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1. 101 原 It Wasn’t a Dream: Motherland, Let’s Cultivate Immortality Together 原来不是梦：祖国，咱们一起修仙 No Time, No Time!没空没空啊Ancient Romance632k WordsOngoing When the cultivation world mocked her as a rootless weed, the voice of her motherland reached across time and space: “Fellow countrywoman, we’re bringing you home.” A young woman carrying the wisdom of Chinese technology starts her cultivation journey anew in another world. The ancient legacy she gives back will become the spark that keeps a civilization alive. As both worlds face peril, aid spanning the stars and the bond she shares with her peerless cultivation partner together write a legend 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 毒 Sharp-Tongued Uncle Wang Takes Me Along to Gossip 毒舌王大爷带我一起吃瓜 The Orange Cat Topples the Kang橘猫压倒炕Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted The rating has just come in, but it'll go up (mind-reading + gossip + feel-good revenge). If there's a problem, I hit back. I get my revenge the same day, and the face-slapping is real. I'm Wang Tiezhu, a sharp-tongued retired old man. Lin Xiaoyue is my niece, though we're not blood relatives, and she's also my live-in caretaker. She can slap a shrew and kick a thug. Then one day, I suddenly got bound to a Gossip System. “Xiaoyue, this is your evil former boss. Let me tell you...” “Wow, two kids 21Reads8.8Score—Shelves
3. 103 阴 The Yin-Yang Forensic Doctor 阴阳小法医 Autumn Wind秋天刮风Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When the logic of criminal investigation collides with folk taboos, and scientific evidence meets paranormal perception, Qin Xiangyang, a forensic pathologist with extraordinary insight, can see what ordinary people cannot. Starting with the body of an unidentified woman dumped in a drainage canal, he is drawn into a carefully orchestrated series of crimes. The mysterious death of college student Chen Yinuo leads to Professor Wang Shouren’s forbidden human experiments, the dark secrets buried in 25Reads7.5Score—Shelves
4. 104 女 The Disguised Dragon's Scheme: My Rogue Disciple Courts Me in His Dreams 女扮男装潜龙计，逆徒梦里泡为师 Mu Yanfeifei沐妍菲菲Ancient Romance607k WordsOngoing [Historical Intrigue + Female Spy in Disguise + Ensemble Mind Games + Martial Arts Mystery] [Female Martial Arts Master Disguised as a Man × Rebellious Disciple Who Defies His Teacher] The world is the board, and all living things are its pieces. Thirty years ago, a copy of A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains turned the tide during a palace coup. From then on, victory made kings and defeat made corpses, and the throne changed hands. Thirty years later, talents emerge across the nine regions, a 294Reads8.9Score—Shelves
5. 105 轩 Xuanyuan: The Legend of the Cauldron That United the Realm 轩辕：鼎定山河传 Yan Mo焱默Historical927k WordsOngoing Also known as: The Yellow Emperor Never Left! He Guards the Mountains and Rivers of the Mortal Realm; Who Says the Yellow Emperor Ascended? He Guards the Mortal Realm Before mythology came epic. Beneath legend lies the human heart. The story we know as “The Yellow Emperor Casts a Ding and Ascends on a Dragon” was not the end. It was the most glorious beginning. As later generations gaze up at the myths, we look closer and ask: What if the dragon did not descend from Heaven, but came from the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 没EN There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 6.5kReads9.0Score477Shelves
7. 107 去 To Hell with You! This Princess Is Taking the Throne 去你的吧，这龙椅该本公主坐了 The Overbearing Beast Who Likes Book Drums喜欢书鼓的霸玄兽Ancient Romance772k WordsOngoing [Reincarnated Before Birth + Empress + Childhood Sweethearts + Mutual Firsts + Height Difference + Nation-Building and Farming + Epic War] Reborn in the womb as a princess, all I wanted was to keep my head down. The noble clans bully my childhood sweetheart? Then I'll send their whole families to the grave. My dog of an emperor father wants to marry me off to secure his throne? I'll defy the decree and head north, then raze the Turkic royal court that meant to marry me as a wedding gift! With my 171Reads8.6Score—Shelves
8. 108 禁 The Ascetic Divine Lord Is Seduced Into Breaking His Vows 禁欲神尊，竟被撩破戒 Yi Wenqing艺文清Fantastical Romance399k WordsCompleted [Ascetic Chaotic God Venerable + Sweet, Adorable Spirit Herb Fairy + Tragic Love in a Past Life + Reborn and Pursuing His Wife + The Heavenly Emperor Steals His Bride] In her past life, Ruan Zhiwan had been hopelessly in love with the Chaotic God Venerable Ye Qingxuan for ten thousand years. He was cold and ascetic, his heart untouched, and he treated her with utter indifference. When the Heavenly Emperor framed her, he shattered her immortal bones with his own hands and cast her into the Infern 71Reads8.6Score—Shelves
9. 109 绝 A Stunning Woman with a Man's Heart, She Draws a Prize and Becomes Empress 绝色女藏男儿心，抽奖居然成女帝 Qing Jiuqing Jiu卿九情久Ancient Romance233k WordsOngoing (Gender Swap + Lottery Draws + Feel-Good Fiction + Palace Intrigue + Household Battles) The young heir to a crime syndicate wakes up as the most beautiful woman in Jinling, Great Qian. One look down reveals soft curves on his chest and nothing between his legs. A perfectly straight man has become a stunning young lady overnight, and his mind immediately short-circuits. Bound to a heart-thumping lottery System that seems designed to screw him over, he plans to lie low until he completes his missi 11Reads8.6Score—Shelves
10. 110 墓 The Tomb Returns to Its Master 墓归主 Kitty Isn't Afraid of Hardship猫猫不怕苦Ancient Romance325k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead] [Political Intrigue] [Revenge] [Powerful Allies] [High-IQ] She has died twice: once for the realm, once for someone she loved. She was once a homeless ghost, spending ten years in a coffin beside a skeleton. She wasn't trapped there. She was waiting for someone who would come to ask her for help. Shen Mulan offered her own body, begging her to settle a blood feud. She borrowed that face and entered that city. On the pleasure house stage, she was a bewitching courtesan; be 30Reads8.2Score—Shelves
11. 111 凤 The Prophetic Tales of Feng Ye 凤铘谶闻记 Shuling Lanyu疏灵懒玉Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing You were once a Dao seed, born with astonishing fortune, until everything collapsed overnight and you narrowly escaped death. Fourteen years of tending a clinic through rain and mist forged in you a gentle, steadfast character. When you finally entered the world, you bore your sect’s dying command and the mandate of humanity, pointing your sword at the young prodigies and overpowering all rivals. From the snow and winds of the southern frontier to the vermilion walls of Haojing, from the Netherw 19Reads6.8Score—Shelves
12. 112 七 Seven Ashes 七烬 It's Qianliya是千里yaUrban266k WordsOngoing [The author's first work. A near-apocalyptic setting + superpowers + not a wish-fulfillment novel. Ordinary people fight against a fate destined to end in tragedy. The opening is a little slow, so I hope readers will give it a few chapters. Thank you for your support!] “What would you do if one day you discovered that every tragedy and every turn in your life had been deliberately arranged by someone?” “Find that person and deal with him.” “But he's unbeatable.” “Then I'll be unbeatable too. —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 禁 Forbidden Embrace 禁忌的拥抱 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Urban587k WordsCompleted Forty-five-year-old Lu Zhenhai is the city’s quietest “giant”: weighing 320 jin, with a broad back and shoulders like a wall. Once a dockworker, he now runs an auto repair shop beside the secondhand market that nobody ever visits. His life is like a scrapped engine: heavy, greasy, and forgotten by everyone. Twenty-five-year-old Shen Du is the city’s brightest “lie.” A graduate of a prestigious university’s architecture program, he was disgraced by a plagiarism scandal and blacklisted by the enti 1.9kReads—Score102Shelves
14. 114 农 The Farming Girl: From the Brink of Starvation to Unrivaled Wealth 农女种田：从饿死边缘到富可敌国 kiki Sharkkiki鲨鱼Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted [Farming and Opening a Shop] [Building a Business and Making Money] [Women Supporting Women] [Ensemble Cast] [Multiple Romance Pairings] # Clear-headed money-making, no self-torment or saintly do-gooding # Grounded in realism at first: start by surviving, then establish a foothold step by step # The heroine turns her life around with her own hands and wits. The System is just a little help (Just a little help? Hey! It's clearly crashed and won't even open!!) Su Wantang is an ordinary college s 4Reads8.3Score—Shelves
15. 115 明 Maritime Power at the End of the Ming Dynasty: From Fighting Pirates to Conquering the World 明末海权：从抗倭到征服全世界 Gathering Dreams Among the Flowerso花间拾梦oHistorical281k WordsCompleted As the Ming dynasty crumbles, Japanese pirates pillage and slaughter along the coast while Western colonizers run rampant. Chinese waters have become a hunting ground for foreign powers! Qing Han, a humble military officer from a small southeastern coastal garrison, bursts onto the scene. With thunderous resolve, he wipes out the pirates and blasts the Western devils’ dreams of domination to smithereens! He builds the finest warships and trains a battle-hardened navy, surging ahead against all o 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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16. 116 你 If You Can’t Cut It, Give Me Your Wife! Who Said That? 你不行，就把老婆给我！谁说的？ A Baby Several Hundred Months Old几百个月的宝宝Modern Romance97k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Winning Her Back the Hard Way + Forced Love + Intense Push and Pull + Rivalry Between Wealthy Families + Forced Marriage] Tao Xiaoqing was just an ordinary college student. Su Qi, on the other hand, was a young master from one of Jinghai City's three great families. A fortune-telling session brought their fates crashing together. Helpless and forced into marriage, Tao Xiaoqing thought she would spend the rest of her life in misery. Then she met Young Master Mo, who also belonge —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beep beep beep, two men and one woman in an extreme tug-of-war

17. 117 于 Losing Control in Her Eyes 于她眼底失控 Yuan Xizi原曦子Two Female Leads211k WordsCompleted [Yuri] [1v1] [Urban] [Power Couple] [Sweet and Angsty] [Mutual Healing] After five years of being tormented by insomnia, an abstinent CEO finds a perfumer with a “broken sense of smell” in the garden of her own villa. She thinks the other woman is just a fragile little flower who needs protecting, never realizing that this “little flower” is a hunter who came for her, with a dual purpose: revenge and healing. [System Alert! New mission: Create a custom sleep-inducing fragrance for the CEO and ma 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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