus] + [Dark Tone] + [A Solitary Walk into the Abyss] + [Ultraman Fanfiction] + [Vast Multiverse] + [No Female Lead] + [Tearjerker] What would happen if Ultraman really appeared in the real world... Eighteen-year-old Yue Ji wakes from a dream. A painful childhood and broken family have left him with a life more brutal than most. An upheaval in an unknown time and space has affected the higher-dimensional real world. In this reality, where Ultraman show 4.4kReads8.7Score42214d adds

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    As we all know, Ultraman lives in the city and all Ultraman know martial arts.

49. 49 我 I'm Not Mentally Ill! There's Just a God Living Inside Me 我不是精神病！我只是体内有尊神 Lie Flat Salty Fish Bishop躺平的咸鱼主教Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Purely unhinged comedy + a tiny bit of angst, but it won't affect the lunatic plot, hehe + no formulaic tropes + no couples + not an invincible power fantasy (readers who mind, beware) It starts very slowly but takes off completely later! (˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)] Note: This story contains some mature and unusual content. Please read with discretion! Also, the protagonist is a lifelong bachelor and will never have a romance or flirtation with any character! Don't see a female character and immediately call 14kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds

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    It's really good... This is the first time I've written a review for this book. The characters, plot, and ensemble cast are all original and unconventional... I really like it.

50. 50 两 The Immortal of Two Worlds 两界之仙 Green Pepper Too青椒也Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Standing before you is Zhou Li, an ordinary cultivator with unremarkable spiritual roots, who ranked first in the entire city on the Immortal Mansion entrance exam at eighteen, entered Foundation Establishment at twenty, reached Core Formation at thirty, formed a Nascent Soul at sixty, and ascended after a little over a century. He’s proficient in alchemy, puppet-making, spirit rice cultivation, talisman-making, and array formation. You may ask how I got so incredible. Because I can travel back 27.8kReads7.7Score4.7k14d adds

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    Both of these stories are similar in type, belonging to the category of protagonists transmigrating from the modern world to the cultivation world. The first story features a protagonist who is a top student, while the second story involves cultivators whose skills are both cunning and manipulative.

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