In a Reading Slump! Looking for Strong Male-Oriented Novels, No Idiot Plots, No Mindless Action! 书荒！求实力男频！不降智，不无脑！

1. 1 天 Heaven’s Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974kReads9.4Score76.1kShelves

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   These male protagonists are very capable and have online IQs and are not brainless.

2. 2 极 Ice Age Apocalypse: Surrounded by Beauties, I Become Truly Invincible 极寒末世：美女多多，我终无敌 Leisurely and Unfeeling闲心无情Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 27.9kReads7.5Score2kShelves
3. 3 开 From the Start, Eight Emperors from the Forbidden Zone Welcomed Me; I Alone Rule the Ages 开局禁区八帝迎接，此世独断万古 Heartbreaker可破心Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Villain protagonist + invincible background + overwhelming power fantasy + no pretending to be weak + battles across the myriad heavens + slightly yandere heroine The Forbidden Zone of Time and Space, a graveyard for time and space. Kong Wudao, divine son of the forbidden zone, was unrivaled among the era’s greatest prodigies. Finding life dull, he willingly sealed himself away in the Heavenly Mountain of Time and Space. Countless years later, the Great Dao changed, and the myriad heavens entere 14.7kReads8.5Score1kShelves
4. 4 玄 Xuanhuan: Invincible from the Start with a Sacred Innate Dao Embryo 玄幻：无敌从先天圣体道胚开始 Heartbreaker可破心Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Morally gray protagonist, lots of fights and immortal battles! Vast world + swordsmanship + battle for the path to the throne + invincible power fantasy + overwhelming family backing + fake System + creating a perfect world] After the Battle of the Origin’s Destruction, the Nine Immortal Domains were born. Later, the immeasurable tribulation arrived without warning. The heavens were engulfed in karma, darkness revived, and a world-ending war began, shattering the Immortal Domains. A new era daw 21.7kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
5. 5 烬 Ember Ruins Convenience Store 烬墟便利店 Maoyu Fanyin猫羽凡音Sci-Fi & Apocalypse179k WordsCompleted When Fan Xia woke in a pool of blood, the world was dying. The laboratory's hibernation pod had become his coffin. Broken glass reflected a hellish scene: the city was burning, humanity was screaming, and the monsters known as “Ash Beasts” were feasting on the apocalypse. [Ember Ruins Convenience Store System activated] [Compatible user detected] [Initial ability: Seraphic Sword Soul (Rank A) granted] [Payment required: the lives of 17 mutant rats] When the light sword first cut through the d 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Superpowers, Wasteland, Humans, and Gods are all good books. I hope you all read them. The first one is very similar to God Killing.

6. 6 我 Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score166.1kShelves
7. 7 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.8MReads9.9Score182.3kShelves
8. 8 我 Isn't It Only Natural for a Slime Like Me to Crush a Dragon? 我一个史莱姆吊打巨龙很合理吧？ 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.. 192.1kReads9.7Score23.3kShelves
9. 9 十 The End of Ten Days 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 1.8MReads9.9Score227.9kShelves
10. 10 匹 A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到 Qian Xiao千笑Urban2.4M WordsCompleted (Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy, 103.1kReads9.4Score11.3kShelves
11. 11 我 I Contain Hauntings in the Dark World 我在暗世界里收容诡物 I Am Different我则异於是Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Hypnotically Charming Male Lead With a Harem of Admirers + No Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Overwhelming Combat Power + Recklessly Courting Death] After Xie Wudao dies, he finds himself in a dark world full of filth and strange creatures. Here, the only hope of staying alive is himself. Every instance contains a strange creature. Contain one, and he gains its supernatural ability, allowing him to command it in battle. The more strange creatures a player has, the more limitless t 28.1kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves

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    The dark world is full of filth and filth. Xie Wudao is reborn and begins his journey of containing strange things! Unlimited streaming settings, no need for a heroine to focus on and feel comfortable. He gains superpowers by containing strange objects, his combat power explodes and he commits suicide, and fans of his brothers and sisters follow him crazily. From being chased by monsters to driving monsters, can he become the only god in the dark world? Come and find out!

12. 12 诸 The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 571kReads9.7Score72.9kShelves

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    Nice article, worth reading

13. 13 末 The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 549kReads9.2Score52.2kShelves

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    The board still performs stably, just take a look and it won't make a sound.

14. 14 起 Move Aside, That Phoenix Proudheaven Is Mine 起开，那个凤傲天是我的 Black-Horned White Dragon黑角白龙Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Adventure and combat + fantastical cultivation + multiple female leads + slow burn + passionate] She is Han Zelin, a girl disguised as a boy and the family’s “genius young master.” With a long sword gleaming coldly in her hand, she wields it with fierce precision, acts decisively, and has an unyielding will. Burdened by her family’s legacy, the demons of the Northern Frontier, and the fate of humanity, she swears to seize control of the future with the sword in her hand. I, Wu Yunqi, am perfect 60kReads8.7Score8.2kShelves

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    The fairy tales that I follow daily are not particularly good-looking, but if I don't read them for a day, I will feel uncomfortable [laughs]

15. 15 斩 Immortal-Slaying Platform 斩仙台 The Little Cockroach Is Seven小蟑螂七岁了Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he became a rogue immortal. But from the start, he was on the Execution Platform, about to be executed by the Heavenly Court and the Western Church working together. Even the gods couldn’t save him. With death at hand, he awakened the Life Editor System. This System couldn’t be upgraded or provide magical treasures. Its only function was to let him freely make up his own past and turn it into “reality”! [Edit: I studied at Lingtai Mountain, and I’m 30.4kReads7.6Score41.5kShelves

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    I watched the comic before, so I read the novel and it was quite fun.

16. 16 神 Tycoon Livestreamer: Building the Internet’s Strongest Billionaire Consortium 神豪主播，打造全网最强神豪财团 Half Wild半身轻狂Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Who’s the Best PK Streamer? I, Chen Jiu, Am Number One!] Chen Jiu transmigrates and is reborn in a parallel world, inheriting his father’s livestreaming tycoon System. From then on, he takes up livestreaming and becomes a PK streamer. With every powerful buff stacked on him, he doesn’t just want to become the top-tier streamer. He also wants to build a Galaxy Battleship crewed by the world’s richest tycoons and conquer the entire internet! Young heir to an old-money financial dynasty: “Brother 9.8kReads8.8Score586Shelves
17. 17 诡 The Haunted House 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 748.5kReads9.6Score101.2kShelves

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18. 18 你 You're a Billionaire, Why Are You Online Taking Advice Every Day? 你一个首富，天天在线听劝？ Qi Yao Yao柒幺妖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Standing before you is Yicheng City's top scorer in the college entrance exam, a millionaire entrepreneur by his freshman year, founder of Dami Tech after dropping out in his sophomore year, the man who made Dami Tech the country's number-one company by age 26, worth hundreds of billions by 28, founder of Dami Motors at 29, and the richest person in the country at 30. His bank account holds billions in cold, hard cash. He's the head of Dami Tech Group, founder of the Dami Standards Alliance, the 41.7kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
19. 19 肥 The Fat Doctor and the Charlatan 肥医神棍 A Bucket of Paste一桶浆糊Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing [Fat Protagonist + Comedy + System + Supernatural + Miracle Healer] The King of Hell says you’ll die at the third watch. Who dares keep you alive until the fifth? But what if the King of Hell is your dad? Medical student Sun Dawei is betrayed by his childhood sweetheart and kicked out of medical school. By chance, he inherits a will from his great-uncle, the seventh brother of his maternal grandmother. Not only does he gain a charlatan System, he also embarks on an unconventional path to becomin 21.1kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
20. 20 被 After the Empress Divorced Me, I Took a Millionfold Share of Her Cultivation 被女帝离婚后，我分走百万倍修为 Mr. Playing with Willows戏柳先生Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted After proving his Dao through killing and becoming invincible, Lu Qing’an grew tired of endless slaughter and wanted a steady life. He left the Demon Realm, concealed his identity as the Demon Emperor, and became Dao companions with the woman he loved. A thousand years passed. They had two daughters and a son, and lived happily together. Even though he had a divorce System that promised to boost his cultivation a millionfold if he divorced his wife, he paid it no mind. As he put it, he was alrea 26.9kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves

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    It looks good, I love watching it, I am invincible, but my ex-wife has no brains and has no choice but to bring two soft and waxy little cotton-padded jackets to prove the emperor.

21. 21 开 I Cracked the System from the Start: My Authority Crushes the Heavenly Dao 开局破解系统，我的权限碾压天道 Ye Huohuo叶火火Eastern Fantasy583k WordsCompleted [Overwhelming Violence + Unlimited System + No Quests + Maxed-Out Cultivation] Question: What should you do if you transmigrate to a fantasy world as an ordinary servant, don’t want to struggle, and just want to laze around? Answer: This is a hacked version of a fantasy world. Cultivation, talent, cultivation technique proficiency, money… Everything is maxed out, at 9,999,999+! From the start, Chen Mu edits his cultivation to the maximum and discovers he’s invincible! What? My senior brother can 11.8kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
22. 22 开 From the Start, Selling Muscle-Building Tonics at a Street Stall 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [The Dali anime premieres on July 29. Search the title on Tomato to watch the PV.] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Muscle-Boosting Potion? Detoxifying Soybeans? Lucky Cherries? They can't keep them in stock! The world's top tycoons, richest men, popular streamers, and strongest experts all come to buy them. Jiang Nan: "I'm not even a tiny bit interested in money! 349.4kReads9.7Score43.7kShelves

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    It's so beautiful. I watched it three times and it made me laugh so hard.

23. 23 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 240.7kReads9.6Score28.6kShelves

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    The author's strength is online, absolutely a good book. He has a good grasp of human relationships, all kinds of passion, but the ending makes people cry.

24. 24 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 91.8kReads9.1Score6.3kShelves

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    It's not vulgar, the plot is relatively novel, and there are often unexpected twists and turns.

25. 25 开 From the Start, I Had Eternal Life: Laying Low in the Mortal Realm Until I Ascended 开局长生，苟在下界吃土飞升 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 218.1kReads9.0Score15.2kShelves
26. 26 混 The Chaos Dao Mirror 混沌道鉴 Yi Fei Fan亦绯凡Eastern Fantasy472k WordsOngoing The protagonist rises from humble beginnings, uncovering the hidden game spanning the ages behind his origins and the Primordial Chaos Core. He faces the force of "Void Annihilation," which seeks to devour the Myriad Worlds, and ultimately becomes the Dao Lord who protects all things. The vast cultivation world comprises multiple realms: the Human Realm, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, Divine Realm, the Primordial Chaos Source, and more. Countless races flourish, sects abound, and ancient inherita —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The content is compact and novel, and family members can enjoy it at a glance

27. 27 漏 The Glitch Walker 漏洞行者 Yi Fei Fan亦绯凡Eastern Fantasy736k WordsOngoing The world is the inner ecosystem of the growing giant tree "Primordial Origin Tree," and cultivation is the means by which it draws nourishment. The protagonist, Ling Chen, awakens the "Eye of the Void," allowing him to see and exploit "loopholes" in the world's laws. He embarks on a path of defiance against the very nature of the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 盖 The Peerless Immortal Doctor 盖世医仙 Eighth Day of the Eighth Month八月初八Urban6.5M WordsCompleted Chu Hao, a village doctor who travels from place to place, went blind in both eyes to open his seven orifices! To honor his marriage pact, he came alone to Jiangcheng! He is a physician whom the powerful bow before, and he will become a legendary Medicine Immortal! 32.1kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
29. 29 阴 A Decree from the Underworld 阴司有旨 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing Before Grandpa died, he gave me a strange ledger. The first page bore four eerie characters: “Filed with the Underworld.” And the entries weren't sums of money, but “lives.” I used that strange ledger to collect debts and settle accounts on Grandpa's behalf, and it was as if I'd become a living judge of life and death in the human world. Somewhere beyond mortal sight, everything had already been decreed... 28.8kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
30. 30 熵 The Entropy-Devoured Galaxy 熵灭星河 User52257273用户52257273Sci-Fi & Apocalypse157k WordsOngoing [I am the will of heaven, and the stars obey!] Ling Jue awakens the [Entropy Core] among the ruins of a mining planet. Wielding the power of reverse entropy, he devours stars and energy, rendering every technique an illusion! The academy’s prodigies dare to provoke him? With a single thought, he drains their cultivation, and the geniuses fall to their knees in submission! An interstellar fleet comes to surround him? He waves away their fire and crushes stars with his bare hands! He looks dow —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [I am destiny, and all the galaxies obey!] Ling Jue awakened from the ruins of the mining star [Core of Entropy], mastered the power of counter-entropy, swallowed stars and energy, all methods are empty! Provoked by the college genius? With a thought, he drained his cultivation, and the genius knelt down and proclaimed his vassal! Encircled and suppressed by the interstellar fleet? He waved his hand to annihilate the artillery fire, and crushed the stars with his bare hands! He ignored all living beings, but could not see the ants being humiliated. The nobles oppressed the common people? In the blink of an eye, the wealthy family collapsed, but he stood in white. The Universe Arbitration Institute was furious: "You go against the will of heaven and you will be punished!" Ling Jue stepped on the galaxy and came: "If God doesn't allow me, I will define this day!" "Entropy Destroys the Galaxy" - the pinnacle of the invincible flow, indifferent to all living beings but guarding the last bottom line!

31. 31 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 393.9kReads9.1Score35.7kShelves

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    To put it bluntly, the chase is over.

32. 32 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 958.1kReads9.3Score120kShelves

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    Reading time: 625 hours. Novels that I read frequently. Every one of them is great. The logic is compact and you won't be able to say anything at a glance.

33. 33 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 252.2kReads9.4Score55.2kShelves
34. 34 我 My Ten Years Working at the Xishan Base 我在西山基地工作的那十年 Have Some Cat Tea喝点猫茶Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Anomaly containment, an overpowered protagonist? No. High IQ. One heroine. Some heartbreaking plot twists. Beijing, Xishan, 3,000 meters underground: hundreds of anomalous objects. A digital Earth that drifted through space for ten thousand years; a woman who transmigrated a thousand years into the past and died during the Shang dynasty; a colossal stone pillar that appeared on the North China Plain; Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor, who have survived for four eras; a pen that can improve people’s 25kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
35. 35 异 The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 496.2kReads9.7Score71kShelves
36. 36 天 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 126kReads9.4Score40.4kShelves
37. 37 道 The Daoist Sect’s Wayward Son 道门逆子 Lang Jiuxin朗九心Rural Life2.3M WordsCompleted [Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people 91.6kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
38. 38 万 Lord of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖之主 Fleeting Light, Soft and Shallow流光轻浅Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted After his father and elder brother mysteriously died in battle one after another, Li Yebai, long mocked as a useless nobody, embarked on a path of revenge with the help of a mysterious little tower. From then on, he commanded the demon clans and subdued all creation. 7.4kReads8.9Score785Shelves

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    I've been listening to this book recently. It sounds good and I don't feel offended at all. Kill decisively without being pretentious

39. 39 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 130.8kReads9.6Score16.1kShelves
40. 40 我 From the Start, I Chose the Fist Cultivator Class and Shattered Fate with My Bare Hands 我开局转职拳修，以双拳击碎命运 Demon's Path魔行Urban1.9M WordsCompleted In this age of countless marvelous talents, no one expects anything from a pair of frail fists! The human realm has swords that outshine all creation, spears that sweep through armies, fire that burns everything, and lightning that shatters the sky! Young people have so many options, and everyone gravitates toward the coolest, most stylish, and most powerful abilities! Only one stubborn boy chooses to train the frail fists in front of him. Everyone thinks he’s gone mad! Until the day disaster st 42.1kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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    The first one is pure love, the male protagonist is a pure war god, the pacing is not slow, and the plot design is also very reasonable. It is worth reading. It has all the exciting points. I believe my vision. The second one is more similar to the traditional immortal cultivation novel, with a slower pace, but the author's writing style is very good. Please be patient and read it. The third one is more Western fantasy, with the names of people and places that are more Western-European, but the plot setting and the monsters that appear in it are very refreshing. It does not depress one's wits, and the protagonist is very powerful. I read the fourth book a few years ago. The evolution of various ghosts and the novel evolution combinations in it are very interesting. Some of them are funny and cool, but they all have female protagonists. Just trust my vision. These are basically all carefully selected by me.

41. 41 凡 Mortal Bones 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted The world’s spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade, Heavenly Spiritual Bone. Second grade, Golden Spiritual Bone. Third grade, Profound Spiritual Bone. Fourth grade, White Spiritual Bone. All the rest are mortal bones, with no chance of cultivating. Xu Taiping, born with mortal bones, swears to prove to the cultivation world that mortal bones can slay demons, mortal bones can vanquish devils, and mortal bones can ascend to immortality! 625.3kReads9.3Score81.4kShelves
42. 42 不 Aren’t You an Evil God? Why Does Seeing Me Lower Your SAN? 不是邪神吗？见我怎么降SAN值 A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 147.2kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
43. 43 让 I Told You to Make a Pact with a Ghost, but You Made One with Zhong Kui? 让你契约鬼，你契约钟馗？ Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 99.5kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
44. 44 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 61.9kReads8.5Score6.4kShelves

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    The protagonists and supporting characters in these books are not smart, but focus on group portraits... They have their own values ​​​​output, three views are correct, and they are interesting to read...

45. 45 这 This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 68.1kReads9.4Score7.8kShelves
46. 46 请 Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 155.7kReads9.5Score17.1kShelves
47. 47 主 The Sovereign's Journey Together 主宰者之一路同行 Lu Shanshui鲁山水Urban340k WordsCompleted From a transfer student to the State Security Bureau, every faction is under control. The struggle is for resources, the well-being of the people, and the glory and strength of the nation. Who else but me! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    From a transfer student to the master of the universe, a wonderful reading, with sparks and lightning,,,,,

48. 48 不 The Not-So-Cold Magician 不太冷的魔术师 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 332.4kReads9.5Score29.7kShelves
49. 49 全 Every Protagonist Is a Monster. How Am I Supposed to Be the Boss? 全是妖孽主角，你让我怎么当老大 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 126.4kReads9.6Score15.5kShelves
50. 50 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 124.2kReads8.8Score13.6kShelves

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