High-Quality Urban Superpower, High-Martial-Arts, and Magic Novels. No Amateurish Writing 精品都市异能文，高武，魔法文来，不要小白文

1. 1 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
2. 2 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
3. 3 垂 On My Deathbed, I Sat Bolt Upright: The Old Ones Were Me All Along 垂死病中惊坐起，旧日竟是我自己 Ten Tons in Three Days三天吃十吨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not an invincible protagonist + progression novel + no System + Lovecraftian horror + not fast-paced wish fulfillment + follows the official route] Lu Ning wandered through the fog for two thousand years. When he finally emerged, he found that the world seemed to be sick. The sun was covered in tentacles, planets were blanketed in flesh, the moon had sprouted countless eyes, and even Earth was groaning and crying for help. The diseased, disaster beasts, and followers of evil gods ran rampant, w 48.8kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
4. 4 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.6kReads9.3Score16.9kShelves
5. 5 异 Power Awakening: I’m at War with the Impostors 异能觉醒：我与伪人不共戴天 Dark Crow玄色鸦Urban511k WordsOngoing A tainted tide engulfs the world, and impostors steal it away. The order of human society collapses in an instant. After a horrific massacre, ordinary courier Wang Yi survives by sheer luck, relying on the grit that refuses to let him give up as he crawls out of a mountain of corpses. There is no safety in a chaotic age, and danger lurks in every street. Repeated assaults by impostors and ever-tightening brushes with death unexpectedly awaken his supernatural powers. From then on, he enters a 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's worth watching, highly recommended.

6. 6 天EN Heaven's Chosen? Monster? No, It's the Grind Emperor 天骄？妖孽？不好，是肝帝 That Mountain, That Sea那山那海Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [The top workaholic in high-martial arts fiction] [Panel-based cultivation] [Cosmic setting] [Cultivation and progression, not point allocation or speedrunning; the protagonist is a born grinder] In the interstellar age, alien beasts invade and evil gods lurk all around. Li Qingshan awakens a martial arts panel that can record any technique or martial skill. He needs no insight or talent, and faces no bottlenecks. As long as he trains hard, he can improve, and every breakthrough lasts forever! H 219kReads9.3Score25.7kShelves

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7. 7 高EN High Martial Arts: Changing the World Starting with Enhanced Hearing 高武：从听力强化开始改变世界 Jingwa Ju井蛙juUrban2.3M WordsOngoing (No System, no golden finger, not a power fantasy, no invincible protagonist, slow-paced. Enter with caution if that’s not for you!) Two worlds overlap, and disaster beasts invade. Under the influence of energy from another world, some people in this world begin awakening all kinds of abilities for various reasons. Shen Heng awakens, too. The ability he gets is… F-rank enhanced hearing! Fortunately, abilities in this world can evolve! … Years later. The moment Shen Heng stands in midair above Ch 42kReads8.3Score3.2kShelves

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   It's well-written; the author clearly put a lot of effort into it.

8. 8 双 Double Spellcasting Talent: I Run Wild in a World of Magic 双倍施法天赋，在魔法世界乱杀 Pure Mango清纯芒果Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [A Magical Adventure Better Suited to the Constitution of Xia Kingdom Kids] [Everyday Cultivation with Beautiful Girls in a Reborn Magical World] [Everyone’s a Mage: Double-Casting Talent Awakened from the Start] [Earth-and-Wood Magic? Dogs Don’t Learn It, but My Sister Does!] [Is the Cool School Beauty Socially Anxious? Then I’ll Tease Her Twice as Much!] [For the Sake of a Wonderful World, I Offer Magic] [Main Character Growth · Occasional Overwhelming Victories · Campus Life · A Little Cheati 4.1kReads7.6Score553Shelves

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   There's bound to be a genre of urban ruin, high-martial arts, supernatural, and magical novels that suits your taste.

9. 9 无 Infinite Lifespan: I Get Stronger Just by Soaking in Water 无限寿命，我泡在水里就能变强 Peerless Giant Dragon无双巨龙Urban1.7M WordsOngoing (The rating has only just opened, so it'll go up later.) In a single night, heaven and earth changed drastically. Superpowers descended, and countless lucky people gained all kinds of powerful abilities. Some commanded divine kingdoms, summoning all Buddhas with a wave of their hands. Some could split into countless forms and be everywhere at once. And some peerless prodigies became immortals on the spot and ascended in broad daylight! The old order crumbled, and a brilliant yet brutal age of gr 60.2kReads7.0Score5.1kShelves
10. 10 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 696.8kReads9.4Score50.3kShelves
11. 11 黏 Claymancers Are Weak? Ever Heard That Art Is an Explosion? 黏土师弱？可曾听闻艺术就是爆炸 The Puppet Taoist傀儡道人Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Wildly satisfying] [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Invincible protagonist] [Genius protagonist] [Art is Patrick Star] The myriad races invade, and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. To save itself, the will of the world gives everyone a chance to awaken a profession at age seventeen and fight back! Li Xiao transmigrates into this world, only to awaken the useless lifestyle profession of clay artist! Who could have guessed that he would awaken a second lifestyle profession too: demolition expe 66.5kReads7.8Score6.5kShelves
12. 12 爹 My Dad’s a Demon Lord, My Mom’s a Holy Sovereign. Why Shouldn’t I Live Off Them? 爹魔尊，娘圣主，我不啃老干嘛？ My Stomach Hurts, Pinch Me肚子痛捏Urban3.1M WordsOngoing [Genius] + [Funny at first, unhinged later] + [Offbeat protagonist] + [Clever cultivation] + [Huge stats, but that doesn’t mean the mechanics are weak] + [Multiple heroines] In the year 356 of the Dragon Kingdom, a golden imperial carriage smashed through the sun, a celestial palace rose above the moon, and the stars of the heavens awakened one after another. The world entered an era of spiritual qi revival, and people awakened spiritual roots to pursue the path to immortality. Ling Yishan, a 76kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
13. 13 天 Genius Training Camp 天才训练营 Demon's Path魔行Urban2.4M WordsCompleted People without an aspect cannot cultivate. This is an unchanging law among humanity. Yet a group of powerful madmen, harboring the outrageous dream of making everyone a dragon, joined forces to build a genius training camp, forcing people to try other cultivation systems. Chen Yan, obsessed with martial arts, eventually earns a chance to enter. Here, he will change his fate and forge his own path in martial arts! 21.5kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
14. 14 御 Beast-Taming Civilization: My Pocket Dimension Is a Goblin Ranch 御兽文明，空间是哥布林养殖场 Fengfeng Diandian丰丰颠颠Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Otherworldly Continent, Magical World, Beast-Taming Civilization, Lighthearted Daily Life, Comedy, No Female Lead] Why do people in a magical world have Chinese names? Because the entire universe speaks Chinese. At first, Liu Sihang thought he just had a few more spirit beasts than most people. Then the goblins he evolved started looking stranger and stranger... Goblin Wanderer: I’m calling it! Nobody wants this stuff on the ground, so I’m taking it! Goblin Merchant: Copper coins count as money 12.6kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
15. 15 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
16. 16 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 69.3kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves
17. 17 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 269.6kReads9.5Score22.3kShelves
18. 18 全 Dream Masters for All: My Dreams Come from China's Ancient Past 全民梦师：我的梦境来自千古华夏 It's Wind Chime Duck是风铃鸭Urban644k WordsCompleted [Chinese Gods + Underworld and Heavenly Court + Dreamweaver + Livestreaming] Giant star beasts descended, and the final battle began. Countless civilizations fell, and a rift opened in the heritage of Chinese civilization! Only those who awakened as one-in-ten-thousand dreamweavers could stand against the star beasts! Su Mu transmigrated to this world. From the start, he awakened an S-rank talent and joined the global dreamweaver entrance exam! First question: Create a dream of a dead world. Whi 24.2kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    I like the first and second books the most.

19. 19 修 The Immortal Cultivator’s Fate Comes with a Job Assignment 修仙大佬命中带编 Ah Mao Duoduo啊猫朵朵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Gongsun Yun, the cultivation world's number-one alchemist, fell into a bottomless abyss over a Phoenix Fruit. When she woke, she had become a C-list star who had taken her own life after being hounded online. Gongsun Yun: ???? A celebrity? No thanks! It's exhausting and unstable. Go back to being an alchemist? Why are there no spirit herbs in this world? Where's the medicine pavilion? So Gongsun Yun searched the streets for a stable, well-paid job that would let her keep taking it easy. Then one 8.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
20. 20 我EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Keyboard's Ninth God键盘九神Eastern Fantasy914k WordsCompleted Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 35.2kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
21. 21 末 Reborn at the End of the World: I Help the Real Heiress Follow the Plot 末世重生之我帮真千金走剧情 Shu Bao殊宝Modern Romance718k WordsCompleted What we can’t do without in life is humor. Come on, let’s start a funny, cheerful story. Writing a synopsis is so hard. If you happened to stumble across this, come on in and have a look! Lighthearted and funny, here to make you smile. The heroine comes from the later stages of the apocalypse. She’s incredibly strong, has a huge appetite, and wields lightning powers. She’s simple-minded and not very well educated, but brute strength works miracles, and one punch can overcome any obstacle. The or 21.1kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
22. 22 被 They Read My Mind? I'd Rather Be a Melon-Eating Spectator Than a Sacrificial Pawn 被读心？不当炮灰当猹可太开心了 Lu Yu麓羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy + ridiculous antics + reborn + mind-reading and gossip + NPCs taking down scumbags + no romance + ensemble cast] Ji Yinyin was reborn. When she realized she was a sacrificial character in an angst novel who died after appearing for barely 300 words, she finally saw the light. Don’t derail the plot, stay away from the protagonists, and most importantly, stay alive! She never expected her inner thoughts to be heard by the whole class. [Our class genius gets bullied to death by Rong En’en f 2kReads8.7Score265Shelves
23. 23 星 On the Interstellar Battlefield, I Fly on a Sword! 星际战场，我！御剑飞行！ Fang Xiangpi方响屁Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Cultivation + Mecha + Military Academy + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance] The animated series is out, and it's pretty good Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! An absolutely massive ensemble cast! In the Renwu year of the Immortal Calendar, Shi An, sect master of Xuanqing Sect, the greatest sect in the cultivation world, attempted to overcome the tribulation. He encountered the rarest divine-annihilating lightning tribulation in ten thousand years and perished, 113.5kReads9.1Score23.7kShelves
24. 24 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 98.2kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves

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    It's amazing! Trust me, you won't regret it!

25. 25 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing 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 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
26. 26 转 Reborn as a Magical Girl, I Refuse to Lose 转生魔法少女拒绝败北 Dice Demon God骰子魔神Urban364k WordsCompleted No one knows why they were born, but great numbers of demon beasts suddenly appeared. No one knows how the transformation works, but every so often a human becomes an Apostle, an agent of calamity, and mercilessly cuts down their former loved ones and fellow humans. Yet just as humanity sinks into despair, exorcists, exorcist ninjas, magicians, witches, magical girls, and other races and professions thought to exist only in fantasy emerge from the hidden world beneath ordinary society and stand 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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