Long, Plot-Driven Novels 剧情流大长篇

1. 1 躺 Coasting to Victory, Starting with a Life Simulator 躺赢，从人生模拟器开始 Li Zhu骊逐Romance328k WordsCompleted [Complete] You have a “Life Simulator System” that lets you customize people, create characters, and write their destinies. You diligently made a whole bunch: handsome men, beautiful women, adorable kids, dashing old men... Watching your little characters bounce around in the world you built filled you with satisfaction, and you planned to continue the next day. When you woke up, you had transmigrated into a book with your System, becoming the villainous fake heiress in a story about a real and 2.9kFavorites3kClicks/ch3.7kGifts

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   The style is novel, the pseudonym is Narcissus, and the simulator is very interesting.

2. 2 我 I Can Save Infinitely in This Idol Competition Game 我在选秀游戏无限存档 Paper Folding as Play折纸为戏Romance314k WordsCompleted Idol Bai Shuang dies in an accident and, after death, enters an entertainment-industry audition adventure game. Players must choose the right options, improve their personal stats, and win over fans to achieve the perfect ending: debuting in the center position. Bai Shuang: "An audition show? I can do that." System: "Oh, I forgot to tell you. This isn't an ordinary audition game. A bug has made every NPC go dark." System: "So now every single one of them wants to kill you." Bai Shuang: "???" 3.8kFavorites6.8kClicks/ch7.8kGifts

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   Is this considered an infinite flow novel? Anyway, it's really fun, haha, and I'm totally shipping the romance!

3. 3 重 Reborn as a Top Contestant on a Girl Group Survival Show 重生在女团选秀当top Paper Folding as Play折纸为戏Romance506k WordsCompleted [Coming soon: My Agent Career with the Fluffballs. In her previous life, Jiang Ye was buried by a terrible company, wasting decades of her youth without getting anywhere. When she woke again, Jiang Ye discovered she had been reborn at eighteen. And she was right back at the moment she was holding a pen and about to sign a contract. The talent scout in front of her was still trying to sweet-talk her: “Sign, 48.6kFavorites155.2kClicks/ch31.2kGifts

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   It's good-looking, the romance is alright.

4. 4 神 Tycoon Investor, Earning Ten Million a Day [Entertainment Industry] 神豪投资，日赚千万[娱乐圈] Leaning on the Rail, Listening to the Universe凭栏听宇Romance231k WordsOngoing [I’m so, so sorry. Things suddenly got very busy in my real life, and I haven’t had time to write properly. Looking back, I realized my writing has gotten really bad. I’ve been writing on and off this whole time, but I’m never satisfied. I’ve already scrapped nearly 60,000 words for this book, and the more I write, the less I feel like I know what I’m doing. I open the document every day feeling lost, unable to tell whether anything is good or bad. It all seems equally awful, and I’m too afraid 4.8kFavorites3.6kClicks/ch4.1kGifts

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   A super-rich person, but always losing money. A rather idealized view of the entertainment industry.

5. 5 一 Determined to Make a Name for Myself 一心成名 Chen Ji陈戟Romance868k WordsCompleted A new book! My Next Life as Everyone’s Favorite is meant to be a lighthearted, silly campus story. The blurb is at the bottom. Qin You spent her whole life desperately wanting to be famous. But she was too ordinary-looking. After ten years playing unremarkable supporting roles and extras, she finally found a different path to fame: one crazed, vicious villainess left an impression on audiences nationwide. Even if it wasn’t a good impression. At last, she was famous. But was this really the kin 34.7kFavorites60.5kClicks/ch41.2kGifts

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   Yes, it's a traditional entertainment industry novel. The female lead is very well-developed and has absolutely no morals. The love line is ugly.

6. 6 鬼 Ghost Amusement Park [Infinite] 鬼怪游乐场[无限] Spring Knife Cold春刀寒Romance818k WordsCompleted One ordinary afternoon, a high-dimensional supernatural System called [Ghosts] invaded human society. After that day, ghost sightings became frequent everywhere, and the rate of accidental deaths skyrocketed. Just as humanity was at a loss, [Ghosts] launched a global livestream: Ding! Congratulations, you've been selected to participate in The Horror Variety Show~ As a star beloved by viewers with plenty of followers, you've been chosen for the show. Use your popularity points to survive in the 192.4kFavorites272.5kClicks/ch342.1kGifts

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   I like the infinite flow live streaming genre, and the male and female leads are also great to ship.

7. 7 从 Outlive Then Ascend 从长生苟到飞升 Xiao Shi, You Little Scumbag小时你个渣渣Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Lin Nanyin transmigrates into a world of cultivation, becoming an ordinary mortal. The heavens give her a golden finger: eternal youth and immortality. Yes, her lifespan is endless. She arrived at eighteen, and will be eighteen forever. But being immortal doesn’t mean she can’t die. To stay alive, Lin Nanyin decides to keep her head down. No one is going to outlast her. Much later, the underlings she once led become pillars of the righteous sects, the pets she raised become leaders of the d 199.1kFavorites313.2kClicks/ch944.1kGifts

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   My favorite traditional cultivation novel, it's super good, the ensemble parts are great, and the romance is also very engaging. The tone is very heavy. This is the first time I've read a novel about lifespan, and I'm a little uncomfortable with it. [Crying emoji]

8. 8 极 Extreme Cold Disaster: Hot Spring Town Management Simulator 极寒天灾温泉街模拟经营 Leaning on the Rail, Listening to the Universe凭栏听宇Romance826k WordsCompleted [Next up: The Billionaire Investor Who Makes Ten Million a Day [Showbiz], a feel-good power fantasy. Blurb below] Shu Mo was transported to a frozen apocalypse and bound to a business simulation System. At the start, the System asked her to choose a type of shop to run. Shu Mo, who was freezing her tail off: ...Do I really have to choose? Shivering, she typed in “Hot Spring Town.” The entire world was dragged into a bizarre survival game. Temperatures plummeted, monsters invaded from all sides, 112.3kFavorites204.7kClicks/ch182.2kGifts

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   Not bad, I've recently become quite addicted to management fiction and can't seem to tear myself away. [Hands clasped in prayer] The romance subplot is rare in this plot-driven series because it doesn't feel abrupt, although the ending feels somewhat rushed.

9. 9 公 Roadside Survival: I Have a Traveling Food Truck 公路求生，我有旅行餐车 Bear's Day熊的天Romance717k WordsOngoing To reach her goal of buying a home as soon as possible, Su Zhou planned to sell snacks from a street stall after work. But just after she bought a tricycle at a secondhand market, a food-truck business System landed in her lap. Fortune had fallen from the sky! Having read hundreds of business-success novels, she could practically see a villa, a swimming pool, and handsome models beckoning her! [Ding-dong! Host, please follow the navigation prompts to reach your stall location and check in!] G 27.1kFavorites35.7kClicks/ch41.1kGifts

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   Food business owner Wen Ya Mi Ya Mi. The romance aspect is so-so.

10. 10 E21+ E408 Maple River, Sorrowful Sleeper江枫愁眠Baihe (GL)3.2M WordsCompleted 76kFavorites109.3kClicks/ch459.5kGifts

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    The value of rewriting it three times. An article with many flaws but even more strengths.

11. 11 娇 Can a Doting Wife Be Transformed into a Dragon-Proud Hero? 娇妻也能爆改龙傲天吗？ Oh, Right and Wrong是非非啊Romance2.8M WordsOngoing Lady Liu Jingjing's dream was to be a good wife and loving mother. That was until the man ascended to the upper realm and abandoned her. He said that once he had established himself in the upper realm, he would come back for her. But Liu Jingjing waited and waited, and the man never came. When she was finally at death's door, she received a letter calling off their engagement. Someone told her that the man had a bevy of women in the upper realm and would, at most, take her as a concubine. "No. 16.8kFavorites17.2kClicks/ch75.3kGifts

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    It's so incredibly beautiful! [Crying emoji]

12. 12 欢 Welcome to ██ Inn 欢迎光临██客栈 Lian Changkong敛长空Romance928k WordsOngoing Zhu opened an inn in the heart of the mist. She had lost all her memories and could think of nothing but playing an inn-management game. Her guests were a little strange, though. They kept saying weird things like “dungeon” and “boss.” Her response was always: “I don’t know what you mean. We have Heavenly, Earthly, and special-rate dormitory rooms. Would you like to stay?” It was the tenth year since Blue Star had been swept into the infinite game Mist. Hunger, fear, and the pressure to survive 11.6kFavorites11.1kClicks/ch12.2kGifts

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    This infrastructure-building novel is so satisfying! I love that the female lead isn't a struggling, desperate player in this infinite flow world, but rather a behind-the-scenes mastermind. It gives me a sense of detached enjoyment. The romance plot was terrible, so I'm deducting one star.

13. 13 专 Professional Fan, Earning Ten Million a Day 专业追星，日赚千万 Strawberry Pearl Cake草莓珍珠蛋糕Romance803k WordsCompleted Fang Sen transmigrated, and even got a “Celebrity Stock-Picking System” along with her. Fang Sen: “So you’re saying you’ll pay for me to stan celebrities?” “And whatever celebrity I spend money on is like a stock I’ve bought. As long as their career takes off, I can cash in my returns?” System: “That’s right. I know it’s hard to pick a celebrity with potential...” Fang Sen only smiled. This was far too easy for her. Before she transmigrated, she’d been a top fan who’d watched countless obscu 10.4kFavorites12.9kClicks/ch34.5kGifts

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    A must-see for fans of celebrities! Click to watch the female lead's super fan site bot repeatedly stir up news about celebrities – it was so satisfying! The romance plot remains unwatchable and unconvincing, so I'm deducting one star.

14. 14 我 I Never Lose Playing Black [Go] 我执黑从来不败[围棋] Mu Yu暮予Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Shuang Chan felt she was lucky. Though she had died after being betrayed by her family, she did not pass into the cycle of reincarnation. Instead, she arrived in a strange world and was given another chance to play Go. A thousand years had passed. People changed, but the black and white stones on the nineteen-by-nineteen board remained the same. At ten years old, she was reborn as a ten-year-old child. The moment Shuang Chan picked up a black stone again, the world of Go was thrown into uphea 26kFavorites37.6kClicks/ch111kGifts

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15. 15 制 Conquering Hollywood 制霸好莱坞 Yu Jing Peng Xiang御井烹香Romance3.1M WordsCompleted I was reborn. Want to go back? First, help me conquer Hollywood! * The author's knowledge of the entertainment industry at home and abroad comes entirely from reading various reports. In other words, this is mostly wish fulfillment, so please don't take it seriously. * For the sake of the plot, the female lead will of course date someone, but this isn't a [redacted] novel, and her romantic interests will mostly be original characters. * As the title suggests, there will be plenty of scheming 136.8kFavorites267.2kClicks/ch84.1kGifts

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16. 16 穿 The Women Who Became Supporting Characters 穿成镶边女配的她们 Lu Yeqingzhuo鹿野青灼Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [The upcoming novel Back to My Nemesis's Youth is being written. Click my author page to save it to your favorites (heart).] An ensemble novel about transmigrating into a book. Six unlucky people transmigrate into a melodramatic romance novel, becoming minor female characters who were barely mentioned in the original and met tragic ends. Following the usual formula, a passionate, heart-wrenching romance awaits... (not really). But in reality, every one of them was screaming, "What the hell?! 60.8kFavorites69.3kClicks/ch171.1kGifts

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    I absolutely love this book... It's my absolute top-tier ensemble piece. The main cast is exceptionally good, and I adore every single female lead. The characters are all well-developed and three-dimensional. I still vividly remember the shock and desolation I felt when I first read it a year ago. The overwhelming weight of the vast, corrupt feudal dynasty and the sense of fatalism in the original story left me feeling utterly powerless. As for the romance, opinions vary. I like most of them, but there are one or two couples that are really hard to ship, as they often cause heartbreak and the plots are quite melodramatic.

17. 17 天 The Fundamental Principles of Genius 天才基本法 Chang Er长洱Romance760k WordsCompleted Everyone thought Lin Zhaoxi was a genius. Only she knew that she was using years of experience in math competitions to go back and “cheat.” Until one day, the boy she admired looked at her in silence. Times overlap, and the past is revisited three times. The past can change you. 1. A story about returning to three periods in the past to find yourself. Take it easy: it’s a journey where you go wherever the road takes you. 2. The schools and competition system are fictionalized. 3. Anti-pirac 522.2kFavorites731kClicks/ch778.2kGifts

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    Consistent effort, a life without slackening

18. 18 女 Girls’ Dormitory Escape 女寝大逃亡[无限] Fire Tea火茶Romance943k WordsCompleted [All four volumes of the print edition are out now! For details, see Weibo @A_Tea_Fire] [The audio drama is now on Ximalaya and Maoer. Search for Dormitory Great Escape] When your dorm becomes a game arena, how will you survive? At eight in the evening, the university dorms were just beginning to come alive for the night. Suddenly, the lights went out. Every university in the world was plunged into darkness. “Ding ding ding, clang clang clang!” “Dear students, welcome to the [Dormitory Survival 491.8kFavorites676.3kClicks/ch642.3kGifts

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    This is a relatively rare female-dorm infinite flow novel. The female lead is very charming, the friendship between the roommates is well-portrayed, and the supporting characters are also well-developed. The downside is that the ending is too rushed, and many foreshadowing elements are not resolved. PS: Please be clear that the boundary between "romance" and "no romance" lies in the romantic subplot. This book has absolutely no romantic subplot, so how did it end up being categorized as a romance novel? The comments section is constantly filled with arguments, which is giving me a headache.

19. 19 穿 After Entering a Cyberpunk Game, I Killed the Boss and Claimed the Throne 穿进赛博游戏后干掉BOSS成功上位 An Bai桉柏Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [I’ve been informed about the incident involving trolls in the comments, and I sincerely apologize to everyone. The inappropriate text in the blurb has been removed. A detailed announcement is in the author’s note for Chapter 1. 2026.04.05] [Updates on the simplified Chinese print edition: See Weibo @An Bai ANBAI. The second volume of the simplified Chinese edition was released on August 22, 2025.] The cyberpunk game with cosmic horror elements, Crimson Earth, is about to be released. Kui Xin 835.4kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch3.4MGifts

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    For those who love stories with strong female leads, not reading this is like Christianity losing Jerusalem! The female lead is incredibly cool; she can kill anyone she wants—the strongest character in the entire book!

20. 20 武 [Great Tang] The First Female Official of Empress Wu [大唐]武皇第一女官 Gu Simu顾四木Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Wo sat in one of the palace gardens within the Taiji Palace. When she woke one day, she discovered that she had become a low-ranking female official in the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era: a seventh-rank record keeper in the Palace Discipline Bureau, responsible for recording palace rules and punishments. Her first assignment was to explain palace etiquette to the newly arrived consorts. After she had finished reading through the regulations, one young woman stepped forward. “Could 128.3kFavorites184.4kClicks/ch724kGifts

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    It's a historical novel, and I initially started reading for Wu Zetian, but ended up loving the female lead. Seriously, who wouldn't love a female lead who's resolute, kind, optimistic, cheerful, principled, capable, ambitious, and humorous?! The author's writing is superb; despite being a long novel, it's not boring at all, quite lighthearted, and the author is very witty. The female lead rises from a lowly seventh-rank official in the Palace Administration Department to the Grand Astrologer, who knows everything about the world, and finally reaches the highest position, serving as Prime Minister under four and Grand Ministers of State, dedicating her life to fighting for women's rights. The female lead and Empress Wu have an amazing friendship!! It fills in many historical gaps, such as the return of Empress Wencheng, the continuation of the Wu Zhou dynasty, and the scene where Princess Pingyang is invited to enter the Lingyan Pavilion—I'll never forget that. And I especially love the male lead's character; I absolutely adore a gentle, virtuous, understanding, and supportive husband like him. Just relax and be the man behind the successful woman, enjoying a life of happiness! [Warnings] This story is somewhat idealistic; some policies are implemented too smoothly; the female lead is sometimes seen with hidden cameras in the early episodes. Many criticize the story for overly romanticizing Li Shimin, and I agree.

21. 21 顶 Peerless Beauty 顶级美貌 Big Goose Treading Snow大鹅踏雪泥Romance1.3M WordsCompleted An entertainment-industry story, a play-within-a-play story, and a story about rising through the ranks. “I look ordinary, but I want to become a superstar, a superstar who shines brilliantly.” This was carved into a desk by fifteen-year-old Meng Kaiyan. At fifteen, Meng Kaiyan got a face-editing game. It was a special kind of face-editing game: the face she edited was her own. How long would it take to go from plain to pretty and fresh-faced? Three years. And from pretty and fresh-faced to 67kFavorites84kClicks/ch260.7kGifts

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    This is the first time I've read a traditional entertainment industry novel like this, and I find it very interesting. The play-within-a-play is also very good. It could have been given five stars, but it stopped updating for three months near the end, and then the ending was rushed.

22. 22 神 A God of Wealth, but Just Living Day to Day 神豪，但日常系 Wine Zen酒禅Romance808k WordsCompleted [Going premium on August 21, with a 10,000-word update! Thanks to all the lovely readers who support the official release~] Shen Yi’an got bound to a spending System. The System was great: there was no limit to how much money she could spend. The problem was that Shen Yi’an was a total couch potato. All she wanted was to buy a big house, stay home, play games, and order takeout. But the System belonged to an organized new generation, and new-generation Systems had their own KPIs. If the Host 16.9kFavorites30.1kClicks/ch46.4kGifts

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    It's alright. As the title suggests, it's a slice-of-life novel about a wealthy heir. The female lead is really a homebody; there are very few travel scenes, but a lot of scenes about her becoming an internet celebrity and the discussions among netizens. There's no romance in the entire story, only mentioned briefly in the last chapter. Overall, I think it's a decent one among wealthy heir novels. Weaknesses: The plot is highly repetitive. The female lead is often humiliated by some despicable people, and then she angrily buys everything in the store to prove her wealth. It gets tiresome after seeing this kind of face-slapping scene so many times.

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