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1. 1351 谍 Espionage: From Military Intelligence Agent to Rising Star of the Kwantung Army 谍战：从军统特工到关东军新星 Jing Xingchen京星辰Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Dancing on the Edge of a Knife] + [Smart Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Ruthless] + [No System] Lin Feng, a modern history student, transmigrates to Kyoto in the island nation in 1939, in a parallel world. He takes over the body of a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named “Iron Rooster.” The original owner, posing as a returned overseas Chinese named Kobayashi Fengichiro, was treated as a disposable pawn by the Bureau and left in the island nation to await orders. In the end 9.7kReads8.7Score369Shelves
2. 1352 情 I Have No Emotions, So I Found a Sniper for a Girlfriend 情感缺失的我找了个狙击手女友 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban664k WordsCompleted (One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma 30.3kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
3. 1353 高 High Martial: From Temp Worker to Guardian of the Celestial Cycle! 高武：从临时工到武镇周天！ Slow on the Uptake后知后觉丶Urban777k WordsOngoing [Leveling Progression] [Satisfying Battles] [Everything Handcrafted] [No Female Lead] [Long, Though Not Necessarily Slow-Burn] This time, the cycle of spiritual energy tides comes to an end. This time, martial arts finally rise above reality! The world's rules are shattered, and a new order is established! A jade disc, with a good and an evil side. Punish evil? Promote good? No, I can put both good and evil to use! Only after becoming the strongest on Earth does Jiang Yun realize that the 155.9kReads8.7Score14.5kShelves
4. 1354 为EN To Corrupt the Righteous, I Had No Choice But to Make Games 为了祸害正道，我只好制作游戏了 Jie Ge Ge Jie杰了个杰Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Game Development First + Cultivation Second + Tormenting the Righteous Factions] In this cultivation world, where the righteous factions completely dominate the Demon Dao, Lu Ze unlocks the Demon Dao Prodigy System. He can raise his cultivation as long as he kills righteous cultivators. What? Deaths in an illusion count too? A game designer by trade, Lu Ze decides to give the cultivators of this world a tiny little shock... Sect elder: “What is this Escape from the Demon Cult? Why have the disc 32.6kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves
5. 1355 惹 Pick a Fight with Him? His Guild Is Full of God-Tier Players. How Do You Expect to Win? 惹他？他公会全是神级，拿头打？ Snow Flies, the Sky Is Young飞雪连夭Sports2.7M WordsCompleted [Online gaming + an entire cast of god-tier players + guild-focused + ensemble cast + plot-driven] Reborn for the fourth time, he returns once again to the day the game Illusion Realm launches! He chooses the legendary guild talent Eternal Overlord, which can grow to SSS rank. And so, every player in his guild becomes a god-tier player! A super artillery mage with 1,000 times the damage and 1,000 times the range! A warrior who can unleash, without charging up, a skill that normally takes three y 56.1kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves
6. 1356 说 He Promised the Future Would Belong to Me, Yet He Remains Invincible 说好未来属于我，他一直天下无敌 Chaldeas迦勒底亚斯Eastern Fantasy835k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out. It’ll go up later.) [System] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] + [No Female Lead] “The future belongs to you!” After transmigrating and becoming a Holy Son, Lin Yuan said as much. “I’m just a martial artist with a fifth-grade spiritual root. I don’t have talent like yours. My temporary lead is only because I’ve cultivated a little longer than you, and I’ve stolen the title of Holy Son.” The gathered geniuses: That’s right, that’s right! Ten years later “The future belongs to 150.9kReads8.4Score17.5kShelves
7. 1357 这 This Animal City Is Absolutely Wild 这个动物城有够疯狂的 Half-Asleep Gray Fox半睡的灰狐Anime Fanfiction650k WordsOngoing [Zootopia + Multiple heroines + Furry + Husky] After transmigrating to Zootopia and turning into a husky, York is utterly despairing at first, especially since he doesn't know the plot. York isn't a furry fan, and he has absolutely no desire to become one. After graduating from high school, he arrives in Zootopia, planning to build a quiet, stable life for himself. But things don't go as planned. Organized crime, cults, assassins, families, politicians. One mess after another comes his way. When 59.3kReads9.0Score6.9kShelves
8. 1358 网 Online Romance Turns Real: Is the Rich Lady Actually a Male Streamer? 网恋奔现：富婆竟是男主播？ East Wind Smiles Radiantly東风笑嫣然Urban372k WordsCompleted Qin Fei, a male college student majoring in broadcasting, eagerly went to meet the “rich older sister” he'd been dating online. But waiting at the bus stop was the washed-up, sleazy streamer Ju Huatai, driving a Ferrari and holding a bouquet. “I've already booked a room. Since we're here...” “Get lost, you disgusting pervert!!!” A chaotic, disastrous meet-up brought together two people who had nothing to do with each other. It also led Qin Fei into the world of livestreaming, where one hilarious 2.7kReads8.2Score179Shelves

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9. 1359 重 Back to 2010: Starting as a Township Clerk 重回一零，从乡镇科员开始 Red Lantern Festival元宵红Urban1.0M WordsOngoing This book is grounded in reality and rooted in everyday life. The world of officialdom is no ivory tower; it is where the bustle of ordinary life is most intense. The story begins at the grassroots and draws on real life, with the daily grind of food and bills alongside the twists and turns of power struggles, and the struggles and steadfastness of ordinary people set against the upheavals and transformations of a changing age. The world today is undergoing changes unseen in a century. Official 807Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The savior from your reading slump has arrived! [Laughs]

10. 1360 全 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 Do Not Speak of Immortality莫道长生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5.1kReads9.4Score785Shelves
11. 1361 都 Cultivating Immortality in the City: Coming Down the Mountain as a Defiant Rebel! 都市修仙，下山当反骨仔！ Youth Is Gone, I Smile Through the Vicissitudes青春己去沧桑笑Urban478k WordsOngoing [Three animated adaptations in the works... Stay tuned!] [Urban power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Nascent Soul powerhouse] [Invincible] [Multiple planes] [Experts descend the mountain] The rules of the city? The prestige of the rich and powerful? The games played by big shots? In front of me, Ye Lingtian, a defiant rebel, it's all bullshit! Sorry, but starting today, I'm the one who sets the rules around here! I punch arrogant rich heirs in the face, kick evil men to the curb, save a beaut 5kReads8.3Score408Shelves

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    It's so good, I love watching it and I can't stop.

12. 1362 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Join Keung from the Start 港综：开局就和靓坤混 Riding a Donkey to Chop Potatoes骑驴砍土豆Male-Channel Fanfiction711k WordsCompleted A stroke of luck brings him to the Hong Kong crime-drama world. He’d planned to live an ordinary life, but it turns out the big boss is Keung. Underling: The boss is amazing, but he keeps a low profile. Hong Kong police: Mr. Cao is a real saint among the gangsters. Villain: Our money’s been robbed again. It’s definitely that bastard Fan. 56.5kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves
13. 1363 开 Taking Command of the Blue Team from the Start, I Make Every Ace Unit Fall Flat 开局接管蓝军，各大王牌集体翻车 The Girl in the Hat戴帽子的女孩Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Zhong Chu served ten years in the military in his previous life, commanding a heavy combined-arms battalion. Reborn once more, he became a special forces ace with twelve years of service. Five first-class merits, peacekeeping missions, and operations abroad earned Zhong Chu a discharge from the military. Just then, military reforms were underway, and the army was forming its first professional Blue Force brigade. Type 99A tanks, Type 04A infantry fighting vehicles, 155-millimeter self-propelled 4.3kReads6.5Score158Shelves
14. 1364 陈 Old Haunts 陈年诡事 Bamboo Shoot Bandit夺笋侠Mystery2.8M WordsOngoing There is only one disease in the world, and it's called poverty. There is only one kind of ghost in the world, and it's called a poor ghost. My name is Chen Xiaofei. I'm a high school sophomore who's both afflicted with the disease of poverty and a poor ghost. 31.4kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
15. 1365 重 Reborn as Zhang Cuishan: Master, Save Me! 重生张翠山，师尊救我！ East Wind Smiles Radiantly東风笑嫣然Male-Channel Fanfiction719k WordsOngoing People say that if Zhang Cuishan had just shouted, “Master, save me!” not one of the Six Major Sects would have made it down the mountain that day. Who knows if that's true? No one actually wanted to kill him. His and his wife's deaths left the Six Major Sects in an awful predicament. They'd gone there to rid the martial world of a menace and uphold its moral order. To keep the fine young man Zhang Cuishan from going astray, all they wanted was for him to reveal Xie Xun's whereabouts. After that 3.1kReads8.3Score198Shelves
16. 1366 开 From the Start: From Delivery Driver to Secret Agent 开局上岸，从外卖员成秘密特勤 Strolling on a Green Ox骑着青牛漫步Urban850k WordsCompleted (Not a pure spy thriller + Urban power fantasy + Reporting crimes + Catching spies.) Gu Cheng'an, a man in his thirties who has accomplished nothing, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the [Justice Assistant System]. Under the most inconspicuous guise, he walks the line between light and darkness, upholds justice, and protects his country and people. 14.4kReads8.8Score567Shelves
17. 1367 甲 Sixty Years of Demon Slaying: This Taoist Gets Stronger with Every Kill! 甲子荡魔：这个道士杀怪就变强！ You Have Health Insurance, You Go First你有医保你先上啊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Animated adaptation now airing] There are only fake tragic twists, no real ones, so enjoy without worry! [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark cultivation] [Slow burn] [Gender equality] [No female lead] [Sword immortal] War and calamity rage across the land, monsters run rampant. The human world is a furnace, and its people are mere weeds. Shen Hui transmigrates one day and becomes a Taoist priest at Qingfeng Temple on Qilu Mountain. He intends to spend each day meditating and cultivating qi, pursuing 283.4kReads8.5Score37.5kShelves
18. 1368 末 Doomsday Evolution: The Zombie Overlord 末日进化：丧尸大魔王 Three Winds 11三风11Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted A blood-red sun hangs high in the sky, and the world is transformed! An utterly ordinary little zombie faces countless perils in the apocalypse, evolving again and again until it becomes the Zombie Demon King! 7.6kReads8.9Score568Shelves
19. 1369 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.8kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves
20. 1370 联 League of Legends: Educating the LPL Is My Duty 联盟：教育LPL，我义不容辞 Old Alleys of the Ancient City古城老巷Sports1.7M WordsOngoing Li Chen transmigrated from the end of the S15 season back to the end of the S6 World Championship. He became a substitute top laner whom RNG dropped before he had played a single match, and they owed him six months' salary, leaving him no choice but to become a streamer. When the S6 World Championship ended and he saw online discussions about the LPL's results, Li Chen just smiled faintly. Was 4396 really that outrageous? That was nothing. Fourth place, quarterfinals, round of sixteen: the LPL g 171.5kReads8.5Score13.8kShelves
21. 1371 被 After My Wife Killed Me, I Automatically Reborn 被娘子砍死后，自动重生 East Wind Smiles Radiantly東风笑嫣然Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After his wife chops him to death, a bug triggers and he keeps being reborn. He goes drinking at brothels and gets chopped to death, then reborn! He tries to get frisky, gets chopped to death and reborn again! He discovers his wife’s secret, gets chopped to death, and is reborn once more! Only the male lead is reborn. The female lead has no memories, and time and again she mistakenly thinks he’s a martial arts expert and draws her blade on him... At first, he can’t even withstand a single move. 2.3kReads8.3Score213Shelves
22. 1372 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Game Invasion] [Group Transmigration] [No CP] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, he lives by one creed: If an RPG can't solve the problem, add another round of machine-gun fire. And so he became hooked on using the art of explosions to write his personal manifesto across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, the news reported tearful accounts from other playe 37.2kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
23. 1373 当 When Wei Xiaobao Awakens the System, the Martial World and Imperial Court Panic 当韦小宝觉醒系统江湖朝堂都慌了 Suqu Sheng俗趣生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing "Damn! I've transmigrated, so shouldn't I do all the things I wanted to do while reading novels before I died?" Raid tombs and unearth secret treasures; explore blessed lands and learn divine arts! Play the game of court politics alongside the ruler and help him conquer all four seas! Let the martial world roil, fight powerful foes, and have beauties at your side? Let's shake the court, throw the martial world into chaos, and make the whole world panic! 6kReads8.1Score738Shelves

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    This unconventional novel is a must-read! It combines martial arts, farming, high-level martial arts cultivation, history, multiple protagonist storylines, tomb raiding, radical modifications, shameless pairings, and much more. Read it for yourself! [Smirk][smirk][smirk]

24. 1374 猎 Ability Hunters 猎能者 Peng Pai彭湃Anime Fanfiction581k WordsCompleted [The complete, newly revised editions of Peng Pai's Hunter of the Gifted I: Hunter Academy and Hunter of the Gifted II: Legend of Kunpeng] Gu Xinghe is an introverted high school student. On his birthday, his only friend, Lu Yang, is attacked by a terrifying creature because of him and falls into a coma, while Gu Xinghe himself is saved by a girl with supernatural powers. Determined to save his only friend, Gu Xinghe will stop at nothing to enroll in the girl's Hunter Academy, where he hopes to 6.4kReads9.2Score481Shelves
25. 1375 我 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Northwest Monkey西北猴Urban522k WordsCompleted Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.7kReads6.3Score103Shelves

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    These settings are quite novel.

26. 1376 神 The Supernatural Ming Dynasty: Starting with Erlang Shen 神鬼大明：从二郎神开始 Rain That Washes Away the Troops洗兵雨Xianxia642k WordsOngoing In the fortieth year of the Jiajing reign, the Tartars invaded the borderlands and firewood and rice prices soared. Yet a strange tale spread through the capital: Light three sticks of incense in front of your stove, and even a poor household will be warm for one night. Some said the Kitchen God had answered their prayers. Others claimed the Great Emperor Huaguang had descended to earth. Still others said it was the work of evil sorcery. Only Gu Wen knew that this so-called miracle was nothing 20.7kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
27. 1377 红 The Truth Behind the Femme Fatale: The Tale of Bao Si 红颜祸水背后真相：褒姒传 Flying Knife Ye飞刀叶Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Since ancient times, beautiful women have been blamed for bringing disaster. Bao Si of the Western Zhou Dynasty could topple a city with a single smile. Everyone knows that King You of Zhou neglected affairs of state to please Bao Si. Everyone knows that he killed his wife and son so he could make Bao Si his queen. Everyone knows that he lit the beacon fires to make the feudal lords rush to his aid, all to win Bao Si’s smile, sacrificing the century-old Zhou dynasty in the process! Everyone curs 1.8kReads9.1Score113Shelves

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    What can you do if knowledge doesn't listen to your brain and insists on squeezing in?

28. 1378 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
29. 1379 副 Dungeon Missions? I Can Choose All the Rewards 副本任务？我奖励能全选 Stay True to the EndZ慎终如始ZEastern Fantasy772k WordsOngoing (Just received a rating) (No female lead, System-focused, Infinite Flow, Talent-focused, decisive and ruthless, no artificially weakened combat power, rapid power growth) Lin Qi, an utterly ordinary new graduate. On his way to a job interview, he encounters a supernatural incident and gets pulled into a deadly game called an “instance.” For every instance he clears, the System offers rewards including techniques, attributes, equipment, and supernatural abilities, but each person can take onl 53kReads8.0Score5.4kShelves

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    This book doesn't follow any clichés; it's not a typical face-slapping, feel-good story. The theme is quite novel.

30. 1380 开 Four Stepdaughters from the Start: Saving a Broken Family 开局四继女，拯救破碎家庭 Second-in-Command at Kindergarten幼儿园二把手Urban785k WordsOngoing [All Sugar, All Sweet] [No Cheating, No NTR] [Mature Women and Lolis] [Weak System] [Healing, Relaxing Daily Life] After a car accident, Su Cheng transmigrated into the body of a violent stepfather in a parallel world who had been exploiting his wife and daughters. The System activated: dote on his daughters and earn rewards... [Driving Skills] [Lockpicking] [Fried Rice] [Gaming] [Martial Arts] [Music]... He thought he was only spoiling his daughters, but who knew his goddess of a wife would get 109.7kReads8.5Score13.8kShelves

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    This should be novel.

31. 1381 诸 Myriad Worlds: The Pretentious Swordmaster Who Began with Lu Xiaofeng 诸天：从陆小凤开始的逼王剑客 Worn-Out Old Dog颓废老狗Male-Channel Fanfiction687k WordsOngoing [Slow transmigration + showing off in public + swaggering everywhere + no romance + pure wish fulfillment + Gu Long style + no frustrating setbacks + veteran author Screwdriver Sword Saint] He transmigrates as Ye Guhong, a crazed fan of Ximen Chuixue who doesn't survive a chapter in the original. From the start, he has Bullet Time, and though he could get by on his strength alone, he just loves showing off. On the night of the full moon, he kills Gongsun Daniang. Clad in white, his sword strikes 27.7kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
32. 1382 我 Every One of My Maids Has a Golden Finger 我的侍女人手一个金手指 Drunk, Laughing at Mortal Life醉笑浮生Eastern Fantasy278k WordsOngoing Meng Jinghong has been transmigrated into the Great Wilderness Dynasty for eighteen years. He had an unbelievably fortunate start: as the only legitimate son of a marquis, the highest rank among the twenty noble grades, his biggest daily worries were what to eat later and where to go tomorrow. Just as he’d always thought he’d transmigrated into an ordinary ancient dynasty, his System awakened. [Ping! Congratulations on surviving for eighteen years in the perilous world of cultivation. You have a 124Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    Books that defy conventions or are not mindless or formulaic

33. 1383 富 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Northwest Monkey西北猴Urban354k WordsCompleted Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 132Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1384 废 In the Ruined City, There Are Escort Guards 废城，有镖人 Birds Fly, Fish Swim鸟飞鱼Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Cyberpunk × Cthulhu Mythos × apocalypse × sequences × wasteland × civilization reborn] He was just a tourist who wandered into the ruins of District 404. With nothing but a “Shark Bandit” business card, he survives among the scum and becomes a walking glitch. But this is only the beginning of his sequence mutation. [Tourist] → [Shark Bandit] → [Night Patrol Shark Guard] → [Mourning Shark Commander] → [Venom Shark Overseer] → [Ghost Shark] → [First Emperor Dragon Shark] → ?? He rises through the 10.3kReads8.8Score718Shelves
35. 1385 张 Zhang Xiaojiu's Adventure Journal 张小酒的冒险笔记 Wuye無夜Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [The animated series is now available] Zhang Xiaojiu has died once. In his original world, the Demon Realm overturned the Human Realm, wiping out humanity across the globe. His soul, carrying regrets, transmigrated into the body of a baby born before the catastrophe. This time, he wanted to hide away and survive in peace, but fate set him on the path to saving the world. A white-clad angel wept for him, a fiery policewoman took a blade for him, and a gentle spirit demon faced death for him witho 6.6kReads9.1Score563Shelves

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    This is a martial arts adventure novel with a supernatural element. If you like that kind of thing, click to read it.

36. 1386 误 After Wandering into a Village of Women, I Became the Hope of the Whole Village 误入女村后，我成了全村的希望 Northwest Monkey西北猴Urban1.0M WordsOngoing During a hiking trip, Han Hao fell into an underground village of women cut off from the outside world. A group of women who had never left the mountains clung to Han Hao as their only hope, doing everything they could to make him stay. At first, he thought he had simply stumbled into a dead end. But the longer he stayed, the more he realized something was wrong with the village. If he wanted to survive, he had to escape... 1.9kReads—Score199Shelves
37. 1387 火 Naruto: Tobirama Asked Who’d Stay Behind, So I Became the Third Hokage! 火影：扉间问谁断后，我当三代！ Old Tease老逗Anime Fanfiction196k WordsOngoing Year 20 of Konoha. In his sixteenth year since transmigrating to the Naruto world, Baishan joins the Shadow Guard of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju. When the elite force led by the Gold and Silver Brothers pursues them, and someone needs to stay behind and cover their retreat, Baishan steps forward before Hiruzen Sarutobi and declares, “I’ll hold them off!” Tobirama approves. “From this day on, you are the village’s Third Hokage!” And so, when Baishan takes office as the Third Hokage, he activ 51.5kReads7.3Score5.1kShelves
38. 1388 星EN Star Martial Pinnacle 星武绝巅 Catfish Book猫鱼书Urban854k WordsOngoing [Stellar-Era Martial Arts] [No Female Lead, No Romance, Just the Thrill of Battle!] [Talent Copying] [The Author Has Already Completed a High-Martial-Arts Novel Nearly Two Million Words Long, So Read with Confidence] In the interstellar era, humanity has spread across the cosmos. Interstellar colonization, spaceships, alien races, and eldritch gods from beyond the boundaries of the universe... They arrive one after another. Chen Yu comes bearing a golden finger that lets him copy talents. All he 292.3kReads9.1Score32.5kShelves

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    The ultimate recommendation, no one can argue with it.

39. 1389 满 A Max-Level Expert Crashes Five Hags, and Their Secret Identities Are Revealed Everywhere 满级大佬闯五哈，马甲掉一地 Ink Pen Makes a Book墨笔成书Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Updated regularly every day, with no breaks. Thank you for your support! I was hit by a car in an accident and spent about a month in the hospital. I was a bit out of it, so the plot went off track for a while. It’s back on the main storyline now!!! [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Everyday life] [Variety shows] [System] [Entertainment industry] [One female lead] [Rising star] White Ye went out to buy breakfast and had an incredible stroke of luck: he ended up in Blue Star, a parallel world to Earth! Tha 26.7kReads7.1Score1.6kShelves
40. 1390 叶 Leaf Opens 叶开 Niu Dehua牛徳华Eastern Fantasy324k WordsCompleted Classic martial arts style · Suspenseful wuxia The sword is heartless, but people have hearts. A true martial artist isn't one who never loses, but one who isn't afraid to lose. Twenty years in the depths of the snowy mountains, then a sword comes from the west to seek the past. Baidi City, Tianji Tower, Dizang Sect, Ren Sect Hall... One city holds the grudges and debts of three generations. His name is Ye Kai: Ye as in leaf, Kai as in happy. A man named Happy who, of all people, can never be ha 246Reads7.1Score141Shelves

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    A tribute to the classics, in the style of Gu Long, featuring themes of wandering, wandering souls, women, and wine. A promising book with great potential, highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

41. 1391 战 Warhammer: Fusing with the AllSpark, I Am the Machine God 战锤：融合火种源，我是万机之神 D QingD清Anime Fanfiction533k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out. It’ll go up.] Yang Fan: “If I had the AllSpark, I’d be the Machine God!” The next moment, darkness swallowed his vision. He transmigrated into Warhammer 40K, on the eve of the Badab civil war, and ended up a garbage sorter in the underhive. In this grim world, enforcers carried out killings during the Quietude, gangs and mutants ran rampant, and the shadow of Chaos lurked everywhere. The nobles of the upper hive saw those below them as insects. In such a cruel world, s 35.4kReads7.0Score5.4kShelves
42. 1392 离 Divorced and Canceled Online, the Olympiad PhD Is Sent to Teach the Slackers 离婚全网黑，奥赛博士发配学渣班 Nuclear-Powered Little Donkey核动力驴驴Urban274k WordsOngoing 67Reads—Score189Shelves

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    Although the subject matter is a story about a school homeroom teacher, judging from the comments, it seems to have been written by a school leader, which makes it quite interesting. Viewing the manipulation of students from an administrator's perspective is a novel and unconventional approach.

43. 1393 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 88.2kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
44. 1394 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.7kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves
45. 1395 宇 A New Myth of the Universe 宇宙新神话 Jing Zhao井照Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.4M WordsOngoing The dazzling stars are the stage of the gods. When supernatural powers intertwine with interstellar technology across the boundless cosmos, how many wondrous legends will be born to capture our imaginations? What do they love? What do they hate? What do they fear? What do they seek? Perhaps in the endless universe, so-called gods and aliens are no different from us, ordinary people fumbling our way forward. We are all creatures struggling to survive, fighters who refuse to yield, and, above all, 4.3kReads9.2Score423Shelves

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    It's unpredictable and doesn't lower your wits; the plot and character development are commendable, the ideas are imaginative, and the writing is fluent—definitely worth reading.

46. 1396 穿 Reincarnated as a Star? No, I’m the Cancer of the Universe 穿成恒星？不，是宇宙之癌 Time to Sleep睡觉了吧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse570k WordsOngoing [Pseudo-science fiction] [Real fantasy] [Invincible] [Ensemble cast] Wang Qi was watching an educational video when he blinked and transmigrated, becoming a star in the process of collapsing. What could he do? He had no choice but to save himself, clean up the mess caused by his attempts to save himself, and search for a way home, all at once. Thus was born a cosmic drifter, setting off on a life of recruiting underlings, advancing technology, and beating up Outer Gods. Until, many years later… 32kReads8.2Score3.9kShelves
47. 1397 救 Savior? Just a Brat 救世主？小屁孩而已 The Evil English Dictionary恶毒的英语字典Urban65k WordsOngoing (Ensemble cast, male lead has no romance, two power systems: beast taming and supernatural abilities, gradual growth, not overpowered, academy setting) (The male lead is like a battlefield reporter early on and can’t beat anyone. Later, he becomes the main carry on the battlefield and still can’t beat anyone.) People in later generations believed it had been a brilliant age when powerful figures stood as equals, and countless people dreamed of going back in time. But to those who lived through i 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let me recommend one of my books. I won't say anything else, but I guarantee it's not formulaic.

48. 1398 九 The Immortal of Jiuyun Mountain 九云山长生客 Chu Yueze初悦泽Eastern Fantasy69k WordsOngoing [Eastern fantasy, immortal cultivation, longevity, System, no female lead] Read with caution! (This book is divided into three volumes. The Mortal World arc follows Wu Ji as he undergoes trials in the mortal world, witnesses the loves and hates of humanity and the joys and sorrows of all living beings, and forges an unshakable Dao heart. In the Cultivation arc, he enters the perilous cultivation world, meets all kinds of cultivators, and pursues and proves the Dao. In the Return to One arc, afte 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely not a formulaic novel; the characters aren't just tools, they all have their own destinies.

49. 1399 最 Even the Weakest Skeleton Wants to Study Magic 最弱骷髅也想努力学习魔法 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Evolution] + [Dungeon] + [Magic] + [Nonhuman Protagonist] + [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Leveling Up] After unexpectedly transmigrating to a magical world, he turns into a battered skeleton on his very first day. Level up, evolve, allocate attribute points. From a low-level skeleton that crumbles at the slightest touch, to a sturdy skeleton, then fusing with a bone dragon's horns to evolve into an elemental skeleton. Level up, fuse, evolve, grow, step by step. Until he becomes the strongest 26.9kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
50. 1400 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.8kReads9.3Score16.2kShelves

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