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  1. 101 Mythology Invades: I Slay the Gods on Earth 神话入侵:我在地球斩神明 Urban6.5M WordsOngoing In the year 0001 of the New Era, the gods descended and invaded Earth. After fifteen years of grueling resistance, human civilization was ultimately wiped out! Lin Fan, guardian deity of Great Xia, returns to three months before the gods arrive. In this life, he'll lead Great Xia in facing the gods with the strength of the entire nation! The God of the Ocean? Great Xia will answer with a steel wall! The God of the Sky? Great Xia's cannons will point straight at the heavens! The God of Winter? Gr 19.6kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
  2. 102 Cross-Time Trading: I Trade a Bottle of Water for Nuclear Fusion 超时空交易:我一瓶水换核聚变 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Cross-Time Trading + Tycoon + Technology + Incredibly Satisfying] "The Super-Time Trading Platform is recruiting Blue Star agents. Base salary starts at 100,000." Su Yu had just lost his job when he happened upon this recruitment ad. He clicked on it just for a laugh. Then he became a Blue Star agent for the Super-Time Trading Platform, able to trade goods with people across different eras and worlds. A ton of rice could get him 50 kilograms of gold from a trading partner in a wasteland world? 29.2kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
  3. 103 The Ruins on Mars Are Revealed: The Thirteen Loyal Sons 火星遗迹曝光,忠烈十三子 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse478k WordsCompleted In 2066, a scientific research base is completed on Mars, and researchers head to Mount Olympus to collect data. On the far side of the mountain, a dust-covered battlefield comes into view. The wreckage of shattered warships. Giant steel mechs. A massive head buried in the dust. And a familiar red flag, standing tall on a platform at the very center of the far side of the mountain. What kind of battle took place here? Blood had congealed into fortresses, shattered, then congealed once more! It w 15.4kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
  4. 104 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cloudtop City 月海花亭:云顶城市 7k WordsCompleted Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cities Above the Clouds 54Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 105 World Peace Through Nuclear Weapons: Starting with the Umbrella Corporation 世界核平,从创建保护伞公司开始 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world based on films and television, he starts with a bankrupt security company and builds it into Umbrella Corporation. With his own hands, he creates a massive enterprise wealthier than any nation and builds a business empire of his own. Katyusha in his left hand, PPSh in his right, vodka in hand, he dares to make Uncle Sam his home. 1.1kReads9.0Score148Shelves
  6. 106 Amusement Park: People Fly Ahead, Their Souls Chase Behind 游乐园:人在前面飞,魂在后面追 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Urban + System + Comedy + Scheming Countless couples are enjoying each other’s company on the Ferris wheel. Zhang Bei hums a tune and presses the red button. The Ferris wheel, suspended a hundred meters in the air, suddenly stops. Then it tilts sideways. Countless couples sitting in the cars are flung into the air, held only by a single rope. A few seconds later, the entire Ferris wheel spins like a rapidly whirling disc. The couples dangling in midair start playing a warm and wholesome game. On 4.7kReads9.4Score502Shelves
  7. 107 EN Reborn Without a Cheat—Because I’m a Planet! 穿越没有金手指,因为我是星球 Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted [World creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + transmigration + planets + planetary consciousness + civilization development + lords + conquest + the Myriad Worlds] Zhang Yang transmigrates, but from the start he has no golden finger. Instead, he transmigrates into a ball: a planet! A planet lord must constantly simulate the planet's development and the rise and fall of its civilizations to raise the planet's level. While other planet lords are still pondering which direction their civilizatio 11.7kReads9.3Score973Shelves
  8. 108 Great Ming: My Father Is Yongle, and I Shall Guard the Realm Forever 大明:家父永乐,永镇山河 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted In the final years of the Jianwen era, the Prince of Yan entered the capital, took the throne, and adopted the reign title Yongle. A great empire was turning a brand-new page, on the verge of ushering in an age of peace for the ages. A young man from the future transmigrates into the famous “Grilled Meat Prince,” Zhu Gaoxu. Before him stand the brilliant Yongle Emperor, Zhu Laosi; his frail, sickly eldest brother, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi; his beloved nephew, the Good Holy Grandson Zhu Zhanji… 53.4kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
  9. 109 Dreams of Tokyo: Love Through the Four Seasons 东京梦华:爱有四季 Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Tokyo Dreams: Love Through the Seasons 80Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 110 Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩 Male-Channel Fanfiction237k WordsCompleted Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai. 116Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. 111 The World Has Expanded Ten Thousandfold, and I Fight My Way Out with Force 全球膨胀万倍,我靠武力突围 Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [No System + High Martial Arts + Leveling Up + No Romance + Decisive and Ruthless + No Academy Tournaments] In 2024, singularities appeared on Earth. Centered on these singularities, the land began expanding at an astonishing rate. Over the next 43 years, the planet grew to ten thousand times its original volume! Transportation and communications collapsed. Countless regions and even entire countries lost contact with the rest of the world. All kinds of beasts and plants began evolving at a terr 48.9kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves
  12. 112 Drug Enforcement Elite 禁毒精英 Urban101k WordsCompleted Two major drug cartels operate in Mexico: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. This is the story of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, together with the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA, and US Northern Command, assisting Mexican police in the fight against drug crime. 83Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 113 Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望:带领全球反攻异界 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang 54kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
  14. 114 Global Lord: Am I the Only One with a Fallen Empire? 全民领主:唯独我是堕落帝国? Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is a cruel age. When the War Game descended, it decreed that every race across countless planes must become a game lord upon reaching adulthood and join the meat grinder of the war between races. Yet Gao Qiang stares at the type of territory he’s been given, lost in thought. [Fallen Empire] [This empire stood at the pinnacle long before any known nation. They once possessed everything. They once knew everything. Until they grew tired of it all, becoming lazy and decadent. But! They are powe 30.5kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
  15. 115 Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境 7k WordsCompleted A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 35Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 116 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 7k WordsCompleted The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 40Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 117 Sunset on Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 云顶落霞:幽灵骑士 8k WordsCompleted Sunset on the Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 28Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 118 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Age of Machines 踏月而行:机械纪元 8k WordsCompleted Walking Beneath the Moon: The Mechanical Era 76Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 119 A Career-Building Game Starting with SWAT 从SWAT开始的职业成长游戏 Urban5.2M WordsOngoing He is an elite assault operator with the San Diego SWAT team in the United States! He is a top German marksman active on the Western Front during World War I! He is a top spy trained at the X-agent training camp during World War II! He is a legendary explorer of the American West, the uncrowned king of the Caribbean, the world’s most formidable lone counterterrorism operative… Before earning all these countless titles, Zhang Xuan was just a low-ranking police officer who had transmigrated into n 67.3kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
  20. 120 Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸 7k WordsCompleted Across the Ocean 68Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 121 Infinite Life: Trapped in a Lifetime 无限人生:被困在了一生的时间里 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He had once been an explorer, a war correspondent, a business genius, and the king of investment. He had also been a notorious war profiteer, a world-famous charlatan and prophet. He was also the greatest composer and novelist of the century. And a materials scientist, a physicist, a giant in the history of science... Countless times, in countless different ways, he had stood at the pinnacle of the world. Only he knew any of it, however, before he broke through the limits of a single lifetime. U 23.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
  22. 122 Between Two Worlds, with an Armored Tide at My Back 穿梭两界,我的身后是钢铁洪流 Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Calling in the Parents] + [Steel Torrent] + [Mechanical Fantasy] + [Across the Stars] + [Smart Characters] Ultimate Summoning Technique: Motherland, I need you! Transmigration means hacking through thorns and blazing a trail, struggling through hardships, facing deadly battles and danger at every turn. After fighting tooth and nail in another world to carve out a tiny territory, the enemy is about to reach his gates. The foolish nobles have abandoned my country. Th 47kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
  23. 123 A Kiss from the Clouds 白云之吻 8k WordsCompleted A Kiss from the White Clouds 33Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 124 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 22kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
  25. 125 The Compass of Time 时光罗盘 6k WordsCompleted The Time Compass 32Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 126 Flying Immortal on a Warship: I'm a Ship Cultivator in a Xuanhuan World 御舰飞仙:我在玄幻当舰修 Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Overwhelming firepower] [Unmatched technology] [One heroine] [No brainless characters] A young captain arrives in this world of fantasy, bringing with him the Xihe, a warship that once ruled the seas of stars. No matter how you fly through the heavens or shatter mountains and rivers, even the arrogant cultivators must bow before the miracle known as “science.” Rift cannons, two-dimensional foils, light-particle strikes, black hole bombardments... Mechanical golden cores, electronic nascent soul 22kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
  27. 127 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Urban282k WordsCompleted Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 207Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 128 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 你是别样的风景 8k WordsCompleted You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 66Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 129 You Were Supposed to Defend Against the Ten Thousand Clans, Not Stew Them All! 让你抵御万族,你全给炖了? Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Rated 9.7 during serialization] [Cultivation at school (high-martial arts) + a growth journey + a vast cosmic world + an utterly clueless male lead + no heroine (or a single heroine) + noble ideals and fiery passion + standout supporting characters + satisfying wish fulfillment with smart characters] The myriad races force open the star path and descend upon Earth! Humanity is in danger! Ordinary student Lu Chuan accidentally obtains an ancient book recording the delicacies of the cosmos, and d 36.9kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
  30. 130 Dawn Tower 黎明塔 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted They're here! They're here! A shocking conspiracy is looming over the entire world! Natural and man-made disasters, with zombies everywhere! Please don't lose yourself in the darkness! May the dawn's light shine forever! 55.4kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
  31. 131 Quantum Immortal Sect 量子仙宗 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing Good grief! Why do we have to study fluid mechanics to fly on a sword? Sect Leader: Do you know what happens if you don't study? I'll hang you up and beat you! Fellow Daoists, wait up! Let's wield our swords as pens and build the immortal sect anew! 1.1kReads8.2Score—Shelves
  32. 132 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗:星海虫群 Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4kShelves
  33. 133 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元:金星之路 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse341k WordsCompleted An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 134 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天,我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Historical724k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score183Shelves
  35. 135 EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 124.1kReads9.2Score14.9kShelves
  36. 136 EN I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity 90.1kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves
  37. 137 Fish of the World 天下游鱼 Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsCompleted By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me... 90.7kReads9.0Score8.9kShelves
  38. 138 Grandpa, Did You Really Start a Rebellion in the Underworld? 爷爷,您真在地府造反了? Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city? 17.3kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
  39. 139 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! Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [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 45.1kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
  40. 140 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言:灵天记 Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score127Shelves
  41. 141 EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海,我开局一条幽灵船 Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
  42. 142 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves
  43. 143 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻:开局瞎子,从拉二胡开始 Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7kShelves
  44. 144 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
  45. 145 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习,你跑去749收容怪物 Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
  46. 146 EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生,我熬死了所有人 Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves
  47. 147 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (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 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
  48. 148 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted 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 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
  49. 149 EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5kShelves
  50. 150 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves

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