I'm in a Reading Slump! Any Good Books That Don't Make the Characters Stupid? 书荒书荒书荒！！！有没有好看不降智的书。

1. 1 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 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5kShelves

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   I start by setting up a stall and selling powerful items. As a forbidden spellcaster, I'm quite capable of being immortal.

2. 2 禁 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Eat the Little Almond吃掉小杏仁Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves
3. 3 起 Move Aside, That Phoenix Proudheaven Is Mine 起开，那个凤傲天是我的 Black-Horned White Dragon黑角白龙Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Adventure and combat + fantastical cultivation + multiple female leads + slow burn + passionate] She is Han Zelin, a girl disguised as a boy and the family’s “genius young master.” With a long sword gleaming coldly in her hand, she wields it with fierce precision, acts decisively, and has an unyielding will. Burdened by her family’s legacy, the demons of the Northern Frontier, and the fate of humanity, she swears to seize control of the future with the sword in her hand. I, Wu Yunqi, am perfect 50.5kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves

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   The first book is more humorous, the second one is all-level combat—it's awesome!!!

4. 4 双 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ The White Dragon Is No Dragon白龙非龙Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 225.8kReads9.5Score18.5kShelves
5. 5 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 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
6. 6 我 I, the Supreme Being of Old, Defy the Rules When I Strike 我，旧日至高位格，出手无视规则 Shimmering Night夜光浮摇Urban2.1M WordsOngoing I was once the world's first transcendent, a pioneer who ventured into the unknown. When I returned from two hundred years of being lost, the world had changed, and the mighty ran rampant. They said I was merely a relic abandoned by the times, the remnant of an ignorant fantasy. There was no place for me in the new world. What they did not know was this: I had witnessed the most insane horrors and the grandest downfalls. Dormant within me was an exalted existence capable of shattering the very l 304.3kReads9.3Score26.5kShelves
7. 7 一 The Outcast: The Retired Legends Return to Work and Sweep Through the World of Outcasts 一人：老年团再就业，横扫异人界 Up Until the Third Watch熬夜到三更Anime Fanfiction293k WordsOngoing [The rating has just come in, and it’ll rise as the word count grows!] [Invincible protagonist + high seniority + making up for past regrets + everyday life with an old-timer dream team + lighthearted comedy] Su Wuxian transmigrates into The Outcast and becomes the Old Celestial Master's junior fellow apprentice. But the System forces him into seclusion for eighty years. By the time he emerges, the Luotian Grand Ceremony is underway! Seeing Tian Jinzong in a wheelchair, Su Wuxian immediately use 1.8kReads8.4Score214Shelves

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   In a fanfiction of "Under One Person," the male protagonist is the ultimate cheat code; he can do everything, even take care of children.

8. 8 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
9. 9 星 Honkai: Star Rail: Reincarnated as Robin's Cousin, What Do I Do? 星铁：转世成为知更鸟表哥怎么办 A Cat That Loves to Coo一只爱咕咕的猫Anime Fanfiction929k WordsOngoing From the start, I discovered I’d become an ordinary Halovian, and Robin’s cousin, though we weren’t related by blood. This was the luckiest possible start! As a transmigrator, of course I had a System. But what the heck was with this useless System that dumped a library from my previous life, full of books about humanity’s greatest stars, and then ran off? Nothing beats crafting your own cheat with your own hands. (I’m no good at writing blurbs. Just read the story instead. XP) Not a single one 43.8kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves

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   The first book, about a bronze statue, was quite good.

10. 10 龙 Dragon Raja: Rekindling the Throne 龙族：重燃王座 Xiaoxiang Xize潇湘溪泽Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing Lu Mingfei takes back his power and rewrites everything. The Bronze City beneath the Three Gorges, the Beijing subway, Japan's Well of Reds... all of it will be rewritten. This time, the loser has awakened. He will reclaim everything that belongs to him. One heroine: Lu Hui, Chu Xia, Kaino, Ming Ling. 6.8kReads8.2Score718Shelves
11. 11 全 Global Game: Infinite Devouring and Evolution 全球游戏，无限吞噬进化 Fierce in Adversity逆境炽烈Eastern Fantasy682k WordsCompleted [Devouring, evolution, exotic beasts, mimicry, white-haired, red-eyed loli, genderless, single, slow burn.] Is there anything wrong with a slime like me having unlimited devouring? Blue Star merges with another world, and everything starts from the beginning. But not only have I become a slime, I also have thirty-five loving companions who can’t wait to gobble me up. Luckily, even though they all have the talent to devour, they can only devour the other thirty-five of us. Only my devouring talen 8.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
12. 12 倚 Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre: I Transmigrate into Song Qingshu and Reforge the Martial World 倚天：穿越成宋青书，重铸江湖 Midnight Watermelon深夜的西瓜Male-Channel Fanfiction336k WordsCompleted A military academy doctoral student transmigrates into Song Qingshu, bringing a military-industrial pocket dimension to blow up Jin Yong's martial world! When flintlock rifles take aim at Bright Peak and steam engines roar, shattering the silence of the martial world, what will happen when the old jianghu's feuds and vendettas meet the iron-blooded tide of modern industry? Who will shape the fate of the realm? He rejects the fate of a “hypocrite,” using modern military strategy to unite the Ming 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is good and worth reading.

13. 13 崇 Chongzhen: My National Destiny Exchange System 崇祯，我的国运兑换系统 Midnight Watermelon深夜的西瓜Historical462k WordsCompleted When an emperor starts using “national fortune credits” to renew his empire's subscription in the “System Shop,” what do you think he'll buy first: immortal cultivation, or sweet potatoes for the people? This is a story that combines the intense anxiety of personal survival with the grand mission of saving a civilization. A modern soul, carrying a System, arrives at the most desperate moment in the Ming dynasty: the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. He faces not only the historical threat 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 当 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves

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    These are all books I like, each with its own unique features. If you're interested, you can read them. Yu Hua's "Brothers" is definitely worth reading; I think it's on par with "To Live."

15. 15 小 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
16. 16 白 Bai Mu's Survival Log 白沐的生存日志 A Little Poria, You Know一只茯苓呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse721k WordsOngoing “Have you heard the children’s cries of anguish? Have you felt the city falling apart? Have you ever noticed the eyes watching from the shadows, or perhaps even considered that... friends might no longer be friends, and home might no longer be home...” Wait, what is this, the Qinliu flu? ⦁֊⦁꧞ “Bella! Stop reciting that ridiculous speech! My head’s about to explode!” “What would you know, all brawn and no brains? Bai Mu, listen to the rest. We finally found a novel worth reading.” “Do I really ha 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main character isn't stupid; they're a bit slow but definitely not dumb. They're all normal people. You should check it out! 😏

17. 17 谁EN Who Taught Him to Cultivate Like This? 谁教他这么修仙的？ Ling Duoqing令多情Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Blue Star, evil cultivators, no harem, invincible protagonist, comedy, goofball humor, transmigration. If that bothers you, don't read.] [An established author’s new book, backed by twenty million characters of experience. I like setting up plot threads, so if something seems unreasonable, give it a few chapters.] A new disciple who had just joined the sect rushed in, panicking: “Master, this is terrible! Big Brother robbed someone!” “Don’t make such a fuss. Your senior brother is securing bene 92.2kReads8.8Score8.5kShelves
18. 18 节 The Long Song of the Seasons: A Harvest Tribute 节气长歌·秋收礼赞 Chang You常猷7k WordsCompleted A Long Song of the Solar Terms: A Tribute to the Autumn Harvest —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 赣 Storms over the Gan River 1 赣江风云1 Chang You常猷12k WordsCompleted Turbulence on the Gan River, Volume 1 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 水 The Truth Beneath the Ripples: Family, Tradition, and New Beginnings 水漾真相：亲情、传统与新生交织 Chang You常猷9k WordsCompleted Rippling Truths: Family, Tradition, and New Beginnings —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 节 A Long Song of the Solar Terms 节气长歌 Chang You常猷Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted The solar terms are like the breath of the land, while festivals are the heartbeat of a people. With every breath in and out, we continue a story written over a thousand years. Centered on the Yun family, four generations living under one roof, this sweeping tale follows their journey to create the “Rivers and Mountains Through the Seasons” and connects the 24 solar terms with the cultural festivals of China’s many ethnic groups, weaving together cultural heritage, family bonds, and personal gro 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 记 The Memory Fragment Buyer 记忆碎片买家 Chang You常猷Mystery11k WordsCompleted The Memory Fragment Buyer 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 镇 The Nuo Master of the Gate 镇门傩主 Chang You常猷Eastern Fantasy192k WordsCompleted A funeral at Chengqi Tower in western Fujian turns into a nightmare. The clan chief’s corpse wears an evil mask, and the clanspeople become puppets of flesh and blood! Lin Yan, heir to the mute Nuo tradition, escapes thanks to his family’s ancestral “Faceless Nuo Mask,” but glimpses a terrifying truth: the Hakka are actually puppets on strings who escaped the hands of the “Play God”! Divinations that claim lives, a walled village that devours people, a ghostly woman in the rice fields… The b —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 剑 Sword Lord Feng Yunxiao 剑主风云霄 Dream of Xin欣之梦Eastern Fantasy754k WordsOngoing On an Earth ravaged by the apocalypse, a young man dies. The Supreme Human sacrifices his life and uses a heaven-defying secret technique to send the young man's remaining soul far away to the world of immortal cultivation, where he can be reborn and cultivate anew. After a thousand years on the path to immortality and countless trials, he becomes an unparalleled powerhouse. Longing for his homeland, he tears open space and makes his way back to the devastated Earth of the apocalypse. On one sid 4Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 献 Offering to the Abyss 献京渊 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Print edition releasing October 25] “He taught me to kill, seize power, and look after myself. I taught him what it means to have a weakness.” [Serious drama + political intrigue + the fate of the nation and its people + I’m terrible at writing blurbs] Jiang Qingyu was born into wealth, and her family’s love had made her naive and pampered. It wasn’t until the day the entire Jiang family was executed that she realized how foolish she had been! When she opened her eyes again, she was determined 24.3kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    These books are really good.

26. 26 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves
27. 27 装 Play Dumb, Snack on Gossip, and Snag All the Sect's Juicy Secrets 装个傻，吃个瓜，宗门猛料一手抓 I'm Really a Salted Fish真的是咸鱼Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted cultivation-world daily life + hilarious gossip + everyone’s darling grows up] [Male lead, warm and cozy, sweet romance] Jiang Bingbing falls into a sewer and wakes up as the junior sister of Immortal Jade Peak, a famous little fool in the cultivation world. Afraid the immortals might think she’s taken over someone else’s body, she has no choice but to keep acting foolish. But seriously. Why do all these cultivators have so many secrets? The eldest senior sister, who treats the sec 13.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, They Sacrificed Me to Heaven. In the End, I Took Power 开局被祭天，结局我掌权 Big Shuttle大梭子Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted (The first fifteen chapters mostly recount memories from her past life.) Wei Yingshan was born a princess of the imperial family, but an accident left her stranded in the wilderness. She was brought back to the palace when she was thirteen. When she was seventeen, rebel troops laid siege to the city and demanded that a princess of the Wei clan surrender with her hands bound and a jade disc in her mouth. Her birth mother couldn't bear to subject the elder sister and younger brother she'd raised f 74.8kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves

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    Each character has their own unique traits, and the game is updated daily.

29. 29 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.7kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    This book is so good, I can't put it down.

30. 30 星 Interstellar: The Mecha Pilot Is a Little [Socially Anxious] 星际：机甲师她有点【社恐】 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Mecha + Military Academy + League + Ensemble Cast + Strong Female Lead + Power Fantasy] Ke Yunyao is a native of the interstellar age, with a family background that’s neither impressive nor terrible. She’s never short on money. In her brief eighteen years, she’s barely ever left home. She isn’t fond of interacting with other people and prefers to bury herself in research. Her dream is to become a top-tier mecha engineer, but her family doesn’t have many resources. No matter: she 17.9kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves

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    The female-oriented interstellar novel is super good!!!

31. 31 惊 Shocking! The Holy Sons and Daughters Are All So Awful 惊！圣子圣女们竟然都缺德 Angry Hippo愤怒的河马Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Absurd humor and memes + no romance + laugh-out-loud comedy + ensemble cast] With a loud crash from the heavens, Chun Jin met her end on the spot. Dying was bad enough, but then she transmigrated into a book, and not only that, she became a character everyone hated! As the saying goes, a doting older brother spoils his little sister. In the original story, Chun Hanwen was the unluckiest guy around. Even a dog would have left its mark on him. But a joke should never be made at a person's expe 56.4kReads9.3Score9kShelves

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    I highly recommend watching it.

32. 32 听 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 Lute and Evening Breeze琴涩晚风Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 53kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves
33. 33 斩 Slay the Gods: When the Snow Moon Sword Immortal's Daughter Arrives in Slay the Gods 斩神：当雪月剑仙之女来到斩神 I Want to Go to Bed Early Too我也想早睡阿Urban429k WordsOngoing All pairings. Canon couples will be broken up, so don’t read if that bothers you. Zhao Ling’er, daughter of Li Hanyi, the Sword Immortal of Snow Moon City, arrives from another world and becomes the agent of Goddess Nüwa. After rising to the pinnacle, she stays by Lin Qiye’s side alongside Zhou Ping, Wang Mian, the Phoenix Squad, and others... This time, she will rewrite every tragedy that left people heartbroken. Yet she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her own origins. A bronze door, a b 132Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 耕 A Family Tradition of Farming and Learning: My Backyard Grew an Entire World of Jianghu 耕读传家：我家后院种出了座江湖 Also a Breathtaking Beauty也是惊鸿Eastern Fantasy148k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy / High Martial Arts / Farming / Clan Saga / Political Intrigue] The jianghu is a beaded curtain, the imperial court a game of chess, and I, Chen Fubai, am just an unambitious farmer from Listening Rain Alley. That year, the rain fell hard over the Great Yong Dynasty. Chen Fubai kept watch over his leaky ancestral home, with a one-armed old servant who did nothing but sharpen knives standing behind him, and a blind girl in his arms who could pinpoint directions by listening to th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book is out! The protagonist and the villain are both intelligent throughout. The battles are exhilarating from the very first chapter, and it features a grand national perspective and a tale of chivalry.

35. 35 机 Mecha Girl Era: All My Mecha Girls Are World-Class 机娘纪元：我的机娘都是世界级 The Penguin Who Can't Wake Up睡不醒的企鹅Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Mecha Girls] + [Racing] + [Sweet Romance and Growth] + [Tomato’s only top-tier star racing novel] Once highly sought after by racing clubs, the top mecha girl is now ignored by everyone at the scrapyard. No one is willing to bond with her, even if she offers herself for free. She’s an “assassin race car” with unbeatable acceleration but terrible handling. Su Nian, a top racing driver from Earth, had hoped to make his mark in a world where racing technology lagged behind and success depended ent 21.5kReads9.7Score2.6kShelves

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    These are all good.

36. 36 星 Honkai: Star Rail: I'm a Quest Expert, Joining the Chat Group 星铁：我任务达人加入聊天群 Five-Strand Braid五股辫Anime Fanfiction3.7M WordsOngoing Lin Mao transmigrates into the world of "Honkai: Star Rail", suffering from an incurable case of Honkai disease. But he unexpectedly awakens a System and is invited to join a chat group. Seeing all the familiar names in the chat group, he finally gets an idea of how to treat his Honkai disease. First, there's Kiana, the Herrscher of the Void from Nagazora City. Then there's the Pink Elf from Mondstadt, who resolved the dragon crisis. With the System's help, Lin Mao frantically farms rewards from 23.4kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
37. 37 B The BOSS Is Logging Into the Players' Forum BOSS正在登陆玩家论坛 Ink Rising on the Wind扶风起墨Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Newbie village boss]+ [Subverting expectations]+ [Torturing players] On the night the “Divine Revelation” game went on sale, Xia Er died from staying up too late. When he opened his eyes, he discovered he had become a “newbie village boss” in the game. To make sure he survived, all he could do was quietly lurk on the player forums every day and study their latest guides. Player: “There's a secret passage in this dungeon area. We can sneak in through here.” Xia 23.2kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
38. 38 什 What Sword Spirit? That's My Wife! 什么剑灵，那是我老婆！ Spring Peach春日桃Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: After Becoming the Male Lead's Sword Spirit, the Entire Sect Regretted It My junior sister stole my spiritual root and my fortune, so I crippled her with one strike of my sword. Fu Xi was the eldest senior sister of the Yijian Sect. She trained diligently and was respected by her fellow disciples, but everything changed after their master brought home a junior sister. Her revered master repeatedly put the sect in danger for the sake of the junior sister. Her second junior brother 48.2kReads9.1Score6.4kShelves

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    It's so beautiful!!

39. 39 我 Selling Fire Starters in the Deep Freeze 我在寒潮里卖火种 Combing My Brows in a Dream梦里扫眉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Cold snap apocalypse + ember space + food] Qian Wen struggled to survive in the apocalypse for ten years. After finally awakening powerful mental abilities, she died in a rampage by the Otherworldly creatures, taking all the supplies in her pocket dimension with her. At the time, Earth was suffering extreme heat, and the cold snap had yet to arrive. She died in the apocalypse before the cold snap, only to wake up in the apocalypse after the cold snap had settled in. In this life, she is an Embe 391Reads8.8Score—Shelves
40. 40 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.9kReads8.9Score12.4kShelves
41. 41 在 A Shady Merchant in a Horror World 在惊悚世界当奸商 One Stroke of the Blade执笔一刀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world, transmigration, System, comedy, no female lead, survival, feel-good story, infinite worlds, horror, the uncanny] Lin Wu adjusted quickly to suddenly finding himself in an unfamiliar place. After all, those people in white coats often moved him around while he was asleep. The people here looked a lot like the ugly things he used to see. They were a little uglier, but a 19.8kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
42. 42 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 47.7kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves
43. 43 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7kShelves
44. 44 快 Quick Transmigration: The Mission Is King 快穿之任务为王 Just a Memory不过是回忆Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + the Myriad Worlds + Male Side Characters + Comeback + Some Romance] They were tools, experience points, stepping stones, existing only to make other people look impressive and find happiness. Original male and female leads: This is your fate! Faced with the protagonists' halos, Chang Qing decided to be himself. [1] From the start, he breaks off his engagement to the Dragon King's fiancée. Will the world come crashing down? Chang Qing: Sorry, I reinforced this with ti 14.6kReads8.9Score799Shelves
45. 45 星EN Gate of the Star Scar 星痕之门 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.3M WordsOngoing There are Star Gates in this world. Everyone who enters becomes a god. Ren Ye has already served two and a half years in prison when a mysterious visitor suddenly comes to see him. The visitor says, “If you’re willing to take part in a game, you can walk out of here right now. The price is… you might die.” Many years later, Ren Ye stands alone within a Star Gate, looking back on the past. Many of the faces in his memories have grown indistinct… 2024: The tide is coming, and the travelers keep wa 51.4kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
46. 46 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.8kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
47. 47 诡 The Strange Heart 诡异心脏 Qingfeng Riverside青峰浦上Eastern Fantasy504k WordsCompleted Ma Liu transmigrates into a world of demons and monsters and becomes a pickpocket in the Skinning Office. He discovers that he has fused with a strange heart, allowing him to slaughter demons and monsters and absorb their memories and various abilities. Humans and demons live side by side in this world. To survive, he has no choice but to lie low and quietly grow stronger in the Skinning Office. A thousand years later... When Ma Liu finally decides to leave, his hidden trump cards are just a tin 3.3kReads8.9Score241Shelves
48. 48 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.6kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves
49. 49 自 Ever Since I Got a Mental Illness, I’ve Been Feeling Much Better 自从得了精神病，整个人都精神了 Barbecue Salted Fish Knight碳烤咸鱼骑士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + eerie happenings + multiple personalities + comedy + slow burn + everyday life] A red moon appears, and contamination descends. Most people in the world become mentally ill, carrying mental contamination. Xiao Liang is a mentally ill man who has been contaminated but hasn't gone mad. He uses his dissociative identities to beat eerie creatures, and moonlights as a one-stop murder-and-body-disposal service. Only when a god dies beneath his own iron shovel does he realize that he 15.7kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
50. 50 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 142.8kReads9.3Score14.7kShelves

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