After So Many Brain-Dead Power Fantasies, Tomato Novel Has Finally Released Another Good Book 见多了无脑爽文，番茄难得又出了一本新的好书

1. 51 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 94.1kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
2. 52 末 The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 557.1kReads9.2Score51.5kShelves
3. 53 玄 A Health Guide to Xuanhuan Cultivation 玄幻修真养生记 Ruopu Novels若朴小说Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 人 At the Hehuan Sect, My Devotion as a Simp Gets Me Everything 人在合欢宗，舔狗舔到应有尽有 Sweet Potato Eater吃番薯的红苕Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [A day-to-day story in the Hehuan Sect] After sixty years of cultivation, Li Meng has achieved nothing. With his death approaching, he decides to let loose for once. To his surprise, he activates a “System” that arrived late. As the saying goes, when you’re in the Hehuan Sect, how can you not be a lovesick simp? In his twilight years, Li Meng begins a quiet, carefree life of cultivation in the Hehuan Sect. 14.1kReads8.6Score1kShelves
5. 55 修 The Cultivation World’s King of Memes: System, Who Do You Think You Are? 修仙界梗王，系统你算哪块小饼 Yu Shi欲侍Eastern Fantasy545k WordsCompleted My new story is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The modern stalker king dies in frustration, travels through the world of immortality, and has a miserable beginning. It's a pretty good novel.

6. 56 追 Pursuing You Is Like Taming a Hawk 追你跟熬鹰似的 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Sweet and Satisfying] [Brooding Boy x Martial Arts Girl] [Happy Ending] [Male Lead Is Crazy and Possessive] [Original title: Chasing You Is Like Taming a Wild Falcon] Quan Zhishui couldn’t understand why people from other schools beat up Wei Shixu every day, forcing her to rush in and save him from danger time and again. Later, she discovered that those people were being paid to do it. By Wei Shixu. “I’m done with you!” she said sternly, drawing a clear line between them. Wei Shixu grinned, utt 50kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves

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   The wealthy house is as deep as the sea, and behind the two doors is a cage. Quan Zhisui was forced to "boil an eagle" to see who would bow down first in this chase - "Chasing you is like boiling an eagle", it is not certain who will tame whom. So beautiful, crazy literature

7. 57 穿 I Transmigrated as A Dou, and Liu Bei Saw Through Me from the Start 穿越阿斗，开局被刘备识破 Han Wei汉卫Historical1.7M WordsCompleted Publication deal negotiations are underway. It wasn’t until that supposedly hopeless Adou unified the Three Kingdoms that Zhuge Liang realized the Liu Shan before him was an impostor. What he didn’t know was that Liu Bei had seen through everything long ago, yet still supported Adou’s ascension to the throne as emperor. Father and son join forces to campaign east against Sun Quan, march north against Cao Cao, expand into the South Seas, conquer Japan, seize the grasslands, pacify the Western Reg 11kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves

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   Others traveled through time and became heroes, but I traveled through time and became Adou who "cannot afford to be supported". Adou opened his eyes and found that he had become Liu Chan. Just as he was lamenting about being transformed into "Fat Liu" through time travel, a notification sounded in his mind. [Ding... The famous general system is activated, +1 point for meeting ordinary generals, and +10 points for meeting famous generals.] Others who traveled through the Three Kingdoms were either Zhao Yun or Kong Ming. When it was my turn, it was Liu Chan, the famous "An Le Gong" in history. Just when I thought life was hopeless, the system came - this system did not follow common sense: it did not rely on killing enemies or governing the country, it all relied on "chasing stars"! When you meet Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, your force points will increase; when you meet Zhuge Liang, your intelligence points will be filled up directly. What's even more outrageous is that by conquering famous generals, you can also get a "Famous General Card", which can "inject" Lu Bu's bravery and Zhou Yu's resourcefulness into anyone. When everyone thought that Adou was still the same Adou, the new Emperor Ji Han, who relied on "meeting and clocking in" to gain points and was good at making famous generals, was quietly rewriting the course of history. "Traveling through Adou, Liu Bei saw through the beginning" - The time traveler who looked the least like the protagonist used the most unexpected way to completely reverse Ji Han's fate.

8. 58 我 My Mr. Lin Doesn’t Talk 我的林先生不说话 Xu Xiaoyu徐小雨Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [One couple + first love + love at first sight + mutual devotion and affection] [Warm, attentive special education teacher ✖ insecure, sensitive full-time writer] * After moving into her new home, Lin Zhaozhao always assumed her neighbor was a beautiful, kind-hearted young woman who loved life, until one evening she saw the handsome Lin Xingye step out of the elevator. One day, Lin Zhaozhao announced to her parents, “You two are going to have a son-in-law!” Another day, faced with her editor’s r 39.9kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
9. 59 糙 A Rough Hunter Found a Sweet Princess and Cherished Her as His Dearest Treasure 糙汉猎户捡到娇软公主宠成心尖宝 Golden Hairpin, Ah金步摇啊Ancient Romance234k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted couple + rugged man + adorable heroine] The most honored legitimate princess of Chu suffered an accident and fell off a cliff. A broad-shouldered, rough-edged hunter found her and brought her home to be his little wife. Princess: “I am the most honored legitimate princess of Chu.” Rugged hunter: “This little woman must’ve hit her head when she fell, but it’s fine. I don’t mind.” Princess: … The princess slapped the hunter across the face and snap 6.8kReads9.3Score627Shelves
10. 60 娇 When the Sweet Young Mistress Arrives, the Chaste Prince Loses Control 娇滴滴外室一来，禁欲王爷失控了 Floating Snow Returning飘飘回雪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion, sweet romance] Su Jiaojiao transmigrates with no grand ambitions. She only wants to make money, enjoy life, and be free. But her stunning looks catch the eye of Song Chi, the Prince of Jiangnan. He falls for her at first sight, and has only one thought when he sees her: I want her! “You're a merchant's daughter. It's your honor to be my concubine.” “I want to be your girlfriend.” “Your girlfriend? What's that?” “We can kiss, cuddle, and sleep together. No titles, no strings att 37kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
11. 61 快 Quick Transmigration: The First Love's Guide to Playing Her Role 快穿之初恋扮演守则 Mango Without Sauce芒果不加酱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In each little world, the heroine shines while the employees assigned to the White Moonlight and Ex-Girlfriend groups gradually fall from favor. But Wen He, from the Scheming First Love group, succeeds time and time again... 1. The scheming cousin in a historical romance In her previous life, the heroine met a tragic end. Reborn, she carefully planned everything, only to find that nothing had changed. If anything, this life was even worse than the last. 2. The supporting female character at an 18.8kReads7.3Score2.7kShelves

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    Knock knock knock good looking, sober heroine

12. 62 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 93.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
13. 63 折 Spring Ripples 折春漪 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 240.7kReads9.4Score35.5kShelves
14. 64 冒 Passing Myself Off as a Langya Native 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.5M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 546.9kReads9.7Score62.7kShelves

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    [Burst! This novel actually prompted the history professor to update it! Time travel takes you to a new level of hardcore play] Stop playing the same old time travel game! "Pretending to be Surnamed Langya" is the real ceiling! Other time-travelers: burning glass, making gunpowder, memorizing Tang poems. The protagonist of "Pretending to be Langya": doctoral thesis level operation, directly impersonating the Wang family of Langya! A hellish start? Doesn't exist! The protagonist traveled through time and became a "black household" in the Southern Qi Dynasty, and his companions were executed on the spot as spies. He took out the edition of "Shang Shu" with his backhand and shocked the audience with his Luo Shengyong accent! It is not a dimensionality reduction attack, but a direct activation of the "academic plug-in" mode🔥 The only "composite time travel" in the entire network: 1️⃣Through history: the unpopular Nan Qi, the details are so hard-core that it feels like reading the "Book of Nan Qi" extra 2️⃣Through knowledge: the professional quality of a doctor of literature, knowledge is the most exciting golden finger 3️⃣Through thinking: modern academic thinking collides with the ancient clan system, and the battle of wits is full of wisdom. The most amazing thing is—— Readers learn history while following updates: some people look up "Yongming Ti", others find out about "Sanqi Changshi", and the comment area directly turns into an academic forum! History students have formed a group to urge for updates 📚 Before reading: Another exciting time travel article After reading: I am being shallow, this is clearly an immersive history class PLUS! High IQ time travel + hard-core textual research + ultimate intellectual battle = the top historical document in 2024. Book fans are asking: Is the author a university history professor wearing a vest? #Novelsamway #twitter #unpopularmagic work #crossing the ceiling of literature #book wasteland must-have. Click on my homepage to see detailed analysis + textual research comparison table! Guaranteed to open up a new world! )

15. 65 我 I'm a Living Detective, So Why Are You Making Me Solve Ghost Cases? 我一活人侦探，你让我破鬼案 Niulanshan Erguotou牛栏山二锅头Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of this work, "I’m a Living Detective, So Why Make Me Solve Ghost Cases?", is now available. [Infinite flow + no System + no golden finger + horror and suspense] While investigating an urban-legend case, detective Lin Sanshi encounters the same eerie phenomenon as the victim. From then on, he must wander through a series of different mission worlds: A mountain-top guesthouse where people are murdered in a snowstorm A perilous corpse-driving journey A survival game controlled 4.8kReads7.1Score477Shelves
16. 66 三 Three Sons and Two Daughters: The Reborn Father Starts Playing Favorites Fairly 三儿两女，重生老父亲开始端水 Clear Blossoms Reflect a Cool Face清花照凉颜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Content warnings (historical setting + rebirth + ensemble cast + family drama + flawed characters + building wealth) Zeng Dali had been to the battlefield and fought in a war. After leaving the army, he was assigned to work at a machine factory and became the pride of his parents’ generation. He had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son was fortunate enough to take the first college entrance exam after it was reinstated, becoming a medical university student. After graduating, he worked a 31.6kReads8.0Score2.8kShelves
17. 67 转 I Changed Class to the Ultimate Trickster and Broke the Horror Game 转职老六，惊悚游戏被我玩坏了 Splendor of Water, Wood, and Wind水木风华Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Survival Game + Omniscient and Omnipotent + Ruthless + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Multiple Female Players + Everyone Changes Class] A game of terror descends, and everyone draws an identity card. Some draw the Mage class and deal ultimate-skill damage with every basic attack! Some draw the Chosen One class and pull top-tier loot every time! But most people get ordinary classes, becoming lambs to the slaughter and food for the monsters. In his previous life, Lu Chuan was the low 29.6kReads7.7Score3kShelves
18. 68 别 Stop Pretending. You're Not a Normal Awakened One Either, Are You? 别装了，你也不是正经觉醒者吧？ When Will the Moon Shine? Canned明月几时有罐头Urban2.7M WordsOngoing (Also known as: How Can Li Bai Have Three Eyes? I’m Yang Jian!) After transmigrating, He Xu assumed he’d definitely become an Awakened, until he awakened the Calamity Sequence [Yang Jian]. From the day his third eye grew in, He Xu stopped feeling sleepy, but he became ravenous: the kind of hunger that made him want to eat people. He started delivering takeout in his spare time. While bringing food to others, he also picked out his own meals. He Xu had principles. He wouldn’t eat ordinary people, 296.6kReads8.2Score20.4kShelves
19. 69 言 Words Become Law: I Slay the Gods in Chinese 言出法随：我用中文诛神明 This Cabbage Is Poisonous这颗大白菜有毒Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Language Pollution + The Apocalypse Is Coming + Playing God + Villain] This is a world invaded by languages. Those who hear Japanese become grotesque masses of flesh; those who smell English turn into monsters of black oil. Only Lu Mozhi wields the supreme authority known as "Chinese," following in the footsteps of Huang Chao as he rides across Ya Chen. While holding back the invasion of corruption, Lu Mozhi also turns civilization into a wasteland with his own hands, leaving the sparks of huma 7.1kReads6.9Score932Shelves
20. 70 重 Reborn in 1980: Starting Out Hunting in the Forests and Snowfields! 重生80，从狩猎林海雪原开始！ Yang Sanjin杨三斤啊Urban2.9M WordsOngoing [(Add to your library and get rich) Devoted husband + Rebirth in the 1980s + Frequent updates + Hunting in Northeast China + One heroine + Pets] Haunted by guilt and regret, Chen Le is reborn in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s! In an age when guns and hunting are legal, women left behind at home can get a taste of good food by cozying up to men outside their marriages! Supplies are scarce, but natural resources are plentiful. The saying “club a roe deer, scoop up fish with a gour 129kReads8.2Score13.8kShelves
21. 71 九 The Ninth-Rank Artifact Crafter 九品炼器师 Xiao Shisanlang Talks About the Three Kingdoms萧十三郎说三国Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Artifact Refining] [A Young Man’s Rise] [Industrialization] [Fantasy Warfare] [Ensemble Cast] [Comedy and Satire] [Slow Burn] Young Qian Duoduo transmigrates through space! As a mortal, he starts from scratch! Thrown into prison, he’s facing certain death from the very start! If he doesn’t want to die, he’ll have to fight! To make matters worse, his bargain-basement master, a skinny old man, puts him over the fire to roast! If you want to read abo 21.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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    Salute to the ears! ☯☯☯ 9.3 Points ☯ 2.7 Million words, top-notch, fat enough 🐯 "Ninth Grade Weapon Refiner", deeply influenced by idol Ergen. It can be said that this is a tribute to fantasy. The story framework is based on "One Thought of Eternity". Because the protagonist Qian Duoduo, like Bai Xiaochun, is a pure rural boy, they are all stories of mortals cultivating immortality. ☯But their personalities are completely different. The path to immortality is completely different. To practice Taoism and become an immortal, from a mortal to a supreme being, the starting point and the end point are similar, but the "Tao" used is completely different. ☯Readers, please take a look at how Qian Duoduo interprets a brand new "Bai Xiaochun".

22. 72 刺 The Assassination of Ke Bi 刺杀轲比 Xiao Shisanlang Talks About the Three Kingdoms萧十三郎说三国Historical168k WordsCompleted At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, Han Long, a soldier in the Youzhou army, accidentally saved his enemy, Kebineng, the Xianbei chieftain who had long plotted a rebellion. After being rescued, Kebineng not only laid an ambush that killed Han Long’s mentor, but also nearly murdered his uncle. To make amends for his mistake, win the love he longed for, and bring peace to Youzhou, Han Long decided to kill Kebineng with his own hands. He set out from Youzhou for Longcheng, deep in the desert, 55Reads8.2Score—Shelves
23. 73 下 After Coming Down from the Mountain, Jingyi Went from Orphan to Prince 下山后，景怡从孤儿变成了王爷 The Phoenix and the Sunbird Are Both in Flight凤凰和太阳鸟都在飞翔Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted Jing Yi is the son of a Jiuzhou envoy and a princess of the Elven Kingdom. The Perfected Void dug him up, mistaking him for a ginseng root. Through a twist of fate, he became the prince consort of both the Jiuzhou Kingdom and the Lazi Kingdom, as well as the live-in son-in-law of the Prince of Ji. He fell in love with a princess of the Elven Empire... He endured countless hardships and was eventually burned, leaving him in a vegetative state. Jing Wuming is the son born to Jing Yi after a night 69Reads8.5Score—Shelves
24. 74 孽 Wicked Master, Follow My Lead: I’ll Make the Jie Sect Invincible in the Primordial World 孽师听我指挥，我带截教无敌洪荒 Rampaging Portuguese Egg Tart暴走的葡式蛋挞Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc 101.5kReads9.2Score10.4kShelves

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    What? My diary has been peeked into, don't panic, watch how I pluck the wool

25. 75 得 Gain a Celestial Treasure, Gain a Celestial Fortune 得仙物得仙缘 Tell Me If You Will问你愿不愿意Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted An immortal’s relic, the Treasure Bowl, smacks Li Fei right in the face. With the bowl’s help, Li Fei ascends to immortality one step at a time. No excessive saintliness, no brainless decisions, no harem. Thanks for your support. I’ll keep updating regularly. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 玄 Xuanhuan: A Heavenly Secrets Pavilion from the Start 玄幻：开局一座天机阁 Kung Fu Salted Fish功夫咸鱼Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Ye Xu transmigrates into a fantasy world and awakens the Heavenly Secrets System, obtaining a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion from the start. He can see the future and understand the past, judge yin and yang, and discern the Five Elements. Beneath the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion can calculate everything in the world. The Great Emperor Ziwei: “I swept across the universe and stood undefeated, yet I rank eleventh on the Great Emperor List?” The Dao King: “The story about me murdering my 5.6kReads8.5Score639Shelves

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    This is a rare and refreshing novel that is not brainless. The plot is coherent and interesting. I highly recommend it!!

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