Ten Years to Sharpen One Sword 十年磨一剑

1. 1 末 Apocalypse: More Children, More Blessings, Starting with the Aloof Class Belle 末世：多子多福，从高冷班花开始 Ate a Lemon吃了柠檬Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted [Invincible + zombie apocalypse + more children, more blessings + tons of female characters + ruthless and decisive + profits above all] When the apocalypse arrived and zombies broke out, Liu Yang and the aloof class beauty were trapped in a room together. The girl who used to barely give Liu Yang the time of day could now only kneel and beg to cling to him! That's when Liu Yang awakened the more children, more blessings System and gained powerful abilities. From then on, he rose to the top of t 47.9kReads8.5Score4.1kShelves

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   I read well

2. 2 被 Bullied by a Mafia Heiress, My Capital City Young Master Identity Is Exposed 被黑道千金霸凌，我京少身份曝光 Listening to the Wind, Playing with the Rain听风弄雨Urban3.8M WordsOngoing Gu Tian transmigrates into the role of Kyoto's young master. With a casual smile, he can leave anyone's fate hanging in the balance. Who could have guessed that his arrogance would go too far, prompting his own father to kick him out to Jiangzhou and put him on ice? “If I didn't teach you some humility, you'd really think you were the lord of heaven!” But in Jiangzhou, he gets bullied by the daughter of the local crime boss. “Qiao Na, you can pick: buried in the river or sunk in the lake.” “W-Wh 43.6kReads8.5Score2.8kShelves
3. 3 把 I Turned My Sister into a Doll, Now I Challenge the Gods Above 把妹妹制成人偶，我剑指漫天诸神 Mu Xin Diao Long牧心雕龙Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Dystopian + dark comedy + grand worldbuilding + thrills and heartbreak] In the summer of Year 1048 of the Pillar Calendar, Luo Li once again pushed open the glass doors of the Civil Affairs Application Bureau. To obtain a license to kill a girl and use her flesh and blood to awaken a sleeping puppet. “Public Safety Bureau of Laiyin City reminds you: kill without a license and lose everything; kill with a license and benefit your whole family.” “Want to kill someone? Getting a license is har 123.1kReads9.4Score16.2kShelves
4. 4 校 The Campus Beauty Professor Confessed? My Older Sister, the Mother-in-Law, Disapproves 校花教授表白？姐姐丈母娘不同意 Madman of Chu楚中狂客Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Cool older sister + stunning campus beauty + devoted professor + beautiful older woman] Auntie Yan is gentle, beautiful, doting, and fiery-tempered. She's fiercely protective and a powerhouse in a fight, has spent half her life alone, and has managed both her career and family. She's in the prime of her life. Sister Pan looks aloof but is passionate inside. She inherited Auntie Yan's beauty perfectly, but she's a hopeless romantic who has loved He Ye alone, in both her past and present lives. I 48.9kReads8.4Score4.7kShelves
5. 5 重 Reborn into the Campus Beauty’s Home, I Froze When Her Mom Came Out 重生在校花家，她妈出来时我傻了 Fox Mushroom狐菌Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [All hand-crafted, plenty of romantic rivalry, extra sweet with no angst, no System, an emotionally intelligent male lead, and a capable heroine who isn't just eye candy. You won't regret giving it a try.] By the bathroom door, Chen Yue caught Auntie Jiang, the beautiful mother of his schoolmate of twelve years, as she fell. Auntie Jiang came from a well-connected family, was beautiful with a gentle voice, and was also a great help with the finances. To get his hands on the first pot of gold for 127.8kReads8.8Score12.8kShelves
6. 6 冒 Impersonating a Beijing Elite, I Control Global Capital 冒充京圈子弟，操纵全球资本 May Ice City五月冰城Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Reborn + tycoon + making money + business and politics + ruthless + period setting + god-tier wealth] (A fresh take with no substitutes. Come give it a try.) You get sixty million out of nowhere from the start. If you were me, how would you spend it? Chen Hao's answer: First, give yourself an identity nobody would dare mess with! He pretends to be a third-generation heir he knew in his previous life. “Young Master Chen, should we buy this plot of land?” “Buy it.” “Young Master Chen, that intern 98.5kReads8.6Score14.5kShelves
7. 7 捕 Fishing Tycoon: Starting in a Small Hokkaido Fishing Village 捕鱼大亨：从北海道小渔村开始 Living Off Others While Acting Tough软饭硬吃啦Urban1.6M WordsOngoing (No angst, no dragging things out, no procrastination, no hypocrisy, no holier-than-thou heroine, no vulgarity, no pointless transmigration. Pure, unrestrained wish fulfillment.) No System. He transmigrates in his own body, with a genuinely patriotic spirit. Beachcombing, fishing, running a business and building it up. If that's not your thing, please don't complain. Dongye Shuo had only come to Hokkaido for a vacation, hot springs, and an authentic massage. He never expected to fall asleep and 224.6kReads8.9Score26.6kShelves
8. 8 我 I Read a Love Letter at the Podium, and the Cold School Beauty Regretted It 我上讲台念情书，高冷校花后悔了 Fox Mushroom狐菌Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [New book now available, please show your support] [Cool-and-distant sweetheart, lovesick older beauty, gentle but deadly younger woman, beautiful vanguard commander, angel investor] Chen Sheng returns to the day his love letter is put on trial, ten days before the college entrance exams. Because he’s shameless, the aloof campus beauty turns into a clingy, whimpering sweetheart. The possessive older beauty loves him and gets jealous, but is also generous, and becomes the family’s chief steward. 105.2kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
9. 9 系 The System Gave You the Art of Dual Cultivation, but You Ascended Through Technology 系统给你合欢功，你科技飞升 Nine-Headed Lion Cat九头狮子猫Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Host detected. Join the Immortal Realm’s top sect, the Acacia Sect. System reward: The Art of Enchanting Women] Li Xiu Wu looks at the Peking University admission letter in his hands. Reborn in 2002, on the eve of the World Cup, he seizes this once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity to achieve financial freedom. As for what to do next, he’ll follow his heart. 47kReads7.4Score5kShelves
10. 10 我 My Cat Can't Do a Backflip, So She Said She Didn't Believe Me and Came Inside 我家猫不会后翻，她说不信要进屋 Rowing Back Late After a Good Time尽兴晚回舟Urban737k WordsOngoing [Youthful school life]+ [Cozy everyday moments]+ [Absurd fun]+ [Dancing repeatedly on the edge of a love triangle]+ [Meme references] Shu Jingming's grades aren't very good. He only scored 23 on his latest English test, and the worst part is that his English teacher is his mom. With six months left until the college entrance exam, he unexpectedly awakens the Talent Trait System. Complete a task to earn a talent trait, and you can even copy other people's talents. School beauty, that's a great 15.9kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves

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    My favorite books are usually the ones that are more funny.

11. 11 实 Classroom of the Elite: The Survival of the Fittest? No, It's a School Romance 实教：实力至上？不，是恋爱校园 Green Robe and Shorts青衫裤衩Anime Fanfiction934k WordsOngoing [Daily life + romance + multiple heroines + plenty of fun + starts in Class B] Kitagawa Kai transmigrates into the world of Classroom of the Elite and becomes a student in Class B. After activating a favorability System, he has no choice but to turn school life into a dating sim. “Survival of the fittest? No, no.” “Starting today, this is Kitagawa Kai's Love Campus.” And so... On the very first day of school, he escorts Sakayanagi Arisu into the classroom. Kitagawa: “I'm here, damn it!” Sakayana 35.9kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves
12. 12 恋 Dating Show: I’m the Most Sought-After Contestant on Heartbeat 8 恋综：我在心动8被哄抢 Falling for Onions, of All Things偏偏爱上洋葱Urban265k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world, Li Xiao was signed up by her family for the dating show Heart's Little House. She thought she'd just make a token appearance and enjoy the show. Who could have guessed she'd end up being the most captivating one there!? This seems a little different from what I imagined at first?! Lanlan: Who could resist Li Xiao calling you “big sister”~ Yuan'er: Big brother Li Xiao~ 1.1kReads6.1Score118Shelves
13. 13 重 Reborn in 1985: A Young Man with a Bright Future 重生1985，少年大有可为 vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.9M WordsOngoing At forty, Shen Mo returned to 1985. The child of educated youths sent to southern Yunnan, he was left behind when his parents returned to Shanghai and divorced. “Dad has a home, Mom has a home, and I'm left all by myself. Am I just in the way...” The lyrics from a TV drama he'd once watched had become his own life. Shen Mo was now an unwanted burden, unloved by both grandmothers, but he still had his second uncle. “Xiao Mo, the city registration fee is nearly four hundred yuan, but your second u 163.4kReads8.5Score13.5kShelves
14. 14 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Urban3.8M 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 260.1kReads9.5Score16.5kShelves
15. 15 相 After a Failed Blind Date, the Rich Woman Tries to Enter My Heart 相亲失败后，富婆试图走进我心房 Waste Crane废鹤Urban1.3M WordsCompleted After introverted social recluse Shen Lang fails at a matchmaking date, he binds himself to a dating-assistant System! As long as he raises a woman’s favorability toward him, he can earn all kinds of generous rewards! That afternoon, he meets his landlady to sign a rental contract. Looking at the curvaceous landlady, a married woman who still had her charms, Shen Lang casually complimented her: “You look so young, sis!” The landlady smiled brightly, her cheeks flushing. Bashful but delighted, sh 18.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
16. 16 重 Reborn After the College Entrance Exam, I Became a Heartthrob After a Bite 重生高考后，被咬成男神 Not Sweet, Not Salty不甜不要咸Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The author has a new book out. Visit their profile to find it. [Multiple heroines, but not a womanizer story] Shen Yan woke up one day and realized he had been reborn on the day he had to submit his college entrance exam preferences. The strangest part was that, while he was using the bathroom, some unknown creature bit him in a sensitive place. Without realizing it, the once-ordinary guy started becoming more and more outstanding. After entering university, Shen Yan quickly became the campus he 19.5kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
17. 17 陈 Young Master Chen's Life in the Qing Dynasty 陈大少的清朝生活 Jiayu Loves the Zhongruan喜欢中阮的佳玉Historical754k WordsOngoing Shocking! The officials of the southeast are all secretly on the rebels’ side! Chen Houlin transmigrates to the Qianlong era and gains a spirit-spring dimension. In public, he is a harmless gentry merchant, the Hangzhou General’s “moneybag,” and every official in the city’s “good brother.” In secret, he is Chen Jinnan, the mysterious helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society; the “ghost quartermaster” behind Wang Lun’s uprising; and the “benefactor reborn” in Lei Zhentian’s eyes. With the sil 16Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 网 People Are Doxxing Me: Why Are You Jealous That the Campus Beauty Left with Me? 网曝我，校花跟我走了你嫉妒什么 Eleven O'Clocki十一点iSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [The rating is low because it was only just released. It will rise later.] [Apocalypse Game + System + Campus Belle + Twins + Female Celebrity + Territory Upgrades] The apocalypse game arrived. From zombies to natural disasters, 99% of humanity perished! Through the System, Lin Xun learned in advance that the apocalypse was coming and immediately claimed the only SSS-rank building complex in the world. He then upgraded it into Noah’s Ark, a sanctuary in the apocalypse. Before the apocalypse, Lin 12.5kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves

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    Super exciting!!!

19. 19 戏 Fiction Becomes Reality: Is Your Junkie Act Really That Convincing? Investigate Him 戏假成真：演瘾君子这么像？查他 Deadpan Nonsense一本正经胡写Urban4.6M WordsCompleted Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an unknown extra. After finally signing up for the hit variety show What Is an Actor?, he runs into a well-connected internet celebrity in the very first round of auditions. The fix is in, and he gets the worst script. He has to play a drug addict. At the critical moment, the “Make-Believe Becomes Reality” System successfully binds to him. [Ding! Target role: drug addict. Congratulations, Host, you are now a real drug addict.] What the hell 88.7kReads8.3Score12.3kShelves
20. 20 开 Dumped from the Start, I Turned Around and Became a Billionaire 开局被甩，我转身成为亿万富翁 Pig Three Loves Taking Baths爱洗澡的猪三Urban4.2M WordsCompleted The campus heartthrob gets dumped by his gold-digging girlfriend from the start, only to unexpectedly awaken the God-Tier Tycoon System. In an instant, he goes from having nothing to becoming a CEO worth over a hundred million. Ding! The following limited-time flash sale items are now available: “1% stake in the Ferrari Group” (worth 2.1 billion yuan) “One estate at Xianyun Manor” (worth 1.9 billion yuan) “One Pagani Zonda” (worth 65 million yuan) With the items refreshed by the System each day, 66.7kReads8.5Score7.5kShelves
21. 21 屯 A Million Soldiers at My Command, and the Empress Comes Knocking with Her Child 屯兵百万，女帝带娃找上门 Wann an Niu Er皖南牛二Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Lu Yuan transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty as a minor county magistrate. After five years of work, he turned a remote backwater into a modern city. He had planned to live like an independent, carefree little emperor. Then the empress showed up at his door with an adorable child, looking for a relative. Empress: “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your daughter?” “Wipe them out!” The empress asked again, “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your wife?” “Kill their en 707Reads7.7Score182Shelves
22. 22 反 Villain’s Damage Control: The Heroine Can See My Stats 反派止损：女主能看到我面板 Just Strangers就素不相识Urban2.0M WordsOngoing I transmigrated into a face-slapping romance novel as the groveling villain and bound myself to a loss-prevention System. Stay away from the heroine and get rich! But can someone tell me why the heroines can all see my loss-prevention plans, and why they're all throwing themselves at me instead? 1.8kReads—Score128Shelves

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    Families! Found a treasure! This refreshing behind-the-scenes article about Gou Dao was so enjoyable for me to read! The protagonist Lin Chen was bound to the villain's stop-loss system at the beginning. He stayed in the end of the ruins the whole time without even showing his face once! Instigate a civil war among the villains and let them fight to the death, while he lays down and rips out the villain's origins and power! The more the villain loses, the harder the protagonist makes! From the dual domain all the way to the high-dimensional world, the old palace master takes the blame, Su Qingyue is the one who holds the life, and Jiang Ruotong is the one who makes money. The protagonist has zero risk in the whole process, which is so exciting and secretive! If you like behind-the-scenes stories and never feel frustrated throughout the whole process, this is the book for you!

23. 23 我 I Got Rich by Repairing Time Folds 我靠修复时间褶皱暴富 Just Strangers就素不相识Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Chen Yukun inherits a run-down bookstore and unexpectedly awakens as a Repairer of Time Folds. When people are consumed by unbearable regret or an obsession etched into their souls, they gouge “folds” into the timeline. Those trapped inside relive their suffering again and again, slowly turning into time phantoms. While others work themselves to the bone for money, Chen Yukun dives into other people's regrets: He gives someone a second chance at a confession they missed, saves a loved one who di 20Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 末 Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 Green Plums Fade Easily青梅易逝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.8kReads9.4Score11.1kShelves
25. 25 穿 Transmigrating into The Deer and the Cauldron: I, Liu Yizhou, Am the True Male Lead 穿越鹿鼎记，我刘一舟才是大男主 Ming Xia Tianming明夏天明Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing What was the trouble with the Six Dynasties? The powerful looking after their own interests! At the end of the Ming and the start of the Qing, aristocratic clans, officials and gentry, warlords, outlaws... and the Tartars who usurped the throne! The cauldron brimming with deer-scented delicacies? The people became its feast, divided among those who chased the throne! What kind of shock will Liu Yizhou, a transmigrated good-for-nothing, bring to this parallel world's realm on his struggle to surv 341Reads6.7Score128Shelves
26. 26 癫 Crazy, All Crazy, A Little Madness Is Good 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 371.2kReads9.8Score54.4kShelves
27. 27 游 Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 1MReads9.5Score95.4kShelves
28. 28 北 Beijing Drifter Xiuxiu 北漂修修 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰Urban589k WordsCompleted I’m Wu Qi, an utterly ordinary poor kid. After graduating from high school, I ended up in Yanbei at a third-rate diploma mill where you could earn a degree through self-study exams. Then, in one night, I unexpectedly inherited a legacy, completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and reached the Golden Core stage in a month... From then on, I cultivated my mind, character, and practice in the mortal world... I started working part-time in Yanbei, selling things at street stalls, looking for jo 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Qianlisu Peking Roast Duck is a good book recommended to me.

29. 29 地 Earth's Spiritual Qi Revival: I Became an Ancient God 地球灵气复苏，我成上古神明 Refined Ye Feng儒雅叶枫Urban94k WordsOngoing The world is changing! Spiritual qi revival has begun on Earth, and gods everywhere are awakening. Lin Yue, newly fired from his company, comes into contact with lightning and becomes a god. After ascending to godhood, he continually increases his divine power and gathers followers, eventually becoming the strongest god in the world. Just as monster hordes bring governments around the world to their knees, Lin Mo is busy slaughtering monsters and contending with the Western gods. In the end, he 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very good novel, highly recommended

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