Some Good Books That Aren’t Mindless 一些好看的不无脑的书

1. 1 我EN I Am the Sea Calming Pearl, and the Six Sages Were Stunned After I Kidnapped Humanity 我定海神珠，拐走人族后六圣懵了 Evil Abyss邪渊Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Primordial World + Multiple-Choice Questions + Protecting Humanity + No Conspiracy-Theory Schemes] Lin Cang cosplayed a speed bump on a highway and transmigrated to the Primordial World, where he became a Sea-Calming Pearl. Legend says there are thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls, and when assembled, they rival an innate supreme treasure! Lin Cang took human form as a Sea-Calming Pearl, and Heaven and Earth bestowed on him the name Cangyuan! Just then, the “Fateful Choice” System awakened. As long a 69.5kReads8.2Score6.6kShelves
2. 2 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves
3. 3 封 The Investiture of the Gods Is Over, So Why Did I Awaken a Sign-In System? 封神结束，觉醒签到系统？ Tang Dynasty Spirit大唐风骨Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Investiture of the Gods world, Zishou spent decades governing with diligence, only to suffer setback after setback. At last, he accepted his fate. In the seventh year of Emperor Xin’s reign, he tried desperately to stop Wen Zhong from leading a northern campaign, only for Wen Zhong to draw his King-Beating Golden Whip and curse him out. In the eighth year, he sternly rejected a proposal to offer incense at the Nuwa Temple. That very night, the temple caught fire. In 29.6kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
4. 4 我 I Just Want to Lie Flat, but the Goddess Wants Me to Save the World 我只想躺平，女神却让我救世 Deluded Disciple臆徒Eastern Fantasy246k WordsCompleted The day I was named the kingdom's laziest knight, the royal capital exploded. After being forced to save a twelve-year-old princess, my life turned into a marathon. While everyone else trains, I sleep. While everyone else fights, I break it up. All I want is to lounge around and wait to die, yet at every critical moment, I somehow pull off an incredible move by accident. Then I fell into the future to save her, and witnessed the apocalypse. The girl I raised had become the last hope of humanity, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's a Western fantasy story. Based on the currently released content, it seems to be about the protagonist collecting seven fragments of a holy sword with a princess from a fallen kingdom. The author's writing is good, the logic is sound, and it's a good read. By the way, the princess raised from childhood is truly adorable! As a long-time bookworm, I didn't find any major flaws. Those who like this kind of story should check it out!

5. 5 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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   I've watched it three times, and I'm always deeply moved when I see the female lead reverse time to save her fellow disciples.

6. 6 我 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 Xing Xing Zi星星子Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 382.6kReads9.2Score32.3kShelves
7. 7 亮 Bright Sword: Brigade Commander, Congratulations on Your Fortune 亮剑：旅长，我恭喜你发财啊 My Dog Snores我家有只狗呼噜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [No System + hardcore technology] This time, I, our military industry big shot Yu Ye, will make sure to turn the tide. This time, Ping'an Gele will be the true turning point. This time, my Independent Regiment will be terrifyingly strong! 64.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves
8. 8 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 177.9kReads9.4Score16kShelves

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   Good-looking but not mindless

9. 9 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.3kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves

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   The protagonist of this book is incredibly intelligent and powerful. It's a Western fantasy novel, and the author's writing style is quite good. Every character is well-developed and has their own backstory. The protagonist is strong and kind, but her kindness isn't saintly; she's always cautious. You can also clearly sense that the author has a vast knowledge base. Yeah, that's about it for now. Anyway, go read it! You'll find it very enjoyable.

10. 10 超 What Are You Even Training For in This Low-Martial World?! 超低武世界你们修行个蛋！ The Road That Was原来时路Urban420k WordsCompleted [Unhinged] [Wild Premise] [Transmigration] [No System] After transmigrating for no apparent reason, he only realized he had transmigrated when he got to martial arts class. He had originally thought this was a world of powerful martial artists. "You mean that cultivating to the Martial Saint realm lets you live to the age of 90?" "What do you mean ordinary people can live to 18 at most?" "You punched your enemy in the chest, and you call that Dragon Infusing Hand?" "I only know military hand-to- 1.3kReads6.6Score100Shelves
11. 11 我 I'm a High Schooler, So Letting Me Write the Gaokao Seems Fair 我高中生，当高考命题人很合理吧 Meat-Eating Panda吃肉的熊猫Urban301k WordsCompleted [Top Student + Cutting-Edge Tech + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology + Satisfying Read] High school student Tang Jiang gets the Top Student Reputation System. By making a name for himself and earning prestige, he can redeem cutting-edge tech items! Perfect memory, IQ boosts, cancer drugs, seventh-generation fighter jets, plans for space weapons! He rises from a top student to a tech mogul! Campus beauty: “Don’t ask me why I can’t win him over. There are lots of campus beaut 4.5kReads8.7Score617Shelves
12. 12 高 Terrible News from the High Martial World 高武圈传来噩耗 Muscular Seagull肌肉海鸥Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged! + broke protagonist] “I cultivate naturally.” “Is there any medicine with fewer side effects?” “Can’t be helped. Just take two shots! If you get side effects, we’ll stop after that!” “I’ll take two more shots today. They’re for different areas, so the side effects probably won’t sta 342.6kReads9.4Score33.4kShelves
13. 13 仙 Immortal Martial Ming: From the Start, I Became a Ghost-Cultivating Brocade Guard 仙武大明，开局成为鬼修锦衣卫 Gray and White Rain灰白雨Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing “Have you ever heard the story of the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts?” The Brocade Guards walked openly by day, while Yin soldiers commandeered the roads. During the Yongle era, whenever you walked along the streets of the capital, someone would always ask you that question. Ninety-nine vicious ghosts, tens of thousands of ghost spirits. The figure leading them represented a legend. A legend about the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts. “After that, there were no more ghosts in the Great Ming.” 54.6kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
14. 14 自 After Five Hundred Years Bound in a Forbidden Land, You Cry When I Become a Rogue Cultivator 自缚禁地五百年，我当散修你哭啥 Carrot-Flavored Mint Candy萝卜味薄荷糖Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsOngoing [Published] [Immortal Cultivation + Traditional Fantasy + Invincible + No System + Unrelentingly Satisfying + Decisive and Ruthless + Rogue Cultivator] Five hundred years ago, Gu Xiu bound himself to a forbidden sect ground for five hundred years, offering himself as a source of fortune for the sect. Returning at last, he should have been welcomed home in glory. But the world had changed beyond recognition in those five hundred years. His master abandoned him, his senior sisters despised him, an 131.9kReads7.9Score13kShelves

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    Intelligent and decisive

15. 15 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 508.7kReads9.1Score41.3kShelves

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    It's great! You'll see once you read it. I don't usually recommend books, but this one is definitely worth checking out.

16. 16 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves

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    This is a female-oriented, no-romance novel featuring a strong female protagonist. The main character is very powerful, and the supporting characters aren't weakened to highlight the protagonist's intelligence. Whether protagonist, supporting character, or antagonist, every character is well-developed and multifaceted, with their own unique personality and style of action. The protagonist is powerful yet cautious and loyal. The author's writing style is excellent, some of the settings are novel, and the plot is very engaging.

17. 17 贞 The Leisurely Prince of Zhenguan 贞观小闲王 Enlightenment on the Way悟途Historical7.7M WordsOngoing [No System]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Farming] Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you transmigrated to ancient times with no System and no golden finger? You’re not a physicist, chemist, or historian, just an ordinary person from the future. Everything you know comes from movies, TV, short-video platforms, and the media. How would you survive? Follow an ordinary person who transmigrates into Li Shen, Li Shimin’s tenth son at the beginning of the Tang dynasty. With nothing but his limited knowledge 117.7kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves

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    It's a lighthearted and funny story; if you're looking for something else to read, this is a good option. I've already read over two thousand chapters. The only downside is that the author, Lao Deng, is prone to typos.

18. 18 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.9kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    This is incredibly imaginative.

19. 19 十EN Ten Days to the End 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    The novel has a better plot.

20. 20 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
21. 21 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M 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 987.7kReads9.3Score121.8kShelves

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    The post-apocalyptic setting is interesting. The early part focuses on political intrigue, starting slowly but building up to a strong, logical plot. The characters are intelligent and well-developed.

22. 22 汉 A New Chapter for the Han: I Share Heaven’s Mandate with the Heroes 汉祚新章：我与群雄共天命 Jiangnan Invites the Moon江南邀月Historical201k WordsOngoing At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the heavens and earth underwent a dramatic change, and “Mandate Points” became the key measure of a faction’s rise and fall. Ordinary people could accumulate the Mandate through good deeds and expanding their territory, or squander it through tyranny and injustice. The protagonist unexpectedly binds himself to the Tianshu System, which turns historical events and people’s fates into missions. Completing them improves his “five attributes” (Martial Might, In —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Three Kingdoms strategy + cavalry

23. 23 僵 My Date with a Vampire: The Strongest Zombie King Makes Ma Xiaoling Cry 僵约：最强僵尸王，吓哭马小玲 Dreams and the North Sea梦境与北海Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Gu Yun, a college student from the twenty-first century, woke up in the world of My Date with a Vampire and found himself transformed into a zombie with Pangu blood. After activating the System, he advanced step by step until he became the strongest Zombie King. Immortal and indestructible, with boundless power! From then on, he battled Jiang Chen and defied “Fate,” changing an apocalyptic conspiracy through his own strength. In time, people began to call him a “god”! 1.2kReads7.2Score113Shelves

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    The content is clearly structured and the story is bold and original.

24. 24 第 The Ninth Empire 第九帝国 Honored Guest of the Qing Tower清楼贵客Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Alternate Empire + War Among a Hundred Races + Supernatural Powers + Battles Across Different Worlds + Hunter Guilds + Slow-Burn Opening + Ensemble Cast + Both Thrills and Heartbreak] God gave life to all things and created the world. As God lay dying, humanity betrayed the divine, seized greed and wisdom, and founded an empire. The successor inherited the gods' power, swore to destroy the world, and founded the Church. From then on, the Empire and the Church waged war for ten thousand years. T 168.5kReads9.4Score15.3kShelves

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    This is a grand-scale, exceptionally well-written ensemble piece, with exquisite character portrayals that are grounded in reality and devoid of mindless characters. Because of its realistic depiction and connection to society and human nature, it creates a strong sense of immersion. Furthermore, the author's writing is superb, featuring many memorable and thought-provoking quotes. I'd like to share one that I particularly agree with: "An individual's actions define their life; the actions of a group define their era; the actions of a generation define their history."

25. 25 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 138.6kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves

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    Three excellent, highly-rated novels are presented here; they are absolutely top-notch.

26. 26 大EN The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著） Meal Card饭卡Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted [All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d 203.8kReads9.7Score25.2kShelves
27. 27 我EN I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧 Chen Erlan陈二懒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity 90.1kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves
28. 28 时 Time Rewind: The Giant Claw Torments Me Again and Again 时间回溯：巨爪虐我千百遍 Dai Sanmiao代三秒Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing A gigantic claw descends, blotting out the sky! All things in the world are wiped from existence But it doesn’t matter. I am the Lord of Time, and I wield the heaven-defying ability to turn back time. So what if you slap me to death? I die and come back to life, then you slap me down again! Heh~~~ You puny giant claw, watch me, Immortal Li, make you vanish with a snap of my fingers… Oh no~~~ Sorry, Great Claw! I spoke out of turn… Please go easy on me~~~ Ugh 8.5kReads8.5Score511Shelves

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    Good-looking, not mindless, decisive and ruthless.

29. 29 登 The Godhood Game: Starting by Kidnapping All of Humanity 登神游戏，从绑架全人类开始 Lu Ershi San陆贰拾叁Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Decisive and ruthless] [Smart protagonist] [High-martial-apocalypse setting] See injustice on the street? Kidnap a vicious bandit and rob him blind. Be even more ruthless than the bandit himself. The world is in chaos? Kidnap a foolish emperor and trade him for a divine martial art, then kill him once you have the technique. Save the Blue Star? Don’t get the wrong idea. I just happened to be passing by. The truth is, I want to kidnap all of humanity! 20.8kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves
30. 30 只EN The Only One Using the System for Normal Cultivation 只有我在坚持使用面板正常修仙 Qing Chen青沉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Absurd] + [Defying Heaven] “I told you, even though I’m from the Heaven-Defying Sect, at heart I’m a traditional cultivator. I’m not some heaven-defying god.” “What? You say I practice the blade every day and don’t cultivate spells or techniques, so how could I become a powerhouse? Are you saying I cheated?” “Rubbish. It’s all because I want to get closer to ordinary people. Don’t talk about hacks or cheating. I’m not that kind of person.” The Daily Life of Cultivating at the Heaven-Defying Sec 75.9kReads9.0Score7.9kShelves
31. 31 万 Ten Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation: Immortals Like Abysses, the Dao Dust 万世轮回：仙如渊，道为尘 One-Man Show Ultra独角戏ultraEastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Chen Yan has died countless times. Every time he breathes his last, he is reborn on some day in his long life, bringing his cultivation with him. His cultivation stacks, and so do his memories. But reincarnation is no salvation. Instead, it drives him into an even deeper despair. “Senior Brother, what lies at the end of the Immortal Dao?” Chen Yan has lost count of how many times he has answered this question, and he has never given the same answer twice: “It is a prison, an abyss of reincarnati 66.7kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
32. 32 诡EN The House of Dread 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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!

33. 33 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [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. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves
34. 34 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 310.8kReads9.5Score42.4kShelves

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    He's currently going through a reading aversion phase, and this is one of only two books he's still reading. So, do you understand his capabilities now?

35. 35 打EN Cultivating Immortality: My Path to Unrivaled Power 打坐就能涨法力，贫道要无敌 Qian Li Tongfeng千李同风Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Crushes every opponent] [From setbacks to triumph] [One explosive breakthrough after another] [The ways of the world] [Rapidly becomes invincible] Under a gloomy sky, demons run rampant and evil spirits abound. Ordinary people struggle to survive under the protection of extraordinary forces. Cultivation sects stand high above the world, Dao Lords look down on the ants with indifference, and the word “immortal” has become the greatest taboo. Young Li Qingyun is an 54.3kReads8.7Score5kShelves

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    This is really good. The main character focuses on his career, it's very satisfying, and he's intelligent. There are plenty of satisfying moments. There aren't many romance plots, and the main character is handsome.

36. 36 开EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] 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. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.5kReads9.7Score44.8kShelves

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    If you like suspense, thriller, and mind-bending plots, watch parts 1 and 2. If you prefer realistic urban life, part 3 is incredibly good—not mindless, but very exciting! If you like sci-fi and post-apocalyptic stories, choose parts 4 and 5. Highly recommended!

37. 37 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 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 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
38. 38 夜 An Original Song of the Night 《夜的原创》 Never Mislead the Green Hills不误青山27k WordsCompleted Night's Original Work 6Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 快 Quick Transmigration: Palace Intrigue? Domineering CEO? Get Lost, All of You! 快穿：宫斗？霸总？统统滚蛋！ Su Bancheng苏半城Historical2.6M WordsCompleted This book contains ninety-five small worlds, including supernatural tales, ancient history, modern cities, farming, cultivation, and all sorts of others. Many can be read as standalone stories without affecting the main plot. The protagonist’s System has no point shop and can’t offer much help... Most of the time, Fang Zhiyi has to move things forward on his own. “What? You’re saying I have an army of five hundred thousand, and the emperor suspects I’m plotting rebellion?” “That’s right. The Hos 54.8kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves

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40. 40 修 The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted “Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of 175kReads9.5Score30.6kShelves
41. 41 偷 Can Voyeurism Make Me a God? Players Are My Supply Duplication Warehouse 偷窥成神？玩家是我的物资复制仓 Carrot Hater拒绝胡萝卜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsOngoing [Survival + ensemble cast + System + peeping] [Lighthearted + fun + everyday life + lie flat] Wu Ren arrives in a desert survival world with a small wooden cabin from the start. Supplies must be gathered and crafted, and danger lurks around every corner of the desert. Fortunately, while the other players struggle to find supplies under the blazing sun, Wu Ren awakens a peeping System. He can spy on players, monsters, and even objects. Peeping lets him copy supplies, get fragments from treasure c 287Reads6.9Score108Shelves
42. 42 操 Controlling the Ancestors: Creating a Millennium-Old Clan from the Chu-Han Contention 操控祖宗：从楚汉争霸创千年世家 Just Pay Me给钱就行Historical2.0M WordsOngoing A story of a millennium-old clan and its ancestors After graduating from university, Chen Cheng gained the ability to travel through time, going back and forth across history to control his own ancestors! If he can't get rich in the present, he'll start in ancient times! He takes a leg from Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han Contention, becomes Emperor Wen of Han's tutor amid the Lü Clan Disturbance, pushes through reforms in Emperor Jing of Han's era, and turns the tide in the late Eastern Han! The Ji 95kReads8.9Score7.7kShelves
43. 43 系 The System Exploded, and I Became the System 系统炸了，我成了系统 Little Monster小小怪Urban4.9M WordsOngoing What's it like to be a System? After Ye Tian angered the System that coveted him, he became a System himself. He travels through the Myriad Worlds, stealing the essence of each world. He transforms into the “Great Villain System,” helping villains beat the living daylights out of protagonists. In a world where men are inferior to women, I become the “Great Man System,” giving my Host a little extra charm every day and attracting the empress's attention. He evolves into a Creator System, and the 14.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
44. 44 系 My System Cheated on Me, So I Got Half the System 系统劈腿，判给我半个系统 Little Monster小小怪Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing Once upon a time. A brilliant Host like me was right there in front of the System, but it didn’t cherish me. Instead, it chose to keep two relationships going at once. Only after I grew into a mighty power through going it alone did the System regret everything. There’s no greater pain in the world of Systems. If the System could have another chance, I think it would stop and turn back to wait for me. 5.6kReads8.0Score203Shelves
45. 45 全 Everyone Plays Online: How Did I Become a Beggar NPC? 全民网游：为何我成了乞丐NPC Yan Jiu Gui Tu言久归途Sports1.8M WordsOngoing [Games Invade Reality + Massively Multiplayer Online Game for All + NPC + World Fusion + Battle for Supremacy Across the Heavens!] Because his gaming headset springs an electrical leak, Tian Shengmen accidentally transmigrates into the game and becomes an NPC beggar! Just as Tian Shengmen thinks everything is over, he discovers that begging makes him stronger! Every time he begs, he gains experience points, and he can also create and post quests! As players begin entering the game, Tian Shengmen 4.5kReads7.2Score456Shelves
46. 46 末 Doomsday Game: My Cheat Is Better Than Yours 末日游戏：我的外挂在你们之上 Super Berserk Dragon King超级狂暴龙王Sci-Fi & Apocalypse563k WordsOngoing [Simulator + Global Catastrophe + A Touch of Cosmic Elements + Ensemble Cast + Not a Neighborhood War God + Not a Rebirth-and-Stockpiling Story + Not a Leveling-Up Story] You all got reborn without me, but now that the apocalypse is here, you suddenly remember I exist. One day, a sweet young woman claiming to have been his teammate in a past life added Zhao Qian on WeChat. She declared that the apocalypse would arrive in seven days and insisted he stock up on supplies ahead of time. Only then di 52Reads6.2Score—Shelves
47. 47 仙 The Path of Immortality 仙道行 The Wind Blows My Little Bald Head风吹小秃头Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing The Demon Ancestor perished while traveling among mortals, sowing the seeds of civil strife within the demon race. The Ghost Seal Jade Tally also mysteriously vanished when the Demon Ancestor fell. Various factions coveted the tally's power and began to make their moves. The slaughter started in Taiping Village. A blood feud, the Ghost Seal Jade Tally, and the demon race! Just how much will Tang Ke have to endure? 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Why would anyone choose to cultivate immortality when they have a good life? Those who cultivate immortality are all people with miserable lives.

48. 48 转EN Job Class: Boss – The Nation’s Geniuses Work for Me 转职老板，全国天才替我打工 Mo Congwen莫从文Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Global Class Change] [Cooperating with the Nation] [Ensemble Cast] [New Classes] What’s it like to be a boss in a world where everyone changes classes? Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of Global Class Change on the day of the class change ceremony. In this era, the ceremony isn’t a celebration, but a gamble. Class awakenings are entirely random. Some good-for-nothings rise to the top overnight, while even geniuses can plunge into the abyss. And Yi Tian awakens the class [Boss]! Recruit employe 64.2kReads8.9Score8.1kShelves

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    These books are not mindless entertainment.

49. 49 开 I Start with a Mysterious Organization That Controls Everything! 开局就拥有掌控一切的幕后组织！ Real Name Jie本名杰Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible + Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind + Powerful Faction + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Restraint + Assassins] There is a hall in this world known as the Dark Abyss Hall. When its kill token appears, life and death are decided! Also known as: “The Behind-the-Scenes Organization That Controls Everything from the Start” Ye Litian was once the head of the Dark Abyss Hall, the top assassin organization in the Netherworld of Assassins. Everyone in that world trembled at his name. Even the 4.8kReads7.4Score263Shelves
50. 50 异 Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！ 7723 Ah7723啊Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho 20.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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