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- 51 A Brocade Guard, from the Start I Master the Marrow-Washing Sutra 人在锦衣卫，开局领悟洗髓经 [Imperial Brocade Guards + ruthless decisiveness + no female lead + human-shaped nuclear bomb] Gu Yu transmigrates into a low-ranking Imperial Brocade Guard officer and activates a kill-enemies-to-get-treasure-chests System. From the start, he masters the Marrow-Cleansing Scripture and becomes a walking human nuclear bomb, crushing and annihilating everything in his path. "Hear the Way in the morning, and you can die content in the evening." If I learn how to get to your house in the morning, by 12.1kReads8.6Score85214d adds
- 52 Hehuan Sect: I Rewind Time to Turn the Whole Sect Against Itself 合欢宗：我读档反推全宗门 At the Hehuan Sect, if you don't die fast enough, you'll never marry the strongest immortal beauty. Chen Lun awakens the [Reincarnation Cultivation System]. As long as he completes achievements bizarre enough, he can trade them for peerless talents and items. Others cultivate by meditating. I cultivate by courting death and stirring up trouble! He dances wildly on the edge of death, and his cultivation keeps climbing! Before long, he has completely changed the Hehuan Sect's way of doing thin 2.8kReads6.9Score23514d adds
- 53 Starlight on the Crest of the Wave 浪尖上的星光 [Genres] Coming-of-age × ocean fiction × mystery × fantasy × healing romance [Theme] Light on the Waves: Dedicated to everyone who nurtures starlight through their tears. “This is a philosophical dialogue about life, death, and being reborn.” “The ocean in this book isn't just a backdrop. It's a living being, with breath and a heartbeat. Every cresting wave tells of the bond between brothers, and every shimmer of light bears witness to love's eternity.” On a typhoon-lashed day, a giant wave s 1Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 54 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Want to Be a Straightforward Fool? 都重生了谁还要做个老实人 No System, everyone is sharp, and the protagonist is decisive and ruthless. He’s no bleeding heart or womanizer: if he can settle things with action, he won’t waste time talking. If he can kill a hundred people, he’ll never stop at just ninety-nine!!! 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Just Started College, and a System to Help Women Appears 刚上大一，为女分忧系统来了 PS: This story is entirely fictional. Please do not relate it to real life. [Multiple Heroines] + [Everyday Campus Life] + [Fast-Paced] + [Witty and Humorous] + [Power Fantasy] + [Campus Belle] + [Tycoon] + [Meme References] + [Love Rival Showdowns] + [System] “Hey, don’t do anything rash!” “Hey, come down!” “Hey, move somewhere else. That’s the building where I have class...” Lin Yutang glanced down at the packed crowd, the corner of his mouth twitching. He’d only come up to the rooftop to 3.9kReads8.9Score29314d adds
- 56 Five Years in Prison, Invincible the Moment I Get Out 入狱五年，出狱即无敌 [War God + invincible protagonist + decisive and ruthless + fast-paced, wildly satisfying] No saintly do-gooder routine, just one satisfying win after another. Anyone who wrongs me gets payback. Five years ago, my beautiful senior sister tricked me into going to prison to train. Since then, I've become the most badass War God in the world! After I got out, my junior martial aunt gave me an arsenal, and I became the biggest arms dealer on Blue Star! The Empress made me a prince and granted me the 3.2kReads9.1Score37614d adds
- 57 Contractual Danger: The CEO’s Defaulting Wife 契约危情：总裁的违约娇妻 Contractual Peril: The CEO's Runaway Bride 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Delivery God of War: Returning to Slaughter His Way Across the Globe 外卖战神，归来杀穿全球 Dumped while delivering takeout, then targeted for murder? Ding! Your “Emotion God” System has arrived! Chu Feng gave up a high-paying job for his girlfriend, Xu Nuo, only to get a cold breakup and a carefully staged car accident in return! On the brink of death, he binds himself to the [Emotion God] System: the emotions of all living beings become my power! Mock me? Thank me? Fear me? Fall in love with me? They all turn into god-tier skills! From then on, the life of this delivery guy goes comp 2.5kReads9.2Score22914d adds
- 59 Rich Auntie, Why Take the Wrong Turns Again After Being Reborn? 富婆小阿姨，重生了还要走弯路？ [Plot-driven + love rival showdown + no doormat hero + reborn + campus beauty + school life + lighthearted + making money + comedy] As the young aunt next door who watched Chen Chen grow up, Xiao Ruoran has a secret: she has always loved him. She stayed by his side as he grew up, but it takes a car accident for her to finally dare confess her feelings. Chen Chen, a ladies’ man who spent half his life riding the waves, had seen all the world’s splendor. Only on his deathbed did he realize that th 5.6kReads8.0Score67314d adds
- 60 I Really Want to Be a Lazy Fish 好想当一只咸鱼 (The new chapter's rating is a little low! I'm begging you all for your support!) A story about a guy who just wants to slack off... Zhang Jun is reborn. He has no System... but he does have both disaster and good fortune as attributes... Now that he's reborn, why keep working like a drudge? All he wants is to slack off, but an invisible hand keeps pushing him forward... 579Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 61 The Shelter Goes Out of Control: Everyone's Personality Takes on the Dark Forces! 收容所失控：全员人格硬撼黑手！ [Suspense + Supernatural + Multiple Personality Switching + No Saintly Heroics + Endless Twists + Ruthless and Decisive] [The rating just came out, so it’ll gradually rise] Su Zhe, a teenager framed by psychiatrist Chen Jingxing as a “personality aberration,” harbors seven noisy, bickering negative personalities within him. At the brink of despair, an eighth uninvited guest arrives: the top serial killer known as “Shadow Nightmare,” whom the authorities have officially declared dead. As the rest 140Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 62 The Battlefield of the Gods and Demons of Huaxia 华夏神魔战场 Gu Sizhao, the Purple Firmament Immortal Emperor, perished alongside the Supreme Demon of the Demon Realm in the war between immortals and demons! A mysterious jade pendant carried his remaining soul as he transmigrated back to Blue Star, where he had lived as a child. What earth-shattering secret lies behind this war between immortals and demons that has lasted for millions of years? Watch as he rises to prominence once more and uncovers the truth! 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Disciple, You’ve Reached the Pinnacle. Go Down the Mountain and Raise Hell 徒儿你已登峰造极，下山豪横去吧 [Urban power fantasy + invincible war god + genius doctor son-in-law + ruthless decisiveness + master descends the mountain] This story is all about one thing: satisfaction! A wildly entertaining power fantasy, distilled from a humorous style and a plot full of twists and turns: He’s so talented even his master fears him, and has tried every trick in the book to send him down the mountain to become a live-in son-in-law. What should he do? Easy. He’ll learn every one of his master’s lifelong secr 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 From the Start, My Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Drove Every Heroine and Ghost Insane 开局阴阳合欢，女侠女鬼都疯了 From the Start, Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Drives the Heroine and Female Ghost Crazy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Divine Dao Dynasty 道神朝 [Genius Protagonist]+ [No System]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] For years, the Divine Talisman Continent had been divided among the three powers of Qi, Yan, and Wei. But after the Yan Emperor forcibly attempted to reach the Celestial Realm and suffered a devastating backlash from the Great Dao when he fell just short, the balance of power shifted. When Qi's one hundred thousand cavalry stormed the imperial capital of Yan, the Yan Emperor set himself on fire, and the dust seemed to have settled. Yet t 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor: From Mortal Warrior to the Supreme Demon Venerable 吞天魔帝：从后天武者到最强魔尊 The Sect Master of the Nation-Guarding Sect shatters his jade cup: “One of our minor hall masters could have his pet destroy our sect ten times over!” The seven great sect masters tremble as they speak: “He's an outer disciple, yet he cuts down Golden Core martial artists like grass!” The Alliance Leader of the Myriad Arts slumps to the ground: “Alone with just one sword, he razed all seventy-two of my branches!” The Demon Realm's Holy Lord falls silent: “Cross him, and your realm is doomed!” L 2.7kReads8.4Score13914d adds
- 68 Leading Southern Tang to Conquer the Realm 带领南唐去争霸 [Ensemble Cast + No System + Ruthless Battles + Contest for Supremacy + Historical Figures] Zhou Lei transmigrates to the Southern Tang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, becoming its sixth prince: Li Yu, the legendary poet-emperor. Knowing that Li Yu will one day lose his kingdom and family, endure humiliation to survive, and see his wife violated, he is determined to change his fate! The chaotic final years of the Tang dynasty are filled with heroes vying to rule the land. The 361Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 69 Reborn for Revenge: You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I’ll Feed You to the Dogs 重生复仇，让我做舔狗我扔你喂狗 In his previous life, Chen Ping'an was betrayed by the person he trusted most and met a tragic end. Reborn in a new life, he returns with a boundless hatred. He awakens the Slaughter System! From then on, anyone who wrongs him will pay a hundredfold! Anyone who harms him will be ground to dust! In this life, he would rather be a demon than a good man, slaughtering his way from obscurity to the highest heavens until every one of his enemies is groveling at his feet! 965Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Reborn as the Nine Nether Demon Venerable 重生九幽魔尊 Ye Chen, the Nine Netherworlds Demon Venerable, had roamed the Immortal Realm for ten thousand years. When he underwent tribulation, seven Saint Venerables joined forces to encircle and kill him. As his soul was scattered, a wisp of his remnant soul was reborn in the modern city. In this life, he was no longer an aloof supreme ruler of the Immortal Realm, but an ordinary college student. But he was still himself. He still had the experience of ten thousand years of cultivation, the memories of p 100Reads—Score1014d adds
- 71 Urban Superpowers: I Only Know a Tiny Bit About Them 都市异能，我只会亿点点异能 10 Merits from the Start: I Grind in Both the Yin and Yang Worlds By day, I deal with idiot bosses at the office. By night, I exorcise thousand-year-old evil spirits on the streets. Decisive and ruthless, I put every dissenter in their place. Modern cultivation plus workplace revenge. MAX golden finger, with steadily rising combat power. How can an office drone use workplace savvy to grind their way through all three realms? 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Please Spare the Eighteen-Year-Old Me 请放过18岁的我 Five gold-inlaid nanmu tokens, an acrostic poem, countless players caught in the game, and endless joys and sorrows. What is the truth behind the shocking massacre of the Lu family? The answer lies in the poem. A case within a case, a plot within a plot. Was it an age-old feud passed down for five hundred years? A vicious struggle driven by profit? Or a conspiracy between East and West, brewing for a thousand years? It all lies hidden in the prophecy made five hundred years ago. Everything was d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Peerless King of Medicine 盖世医王 When he opened his eyes, Su Ran, the Immortal Emperor, had been reborn on the day before his engagement was called off! In his previous life, he endured endless humiliation, and the woman he loved died unjustly, her heart broken. In this life, he vowed to protect everyone around him as the Immortal Emperor! 7.3kReads8.9Score79014d adds
- 74 The Prodigy Smith: The Golden Cicada Hides the Iron Bow and Heavenly Tome 铸器骄子之金蝉铁弓藏天书 Young blacksmith Chu Xiaoyang carries venomous insects, wields a slingshot, and relies on a pair of iron hammers. Neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, he is hunted by the righteous, pursued by the wicked, and even spurned by his own family. Wherever he finds injustice, he brings his hammers crashing down... 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 What! After Losing My Memory, I Cheated on Myself 惊！失忆后我绿了我自己 Shocking! After Losing My Memory, I Cheated on Myself 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Back to the Carboniferous Period 重回石炭纪 The doomsday countdown begins. In the depths of winter in Guang City, Nanshan Province, Xin You nervously paced along the street on his way to a blind date. A jumble of fakes filled the antiques stall. He spotted a woman in red being harassed by an old woman trying to scam her. It was Lin Xi, his secret crush from high school. “That's a family heirloom vase worth three hundred thousand!” the old woman wailed. Xin You snatched up a replica from the stall and smashed it in front of everyone. “If t 2Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 77 I Cultivate with Nine Female Emperors, So I’m Invincible 九位女帝同修，我无敌 The God-Burying Abyss, where the gods fell. Qin Wuya thought he was done for. Instead, nine stunning empresses cornered him: “Unreasonable demands, years later, the boy who once cried and begged for his life holds the nine empresses close as they look down upon all living beings. ‘Supreme beings? Which one of these nine behind me isn’t the ancestor of a Supreme being?’” This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. 566Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Cultivating Immortality at Eight: My Disciples Beat Up the Whole World 八岁修仙，我的徒弟暴打全世界 [A genius doctor, a master descending from the mountains, an invincible and outrageously satisfying novel. The male lead is decisive and merciless, wildly cocky, dazzling, and unbelievably badass. Please give it five chapters. If it isn’t good, come after me.] Ten years ago, Ye Xiaoyao’s parents were brutally killed and his siblings disappeared. An old man rescued him and taught him extraordinary cultivation techniques. Now he has returned in force, determined to cut down every enemy! “You’re th 103Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 79 Strange Clouds over Beijing and Hong Kong: Special Case Squad 京港奇云：特殊专案组 Beneath the sunlit skyscrapers of Jingang City, the prosperous yet dazzlingly chaotic capital of Yangguo, lurk currents of evil unknown to the public. When the bizarre case of Luo Ke, a top-tier star who falls to his death, comes to light, the scene is riddled with clues that go far beyond an ordinary suicide: a deadly new drug is found in his body, yet the scene bears signs of an impossible suicide. The baffling case is swiftly handed over to a mysterious, elite department: the Special Cases Ta 5Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 80 Invincible Family in the City: The System Levels Up Automatically 都市之无敌家族，系统自动升级 [No limits, no missions, just pure thrills] With fully automatic upgrades, his luck skyrockets, and the sun and moon shine together in a miraculous sign, as he crushes the heroes of all the heavens. The Great Ways of the myriad worlds surrender of their own accord, auspicious signs fill the skies, and he sweeps aside the strongest of every era! Bound to an invincible System from the start, he is nevertheless disdained by Ye Chen. My family is peerless. What use are you? After learning about Ye C 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I’m in Kindergarten, and My Three Childhood Friends Cling to Me Every Day 人在幼儿园，仨青梅们天天黏我 [Slice of Life + Meme Humor + Baby Protagonist + System + Childhood Friends] Mu Feng is reborn as a little kid, then discovers that his childhood friends will all grow up to be top-tier campus beauties. Even more surprising, he seems to be surrounded by them, with absolutely no way to escape! 7.2kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 82 Phoenix Rules the World: From the Start, the Coffin Explodes, and the Ancestress Can Cover the Sky with One Hand 凤临天下：开局棺椁炸裂，老祖宗她只手遮天 The Phoenix Reigns Supreme: From the Start, the Coffin Explodes, and the Ancestress Rules the World with One Hand 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Reborn: The Discarded Wife Returns, Ruthlessly Crushing Her Enemies 重生归来：废妻狠戾虐渣 Reborn: The Ruthless, Vicious Ex-Wife Takes Down the Scum 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 After Beating My Future Self at Arm Wrestling, the Rebirth System Arrived 肘赢未来的自己后，重生系统来了 [School Life] [Romance] [Two Female Leads] [Everyday Life] [Comedy] [Lighthearted] [Not Reborn] [No Supernatural Elements] Cheng Yuan has three younger sisters: One is his biological sister, and two are her best friends. One is timid and gentle, while the other is emotionally steady. After an unsuccessful rebirth, Cheng Yuan has no choice but to repeat a year of school, becoming classmates with his younger sister’s two best friends. Why was his rebirth unsuccessful? Other people come back to the 107.7kReads9.3Score13.7k14d adds
- 85 Handsome and Loaded: Watch Me Conquer the City's Sea of Beauties 帅气又多金，看我纵横都市花海 [Urban Power Fantasy] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Underworld] + [Wealthy Tycoon] + [Business World] A college girl every three steps, a mature beauty every five. He returned from abroad, a leading figure in the business world on the surface and a dark king behind the scenes. He makes a point of playing the pig to eat the tiger. Money, power, beautiful women: only children make choices. He wants it all! 5.9kReads6.5Score59414d adds
- 86 Transmigrated as an Abandoned Heir, I Awakened a Talent Conquest Book 穿越成弃子，觉醒天赋攻略书 [Decisive] [No romance] [Fast-paced] [No frustrating setbacks] [No dragging things out] After transmigrating into a fictional high-martial dynasty, Mu Xiao awakens as a Demon-Slaying Guard and obtains the Talent Guidebook. From then on, she defies fate! No pointless chatter, no frustrating setbacks. She never lets evil go unpunished, and slays demons with a single blade! With the guidebook in hand, she unlocks countless talents at will: the strength to uproot mountains, fiery eyes that see throu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 My Goddess and I Switched Bodies 我和女神互换身体 [Superpowers + tycoon + satisfying read + no simping + multiple heroines] Chu Aishen, the foremost master of the Celestial Court's immortal arts, was framed and cursed with the Love Curse System before being banished to the mortal realm. Forced to complete romance quests, he could only regain his divine power by doing so. And so, a fiery beauty of a principal, a gorgeous campus belle, a jewelry heiress, a rose fairy, a milk tea shop owner... His blissful questing journey began. 644Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 88 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Bother Dating? 重生了谁还谈恋爱啊 Good news: I’ve been reborn. Bad news: The money’s gone. Dad: Wasn’t the good news that I don’t have to die now? You’re a real model son, aren’t you! Wang Hao is reborn in the new millennium. As the Eighth Factory is restructured and the workers’ children’s school is reassigned, everyone thinks his life is ruined. But who knows how many opportunities this year will bring? A job for two thousand yuan is hard to find, but businesses worth tens of millions are everywhere! Let’s start with a milk te 11.9kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 89 Your Highness, Lord Yama, Please Spare This Lowly One! 阎王大人，求您饶了小的吧 [Both Pure] [Male Lead Stronger at First, Both Strong Later] [Dark Underworld Boss vs. Down-on-Her-Luck Assassin from an Ancient Clan] Nian Wan risked her life to escape a family that sacrificed women. She thought five years of torment would be followed by the freedom of being reborn, but instead she blundered into the world of a living demon. She pleaded cautiously, “Master Huo, please spare me. I had no choice...” The man seemed to find it a joke. “Darling, you were the one who forced yoursel 561Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 90 My Ex-Wife Paid My Debts. After Her Mother Beat Her into Critical Condition, I Fought My Mother-in-Law to the Bitter End 前妻替我还债，被她妈打成重伤后，我和岳母死磕到底 My Ex-Wife Paid Off My Debt. After Her Mother Beat Her So Badly She Was Severely Injured, I Took on My Mother-in-Law 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 My Saber Is Sheathed, Yet I'm Still Number One Under Heaven 战刀入鞘，我依旧天下第一 [Unmatched in slaughter + absolute power + surrounded by beauties + steamrolls all the way] He once ruled over hell. The name King of Hell made the world's powerful tremble in fear! The moment he emerged, three Black Hawks cut across the sky as forces from every direction knelt to welcome him! He could wipe out a powerful family with a snap of his fingers, slay formidable foes with a wave of his hand, and win the devotion of beauties who would follow him to their deaths! In this chaotic age of h 2.1kReads9.2Score16714d adds
- 92 Aren't You My Little Sister? How Did You Become My Child Bride?! 不是妹妹吗？怎么就童养媳了！ [Unrelated-by-blood younger sister]+ [Top-tier star]+ [Beautiful coworker]+ [Campus beauty who’s his sister’s roommate]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [Sweet everyday romance]+ [Intense flirtatious push and pull] A stunning younger sister who’s just started her first year of college moves into Jiang Che’s rental apartment. They aren’t related by blood. He’d hoped for a quiet life, but her arrival sets off a whole string of events: her campus-beauty roommate makes the first move; a beautiful coworker kee 59.3kReads8.4Score7k14d adds
- 93 Sect Founder from the Start: Building the Supreme Dao Tradition 开局宗门老祖，打造无上道统 [System, Sect Ancestor, cultivation, no female lead, no suppression of cultivation, rapid advancement, feel-good] From the start, he is the sect ancestor, forging an unsurpassed Dao lineage. The Profound Realm, Qing Province, the State of Chu. Lin Sui, ancestor of the Dao Xuan Sect, one of the State of Chu’s five great sects, awakens the Unsurpassed Dao Lineage System from the start. Based on Lin Sui’s current cultivation level, it returns cultivation improvements and insights to the sect member 82Reads5.3Score13614d adds
- 94 Stop Grinding, the Demon Lord Just Wants to Clock Out 别卷了，魔尊他只想下班 Stop Grinding, the Demon Lord Just Wants to Clock Out 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 You Are Both the Stars and the Abyss 星辰与深渊皆是你 You Are Both the Stars and the Abyss —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 I Used Dual Cultivation to Make the Entire Cultivation World Work Itself to Tears 靠双修卷哭整个修真界 Master Dual Cultivation and Leave the Whole Cultivation World in the Dust 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 On the Day We Divorced, I Was Carrying My Enemy's Child 离婚当天，我肚里有了仇人的崽 On the Day We Divorced, I Was Carrying My Enemy’s Baby —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 On a Dating Show, I Chose an Ordinary Doctor in Front of My Top-Tier Star Ex-Boyfriend 在恋综当着顶流前男友，我选了素人医生 On a Dating Show with My Top-Tier Star Ex, I Chose an Ordinary Doctor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 This Bully Is Too Cute 这个恶霸太可爱 This Bully Is Too Cute 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Greatest Matchmaker in History Is a Stick 史上最强红娘是根棍 The Greatest Matchmaker in History Is a Stick 4Reads—Score—14d adds
