Novels like In the City, I Bothered a Headless Evil Ghost From the Start
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- 1 Villain: Picking Up Rewards by the Female Lead's Side 反派：我在女主身边捡奖励 [Villain]+ [Invincible]+ [Campus Belle]+ [Rule-Breaking] Mu An transmigrates into a world made up of multiple urban power-fantasy novels. With top-tier looks, a fortune at his disposal, and immense power, he is somehow fated to become a stepping stone for countless protagonists to show off and slap faces, ending up with his family destroyed and his life in ruins? Luckily, the Heaven-Mandated Villain System activates. All he has to do is stir the heroines' emotions to earn countless rewards. Incl 1.6kReads8.6Score158Shelves
- 2 Urban: I Get a New Identity Every Week 都市：我每周一个新身份 Activate the Ultimate Secret Identity System and receive a new identity every week. Some people seem like ordinary students on the surface, but secretly they're chairmen of multinational corporations, peerless miracle doctors, celebrity chefs who drive the world wild, top assassins, and hypnotists with incredible skill. In short, they have countless secret identities. Su Xun: “I really just want to be an ordinary person. Why is that so hard?” [An over-the-top power fantasy. It's my first time, s 8.9kReads8.9Score785Shelves
- 3 The Villain Transmigrates Into a Book, and Every Heroine in This Story Has Gone Crazy 穿书反派，这届女主都疯了 She transmigrates into a book, playing a villain who fawns over the protagonist and keeps getting face-slapped. Once she finishes the plot, she can take all the top-tier skills she acquired in the book back to reality and reunite with her family. Unexpectedly, the mission goes wrong, and the plot resets. This time, the story seems to be going a little off script. “Hey, Mu Bingxuan, aren't you supposed to slap me in the face with the flowers right now?” “Why are you accepting the flowers in front 17.7kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 4 Chat Group: Turns Out I’m the Real Villain 聊天群：原来我才是反派 My name is Su Mu. For some reason, I became the consciousness of the Abyss. It’s just that this Abyssal world seems pitifully weak. Ding~ A chat group has been detected. Let the mystifying antics begin. What kind of sparks will fly when I join a chat group full of fellow transmigrators? Years later, the group owner stares blankly at the Abyssal creatures continually appearing in the world where he lives. 3.3kReads8.6Score242Shelves
- 5 Villain: Forbidden Zone Divine Son! I Hunt the Heavenly Dao 反派：禁区神子！我狩猎天命大道 Villain protagonist + invincible background + overwhelming power fantasy + no pretending to be weak + battles across the myriad heavens + slightly yandere heroine The Forbidden Zone of Time and Space, a graveyard for time and space. Kong Wudao, divine son of the forbidden zone, was unrivaled among the era’s greatest prodigies. Finding life dull, he willingly sealed himself away in the Heavenly Mountain of Time and Space. Countless years later, the Great Dao changed, and the myriad heavens entere 13.2kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 6 While Everyone Else Is in the Beginner’s Village, I’ve Already Destroyed the World 别人新手村，我已毁灭世界 After transmigrating to the parallel world of Blue Star, Lu Ming discovers that people can freely travel between reality and games, and that everyone on Earth is a gamer! Most importantly, the powers they gain in games can be brought back into the real world! Lu Ming is different from other players. Not only can he bring his in-game powers back to reality, they aren’t weakened at all. However strong he is in the game, that’s how strong he is in real life! [Entering game: Evolution Battle] [Game 12.7kReads9.0Score825Shelves
- 7 From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Book and Turned Out to Be the Villainous Rich Heartthrob 开局穿书：我竟是反派高富帅 After transmigrating into the world of an urban novel, Zhao Qian discovers that he has become the legitimate son of the Zhao family, a thousand-year-old clan in the imperial capital. He is also devastatingly handsome, exceptionally talented, and born into immense wealth and power. With the Zhao family behind him and a silver spoon in his mouth, he has the perfect start. But to his shock, this rich, handsome heir is actually a villain. At a lavish banquet from the start, the heroine's father offe 13.3kReads8.4Score773Shelves
- 8 Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在你哭什么 [The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c 31.4kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
- 9 Tycoon: I'm Really the Big Villain 神豪：我真的是大反派啊 Qin Lang transmigrated into a world where several web novels had merged. His grandfather was one of the few remaining decorated veterans! His father was a government official with immense power! His mother was a businesswoman worth a fortune! And he was the Qin family’s sole heir! How could someone with such an all-powerful, wealthy background be the original story’s great villain? Was he destined to be relentlessly face-slapped by the protagonist, with his family reduced to a stepping stone for 36.1kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
- 10 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 100.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
- 11 EN Villain: The Female Lead Overhears My Inner Thoughts and Her Persona Crumbles 反派：女主偷听我心声人设崩了 Tang Yu transmigrates into the world of a modern power fantasy novel, where he becomes a rich, playboy villain. Every time he survives a story arc, he gets a reward! He decides to play it safe and keep his head down all the way to the ending! From the start, he calls off an arranged marriage to avoid being beaten to death by the Dragon King! But unexpectedly, everyone is acting around him, determined to make him draw their hatred. Su Muyue: “You want to break off the engagement? No, you don't.” 78.6kReads9.4Score7kShelves
- 12 Transmigrated into a Book as the Villain: From the Start, I Kidnapped the Heroine! 穿书反派：开局，我绑架了女主！ [Lovable scoundrel of a villain + tea-artistry + male heartthrob + stunning looks + scheming + wild card + sweet on the outside, dark underneath + witty comedy + no fixed couple] Also known as: “I play a tea-green guy, and the male and female leads spoil me rotten!” Su Qing transmigrates into a modern wish-fulfillment novel. He becomes the rich villain who kidnaps the heroine in chapter one, gets beaten up by the hero in chapter two, and lands in prison in chapter three. Luckily, he awakens the 75.9kReads8.3Score4.9kShelves
- 13 EN I Threaten the Female Lead from the Start, and I'm Set on Being the Villain 开局威胁女主，这个反派我当定了 [Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being 79.6kReads8.9Score6.6kShelves
- 14 The System Exploded, and I Became the System 系统炸了，我成了系统 What's it like to be a System? After Ye Tian angered the System that coveted him, he became a System himself. He travels through the Myriad Worlds, stealing the essence of each world. He transforms into the “Great Villain System,” helping villains beat the living daylights out of protagonists. In a world where men are inferior to women, I become the “Great Man System,” giving my Host a little extra charm every day and attracting the empress's attention. He evolves into a Creator System, and the 14.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
- 15 EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1kShelves
- 16 EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves
- 17 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves
- 18 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 102.4kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves
- 19 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves
- 20 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
- 21 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
- 22 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
- 23 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
- 24 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
