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1. 1 地 Dungeon Growth Log 地下城生长日志 Black Sugar Simmered with Sour Plums黑糖煮酸梅Romance875k WordsCompleted Complete! Thanks to all the lovely readers who supported the official release! Follow Weibo user Heitang Zhu Suanmei for my next book. Other people grow crops; she grows dungeon imps. Other people level up by defeating monsters and earning fame; she levels up by raising monsters and earning hatred. Other people fall in love with heroes, sages, kings, and demon lords… Hey, would you like to fall in love with an illegal building? Ta Sha transmigrates into a dungeon, a half-dead one at that. Yes, 92.1kFavorites148.7kClicks/ch102.3kGifts

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   This is a novel written 10 years ago, but its ideas are still very forward-thinking and not outdated even now. It's a serious historical novel.

2. 2 家 My Father Is Emperor Taizong of Tang 家父唐太宗 A Millet Seed in the Vastness邈邈一黍Romance511k WordsOngoing This story is also known as The Accidental Intruder in the Imperial Household, The Daily Life of a Tang Dynasty Office Drone, and A Prince's Self-Cultivation. The official histories record Emperor Taizong's assessments of his sons as follows: Of the Crown Prince: “Benevolent, filial, intelligent, and perceptive!” Of the Third Prince: “Brave and decisive, just like me!” Of the Fourth Prince: “Tai is my son. I often wish he were by my side.” Of the Ninth Prince: “The Prince of Jin is benevolent an 26.5kFavorites38.6kClicks/ch37.6kGifts

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   It's still being serialized, but I've finished reading it and so far I think it's pretty good.

3. 3 我EN My Junior Sister Can’t Possibly Be a Silly Sweetheart 我的师妹不可能是傻白甜 Returning Mountain Jade归山玉Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Monster-slaying, leveling-up, and romance] //My Junior Sister Can't Possibly Be a Sweet, Naive Fool// - Not a strong female lead!!! Not a wish-fulfillment story!!! Slow-burn melodrama!!! Written for my own enjoyment!!!- Mei Liangyu: My junior sister spends all day with a bunch of top-tier villains. She smiles brightly and adorably, and speaks so softly, but she must have something up her sleeve. There's no way she's a sweet, naive fool in a circle of villains. - Six hundred years ago, the star 592.8kFavorites679.1kClicks/ch2.8MGifts

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   Sui Sui and Mei Mei will always be together [droopy-eared rabbit head]. I really want to give it five stars, but I can't.

4. 4 道 Fellow Daoist, Please Keep Quiet 道友，请保持沉默 Spring Breeze Afar春风遥Danmei (BL)444k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] Chu Jingxi, an overworked 996 office drone at an advertising agency, heard a steady stream of System announcements before he died: [Congratulations! You have awakened the talent “Negotiation Expert.”] [You are a master of psychology, naturally gifted with exceptional negotiation skills.] [Congratulations! You have awakened the talent “PR Consultant.”] [You can effortlessly maintain a brand’s image.] [Congratulations! You have awakened the talent “Top Sales Champion.”] [You’ 159.4kFavorites164.4kClicks/ch374.3kGifts

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   I refuse any bad endings, I'd give it five stars, but JJ won't allow it.

5. 5 警 I’m a Police Officer, But I Have the Criminal Master System (Crime Investigation) 警察，但犯罪大师系统[刑侦] The Rabbit Who Learns to Cook学做饭的兔子Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jiang Xia closed her eyes, opened them again, and found herself in the 1980s. She had become a police officer at a local station, fresh out of police vocational school and newly assigned to her post, with a Master Criminal System bound to her. As long as she kept committing crimes and making a name for herself, the System would reward her with all sorts of criminal skills. Looking at the master-level pickpocketing skill the System had granted her, Jiang Xia fell apart. What am I supposed to do w 121.2kFavorites133.4kClicks/ch496.3kGifts

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   Currently being serialized, with minimal romance but an outstanding career storyline.

6. 6 昏 A Tyrant, but Only Five Years Old 昏君，但只有五岁 Wu Shi雾十Danmei (BL)720k WordsCompleted Maomao had a cloth tiger that he treasured more than anything. One day, the little tiger started talking. It said it was the Villainous Ruler System, here to help every tyrant fulfill their dreams, and Maomao was the destined tyrant it had chosen. System: A proper tyrant first abducts a beauty and brings them into the palace, then exterminates the great general’s entire family, and finally drives the heroes of the realm to rise up against him, all while drinking and dreaming his life away on t 103.2kFavorites146.3kClicks/ch376.2kGifts

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   I love the cub stories written by Wu Shi.

7. 7 穿 Becoming a Tailor in Ancient Times 穿到古代当裁缝 Spring Day in the Forbidden Court禁庭春昼Danmei (BL)634k WordsOngoing Ye Tao is a lazy college student who can barely take care of himself. His only hobby is making clothes for dolls, with a little pocket money on the side. But luck was not on his side: he transmigrated. With no possessions, no practical skills, and no strength for hard labor, he was met with a sigh and a shake of the head from the broker, who found him someone to support him. This meal ticket was a little younger than Ye Tao and looked decent enough, but he was a miser the likes of which you onl 14.3kFavorites13.7kClicks/ch44.8kGifts

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   Currently being serialized, it's a slice-of-life story with a well-developed career path and few major plot twists, which I really like.

8. 8 我 I Have a Dungeon 我有一座地下城 Qingyuan清远No CP771k WordsOngoing Qin Zhuo stays up all night gaming, dies suddenly, and opens her eyes as an exiled noble. Her destination is the edge of civilization: the accursed wasteland. With no strength to defend herself, starving and freezing, and guarded by soldiers in armor, Qin Zhuo thinks she’s about to die again. Then, on the brink of death, she sees the ruins of an underground city hidden in the darkness. An underground city only she can see. That day, the decaying dragon whose divine bones had been replaced o 12.4kFavorites5.9kClicks/ch61.2kGifts

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   A very unique background, some of the hilarious jokes are quite funny, five stars, but JJ won't allow it.

9. 9 修 The Cultivation World’s Number One Marketing Star 修真界第一营销咖 Clouds and Moonlit Osmanthus云霄桂月Danmei (BL)808k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, Qiu Yu’an found himself right at home. Qiu Yu’an was a B-king. If he couldn’t show off, he’d rather die. Qiu Yu’an, the eldest legitimate son of the Qiu family, was renowned throughout the cultivation world as a prodigy. They say that on the day he was born, thunder roared across the sky. But the instant Qiu Yu’an entered the world, the clouds turned rosy for thousands of miles and a hundred phoenixes cried out, a heavenly omen. Years later, pe 198kFavorites170.9kClicks/ch657.3kGifts

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   I'm currently following a novel, and there's a part where the male lead doesn't understand why the female lead, who's so young and not even an adult, would stay up all night cultivating without any grudges. One comment said that although the protagonist doesn't have any deep-seated hatred, he has the "Avenue of Stars" (a metaphor for a path to enlightenment). Some of the comments are really interesting.

10. 10 恋 A Dating Sim, Completely Reworked for the Insect Race 恋爱游戏，爆改虫族 King Turnip卜萝大王Danmei (BL)833k WordsCompleted A veteran game producer transmigrates one day into the body of a weak, pitiful, helpless male insect: Berkeley Rosen. The System tells him that if he can't collect enough love within a month, he'll die. “We recommend dating at least ten female insects a day, or actively donating sperm.” Rosen: “...?” Dating? Donating sperm? No. Looking at this love-starved world, where male insects are scarce and female insects are abundant, the workaholic in him stirs. If love is the currency for clearing t 40.6kFavorites41.8kClicks/ch62.2kGifts

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    The forum-style writing is particularly interesting, and the descriptions of the Zerg are quite unique. The romance plot hasn't progressed much at 600,000 words. The system is described very differently; one short review said that in other novels, systems gradually learn emotions from cold, indifferent AI, but in this novel, the system goes from loving emotions and collecting love to becoming a capitalist system that loves exploiting inhumanity. [Lower-eared rabbit head]

11. 11 只 Guess I’ll Fight to the Bitter End 只好斗到底了 Jun Xing菌行Danmei (BL)2.3M WordsOngoing This is an interstellar danmei novel featuring mecha and supernatural abilities. Jiang Die was cryogenically frozen because of an illness. When he woke up in the twenty-fourth century, he was free of leukemia. He went to high school, studied hard, played sports, and occasionally fought back against bullies. Three uneventful years of school life passed like that. Then, in the year he graduated, his adoptive older sister fell gravely ill. Desperate to earn the exorbitant medical costs, Jiang Die 44.1kFavorites32kClicks/ch1.4MGifts

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    This is a novel I recently read, and it's incredibly good. The main character is fantastic. It's a nemesis/arch-enemy type novel, currently around 1.5 Million words long. The romance between the main character and the seme is at -100%, but the main character's career storyline is very compelling, and the supporting characters are also excellent. The only thing to note is that these are genuine nemesis/arch-enemies, the kind with real grudges.

12. 12 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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    I recently finished reading this book. The synopsis was just average, but the content was excellent. The characters were very interesting, the world-building was complete, and the author's mini-dramas were also quite entertaining. However, one thing I need to emphasize is that the novel focuses more on the supporting characters, which makes them more memorable after reading.

13. 13 魔 Devil 魔王 Moonlit Mulberry月下桑Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted The Demon King died, but said he would return. Theme: 160.5kFavorites341.2kClicks/ch419.8kGifts

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    I usually switch to a different novel when I get to the end, but this is one of the few I've read to the very end. This author also has another novel called *The Primal Rebirth*, which is also very good. The first forty or so chapters are a bit sad, and many people reread it, so the quality is guaranteed. It's a heartwarming story about raising a child.

14. 14 满 Echoes of My Heart Throughout the Court 满朝文武都能听到我的心声 White Wood白色的木No CP818k WordsCompleted I have a completed novel next door, The Empress Consort System Made Me the First Emperor's Imperial Tutor. Take a look if you're interested. *Light ancient fantasy novel Bad news: Xu Yanmao has transmigrated to ancient times, and he's completely useless at physical labor or farming. His specialty, cybersecurity, is no use to the ancients. Good news: He's bound to a System. Bad news: It's called the Gossip System. Not gossip in the sense of fortune-telling, but gossip involving people's priva 499kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch2.7MGifts

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    I would call it the god of heartfelt writing.

15. 15 我 There’s No Way I’m a Walking Natural Disaster 我不可能是移动天灾 A Sheet of Nonsense一纸无稽Danmei (BL)1.5M WordsOngoing [Deadline warrior. I'll try to update early, but unless something comes up, updates will be after midnight.] That day, a crack appeared in the sky. An indescribable shadow emerged overhead, casting its darkness across the entire Earth. That day, blood fell for seven days without stopping. That day, like so many others, Li Baicheng stayed home to face the end of the world and waited for death to come. But one day, two days... Even after the blood rain stopped, death still didn't arrive. After fi 123.6kFavorites181.6kClicks/ch326.1kGifts

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    I found this novel particularly engaging, but the author's updates are a bit slow.

16. 16 我 Writing Novels in the Interstellar Era 我在星际写小说 Wind Through the Squirrels风入松鼠Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted [New Pampering-Everyone Novel in My Column: Non-Typical Beloved One, Currently Updating and Absolutely Huge!] Novelist Yu Mian unexpectedly transmigrates into a destitute mermaid in the interstellar era. Trying to return to his old profession, Yu Mian asks his interstellar friends: How about a groveling ex-lover romance? How about a fantasy power-up story? How about a transmigration-into-a-book redemption story? From that day on, a mysterious author appeared in the interstellar world, updating s 99.5kFavorites170.6kClicks/ch313.2kGifts

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    I think this is the best novel the author has ever written.

17. 17 全 The World's Only Omega Cub 全世界唯一的omega幼崽 Dongmen Tao Yan东门饕宴Danmei (BL)2.1M WordsCompleted As an Omega child with exceptionally gifted innate qualities, Tang Qiu should have grown up adored by everyone, surrounded by a crowd of Alpha children. His biggest daily dilemma should have been whether to play house with one friend or hide-and-seek with another. But somehow, Tang Qiu wasn't born into the world where he was meant to be. Instead, he ended up in an ordinary world with only two sexes. As the world's only Omega child, Tang Qiu had no idea that if everyone's genes in this world we 78.3kFavorites198.6kClicks/ch320.6kGifts

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    I've reread it several times. The main characters are really cute, and the supporting characters are cute too. It's a very good novel.

18. 18 御 Beast Tamer, I’ll Work to Support You 御兽师，我打工养你啊 Granny Nine-Tails九尾婆婆Romance1.5M WordsOngoing More than a decade ago, after Hua Country made a trip around the far side of the moon, the authorities suddenly began a series of baffling operations. For example, the South Heaven Gate Project, popularizing end-of-the-world emergency kits and methods of hiding from nuclear radiation, and releasing spectacular films about mecha. At the time, the people joked that their motherland had burned an alien’s butt with a cigarette lighter on the moon. W 68.4kFavorites65.7kClicks/ch459kGifts

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    I think the female lead and Ya18 are so cute! I love the main characters so much that even though I don't usually like the cross-dimensional travel genre, I can't put this novel down.

19. 19 升 Ascending Dragon 升龙 Old Liver Mom老肝妈Romance1.3M WordsOngoing No blurb can do justice to the delightfully messed-up content of this novel: She died and was reborn. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had become a snake. Her former peers, now cultivators who followed a different path from hers, roared the moment they saw her: “How dare you, snake demon!” * Rising from the end of the Great Dao, she will endure forever above the heavens. * 1. A steady power-up story, slow burn, with a romantic pairing 2. The heroine had several romantic entangle 64.4kFavorites54.9kClicks/ch992.2kGifts

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    It's good; the main character is truly a very charismatic person.

20. 20 破 A Guide to Taking the Throne at a Failing Tourist Attraction: Farming 破产景区登基指南[种田] Springtime Tangerine春见柑Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently serializing: I Transmigrated into a Trash Incineration Plant and Generate Power Every Day [Farming] Xiang Yu takes over a run-down hot spring resort and the enormous iceberg behind it. The water here is hotter than a hot pot, the snowy mountains steeper than slides, and a group of employees with missing limbs are waiting for her to support them. Looking at the deaf Qingluan, mute merfolk, scorpion spirit with a severed tail, and the rest of the employees sent by the System, Xiang Yu a 51.4kFavorites52.9kClicks/ch240.7kGifts

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    I love Emperor [name omitted], and I suspect the author has an alternate account because this is the author's first book, and it's exceptionally well-written.

21. 21 男 A Boy Band That Sells Fanservice Will Be Struck by Lightning 男团卖腐天打雷劈 Half a Water Bottle半个水瓶No CP1.1M WordsCompleted As the youngest member of a boy band about to debut, Shi Song has been assigned the persona of a cold-hearted dom. Being cold-hearted might be hard, but he’s definitely got the dominant vibe! Above him are the creative big brother and the long-haired beauty of a second brother, then the charismatic rapper in third place and the amazing lead vocalist in fourth. To put it simply, they’re my parents and my older brothers and their partners. On the pre-debut survival variety show, they can sell ei 40.8kFavorites46.9kClicks/ch150.7kGifts

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    The novel about boy band debuts is well-written and very interesting.

22. 22 西 Daily Life on a Western Han Farm 西汉种田日常 Sui Yunxi随云溪Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [An extremely long novel, updated whenever the author can. Enter at your own risk.] Set against the backdrop of Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang’s edict in 202 BCE to demobilize soldiers and grant amnesty to slaves, this is a story about ordinary people trying their hand at farming, earning a living, and seeing what life was like in the early Han dynasty. There may also be some family drama. Reader’s Guide: 1. The characters’ names are based on those found in Qin and Han bamboo and wooden slips. 22.6kFavorites26.1kClicks/ch106.2kGifts

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    It's a slice-of-life farming story, very good. The author also wrote half of another farming story, that one is also good.

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