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1. 1701 棋 The Divine Powers of Chess: A Battle Royale of Historical Figures 棋道神通：历史人物大乱斗 Xuan Chen玄尘Sports552k WordsOngoing [Original System] [Heroic Strategy Battles] [Passionate Competition] When historical heroes from China and abroad, from ancient times to the present, become pieces that can be summoned onto the board, every match becomes a clash and bloody struggle between legendary heroes. Heroes have spirits, players have their own paths: a whole new world of strategy battles, where heroes face off in an entirely different way. Summon the spirits of heroes from across history, then journey together through the 6.4kReads8.6Score623Shelves

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   The premise is very novel, and it's by the same author and from the same faction. I only recommend this one, which speaks volumes about its quality.

2. 1702 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Cannon Fodder Top Is Forced to Fall in Love Again 快穿：反派炮灰攻又被强制爱了 Lu Wuwei鹿五危Two Male Leads1.0M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + two male leads + protagonist is the shou + no fixed CP + tragic endings in the small worlds + love triangles and forced love] Lin Si has dreamed since childhood of joining the Time and Space Administration and landing a secure job. After taking an exam with a thousand other candidates, he finally scraped into the Time and Space Administration with a bottom-of-the-class score... as part of the Villain Cannon Fodder Gong Group? With all the enthusiasm he could muster, Lin 104.1kReads9.5Score11kShelves

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   I didn't finish reading the entire chapter.

3. 1703 强 A Forceful Romance! My Sweet, Soft Wife Can't Escape! 强势婚恋！香软小乖妻逃不掉！ Mo Jiu Xuan He墨酒玄鹤Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Unhinged, obsessive, sickly love + rugged man + 20-year age gap + ruthless hero + dark themes + unscrupulous tactics + marriage before love + both virgins + strong hero, weak heroine + innocent heroine + possessiveness + control + no escape] Unhinged, ruthless, possessive big shot × fragile, innocent college student He Xue was taking a boat to attend a lecture by a renowned teacher when a local conglomerate kidnapped her. Its chairman, Fu Zhenlong, forcibly took her away and made her marry him 25.2kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
4. 1704 童 A Human-Shaped Pokemon in a Fairy-Tale World 童话世界的人形宝可梦 Xiaotian Who Loves Oranges爱吃橘子的小天Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Healing + fairy tales + another world + Western fantasy, no especially bleak dark fairy tales] Enzo never imagined he would plunge headfirst into a fairy-tale world. That world is full of stories everyone knows by heart. But in reality, not every story ends with a prince and princess living happily ever after. A little girl freezes to death one night because she can't sell her matches! A mermaid longs to become human, only to turn into sea foam! Little Red Riding Hood is eaten by the Big Bad Wo 15.8kReads7.8Score1.9kShelves
5. 1705 只 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ A Long Sigh长叹一声Urban3.9M WordsOngoing (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 261.1kReads9.5Score18.8kShelves
6. 1706 一EN One Entry Per Year: Even a Simulator Can Do It 一年抽取一词条，模拟的也可以？ Six Great Sixes六大六子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Trait extraction + simulator + inherit everything + immortal martial arts] (Animated adaptation now available) Chen Yi transmigrates to a martial arts world and obtains a System that draws one trait every year. Unfortunately, all he draws are useless white traits. The probability of obtaining high-quality traits is extremely low, and the highest-grade mythical trait has a chance of only 0.001%! To improve the odds, he must raise his martial arts realm, but he has no innate aptitude and cannot c 427.9kReads8.8Score42.2kShelves
7. 1707 可 Poor Thing! President He’s Obsessively Doting on Her Day and Night 可怜的她！被病娇贺总日夜宠爱！ Mo Jiu Xuan He墨酒玄鹤Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Ruthless hero + no escape + 22-year age gap + dark and intense + deranged, possessive love + no scruples + powerful man, vulnerable woman + both are each other’s first and only + marriage before love + innocent heroine + winning her back] Deranged, possessive financial magnate uncle × naive, timid little bunny Wen Tongtong lived in the wealthy He family’s home, where food and clothes were always brought to her. Outsiders envied her life beyond measure. But Wen Tongtong knew that although she en 17.3kReads8.1Score1kShelves
8. 1708 退 Retired Knight: The Young Lady's Personal Butler 退役骑士：萝莉大小姐的私人管家 Mound Fox冢狐Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy] [Slice of Life] [Raising a Daughter] [Lolis] [Lots of Lolis] [Reverse Soul Transmigration] [No System] When he was young, Lane accidentally devoured the memories of someone who had transmigrated. He later joined the Knights and became the captain of the “Shadow Erosion” Knights. After fulfilling his duties in the order, Lane received word that his adoptive father was gravely ill. After seeing his father one last time, Lane took over his work in accordance with his father's w 14.6kReads9.1Score2kShelves
9. 1709 不 I Only Raised a Dao Fruit, So How Did You Become Everyone’s Favorite? 不就养个道果你怎么成万人迷的？ Liangqing Lake量青湖Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing As Ning Heng lay dying, a mysterious orb bargained with him, asking him to cultivate a Dao Fruit. He thought he’d landed in a “relaxed farming-and-cultivation story where I become a saint” script. But then The Dao Fruit’s seed crumbled to dust, and somehow it had taken root in so many chosen ones. What the heck? To cultivate a complete Dao Fruit, Ning Heng has no choice but to enter the game and take part in the orb’s struggle against the Heavenly Dao: He helps a scheming young man who’s been du 29.5kReads7.8Score2kShelves
10. 1710 顶 Top-Tier Villain's Twisted Love 顶级恶种病态爱 A Breeze Rises in the Grain l尽起风禾lModern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Living by the blade + Russian-Chinese superhuman hybrid / ruthless Southeast Asian business kingpin / top hacker across all seven continents + a beast in human skin / wolfish and depraved + sexual tension] - On the day hail fell in Chonburi Province, Xia Koukhou was sent by her parents to live with a man as depraved as a wolf. Xia Koukhou remembered him. Her mother had said he was a bad man she must never provoke. Of course, the bad man remembered Xia Koukhou too. He had seen her twice. The fir 2.9kReads8.3Score261Shelves
11. 1711 红 Loyal Souls of the Red Earth 红土忠魂 Starlight Across the Nine Heavens 1星耀九霄1Urban137k WordsCompleted A realistic war story about the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense. It portrays the brutality of war and humanity’s longing and yearning for peace. In human society, peaceful development never lasts long, and a happy life is never easy to come by. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1712 这 The Martial World Got Weird Because of Me 这个江湖因我而变得奇怪 What Kind of Trash Did I Write?写的什么垃圾Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted System: [100% chance of being caught barehanded when someone strikes with a blade] Protagonist: I have a sword that makes immortals kneel. System: [Cures all poisons. Condition: eat something foul.] Protagonist: Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, with my secret blend of seasonings. At the northern border, an army of one hundred thousand barbarians invades. A swordsman climbs onto the city wall and swings his sword at the vast army. The hundred thousand soldiers kneel as if in awe of the gods. The 22.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
13. 1713 离 Tears of the Departed 离人泪 Author Little Maruko作者小丸子Ancient Romance48k WordsCompleted Three years ago, she risked her life to get the antidote and save him. Three years later, he returned in triumph as the supreme ruler, yet hated her to the core. He massacred her entire clan, drained her blood, crushed her bones, and wouldn't even spare the child in her womb. Only when he pierced her chest with his sword did Mu Wanqing understand that some people's hearts are made of stone. No matter how hard she tried to warm them, they would never thaw. 167Reads5.4Score—Shelves
14. 1714 高 High Martial: I Become Invincible by Reaching Godhood with 100 Million Experience Points 高武：成神从一亿经验值开始无敌 Steamed Bun Filling Dumpling馒头馅儿饺子Urban600k WordsOngoing [Modern Urban High Martial + Spiritual Qi Revival + System + Satisfying Read + From the Start + Invincible] “I know, I know. My sins are grave. I wiped out a hundred thousand lives!” Lu Cheng said “guiltily.” System: … Lu Cheng transmigrates to a world invaded by wild beasts, where humanity’s living space has been drastically reduced. Endless wild beasts run rampant outside the cities. And Lu Cheng is just a lowly Grade G nobody. Unexpectedly, he receives the Kill-to-Become-a-God System. This si 4.7kReads6.1Score354Shelves
15. 1715 天 I Fear Neither Heaven nor Earth, Only Leaks 天不怕，地不怕，就怕漏 Starlight Across the Nine Heavens 1星耀九霄1Historical20k WordsCompleted These are stories from Chinese folk legends. The older generation in my family used to tell them to me when I was little. Today, I've polished them up a bit to share with you. Chinese culture must be passed down, not allowed to disappear. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1716 无 Infinite Flow: The Horror Boss Always Wants Me All to Himself 无限流：恐怖boss总想独占我 Round Little Egg圆滚滚蛋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ruan Miaomiao is forced into a terrifying survival game. She’s so timid and spoiled that she always thought the monsters would kill her first. To her surprise, every monster wants to kiss and cuddle her from the moment they lay eyes on her. The other players fight for their lives just to survive. All she has to do is act cute for the boss, and she’ll make it to the end. A timid, weepy, soft little airhead, she can only tearfully act cute for the cruel, possessive bosses if she wants to stay aliv 5kReads9.3Score579Shelves
17. 1717 一 World War I: I Became the White-Haired Kaiser’s Wheelchair for Governing the Country 一战：我成了白毛德皇的治国轮椅 Curtainfall X Qiqiyue落幕X柒柒月Historical849k WordsOngoing [World War I + Second Reich + white-haired Kaiser + gray line + old-school tsundere] [An old favorite returns: the previous book had 11,000 reviews and a 9.6 rating, so you can count on the quality] When Claude woke up, he discovered that he had returned to Germany on the eve of World War I, as a struggling second-rate writer. To make a living, he published radical essays in newspapers and gave impromptu speeches on the streets. But his good fortune didn't last: his activities caught the attenti 122kReads9.5Score21.6kShelves

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    It looks pretty good.

18. 1718 五 Five Yue Battle Blades 五越战刃 Starlight Across the Nine Heavens 1星耀九霄1Historical256k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into the crown prince of an ancient fictional dynasty. Unfortunately, three days after I ascended the throne, enemy cavalry breached the capital. I became the shortest-reigning emperor in history. Just as the rebels were about to tear me apart, my System awakened. I got five divine weapons from the start, and each time I "escaped from prison," I unlocked another one 24Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1719 都 Urban: Leading Humanity Toward a Godlike Civilization 都市：带领人类走向神级文明 The Enlightened Traveler of Heaven's Way天行悟者Urban563k WordsOngoing [Immortality | System | Tech-Driven National Power | Ruthless and Decisive | The Stars and Beyond] Burdened by a mortgage and ground down by office work? Lu Chen awakens the [Life Extraction System]. Pull up a weed and gain 0.01 Life Points. One point adds a year to your lifespan! He can also trade points for attributes and break through the limits of the human body! With a physique rating of 2,000, he can cruise at Mach 4 under his own power. Bullets can't even catch his afterimage! But he does 13.7kReads6.4Score1.5kShelves
20. 1720 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 31.7kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
21. 1721 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 118.9kReads9.5Score16.6kShelves
22. 1722 网 Online Game: I Have a Super-God-Tier Talent 网游：我有超神级天赋 Rousing Ape撼动猩Sports4.6M WordsCompleted [Updated through the fusion of Ragnarok and reality] [Traditional VRMMO + Transcendent Talent + Ruthless Protagonist + Plot-Driven + No Female Lead] Reborn before Ragnarok's servers launch, he has the chance to start over. Every regret from his past life will be made right. He never awakened a talent in his previous life, not even after ten years. Now, armed with memories of that life, he obtains a God-Tier Talent Awakening Stone and unlocks a Transcendent Talent! Every normal attack permanently 175.2kReads8.9Score17.7kShelves

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    I recommend keeping watching until you're sure you want to keep going, otherwise you'll forget the initial setup.

23. 1723 无 No One Is Innocent 无人清白 Cong Zhang丛张Mystery167k WordsCompleted During a dinner gathering, Pei Yuming’s closest family and friends are all poisoned to death. He is the sole survivor, but becomes the police’s prime suspect. During questioning, Pei Yuming repeatedly flashes back to the moments before dinner began. After accidentally uncovering a secret between his wife and a friend, he gradually realizes that everyone at the table was hiding something they never wanted outsiders to know, and the killer is hidden among those secrets... 146.5kReads9.1Score22.6kShelves

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    It's worth watching.

24. 1724 修EN Immortal Cultivation: This Is How the Unorthodox Do It 修仙：旁门左道就是这样的 Fire Cloud Pillar火云柱Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Classical-style cultivation] [No System] [Growth] [The clash between new and old cultivation methods] [The passage of time] [Some farming and management] [No level suppression] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fellow Daoist, rent a set of internal organs and a brain to help you cultivate!] [When you practice the Golden Core, you can dig up your ancestors and have them help you cultivate] [My family has a lineage stretching back ten thousand years, with the bones of a hundred thousand grandmaster martia 147.3kReads8.5Score12.9kShelves

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    The value of one's first degree

25. 1725 打 Slap Me, and the Whole World Takes the Same Damage 打我一巴掌全世界都受到同等伤害 Potatoes Stewed with Chili Peppers土豆炖辣椒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A million-character novel [fresh premise + comedy + high martial arts + whenever the protagonist gets hurt, the whole world takes ten times the damage + buffs, diarrhea, and when all things revive, pain and pleasure are also shared with everyone tenfold + what do you do when people from another world are too strong? Hit yourself. Come on, let's hurt each other! Stop chasing me! If you keep it up, I'll start pleasuring myself.] 12.1kReads6.8Score1.1kShelves

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    700,000 Words [New theme + humor + high martial arts + when the protagonist is injured, the whole world suffers ten times the damage + buffs, diarrhea, when everything revives, pain and pleasure are also shared ten times by everyone + what to do when the otherworldly beings are too strong, fight each other, come on, hurt each other, stop chasing, if you keep chasing I'll just kill myself.]

26. 1726 职 The Twelve Volumes of the Professional Rankings, and My Name Is in Every One 职业天榜十二卷，卷卷有爷名 Six Great Sixes六大六子Sports1.8M WordsCompleted [Full-cast audiobook now available|Class change + clones + no female lead + nonstop laughs + mastermind behind the scenes + explosive plot] Song Gua transmigrated with a whole bunch of fun-loving clones. This was a world where everyone changed classes. Song Gua became a Bondbearer who could borrow power, while his clones took on all kinds of different classes, with every variety imaginable. Their numbers kept growing, and every last one was talented and charming. Under Song Gua’s brilliant l 49.5kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves
27. 1727 六 The Siheyuan Compound in the 1960s: I'm Eight, but I Have Twenty Years of Work Experience? 六零大杂院，我八岁二十年工龄？ Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Big Courtyard] [Comedy] [A Kid with an Adult's Mind] [Everyday Warmth] [Leisurely Days] [Over-the-Quota Family] [Space] (The story has progressed into the 1970s.) What can you do after waking up in 1960, an era of shortages and hunger? Baogen says that as long as you have the right mindset, nothing is impossible. First, he needs to get his hands on six stripes. The story begins at the big courtyard at No. 67, Little Suzhou Alley, just one street away from Nanluoguxiang. An old 24.6kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    Three books completed, two read and currently reading the other two.

28. 1728 穿 After Entering a Comic, I Became Everyone's Moonlight 穿进漫画后我成了所有人的白月光 Jing Yan惊燕Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Main story complete] [Bonus chapters updating regularly] [No romance, no romance, not even for the key characters! The only tags are no romance, happy ending, System! A wish-fulfillment story!] The talkative, chuuni, drama-loving male protagonist, Zheng Guanqi (known as Yazhou in the comic) The Dungeon Guidebook became a huge hit thanks to its breathtaking art and merciless plot. But as the story progressed, readers realized that one after another, the main characters seemed to be dying, and t 45.9kReads9.4Score9.2kShelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! I can guarantee it's incredible, even if I spend over 15,000 minutes on my homepage. The author's writing is superb, incredibly delicate. I love the ensemble cast, the gloomy male ghost, the little sunshine, the savior, the forum-style writing, the gentle mother, and the side stories—those are truly blessed! Trust me, it's really good.

29. 1729 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 314.1kReads9.5Score58.8kShelves

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    It's clear from the comments that some of the books recommended are quite good, but very few can compare to this one – completely flawless. The sheer scale of its concept and the meticulousness of its thought process will absolutely exceed your expectations.

30. 1730 我 I Live Forever, Unfazed Even If the Sky Falls 我长生于世，天塌不惊 Scholar Who Wins a Marquisate封侯书生Eastern Fantasy871k WordsCompleted [A slice-of-life cultivation story + traditional Chinese medicine + no female lead + no tragic twists + alchemy] Since ancient times, few things have been more regrettable than a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray. An aging hero is bound to be bullied. A beauty with gray hair is no longer adored. No matter how peerlessly gifted and invincible you are, or how breathtakingly beautiful, you cannot escape the power of time. Having witnessed the changing seasons and savored the world's ups an 6.3kReads8.8Score593Shelves
31. 1731 无 Infinite Simulations: From the Start, I'm Taking on Wang Mazi! 无限模拟：开局对线王麻子！ Snow Shattered Across a Thousand Mountains千山碎雪Eastern Fantasy880k WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan + Simulator + Playing It Safe + Leveling Up + Multiple Female Characters] Teng Cheng transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes the young master of the Teng family. He also possesses a Wood Heavenly Spiritual Root and extraordinary talent. At just fifteen, he successfully establishes his foundation, a true prodigy. He thought he could rely on his own strength to go further and further along the path of cultivation. He never expected the System to suddenly arrive! From then o 10.6kReads7.4Score787Shelves

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    I think this is really good.

32. 1732 第 The Fourth Calamity: You Say Humanity Is Weak in the Interstellar Age? 第四天灾：在星际你说人族势弱？ Yi Pingping一平平Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted In the era of the Interstellar Alliance, countless races have united to fight off the invasion of the insectoid race. Among all the races, humanity is the weakest. As the only human to enter the Lord's Academy, he is assigned a remote, desolate planet. Danger lurks everywhere, and the insectoids could discover and devour him at any moment. Unless he can develop his own people and planet, Wei Yuan will not only fail to graduate, he may not survive. Luckily, transmigration comes with a System. Wei 30.9kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves

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    I'll be unconvinced if I don't read this book about the Fourth Calamity! [Laughs]

33. 1733 转 Class Change: Emperor, Behold My Art of Exterminating Nine Generations! 转职皇帝：看朕九族剥离之术！ Guide to the Art of War兵法指南Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Overpowered domination + leveling up + vying for supremacy + female characters] The Abyss invades, and humanity enters an age where everyone can choose a class. Monsters run rampant, and factions vie for power in this world. Only those who become class holders deserve respect. While everyone cheers as geniuses awaken elite classes, Qin Yang awakens the one and only hidden class: Supreme Sovereign. Appointed by Heaven, may his reign endure forever! He bears the imperial destiny of five th 21kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    I watched it a long time ago.

34. 1734 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.6kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    Chi Ge, decisive and ruthless

35. 1735 陛 Your Majesty! The Duke's Uncle Passed the Palace Exam in Third Place! 陛下！国舅爷他中了探花！ The Pig Who Hates Hiking不爱爬山的猪Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [Civil Service Exams and Officialdom] [Court Intrigue] [Plenty of Romance] [A Slice-of-Life Leaning] People in the capital say that after taking a thorough beating, the young imperial uncle has finally gotten his old self back, and even passed the exam as a third-place laureate. But no one knows that he has lived two lives, or that he once had a miraculous encounter across time and witnessed the flourishing civilization of a thousand years in the future. Jiang Yan has never understood how he los 47.2kReads8.9Score5kShelves
36. 1736 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.4kReads6.4Score304Shelves

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    A 9.0 rating is required to be worth reading, and multiple readings are needed to be considered a good book? Have today's bookworms become so picky? Has anyone read these books? What score would you give them? 🥰😜😜😳 [What?] 😄

37. 1737 秩 Order Paradise: I Can Add Points Without Limit 秩序乐园，我无限加点 Ruler of the Ancient Gods古神支配者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist + Infinite Flow + Data-Based + Logic-Focused + Utterly Dark + Anti-Human Nature + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead] Mu Bei is a cause without origin, with no biological father. After spending eighteen years in a sterile hospital ward, Mu Bei signs a contract with the Paradise of Order. And so begins a story full of slaughter and destruction, devoid of love and mercy, one that feeds on all living beings... (Reader advisory 1: After the first volume, the protagonist bec 346Reads7.3Score113Shelves

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    I've finished reading all of these books, and they're all really excellent.

38. 1738 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Eternal Life 修仙从长生不死开始 Little Crispy Veggie小蔬脆Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted A short drama with the same title is now available. If you're interested, go check out Cultivation Begins with Immortality. System + transmigration + keeping a low profile Lin Jiang transmigrates to the world of cultivation and gains a longevity sign-in System. Sign in for one day, gain one year of lifespan. Lin Jiang: “Cultivation doesn't seem all that urgent after all. I'll take my time.” (Not a dark, overpowered power fantasy. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.) 38.9kReads8.2Score4kShelves

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    These two books are truly outstanding; the concepts are incredibly novel and completely exceeded my expectations.

39. 1739 灭 Extinction: From Beginner to Expert 灭绝世界从入门到精通 An Elementary Schooler's Keyboard小学生的键盘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Villain + villain + villain + no female lead + ruthless and decisive] “Li Yuan, you’re a madman! I can’t comprehend your malice toward life. I can’t even imagine how cold and dark your heart must be. Your actions are appalling. I simply believe that killing you is more urgent than killing any other enemy.” “Li Yuan, are you trying to play God? You want to turn the world into hell, etching your crimes into every corner. You want to make life your plaything, with everyone’s survival hanging on yo 6.1kReads7.5Score503Shelves
40. 1740 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.5kReads—Score192Shelves
41. 1741 幽 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 8.5kReads8.7Score648Shelves
42. 1742 大 Ming Dynasty 1572 大明1572 Dream Interpreter典梦师Historical376k WordsCompleted In the first year of the Wanli era, the ten-year-old emperor ascended the throne. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng enforced the Kaocheng system and the Single Whip Reform with an iron hand, filling the dying Ming treasury and securing its borders over the next ten years. But the deeper the reforms went, the fiercer the opposition became; the greater his power, the deeper his loneliness. He had once been the "Teacher Zhang" most respected by the emperor, but ultimately became the person the young so 139Reads—Score124Shelves

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    This one, *Da Ming 1572*, is definitely worth watching.

43. 1743 旧 Ashes of the Old World 旧日余烬 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban398k WordsOngoing "Some say the world is one enormous nightmare, and everyone lives in it with painstaking care. What do you think, sir?" "Me? I don't have time to watch. Because for me, there's more than one nightmare like this..." At first, no one cared whether they'd had a nightmare the night before, until one day people woke up to find traces of their dreams still lingering before their eyes. And so the world changed. Disaster swept across the land, fear followed like a shadow, and reality crumbled away. 101.5kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves

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    The next book is another book by the same author as the first book, and it's only been serialized for a little over ten days.

44. 1744 开 What’s It Like to Become the Heavenly Dao from the Start? 开局成为天道是一种怎样体验 Hong Juan鸿娟Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System + behind-the-scenes scheming + prehistoric fantasy + cultivation + world-building + no female lead] What is it like to become the Heavenly Dao of a world from the start? Naturally, the goal is to transcend and become the most powerful Heavenly Dao in the universe. It begins with the evolution of a small world, leading to a great world and then the primordial world. The beings under the Heavenly Dao also transform, from mortals to cultivators, then immortals, and finally Mythic Great D 7kReads8.3Score501Shelves
45. 1745 我 I’m Just Slacking Off, Who Accused Me of Usurping the Throne? 我一摸鱼的，谁污蔑我摄政？ Who Knows Where知向谁边Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy] + [alternate history] + [one heroine] + [nearly invincible] My name is Ling Chen, and I'm in ancient times. To obtain citizenship in the Great Zhou dynasty, I was forced to volunteer for the Vanguard Battalion and go chop people up on the battlefield. By a twist of fate, I rescued an old geezer from the enemy. It was the best investment I ever made. I thought I had latched onto a powerful patron. But... Why am I the MVP when the results screen comes up? That's when I final 32.7kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves

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    One is an alternate history series, and the other is an original tokusatsu (special effects) series; both are quite unique.

46. 1746 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12kShelves

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    This book was my gateway into horror fiction; it's practically a timeless classic.

47. 1747 身 I'm a Villainous Officer, and My Little Sister Is on the Hero Team? 身为反派干部，妹妹是战队成员？ A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban2.8M WordsCompleted New book out Mayhem + tokusatsu + Super Sentai + invincible protagonist + fun-loving troublemaker. Steady updates, at least 8,000 words a day. Earth is a nexus connecting countless other worlds, and a stage for all kinds of civilizations, evil organizations, and superheroes. Bai Yu spent ten years becoming the branch director of the evil organization, the Apostles of Chaos. His branch is called Dreamland. He creates fear and despair, weaving dreams that make righteous heroes lose their way. He i 25.3kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves
48. 1748 我 My Years of Struggle in Soviet Russia 我在苏俄奋斗那些年 Naive Pig懵懂的猪Historical3.3M WordsOngoing A transmigrated soul wanders through the Soviet Union of the 1940s. Beneath a uniform of the NKVD, how many stories lie hidden... 11.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is unbeatable; it has no flaws except for the fact that it's been discontinued.

49. 1749 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Urban2.9M 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, 263.8kReads8.2Score18.8kShelves

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    Truly unparalleled

50. 1750 谍 Espionage: 2,000 Deaths from the Start 谍战：开局死亡两千次 Jin Daye金大涯Urban958k WordsOngoing Xie Shu, male, formerly an Olympic shooting champion in the twenty-first century. One day, he kills himself and wakes up in 1940. Reason: Unknown. Identity: Unknown. Status: Being buried alive. Xie Shu: ...What a disastrous start! The good news: He gains the ability to rewind time whenever he dies. The bad news: He wakes up at a live burial site and has to die two thousand times before he escapes. While helping a passing guerrilla unit complete its mission, he somehow ends up as the illegitimat 41.2kReads9.3Score6.2kShelves

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    This is the only one still being serialized. But I've been following it all this time without getting bored at all; in fact, I still love it. It's great!

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