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Plot-Driven, Super-Satisfying Stories, Part 3 剧情向大爽文（3）

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[Plot-Focused Book List No. 3] A mixed bag for omnivorous readers (no GL). My personal take is very subjective, so I include anything with something worth reading. Five-star stories are highly recommended!

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1 I Can See Crime Records [1990s] 我能看到罪案记录［九零］ Ten Miles of Quiet Joy十里清欢No CP913k WordsCompleted My next novel will be Road Survival: I'm the Only Bking. Check out my other upcoming novels, Bking's Wind Has Reached the Criminal Investigation Bureau and The Treacherous Minister Never Changes His Ways. If you like them, please add them to your collections, everyone! [Synopsis] After Zhang Zhenglin died in the line of duty, he opened his eyes to find himself in the 1990s, now a newly hired household registration officer. In his previous life, Zhang Zhenglin had been a special police officer w 20.1kFavorites23.6kClicks/ch15.5kGifts
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It's good, although there are a lot of bugs and some settings don't fit the era and are a bit jarring, but the later cases are quite well written. The main character remained calm and capable throughout. As for the supporting characters, I don't even want to talk about them; they were impulsive and stupid. [Joker]
2 Modern Spirit Planter 现代灵植夫 Jiazi Hai甲子亥Danmei (BL)550k WordsCompleted Friends, updates have moved to 6 p.m.! After a month of working overtime nonstop, Ling Zhun, an event planner at a major corporation, decided to grab his bucket and run. Then he hit the jackpot! Not the kind with twenty-two wheels! While making his escape, he passed an antique stall and, on a sudden whim, bought an old book called The Ten Thousand Harvests Array Manual for a small sum. Of course, he regretted it as soon as he got home. The book was obviously a modern reproduction, just a dec 18.5kFavorites17.6kClicks/ch67.4kGifts
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As always, the writing style is understated and somewhat artificial; it's readable when you're bored, and the jokes are interesting.
3 This Korean Idol's Green Card Won't Put Up with This Anymore 韩团绿卡不想忍了 The Heart-Seeking Wanderer溯心客No CP518k WordsOngoing [Original story! Not fanfiction! Chapter comments are open! Duan Baihe wakes up to discover that she's become a member of a Korean girl group that's about to debut. The good news: Her whole body, arms, legs, and beautiful face are all still her own. The company hasn't had a chance to send her to the operating table. The bad news: She's the group's only foreign passport holder, and she's half Russian. The kind of person Korean audiences like least. The company only a 16.4kFavorites18kClicks/ch35.8kGifts
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I love watching original K-pop background stories (not fan fiction) featuring creative idols. Overall it's pretty good, but there are occasional moments of feeling powerless against reality. The systemic oppression of the entertainment industry and the incompetent bosses can be annoying to the subordinates at times. Although the protagonist can and will fight back, it's not very friendly to someone following a serialized story. [Clown]
4 The Whole League Thinks I'm Cheating [Esports] 全联盟都以为我开挂了[电竞] Mu Yu牧予Danmei (BL)128k WordsOngoing Everyone knows that cats react seven times faster than humans. So when Jian Li, a cat demon, dominates the game, her teammates always question her as if they've seen a ghost: “How did you know he was there?” Jian Li: “I saw him.” “Then how do you hit a headshot every time?” Jian Li asks, puzzled, “You aim and shoot. It's easy. Can't you do it?” Her teammates, who know they're being carried by a cheater, and her opponents, who have watched the death replays: ... Cheating and taunting us, too?! 5.2kFavorites3.7kClicks/ch2.2kGifts
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A sweet and refreshing e-sports novel, not bad, worth looking forward to.
5 The First Novelist in Ancient Times to Earn a Marquisate 在古代当写小说封侯第一人 Xi Lingmo西羚墨No CP275k WordsOngoing [Announcement: This novel will enter VIP status on October 10, starting with Chapter 29. A 10,000-word update will be released. Thank you for your support.] On the tenth anniversary of Wenhou's debut, the Wuzhou Daily published a special feature interviewing several well-known figures and asking what they thought of Jing Wenzhen, the novelist so beloved by the people of Wuzhou: Wu Zetian: These days, I'm no longer interested in immortality pills made by Daoist priests. I'm only interested in p 3kFavorites2.9kClicks/ch4.1kGifts
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Interestingly, the female lead's intelligence seems to occasionally drop, but the writing is really quite good.
6 A Woman in a Man's Body: My Best Friend and I Crossed Over Together to Sell Our Bromance 女穿男：闺蜜一起穿，敬业卖腐 Dispirited Big Ribbonfish颓废大带鱼No CP452k WordsOngoing [The central premise is, "Bestie, in our next lives, let's be male idols and sell fanservice. We could get rich." This is a niche trope, so proceed with caution.] [Lots of forum-style posts, with the entertainment industry as the main plot.] [Important: Selling fanservice is part of an idol's job, not the protagonists' genuine romantic relationship. This novel has no CP.] · Another year, another season of idols getting exposed. Yet another male idol's career has crashed, with the usual girlfrien 19.3kFavorites17.2kClicks/ch66kGifts
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Shockingly delicious [poor face] It's a great read, even more interesting than the author's previous novel about a woman transmigrating into a man and becoming an idol. Maybe it's because this one was written by best friends.
7 Cross-Industry Director: Big Bro, You're Too Good at Filmmaking 跨界导演：大哥你太会拍了 Little Haven in Search of Light寻光小筑No CP426k WordsOngoing [A director story, stories within stories, a long novel, the road to becoming a top director. I'm not great at blurbs, but if you're interested, take a look.] There's a baozi shop behind a drama academy in the capital, Beijing. A new chef has arrived, named Yu Xunguang. Chef Yu is handsome and makes excellent baozi, so the students call him "Pan An of Chinese pastry." Nobody knows this "Pan An" used to be an award-winning actor with the three major film and television awards in the Chinese enter 4.4kFavorites2.8kClicks/ch25.4kGifts
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The first one was great, looking forward to the second one!
8 [Douluo Dalu] You've Got a Death Wish [斗罗]你已有取死之道 Chi Ying持营Danmei (BL)692k WordsOngoing This novel will be available to read for a fee starting May 10. On the way to Notting Academy, Li Yu encounters a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Soft Bone Rabbit. Even after giving it everything, he cannot defeat it, so he shields Tang San behind him: "Xiao Wu! You stole my third brother's blanket. You deserve to die!" In the Star Dou Great Forest, Li Yu encounters a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Titan Giant Ape. Even after giving it everything, he cannot defeat it, so he shield 18.5kFavorites21.3kClicks/ch41.1kGifts
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It was great at the beginning and I followed the series, but it got a bit bland later on, so I stopped reading it for a while. I might pick it up again sometime.
9 My Boss Was a Catch Even When He Was Young 我家上司年少可妻 Tang Qi唐栖Danmei (BL)520k WordsOngoing [Two updates a day: 9:00 a.m., with an extra update at an unspecified time in the evening.] [The author's page has several completed long Detective Conan fics. Come check them out.] Sagara Nanaya dreams of retiring safely, lazing around and doing nothing all day. But while trying to quit, he accidentally becomes a top agent. On his final mission, his superiors, unwilling to let him leave, set him up and get him killed. When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated into the body of a minor 7.9kFavorites5.1kClicks/ch33.6kGifts
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It's good, but I've probably read too many of Tang Xi's Conan fanfics and I'm a bit tired of them. I haven't been as interested in reading the recent ones as I used to. This one has some interesting plot points and I've been able to read it smoothly so far. I'd give it 4.5 Stars from my personal perspective. "Said offhand" and "taken for granted" are used too often, and I'm getting a bit tired of this writing style (for personal reasons, even I, the great masters, might get tired of reading this [lying down]). Now I kind of don't want to see these two words anymore [please]
10 The Artists at My Agency Will Never Fall from Grace 我司艺人永不塌房 Jian Juan简卷Romance590k WordsOngoing When you're a fan, your idol will eventually have a scandal. Unless they're one of the stars managed by Gu Wei. After finishing her quick transmigration missions, Gu Wei retired and returned to her original world. A bunch of defunct Systems followed her through cracks between worlds and latched on. Looking at the scandal-ridden entertainment industry, then at the Systems floating in the air, she had a sudden inspiration. The defunct Systems had never had Hosts and were desperate for love. S 27.6kFavorites29.2kClicks/ch68kGifts
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Looks good, love watching [empty bowl]
11 From the Start, I Talked a Coal Tycoon into Making an Idol Drama [The 1990s] 开局忽悠煤老板拍偶像剧[九零] Beyond Heaven and Earth天地外Romance811k WordsCompleted Upcoming novel: From the Start, I Convinced Hong Kong's Big Shots to Make a Cop Movie [The 1980s]. [Main story complete. I'll update the bonus chapters slowly from here on.] [Capable, sharp older woman X cold-faced, insecure puppy] After one false step, Zhu Yu was reborn in 1998. The good news was that her eyesight was fine, so she could keep making movies. The bad news was that she had just been framed and expelled from film school. Worse still, the villagers wh 28.1kFavorites26.8kClicks/ch31.4kGifts
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It's great! Seriously, can't everyone have that silver tongue—able to say whatever comes to mind? [Please!] The pacing is a bit slow, the career storyline is engaging, and the romance doesn't suffer from the common pitfalls of plot-driven stories; it's natural and quite enjoyable. However, the overall pacing is slowed down by the villains' comebacks. The only flaw is the handling of the villains. Each phase features a particularly disgusting villain, often not a stereotypical, ordinary character, and they invariably reappear repeatedly before being defeated. Furthermore, the female villains are far more disgusting than the male ones. When these plot points come up, the only thing keeping me watching is the cleavage scenes [crying emoji]. It's almost 800,000 words long, but in reality, the main character only starred in one TV series and two movies. It's written in a lot of detail, partly because the villains take up a lot of space. Although the bad guys all get their just desserts in the end, it still feels a bit unsatisfying.
12 [Showbiz] Bringing a System to Set the Stage Ablaze at YG [娱乐圈]带上系统在歪鸡炸场子 Shi Niao时袅Romance701k WordsOngoing [The complete manuscript is over one million words, so feel free to jump in. An extra chapter for every 500 new followers, and an extra 10,000-word update for every 1,000!] Tired of the future she was expected to follow, taking over the family business just like in her previous life, Yu Zhaozhao decisively packs her bags and, with her long-overdue golden finger in tow, heads to Korea to become a trainee! Chairman Yang wants to gaslight me? And sell me empty promises? He even wants to take cred 3.1kFavorites2.7kClicks/ch9.9kGifts
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It's alright. Occasionally, the female lead's image is a bit blurry, and she doesn't quite look like she was a top-tier successful person in her past life, but thankfully it doesn't have a big impact. BLACKPINK's fifth member follows a fairly standard K-pop spin-off route.
13 [Football] Luo Mi’s First Choice [足球]罗蜜第一志愿 Xi Yan熄言Danmei (BL)274k WordsOngoing If Cristiano Ronaldo fans could choose who to be reincarnated as, their top picks would be: 1. A great teammate who serves Cristiano perfect assists 2. A great teammate who acts as Cristiano's armed bodyguard 3. Georgina, or Mini Ronaldo In 2026, a young Chinese Ronaldo fan watches Portugal's first group-stage match alone in his hotel room. The players' performance and the coach's tactics leave him so furious he can barely sleep. When he finally opens his eyes again, groggy and disoriented, he 5kFavorites5.4kClicks/ch32.1kGifts
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It's a lighthearted, almost dramatic novel, likely a long one, probably with a sweet tone and a romantic, artistic style. It has many beautiful sentences, but isn't overly verbose. It's so good I wish it would just end so I could finish it and enjoy it to the fullest.
14 [Showbiz] Every Project I Invest In Becomes a Smash Hit [娱乐圈]我投资的项目全都爆红了 San Chuan Mo三川墨Romance365k WordsOngoing Also known as The Entertainment Industry’s Top Investor An Caiying transmigrated. Her father, An, is the president of an obscure entertainment company. After a bad investment, the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. An Caiying is given the urgent task of taking over. With memories of the next decade and a half, she knows which movies and TV shows will become hits. The first film she sets her sights on is Miracle in Cell No. 7. While outsiders look on in confusion, she resolutely sells her hou 4.6kFavorites3.8kClicks/ch8.3kGifts
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It's alright.
15 The Great Celestial Master 大天师 Nan Shu婻书Danmei (BL)1.0M WordsCompleted Read people's fortunes, assess feng shui, exorcise demons and catch ghosts. At some point, a young celestial master appeared in the world of metaphysics. He could produce a talisman with a flick of his hand, was covered in priceless treasures, and even his ghost-catching magic weapon was outrageously powerful. The big names in the metaphysical world could only look on, green with envy. Everyone speculated about which family this little rich kid came from. Si Yang lightly pressed a finger to 70.5kFavorites187kClicks/ch111.8kGifts
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These are early works, and they are indeed not very mature in many aspects. I will not rewatch them in the future. First of all, there is a conflict in the setting. Cultivation is about focusing on one's own struggles, but the Celestial Master is about life, death, and merit. How to put it, there has always been a sense of disconnect. The explanation in the text did not convince me very well. I can say that I kept reading because of the good impression I had of the author's works in recent years, plus because I was bored. However, the character design and presentation were lacking, and the plot was also somewhat chaotic. It's not the best, but it's not the worst either. The book "Little Celestial Master" published a few years later definitely showed improvement in all aspects, and I really liked that book.
16 I Am the Only Divine Kingdom on Earth 我是唯一地上神国 The Phoenix Flute's Drunken Song凤箫声醉Danmei (BL)949k WordsOngoing After Wu Ci died, he transmigrated and became the consciousness of a dilapidated city in a city-building game. In this strange world, short on resources and rife with chaos, he was betrayed. His city had no residents, was abandoned and run-down, and had been forgotten. The only thing the gloomy, pessimistic little city, with hair hanging over his eyes and a mushroom growing on his head, regretted was that cities weren’t allowed to destroy themselves. Still, at least he had always been alone. Ev 71.4kFavorites70.2kClicks/ch574kGifts
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The story involves being transported into a game about the will of the city, but it's not a very realistic one. Game terms like stats, health bars, and status are used in everyday life. The writing style has a bit of a Japanese anime/manga feel, and it's slightly childish (not in a derogatory sense, but in the kind of cute and adorable childishness often seen in short, sweet stories). Because it's a game, both the main characters will maintain a youthful physique. I really like the design of the protagonist's mushroom hat; the mushroom on the hat can even reflect the protagonist's mood. It's a story of a strong, beautiful, and tragic protagonist who is constantly being betrayed, but the story starts off on a positive note.
17 21+ That's Just How We Casual Players Are 我们生活玩家是这样的 Xiao Chun Chao小椿朝Danmei (BL)570k WordsOngoing 22.2kFavorites18.6kClicks/ch37.1kGifts
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Transmigrating into a Western fantasy survival game, farming and building infrastructure, a slow and enjoyable experience. The beginning was good, but after following it for 300,000 words, the plot became less engaging and a bit boring, so I don't plan to continue reading.
18 The Sky Screen Is Livestreaming My Infrastructure Projects Again Today 天幕今天也在直播我搞基建 Mu Nanfei木南斐No CP367k WordsCompleted Qi Mo was born into the body of the Seventh Prince of the Great Zhao Dynasty. His father favored others, his mother died young, and although both he and the First Prince, Qi Yan, were sons of the late empress, neither brother was particularly well liked. One day at court, just as First Prince Qi Yan was about to be sent away to a remote and barren fief in the north, the sky screen suddenly descended. Its voice and images could be heard and seen by every person in Great Zhao [Hello, everyone! A 22.8kFavorites31.2kClicks/ch17.4kGifts
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The novel "Sky Curtain" is alright. Dragging out the pace and excessive filler are common problems in this genre, but this one isn't too bad, and it's still quite interesting so far.
19 An Ordinary Life [Research] 日化人生[科研] Little Fox in the Past小狐昔里No CP502k WordsCompleted Completed. Feel free to rate it! My next story will be "But I'm a Person from Earth!" -- Blurb: Yue Qi is an interstellar citizen with zero psychic power. In space, he qualifies as a person with a congenital disability who can receive welfare. Under interstellar law, he is only allowed to study subjects that don't require psychic power. Fortunately, he has no interest in popular majors like mecha combat or mecha repair. After graduating from middle school, Yue Qi enrolled at the highest-ranke 34.6kFavorites35.4kClicks/ch168kGifts
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A science fiction novel about daily chemical products; an interstellar daily chemical genius transmigrates to Earth; a max-level expert storms a newbie village; the protagonist's mental state is quite erratic, but it's worth reading.
20 Little Heavenly Master 小天师 Nan Shu婻书Danmei (BL)2.1M WordsCompleted On the first day of high school military training, Ji Nanxing, exhausted after battling a vengeful ghost for seven days and nights, collapses into the arms of school bully Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye catches him around his slim waist and thinks, This guy is so skinny. Later, the two become deskmates. Looking at his pale, frail deskmate, who seems ready to faint at any moment, even the school bully can’t bring himself to pick on him. Seeing that the guy is handsome and the top student in their year, and th 71.1kFavorites73.1kClicks/ch195.7kGifts
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It's really good! It's a modern supernatural exorcist novel, an episodic story without a main plot. It's about solving cases and catching ghosts, interspersed with daily life. It's not a traditional wish-fulfillment novel where the protagonist doesn't level up, but I read it in one go and never had the thought of giving up. I'll definitely read it again. The plot is generally good, with the early part being better designed than the later part. I really liked the senior student and the protagonist's classmates in the early and middle stages. The book features both good and bad characters; the bad ones are written realistically, and the good ones are very likable. The writing style is also good. It doesn't use complicated vocabulary or overly delicate language, but it flows smoothly without feeling awkward. It feels very natural and makes people believe that such a world and such a group of people really exist in a certain time and space. The romance progresses slowly and is very pure. In the early stages, the male lead is rather immature and impulsive, unaware of his own feelings, and has some flaws. Sometimes I couldn't stand him either. However, the comments section is full of malice towards the male lead. After insulting him, people ruin other readers' experience and then tell others not to reply—I'm speechless. Regardless of whether the male lead does anything controversial, or even appears on screen, people keep nitpicking him. I wasn't even that annoyed by the male lead, but I was already fed up with the comments, so I simply turned them off and read until the later parts. Later on, these people disappeared, and the male lead became much more mature, a married man and a sunny, affectionate one. The reading experience improved significantly. My sincere advice: if you want to enjoy the story properly, don't read the comments section in the early stages… It can be said that the early plot was more captivating, while the romance was slightly less so. However, the situation reversed later on. There were few romantic scenes, but they were quite heartwarming. The quality of the plot did not decline much, but the interconnectedness of the earlier plot was gone. Basically, after one case was solved, the sequel was immediately explained, and then the next case was introduced. There were not many foreshadowing elements, and it became a complete episodic story.
21 The Tree Hollow in My Yard Connects to the Modern World 我家树洞通现代 Nan Shu婻书Danmei (BL)1.3M WordsCompleted As spiritual qi revives, demons and ghosts run rampant. To protect the peace of the nation, the government establishes a special administration bureau, relying on cultivators to keep peace across the land. One day, the bureau detects an unusual surge of demonic energy in the mountains, raising fears that a powerful demon is about to emerge. A large group of cultivators rushes to the foot of the mountain, only to find that the demonic energy has vanished. The only one there is a little fox spiri 40.2kFavorites42.6kClicks/ch182.7kGifts
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It's not a typical super satisfying story, but there's nothing frustrating about it from beginning to end. I really like Zhizhi, Jiang Lin, and everyone in this world. The daily life is very enjoyable. The early and middle parts are more episodic, and it is set in a peaceful era with a large number of vivid supporting characters. There would be too many to list all their names. You can really feel the vibrant atmosphere of another world. The later parts leaned more towards Chinese literature, which was still acceptable. The protagonist, Zhizhi, is the strongest in the modern world, and no one would let him suffer. In the cultivation world, he is also the most powerful prince of Qingqiu, and no one dares to provoke him. The author has perfectly captured the spoiled and arrogant nature that he has been nurtured by love, while also retaining the shrewdness and cleverness that a fox should have, making him only adorable (although the first chapter was a bit overdone, and he was too spoiled, so I almost dropped it, but it got better later). The romance scenes were also well-arranged. There weren't many scenes of genuine flirtation, but they were very engaging, depicting a normal, mutually respectful love between two people. The ending was a bit sudden, catching both the readers and the characters off guard, so it was quite sad to say goodbye. I had been reading the whole thing happily, but I couldn't help but cry at this point. However, the epilogue made up for the disappointment. I'll definitely watch it again!
22 The Detective Conan Black Organization's Reformatting 柯学的酒厂格式化 Feng Yi逢一No CP698k WordsOngoing For Shiyu Dongji, the world's destruction began on the afternoon Shinichi Kudo died. From that moment on, his home was destroyed, his family and friends all died, and after struggling for ten years, he met his end amid the ruins of the world. When he opened his eyes again, he was back at fourteen. Nothing had happened yet. There had been no warning at all. There was still time to make everything right. Then the Black Organization welcomed its youngest code-named member, Danpou, a genius brat 3.7kFavorites3.8kClicks/ch11.9kGifts
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It's good, mainly because of Detective Conan. It borrows the Guardian Egg concept from Shugo Chara!, Where Hagiwara and the other two become Guardian Characters after their deaths. However, they basically only have the Guardian Egg concept; the three characters retain their original body shapes (which is a bit of a shame) and don't have any special abilities. I haven't watched the other crossover anime, but that doesn't really affect my reading experience. The main character is well-developed, and I really like him.
23 Do Comic Book Nobodies Not Deserve Names?! 漫画路人就不配拥有姓名了？！ One Pick of Wine一拾酒No CP736k WordsCompleted [Slowly polishing the novel. Bonus chapters make up 80% of the content. Please leave a five-star review!] Yu Ci lived the same life as every NPC in every world: going through the motions of elementary school, middle school, and high school, then taking the college entrance exams. Oh, wait. College was assigned automatically. The day his acceptance letter arrived, a potted plant dropped out of nowhere. Thud! Bull's-eye! Soil showered down. The gloomy-looking young man wiped his face and said fla 10.2kFavorites10.5kClicks/ch9.9kGifts
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A slightly chuunibyou (delusional) hot-blooded shonen manga style, set in a modern city with supernatural abilities. I haven't finished watching it yet. It's not that it's bad; I would have loved it a few years ago. But now I'm not particularly interested, and the plot is a bit flat, so I've been watching it slowly and put it aside for quite a while. Maybe I'll pick it up again someday when I feel like it.
24 Starting from Zero: A Cultivation Family Simulator 从零开始的修仙家族模拟器 Walking with the Gods与神同行Romance878k WordsCompleted You play a family-building game. You start as an ordinary mortal, without even the faintest trace of a cultivator in sight, yet the goal is to build the greatest cultivation clan in the world. Unlike an ordinary family game, this one lets you pass the game down through generations. You can create each new clan leader, your apparent descendant, from scratch. After countless generations of hard work, you look at your overflowing inheritance points and the traits you’ve given the next clan leader y 86.6kFavorites81.4kClicks/ch319.5kGifts
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Perfect! I'll definitely reread this book someday! Compared to the later content, the first two generations are more exciting because they are still in the early stages of development. The later parts are a bit weak, but they are still good. The family characters are also very cute (I really love the term "little people" because they are super cute), and each of them has their own unique characteristics. The one-on-one fight scenes were quite exciting. It's a satisfying story with a strong female lead, without being mindless or awkward. There are occasional flashbacks to previous generations, and some small details feel very realistic. In the end, it has a happy ending, and all regrets are made up, which is very satisfying. The main story ended just right, leaving the reader wanting more. The side stories were also very good, especially the Heavenly Court chapter, which connected very well with the main story. The romance is 1v1, and the male lead is a seemingly gentle but actually sinister and manipulative ghost, a top-tier love-obsessed beauty. The first generation's love story isn't intense but is very moving. He disappears from the story and doesn't reappear until later in the series. Because he's so well-developed, he's unforgettable and doesn't steal the spotlight from the female lead (or rather, he couldn't, and he wouldn't even try). However, the comments section sometimes gets heated, which slightly affects the reading experience.
25 My Boyfriend Is a Tycoon System 男友是神豪系统 Ling Du陵渡Romance769k WordsCompleted Lin Jincheng works overtime all night, and just as she gets home, her neighbor blocks her way to play matchmaker. Suddenly, an electronic voice claiming to be a Tycoon System speaks up. [Initial funds: 10,000 yuan. Please choose a legal source for the funds, Host: 1. Investment returns, 2,] Lin Jincheng assumes she's hallucinating and casually says, “A source? Why not pretend to be my rich boyfriend?” […] After freezing for half a second, the Tycoon System says, [Option confirmed. Inputting p 39.6kFavorites53.2kClicks/ch134.4kGifts
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This is a story about a super-rich man who becomes a real-life boyfriend through a system. Like many stories about super-rich men, it gets boring in the later stages, so you might want to put it aside for a while if you're only halfway through.
26 Chosen by the Nation's Destiny, I Drew the Talent Reversal 被国运选中，抽到的天赋是逆转 Comrade Pit同仁坑No CP666k WordsOngoing Bad News: Blue Star has been chosen for the National Destiny Battlefield. Each country must send ten contestants to fight, and contestants are replaced upon death. Every time one is eliminated, a random city in their country will be struck by a disaster. From then on, disasters both imaginable and unimaginable descended upon the world: extreme cold, extreme heat, desertification, floods, viruses, even zombies and strange beasts... The people of every city were terrified, living in constant dread 51.8kFavorites62.9kClicks/ch192.3kGifts
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The female lead has no romantic partner; it's a story about the fate of the nation. It's good; the synopsis only shows one-tenth of its charm. I binged it all in one go, and now I'm going to have to painfully follow the serialization TT P. S.: I hadn't clicked into the details page until I realized I got a yellow card for using AI [facepalm]. And honestly, the current content doesn't seem as good as the first two posts. I'll take another look.
27 The Real Young Master Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality 真少爷只想修仙 King Luo洛大王No CP570k WordsOngoing Ming Jianwei, the cultivation world's greatest genius, transmigrated into the body of an orphan who had just finished the college entrance exams. Before word could reach him that a wealthy family had recognized him as their own, he'd already gone into the snowy mountains to cultivate alone. His domineering CEO older brother chased after him with a black card, while he flew ahead on his sword. A wealthy family? Never heard of it. Not interested. Nothing is more important than cultivation! The p 41.9kFavorites45.4kClicks/ch63.6kGifts
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The modern cultivation fantasy novel initially seemed appealing, but as it progressed, I felt my expectations were too high. It was mindlessly entertaining, and the impact of the spiritual energy revival on the world and the reactions to the protagonist being exposed to the public eye were consistently downplayed. In other words, the focus was excessively on the protagonist.
28 The Fake Young Master Has a Special Fortune-Telling Skill 假少爷有特殊的算命技巧 Tea-Scented Jasmine茶香茉莉Danmei (BL)921k WordsCompleted Jiang Qingyang had just finished reading a novel about a real and a fake young master when, that very night, he transmigrated into the story as the fake young master who shared his name. Unfortunately, by the time he arrived, he had already been kicked out of the house. And he had just come back from the dead! Actually, to be precise, he was one of the living dead. The good news: He had acquired a game interface. Whenever he clicked on any object in front of him, information about it appeared b 30.3kFavorites35.2kClicks/ch41.9kGifts
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The fortune-telling panel is an interesting premise, but some cases are set up to be too graphic and bizarre. The plot has become increasingly fantastical, and the writing style is just passable. It starts by presenting a ridiculous case in a straightforward and simplistic way, with fortune-telling solving the crime quite easily. The early stages are fine, but later the protagonist's overpowered abilities are exploited without any change in narrative style, resulting in an overall rather exaggerated feel. 400,000 Words is the limit, so I'll stop here.
29 The Sacrificial Royal in a Boy Band Audition 男团选秀里的祭天皇族 Dispirited Big Ribbonfish颓废大带鱼No CP1.8M WordsCompleted A quick plug for my upcoming novel in the same series. It’s also a woman transmigrating into a man’s body and becoming an idol: "Woman in a Man’s Body: My Best Friend and I Transmigrate Together and Build a Career by Shipping Guys". [The full text has been extensively revised, so many reader comments no longer match. Comments are temporarily disabled.] [Content warnings: The central premise is a woman in a man’s body. This is not an ensemble story; everyone besides the protagonist is a supporti 93.6kFavorites138.8kClicks/ch567.4kGifts
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It wasn't really to my taste, so I only watched a little bit after their debut and then put it aside for the time being. They really do seem like fake idols, hahaha.
30 [Showbiz] So What If I'm a Young Master? [娱乐圈]少爷又怎么了 Thousand Thousand Years千千千年Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Coming next: Bad Cat 🩷 Straight-laced woman vs. social butterfly 💖 Personal assistant vs. superstar Tongue-tied, kind, slightly chubby, and a nobody; honest, hardworking, and a model employee. That was her former boss’s fair assessment of her before she was laid off. Bad news: She thought she could work until retirement, but she got fired. Good news: She woke up reborn, back to the day she graduated from college. “I love the way your eyes burn when you’re taking photos.” “I want to try climbing 13.2kFavorites14.7kClicks/ch58.2kGifts
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This isn't really a good fit for this book list, but the others are even less suitable. I'll just leave it here; it's nice. The relationship and career are roughly evenly matched, but they are well integrated. Although the career path started late, it was well planned, and the supporting characters were also well written. The romance was incredibly captivating from the start, and the writing was full of tension. Meanwhile, with GD's encouragement and a series of serendipitous events, the female lead begins to develop her interests and hobbies, finally finding a career where she can shine, and working tirelessly towards it—a process of a hidden gem finally beginning to radiate light. The concept of rebirth is truly moving; given a second chance, the female lead transforms from apathetic to a workaholic, striving for the ideals she once abandoned.
31 [Showbiz] I Became a Top-Tier Idol After Debuting as the Center [娱乐圈]在选秀C位出道后成为神级爱豆 Misty Pine雾松松Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Main story complete. Anti-piracy chapters make up 70%, and the update schedule is rather irregular. This is a brainless wish-fulfillment story, so don't take it too seriously. Lots of forum-style chapters.] [For another completed story in the same series, a career-and-romance wish-fulfillment story, see From Cartoonist to Top Screenwriter. Pre-release: From Novelist to Top Director.] The director of the global audition show Shining World took one look at intern Jiang Tinghan and thought he'd st 15.4kFavorites18kClicks/ch58.6kGifts
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Listen to Cold 2.0: Idol Han, who made rapid progress despite having zero experience, debuted as the center of a talent show and then started dating a senior artist. The premise and the couple weren't really to my taste. I waited for chapter 3.0 To finish before I couldn't resist catching up and then came to read chapter 2.0. But after chapter 80-something where the romance was revealed, I lost interest in reading any further. [Crying emoji] I'm not particularly interested in the romance, but the plot is good. The protagonist is powerful and progresses rapidly; it's a very satisfying story with a focus on talent. There are so many unethical forums (x)
32 An Unconventional Tycoon [Entertainment Industry] 非典型神豪[娱乐圈] Dispirited Big Ribbonfish颓废大带鱼No CP665k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + forum format + showbiz + no romance + tycoon + a touch of the “everyone thinks the protagonist is a big shot” trope] [Paragraph comments are open] Q: How do you become the pride of the Chinese entertainment industry? A: Step one: Bind yourself to a Tycoon System. Step two: Start an entertainment company and make the shows you want to watch. Whenever Sang Yu left a comment on a terrible show, someone would reply, “If you can do better, then do it yourself!” “Don't you 23.9kFavorites29.6kClicks/ch38.5kGifts
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A lighthearted, wish-fulfillment novel about a rich, tycoon-like protagonist who becomes a capitalist in the entertainment industry, doing whatever he pleases but with a conscience, and embracing a more rudimentary lifestyle. It's alright, good for killing time.

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