You Gain Martial Arts Skills From a Game, but If You Die in the Game, Do You Die in Real Life Too? 玩个游戏出来有功夫了，游戏死了现实也得死？

1. 101 莫 Never Underestimate an Old Man: From Dockworker to Martial Saint 莫欺老年穷，从码头搬工肝成武圣 Brother Longan桂圆哥哥Urban270k WordsOngoing [Republican Era] + [The Dynasty’s Final Years] + [Monsters Run Amok] + [Extreme Martial Arts] + [Elderly Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Cautious] In the dynasty’s final years, the rulers closed the country off from the world. To preserve their rule, they burned martial arts manuals and killed martial artists, causing the nation’s martial arts to decline. Eventually, foreigners used their powerful martial arts and advanced weapons to blast the country’s gates open, and the nation was thoroughly d 386Reads—Score108Shelves

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   I haven't read such a good book in ages! It's hard to find books this good on Tomato Bookstore anymore. I have to highly recommend it!!! [Shy][laugh]

2. 102 游 The Game Has Arrived, and Only I Can Spend Money! 游戏降临，只有我能氪金！ Happy Newlyweds新婚快乐Sports884k WordsCompleted This game can change reality, and I’m the only one who can spend money in it! I’ll buy every pack available. All I want is to lose once. It’s not that I’m too strong. This game just loves its money. Many people believe that humanity is the chosen race. The Serpentfolk, the Chang’e Clan, and the Treefolk once thought the same. Then they became monsters in the game. Only then did they understand what true despair was. Now, humanity, once defeated, has been chosen again. This surviving spark ha 14.3kReads7.1Score1.7kShelves

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3. 103 游 The Game Invaded, and I Was Locked in a Demon Prison 游戏入侵，我被关进妖族大牢 Duanmu Ci Yixin端木赐一心Eastern Fantasy157k WordsOngoing Urban grind worker Yang Fan clicks on an extraordinary game to enjoy a brief moment of relaxation, transforming into a gecko and entering the game's world. This is a fantastical world of demon clans, rife with danger and peril. Yang Fan wants to return to reality, but the game offers no such option. To survive, A San has no choice but to start by devouring flying insects, evolving little by little, all in the hope of growing stronger and escaping this prison-like domain. 337Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a new book with a fresh storyline; it's worth reading.

4. 104 游 The Game Is Invading? No! I'm Going to Invade the Game! 游戏入侵？不！我要入侵游戏！ Just Pick a Name1随便起个名字1Sports260k WordsOngoing [Leveling up] [Transmigration] [Wuxia] [Game] [Stat panel] A mysterious mobile app pulled Lin Feng into a game world. Once inside, he discovered that the game had descended into reality, and from the start he acquired the Nine Yang Divine Skill. He then trained while investigating the truth behind the game world. As time passed, Lin Feng realized this wasn’t simply a Wuxia world. Here, humans cultivated martial arts, while demonic beasts were born with supernatural abilities! The strongest fough 105Reads—Score164Shelves
5. 105 斩 I Begin by Slaying Demons, Then Attain Sainthood Through the Flesh 斩妖除魔开始，肉身成圣 The Moon in My Arms, Mountains and Rivers in My Dreams明月入怀山河入梦Eastern Fantasy422k WordsOngoing [Ancient setting, high martial arts and high fantasy + wish fulfillment + no romance + female lead + strong heroine] [Wuxia jianghu, suspense, the uncanny, and horror] The mountain path lay under a thin veil of mist in the early morning. The sound of suonas and a noisy crowd drifted through the fog, lively and boisterous, drawing closer and closer. A red procession slowly emerged from the mist. The four people at the front played suonas, singing and dancing. Behind them came a line of bearers ca 1.2kReads8.7Score115Shelves

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   Please help the author, dear readers! This book absolutely meets the requirements.

6. 106 万 Myriad Lifetimes: A Simulator for the Heavens 万世轮回诸天模拟器 User Bikai用户芘开6k WordsCompleted The Myriad Worlds Simulator of Eternal Reincarnation 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Courageous, eager to do anything; cherishing one's reputation for years, refusing to bow down—these are the qualities of a wealthy man. One day, soaring high into the azure sky, one will realize the height of one's ambition and courage.

7. 107 十 Ten Years of Frost: In the End, Even Fate Was Hard to Defy 十载寒霜：终是难敌天命 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Xianxia1.3M WordsOngoing (Male-oriented, xuanhuan, immortal cultivation, xianxia, wuxia, sword cultivator, slow burn, heart-wrenching, multiple female leads, war) He was once the Crown Prince of the Xiaoyao Kingdom, and also the fiancé Shangguan Baili had waited ten years for. On the day his kingdom fell, his face was disfigured and he was left on the brink of death. Shangguan Baili saved him with her own hands. But she failed to recognize the man before her. Taking him for a lowly good-for-nothing with nowhere to go, s 7.2kReads9.3Score736Shelves

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   ✅ Country destroyed, family ruined + disfigurement and name change + good versus evil ✅ Fiancée doesn't recognize him and becomes his pursuer ✅ Friends and family die tragically one after another + tragic ending for everyone ✅ A strong sense of destiny, so heart-wrenching it will make your liver hurt!

8. 108 没EN There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 6.3kReads9.0Score449Shelves
9. 109 檐 Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 檐下雨，有些爱，只能在雨里重逢 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了8k WordsCompleted Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 576Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 噬 Life-Eating Firefly 噬命萤 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了14k WordsCompleted Life-Devouring Firefly 333Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 进 Attack on Titan! 进击的巨人！ Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Attack on Titan! 339Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 火 Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Konoha as His First Wife 火影：六道鸣人抢回小樱，雏田为正妻震木叶 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Up Konoha as His One True Wife 96Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 火 Naruto: I Defy the Heavens for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 火影：为纲手逆天下，我六道金身拒尽红颜 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: I Defy Heaven for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 165Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 家 My Family's Pressuring Me to Marry? I'll Bring Home a Northeast Bride Instead! 家里催婚？我反手带了个东北媳妇回家！ Ten-Day Pact十日誓约17k WordsCompleted Your family pressuring you to marry? I’ll turn around and bring home a wife from Northeast China! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 《全村笑我懒汉媳，猎户夫君夜夜撩》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 184Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 东 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Kimono-Clad Beauty and Win Over All of Tokyo 东京：开局救下和服美人，我熟韵满东京 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约17k WordsCompleted Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Beauty in a Kimono and Become a Master of Mature Charms Across Tokyo 38Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 惊 A Bone of Startling Grace 惊鸿骨 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted The Stunning Bone 49Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Causality, I Turned the Shibuya Deadlock on Its Head 咒术回战：因果逆写，我掀翻了涉谷死局 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子Male-Channel Fanfiction11k WordsCompleted Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Cause and Effect, I Turned Shibuya's Deadly Fate Upside Down 26Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 荆 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子12k WordsCompleted Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 74Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 禁 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat 禁区心动 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted A Heart Stirred in the Forbidden Zone 52Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 23Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 关 Fierce Snow in Guandong 关东烈雪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Fierce Snowfall in Kanto 4Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 炽 Blazing Wilds Forbidden Zone: The Beautiful and Dashing Senior 《炽野禁区：学姐她美又飒》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted Blazing Wilderness Forbidden Zone: The Senior Is Beautiful and Daring 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 梧 Ashes of the Parasol Tree: The Evening Breeze Can't Reach an Old Flame 梧桐烬：晚风不渡旧情人 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝7k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Wutong: The Evening Breeze Cannot Carry an Old Flame 7Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 民 A Strange Sacrifice in Republican-Era China: Bloodshed at the Opera House, Ghosts Slaughtering Evil, Ten Thousand Souls Returning to the Abyss 民国诡祭：戏楼血煞·群鬼屠邪·万魂归墟 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝9k WordsCompleted Republic-Era Occult Sacrifice: Bloodshed in the Opera House, a Host of Vengeful Ghosts Slaughtering Evil, Ten Thousand Souls Returning to the Abyss 3Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 六 Six Paths Naruto: I Unified the Ninja World and Built a Harem of Goddesses 六道鸣人：统一忍界，我建了个女神后宫 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted Six Paths Naruto: I Unified the Ninja World and Built a Harem of Goddesses 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 127 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn to reclaim his homeland and build a Han Chinese world for the people.

28. 128 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.6kReads—Score107Shelves
29. 129 幕 Behind the Scenes: From the Start, I Have a Railgun 幕后：开局超电磁炮 Post-90s Old Salted Fish90后老咸鱼Urban848k WordsOngoing "A Super Electromagnetic Cannon from the Start: Controlling Spiritual Qi Revival and Changing the World from Behind the Scenes" Partly behind the scenes, spiritual qi revival. Xiao Ling transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world and obtains a wish-fulfillment System. He then sets off spiritual qi revival on Blue Star. He manifests characters and abilities from all kinds of anime and games, distributing supernatural seeds to ordinary people all over the world. Devil Fruit, God’s Eyes, chakra: 238Reads5.3Score108Shelves

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    The protagonist controls the revival of spiritual energy, causing various worlds to descend into reality and granting ordinary people extraordinary powers.

30. 130 矩 Matrix Chamber: Starting as a Daoist Boy Who Guides Souls 矩阵密室：从称号接引道童开始 Immortal of the Sea海中仙Mystery609k WordsOngoing Genre tags: Infinite flow / Escape rooms / Daoist secret arts / Character growth / Dark fantasy Wang Xiaole is a professional thief. When he wakes up, he finds himself trapped in a sealed room with no exit. The only way out is a door leading to a morgue. This is a death trap built by an entity known as the “Matrix.” Every room hides a key. Find it to survive and enter the next stage. Ghosts, werewolves, giant insects, and human hearts even harder to fathom than monsters appear one after another 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is fast-paced; this book is good and worth reading.

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