I’m Out of Books to Read. Recommend Something Original; I’m Tired of All the Formulaic Stories 书荒了，求一些新颖的书，太多套路文看腻了

1. 501 天 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score106Shelves
2. 502 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
3. 503 负 Debt and Redemption 负债与上岸 Brother Sixty-Nine六九哥Urban242k WordsCompleted Debt and Getting Back on Your Feet Dedicated to everyone treading the deep waters of life who has never stopped paddling. At forty-eight, Li Wei went from being a boss to a name on a blacklist. His company went bankrupt, he was 4.81 million yuan in debt, and his wife and children left him. The only ones who didn't abandon him were his parents, who handed him their wrinkled old-age savings passbook. To survive, he fled to another province and became a low-level sales rep. In a life made up of 477Reads6.8Score119Shelves

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   An absolutely worthwhile book to read, one you'll want to stay up all night to finish. It's inspiring, full of positive energy, and incredibly beneficial. 📖

4. 504 什EN What?! Our Family Descends from an Eldritch God? 什么！我们家居然是邪神后裔？ Yu Tao i予桃iEastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + multiple heroines + the uncanny + Lovecraftian horror + elves + reborn in the womb] The darkness and distortion lurking beneath the civilized world, and the eerie whispers heard only in the dead of night! The day the sea mists rose, the world became an isolated island. At first, I thought I had been reborn into an era of backward technology. There were no phones, computers, Wi-Fi, or anything like that. Fortunately, I was exceptionally handsome and easy to get along with, so 125.7kReads9.2Score11.6kShelves

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   They're all great, just enjoy them!

5. 505 海 Storms over the Hai River: The Story of Yuan Jinghai 海河风云：袁静海传 Brother Sixty-Nine六九哥Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Early in the Republic of China era, in Tianjin. At the Haihe River docks, laborer Yuan Jinghai only wants to earn a steady living for his brothers. But a floating corpse and a tea-house arbitration drag him into a deadly game involving dock bosses, compradors, and the Japanese. On one side are the sinister schemes of the old guard; on the other, the ruthless devouring of rising predators. Above them all looms the shadow of foreign warships and their cannons. He claws his way up from the mud, a 313Reads—Score101Shelves
6. 506 我 My Sister Is the Emperor’s Favorite Consort 我姐姐是后宫宠妃 Only Eats Three Bowls只吃三碗Historical832k WordsCompleted [Comedy + fictional setting + one heroine + little romance + heroine appears late] Ji Jinxiao, the only younger brother of Consort Ji, the emperor's favorite, was notorious in the capital for being a playboy. The court officials roared: “Ji Jinxiao has no regard for the law, disrespects his elders, neglects his studies, and exploits the people for profit!” Having just hidden away a chest of treasures her younger brother had given her as bribes, Consort Ji burst into tears and secretly pinched h 13.2kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
7. 507 人 My Humanoid Robot Wife Gave Birth to Twins 人形机器人老婆给我生了双胞胎 Brother Sixty-Nine六九哥Urban373k WordsCompleted A poor loser broke up with his girlfriend of six years over the bride price, buying an apartment, and the customary gold jewelry. In a fit of anger, he used the bride price to commission a humanoid robot from a tech company. The robot had physiological and reproductive functions, and its System included a complete artificial womb module. It only needed legally obtained gametes to reproduce normally. The humanoid robot was remarkably understanding, too. After living with it for a few months, the 432Reads—Score105Shelves
8. 508 剑 Sword Maidens Lose HP from Forbidden Arts? Too Bad I Have Infinite Healing 剑娘禁术掉血？可我有无限回血啊 Big Bowl of Beef Noodles大块牛肉面Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts] [Fresh new concept] [Swords turned into girls] My name is Xu Ping'an, and I transmigrated to a wondrous world where anything can take human form. Sword girls, shield girls, gun girls, even catgirls… Girls with all kinds of personalities can turn into weapons and fight alongside their masters, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. To get a sword girl of my own, I use the abnormal recovery power of my golden finger to sell my organs and work hard to earn money. I thought t 125.5kReads9.3Score17.1kShelves
9. 509 与 After Falling in Love with a Robot, I Abandoned My First Love 与机器人相爱后，我抛弃了初恋 Brother Sixty-Nine六九哥Modern Romance191k WordsCompleted Lin Wei, a female college student: I fell in love with a robot. He was perfect, considerate, and understood everything about me. So I abandoned my first love, cut off every avenue of retreat, and lost myself in a tenderness tailored just for me. Until I took part in setting the rules myself and made him “safe”: he no longer showed concern of his own accord, but responded precisely to my commands. I built a cage of reason and imprisoned the last spark of love in my heart. Now I am his most clea 10Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 510 民 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery262k WordsCompleted There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 45Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 511 吞 Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor 吞天妖帝 Tomatoes Without Sugar番茄不放糖Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsOngoing [Red Fruit Short Drama: Dark Style, Watch The Little Cultivator Monster Season 1 Fun Style, Watch The Little Cultivator Monster: Mo Fan's Story, Live Action [Monsters Cultivating the Dao] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Unconventional Xianxia] The same xianxia, a different story. A little monster refuses to settle for an ordinary life. Even a toad can dream of swallowing the sky! This is the story of a little monster who refuses to be ordinary and rises against all odds. Mo Fan was reborn, only to beco 125.2kReads8.7Score14.5kShelves
12. 512 棺 The Yin Within the Coffin 棺中太阴 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery122k WordsCompleted When he woke up inside the coffin, the thing pressing down on its lid was poking its head over to sniff him. The spiritual energy in this world had been depleted for eight hundred years, and the Celestial Court and underworld had long since become legends. In their place stood a set of rules, cold to the core: The register is heaven's decree: every cultivator's rank, the prices in the ghost market, and the incense masters' standings in the White Lotus Sect are all recorded in an invisible ledger 15Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 513 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 972.9kReads9.3Score119.1kShelves

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    I think these five are the books I'd be willing to keep reading this year. The first one is mainly about the exhilarating combat; I especially love its fight scenes. The second one leans towards invincibility and humor. The third one needs no introduction—it's just pure fun, except for a relatively strong start. The fourth one also focuses on rapid character progression, since you get to see all the unexpected encounters. The fifth one depends on the reader; it has more internal monologues and strategic battles, so it's not a slow burn and progresses quickly, but the pacing is just right. If you like high-level martial arts combat and character progression, this one is definitely worth checking out. These are just my personal opinions. [Note]

14. 514 蛋 Egg Fried Rice Grants Me a Temporary Godlike Skill 蛋炒饭赐我临时神技 Zhang Sirui张撕瑞Urban108k WordsCompleted This morning, I ate egg fried rice and got jacked; Tonight, I ate egg fried rice again and threw up. After eating it, I can actually understand the language of beasts! After eating it, I’m as strong as an ox! After eating it, my sense of taste sharpens and gives my career a boost; After eating it, I can sense danger and turn misfortune into fortune. Too bad the effects are temporary, but something’s better than nothing. I’ll keep a level head. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hurry up!

15. 515 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
16. 516 欺 The God of Deception Never Lies 欺诈之神他永不说谎 Linear Operator线性算子Two Male Leads624k WordsOngoing [Sharp-tongued, scheming goofball bottom × older, imposing commander top] [Ensemble cast, power couple, satisfying story, mutually faithful, everyone has their wits about them, plot-driven] The leads meet relatively late. Includes mild coercion by the top toward the bottom, as well as voyeurism. Cheng Ling, an elite lawyer at a Jiangcheng law firm and a demon on the debate stage, had the misfortune of dying violently in the street. The three gods in charge of his life and death told him, “We can 53.5kReads9.5Score7kShelves
17. 517 1 1978: A Tech Spy’s Schemes Make Him a Billionaire 1978：科技无间道搞事成首富 Sharp Blade, Keen Sword锋行剑锐Urban550k WordsOngoing Technology to strengthen the nation, a textbook in business warfare, and a warm-hearted courtyard The protagonist transmigrates to the capital in 1977. His golden finger is a computer-born intelligence: a three-year-old girl blessed with good fortune who loves causing mischief, and a storehouse of technology patents from the next forty years. He relies on open, aboveboard strategies, not brainless wish fulfillment. This is a more cerebral story that faithfully reflects the journey of the times. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A novel "golden finger" (a powerful, overpowered ability), not a formulaic story.

18. 518 开 From the Start, I Max Out My Passing Talent, Leaving Messi Stunned 开局点满传球天赋，梅西惊呆了 Super Handsome Guy超级帅哥Sports1.2M WordsCompleted Su Bai transmigrated! A soccer fanatic, he never expected to transmigrate to 2010! That was the year the era of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi's dominance of the sport was just beginning! And right from the start, his passing talent was maxed out! As the world's best midfielder, he began dominating Europe's top five leagues! Messi stared wide-eyed at Su Bai tearing up the pitch! He was stunned! Could there really be passing this beautiful in the world? After making his debut in the Bundesliga, Su B 30.5kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
19. 519 伏 Ambush 伏杀 Mo Bai1莫白1Historical1.4M WordsCompleted [Original title: Ambush] Beneath the awe-inspiring might of Heaven, all living beings are mere ants. And yet he dares, with the strength of an insect, to turn the world upside down. For family, for friends, for the burning hatred in his heart, for the nightmares that haunt him year after year, for justice, and for fairness. This story is set in an imaginary world and has no connection to actual history. Everything in it is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. 14kReads8.3Score890Shelves

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    I've struck gold! This political intrigue novel is well-written, avoids overpowered plot devices, and the characters' power struggles feel very realistic.

20. 520 陆 The Legend of Lu Ding 陆鼎记 Sesame, Not Two芝麻不2Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a cultivation world, the impoverished young beggar Lu Hao unexpectedly acquires an ancient divine cauldron. With a mortal body, he steps onto the path to immortality, refining all things under heaven and crushing countless prodigies. From a lowly boy begging on the streets, he fights his way upward and embarks on the road to immortality! 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let me recommend my own novel. I'm a complete newbie, so please be gentle with your criticism.

21. 521 团 The Beloved Little Princess Nuanbao 团宠郡主小暖宝 June Is a Cat六月是一只猫Ancient Romance5.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved by All + Adorable Baby + Growing Up + Cozy Everyday Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Mind Reading + Childhood Sweethearts + Super-Powerful Male Lead] A good start in life means you'll never lack for money or love! She woke up to discover she'd become a newborn baby! What? The royal family had waited five hundred years for a girl, and they were going to spoil her rotten? Her father was the famous carefree Prince, and her mother was a princess adored by thousands in a neighboring kingdom. The 29.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
22. 522 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: Above All Others 红楼之万人之上 Summer Midday夏中日Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Jia Yu was an ordinary man living in the modern world. An accident sent his soul through time and space into the unfamiliar world of Dream of the Red Chamber, where he became Jia She’s illegitimate son. When he awoke in an antique-style room, he was dazed for a moment. But he soon realized that he had transmigrated and now had a new identity. Dream of the Red Chamber, here I come. I’ll change the fates of all the women in this world. 576Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 523 只EN The Only One Using the System for Normal Cultivation 只有我在坚持使用面板正常修仙 Qing Chen青沉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Absurd] + [Defying Heaven] “I told you, even though I’m from the Heaven-Defying Sect, at heart I’m a traditional cultivator. I’m not some heaven-defying god.” “What? You say I practice the blade every day and don’t cultivate spells or techniques, so how could I become a powerhouse? Are you saying I cheated?” “Rubbish. It’s all because I want to get closer to ordinary people. Don’t talk about hacks or cheating. I’m not that kind of person.” The Daily Life of Cultivating at the Heaven-Defying Sec 77.2kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves
24. 524 嫡 The Firstborn Daughter: Bringing My Boss Back to Ancient Times 嫡女风华：带着老板回古代 Mu Xi Fanyin沐溪梵音Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Legitimate Daughter] [Transmigration] [Career] [Power Couple] [Smart Leads] [Sharp-Tongued Leads] [Sweet Romance] [Ensemble Cast] Cui Siyu, the Marquis's legitimate daughter, is pushed into the water by her vicious stepsister right from the start. When she wakes again, her soul has been replaced: Si Yu, a modern wage worker, has transmigrated to another world and will live out Cui Siyu's brilliance as a noble daughter. The Crown Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, Lan Jingxiao, is cruelly poisone 145Reads8.6Score101Shelves

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    If you like historical romance novels, you can check this one out. It has positive values, isn't melodramatic, and features intelligent and eloquent characters.

25. 525 水 Water Margin Heroine in the Future: Headmaster, Want to Fight? 水浒女将在未来：校长，打一架吗 Summer Midday夏中日Urban984k WordsCompleted In 3026, the university alliance monopolizes the futuristic city of Tongque, leaving smaller schools struggling to survive. To his shock, Chaotian, the principal of Liangshan Correspondence College, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, discovers that he is the reincarnation of Chao Gai. The 108 heroes of Liangshan have all been reborn as female university students at various colleges, each with ancient powers lying dormant within her. Determined to break the alliance’s monopoly and establish a f 16Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 526 真 True Love Can’t Stand the Light, So She Married a Fool 真爱见光死，她嫁给傻子 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted At nineteen, He Yang met Chen Mo for the first time. Her card got swallowed, and she grabbed him by the sleeve. The restraint of a middle-aged man and the recklessness of a young woman threw everything into chaos from that day on. She married a fool as a cover, just so she could stay by his side. Years later, when she had everything, she finally realized that the person she loved had never been him. It was the respectable life that man represented, a life beyond her reach. Amusingly, the fool wh 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This collection of short stories is basically arranged according to reading preferences, so you don't need to worry about it; just make your selection!

27. 527 万 The Ancestral Sage of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖圣祖 October Years十月流年Eastern Fantasy19.5M WordsOngoing A half-demon youth obtains the Demon Clan's sacred tome. He transforms into a Heavenly Wolf, devours the moon, and keeps female ghosts as servants; becomes a Vermilion Bird, burning the heavens and boiling the seas; takes the form of a White Tiger and slaughters his way across the world; cultivates into a Divine Dragon and roams the seas and skies; becomes a Kunpeng and soars through the Nine Heavens; devours heaven and earth and transforms into myriad demons. He rules the three thousand worlds, 14kReads9.1Score572Shelves
28. 528 退 After Three Years in Retirement Back in the Village, I Lost but Was Not Defeated 退休回村三年，我输了但没有败 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban151k WordsCompleted After retiring, I was sent back to my hometown to serve as the village's First Secretary. I had barely reached the village entrance when someone smashed a jar at me: “Huai Shu Village doesn't welcome you!” An old flame brought me a bowl of fish soup, with a letter at the bottom that had never been sent, forty years ago. Someone sent an anonymous report to the disciplinary inspection committee, accusing me of misconduct. Three months on the clock. Nobody believes me. Three years later, the person 97Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 529 躺 Lie Flat Development System: My Beautiful Tenant Unlocked a Treasure Trove 躺平发育系统，美女租客爆资源 Summer Midday夏中日Urban626k WordsCompleted The world is overrun by the paranormal, and the university district has become a living hell! Everyone is trapped in a single dorm room and awakens a System for killing ghosts and surviving. They fight for their lives to slay ghosts, earn points, trade them for gear, and defend their rooms. Every ten days, a ghost-tide dungeon appears. Fail to hold out, and your soul will be scattered! While everyone else kills ghosts for points, Ling Xiao goes to bed and automatically earns coins. While everyon 59Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 530 九 The Divine Emperor of the Nine Dragons 九龙神帝 One Who Attains the Dao证道者Eastern Fantasy5.7M WordsCompleted Emperor Su Chen, ranked first among the Ten Titled Martial Emperors, was invincible and unrivaled throughout the ages. Just as he was about to ascend and become a god, he was betrayed and killed by a close friend. By a stroke of fate, he was reborn as a young man five hundred years in the past, beginning an against-all-odds legend as he swept aside countless prodigies! In this life, every regret must be made right! In this life, every enemy must be crushed beneath my feet! In this life, I will r 25.7kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
31. 531 镇 The Spirit Tamer's Teaching Journal: Ghosts at Qingshan High 镇灵教书录：青山中学有鬼 Summer Midday夏中日Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing I am a teacher, and I protect the students in my care. I practice the Dao, and I keep the monsters of this world at bay. This is a rural middle school filled with Chinese ghosts and monsters, and the story of a fallen Daoist heir who teaches students by day and subdues ghosts and spirits by night, in a paranormal tale set in a small town. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 532 6 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban147k WordsCompleted At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
33. 533 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 45.3kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
34. 534 系 The System Insists I Provide Emotional Support to Girls 系统非让我给妹子提供情绪价值 Summer Midday夏中日Urban389k WordsCompleted Introverted programmer Zhuang Ziming unexpectedly meets Liu Zhenchen, a younger girl, and triggers the “Emotional Value” System! As long as he can stir a woman's emotions, he can earn money, skills, and even superpowers. From a painfully straightforward guy to a “master” of romance, he bounces between the world of code and everyday life. After countless hilarious mishaps, he wins the heart of his beloved and finds success in both his career and love life! 31Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 535 最 On My Last Day, I Was Called in for a Talk 最后一天，我被喊去谈话 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错17k WordsCompleted On My Last Day, I Was Called in for a Talk 633Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 536 万EN The Ultimate Underdog 万古第一废材 Little Seventeen the Crybaby爱哭的小十七Eastern Fantasy10.0M WordsOngoing [Invincible, Fiery, Fast-Paced, Constant Updates, Strongly Recommended by Hundreds of Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was like a dragon, and all could cultivate the martial path. After the Calamity Transformation, the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the gods fell, leaving behind only an ancient tower of reincarnation. A hundred thousand years later, martial cultivation had become a matter of bloodline. A trash bloodline was no better than an insect and could not cultivate 270.2kReads9.0Score23.1kShelves
37. 537 我 I Raise My Girlfriend in the Ice Age, and the System Forces Me To 我在冰河时代养女友，系统逼我 Summer Midday夏中日Sci-Fi & Apocalypse523k WordsCompleted The apocalypse froze me stiff, but I, Lin Chen, survived with a System. I thought I could stay alive by winning over beautiful women, but I never expected to get bound to a hopelessly lovesick System! I have to keep from freezing into a popsicle while soothing the icy beauty in my arms, and the idiot next door keeps causing trouble by trying to steal our supplies. Best of all, the System nags me every day: “Dear, your romance progress is at 99%! One kiss and you're there~” Help! Can this lousy a 10Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 538 为 I’m Being Hunted Across the City for Pursuing an Old Guy 为追老登，我被全城搜捕 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted I Went on the Run from the Whole City to Pursue an Old Geezer 103Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 539 我 I'm a Cash-Grabbing Streamer! But the Big Spender Really Does Send Gifts! 我，圈钱主播！但大哥是真刷啊！ Blue Chalk蓝色粉笔Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon 162.3kReads9.4Score14.6kShelves
40. 540 末 Doomsday Rain Calamity: I Stockpiled Supplies and Survived to Rule the World 末日雨劫：我靠囤货苟成世界霸主 Summer Midday夏中日Sci-Fi & Apocalypse419k WordsCompleted In the autumn of 2025, relentless rain caused widespread flooding. Everyone joked about the strange weather, but Shen Qiucheng felt as if he'd fallen into an ice cellar: he'd been reborn with memories of the apocalypse! Floodwaters stretch to the horizon, with only one percent of the land left above water. Mutated creatures roam everywhere, and terrifying aquatic humanoids hunt their own kind. After activating a survival System, he becomes a lone wolf, stockpiling supplies, fortifying his strong 10Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 541 我 I 'Bought' an Old Man for Fifty Thousand 我用五万“买”个老头 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错8k WordsCompleted I “Bought” an Old Man for 50,000 88Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 542 从 Starting with a Dormitory Manhunt, I Slay Every Ghostly Evil God 从宿舍逃杀开始斩尽幽诡邪神 Peace Throughout the Land天下长安Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Communicate with the Future] [Monsters Lurking] [Rules That Kill] [Power-Up System] [Supernatural Sequences] [Everyone Has a System] [No Female Lead] "Chu Xuan, if you're awake, don't speak. Don't make a sound... You'll be the next one to die!" "These are the rules of the day-and-night killing game. If you want to get out alive, you have to find and kill the monster!" After transmigrating back to his college days, Chu Xuan planned to use his foresight to make money and lie flat. But he never ex 246.1kReads8.8Score30.7kShelves

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    After reading this, you won't be able to read anything else. It's amazing! It's raised my standards so high that I'm now experiencing a reading slump...

43. 543 全 Everyone Awakened Superpowers, but Wang Gang Is Flirting with Female Ghosts 全民觉醒异能，王刚却在撩女诡异 Summer Midday夏中日Mystery744k WordsCompleted Eerie dungeons strike Blue Star, randomly pulling people from around the world inside. The clear rate is less than 1%. Ten percent of people awaken supernatural abilities, either killing the eerie creatures or scraping by to survive, while the remaining 90% become food. Wang Gang has a tacky name and no powers, and is practically destined to be cannon fodder. But by chance, he binds to the [Female Eerie Conquest System]. While everyone else risks their lives fighting eerie creatures, he wins ove 17Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 544 国EN National Martial Arts: Daily Settlement, Starting as a Rickshaw Puller 国术：每日结算，从黄包车夫开始 Wen Liu Que Gu闻柳却顾Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Republican-era martial arts, demons and martial arts running rampant, ultimate-path cultivation, leveling, and a style like Gun Kai] At the end of the dynasty, warlords carved up the country from within, while Western powers circled from without. Their ironclad ships and cannons devoured the nation's fortune. Foreigners destroyed ancestral temples, severed dragon veins, and banned martial arts. The nation was on the brink of ruin and its people faced extinction! In the imperial court, nobles bo 342.7kReads8.4Score36kShelves

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    The first book is a multiverse fantasy set in the apocalypse, featuring works by Gu Long, including Heroes of the Three Kingdoms, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Tang Dynasty, Storm Riders, Yang Shen, The Great Zhou Royal Family, Shrouding the Heavens, Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods! The second and third books are martial arts fantasy sets, featuring powerful figures in the starry sky!

45. 545 与 Wasteland Days with Mecha Girls 与机娘的废土日常 Yun Mo芸寞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsOngoing [Sci-Fi] [No System] [Half Slice of Life] [Slow Burn] [Mecha Girl] [One Female Lead] 1v1 In the apocalypse, loneliness is more terrifying than death. After his mentor left, he wandered the wasteland alone like a dangerous ghost, living by the rules that kept him alive in the desert: eliminate every threat perfectly, and never trust anyone. Until one day, he found a badly injured mecha girl with fragmented memories outside his safehouse. Her gray hair was a mess, and her dark gray eyes held nothi 5.7kReads8.9Score976Shelves
46. 546 穿 Transmigrate to Yunnan Worm Valley: A Survival Guide for the Consort of King Xian 穿越云南虫谷：献王妃求生指南 Like Snow, Remembering the Passing Years似雪忆流年Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Ghost Blows Out the Light] + [yandere] + [King Xian is a straight-up tyrant, no redemption arc] The rating has just been posted, so it’ll go up. Updates are steady, so you can’t go wrong giving this a try! I transmigrated, but instead of getting a comeback story, I landed straight in the palace of King Xian of the ancient Dian Kingdom! All around me, women wailed in agony. Before me stood a mad tyrant with a bronze sword in hand and a sinister look in his eyes. No System! No supernatural abilit 57.3kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves

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    A niche channel with fresh content: the male lead relentlessly criticizes a tyrant, with no attempt to redeem him. He's obsessed with ascension to immortality and kills indiscriminately, while the female lead can only barely survive.

47. 547 雨 On a Rainy Night, My Yandere Sister Begged Me to Take Her In 雨夜，病娇妹妹求我收留 Hoshino Kami星野神来Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Extra sweet] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Light novel] + [Not self-insert] A landmine girl, an underground idol, a debuting voice actress, a childhood-friend editor, a doujin artist... After I made a wish, they all came to my side. To fight over the one and only female lead spot, they launched into a frenzied battle of romantic rivalry. Three years later, Lu Qing clasped his hands together. “Oh, God of Inspiration, I was immature back then. Please spare me...” A completely original story wit 51.9kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves

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48. 548 末 Humanity Performs a Scripted Murder Mystery for Higher-Dimensional Life in the Apocalypse 末世人类为高维生命表演剧本杀 No Regrets in the Spark火花无悔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse386k WordsCompleted What's it like to perform a murder-mystery game for higher life forms during the apocalypse? Mess up, and you die… Decisive killing + No Female Lead + Apocalypse + Instances + Multiple Worlds Warning: The male lead is greasy. Extremely greasy. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental. No false claims of plagiarism. 64Reads8.8Score116Shelves

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    It can't be called a classic, but it's edible. I recommend this book; it's about the protagonist exploring the truth of the world in a post-apocalyptic world and multiple instances. It's about solving puzzles and surviving, no female lead, superpowers, no cheat codes, time travel/rebirth, decisive killing, a bit crazy, and prone to turning evil. Want to give it a try?

49. 549 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 110.3kReads9.3Score10kShelves
50. 550 第 The Ninth Empire 第九帝国 Honored Guest of the Qing Tower清楼贵客Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Alternate Empire + War Among a Hundred Races + Supernatural Powers + Battles Across Different Worlds + Hunter Guilds + Slow-Burn Opening + Ensemble Cast + Both Thrills and Heartbreak] God gave life to all things and created the world. As God lay dying, humanity betrayed the divine, seized greed and wisdom, and founded an empire. The successor inherited the gods' power, swore to destroy the world, and founded the Church. From then on, the Empire and the Church waged war for ten thousand years. T 170.1kReads9.4Score14.8kShelves

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