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1. 151 仙 Tales of an Immortal Official! It All Begins with Hearing Intel About Immortal Destiny! 仙官物语！从听到仙缘情报开始！ I'll Go Up There and Slash You我上去就是一刀Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing A sprawling epic! A sprawling epic! A prodigy’s rise Not traditional classical cultivation. The jokes can get a bit excessive at times, so just enjoy the ride! Shen Li transmigrated to a world of immortal martial arts, and he had a secret. When he was a child, he was knocked over by a five-colored horse. Ever since, strange messages had appeared in his mind! [At midnight tonight, a drop of Moonlight Spirit Water will appear in Crescent Lake. Use it as bait to lure out a Streamswimming Carp. Rewa 75kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves
2. 152 刚 I Just Hatched, and a Seven-Hundred-Meter Dragon Is Staring at Me 刚破壳，七百多米的巨龙盯着我 Golden Grains of Rice金色米粒Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsCompleted “We came from the starry sky. It is our dream, our ambition, our future, and our home. We are star dragons, and the starry sky means freedom. We were born free!” Newly awakened Viter listens to the one he calls Father teach him, and from that day on, he has a goal in life: the starry sky! But first, he has to grow up safely in this dangerous world known as the Dragon Realm! 53.7kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
3. 153 修 A Record of Raising a Good Dog 修勾驯养实录 September New Book九月新书Urban432k WordsCompleted [Modern Rebirth] [Realistic] [Niche Culture] [Multiple Heroines] The story of one man and several women. The plot has a nice balance of tension and relaxation. Take your time and enjoy! 15.1kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
4. 154 只 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ A Long Sigh长叹一声Urban3.9M WordsOngoing (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 261.1kReads9.5Score18.8kShelves
5. 155 钱 The Moneylender Was Reborn Seven Days Before Me 钱庄先生早我七天重生 Ghost of the Deep Sea Gazing at Moonlight深海的幽灵啊注视月光Modern Romance291k WordsOngoing [Career-Focused Female Lead + Supportive Male Lead] + [Beautiful, Unhinged Second Female Lead + Sharp-Tongued, Proud Second Male Lead] + [Sincere Romance] "Boss Chen, my eldest sister doesn't like having her picture taken. She looks about the same as my second younger sister. You've met her, after all." With that one sentence, Hu Lingyi became Boss Chen's second wife. Boss Chen thought she looked ordinary, but he had to admit she had a gift with numbers. Not a single transaction in the Chen fami 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In her previous life, Hu Lingyi was tricked into marriage by her younger brother using her looks, sold to the Chen family for a hundred silver dollars. Three years of torment took their toll, her health collapsed, and she was sent back to her parents' home with a letter of divorce. Her younger brother, Lingheng, forced her to give up her inheritance by pressing her fingerprint on the document. Kneeling on the ground, her fingertips dipped in ink, she thought this was her fate. She died in the north room, undiscovered for nine days. Her younger brother wrapped her in a straw mat, intending to throw her into a mass grave. In this life, she returned to her father's mourning hall. The lawyer read, "Eldest daughter Hu Lingyi voluntarily relinquishes her right to inherit all of her deceased father's property," and everyone waited for her to sign. She grasped the pen—then, she threw it away. "I won't sign."

6. 156 既 If There's No Way Forward in This World, Then I'll Take the Heavenly Path 既然人间无路可走，那就走天路 Back to Earth重回地球Urban665k WordsOngoing Li Xue was an architect. After losing his job, failing in business, and being abandoned by his wife, he was left with nowhere to turn. With the aid of the Immortal Light Sword, and after a chance meeting with his confidante Zhang Yingxin, he resolutely set off for an alien world. There, he navigated the star systems, battling demons, evildoers, and forces of darkness. After enduring arduous cultivation, he ultimately forged a legend... 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this one, you might be pleasantly surprised!

7. 157 不 The Undying Starveling 不死饿殍 Yu Jinhe余瑾和Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Tomato Original: They all call me Shen Qianqiu, or the Undying Wretch. I survived the meat hooks used to butcher people for food, weathered the storms of the Tang and Song dynasties, and witnessed the flames of war under the Yuan and Ming... I have walked this mortal world for a thousand years. “They ate me for a thousand years. At last, they ate me into a god.” 3.2kReads—Score235Shelves

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   It's no exaggeration to say that every single one of the 300 chapters of "The Undying Starve" is a drama in itself. From table-slamming and cold laughter to a jammed crossbow, a curtain-lifting scene, and bookkeeping, the entire narrative unfolds seamlessly, from overt confrontations to the covert maneuvering. The author even manages to put you to sleep with a smile at the end of each chapter—they truly know how to manage emotions.

8. 158 七 The Seven Stones’ Blessed Fortune 七石宝缘 Tea-Serving Thoughts端茶感言Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing The Analects says that a gentleman has nine things to consider: seeing clearly, hearing keenly, looking warm, appearing respectful, speaking sincerely, acting reverently, asking when in doubt, and understanding the consequences of anger. A hook to draw readers in Humans and magical beasts share the world. The protagonist, Yan Yaling, comes from an ordinary family in a remote village. He is lazy, greedy, mischievous, and shameless, yet would gladly lay down his life for his loved ones. As he gr —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New author, new book. The writing style is still a bit immature; I'll practice more. I'd like to recommend myself and strive to write better! 👀

9. 159 四 Siheyuan: I'm a Doctor. Is It Really Okay to Treat Those Beasts with Vengeful Ghosts? 四合院：我医生用厉鬼治禽合理吧 Post-2000s Rabbit零零后的兔子Male-Channel Fanfiction398k WordsOngoing Lu Hang wakes up in the infirmary of the Hongxing Steelworks in Forty-Nine City and discovers that he has transmigrated to the world of the siheyuan. Along with it, he gets the emotional System that comes as standard for transmigrators. But this System is a bit off. I'm a doctor, so what do you mean by rewarding me with Dong Xiaoyu? Is she the Xiaoyu from Uncle Ying's movies that I know? Yi Zhonghai: "Little Lu, everyone in our courtyard should help one another, respect the elders, and care for 18.3kReads—Score1.7kShelves

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   How should the birds in the courtyard react when they see Dong Xiaoyu in Uncle Ying's story?

10. 160 开 From the Start, a Butcher, with a Butcher's Talent to Match! 开局屠夫，天赋也是屠夫！ Writer Number Seven七号写手Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Wuxia + hard work + kill when necessary + female lead] [An animated adaptation is available. Go check it out.] Chen Jing transmigrated into a chaotic age and became a butcher. After he followed Butcher Zhang's instructions and finished slaughtering his first pig, he suddenly heard an inspiring voice: [Heaven rewards the diligent. Success is inevitable.] [Pig-Slaying Saber Technique: Beginner]... 387.5kReads8.6Score59.8kShelves
11. 161 武 War God: Starting Out as a Woodcutter 武神：从当樵夫砍柴开始 Kelp-Braised Pork Ribs海带烧排骨Eastern Fantasy449k WordsOngoing [Hard Work Pays Off + Skill-Leveling Progression + Supreme Bone Gacha + Female Army] After transmigrating to a martial arts world, Zhang Cheng spent the first three months lying around. Then he looked at his golden finger: he received a one-yuan recharge voucher through an automatic daily sign-in. As soon as he focused on the recharge voucher, rows of instructions appeared before his eyes: [Recharge vouchers can be used to draw talent or physique traits. Currently available trait slots: Talent ( 95kReads8.5Score15.1kShelves
12. 162 世 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化，却忘了生成玩家 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 211.9kReads9.3Score18.9kShelves
13. 163 谁EN Who Removed the Exit Button from My Xianxia Game? 谁把我仙侠游戏退出键扣了？ Mu Chun沐春Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing At first, I only wanted to create a fresh account for a holographic xianxia game... I had already selected the highest difficulty, simply to roll a better spiritual root and sell the account. But then... can someone tell me where the exit button is? Where did my enormous game exit button go? 371.1kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves
14. 164 文 A First-Rate Master of Letters, a Superlative Villain 文道一流，作恶超一流 Mo Wen Mofei莫问莫非Eastern Fantasy782k WordsOngoing [System of Evil-Deed Rewards] + [Poetry, Lyrics, and Literature] + [Lighthearted and Fun] + [Courtroom Maneuvering] + [Seven Heavenly Laws and Three Hundred Regulations] In this ancient immortal cultivation empire, the literary path has been granted the mighty power of Heaven's Way. A single character can fly through the sky and escape into the earth, a poem can manifest a poetic soul's reflection, a song can change the seasons, and a single chess piece can slaughter thousands of cavalry and arm 481.1kReads8.5Score69.3kShelves
15. 165 没 Yes, My People Are All Beast-Eared Girls 没错哒，我的族人全是兽耳娘 Kaguya of the Bamboo Grove, from Penglai竹取辉夜自蓬莱Historical954k WordsOngoing [Tribes, farming, primitive society, beast-eared girls, playing it safe, and laid-back development] When I woke up, I found myself rescued by a group of girls dressed in animal skins. And every one of them had animal ears and tails! The weak beast-eared girls had been driven to the edge of the forest by the larger tribes. Resources were scarce, food was in short supply, and even hunting was a struggle. Su Cheng said none of that was a problem. The problem was that they were looking at me in a ve 69kReads8.5Score6.1kShelves
16. 166 每EN Daily Intelligence: From Fisherman to Martial God 每日情报：从打渔人开始武道通神 Sneak a Little Kiss偷偷香一口Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [The rating has just been released, and it will rise later!] When he opened his eyes, Shen Xiuhan had become a fisherman in Changyun County. Relying on his Daily Intelligence System, he silently pressed onward through biting winds and frosty blades, treading a perilous world. [Intelligence 1: One li south, a "Treasure Fish Silverback Fish" has been spotted in the shallows of a small bay.] [Intelligence 2: Three li north, in a hole concealed by dry grass in the largest dead tree of the Deadwood F 408.6kReads8.5Score55.6kShelves
17. 167 大 In Great Qin, I Helped Qin Shi Huang Live Forever 大秦我带秦始皇长生不老 Happy Village Guardian快乐的守村人Historical973k WordsOngoing A Red Fruit animated series adapted from this novel is now available, titled The Immortal Great Qin! You can also just search for the novel's name. Feel free to check it out if you're interested. Qin Tian, an ordinary university student from the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates to the Great Qin of two thousand years ago. A cultivation technique called The Essence Guidance Art appears in his mind. Cultivation ranks: Essence Apprentice, Essence Warrior, Essence Master, Essence Lord, Essenc 114.5kReads8.5Score13kShelves
18. 168 风 Where the Wind Leaves Its Trace, Beyond the White Line 风过留痕，白线之外 The Laws of the Stars星辰之理Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy, no System, realistic, action psychology, everyday mysteries] Bailing first met Chen Feng at a dinner her younger sister had arranged at the last minute. He was neat-looking and impeccably mannered, even keeping a carefully measured distance whenever he came close. But she soon realized this "temporary boyfriend" was no ordinary man. When she was hurt, he would pull his hand back. When she was wary, he would take half a step away. He always left every choice up to her, yet w 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Some novels' sweetness is like saccharin diluted with water—the first sip is cloyingly sweet, the third turns bitter. The sweetness of this book, however, is like a glass of water at just the right temperature. Not scalding, not icy, you don't feel anything when you drink it, but you'll remember the temperature long afterward. The male lead hands the female lead water, room temperature, because she has an old injury on her right shoulder. The female lead takes it, doesn't drink it, and twirls the bottle with her thumb. He says, "I didn't put the water in there," and she says, "You've given yourself away." That's their sweetness. It doesn't rely on wall slams, forced kisses, or "You're my woman." It relies on one person knowing the other has an old injury on their right shoulder, and the other knowing that the other knows they have an old injury on their right shoulder. After reading it, you'll think—adult romance can be so quiet, yet so fulfilling.

19. 169 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭 Liu Jilian刘忌廉Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea 34.6kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves

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    This book is super good!

20. 170 天 Heaven's Mandate Projection: The Protagonist Has Great Stuff? Now I Do Too 天命投影：主角东西好？我也有了 Writing Ten Thousand Words a Day to Support My Senior日万赚钱养学姐Eastern Fantasy147k WordsOngoing Xiao Che became a member of the Xiao family! At first, Xiao Che never thought his small clan would have one of those “thirty years east of the river, thirty years west” stories. After all, this wasn't a novel. Where would such a standard plot come from? Then! After their young master, Xiao Nitian, was dumped by his fiancée, who had caught the eye of an elder from a sacred land, Xiao Che was stunned, and the [Heavenly Mandate Projection System] activated. He could create projections just by meeti 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥Who still envies the special advantages of the chosen one? This novel directly breaks the mold✨ "Destiny Projection: The Protagonist's Things Are Good? I Have Them Too", whatever good things the protagonist sees, he projects and replicates them all, slapping the chosen one in the face is super satisfying.

21. 171 一 The Outcast: A Four-Year-Old Awakens Twin Martial Souls and Is Invincible from the Start 一人：四岁觉醒双武魂，开局无敌 Little Seaweed小海苔Anime Fanfiction154k WordsCompleted The four-year-old orphan they picked up from a mass grave opened his mouth and said, "Water." His second words were, "From now on, call me Young Lord." Tang Miaoxing almost dropped to his knees and bowed on the spot. A pair of golden eyes that could see through everything, a pair of golden wings that could tear through space, and a miniature Douluo world hidden inside his body. At four, he defeated the Tang Clan's twelve guards. At five, he hung Yamamoto Xuanji's corpse at the mountain gate. A 105Reads—Score135Shelves

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    Who could resist a four-year-old who exudes domineering power?! Tell me, just watch it! The male lead is truly at the pinnacle of power, it's incredibly exciting!

22. 172 只EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.6kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves

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    You absolutely have to be rewarded! These are some gems I've found in Tomato magazines over the years, and there's also a book on my bookshelf called "The Skeleton Lord's Growth Diary," which is quite good too.

23. 173 求 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 Shan Xun山寻Sports3.5M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 115.6kReads8.2Score7.9kShelves
24. 174 异 Insectoid Maze City: A Tentacle Girl’s Handbook for Raising Her 异虫迷城：触手娘的养育手册 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “No System” + “No Formulaic Plot” + “Not Invincible” + “A Relatively Slow Burn” Darkness falls, and humanity is kept in captivity behind towering walls. Beyond them roam vicious, rampaging alien insects and eerie, walking corpses. Inside the walls, people indulge in sensual pleasures, intoxicated by wealth and the perverse tastes of high society. There are also disguised alien insects wearing human skin, who take pleasure in hunting people. The insects eat people and leave their bones behind. Th 8.5kReads8.8Score756Shelves

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    The first book, after the one about losing her mother, became less enjoyable; I wouldn't recommend reading it after that.

25. 175 我 I Became a Rebel in Another World 我在异界当反贼 Return on the Roadside陌上回Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted A slow-burn Western fantasy about knights and lords, with no female lead! The golden finger is minor and appears late! Henwell became a commoner from the start and planned to work his way up to nobility, but as a young child, he was swept into a war. To stay alive, he threw in his lot with the enemy and became a junior strategist, forging the strongest army in the world. Just when he thought he could enjoy a good life after the war, he was sold into slavery. He was trained as a gladiator, but be 29.3kReads8.9Score3kShelves
26. 176 我 I, the Ogre 我，食人魔 Cats See Culture Everywhere猫猫眼里都是文化Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (Not transmigration, no clichés; beautiful boy, pseudo-ensemble cast; meticulous, secret identities; a touch of light-novel style, “succubus,” contrast) “I wear many masks, and every one has a story.” An overlooked little painter at the Temple of Dawn; the strongest apprentice in the gladiatorial arena; a killing machine feared by goblins... “The saintly nun in the sunlight is me, and so is the kind old gentleman on the train...” “I once fled in haste through underground passageways, and I also 10.3kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
27. 177 月 Limbus Company: The Broken Wing's Feather 月计：折翼之羽 Wai Mai Xiao Ge外埋小鸽Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Contains a fair amount of original worldbuilding. If that bothers you, please steer clear.] My name is Lin Yan. I’m 22 years old, unmarried, and live in the civilian district in the southern part of Nest K. I work at a branch of Lobotomy Corporation, and every night I have to work overtime until eight before I can go home. I don’t take Enkephalin, and I only drink in moderation. I go to bed at eleven and get a full seven hours of sleep every day. Before bed, I always drink a cup of warm water, 8.4kReads9.5Score995Shelves
28. 178 打 What If I Can't Beat Them? Guess I'll Have to Win Them Over 打不赢怎么办？只好选择攻略了 A Useless One a一只废物aEastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine, lots of everyday life, no angst, a single romance] Su Bei tries to clear the game Fantasy World. After staying up all night and failing a hundred times, he finally ends this miserable experience. Not by beating the game, but by giving up. Wait! How did I transmigrate? But as Su Bei digs deeper, the truth has already changed beyond recognition… This is a redemption story spanning fifty thousand years. 34.3kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
29. 179 我 My Roommate Is a Girl I Went to High School With 我的舍友是高中女同学 A-Xue Who Stays at Home蹲家的阿雪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Urban slice of life, one female lead, pure romance, cozy daily life, roommates living together.] On his way to dinner after work, Deng Wen'an ran into his high school classmate Dong Xiaoyu, who was dragging a suitcase around looking for a place to rent. “Can I stay at your place for one night?” “Can I impose on you a little longer?” Dong Xiaoyu had originally planned to stay for just one night, but ended up living in Deng Wen'an's tiny twenty-square-meter studio for good. They slept in the same 30.2kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
30. 180 魔 Demon Journey: Flowers Bloom on the Other Shore 魔旅：彼岸花开花彼岸 Mushrooms Led by the Wind听凭风引真菌Anime Fanfiction539k WordsCompleted [Wandering Witch Fanfiction] [Single heroine: Elaina] [No transmigration] [No System] (Main story complete) A note before you begin: This is the author's second book, and I'll do my best to ensure its quality. I have a good track record, too: as long as the work is still here, I'll keep updating it. This fanfiction will rearrange some of the locations from Elaina's travels, though not too drastically, and weave in many original countries imagined by the author. Elaina's characterization will lea 5.7kReads9.5Score824Shelves
31. 181 湛 Azure Tyrant 湛蓝暴君 Return on the Roadside陌上回Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted “What? You’re creating a biological disaster? Arrest them!” “Huh?! You’re trying to summon the Zerg? That’s completely insane! Seize them!” “Whoa! Why are you bringing an alien along? Are you planning to build up a whole army? Hands on your head, get down on your knees!” The many Chosen Ones from different realms cried out, “Run! The Evil God’s lackeys are here!” Li Si, a man devoid of emotion, wanted to become normal. Representing his realm in the Contest Across the Myriad Heavens, he became an 26.7kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
32. 182 全EN Survival for All, Obtaining the D-Class Personnel Simulator 全民求生，获得D级人员模拟器 Dream Tea Turns Cold梦茶凉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.7M WordsOngoing Everyone transmigrates into an apocalyptic world, where each person starts with a shelter and a unique talent. Lin Ye gains the D-rank Personnel Simulator ability, which lets him enter other worlds and simulate being D-rank personnel. Lin Ye: ??? 146.6kReads8.9Score11.1kShelves
33. 183 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.9kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
34. 184 猎 Hunting the City: I Am a Legendary Investigator! 猎杀都市：我，传奇调查员！ Shang Jian尚简Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted Online game, tabletop-RPG style, infinite-flow, mildly frightening, not mindless All players of Murder City, take note: The “investigators” you play will enter all kinds of dangerous places, struggling between the mysterious and the human. Death during a mission is permanent. Have a pleasant game. This is a dark forest woven from the bizarre and the uncanny, where people fight and kill under cruel rules. The winners claim everything, while the losers become food. And within this brutally hardcor 2.6kReads9.2Score350Shelves
35. 185 来EN Pyromancer from the Game World 来自游戏世界的火系法爷 Salted Fish Eats Watermelon咸鱼吃西瓜Sports3.4M WordsCompleted Everyone knows there are three kinds of mages: 1. Mages who cast spells with intelligent assistance 2. Mages who only know how to reuse spell frameworks 3. Archmages who use knowledge and mana to move the elements So where do mages who wield a deeper understanding fit in? “Luo Wen Yi, you're not fit to be a mage! A deeper understanding? You call that a deeper understanding?! It's nothing but a crude warrior's delusion!” “But... if it exists, there must be a reason.” “You're a disgrace to mages!” 93.3kReads9.1Score10.5kShelves
36. 186 大 The Great Dao Dies, but I Live On; Even as Spiritual Energy Dries Up, I Remain Evergreen 大道死而我不死，灵气枯竭我长青 Principal Typhoon台风校长Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Immortality + no System + not a power fantasy + fictional setting + slow-paced] [The story mainly follows the protagonist as he travels and witnesses the changes after spiritual energy dries up.] Have you seen an age of prosperity, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races rose to prominence, and geniuses shone like stars in the sky? But have you ever lived through an era when spiritual energy ran dry, all magic withered, and the Great Dao died? Have you seen a vast immortal dynasty g 40.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
37. 187 非 A Guide to Everyday Life with Nonhumans 非人类日常注意事项 Supersonic Bulldozer超音速推土机Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Speculative sci-fi + urban + no System + one heroine + slice of life] After the world’s order collapsed and was rebuilt following the sudden appearance of monsters, an ordinary person who wanted nothing more than a quiet life gained the ability to turn into a monster. His everyday life was anything but ordinary. 25.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
38. 188 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 120.2kReads9.4Score14.1kShelves
39. 189 洪 Honghuang: Starting at Buzhou Mountain, I Became a Substitute 洪荒：开局不周山，我成了替身 Leaning on a Slanted Bridge in Spring Clothes春衫倚斜桥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A wisp of soul accidentally transmigrated into the Primordial World and awakened inside the body of the hapless Creation Green Lotus, which had been struck by lightning since the day it first emerged. But he failed to possess the lotus. Instead, he caused the original lotus to develop sentience, transforming it into twin lotuses that grew side by side. He had become a stand-in. With no System or cheats, and too embarrassed to call himself a transmigrator, Qingxuan didn’t dare dream of dominati 36.5kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
40. 190 洪 Honghuang: A Primordial Yin-Yang Flood Dragon, So There Is No More Golden Flood Dragon Scissors 洪荒：先天阴阳蛟，再无金蛟剪 Leaning on a Slanted Bridge in Spring Clothes春衫倚斜桥Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No System] [Has a Heroine] [Slow-Burn] [Traditional Style] [Sound Logic] [No Conspiracy Theories] [Creative Liberties] I transmigrated into the Primordial World. The good news: I’m a primordial lifeform, and later generations will remember me as a legendary figure. The bad news: the source of that legendary reputation is the treasure made from my corpse, the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, not me while I’m alive, the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon born of primordial yin and yang energy. The convergence of 54.3kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves
41. 191 朝 A Hound of the Imperial Court? You’ve Never Faced the Six Fan Gate’s Blades 朝廷鹰犬？没挨过六扇门的刀 Tian Yan天衍Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsOngoing Also known as: Six Doors: Confiscating Estates and Wiping Out Clans [Transmigrate into a book + ruthless and decisive + single or no heroine] Reality isn’t a game, nor is it a storybook. Reality has rules, and breaking them brings retribution. My name is Li Jun Su. I paid the price for breaking the rules. After that, I was reborn. Unlike the real world, this world was dominated by martial arts, and the path to immortality flourished. Power mattered more than authority. The Great Qian Dyna 65.9kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
42. 192 孤 Ten Years of Solitary Wandering 孤旅拾年 Qian Sheng Four Seasons黔笙四季Urban107k WordsOngoing A Xin and A Shao, romantic names that belong only to youth. On the night of their autumn outing in Yanhe County, the evening breeze bore witness as the girl was the first to confess the love she had kept hidden for so long. Only then did she realize that the boy's gaze had been quietly resting on her through countless moments when he looked up from his exercises. Their sweet romance had barely begun when the shadows of reality began to follow them everywhere. The family history the girl did not 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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43. 193 瑰 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 Black and White Images黑白画映Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Three romantic storylines, three solutions to the same problem. Xiao Ruohua once argued in a debate, "Love rationally, and never lose yourself in love"—this statement later became the turning point of the entire book: Su Youli and Xiao Ruohua: They adhered to the same principle—not to be dependent or a burden. He didn't get close because he was afraid she would have an even harder time in the Chu family; she refused because she was afraid of becoming "Chu Yanhua" again. In the end, they were able to come together not because one convinced the other, but because the obstacles on both sides disappeared simultaneously. Chu Yanzhi: A sober fall in love. Every time he fell in love, it was accompanied by precise self-discipline. The sentence "I hope you don't get too involved" was said to her, but also to himself. Before the engagement banquet in Chapter 48, he silently told himself in the shadows, "A temporary attraction at first sight, it will pass"—this was the last seal he placed on himself. Chu Yanqing and Jin Yu: From "True love can overcome everything" to "I must first be qualified not to be manipulated." She went abroad, gave birth to a daughter, and registered the "YUE" studio. The most poignant aspect of this storyline is that she didn't find salvation; she grew into someone capable of protecting another. The scene where Yu Jiajia rejects Chu Yanzhi contains the most sobering line in the entire book: "Unrequited love is just wishful thinking. But after tasting the sweetness of that wishful thinking, losing it—that's an unforgettable pain. I don't want that kind of pain." This line provides a dignified ending for all those who "seek but cannot obtain." This book doesn't merely float on the surface of wealthy social circles. It describes the stack of brittle prescriptions and drug payment slips in the court mediation room—three years of time compressed into sets of numbers, lying quietly in front of their two sons; it describes Xiao Ruohua's words, "You've raised me for so many years, now it's my turn to support you," when Zhan Kun was forced by the company to "voluntarily resign"; it describes the day she passed the selection process for judge, Su Youli said nothing more, only cooked a table of home-cooked dishes, raised his glass and said four words: "Congratulations, Judge Xiao." At that moment, I suddenly understood Su Youli's most precious quality. He never said "Thank you for your hard work," nor did he ever say "I'm proud of you"—because he was present the whole time. He saw every late night she endured, every judgment she meticulously reviewed, and every hurdle she overcame under pressure. His purpose was never to shield her from the wind and rain, but rather, no matter how far she went or how high she flew, as long as she looked back, he would always be there. In Chapter 49, she leaned against the low sofa on the balcony and said, "It took me five years to get to this point," and he simply tightened his grip on her hand. —This is the best kind of love for adults: not about one person becoming the other's haven, but about two complete individuals choosing to stand side by side. Closing the story, what I remember most vividly isn't the grand proposal or the stunning photo wall, but that almost overlooked detail in Chapter 41: Su Youli was going on a business trip and called to say, "Someone will be delivering two low sofas later; you can put them on the balcony." Later, Xiao Ruohua sat on the balcony, looking at the two sofas side by side—one occupied, the other empty. He had waited twelve years to sit in that empty seat. And at the end of the story, she folded his pajamas and placed them next to her summer clothes in the closet; she placed the old photo of him at twenty on the bedside table, with his profile gazing at her from afar in the corner; she said, "From now on, every time we take a photo, you have to be next to me." He answered, "Not once." From "daring not to leave one's name in the crowd" to "always by my side"—this is probably the best ending a person can achieve. And those who didn't get it, have all found their own place. Some are growing bones again while holding their daughters in foreign lands, some allow themselves to feel their hearts flutter one last time in the lights of their engagement banquet, some exchange two bracelets for a small house of their own. There is a time for gathering, and a time for parting. Everything has its destination, only the warmth of spring next year, the warmth of human life, and the promise of a better future year after year.

44. 194 霸 The Boss Couple Infringes on Their Own Employee's Rights 霸总夫妇侵权自家员工 Lai Baomabei来宝马贝Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted After the second issue of the monthly magazine came out, Yu Xue realized someone had set her up. The piece she submitted was rejected by the company magazine's editor, while an article full of veiled attacks targeting her and her fellow townsman, Wan Yanxin, took up the entire issue. On top of the magazine, there were also personnel transfers meant to suppress them. They were being surrounded and pressured from every angle, with both threats and inducements. The situation left her deeply unsettl 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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45. 195 四 A Four-Year-Old Genius Can Heal and Fight, and Commanders Vie to Be Her Dad 四岁萌宝能医会武，司令们抢当爹 Le Shen乐燊Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted Just started gaining ratings, and the audiobook version is now available! Also known as: The King of Hell’s Daughter Clears Out the Family Estate and Transmigrates to the 1970s, Where She’s Doted On by Everyone Four-year-old Nuannuan tugs on the King of Hell’s beard: “Daddy, are you going to throw me away?” The King of Hell weeps: “My little ancestor, how about going to the human world for a bit? When you come back, I’ll be your big horse!” Nuannuan’s eyes light up: “Okay, but I can’t go empty-h 6.8kReads8.3Score852Shelves

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    The baby is amazing! The little toddler saved his mother!

46. 196 铁 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 The Colors of Songcheng Fireworks宋城烟火色Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.2kReads6.4Score293Shelves

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47. 197 战 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.4M WordsOngoing “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.2kReads5.9Score192Shelves
48. 198 抗 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.1kReads8.7Score603Shelves
49. 199 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.5kReads—Score192Shelves
50. 200 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.4kReads6.4Score304Shelves

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