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- 151 EN The Great Emperor Is Stunned! You Call This a Demon-Suppression Guard? 大帝惊了！你管这个叫镇魔卫？ [Grow stronger by slaying demons + System + transmigrate + double agent + invincible + no female lead + Demon Suppression Office] From the start, Chu He joins the Demon Suppression Office and awakens the Super Stat-Boosting System! With peerless talent, he rises at an astonishing pace and quickly takes control of the Demon Suppression Office! “Chu He, you lackey of the imperial court! You dared wipe out my entire sect. May you die a miserable death!” “Chu He, you actually colluded with demons 50.4kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 152 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 153 EN Genshin Impact: Nine Lifetimes of Endless Erosion 原神：九世轮回，我经历无数磨损 After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se 8.2kReads9.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 154 After Retirement, My Wife Brought People to Arrest Me 退休后，老婆带人来抓我了 From the start, a beautiful woman proposed to him. Liu Xuedong was a fake psychologist and, in reality, an S-Rank Cleaner. Just as he was happily anticipating a perfect life, he realized things weren't going quite the way he'd imagined… Wait, isn't my wife the one I hate most? (A professional writer registered with the Provincial Writers Association. Credentials verified, so read with confidence.) 47.4kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 155 EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.7kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
- 156 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 5.1kReads—Score63914d adds
- 157 Don't Be Fooled by My Golden Finger-Like Look, I'm Really Just an NPC 别看我像金手指，我真只是NPC [Powerhouse + role-playing + secret identities + horror and the supernatural + people reading too much into things + chosen ones + no romance] A three-in-one blend of three horror genres: psychological horror games, Cthulhu livestreams, and real-world supernatural arts. Xiao Gui'an, a bit-part actor, died, but not entirely. He was chosen to play an NPC in a world of horror and the supernatural. After becoming a ghost, Xiao Gui'an thought he would no longer have anything to fear. Who could have 48.9kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds
- 158 EN The Hidden Demon Lord: The Empress Demands Responsibility 隐世魔尊，女帝带娃上门求负责 [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [Raising a Child] [Invincible] Ning Yechen was once an unparalleled Demon Venerable. He unified the Demon Realm by himself, beat the Immortal Realm to a pulp, and struck terror into the hearts of the Six Realms. Tired of all the fighting and killing, he eventually chose to live in seclusion among mortals, quietly enjoying life as a carefree hermit. Then one night, an Immortal Realm Empress, afflicted by a lust-inducing aphrodisiac, fell into the mortal world a 38.1kReads8.9Score4.6k14d adds
- 159 I’m the Favored Son of Heaven in the Cultivation World 我在修真界做天之骄子 No heroine + no romance + a goofy comedy (P.S. This is a silly, funny slice-of-life story, so don't take it seriously!) A story for female readers. If you're feeling down, come take a look! My dear readers, the world may be full of disappointments, but please believe that hidden in all the cracks and bumps are the little sweets fate has secretly tucked away. If you're unhappy, imagine you're the protagonist and grow alongside them! The author will write you a joyful, carefree world. What does it 34kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 160 EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 35kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 161 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
- 162 Treasures of China: From the Start, I Talk with the Ten Greatest Emperors 典藏华夏：开局对话十大皇帝 Jiang Yi transmigrates and becomes the most promising host at the national television network. From the start, he's hosting "Treasures of China" and plans to find actors to portray the great figures of history. Luckily, the System arrives, granting Jiang Yi the power to cross between past and present and speak with historical figures! Li Shimin asks, “If I sign the Treaty of the Wei River with the Turks, will it keep my empire and people safe?” Jiang Yi replies, “Your empire will survive, but yo 30.3kReads9.5Score4.6k14d adds
- 163 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
- 164 EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 88.2kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds
- 165 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.3kReads9.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 166 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5k14d adds
- 167 Great Qin: Emperor Qin Shi Huang, I Really Don't Want to Live Off You! 大秦：始皇帝，我真不吃软饭啊！ [The Analects + Hilarious + Cunning + Lighthearted + His Majesty Zheng + Shamelessly Stealing + Absolutely Outrageous] Qin Feng inexplicably transmigrates to the Qin dynasty before Qin unifies the six states, and the First Emperor overhears his thoughts. The two then embark on a hilarious daily battle of wits. “Qin Feng, tell me, what does ‘The Master does not speak of prodigies, force, disorder, or spirits’ mean?” “It means the Master doesn’t want to talk to you, and will use brute force to bea 45.2kReads9.5Score4.5k14d adds
- 168 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 (Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast 158.8kReads9.3Score16.6k14d adds
- 169 EN In the Cultivation World, I Can Go 50-50 with Anyone 人在修仙世界，和谁都能五五开 In Li Zhoujun's fortieth year after transmigrating to become the mountain lord of an immortal sect, he finally obtained a System that let him match anyone fifty-fifty. Are you a ten-thousand-year-old monster who has spent ages hidden from the world? I'm your equal. Are you an unparalleled Immortal Emperor of peerless elegance? I'm your equal. Are you a demonic fiend whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts? I'm your equal. 64.7kReads9.1Score5.5k14d adds
- 170 EN The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙 “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 64.3kReads9.4Score6.8k14d adds
- 171 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! 99.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds
- 172 EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 143.1kReads9.1Score10.8k14d adds
- 173 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 13.9kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 174 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score16714d adds
- 175 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 113kReads9.5Score12.3k14d adds
- 176 This Host Is Something Else: Told to Die for the Villain, He Actually Did 这宿主绝了，让他替反派死他真死 (Complete) Villain + Corruption + Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion + One-on-One (the villains are all souls of the Main God) To come back to life, movie star Yu Tang binds himself to a quick transmigration System. His mission is to show the villains care and warmth, then die for them, driving them completely over the edge. But when he has finally earned enough points and wants to be revived, the System tells him: The worlds he visited have all collapsed. Yu Tang: ??? System: So you need to 27.4kReads9.6Score3.1k14d adds
- 177 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4k14d adds
- 178 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds
- 179 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 118.2kReads9.7Score13.7k14d adds
- 180 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8k14d adds
- 181 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6k14d adds
- 182 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 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
- 183 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
- 184 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 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
- 185 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
- 186 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
