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1. 101 先 Fire First 先敌开火 I'll See You Off送你走Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Expert marksman] + [No System] + [Comedy] + [Mercenaries] + [Fictional world] Wang Tao, descended from a family of hunters, stumbles into the world of mercenaries by sheer chance. What kind of sparks will fly? In this diverse era, your downfall may not come from a rival, but from someone crossing over from another field. Speed is absolute, accuracy is relative. The one who fires first wins; suppressive fire is what matters most! Of all the martial arts under heaven, speed is unbeatable! 87.4kReads9.4Score6.1k14d adds
2. 102 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 185.4kReads9.5Score20.4k14d adds
3. 103 喜 Joy in the Tang Dynasty 喜唐 Weiwei's Wei微微的薇Historical3.6M WordsCompleted Bright and glorious is the Tang, favored by Heaven to rule the myriad lands. Our founding ancestors answered Heaven’s call, and the four imperial clans followed its ways. Heaven granted us boundless blessings, and our clans share a common virtue. Our descendants carry on the legacy, offering sacrifices to the gods and matching the Pole Star. What did it really mean for all nations to pay tribute? Was it about uncritically worshipping foreign languages, or going abroad and being treated as honore 122.5kReads9.4Score12.7k14d adds
4. 104 我 I Came to the Capital to Break Off the Engagement 我来京城退亲的 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Ancient Romance129k WordsCompleted Pei Xuan returned to his residence after court, and the steward hurried to report, “Miss Jiang from Jiangnan has arrived with her mother. They’re in the reception hall speaking with the Old Madam.” He stepped through the moon gate and saw his mother and grandmother seated in the main seats, their faces displeased. A woman in plain clothes stood in the hall, her back ramrod straight. “Old Madam, Madam,” she said, her clear voice shattering the heavy silence, “I am Jiang Hailan of the Jiang family 8.9kReads8.0Score92014d adds

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5. 105 小 Xiaoci Xian's Collection of Novellas About Love 小辞仙中篇爱情小说合集 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted I highly recommend the sixth story, "Who Does the Lilac Bloom For?" She said, “The Ding family was wrong to substitute a daughter born of a concubine for the legitimate heir to save face. Your Highness was wrong to accept this marriage under pressure. This mistake began in the capital and must end in Qianzhou. Now that Your Highness has reclaimed your rightful place, this mistake should come to an end as well.” Her gaze was clear and candid, without the slightest trace of resentment, only the lu 161Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 106 夏 Xia Suofangyan 夏锁芳妍 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Ancient Romance155k WordsCompleted His father, the Marquis of Pingnan, has been sentenced to death, his mother, Commandery Princess Haiyan, is under house arrest, and he has been banished to a remote land. Does their marriage contract still stand? She breaks off their engagement when he falls on hard times. Is she kicking him while he's down, or does she have her reasons? To escape the royal marriage bestowed upon her by fate, she accompanies a princess to a distant land as a bride. Amid boundless snowy plains, Eagle Sorrow Ravin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 107 野 Wild Lilies Bloom in Spring Too 【野百合也有春天】 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Two Female Leads114k WordsCompleted Important note in advance: This is not a story with two female leads! The platform settings are wrong! The male and female leads are devoted to each other, with absolutely no divided loyalties! As Zhou Xiaoyu looked at the profound sorrow in Song Chuyu’s eyes, she realized with absolute clarity that he still hadn’t moved on. That girl, Cen Baihe, had long since taken root in the softest part of his heart like the most tenacious vine, bound to him by blood and impossible to tear away. At that mom 71Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 108 自 After the Selfish Legitimate Daughter Forced Her Sister to Marry in Her Place, the Concubine’s Daughter Turned the Tables... 自私嫡女逼妹代嫁后，庶妹逆袭了...... Little Ci Xian小辞仙18k WordsCompleted After a selfish legitimate daughter forced her younger sister to marry in her place, the concubine-born sister turned her life around... 13Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 109 人 Life Restart: Back to the End of Middle School 人生重启：回到中考结束后 Handsome Green Mountain俊秀青山Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Science has proven that the human body can be cloned, but can the soul be cloned too? Perhaps everyone simply keeps reincarnating in the long river of life, with all their memories disappearing at the moment of death. In 2039, Xu Ming, who had spent his whole life as a corporate drone, finally died of illness one year after retiring. When he opened his eyes, he hadn’t become a newborn baby. Instead, carrying all his memories, he had returned to the day he finished his high school entrance exams 4.1kReads5.7Score21014d adds

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10. 110 星 The Interstellar Number One Card Master 星际第一卡牌师 There's a Temple in the South南边有个庙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Superpowers + Leveling Up + Academy + Tournaments + No Romance] No male lead. The heroine is a hardworking powerhouse who rises through the ranks. Qi Ning transmigrates into the body of an F-rank slacker in her final year of junior high, about to take the high school entrance exam. In this world, superpowers are flashy, but her cards are just as cool. Wait, the interstellar college entrance exam is a team battle?! Looking at her pitifully weak mental talent, Qi Ning falls sile 22.2kReads8.7Score3k14d adds

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11. 111 手 With the City God’s Seal in Hand, Lady Song Dares to Rule on Any Case 手持城隍印，宋大人她啥案都敢断 Last Night's Tea昨夜的茶Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + slight horror + ensemble cast + reinforcements later] The Song family scrimped and saved to help Song Zi’an secure an official post, but he disappeared just before taking it up. Song Zheng, who came back from the dead through connections, decides to take his brother’s place. Being an official can’t be that hard. But when she arrives, she discovers that the posting is in a harsh place, full of all kinds of people, where the locals are both poor and unruly. The county office is 15kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
12. 112 我 I’m Warning You, Don’t Steal My Potion 我劝你不要抢我药剂 Rice Porridge with Side Dishes白粥配小菜Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + Interstellar + Military Academy + No Romance] Nan Zheng is an utterly ordinary student from a remote planet who struggled to get into the First Military Academy's pharmaceutical program. Unfortunately, she runs into space pirates on her way to the Central Planet. The medicines she was carrying, which she had planned to trade for living expenses, are all stolen. To complete the trade, she takes the entrance exam for the First Military Academy's mecha infantry program. She acciden 21.4kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
13. 113 长 A Letter Sent Through the Long Night 长夜寄 He Buzui贺不醉Fantastical Romance2.2M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + No Male Lead] She is a solitary jiangshi who crawled out of a mass grave. With no memories and no emotions, she follows her whims and wanders wherever she pleases. Everything she hears is remembered; everything she sees remains forever. She gets a name and learns that she is a jiangshi. She encounters many, many living beings, not just humans. She wanders on, stopping here and there, as people gather around her and drift away… 24.7kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
14. 114 我 I Returned to the Days Before the Apocalypse with the Chaos Pearl 我带着混沌珠回到末世前 Ai Ying艾赢Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Yang Yihui had survived for decades in the apocalypse before he returned to its eve. He had witnessed too much deceit and cruelty in the world, and had encountered all kinds of heroes who risked their lives and shed their blood for humanity. All he wanted was to live well and become eternal and indestructible. 224Reads5.3Score—14d adds

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15. 115 高 The Reborn Ice-Cold Campus Belle Is Relentlessly Pursuing Me 高冷校花重生了，疯狂倒追我 Little Bao, Go Go Go小包冲冲冲Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted daily life]+ [One heroine]+ [Sweet romance]+ [No System]+ [Mutual healing] … In a car accident, Lin Ran bravely risks his life to save his former high school deskmate, the school belle. When he wakes up reborn, Lin Ran is back in his high school classroom at eighteen. The next second, the school belle beside him rushes over with tear-filled, red eyes and hugs him tightly! School belle, choking back tears: “I found you!” Lin Ran: “?” … It turns out his school-belle deskmate has been 75.9kReads9.4Score8.8k14d adds
16. 116 我 I’m Reborn! This Time, I Won’t Repeat My Past Mistakes 我重生了！这一世绝不能重蹈覆辙 Ling Ling Qi Ah凌凌漆啊Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I've been reborn! In this life, I must never make the same mistakes again 95Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 117 开 A Tycoon System from the Start, Sorry, I'm Invincible 开局神豪系统，不好意思我无敌了 Wrathful Vajra怒目金刚Urban5.5M WordsOngoing [Tycoon]+ [System]+ [Superpowers]+ [Invincible]+ [Showing off and face-slapping]+ [Mindless wish fulfillment] Qin Chuan, a college freshman, obtains a Super Tycoon System that randomly triggers missions and grants rewards! [Congratulations, Challenger] [Side mission completed] [Mission reward: Limited-edition Lamborghini Reventon supercar] [Mission reward: Top-floor mansion] [Mission reward: 1 billion in cash] [Mission reward: Gulfstream G650 private jet] [Mission reward: Character attributes ra 29.7kReads8.4Score2.6k14d adds
18. 118 系 The System Arrived Three Years Late, So I Got Emperor-Level Cultivation from the Start 系统迟到三年，开局补偿大帝修为 Flying Hare飞天卯兔Eastern Fantasy226k WordsCompleted [Invincible, a thrill ride from start to finish] What does it feel like when you've been reborn in a fantasy world for three years, but your System is three years late? And what does it feel like when the System finally arrives three years late and compensates you with the cultivation of a Great Emperor from the start? Lin Kai has experienced it all! The System arrives three years late, compensates him with Great Emperor cultivation from the start, and makes him invincible across the Myriad Worl 4.5kReads6.6Score27914d adds
19. 119 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 14.3kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
20. 120 被 After Getting Dumped, I Bound a Tycoon System and Became Beautiful Through Daily Sign-Ins 被甩后绑定神豪系统，我签到变美 Nana Jam娜娜果酱Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [System, Sign-In, Female Tycoon, Face-Slapping, Feel-Good Story, No Romance] After Su Qiang gets dumped, she binds herself to a tycoon System. Every day, she gets cash and System points for signing in, which can make her more beautiful and stronger. She discovers that the System is an arrogant princess type who rewards her with all kinds of goodies when it’s in a good mood. As long as she keeps the System happy, she can get anything she wants. Who needs a boyfriend? Ding! Sign-in reward: 1 milli 10.6kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
21. 121 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
22. 122 万 The Eternal Demon Emperor! 万古魔帝！ San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible domination + System + three emperors from one family + building a faction + ruthless decisiveness + ultimate power fantasy + the plot becomes legendary in the middle and later stages] Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Demon God System. As long as he keeps killing, he can quickly and easily increase his demonic cultivation and obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures! From there, he rises against all odds, founds the Heavenly Demon Cult, an 23.7kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
23. 123 风 Winds Rise Over Jiangxia 风起江夏 Tales of Rose City玫城纪事Urban139k WordsCompleted Tang Xiaofei and Zhang Quanlong are entrusted with a mission in a time of crisis. Working together in earnest, they face risks without flinching, firmly follow a practical, truth-seeking mass line, and lead their team in forging a path to rural revitalization. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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24. 124 混 Chaos Demon Hero 混沌魔侠 Tales of Rose City玫城纪事Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Zhao Tianyi is the orphaned son of a demonic sect, but his heart is set on justice. While investigating his parents’ murder, he meets Xiao Yingying and other friends from the martial world. He takes up his sword and ventures across the land, fighting for the people and embarking on a sweeping journey from underdog to hero. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 125 穿 Transmigrating and Raising the Southern Song 穿越之崛起南宋 Tales of Rose City玫城纪事Historical187k WordsCompleted Shen Congwu, an outstanding engineering student, transmigrates from the modern era to the Southern Song dynasty. Using his expertise in mineral prospecting, he helps local officials improve military preparedness, stabilize agriculture, and develop industry and commerce. Gradually, the imperial court takes notice of him and entrusts him with the great task of revitalizing the dynasty. Shen Congwu works tirelessly to govern well and never forgets his original purpose, eventually making the Souther 1Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 126 重 Reborn on the Day of Her Husband's Wedding, She Turns the Tables Against All Odds! 重生回夫君大婚时，她逆风翻盘！ Yi Yangcheng衣漾澄Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Reborn + face-slapping and scumbag punishment + satisfying revenge + sweet romance + stunning, formidable heroine + scheming hero] Yun Zheng was the only daughter of Great Qi's richest tycoon, wealthy enough to rival a nation. In her previous life, she married into the Marquis's household with a lavish bridal procession, only to become a laughingstock on her wedding night. Her husband held a wedding ceremony with his first love, taking her as a second wife alongside Yun Zheng. His mother sma 31.9kReads8.8Score3.3k14d adds
27. 127 军 A Military Marriage, Divorcing at First Sight: The Commander Is Desperate 军婚一见面就离，首长他急红了眼 Thousand-Mile Rice千里米Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female special forces soldier + ensemble military story + missions in the barracks + special forces training + patriotism and strengthening the nation + no golden finger + truly not divorced] Having just transmigrated and already become a disaster-relief hero, special forces medic Xia Baiwei believes young people should step up when needed! She packed her bags and went to join the troops, only to discover that the cool-headed commanding officer she had met during the relief effort was her husba 17.9kReads8.5Score1.9k14d adds
28. 128 重 Back to the Day I Got into the Wrong Bridal Sedan, I Remarried on the Spot 重回上错花轿当天，我当场改嫁了 Nan Qiao Susu南乔苏苏Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After being sent to the wrong bridal sedan, Su Jianjia went from being the matriarch of a marquis’s household to the wife of its adopted son. Everyone thought she had carefully planned the bride-swapping scheme. They hated and despised her, tormenting her in every way as she struggled to survive in the marquis’s household. Then, by chance, she discovered that her husband was having an affair with her adoptive mother. In public, they played the loving mother and son; in private, they were partner 37.2kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
29. 129 皇 Your Majesty, You're Pregnant! 皇上，您这是喜脉啊 Common Woman俗女Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating into a TV drama + goofy comedy + a super-sweet romance] If you can win without lifting a finger, why work yourself to death? After transmigrating into the leading-lady drama she was filming, Wen Xiangxiang became a disreputable empress who neglected her duties and forced men to become her consorts. She soon realized that her comedic antics were sending the original script careening into absurdity. “Your Highness, would you like to be my imperial consort? I can be sweet or savory, 18Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 130 陛 His Majesty Has Good News. 陛下有喜. A Beauty Seated Among the Clouds美人如花坐云端Ancient Romance24k WordsCompleted His Majesty Has Good News. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 131 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds
32. 132 玄EN Fantasy: My Sudden Enlightenment of the Chaos Physique 玄幻，我顿悟了混沌体 Ye Dadao叶大刀Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Xiao Yun's System has only one function: epiphany! Ordinary constitution? Have an epiphany and gain the Chaos Body! Cultivation technique too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! Divine ability too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! There's nothing an epiphany can't solve. And if there is, then have an epiphany ten times, a hundred times... 65kReads9.1Score8.2k14d adds
33. 133 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 150.8kReads9.7Score13.6k14d adds
34. 134 孤 Lone Wanderer 孤行者 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban2.9M WordsCompleted An abandoned “simpleton” takes his first bold step, and a brilliant, shining life begins to unfold. Life’s wonders are not made up of laughter alone. There are far more tears along the way, but come rain or shine, he presses on and grows stronger! 215.3kReads9.4Score18.4k14d adds
35. 135 乱 Beauty in a Chaotic Age: A Brutal Warlord Claims Her, Step by Step 乱世美人：被粗莽枭雄步步豪夺 Baiyun Yeye白云耶耶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bodhisattva-like beauty × ambitious hero of a chaotic age, with an obsessive, possessive love (The rating is low because it just came out, but it should rise.) Rong Ci spent ten years with Zhao Chu as a hostage in the State of Qi. The year he returned to Qin and was made a prince, she died in childbirth, leaving him twins before she could finally rest. Who could have guessed that before long, the System would summon her back in a frenzy? This tyrant has scoured the world for your remains and pla 22kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds

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36. 136 弑 After Killing the Emperor, My Archenemy and I Are Bound Together for Good 弑君后，我和死对头锁死了 Two Times Four Means Prosperity二四得发Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted [Mutual Purity] [Uncle and Sister-in-Law] [Emotional Push and Pull] [Mind Games and Steamy Romance] [Bickering Couple] [Two Strong Leads] [Happy Ending] The comic is now available. Search Tomato Novel for "After Killing the Emperor, My Archenemy and I Were Bound Together" to read it. -- Empress Su Li had a dream. In it, Emperor Jingchang took her on a trip south of the Yangtze, then poisoned her at an inn and made it look like suicide. After her death, Emperor Jingchang also schemed to have her 20.5kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
37. 137 长 Elder Sister, Your Emperor Is Mine Now 长姐，你的陛下是我的了 Yi Yi咿伊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: Tell Me, Your Majesty, Exactly How Many Men Have You Had Children With? [Palace intrigue + the male lead’s redemption arc + neither lead is chaste + three sons and one daughter + physician consort + scheming, delicate beauty] Yun Yan’s death was the unanimous decision of her entire family, made solely to use her child to pave the way for her elder sister, the empress. Five years later. Defying death, Yun Yan returns with a new face and takes the name Shen Zhiyi. On the surface, s 10.3kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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