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- 1 From the Start, I Was Sentenced to Life, So I Had to Spend My Lifespan 开局牢底坐穿，只好氪命了 He Xuan was in prison from the start and had no choice. For the sake of freedom, he had to spend his lifespan. Afterward, he got himself a prison and became its warden. He made it his base and began living a temporarily carefree life. His favorite pastime was remotely controlling his clones and sending them to explore this bizarre world. He had long since lost track of how many legends he had left behind across the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 You're in Charge of the Cells, So Why Are You Enjoying Locking People Up? 让你管牢房，你还关上瘾了！ In the final years of the Tianchao, the land is in chaos and the people are starving. In the capital, Feng'an, Emperor Chen Chonghou lounges on the dragon throne, lost in pleasure and turning a deaf ear to the world outside. The kingdom faces military disasters at home and border threats abroad, while factions of every stripe wreak havoc at court and corrupt officials run rampant. Wang Lai's soul transmigrates into this world to avenge his predecessor's wrongful death, and he goes undercover as 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Locked in a Death Cell? I’ll Steal a Million Years of Lifespan 被关死牢？我劫人寿元百万载 As an imperial prince’s descendant, Liu Xun sat the imperial examinations, only to be thrown into the death cell moments after becoming the top scholar! Calamities and opportunities came one after another. Starting by seizing other people’s lifespans and fortunes in the imperial prison, he embarked on an invincible path! Seize ten years of an enemy’s lifespan, and he gains ten years to cultivate. Seize an enemy’s memories, and he gains their techniques, then creates techniques of his own! . 893Reads7.0Score102Shelves
- 4 As an Immortal, I Nearly Spent the Rest of My Life in Prison 身为神仙，差点把牢底坐穿 The Divine Investiture List suddenly appeared in the world. Anyone chosen by the list would gain some of the abilities of an ancient deity. When Li Zhen became the Thunder God’s chosen one, he immediately slacked off and stopped striking people with lightning. The other chosen ones followed his example and started slacking off too. When Li Zhen became Yue Lao’s chosen one, he showed irritable internet users what it meant to have unfinished business between a man and a dog, or a man and a pig. Wh 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 5 Immortal and Invincible: Starting as a Heavenly Prison Guard 长生无敌，从天牢狱卒开始 [Immortality + Invincible + Cunning + Smart Protagonist + Political Intrigue] After transmigrating to a cultivation world teeming with monsters and demons, where supernatural powers are commonplace, Lu Zixing starts out as a lowly jailer guarding the imperial prison. This world is full of danger. The prime minister is thrown into the imperial prison by imperial decree, and his entire family is marched out of the Meridian Gate to the execution grounds! A demon cultivator slaughters an entire vill 30Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 6 The Invincible Prison Guard Lying Low in the Celestial Prison 无敌狱卒，苟在天牢 [Highlights: Ordinary Stat-Allocation Story + Cautious Protagonist + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless] [Realms: Martial Apprentice, Martial Artist, Martial Adept, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster] [Setting: No fantasy elements in the early world; martial arts take center stage; an ancient-style setting; no overlapping histories; no salt-making, perfume-selling, cement-making, or potato-growing; no foreign races in Volume One; no demons or monsters] Wang Yi is a wage slave who transmigrates t 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Man Who Walked Out of the Ninety-Ninth Floor of Prison 从九十九层监狱走出来的男人 Five years ago, his family was wiped out. Like a stray dog with nowhere to go, he barely survived. Five years later, gifted with heaven-defying abilities and hailed as the peerless God of Prison, he returns in triumph. Nine masters of formidable power. Nine senior sisters with power and influence reaching the heavens. This time, I will drench the sky in my enemies' blood. 4.9kReads7.6Score375Shelves
- 8 Lifespan: 52 Years. Absorb It? 目标寿命52年，是否吸收？ Li Qing discovered that he could absorb the lifespans of other living beings. Whether they were insects, fish, birds, beasts, or even Golden Immortals, he could kill them all with a touch of their physical bodies. He could keep those years of life for himself and live forever, or spend them all at once to cultivate martial arts: [Spend 100,000 years of lifespan to cultivate the Profound Void Plain Questions Returning to the Storehouse Mystical Art?] In an instant, he was... 5.6kReads6.6Score472Shelves
- 9 I Guarded the Heavenly Prison for Five Hundred Years, and Now I'm Unrivaled 镇守天牢五百年，我举世无敌 Li Xuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a jailer in the royal city of the Great Li Kingdom. In this world, demons and monsters roam, the forces of a fallen dynasty wreak havoc, and powerful martial artists rule the land. Li Xuan treads carefully in the Imperial Prison. Fortunately, he awakens the Myriad Worlds Guardian System, and the Record of Demon Suppression appears in his mind, changing his future. He can grow stronger in martial arts without training! Guarding a disciple of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Talent Is Longevity: I Can Trade Lifespans to Buy Divine Offices 天赋是长生，我能交易寿命买神职 [Everyone Awakens + Class Changes + No System + Native Inhabitants + No Transmigration + Not a School Story] Countless game dungeons have appeared across the world. The world has been reborn, and the entire planet has become a game! Vast swathes of human territory have been overrun by countless monsters, strange phenomena, and dungeons. Chen Wangsheng was born several centuries later, but failed to awaken a class. He faces only two choices: become an ordinary person, the most outdated and lowest 3.9kReads7.0Score316Shelves
- 11 Reborn as a Dying Old Man, I Seek Immortality with Divine Powers 重生濒死老翁，我用神通求长生 (The new book has been signed. Tap the author's profile picture to find it. Please follow along.) To a mortal, seventy years is a lifetime, but in the endless river of time, it's just a drop in the ocean! From the start, he transmigrated into the body of a seventy-year-old man and gained 0.1 Transcendence Points for each daily sign-in. After thirty-six days of sign-ins, he obtained the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers Divine Ability, “Flowers Bloom in an Instant.” It could destroy powerful enemies and 2.8kReads7.3Score151Shelves
- 12 Sentenced to Life in Prison Right After Gaining Immortality 刚获得永生，就判无期徒刑 Lin Yi was lucky enough to obtain the [Immortality System], which could grant him eternal life. But after his girlfriend set him up, he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. He had gained immortality, only to end up dying a fool's death. After being reborn, Lin Yi became a lucky man once again, awakening the [All-Purpose Comeback System]. An all-purpose System had everything he could ask for. A tycoon System? A gaming System? An entertainment System? A negative-energy System? 10.8kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
- 13 Bound to a Simplification System from the Start, I Keep a Low Profile in the Heavenly Prison and Seek Immortality 开局绑定简化系统苟在天牢求长生 (Eastern fantasy + System + cultivation + cautious survival + farming + martial arts in the early story + immortal cultivation later on + ruthless and calculating) After transmigrating into the body of a prison guard, Li Changsheng bound himself to a simplification System that could make cultivating techniques as easy as breathing, eating, and drinking. He decided to keep a low profile in the imperial prison, observe the many faces of the world, cultivate through the ages, and seek proof of immo 6kReads7.8Score415Shelves
- 14 Immortal for Eternity: From Fake Eunuch to Tyrant of the Heavenly Prison 长生不死：从假太监到天牢一霸 Li Ping’an transmigrates and gains immortality! In the imperial palace, he is a fake eunuch, a master strategist who rises step by step to become the Ninth Thousand Year! At court, he is the Imperial Preceptor who safeguards the nation, renowned across the four seas! In the martial world, he is a grandmaster who commands all under heaven, with no one daring to disobey! A thousand years, ten thousand years, time flies by in the blink of an eye. Everything changes, but one thing never does: his ap 133Reads6.3Score111Shelves
- 15 My System Granted Me Longevity, and I Live Only to Slack Off 系统赋我长生，活着只为摆烂 [Fantasy + Swordsmanship + Immortality + Daily Life + Cautious Cultivation + Play the pig to eat the tiger + One Heroine] (There may also be no heroine) On the Tianxuan Continent, sects stand everywhere. The balance between one pavilion, two sacred lands, three kingdoms, and four teachings has held for tens of thousands of years. The pavilion is the Sword Pavilion. The Sword Immortal stands high above the world, one person and one sword, suppressing the Abyss for thirty thousand years. The sacre 2kReads7.8Score164Shelves
- 16 Immortality: I Sell My Lifespan to a Demon, and Become Invincible 长生；把寿命卖给魔头，我无敌了 Lu Li transmigrated and gained an infinite lifespan, only to be imprisoned in the deepest level of the Heavenly Prison. He thought he would spend his life there in obscurity, but then discovered that the prison held many fiendish masters whose lifespans were nearly at an end. So Lu Li began trading his own years of life with them. “Lu Li, can I trade my supreme demonic body for three years of your life?” asked the Supreme Demon Lord. “Lu Li, I’ll teach you the forbidden arts of the Ancient Gods 8.9kReads6.5Score1.1kShelves
- 17 The Immortal Old Man, Digging Up Graves from the Start 长生小老头，开局挖人坟 [Sneaky operator] + [play it safe] + [lighthearted] + [comedy] + [everyday life] + [Longevity] He worked as a jailer, overseeing tens of thousands of prisoners and acquiring countless priceless treasures. He worked as a eunuch in the imperial palace, sweeping up fallen leaves and watching dynasties rise and fall. He worked as a menial disciple in an immortal sect, uncovering countless secrets and watching the sect ebb and flow. People called him a miracle doctor, a ruthless bandit, a master thie 909Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 18 Xuanhuan: Imprisoned at the Start, I Conquer the World After My Release! 玄幻：开局坐牢，出狱横推天下！ The Great Zhou Dynasty ruled the Eastern Wastelands for ten thousand years, but now the imperial court is in decline. Within, the princes scheme against one another; beyond, demons and monsters lurk. Aristocratic clans fight for power and profit, while holy lands and sects harbor sinister ambitions. Only the common people are treated as expendable as blades of grass. When a nation falls, its people suffer. Gu Dao of Yanhuang transmigrates through time and space. Imprisoned from the start, he tur 4.7kReads7.7Score231Shelves
- 19 Longevity: I Reincarnated as a Prison Guard and Kept a Low Profile Until I Became Invincible 长生：穿成狱警，我苟到无敌 [Republican Era in Another World + Martial Arts and Daoist Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Not a Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] In the parallel world's year 913 of the Republic, Lin Mo transmigrated into this world. He became a low-ranking prison guard at Kyoto's Evil Dragon Prison. It was a time of great turmoil. Foreign powers surrounded the nation, watching hungrily from all sides. At home, warlords carved up the land, and flames of war blazed everywhere. And remnants of the old regime 23.2kReads7.8Score1.9kShelves
- 20 EN Eternal Life: This Isn't a Forbidden Art, It's an Invincible Technique! 长生：这哪是禁术，明明是无敌术 [Immortal Longevity + Invincible + Pure Thrills] Su Fan transmigrates and, from the start, gets dumped by his fiancée, cast aside, and confined by his sect to the Cliff of Reflection. But he doesn’t panic at all: his transmigrator-exclusive cheat has activated. “Unlimited Lifespan System activated. Host will have an endless lifespan…” An endless lifespan means he won’t die of old age, but with such lousy cultivation, someone could easily kill him. Luckily, that’s when Su Fan discovers a forbidde 4.2kReads8.1Score361Shelves
- 21 From the Start, Immortal Longevity: Cultivating from the First Qi Refining Stage 开局长生：从炼气一层开始修仙 The Heavenly Dao is flawed. Of the fifty paths of the Great Derivation, forty-nine are complete. Mo Bufan is the missing “one,” born immortal! The Heavenly Dao is merciless. Immortality is forbidden! Again and again, it drives Mo Bufan to the brink of despair. So what if it is the Heavenly Dao? He refuses to accept his fate! Immortality is not mere survival. Being cautious does not make him a coward. Mo Bufan turns around and trades his lifespan for forbidden arts! An immortal of taboo arts. An 1.6kReads7.8Score119Shelves
- 22 Cultivating for Immortality: Starting as a Sect Errand Boy 长生修仙：从宗门杂役开始 [Immortal Cultivation] [Ultimate Caution] [Steady and Calculating] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead, Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] Chen Tian transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and is immortal from the start, with an endless lifespan. What’s more, every 100 years he lives, he randomly receives a divine reward. These might include every kind of cultivation craft, a divine storage space, or a divine avatar, among others. Then Chen Tian gets it. To cultivate immortality, all you h 4.8kReads6.8Score270Shelves
- 23 In the Face of Strength, What Does a Big Shot Even Matter? 在实力面前，大佬算什么东西 [Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Immortality + Transmigration + System] From the start, Jiang You is immortal and ageless, and awakens a Lifespan System. He has already won at the starting line the moment he transmigrates. Isn't cultivation ultimately just a matter of who can live longer? If your talent is lacking, just grind harder. Add a little technology and some ruthless tricks, and as long as you keep pushing yourself, success is bound to come. This is the story of a cultivator's rise to gre 1.4kReads9.2Score101Shelves
- 24 Wuxia Crossover: Immortal for Eternity, Growing Stronger Every Day 综武：长生万古，每天自动变强 I once watched the White Ape teach A Qing the sword, as she shattered the armor of three thousand Yue soldiers with a single strike. I once rescued the young Ying Zheng in Handan and helped him unite the Six Kingdoms. I once discussed the principles of law and power with Han Fei and watched the Quicksand organization crisscross the realm. I once watched the Conqueror take his own life by the Wu River. I once saw the Twin Dragons of the Tang rise from obscurity, and watched the sun and moon share 7.2kReads7.7Score459Shelves
- 25 Immortal for Eternity, Healing the Cultivation World 长生不死，我在修仙界悬壶济世 A slow-burn, heartwarming story that only gets better as it goes. Gu Bai transmigrated into a cultivation world. Though his aptitude was ordinary, he gained the ability to live forever. The road to immortality was long, and Gu Bai didn’t want to provoke anyone. He only wanted to keep his head down in the cultivation world and witness its prosperity. But as he watched his friends and loved ones grow old around him, he could do nothing to help them. Gu Bai decided to cultivate the way of medicine. 7.9kReads8.7Score499Shelves
- 26 The Immortal's Cautious Path: Starting with Escorting Prisoners 长生苟道：从押送犯人开始 In the 365th year of the Dasong era, Li Changshou transmigrates into the body of a lowly escort guard. In this world, imperial power is absolute, martial artists run rampant, and even immortals exist who can split a river with a single finger. It seems that using martial arts to defy the law has become the norm. As a low-ranking guard, he encounters a ruthless beauty prisoner and a band of bandits as soon as he makes his debut. What can he do? He's utterly desperate! Fortunately, the sudden appe 8.4kReads7.5Score681Shelves
- 27 Edge and Tenderness: The Heiress’s Comeback 锋芒与柔情：豪门继承者的逆袭 Sharp Edge and Tenderness: The Heiress's Comeback 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Thousand Years Asleep: Unearthed by an Archaeology Team! 沉睡千年：被考古队挖出来了！ His master took eight of his bones and offered him up as a sacrifice to curry favor with the First Emperor of Qin. His master rose to high office, while he became a living corpse, entombed underground for all eternity. Two thousand years later, he returned to the world of the living. In this life, he swore never to trust another woman! But he had no idea that a woman from two thousand years in the future would conceive his child from afar, making him a father before he knew it... 156Reads7.5Score103Shelves
- 29 Longevity: A Thousand Autumns and Ten Thousand Years Begin with Playing the Lute to a Cow 长生：千秋万载从对牛弹琴开始 [Longevity] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] [No Angst] [No Female Lead] [Keeps a Low Profile Early On] The Longevity Score plays the melody of Longevity. One gains it, and ten thousand bones perish! Yun Qiancheng unexpectedly transmigrates to a fantasy world, where he also finds a Longevity Zither in his hands. Playing it grants him additional years of life. Later, he obtains the legendary Longevity Score, which lets him drain his enemies' lifespans and learn all kinds of techniques simply by pla 2.3kReads8.6Score491Shelves
- 30 A Marriage Alliance Between Powerful Families: The Vengeful Young Commander 豪门联姻：复仇军少 A Marriage of Convenience Among the Elite: The Vengeful Young Officer 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Mess? Watch Me Heal Everything 烂摊子？看我医手遮天 A Mess to Clean Up? Watch Me Heal All Beneath the Heavens 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Heir and the Ugly Duckling 继承者丑小鸭 The Heiress's Ugly Duckling —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 From the Start, Imprisoned by the Empress, I Secretly Become Invincible 开局被女帝下狱，我偷偷无敌 Jiang Hao transmigrates to another world and works himself to the bone helping the empress ascend to the throne, only to be discarded once he’s no longer useful and thrown into the imperial dungeon. Luckily, he awakens the Lie-Flat System. As long as he lies flat, he earns rewards. [Ding! Lie flat for one day and receive an unparalleled physique.] [Ding! Lie flat for one month and receive an immortal cultivation technique.] [Ding! Lie flat for one year and receive a Saint’s Dao Fruit.] And so, a 310Reads7.1Score140Shelves
- 34 The Negotiator: Against All Odds 谈判官：绝境 Negotiator: Edge of Despair 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Immortal for All Eternity: I Lie Low Until I Become Invincible Across All Realms 长生不死，我苟到万界无敌 [Immortality + Resurrection + Lighthearted + No Tragedy + Lying Low + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Multiple Female Leads + Gets Better as It Goes] Lin Bai transmigrated to the cultivation world and obtained an Immortality System. Every year he lived earned him one attribute point, and every thousand years gave him a chance to resurrect! But just after transmigrating, he nearly attracted the Heavenly Dao’s notice. The System could only stay behind to invade and deceive the Heavenly Dao, l 9.8kReads7.9Score878Shelves
- 36 A Fateful Romance in a House of Passion: Two Single Parents Move In Together 火宅奇缘：单亲爸妈的同居 An Unlikely Romance in the House of Flames: Two Single Parents Move In Together —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Partners in Life and Death: Surviving the Law Firm’s Crisis 生死搭档：律所绝地求生 Partners in Life and Death: Surviving Against the Odds at a Law Firm 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Delivery Girl’s Comeback: The CEO Can’t Stop Spoiling Her 外卖媛的逆袭：霸总宠上瘾 The Food Delivery Girl's Comeback: The CEO Can't Stop Spoiling Her 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Paranormal Orders 灵异订单 Paranormal Orders 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Tribute to a Century of Feuds 百年恩怨的祭奠 A Memorial to a Century of Feuds —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Prince’s Beloved: A Villainess’s Guide to Survival 王爷心尖宠：恶女生存记 The Prince’s Beloved: An Evil Woman’s Survival Diary 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Love’s Bloodied Bloom: The Cold-Hearted Heir’s Love and Hate 浴血情花：冷面继承人的爱恨 Love in a Sea of Blood: The Cold-Hearted Heir’s Love and Hate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Forbidden Love Between the Supreme God and a Mortal 神界至尊凡尘禁忌之恋 Forbidden Love Between the Supreme Deity and a Mortal 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Who Says Paris Is a Graveyard for Love? 谁说巴黎是爱情坟墓 Who Says Paris Is the Graveyard of Love? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Desperate Game: Who’s the Prey? 绝望游戏：谁是猎物 Despair Game: Who Is the Prey? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Live Forever, Unfazed Even If the Sky Falls 我长生于世，天塌不惊 [A slice-of-life cultivation story + traditional Chinese medicine + no female lead + no tragic twists + alchemy] Since ancient times, few things have been more regrettable than a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray. An aging hero is bound to be bullied. A beauty with gray hair is no longer adored. No matter how peerlessly gifted and invincible you are, or how breathtakingly beautiful, you cannot escape the power of time. Having witnessed the changing seasons and savored the world's ups an 5.8kReads8.8Score510Shelves
- 47 Eternal Life: Beginning My Immortal Journey as a Prison Guard 长生万古：从狱卒开始长生不死 [Play the pig to eat the tiger] + [No System] + [No female lead] + [Immortality] + [Cautious survival] + [Smart characters] + [Story-driven] Lin Ming transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. He has no special talents, except that he lives longer than other people. His starting point is everyone else’s finish line. For him, martial arts and cultivation are merely ways to protect himself, more like side pursuits. To keep the secret of his immortality safe, he never takes a Dao companion, yet he is a reg 17.6kReads7.3Score1.4kShelves
- 48 I Become the Lord of a Forbidden Zone from the Start, and Even Emperors Can Only Guard the Gate 开局成为禁区之主，大帝只配看门 [Invincible from the start + taking disciples + building a faction] Qin Mu transmigrates into a fantasy world and lands in the dilapidated forbidden zone of life, the Heavenly Forbidden Zone. He assumes he will have to lie low there for the rest of his life. But the System suddenly activates, immediately rewarding him with an Emperor's cultivation and the Emperor-realm immortal beast, the Primordial Divine Bull! It also orders him to recruit disciples, strengthen the forbidden zone, and make it 21.1kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 49 How I Summoned the Fourth Calamity 关于我召唤了第四天灾这件事 [Wasteland Survival] + [Infrastructure Building] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [No Romance] The Fourth Calamity refers to players whose thoughts, actions, and goals in the game are all unpredictable. Luo Zhi transmigrates to Blue Star after the great cataclysm, becoming a noble young lady in a shantytown with a radiation level of 90 percent, on the verge of death. The original owner had no family, no friends, and not even any memories, but she did have a System that claimed it could summon The Fourt 3.8kReads8.9Score467Shelves
- 50 Transformed into an Unparalleled Immortal, I Save the World with Medicine 变身倾世长生仙，我以医术救世人 (Gender-bending, longevity, slow burn, lighthearted comedy, no angst, healing, positive themes, no System) An untitled book records the suffering of all living beings and the darkness of the world. It tells of people caught up in the martial world, unable to control their own fates. After a wondrous dream, she transmigrates into a chaotic age of ancient martial arts, changes from a man into a woman, and becomes a lowly physician’s apprentice at Mirror Lake Manor. She studies under a family of 9.7kReads8.6Score979Shelves
