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- 1 A Daytime Dream 白日一梦 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Cannon Fodder Characters’ Beloved Little Princess 炮灰们的团宠小公主 You can start reading at chapter fifty-one. It won't matter; everything before that is filler. Anyone who gets close to the heroine counts as a male lead. I have no idea how many there'll be, so ship whoever you like. The ending will give everyone a perfect pairing and a happy conclusion, regardless of gender. I'll do my best to make sure no one ends up as the tragic side character in your story. Yu Huan loves only herself. Yu Huan was once a little blade of grass, growing against the odds halfw —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Useless Female Cultivator with an Unstoppable Obsession with Romance 废材女修仙恋爱脑无极限 Twenty years ago, an evil organization called the Supreme One Divine Cult appeared in the mortal world, uniting humans, demons, and fiends in a slaughter that engulfed the land. To fight back, the people swiftly formed the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals, led by the Carefree Sword Sect, and launched a full-scale counterattack. Heroes and sword immortals from every corner answered the call. Li Suxian was among them. She had no choice but to leave her baby daughter behind and depart alone, leav —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Transmigrating to the Haunted Realm While Sleeping Naked: My Ghostly Bride Can Wail at Funerals 裸睡穿越诡界：我的女诡会哭丧 Transmigrated into the Eerie Realm While Sleeping Naked: My Female Ghost Can Wail at Funerals 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Acting on Delusions 似癔妄为 [Fake socially anxious, devoted puppy top who pretends to be mentally ill × adorable little bottom who acts proper] This book is in excellent mental health (｡ò ∀ ó｡) After his family died in a plane crash, Cha Yao decided to end his life by jumping from a building after graduating from college. But after closing his weary eyes for good, he opened them to find a sunny boy standing before him. From then on, the boy became his guide, leading him into a new life. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Divine Realm 寰神界 In the beginning, when Hongmeng first opened and heaven and earth had yet to divide, the energy of Xuanhuang gave birth to all things. The universe was vast, its stars brilliant. One person stood in the void, his form hidden in clouds and mist. His name was kept secret, not out of modesty, but because his might was like a rainbow piercing the sun. No one dared call it lightly. He had once roamed the highest heavens and traversed countless worlds, looking down on all the heroes. Yet he was as lon —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Dig for Castles in the Immortal Realm 我在仙界挖城堡 [Also known as The Days I Spent Making Up the Numbers in the Immortal Realm] Armed with a mysterious immortal pickaxe, he had hoped to enjoy a carefree life in the cultivation world, digging castles and playing Minecraft. But with demons and monsters running rampant, and people's hearts even more treacherous, his sect was destroyed and his fellow disciples slaughtered. Forced into a tide of bloodshed, he suddenly reached enlightenment one day. He would rid heaven and earth of chaos and stand up —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 We'll Meet Again in the Light 我们会在光中重逢 A double death isn’t a bad ending. It’s a happy ending no one can surpass. Two female leads, two female leads! Don’t get the wrong story, everyone! Remember my pen name! I’m no good at writing blurbs, so just take a look. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Realm of First Light 初芒界 [Family and country above all] [Not a teacher-student romance] [No System] [No golden finger] [Career-focused] [Leveling up] [Growth] [Deep friendships] [Positive and uplifting]. To be clear, this is not a teacher-student romance. The Supreme Domain contains billions of smaller worlds. The Domain Lord has a divine consciousness in each one, which does not interfere in the world's affairs but merely records its changes. Yet one such consciousness developed its own will when its world faced a cri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Kill That Reincarnator 杀死那个转生者 [Dual Protagonists] + [Single Female Lead] + [Reincarnation] + [Reborn] + [Otherworldly Continent] + [Magic] This is a love-hate relationship spanning time: On the Jiuzhou Continent, great numbers of reincarnators descend every ten years. They arrive bearing souls from other worlds and extraordinary powers, bringing technology and knowledge to a world of swords and magic. But they can also go berserk at any moment and become a disaster. The Wheelbreaker Bureau, a secret organization dedicated to 1.1kReads—Score10714d adds
- 11 The 211 Graduate and Good-for-Nothing Returns to the Year of the College Entrance Exam 211失业废柴重回高考那年 A 211 University Good-for-Nothing Returns to the Year He Took the College Entrance Exam 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 12 Human or God? But I'm Still Me! 是人，是神？可还是我！ [Traditional Xianxia] [Does Not Transmigrate] [Ensemble Cast] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Intense Romantic Tension] [Everyone Is Smart] Cold bronze hides an old name, its face covered. Drawn beneath the dark of night, the blade strikes terror into ghosts and gods. Tell me, gods enthroned in the highest heavens: who dares bow their head and take my blade? The Seven Pillars of Antiquity collapsed, and the Heavenly Dao fell into chaos. The gods enthroned above the nine heavens regarded the people be 134Reads—Score12614d adds
- 13 Winning Over My Husband Is So Hard: How Did My Hapless Husband Get Reborn Too?! 追夫太难：冤种老公怎么也重生了！ Winning Over My Husband Is So Hard: Why Has My Hapless Husband Been Reborn Too! 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Down-and-Out CEO’s Second Career 落魄总裁再就业 After a family upheaval and her stepmother's schemes, Xiong Yu was forced to give up the CEO position. With nothing else to do, he decided to experience the everyday bustle of life by setting up a jianbing stall outside the university district... By chance, he met Qin Bei, a cross-dressing heartthrob returning to campus. Going by the name Qin Bei, he happened to add Xiong Yu on WeChat. On Qin Bei's Moments, Xiong Yu spotted a short-haired guy and assumed he was Qin Bei's boyfriend. The photo was 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Son of Spring Blossoms Is Reborn 春花焰之子顾重生 The Son of Spring Blossom Flame: Gu Reborn 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Thousand Mechanisms Manual: Assorted Tales 千机册：什锦 [Xuanhuan] [Demons and spirits] [Beautiful shou] [Loyal dog gong] [Multiple couples] A Shi (gong) × Su Fujin (shou) Three hundred years ago, Mu Liushu suddenly died. To investigate his teacher's death, Su Fujin faked his own death and went into hiding. Following a lead, he headed to the Southern Wilderness, where he picked up a wild boy and brought him home, naming him A Shi. The boy isn't as innocent as he seems… Schemes and counter-schemes, forces stirring beneath the surface, and a vast plan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Cloud River: Blade in Hand 云川带刀行 Nine spiritual veins run across the Yunchuan Continent. Only those who awaken their true spirit and use its power to open their meridians and awaken their consciousness can become cultivators. At the continent's center lies the Tianhan Empire. Though Liu Wangsheng grew up in Chang'an, he was no more than an ordinary commoner. In the Tianhan Empire, where the literary arts are prized, Liu Wangsheng was practically a byword for stupidity. When his adoptive father dies and his loved ones fall into 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Lying Low Until the Myriad Realms Fall Into Ruin, Then Slaying the Weird 苟到万域天荒，诛诡异 Across the boundless expanse of the myriad heavens and realms, the uncanny descends with a sudden crash, like a surging tide of ink. This unknown, terrifying force churns unchecked, leaving order in ruins and laws shattered... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Flooding the Eight Wildernesses 水淹八荒 A brand-new version featuring xuanhuan cultivation, a powerful protagonist (Meng Cang), a protagonist who grows over time (Hua Xiaozhu), a wealth of demonic beasts, magical treasures and divine artifacts, a sect system, exploration and combat, and blazing, blood-pumping battles. Though it’s traditional xuanhuan, I don’t think the pacing is slow. Some say you need patience to read novels. Meng Cang tumbles through a rift between planes and plunges straight into a valley ravaged by thunderstorms. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Swordmaster Owes Debts Across the Heavens, Today I Collect Worlds 剑主欠债诸天，今日上门收界 On the outskirts of the Eastern Wilderness, a mediocre, obscure young man happens upon a sword embryo that chooses him as its master. The dormant good-for-nothing bloodline within him unexpectedly triggers a Chaos Tribulation. As his life-bound sword takes shape, he defies three thousand karmic ties and shatters the shackles of fate, sending the laws of countless worlds into turmoil. Watch him wield a sword in his mortal body, breaking through one predicament after another. Wherever his blade po —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Dao Prisoner 道囚 [Keywords: Not wish fulfillment, fate, defiance, godslaying, passionate action, tragedy] The Great Expansion number is fifty, but only forty-nine are used. Why? Because the Heavenly Dao is flawed! That flaw allows ordinary mortals to use the world’s spiritual energy for themselves and seize the workings of creation to shape their destiny. Thus they embark on the paths of cultivation and divination. But to the Heavenly Dao, this is no different from theft and robbery, so it imprisons all living b 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Blind in Both Eyes: My Childhood Friend Took Care of Me for a Year? 双眼尽废：青梅竹马照顾我一年？ My new book, “Seriously? You Turned Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune into Seeking Misfortune and Avoiding Good Fortune,” is out!! It’s a wild take on the idea of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, with a satisfying, trope-subverting story. Please show it lots of support. Thank you, everyone. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Boy I Fell for Was Hired by My Mom 我的心动男友，竟是妈花钱雇佣的 [Tsundere golden retriever + icy female professor who loves McDonald’s + the one who got away] + [Love-triangle chaos, but one heroine] + [Campus comedy] + [Ensemble cast] “Hello, would you like a flyer?” Chen Bufan runs into Guan Jingyi while she’s working part-time, and somehow ends up becoming her rented boyfriend. He thinks it’ll be just like before: get paid, do the job, and leave when the time’s up. Who would’ve thought that the top-tier temptress he met right after leaving the beginner’ 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Spirit Armor: The Legend of Taming 灵装：塔明传说 [One Female Lead + Childhood Sweetheart + Apocalypse + Some Gore + Tokusatsu Elements] Five hundred years ago, the final battle between light and darkness began. The twelve spirit beasts and four divine beasts who fought for the side of light exhausted all their power to protect the planet known as Taming, sealing away the evil forces of darkness. Five hundred years later, the twelve dark beasts of the shadow faction awaken and overrun the world. Then some upstart kid comes out of nowhere, gets 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 A Frozen Smile 凝固的微笑 Also known as The Feelings We Never Dared to Confess When Yun Shiqin was eleven, she fell for the boy Jiang Tianhao. Her first love was an ordinary-looking guy who was obnoxious, pretentious, conceited, and flirtatious. But she knew that, deep down, he was a gentleman with a sense of humor. Love in your youth is destined to stay hidden from the world. But even when you know it’s impossible, you still throw yourself into the flames, chasing the light in your heart. Everyone who has ever encounter 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Overworked Veterinarian Charges into the Beast World 牛马兽医勇闯兽世 A Beast-World Transmigration by a Burned-Out Veterinarian [Beast world + one female lead, multiple male leads + everyone's darling + sweet romance + strong female lead later on] A reincarnation of the Five-Colored Stone? Divine beast bloodlines won't suffer the pain of their bloodline when they're near me? I'll take them all! A loyal powerhouse + a clever, jealous sweetheart + a liar who has to grovel to win her back + a cool, possessive master + a man who's cold on the outside but warm inside T 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 After Working for the System, I Gradually Mastered Divine Arts 给系统打工后，我神功渐成 He has a ride-hailing service for mercenaries. As long as he wants, nine Lords of Nature can rise from the ground at any time. Once the white light flashes and the three stars appear, with golden-edged health bars, they'll be unstoppable. [High Martial]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [Legion]+ [Ensemble cast]+ [Transmigration] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Sect-Building System from the Start 开局获得宗门养成系统 “I only want to take revenge quietly, but the System forces me to become a sect leader. From the start, I have three shabby huts and disciples who are all ‘good-for-nothings’: an exiled fox demon, a sword fanatic whose family was destroyed, and a disgraced crown prince suffering from a deadly poison... Every immortal sect laughs at me for taking in a bunch of useless losers. Years later, my eldest disciple has become an eternal empress, my second disciple an unparalleled Sword Sovereign, and eve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 You, Beneath the Stars on a Summer Night 星辰夏夜恰似你 [Beloved by All + Secret Identities + Fantasy Romance + Wild Imagination] Male leads: Mingyan, Long Mingrun. Female leads: Xia Lianling, Sheng Xichen. “I transmigrated, sure, but I never expected to return to reality halfway through the mission. The story so far had only been an illusion created by the Matchmaker to help the male and female leads get used to being together, but everything was shattered by a shadow. In her first life, the heroine was [sweet and adorably naive]. Because her older —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Ten Years of Qi Refining, and My Spear Is More Driven Than I Am 凝气十年，我的枪比我还卷 Other cultivators compete over talent. Chen Yuan competes against time. Ten years after joining the sect, he's still stuck in the Qi Condensation Realm. Everyone says he'll never reach Foundation Establishment in this lifetime. Until one day Chen Yuan unexpectedly discovers a black spear in his sea of consciousness. The spear is strange. It can devour spiritual energy. It can devour spells. It can devour the power of weapons. It can even devour other people's cultivation techniques and divine ab 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Tread the Heavens Beneath the Bones of Gods and Demons 天界踏尽神魔骨 No System, no AI, just fantasy and immortal cultivation. Sang Tian began cultivating at the age of eight, and even then he realized something was wrong with this world. It felt as if he were living in a dream. If everything in this world is under someone else's control, how can he break free? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Girls in the Gacha Pool and the Otherworldly Ring System 抽卡池里的她们与异界法环系统 [Otherworld System Story] [Gacha System for Characters from Two Games] [Elden Ring System] [Growth + Girls by His Side + Mischief-Making, Dad-Scamming System + Thrilling Battles + Giving Another World a Little Taste of the Lands Between/Genshin Impact/Arknights] Xuanzi was done for. The troublemaking System dumped him into a perilous Western fantasy world. Fortunately, it didn't just leave Xuanzi there. It also gave him a very reliable System. “System! The days of you constantly telling me I don 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Cross Game 十字架游戏 Two male leads + ensemble cast + infinite-flow + comedy from beginning to end) (A quirky, fun-loving bottom × an arrogant, infuriating top) (Yan Xi × Gu Yun) Welcome to the Cross Game. One instance after another descends upon players, striking fear into their hearts. A sorrowful yet joyful paradise, Wangjia Village filled with despair, a zoo dazzling on the outside but cruel within... Everyone fears the gods, but there are always people who speak out against them: <The gods are kind. She always 32Reads—Score32314d adds
- 34 Sin Demon 罪魔 [Xuanhuan] + [Unhinged] + [Invincible] + [Cultivation] + [Traditional] + [Wild Imagination] + [Reborn] + [Apocalypse] “The number one person under heaven, aren't they all people who climbed to the top over the corpses of others?” The man in black grew more and more indignant as he spoke. Immortals and demons have always been at odds, each following its own path. This is a tale of love, hatred, and grudges between immortals and demons! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Supreme Immortal Empress: My System Can Collect Everything 无极仙后：我有系统能收万物 Pursuing the Peerless Immortal Empress + beauties everywhere + Infinite Flow + ancient and modern settings + different worlds + all kinds of wondrous Pokemon + the Yingluo System The term “Pokemon” here does not refer to the Pokemon from any anime. It is a collective name for all kinds of mysterious species. 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 36 Chronicles of a Lone Orphan's Path to Immortality 孤崽证道记 [No System] [No Harem] [Traditional Xianxia] [Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, demons, and devils] [All Paths Return to One, Prove the Dao and Transcend]. Lin Yan, an orphan from Qingmang Mountain, barely scrapes by as a hunter. While pursuing his prey, he accidentally stumbles into a secret realm in a deep ravine, where a mysterious remnant soul teaches him the Primordial Beginning Art. This opportunity leads him to join the secluded Qingxu Temple, where ten years of arduous cultivation forge a 861Reads8.1Score10814d adds
- 37 Once, There Was a God 曾经有一个神 [Technology Meets Flesh] [Explosive Payoff in the Later Story] [Strong Female and Male Leads] [Survival War] [Lighthearted and Funny] [Vast Worldbuilding] [Cthulhu] [Disasters] [Plot Twists] [Insectoid Hordes] [Sweetness and Angst] [Wild Imagination] [Sci-Fi] [Romance] [A Touch of Horror] “Your existence is like the most special line of code in my program. Every time it runs, my ‘heartbeat’ goes out of control.” This is a plan for interstellar colonization. Humanity sets off on a long voyage, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Mountains and Seas Descend to the Mortal World: Taming an Ancient Beast from the Start 山海临尘：开局驯服上古凶兽 Skilled at writing ancient mythic fantasy inspired by the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the author is fascinated by its tales of legendary beasts. On the page, the vast wilderness is alive with vivid, formidable creatures, and the author favors overturning the fate of myth from the perspective of ordinary people. Centered on the transmigrator Mo Lingyun’s struggle to survive in the Great Wilderness, this book tells of humanity’s rise, countless beasts at its side, and the clash between gods and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Phoenixes Entwined, the Fate-Defying Demon Consort 凤凰交错，逆命妖妃 A car accident completely upended the fates of a man with an engineering background and a woman with a humanities background. The man became Chu Qianyue, a concubine of the young emperor, while the woman transmigrated into Emperor Xiao Yousheng. Their souls had switched bodies, but their genders were now completely different from their previous lives. With imperial power unstable, the emperor and his consort joined forces. Chu Qianyue disguised herself as a man and took on multiple identities to 10Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 40 Proving the Dao: The Heart of Heaven 证道：天心 On an autumn night in the twentieth year of the Tiantong reign, the celebration for the Northern Pacification Marquis’s second son turning one was lively and bustling. The next day, only the guests’ bodies remained scattered across the ground. The entire household of the Northern Pacification Marquis had been massacred. Sixteen years later [He is You Yule] A martial arts prodigy, his spear astonishes fourteen provinces. Outsiders know him only as the adopted son of the General Who Guards the Nor —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 41 This Kitty Really, Really Likes You 猫猫我啊可喜欢你了 A pure-love story, and I promise it’s absolutely heartwarming. It’s a story with two male leads. Chen Anning is a cat, and this incredibly awesome Cat King is a total face-con. One day, he accidentally finds a little dragon fallen from the sky. The most important thing is, the little dragon has lost his memory. But the little dragon is so handsome. So the Cat King takes him home and gives the amnesiac little dragon a place to stay. The little dragon is so handsome. The little dragon says his nam 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Path of the Seal Master 印师之路 [A cast of highly intelligent characters + traditional fantasy + one heroine + ruthless and merciless] “If you had nine lives, what would you do?” “I’d spend eight lives learning to forget, and use the last one to end everything.” “Spirit Aptitude” has been awakened. Nine lifetimes of reincarnation begin here. This world has flourished for countless ages. Clans stand side by side, sects rise in their multitudes, and good and evil are locked in conflict. Becoming a Seal Master is the only path fo 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Annihilating the Five Elements: Ashes of the Old Days, A Journal 湮灭五行：旧日之烬手记 A new author, so the pacing is a little slow at first! 1932, the New England coast. The decaying town of Innsmouth is like swollen, rotten wood, its inhuman emptiness showing through the fog and deathly silence. Private detective Sarah Watley, a battlefield ghost haunted by nightmares of the deep, travels to this cursed land to investigate a blasphemous wax seal that has resurfaced in the world. The residents have fleshy fins behind their ears and vertical pupils hidden in their eyes. The air r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Nightmare, a New Beginning 惊魂一梦，是新生 A nightmare becomes a new beginning —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Crossing the Celestial River: I Cast Aside My Divine Throne and Leapt Into the Mortal World 天河渡：我弃神位跃入红尘 [From the start] [Astonishing] [Reborn] [Transmigrate] With the gods standing in my way, I defied the laws of Heaven and leapt into the mortal world. The Cowherd Star and the Weaver Girl were innocently torn apart by fate. At the Peach Banquet, they crossed paths for a fleeting moment. One glance bound their fates together, and for ages to come, neither could turn back. Driven by this obsession, the Cowherd Star gave up his position as God of Agriculture, broke the laws of Heaven, and was cast d 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Once Upon a Time, the Moon Shone Full Over the Western Tower 曾几何时，月满西楼 - That feeling people often get, that they've experienced something before, is really the sensation of fate pushing them forward. Because it fits fate's script, this moment feels all the more real, becoming an unforgettable instant in one's life in the days to come. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Airship Survival: Sign-In for a Kirov Airship from the Start 飞艇求生：开局签到基洛夫空艇 [Everyone's Survival + System + Ruthless + Firearms + Survival on a Mobile Platform + Self-Interest + No Saintly Heroics + Beauty Collection but One Female Lead + Professional Trickster + Comedy + Infinite Flow] Everyone wakes up to find they have transmigrated into a game world called Airship Survival. Every survivor owns an airship and has to ride it to explore different locations each day. But every region conceals deadly dangers: zombies, wild beasts, and enormous birds always ready to eat y 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Survival Memoirs of a Lowborn Daughter 废材庶女求生记 [Transmigration + comeback + play the pig to eat the tiger + tormenting scoundrels + face-slapping] It was an ordinary transmigration. While other heroines sought revenge and fought in the palace and household, Xia Zhiyou, transmigrated as the discarded daughter of a marquis’s household, had only one goal: to find a way to survive. Xia Zhiyou was a woman who preferred to keep her head down. The first thing she did in this strange world was figure out how to stay alive. Her goals were clear: she 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Blood-Red Embroidered Shoe 血红色绣花鞋 Blood-Red Embroidered Shoes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Prodigy Born for Cultivation 修真之天纵奇才 [Fantasy Xianxia] [No System] [Not a Saintly Do-Gooder] [Sound Values] Armed with cultivation treasures and a body full of immortal energy, he is still dismissed as a useless nobody by the immortal sects. Watch as Xia Feng defies fate, step by step, until he is hailed as a peerless genius and comes to rule the cultivation world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
