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Rule Horror: I Pulled the Old Man's Oxygen Tube from the Start 规则怪谈：开局拔了老头氧气管
No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
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
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Fleeing Famine and Farming: My Golden Finger Is a Trash Can 逃荒种田：我的金手指是个垃圾桶
(Transmigration + fleeing famine + building something from nothing + a touch of ensemble cast) (The early story is about fleeing famine, the later story about farming. A slice-of-life tale of family and village affairs, with a romantic pairing that shows up further in.) On an utterly ordinary day, Fang Li went out to throw away the trash, only to be struck dead by some thoughtless idiot dropping something from a height. When she woke up, she had become a six-year-old girl with the same name as h
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Song of the Marsh 吟泽
(Originally titled The Aloof Divine Fox Might Be a Yandere) [Aloof, lovesick divine fox who separates his god and demon forms x mischievous demon goddess; 1v1, both virgins, happy ending] (Main focus: plot and romance) Three hundred years after the war between gods and demons, the God Realm was sealed away and the Demon Realm fell into decline. Among the disciples who came to study at the foremost mountain of the Immortal Realm was a mischievous young woman whose two spiritual veins had been sea
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In the Famine Years, This Shameless Old Lady Supports Her Whole Family as a Cleaner 饥荒年，极品老太当保洁养全家
The short drama based on this book, “In the Famine, I Scavenged for Trash to Feed My Family Meat,” is now streaming! Tian Yuerong was reborn. In her previous life, she had been a concubine in an official's family in the capital and had two sons and a daughter. After the principal wife died, Tian Yuerong was about to be made the new principal wife, but then her husband died too. With no one left to protect her, she was driven out to a country estate by the mistress of the main branch of the famil
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Traveling Between Two Worlds, I Pretend to Be a God in Primitive Society 两界互穿，我在原始社会伪装神灵
The print edition, The Boundary Crosser, is now available. [Female-oriented, no romance] [Food + Street Stalls + Transmigrate Between Two Worlds + Farming + Getting Rich + Development + Infrastructure] Lu Chenyu is poor, but unexpectedly inherits a villa from a distant relative. Before she can even celebrate, she learns that she has also inherited a huge debt. Her fortune turns into a massive liability, and the big villa is haunted, so she can’t sell it at all. On the verge of tears, Lu Chenyu h
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This Villain Has a Conscience, Just Not Much of One! 这个反派有点良心，但是不多！
"Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain
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The Official History Is Wilder Than the Unofficial Tales, and Li Shimin Is Losing It 正史比野史还野，李世民崩溃
[Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories >
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Pokemon Sky Screen: Xiaozhi's Champion Identity Is Exposed! 精灵天幕：小智冠军身份曝光了！
[Pokemon + viewing and commentary + passionate battles + making up for regrets + fulfilling dreams] (Progress: The Masters Eight has concluded. Now reviewing Pokémon Adventures: Black and White.) When a live-stream quiz sky screen descends upon the Pokemon world, it starts by showing [The Rainbow Hero, Ash’s Death], bringing the whole world to tears! Then come [Ash-Greninja vs. Mega Gardevoir], [The Ace’s Godlike Battle], [The Alola League’s First Champion], [The Masters Eight: The Eight Stronge
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Honghuang: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun It Is to Be the Sneakiest One 洪荒：老六的快乐你想不到
[Comedy + No Female Lead + Master of Dirty Tricks] Zhang Hao transmigrated into the primordial world, becoming an ordinary human before the Three Pure Ones had attained sainthood. After meeting Laozi, who was traveling among humanity, he awakened the golden finger called the Great Dao Space, which let him synchronize with others and copy their spiritual treasures. From then on, Zhang Hao went further and further down the path of being a master of dirty tricks. During the Investiture of the Gods
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Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！
[Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you
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A Thought of Good or Evil Makes an Immortal 善恶一念仙
Evil takes shape from the fear, desires, and greed born of hunger and displacement. Knowing the thoughts deep within people's hearts, it continually creates greater panic and enslaves the masses. They build an immortal tomb that answers every prayer: whether in life or after death, anyone with a sincere heart will receive a response. People try to move them, hoping to be reborn as immortals.
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The Useless Spirit Supporter: I’d Rather Die Than Dig Up Wild Vegetables 废材辅灵师：打死也不挖野菜
[Transmigration + Otherworldly Continent + Hunting and Farming + Alchemy + Crafting] If talent falls short, good fortune can make up the difference. On the Continent of Shifeng, a year has three seasons: the warm season, the flood season, and the cold season. There are twenty-four months in a year. Men awaken as Martial Spirit Masters and hunt strange beasts; women awaken as Support Spirit Masters and practice alchemy, crafting, and farming. After transmigrating into the body of a useless you
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Hello, Have You Seen My Bones? 你好，请问看见我的骨头了吗？
[No romance + strong female lead + uncanny beings + punishing scumbags with face-slapping and never taking things lying down + overwhelmingly powerful + morally gray heroine who doesn't pretend to be righteous, holds grudges, and always gets even] Que Zhao left the village with her big black dog to collect a debt. Life is hard, and Zhaozhao sighed. Sigh, she could only just about make ends meet by collecting debts. Vengeful ghosts in a remote village; an entire family slaughtered at a sixtieth-b
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I’ve Been Reborn as a Short-Lived Nobody, So What’s Wrong with Going Crazy? 我都穿成短命鬼了，发个癫咋了
(Guaranteed crazy and sweet, jump right in!) [Unhinged antics and memes + Dating-show livestream + 1v1 sweet romance + Face-slapping + Absolutely shameless] [Unhinged and tough female star + Doting, obnoxious mysterious mogul + Happy ending + Both leads are romantically inexperienced] Jiang Yuan died, but when she opened her eyes again, she'd become the short-lived heroine of an angsty romance! She immediately quit and started going wild right where she stood! From the start, she set her sights
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A Bone Spirit Bride in a Heaven-Sent Match, While the Third Prince Has No Official Title 冥媒正娶白骨精，魅有名分三太子
[Not Demon Child Nezha] [Nezha + Romance + Secret Identity + Comedy + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Flawed Leads + Journey to the West + Childhood Friends] Heart-and-body-stealing White Bone Spirit X Third Prince Nezha, who kills but never saves Bai Yuling was from Chentang Pass. After being flayed alive, she became a White Bone Spirit and was trapped on White Bone Ridge for a thousand years. What greeted her was not freedom, but Nezha. Heaven sent Nezha to White Tiger Ridge to eliminate the d
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Story of Yanxi Palace: Yanwan Gets the Heroine’s Script 如懿传：当嬿婉拿了女主剧本
[Main story and bonus chapters complete] After Yanwan dies, she is reborn on the day she is made a Minor Attendant. This time, she'll kindle the flames of revenge and make everyone who bullied her pay dearly. Jinzhong is reborn at the same time after his death. He hates her with all his heart, yet can't help falling in love with the utterly wicked Wei Yanwan. Both have hearts steeped in malice. Yanwan and Jinzhong are two of a kind, a wicked consort and a treacherous courtier bringing a lurid bl
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Unbelievably Wild! Six Uncles Protect the Little Firecracker, So Who Dares Mess with Her? 超野！小疯批六个舅舅护着谁敢惹
The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso
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You Stole My Fate? The Capital’s Heiress Goes on a Rampage to Clean Up the Entertainment Industry 夺我命格？京圈千金发癫整顿内娱
[Showbiz + livestreaming + ridiculous antics + going off the rails + meme humor + irresistible charm] Yu Tingtang bumps her head and discovers she's the villainess in a Mary Sue novel. Her family cuts ties with her, her boyfriend betrays her, the whole internet curses her, and a stay in a psychiatric hospital is waiting for her! Raised in a Taoist temple, Yu Tingtang remains calm: Better to bury someone else than blame yourself. When reason doesn't work, she just goes completely nuts! On a
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Transmigrated to a Famine Year, I’m Spoiled Blindly by My Own Grandmother 穿至荒年，亲奶无脑偏宠我
[Famine migration + farming + System + no romantic pairing + feel-good wish fulfillment] The moment she opened her eyes, Jing Yin transmigrated from a post-apocalyptic world of mountains of corpses and seas of blood to a famine migration route littered with starving corpses. Not only did she receive a sign-in System, she also got an entire family of lovable fools. System: Ding! Sign in to receive spatial storage, sign in to receive supplies~ Jing Yin produced rice and meat. Granny Jing: My
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I Rule the Desert Island Variety Show, Top-Tier Star. You’re Strong as a Wild Boar 荒岛综艺我称王，顶流野猪你的强
Jian Xun is a wild boar. Right now, she’s being forced to serve as a laborer in this world. With an alcoholic father, a mother who favors her son, a hard life, and a broken family. The little wild boar sneered: “You don’t know when you’ve got it good. You people are beyond saving!” To her son-obsessed adoptive mother, she smiled and suggested: “Why not just marry your son? You can be his wife and his mother. Everyone will praise you for managing the household!” To the arrogant male lead whose be
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You Can Steal My Identity, But What About My Mental Illness? 身份可以偷走，那我的精神病呢？
[Publication rights signed ✚ Absurd memes ✚ Chaotic variety show ✚ Animal mind reading] Ming Li wakes up in the body of a celebrity who was sent to a psychiatric hospital by her family. From the start, she’s mocked by the entire internet, saddled with a family that leeches off her, and called mentally ill! Ming Li: Whatever. The things that don’t kill her will only make her even crazier! When a sharp-tongued entertainment reporter comes after her, she says, “A tadpole with a frog tattoo, and you
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Who Let Her Snack on Melons in the Haunted Realm? Even the Ghost King Is Losing It 谁让她在诡界吃瓜的，诡王都破防
[Eerie world + mind-reading while enjoying the drama + beloved by all + satisfying power-progression story] At eighteen, Luan Qingxi suddenly awakened to the plot and learned she was a pitiful bit player in a supernatural novel where the heroine was adored by everyone. Her fate was tragic. She should have been the Ye family's most cherished granddaughter, but she went missing with her mother when she was young. The Ye family then lavished all their affection on the heroine, whom they had adopted
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The 1960s: From the Start, My Scumbag Trafficker Dad Was Struck by Lightning and Died 六零：开局人贩子渣爸被雷劈屎了
A time-travel fantasy with a powerful female lead, satisfying revenge, transmigration to another world, buying and selling goods for profit, playing the pig to eat the tiger, secret identities, and special abilities. (Note: This is not a traditional period novel, and has a touch of fantasy.) There is a male lead. Huang Nan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel as the hapless cousin of the heroine. In the novel, whenever the heroine doesn’t want to work, the cousin does it
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Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦
Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a
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The Immortal Cultivation Saga: The Dao Seed 修仙风云录，之道种
On the Divine Land Continent, people take pride in cultivating immortality and martial arts, and strength is everything. Lin Fan, the six-year-old eldest legitimate son, had parents who were the clan leaders. They vanished while carrying out a clan mission, their fate unknown. His clansmen framed him and threw him from a cliff thousands of feet high. At the bottom, he encountered a little black ant who shared his fate. The boy and the insect supported each other through trials of fire and steel
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Transmigrated to 1960: The God-Tier System Activates 魂穿60，神级系统启动
In a dilapidated house, on a rotten bed, Wang Hu was on the verge of dying from hunger in 1960! In 3085, Ah Hu the Fist King could unleash two tons of force with a single punch, smashing his opponents' skulls. He was the undefeated king of the world's underground boxing circuit! But then his vision suddenly blurred and his body began to sway. He staggered backward a few steps, toppled over, and that was the end of his career. An examination showed that he had trained for a full ten hours. Pushin
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The Great Emperor's Soul: Ginseng Opens the Path to Immortality 大帝之魂，人参开启修仙之路
My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! The Great Emperor Zhang Hao fought the Demon Venerable Motian, the Demon Beast Ancestor Zhantian, the Angel Clan Chief Fandelu, and the Dark Elf Clan Ancestor Guli for nine days and nights. They lured him into the God-Burying Forbidden Land and detonated their innate treasures: the Demon Heaven Pearl, the Demon God Sword, the Ang
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Liu Ling'er 柳灵儿
The innate cloud-dragon Dao scripture rises upward, standing level with righteous qi, established in the Great Clarity, supporting the righteous path and following the middle way. The six jia stir at the source; beyond the nine heavens, form transcends form. Blessings extend to one’s descendants; first, one must treasure oneself, then reach the utmost heights of the Human Emperor. People revere longevity; after long years, one attains the Dao. Long and enduring purity opens this true verse, join
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The Secret Record of Heaven's Path 通天密禄
Zhang Sen, the Venerable of the Nine Realms, crushed the living beings of countless realms beneath his power. Even the dark beings beyond the galaxies dared not defy his imperial might! They hated Zhang Sen, the Venerable of the Nine Realms, and called him the Dog Emperor. Anyone who provoked him would suffer a fate worse than death. He always repaid every slight! A hundred trillion living beings of my Heavenly Demon Dark Clan died at the hands of the Dog Emperor! At least my soul wasn’t complet
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Monster Compendium: I Can Summon Monsters Without Limit! 魔物图鉴：我能无限召唤魔物！
[Half data, half reality + comedy + meme references + no heroine + lighthearted, positive, and uplifting] A hundred years ago, disaster struck. Countless demons appeared, plunging the world into crisis and claiming countless human lives! At the same time, the arrival of Infinite Game made reality seem illusory, turning everything into a game! Beneath the apocalypse, humanity is as insignificant as dust. Who can save us? When people call for a hero, Li Chen says, “It’s simple. I’ll be the savior!
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This Is How You Play the Film and TV Crossover Game 综影视就是这么玩
A centenarian woman steps into the story of Empresses in the Palace. The first story is about the Guarjia clan. There’s no System, no magical spring water, and no pocket dimension, just a rather unusual space. She has a cheat, but it’s all thanks to her own ancestors being so capable. The second story begins. This time, Hongxuan is ready to live a different kind of life: spending her days teasing cats and dogs, keeping birds in their cages, and enjoying the carefree, wealthy life of a spoiled yo
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The Pinker the Car, the Fiercer the Driver: I’m Claiming the Top Spot 车越粉人越狠这榜一我当定了
Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec
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My Name Is Wei Shufen! 俺叫魏淑芬！
Granny Wei is eighty-eight years old this year. She runs up the mountain every morning without even getting out of breath. Following the water pipe at home, she can climb all the way to the third floor with her bare hands! Wei Shufen, the Ancestor of Xuantian, failed her tribulation and arrived at Mount Dawang. She happened upon Granny Wei, who had just taken her last breath, and became her! After binding to a bragging System, she embarked on the road to the pinnacle of life! When her granddaugh
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The Seventies Darling Goes on a Killing Spree with Her Snake-Talking Skills 七零娇娇靠蛇语杀疯了
[A heroine who grows stronger + a golden finger that grows stronger + romance + a touch of an ensemble cast + adorable pets] A disastrous start? She gets knocked out of the afterlife while waiting to be reincarnated by a murderous god, leaving one person out of a cushy government job and earning herself a big-brother brute. Spies at the educated youth compound? She turns them in and gets them silver bracelets. The government even assigns her a fiancé. A giant serpent blocks the way in an ancient
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Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了
The drama adaptation, I Became a Legend as a Housekeeper After Retirement, is now streaming on Hongguo. [No CP] [Family and everyday life] [No golden finger] [Gets rich by working as a housekeeper for powerful people] [Leaves her husband and abandons her son and daughter] [Dotes on her daughter-in-law and granddaughter] [Silver-haired heroine] [Quits her job to become a housekeeper] [Plus-size, plain-looking heroine with a laid-back attitude] [Absolutely refuses to lose weight] In her previous l
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How Does a Strong Concubine Maintain Her Self-Respect? 论大力小妾何如保持自我修养
The heroine, Wen Xuerou, nicknamed Zhuangya, is the second daughter born to a concubine in the Wen family. She is plump and charming, so the Empress Dowager thinks she looks strong and will have an easy time bearing children, and assigns her to Prince Cheng as a concubine. On her first day in the manor, Wen Xuerou says, “I’m so nervous. What should I do?” She pulls out a few bricks and squeezes them. “Ah, much better.” On her second day, she hears Side Consort Li making snide remarks about her o
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A Ghost Working in Empresses in the Palace 在甄嬛传里打工的鬼
After wandering the world for many years, a young ghost bride dodges the ghost-catching business one day and enters the underworld, only to find herself in another workplace. The story revolves around Empresses in the Palace, with An Lingrong as the starting point as she tries to get by in the imperial harem. There’s just the right amount of a golden finger, and just the right amount of brains. A heads-up for friends who love Huanhuan.
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