Male Lead, No Romance 男主无cp

1. 1 如 How to Build a University 如何建立一所大学 Yang Yиzi羊羽子No CP901k WordsCompleted This novel is also known as A Guide to Building a University in the Mysterious Realm A no-romance Western fantasy with a modern setting~ Knowledge lets us see the light., Clara University For what happens next, see The Past of Minches. I’ll start writing it in the next couple of days. Theme: Study hard and keep improving! 95.4kFavorites109.6kClicks/ch187.4kGifts

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   The title is simple, but the writing is surprisingly good. It's a pity the later parts felt rushed, leading to an anticlimactic ending and many plot holes left unfilled. It establishes a vast world, and the influence of the best friend and Harry Potter is clearly felt at the beginning (I haven't read *The Lord of the Rings*, but I imagine there are traces of that influence). Later, however, it gradually becomes more of the author's own style. I feel sorry for this, but considering it was written during the pandemic, and the author went through many experiences, writing requires a lot of effort, so I can understand. It's truly a shame. There are many typos and grammatical errors, but these aren't due to the author's writing ability; they're due to rushed typing. For me, they don't affect reading because the story is really good. The characters are also well-developed, and I felt reluctant to say goodbye to this story.

2. 2 靠 With a Tragic Romance System, I'm Faking Ghosts in Song Dynasty Costumes 靠着be美学系统在带宋装神弄鬼的我 Three Fools, Two Madmen三傻二疯No CP531k WordsCompleted On a bright spring day, with the spring breeze blowing, Su Mo plucks his pipa and sings aloud: [Western Xia, the Khitan, and the Jurchen; The New Faction, the Old Faction, and Su Zizhan; Wavering and playing both sides, not fit to be called human; Impeach whoever you like, but it might just come back to bite you. Selling out the country, ceding land: damn, that’s going too far; Surrender to the Jin, and you might lose your manhood; If Bianjing can’t be held, at least we can have some fun 17.2kFavorites24.7kClicks/ch88.1kGifts

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   It's slightly inferior to another book by the same author. However, the story itself has a heavier tone. The author's skill is undeniable, so it's worth a read.

3. 3 太 Supreme Year 太岁 priestNo CP1.2M WordsCompleted “If I had a choice, I’d rather be a tiny ant among the mortal world, living in ignorance and dying in obscurity, never seeing the light of day beneath the fog of Jinping City. That would be better than taking this treacherous path to the heavens.” A steampunk cultivation world. Updates around eleven. If I can’t update, I’ll post a notice. Warning: Long and tedious. Theme: Overthrowing subjective idealism 485.3kFavorites516.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts

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   I dare not watch melodramatic dramas a second time.

4. 4 征 Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game 征服异界从游戏开始 Loves Spicy Chicken Powder爱吃辣鸡粉No CP2.3M WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity: Player-Centric Story] A deranged black mage disguised another world as a game, tricking even more deranged Earth players into flooding the other world and causing mayhem. From the start, he had only a skeleton for a body, and all his equipment had to be seized... confiscated! Undead, bandits, and calamity as one: a storm from another plane begins sweeping across Nabaron this summer, bringing fear and trembling... bringing peace, justice, order, and light! The ancient gods 131.6kFavorites242.4kClicks/ch799.4kGifts

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   I'd give it a perfect score. The perspective is unique, and the group portrait is excellent. I've already watched it twice.

5. 5 在EN Pretending to Be an Overseas Contestant on a Boy Group Survival Show 在男团选秀假扮海外选手 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车No CP465k WordsCompleted *The second set of illustrations is up! If you can only see the first set, please update the app. For watermarked versions, see Weibo @A Self-Destructing Truck. *Comments related to real people will be deleted. I didn't delete the other comments, so please don't argue in the comments section. [Warnings are below. Anyone trying to identify real-life inspirations will be disappointed.] Upcoming story 1: "A Field Guide to Failing at Fanservice" (original, no CP) Upcoming story 2: "I Draw the Underc 101kFavorites216.3kClicks/ch183.2kGifts

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   It's quite inspiring and doesn't involve any gimmicks.

6. 6 大 When Will the Crown Prince Make His Move for the Throne? 大皇子究竟何时夺嫡 Paint the Galaxy画星河Romance943k WordsCompleted Next up: The Crown Prince Returns, and Great Qi Is Safe at Last! Please add it to your wishlist. Li Xun, an army major, transmigrates into a romance novel called The Emperor's Beloved. In the story, Emperor Jiayou goes to great lengths to help his beloved's son inherit the throne, maneuvering the eldest prince and the crown prince, whose maternal family is powerful, into competing against each other. The eldest prince dutifully wages a succession battle for over a decade as a disposable tool, bu 94.4kFavorites196.7kClicks/ch199.2kGifts

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   It was original and not bad, but the later part dragged on and he didn't go back to inherit the throne, which made me tired of watching.

7. 7 我 I Turned a Dying Variety Show into a Poverty Alleviation Channel 我把过气综艺做成了扶贫专线 Lan Tuo兰拓No CP1.6M WordsCompleted → My new novel, The Wicked Woman Becomes a Mom and Refuses to Turn Her Kid into a Tiger Mom, is now open for reading! A hilarious ancient-to-modern entertainment-industry story, featuring a laid-back imperial consort, a mom who coasts through raising her child, no romance for anyone, making money above all, and going crazy for the win. It's already got plenty of chapters, so dive right in! As a low-level office drone in the public sector, Wei Sheng initially just wanted to take a taxpayer-funde 93.1kFavorites252kClicks/ch907.4kGifts

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   It was good and quite meaningful; I learned a lot of things I hadn't thought about before. The only downside was that the plot became repetitive towards the end, and it was too long to finish.

8. 8 被 After the Emperor Read My Inner Thoughts Diary 被皇帝偷看心声日志后 Three Fools, Two Madmen三傻二疯No CP859k WordsCompleted 80% anti-piracy threshold After signing a shady contract with a dogshit System, Mu Qi was sent to ancient times. The good news was that the body the System had prepared for him belonged to the heir of a duke in the current dynasty. He was born into a life of wealth and privilege, at the very top of an alternate dynasty. The bad news was that the emperor was obsessed with alchemy, the upright officials and the corrupt faction were locked in fierce conflict, and the realm was in decline under a 73.4kFavorites135.8kClicks/ch195.6kGifts

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   While not a devoted father, he's otherwise excellent, and once you start reading, you can't stop. There's no romantic relationship; everyone is fighting for their political ideals. The only drawback is the male lead, not the female lead, and the use of derogatory terms for women. There's only one female character, and she has very little screen time; the protagonist doesn't seem to be trying to change the situation of women at the time. The comments made it easy for someone with no historical knowledge to understand the author's references (the sheer volume of readers for this historical work is terrifying!), And I've already read it twice.

9. 9 退 After Leaving the Imperial Exams, I Won a Marquisate Through Farming 退出科举后我靠种田封侯 Ru Ren孺人Romance759k WordsCompleted Lin Liwen graduated from an agricultural university, then returned to his hometown to lease farmland and practice modern farming. One day, he opened his eyes and found himself in the body of the male lead's cousin, a contrast character in an imperial-examination novel. In the original story, the body’s former owner relied on being the eldest grandson of the main branch of the family, leeching off his relatives. Jealous of his talented younger cousin, he poisoned the cousin's food, finally maki 54.5kFavorites135kClicks/ch40.3kGifts

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   It was quite meaningful, but the pace got a bit tiring towards the end, so I didn't finish watching it.

10. 10 为 Offering a Matryoshka Doll to the Beautiful World 为美丽世界献上套娃 Unsalted不盐No CP651k WordsCompleted [I’m not very good at this. My writing skills and emotional stability were equally lacking when I wrote it, so please think carefully before reading.] [The upcoming novel The Miracle Offered to a Beautiful World, featuring the same protagonist, is now in my author’s collection.] Garland Reiger Rossdale, male, human. Deputy commander of the Imperial Knights of the Gailing Empire, the only person in the world to embody all seven virtues, and a famous young aristocratic talent on the continent of T 36.9kFavorites25kClicks/ch45.7kGifts

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    It's a great read, but unfortunately the author is inefficient.

11. 11 所21+ The So-Called Level-Suppressing Expert [Infinite] 所谓的压级大佬[无限] The Fishing Salty Fish摸鱼的咸鱼No CP383k WordsCompleted 23.5kFavorites30.9kClicks/ch17.1kGifts

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    The premise of expert players slaughtering newbies in a village isn't exactly novel, but it's well-written. There are occasional typos and misused words, but they don't significantly affect readability. April 2026 (Editor's Note): I reread it and it's so weird! Considering current events and the author's column... This can be read as a male-male romance novel. If you can't handle this kind of thing like me, don't read it!

12. 12 喂 Hey, Hunter, Soloing Is Forbidden in This Game! [VR] 喂，猎人，本游禁止solo！[全息] Mu Xingzhou木行舟No CP553k WordsCompleted Jokey blurb: How do you become the most overpowered DPS in World? One: Choose Hunter. Two: Choose Elf. Three: Find a hidden NPC and unlock a special race. Four: Memorize all the hidden quest locations and how to unlock them. Five: Wait patiently to be reborn. ￣ω￣ "Hot forum thread" Player 1: How can I make my Hunter kill one little noob with every arrow? Player 2: First, you need to know all kinds of mechanics and be able to write guides. Player 3: Next, you need a pet that the System automatic 20.2kFavorites30.6kClicks/ch10.1kGifts

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    I love online game novels, but there are some things the author doesn't understand, and the realistic parts are rather weak. Also, there's a male-male pairing in it… I really can't stomach that anymore.

13. 13 孤 The Orphaned Road to Esports Glory 孤儿路王者[电竞] A Sea of Wine倾海酒No CP1.0M WordsCompleted This novel’s extra chapter: The King of the Orphaned Top Lane, Extra Chapter Competitive novel planned for 2024: Star of a Small-Market Team [Competitive] Blurb: Generally speaking, in League of Legends, the mid and jungle are tied together, and the bot lane is a married couple. The top laner, however, is on their own 95% of the time, stuck on the lonely island of top lane. But You Song thinks that if you choose to play top, then becoming a king of the orphaned top lane who says, “Don’t bother 19.4kFavorites47kClicks/ch82.2kGifts

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    I've read it three times. Although it features the male lead, I'll give it five stars to boost my rating. It's a solid e-sports novel, the male lead is practically perfect, and the author writes in great detail. The battles between the two sides in each game are very interesting, and even someone who doesn't play MOBAs will enjoy reading it.

14. 14 这 What Is This? A Fake Casual Gamer 这是什么？虚假的生活玩家 Mu Xingzhou木行舟No CP593k WordsCompleted Blurb: In the year 3000 of the New Star Era, the full-dive game Dreamscape burst onto the scene. The official promotion promised, "The game is regulated entirely by its central AI. This is a showdown between humans and artificial intelligence." The gimmick drew hundreds of billions of players into the game. Bai Mu, a professional gamer who had transmigrated, was completely baffled by Dreamscape's overwhelming publicity. Apart from switching from keyboard-and-mouse controls to full-dive, this so 10.5kFavorites17.2kClicks/ch8.9kGifts

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    For non-FF players, it was a bit confusing. (In my opinion) the game's pacing was okay, but the final realistic part got a little chaotic. Overall, it was still a pleasant experience.

15. 15 天21+ The Game of Heaven's Choice 天择游戏 Si Zeyuan Lan司泽院蓝No CP248k WordsCompleted 1.1kFavorites1.7kClicks/ch463Gifts

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    A very smooth story with a reasonable pace, crisp writing, and well-developed characters, including their transformations. It's clear the author has everything under control. I'm just a little disappointed with Keane's ending...

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