High-IQ Stories: No Goody-Goodies, No Harem, and a Smart Protagonist 高智商文，不圣母，无后宫，主角智商在线
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In a Women's Romance Book, You Dare Defame Me When You're Only at Foundation Building and I'm at Spirit Transformation? 穿书女频，你筑基敢污蔑我化神？
Yang Yi transmigrates, waking up as the last male cultivation genius in the Ninefold Immortal Realm. He possesses a Deity Transformation cultivation base, but has lost all his memories! Before he can even figure out what's going on, Liu Xianyun, a prodigy of the Qihuang Pavilion, publicly accuses him of “using dual cultivation as an excuse to ruin her foundations,” saddling him with an unforgivable crime! Three female-dominated immortal sects watch him like hawks, while the thousand-year Red Sun
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
907.3kReads9.6Score237.1kShelves
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A Math Teacher's Revenge 数学老师的复仇演绎
[Realism] [High-IQ crime] [Masterful mind games] [No female lead] [For readers who love logic] The police in Xikang City received a phone call from someone calling himself Ghost, who claimed he would kill a certain person in three days. More than that, he wanted the police to rush out and protect the target. He intended to carry out the killing under the police's tight security. The police took the threat extremely seriously and made careful preparations. When the three days were up, the result
50.9kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
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Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神
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
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There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼
Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu
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Monsters Awaken, and a Divine Mausoleum Lies Within Me 怪物复苏，我的体内有神陵
[Also known as: I Have a Divine Mausoleum Within Me] (One heroine. Don't judge it by the title.) Night falls, monsters awaken. After the brilliance of night fades, are the beings walking the earth monsters or gods? This is a battle among the gods, and I am the weapon in their hands. Will China endure forever, or will darkness engulf the world? Three months ago, Qin Guanqi awakened the divine powers of Yeming, God of Time, and Zhurong, God of Fire. He discovered that a divine mausoleum had appear
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！
[Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e
641.2kReads8.5Score44.5kShelves
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The Usurper 犯上者
[The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [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.
250.5kReads9.4Score55.9kShelves
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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The Urban Underworld: Power and Influence 都市江湖：权势滔天
The short drama of the same name premieres on January 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Hongguo Short Drama: Urban Underworld: Power Overwhelming Chen Yi had never met his biological father. Then one day, his parents were summoned to school, and he watched helplessly as his teacher was beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital...
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Fellow Daoist, Who Are You Talking To? 道友，你在和谁说话？
Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte
221.6kReads9.0Score23.4kShelves
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Divine Sequence 001, Reporting for Duty! 神序001，参见！
[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
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The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局
[Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra
121kReads9.4Score41.2kShelves