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1. 101 说 Weren’t We Supposed to Be a Team of Useless Losers? Why Are We All Badasses? 说好的废物小队呢，怎么全员狠人 Tang Jiuy ao棠九尧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse819k WordsCompleted Sui Qi transmigrates into an interstellar world as a vicious, lovesick woman with a terrible reputation and five million in debt. She’s about to take part in a 21-day survival challenge in the apocalypse. If she succeeds, she’ll win ten million interstellar coins, enough to pay off her debt and live out the rest of her life doing nothing. The problem is, no one will team up with her, and the game can’t start without four players. But every player gives her a wide berth, so Sui Qi decides to rely 65.1kReads9.1Score9.4kShelves

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   This book features strong male and female leads in a sci-fi post-apocalyptic setting, where the female lead's soul transmigrates into the body of another girl.

2. 102 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves

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   A woman disguised as a man, without a male lead, taking the imperial examination.

3. 103 天 The Fated Guardian of the Village 天命守村人 Forget the Sorrow of Parting忘记离愁Mystery6.7M WordsCompleted I was born slow-witted, destined to become the village guardian. To defy fate and change my destiny, my grandfather found me a stunning child bride. Unfortunately, she ran away, and my grandfather had little time left to live. Before he died, he told me I must not leave the village for twelve years, or disaster would surely befall me. 4.2kReads6.8Score832Shelves
4. 104 综 Film and TV Crossover: A Shi 综影视：阿十 Ning Chang宁常Female-Channel Fanfiction17.7M WordsCompleted World 45: Tang Dynasty, Li Mao (ongoing...) The Great Dao gives rise to fifty, of which forty-nine are manifest, while the last remains elusive. Those controlled by fate give everything they have for a chance to change their destiny and rewrite their lives. This time, at last, they find the perfect ending! World 44: The Glory, Yin Yuji World 43: Chong Zi, Wen Zi World 42: Story of Yanxi Palace, Chen Bi World 41: The Knockout, Jiang Nianyi World 40: A Dream Behind a Crystal Curtain, Wang Lvp ping 40.7kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
5. 105 我 I Am of the Human Race, and I Love to Kill! 我为人族，喜好杀戮！ An Imperfect Sky不完全天空Eastern Fantasy749k WordsCompleted System + transmigration + slaughter + high spirits + unconventional darkness + no female lead The gods have been cast down, and humanity has been reduced to livestock and food. Zhang Xun transmigrates into this world and has no choice but to take up a blade. With the System's help, he fights against this unjust fate and leads humanity in an effort to once again become the masters of the world. The road is filled with slaughter, but Zhang Xun has no regrets. Yet when everything finally comes to a 366Reads7.0Score—Shelves
6. 106 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
7. 107 让 I Was Asked to Teach the Worst Class, So How Did I Make Them the Best in the School? 让你带差班，你带成全校第一了？ A Bite of Rice, a Sip of Wine吃一口米饭喝一口酒Urban1.2M WordsCompleted System + Slow Burn + Starts Small, Rises to Greatness Feel free to dive in! This novel has been adapted into a short drama of the same name. Hope you enjoy watching it! Zhou Yu, on the verge of graduating from university, arrives at a high school in a small town for his teaching internship. At a private meeting of the school’s leadership: Principal: “Last year, not a single student from our school got into a four-year university. If we don’t get results this year, our high school will be shut do 6.5kReads8.7Score599Shelves
8. 108 丁 Ding Xie Transmigrates to the Siheyuan 丁蟹穿越四合院 A Juiced Jellyfish被榨汁的水母11k WordsCompleted Ding Xie Transmigrates into a Siheyuan 24Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 行 Walking Dead: Bound to a Seven Days to Die Survival System from the Start! 行尸：开局绑定七日杀生存系统！ Sword Tassel Swaying in the Locust Tree槐上剑穗扬Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [The Walking Dead Fanfiction] [Leads the Main Cast to the Top] [Illustrated] Wu Shou transmigrates into the world of The Walking Dead, only to be infected by a walker on the very first day. Just when he thinks he is surely going to die, he awakens the 7 Days to Die System. In a post-apocalyptic world crawling with walkers, he shoulders a giant hammer and strikes fear into the hearts of the survivors still roaming the land! From the [Quarry Camp] to the [Prison Fortress]! From [Southeastern Atlan 4kReads8.2Score303Shelves
10. 110 只EN I Only Want to Destroy the World, Yet I'm the God Who Created It! 只想灭世的我，真的是创世神！ Shenwei Bar Cross Spear神威吧十字枪Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [Invincible] [World creation] [Ridiculous netizens] [Pocket worlds] Su Mo binds himself to the Creation God System, only to discover that he can grow stronger simply by destroying worlds! A ladle of water becomes a world-ending flood! A shovelful of dirt becomes a meteor that destroys the world! Some revere him as the Creator of Worlds, the one who gave them life and intelligence. Others curse him as an evil god who destroys the world every thousand years. Countless lives wail in 12.5kReads7.6Score791Shelves
11. 111 我 I'm Bao Guowei, and from the Start I'm Cornered in an Alley 我叫包国维，开局被人堵巷子里 Extra Chili in My Instant Noodles泡面多加辣Urban785k WordsCompleted [Alternate History]+ [No System]+ [A Nobody's Rise to the Top] Bao Guowei stayed up late reading a novel he'd borrowed from Guo Chun and dropped dead. And then I became Bao Guowei. I was no longer Guo Chun's lackey or everyone's laughingstock. I made my fantasies come true: I smeared egg soup on Guo Chun's head, made Gong Deming fetch my ball, and got An Shuzhen to write me a love letter... But Bao Guowei's peaceful days in the small town wouldn't last long. The times were turbulent, foreign inv 6.4kReads8.6Score338Shelves
12. 112 陈 Aunt Chen Is Back from the Cultivation World 陈姨娘从修真界回来了 Yaya Learns to Fly芽芽学羽Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Satisfying Revenge] Chen Qingzhu, a prodigy of the Yuqing Sect, is struck back into her previous life by a lightning tribulation during her Golden Core breakthrough. She is now a long-neglected concubine in the Jingnan Marquis's household. The mistress she loyally serves wants to make her the scapegoat, while the husband who once swore eternal love makes no effort to learn the truth before ordering her beaten to death. Even her own son looks down on her servant 14.6kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
13. 113 我 I Made Up a Diary and Fooled the Whole World 我编造日记欺骗了全世界 The Foodie Is a Cat吃货是只猫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After awakening the Diary Fraud System, the more believable the things I write are, the more benefits I can gain. [Spiritual qi revival in five years? No way!] [A concert that came a hundred years too late… Did I die in that war too…] [Is the future really that hopeless…] [Ah!! How could he be my 13.4kReads8.0Score778Shelves
14. 114 全 I’m the Only One in the World Who Can Play Honor of Kings! 全世界只有我会玩王者荣耀！ Boating and Filling in Lyrics泛舟填词Sports622k WordsCompleted Jiang Li, a professional Honor of Kings player, transmigrates to a world where playing Honor of Kings makes you stronger. But the game he plays is nothing like the one everyone else knows. Other players’ Li Bai uses Bring in the Wine, sells out his teammates, draws a circle, and makes a getaway. Jiang Li’s Li Bai descends like the Wine Sword Immortal and charges straight into the enemy fountain to claim a pentakill. Other players’ Han Xin rolls his face across the keyboard and has no idea wher 4kReads8.4Score335Shelves
15. 115 涤 Sin-Cleansing Killer System 涤罪杀手系统 Dong Muyu东木宇Urban725k WordsCompleted System + No Female Lead + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. Bai Yi is an orphan adopted by a retired criminal investigator. Raised on lessons about justice, he knows all too well that there are many evils in the world that the law cannot eradicate. He has grown numb to them, but one day, quite by chance, a voice rings out in his mind: Congratulations, Host, you have awakened the Assassin System... 1.7kReads8.7Score141Shelves
16. 116 风 The Dashing Grandmaster Niu Baoguo 风流宗师牛保国 Li Genshuo李根硕Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional] Niu Kui, a martial arts grandmaster who had defeated every opponent across the Nine Provinces, became a public enemy because he fought dirty. His treacherous foes conspired to kill him. When he awoke again, he discovered he had been reborn as Niu Baoguo, a disgraced urban tai chi master... “Alas! This body is old and ugly. Starting a family will be a long and arduous road~” 16.1kReads9.1Score2kShelves
17. 117 清 I Transmigrated into Jiang Yuyan in the Qing Dynasty and Smashed Qianlong's Head 清穿融合江玉燕，锤爆乾隆狗头 Chilled Honeydew冰镇蜜瓜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented Qing dynasty time travel + rebellion and kingship + beating up Qianlong + no romance, feel-good story with a powerful female lead!] After transmigrating to the Qianlong era, Jinfeng became the Fifth Princess, the short-lived daughter of Empress Consort Nara. From the start, she was stranded outside the palace and sold into a brothel? Jinfeng sneered, activated the System, inherited Jiang Yuyan’s peerless martial arts, and slaughtered her way through her enemies. Her birth mother 3.7kReads8.8Score330Shelves
18. 118 2 Saving the World in 24 Hours 24小时拯救世界 Si Hui司绘Urban2.3M WordsOngoing What would you do if you had only 24 hours to save the world? After countless rebirths and resets, Zhu Shijiu has endured the unbearable pain of dying tens of thousands of times. With each endless loop, his will has teetered closer to collapse. He has tried everything to escape, but nothing has worked. Every time he dies, he returns to the day before that damned world is destroyed! All he can do is follow every thread and search for clues, using each death to uncover the truth. 24 hours to save 3.6kReads8.8Score372Shelves
19. 119 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 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
20. 120 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: I Am the King 红楼：我为王 Winter Snow White冬雪白Historical1.3M WordsCompleted (PS: A solemn declaration: one heroine only. If you don't like that, don't read! Don't read! Don't read!) Reborn into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as Jia Rong of the Ningguo Mansion. Should I repeat the course of my original fate, or fight to change it? I pursue only one thing in life: to have a clear conscience. I guard what matters to me with all my heart! I, Jia Rong, will conquer the world on horseback and bring honor to my wife and descendants, making my wife the happiest woman ali 6.8kReads8.6Score460Shelves
21. 121 帝 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 White Lonely Island白色孤岛Historical5.8M WordsCompleted (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 48.9kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
22. 122 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves
23. 123 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
24. 124 求 Begging for Love 求娇 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine and Hero] [Love-Hate Relationship] [Defying Fate] [Print edition signed with a publisher] Gu Miaoyin always thought she was the pampered darling her emperor treasured most, until the Great Jin fell and the Northern Hu cavalry smashed through the palace gates. Only then did she realize how tragic her life was. Ten years of the emperor's favor could not withstand a sudden change of heart. In the end, she and her mother were trapped in the imperial city and burned alive. Reborn into 36.3kReads9.5Score4.9kShelves

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25. 125 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 179.3kReads9.6Score27.7kShelves
26. 126 黑 Black and White Keys 黑白键 One Zero Two Four一零二四Modern Romance35k WordsCompleted [The seemingly forward but actually oblivious fake heiress Zhuyuan x the seemingly reserved but actually earnest poor boy Chenshu] [Modern romance + quality fiction + sweet romance + reunion after years apart + healing each other + secret crush + devoted love interest + heiress + youth] Zhuyuan isn't really a young heiress. She's a fake one. Chenshu, on the other hand, really is a poor boy. They met during the summer vacation after the college entrance exams. Soaked by the rain, Zhuyuan stood ou 179Reads9.0Score—Shelves
27. 127 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 84.7kReads9.7Score11.5kShelves
28. 128 孙 Sun Wukong: If I Become a Demon, There Will Be No Buddhas in the World 孙悟空：我若为魔，天下无佛 Seawater Tap海上自来水Eastern Fantasy588k WordsCompleted [A different kind of Journey to the West!] On the journey west, during the trial of the true and false Monkey Kings, the real Sun Wukong is trapped by the Tathagata beneath the Golden-Purple Alms Bowl in the Great Thunderclap Monastery, using his immense powers. He is then transferred to the depths of the Eighteen Layers of Hell. Drawing on the power of Hell, the Tathagata fuses it with the supreme Evil Buddha’s teachings and spends five hundred years tempering Sun Wukong to death. Yet... the Ta 6.3kReads8.9Score637Shelves
29. 129 让 You Want Me to Go Easy on Foundation Building? I’ll Destroy Your Sect Instead 让我给筑基放水？我反手毁灭宗门 Hate Those 8 A.M. Classes讨厌早八叮26k WordsCompleted You Want Me to Go Easy on the Foundation Establishment? I'll Destroy the Sect Instead 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 我 I Just Awakened My System, and Her Dad Told Me to Get Lost? 我刚觉醒系统，她爸让我滚远点？ Jing Jiangyan憬江言Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Physical book deal secured, enjoy with confidence] [Ultimate power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Absurd comedy] [One heroine] [Ensemble cast] [Unhinged] Year 529 of the Cultivation Calendar. Yun Mochen wakes from a nap and unexpectedly awakens a System. [Absorb qi and blood to grow stronger!] But there's one big problem: his girlfriend of three months is the daughter of the Zhu Clan's Emperor, one of the five great cultivation clans. Even worse, her emperor father comes straight to his door 69.7kReads8.6Score5.6kShelves
31. 131 被 After My Younger Brother Stole My Credit, I Gave Up 被弟弟冒领功劳后，我摆烂了 Yan'er Loves Rice Cake and Twice-Cooked Pork爱吃年糕回锅肉的燕尔16k WordsCompleted After My Younger Brother Took Credit for My Achievement, I Gave Up 336Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 重 Reborn, I Leave the Divine Sword Behind and Walk Away 重生后，我丢下神剑转身离开 Little Princess Worth a Look看点小公主11k WordsCompleted My Master bestowed two divine swords upon us and let my senior brother and me choose. One sword roared like a dragon, its blade light soaring into the sky. The moment it saw my senior brother, it instantly coiled around his wrist and accepted him as its master. The other was covered in rust and utterly devoid of spiritual light. It was knocked away by the sword qi and lay all alone on the ground. I felt sorry for it, so I quietly picked it up and spent every day and night nourishing and polishin 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 我 After I Emerged From Seclusion, My Favored Junior Fellow Apprentice Was Stunned 我出关后，受宠的小师弟懵了 Sprinkle Some Rice on the Keyboard键盘上撒把米11k WordsCompleted My Beloved Junior Fellow Disciple Was Stunned When I Came Out of Seclusion 3.9kReads—Score107Shelves
34. 134 手 I Command an Army of 500,000, and You Want Me to Return to the Capital and Apologize? 手握五十万大军，你让我回京道歉 Brilliant Star Xin璀璨星鑫Historical10k WordsCompleted I command an army of five hundred thousand, and you want me to return to the capital and apologize? 666Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 桃 Blessed by the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal: From the Start, I Kissed the Aloof Campus Belle by Force 桃花剑仙赐福：开局强吻高冷校花 Ling'er Jingle Bells伶儿响叮当Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Invasion of the Myriad Races] + [High-Octane Action] + [One Heroine] Gu Qingchen transmigrates to a high-martial world. On the day of the blessing ceremony, he awakens the Divine Spirit Hall. Complete its trials, and he can receive a divine blessing. Just as the icy school beauty Luo Yuli receives an SS-rank blessing, stunning the entire crowd: [Trial issued: Kiss the school beauty Luo Yuli in front of everyone within three minutes] [Failure to complete the first trial will be treated as volunt 79.5kReads9.1Score9.8kShelves
36. 136 重 Reborn and Gave Up Confessing My Love, Now the Campus Beauty Is Panicking 重生放弃表白，校花急了 Halfway Through the Third Month of Spring烟花三月半48k WordsCompleted I was the infamous doormat of the whole school, and now I’m reborn. In my previous life, I was so busy chasing Liu Siying that I neglected my studies and failed to get into college. Then, because she said she didn’t like fat people, I went on an extreme diet and wrecked my health. I died with hatred in my heart after seeing the disappointment in my father’s eyes and the tears in my mother’s. The wise don’t fall in love. They build a beautiful homeland. When I opened my eyes again, I vowed to liv 2.9kReads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 合 My Younger Roommate: Sis, I Like You 合租弟弟：姐姐，我喜欢你 A Cloud Without Dreams一只没有理想的云8k WordsCompleted My Younger Roommate: Sister, I Like You 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 我 I Treat My Roommate Like a Bro, but He Treats Me Like His Wife 我把室友当兄弟，室友把我当老婆 Tomato Isn't a Tomato, Okay番茄不是西红柿啦10k WordsCompleted I Treat My Roommate Like a Bro, but He Treats Me Like His Wife 3kReads—Score237Shelves
39. 139 天 Unrivaled Talent Across the Ages, Crushing Three Thousand Emperors with One Hand! 天赋万古无双，只手横推三千帝！ Chongchong Yu冲冲鱼Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Martial arts return, ferocious beasts run rampant, and countless races invade, competing with humanity for supremacy! The young Su Hong awakens a System and starts with a talent unmatched throughout the ages. A C-rank martial art takes one second to learn, two seconds to master, and three seconds to perfect! An SSS-rank martial technique takes one day to learn, seven days to master, and one month to reach perfection! What's more, every enemy he defeats earns him Martial Arts Points. Spend Martia 109.5kReads8.3Score8.3kShelves
40. 140 唐 When Tang Sanzang Learned Sun Wukong Had Been Killed, He Turned to the Dark Side 唐三藏知道孙悟空被杀后，黑化了 Young Master Who Forgot His Sword忘剑公子Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Primordial World + Ruthless and Decisive + Schemes + No Female Lead] Everyone believes Sun Wukong became the Victorious Fighting Buddha after completing his pilgrimage. But they don't know that Sun Wukong was killed during the ordeal of the Fake and Real Monkey Kings, and that the Six-Eared Macaque took his place. Sun Xiaokong transmigrates into Sun Wukong, who has just been killed. He's terrified. If the Buddhist sect discovers he is still alive, they will surely kill him. Fortunately, he bind 7.7kReads8.1Score853Shelves
41. 141 神 Divine Choices: Awaken the Ten Great Ferocious Beast Martial Souls from the Start 神级选择，开局觉醒十大凶兽武魂 Shangguan Su上官素Urban4.0M WordsOngoing In a world of martial arts where monstrous beasts run rampant, only by becoming a martial artist can you take control of your own destiny! Xu Qiu transmigrates to this world and begins with a Martial Soul awakening ceremony, only to discover that he has no Martial Soul. Once an academic prodigy, he is now mocked by everyone. His girlfriend even breaks up with him in public! But he stays calm. His Martial Soul may not have awakened, but he has awakened the Life Choices System. As long as he makes 39kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves
42. 142 武 Martial Master 武神主宰 Dark Mage暗魔师Eastern Fantasy13.5M WordsOngoing Qin Chen, a legendary figure of the Tianwu Continent, dies unexpectedly in the Martial Domain after being betrayed by a friend. Three hundred years later, he is reborn as an illegitimate son of a prince, a boy who has endured endless bullying. Drawing on the mastery he gained in his previous life, he cultivates divine arts and refines divine pills, defies fate, and rises to power. Thus begins an astonishing journey that will shake the entire continent. 20.6kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
43. 143 龙 The Dragon King's Son-in-Law 龙王医婿 Xuan Kuangfeng轩疯狂Urban9.8M WordsCompleted The Jiang family was caught up in a conspiracy and consumed by a raging fire. Tang Chuchu risked her life to pull Jiang Chen from the flames. Ten years later, Jiang Chen returned in glory to repay his debts of gratitude and avenge his family. He would repay Tang Chuchu for saving his life. He would avenge the destruction of the Jiang family. Jiang Chen appeared before Tang Chuchu. “From now on, as long as I’m here, you’ll have the whole world.” 25kReads9.2Score11.8kShelves
44. 144 我 My Seven Sisters Are Peerless Beauties 我的七个姐姐风华绝代 Speechless, Yet Understanding无言会语Urban4.8M WordsCompleted I have seven sisters who aren't related to me by blood The eldest, Mo Xiangwan, is a domineering CEO! The second, Bai Yinshuang, is a peerless assassin! The third, Shen Bing, is an international flight attendant! The fourth, Gu Xinyi, is a miracle-working doctor! The fifth, Luo Xiao, is a cool and beautiful policewoman! The sixth, Luo Na, is a mysterious agent! The seventh, Ye Ningyun, is an unrivaled movie queen! With seven peerlessly beautiful sisters who all dote on their little brother, Wang 15.4kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
45. 145 人 Everyone Else Is Starting School, and You're Off Fighting Monsters? 人家开学，你去打怪兽？ Such a Little Fish好小一头鱼Urban112k WordsOngoing [Godslaying + Martial Arts Awakening + Ruthless Protagonist + Invincible Lead + Interstellar Expedition] Also known as: [Global Catastrophe! The Only One Who Knows the Truth Is a First-Year College Student?] What do you do when you accidentally become humanity’s savior on the first day of school? I’m asking online. It’s urgent! And while I’m at it, can leading civilization to ascend count toward my credits? Chen Xun is reborn into a martial arts apocalypse, and from the start, ancient and indesc —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Niche items are still worth trying.

46. 146 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 Jin Shiliu金十六Urban5.4M WordsCompleted After his master died, Lin Ran inherited his craft, took over the funeral business, and promised his master he would not leave this small town for three years. Keeping his promise, Lin Ran had to face the world without his master's protection. He saw all the strange sides of human nature that he had never witnessed before! Lin Ran remembered his master's words: “People look down on those of us in this line of work. Compared with ordinary people, we're also missing something. They call it being ‘ 71.7kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves

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    The first book is a niche genre. Although it's somewhat supernatural, that's not a major part of it. It mainly focuses on the protagonist's experiences at funerals due to financial constraints, and the book contains a wealth of information about funerals. The plot is simple yet engaging, and it also has lighthearted humor. The other books are all considered niche gems.

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48. 148 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
49. 149 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves
50. 150 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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