Novels like From the Start, I’m a Pen
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- 1 Beast Taming: I Can Become Invincible Just by Growing Vegetables 御兽：种花家的我种菜就能无敌 [Beast Taming, Farming, Silly Comedy, Humor, Light Novel, Everyday Life] Bai Chen transmigrates into a world of beast tamers, only to find himself trapped in a high-level zone. His only companion is a Crescent Rabbit known as a pack mule. As he tries to figure out how to survive, he discovers that his predecessor awakened the Flower-Growing talent. Using it to form a contract with the Crescent Rabbit, he helps it evolve into a Peach Blossom Rabbit. What was once an ordinary rabbit-type phantom b 1kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 2 Evolving from a Lump of Mud 从一团泥开始进化 [System + transmigration + pets + evolution + farming + spiritual qi revival] Li Ge transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a lump of mud. He also obtains the Kingdom of Life and Marsh of Death System, and begins recruiting small animals and plants as pets, leveling them up and evolving them, expanding his territory, and taking control of the entire world. 977Reads8.2Score11614d adds
- 3 You’re a Male Incubus. Does It Really Make Sense for You to Be a Priest? 你一个男魅魔，当神官真的合理吗 [Western Fantasy]+ [Cleric]+ [Scheming]+ [No System] After transmigrating into a succubus of the demon race, Green discovered that, according to the timeline, the demons were destined to be wiped out. No way. He, Green, couldn't allow that to happen. But everyone else was left confused. Demon: “Hey, how can you, a demon, use the divine arts of a human cleric?” Human Saintess: “Wait a minute, is that how divine arts work? Are those divine incantations from a bratty little girl?” Human Saintess: “ 6.4kReads8.8Score73314d adds
- 4 The Super System: The Escaped Panda Levels Up in Seconds 超级系统越狱熊猫秒速升级 [A popular, completed masterpiece] Transmigrates as a giant panda, with six daily updates, never missing a day! Chu Tian: When I fight, I never check what level of protected animal my opponent is. None of them is as precious as me. Watch as a lousy cultivator is reborn as a national treasure and coasts through life with an invincible System... 532Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 5 I Am a God in the Spirit Realm 我在灵界当神灵 The Spirit Realm is born, and the living beings of Blue Star go wild with excitement. Even a beggar on the roadside might stumble upon the authority of a god of the Spirit Realm and ascend to its divine throne. But after the celebration comes the lucky ones' doom. Some have their thrones toppled by beings from countless worlds; some are assimilated by their divine rank and become new gods; others are abandoned by their followers and fall into the abyss. As the saying goes, those unworthy of thei 2.7kReads8.9Score16714d adds
- 6 Farming: The Age of the Witch 种田：巫女时代 [Farming + Tribe + Fantasy + Sweet Romance] Su Yue transmigrated for no apparent reason, and woke to find a group of women dressed in animal skins dragging her back to their cave. By chance, she awakened a Favorability System called Xiao Ai. Su Yue: “What? You don't even know how to make traps?” The tribe members: “Isn't winning a battle just a matter of having more people? Why fight at night?” Is this how recklessly you do everything? Su Yue was at her wit's end. 5.7kReads8.9Score48514d adds
- 7 I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I Put Every Point into Defense 因为怕痛所以全点防御力了 Bathing in magma, sleeping in ancient killing formations; Riding a heavy armored vehicle to rampage across other worlds; Taking on immortals and Buddhas with a Gundam police robot and Godzilla... I got myself a Stat System, and from then on, I put every point into defense! What can I say? I'm afraid of pain! The Great Golden Immortals in other worlds are all vicious, and every one of them knows the Great Heavenly Dragon technique. They hold little meetings every day to figure out how to break th 4.9kReads8.6Score46714d adds
- 8 Lord: The Villainous Noble's Beastgirl Sanctuary 领主：恶役贵族的兽耳娘收容所 [Western fantasy + lord + adventure + villain protagonist + slaves + beast-eared girls + multiple heroines] Sean transmigrates into a sword-and-magic game world, becoming a puppet born of a political marriage between two great families. Knowing the future milestones, he understands that humanity and the demihumans stand on the brink of annihilation. As the many game protagonists stir up one upheaval after another, the human and demihuman nations fight among themselves. By the time the expansion 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Her Highness the Princess Wants to Kill the Demon King Again Today 皇妃殿下今天也想做掉魔王 “Sister Consort, what’s in there?” The dark elf girl wrapped her arms around the consort’s waist and asked with an innocent look. “Oh, this?” The consort replied in a fluster. After adding some to the Demon King’s wine, she managed to force a fake smile at the little girl. “It’s called potassium cyanide. It’s a seasoning, about the same as salt. Your big brother asked for it~” “Oh.” The dark elf nodded innocently, looking pure and adorable. She didn’t notice the consort’s sly, cold gaze or the f 6.4kReads9.4Score68314d adds
- 10 Honghuang: Wholesale Immortal Pills, but You Didn’t Mention the Side Effects 洪荒：仙丹批发商，副作用你不说 After transmigrating into the primordial world, he unexpectedly becomes the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Taiqing, coveted by every living creature in the land! Fortunately, he becomes Taiqing's disciple and awakens the Good Deeds System. Every elixir he makes becomes ten times more potent. Giving one to someone else earns him a random reward, but could also trigger a random side effect? Xuandu eats an elixir and turns into a little girl? Winged Immortal eats one, his wings grow ten times l 13.6kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 11 Getting By in the Late Ming 明末混日子 A little nobody arrived in a brand-new world. What path would he take here...? Perhaps he would change this place. Perhaps he would remain nothing more than a speck of dust, arriving quietly and leaving just as quietly. Perhaps he would try his hardest and still fail. Whatever happened, life would go on, and tomorrow would still come. He just wouldn't be that young man anymore. 264Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 12 I Reincarnated as a Sea Squirt Larva and Ate a Brain From the Start 变成海鞘幼虫开局先吃个脑子 [Dark Evolution: I Am the Infinite Universe] [Dark fiction, System evolution, no female lead, no saintly hero, sci-fi, advanced technology] He was cold by nature. After obtaining the System, his humanity gradually faded with the passage of time, leaving him bloodless and merciless. He began by devouring marine life and evolving. He transformed into all kinds of creatures, then into celestial bodies, but that was not the end. He continued to evolve, endlessly and without limit. He would stop at n 1.6kReads8.9Score16914d adds
- 13 Slave Lord: Who’s the Goblin Now? 奴隶领主：谁才是哥布林？ [Lord System] Pinujin: having the surname Pi is not weird at all! Just a little unusual! The bard Pinujin obtains a broken territory core, the [Slaver Core], and changes class to Slaver. By squeezing his subjects for labor, he earns [Exploitation Points] to use for prize draws, skill exchanges, and building upgrades. Goblins! Get out there and grow potatoes and cotton! Succubi! Stop fooling around and go make soy milk! Elves! Take off your shoes and stomp grapes. Lord Pi wants to make wine! 15.2kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 14 The Dragon Loves Farming 巨龙爱种田 After transmigrating into a giant dragon and acquiring a farming System, he plans to keep his head down and enjoy a leisurely life as a farmer. Who could have guessed that his battered old hoe would cut through metal, that one spray of insecticide would wipe out an entire alien insect swarm, or that the System's seeds would be even more powerful? “Boss, the elves, human empire, metal dragons, beastmen, and others are here to see you. They want a seed of Creation from the Primordial Chaos, and ar 11.8kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 15 A Must-Have for Slackers: This System Is Amazing 咸鱼必备，这个系统太好了 [Comedy + daily life + high martial arts + school setting] Zhou Fan transmigrates into a modern world of high martial arts and gets bound to an Anti-Grind System. The System wants Zhou Fan to promote the slacker mindset and encourage everyone to enjoy life. Whenever Zhou Fan works hard at cultivating, his strength regresses. But if he makes a pact with someone else, the harder they work and grind, the faster the slacker Zhou Fan grows, as a punishment for them. Zhou Fan studies the rules careful 5.4kReads8.7Score53414d adds
- 16 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation, Yet I Can't Hide My Max-Level Secret Identity 轮回百世，我的满级马甲藏不住了 [Not a Dragon King story + comedy + wildly imaginative worldbuilding] Zhang Xuan transmigrates into a cultivation world and awakens a Reincarnation System. If he completes the tasks of a hundred lifetimes, he can gain supreme cultivation and become a Dao Lord. Over the course of his reincarnations, he has been a Sword Venerable, a Demon Lord, a Medicine God, and a Demon Emperor... Now, in his final life, the System wants him to join the Qingyun Sect and die protecting it. Just as Zhang Xuan thin 15.8kReads8.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 17 Oh My God! I've Turned Into a Turtle 天啊！我变成了龟 At a young age, I became a thousand-year-old tortoise. Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the Devour, Combine, and Evolve System. A dirt dragon has been found ahead. Devour, combine, and evolve: Earth Dragon Turtle. And so began my bizarre life... 11.4kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 18 Are You Sick? Why Talk About Kindness with a Man-Eating Demon? 没病吧？你和食人魔谈什么善良？ [Transmigration + invincible hero + food + farming + keeps his distance from humans + no do-gooder heroine + survival + everyone] How does an ogre usually eat? Step one: Find a desert monster. Step two: Hit it. Step three: Beat it up. Step four: Throw it into a pot. Step five: Simmer it over low heat for two hours. Gorkin had transmigrated to this endless desert world twenty years ago, but he was an ogre with a huge, burly build. He had finally become a chief, and now all the people of Blue Star 31.7kReads9.1Score3.4k14d adds
- 19 The World of Mercenaries (Complete Five-Volume Edition) 佣兵天下（全五册） One of the ten greatest fantasy works of the past twenty years of online literature! The complete 2.4-million-word commemorative edition! Mercenaries, magic, famed generals, dragons, gods… Does history make heroes, or do heroes make history? Beginning in the year 200 of the Red Moon calendar, the first year of the Magic Era, on this fantastical continent of magic and knights, Amy Haber started out as a lowly mercenary and went on to write a sweeping, epic legend! Mercenaries, magic, famed genera 27kReads9.5Score3.2k14d adds
- 20 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 21 The Skeleton Lord's Growth Journal 骷髅领主的成长日记 I unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. Others became immortals or Buddhas, while even the less fortunate got to rise from being nobodies. But when Gu Erdan got here, he realized he had nothing to look forward to. Because this guy had become a skeleton soldier! And not just any skeleton soldier, but a low-grade, headless, battle-damaged wreck of one! Life is hard, so the skeleton sighed. Looking at his body, without an ounce of flesh on it, Gu Erdan decided he would show everyone how to m 3.6kReads9.1Score46114d adds
- 22 I Really Am a Law-Abiding Citizen 我真的是守法公民 Twelve years ago, star gates descended from the sky and appeared all over the world. People discovered all kinds of worlds beyond the gates. Thanks to the special game items and technology brought back from them, human technology underwent a massive leap forward. On Block 26, Street 78, Chen Bin, dressed in a fitted black trench coat and a vintage gray tweed English cap, held an AK-47 in one hand. He looked seriously at Old Chicken and said in a low voice, “We are law-abiding citizens. We must n 555Reads9.3Score10314d adds
- 23 Eternal Gate 永恒之门 The gods and demons wage war, the myriad worlds collapse, and only the Eternal Immortal Realm endures. After countless ages, a battle god named Zhao Yun gathers the essence of heaven and earth and reforges the primordial universe. From the depths of the underworld, he fights his way to the Eternal Immortal Realm and, in the name of the divine, rules over the myriad paths. From then on, his words become legend. 17.8kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 24 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 31.2kReads9.6Score3.4k14d adds
- 25 Grandpa, Did You Really Start a Rebellion in the Underworld? 爷爷，您真在地府造反了？ [Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city? 17.5kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 26 EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.6kReads9.3Score6.6k14d adds
- 27 EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138kReads9.6Score16.9k14d adds
- 28 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
- 29 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 30 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6k14d adds
- 31 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
