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- 51 I Won’t Be a Good Person 我不做好人 In his previous life, Hao Shuang was a good-natured pushover, yet he was betrayed by his brothers and let down by his girlfriend. After unexpectedly transmigrating to a parallel world, he got a new lease on life. He won't suck up to anyone or wear himself down. He'll cast off his moral baggage and settle every score on the spot! In this life, he just wants to live for himself for once! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Monster Disqualification 怪兽大失格 The Ninth End: Despair. It is despair made manifest, a world-ending incarnation forged from the negative emotions of all living beings. To defeat it, one must defeat the despair of this world. Yet humanity overturned this fate of despair. At the cost of thousands of humanity’s mightiest warriors, and everything its strongest individual had to give, they finally killed this seemingly invincible monster. “Humans are so weak.” “Then how can humans defeat [Despair]?” It wants to “live,” to witness, 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 53 When I Make the Imperial Exam Roll 待我金榜题名时 Also known as: My Greatsword Spares Neither Young Nor Old, It Only Slays Immortals! "Urban everyday life and romance + fighting monsters and leveling up, with a slow start" "Romance fans might enjoy this too" A ten-thousand-word outline, with the novel expected to run 3 million words. Read with confidence. Volume One is expected to be 300,000 words; the protagonist begins to become invincible in Volume Three. Lin Lanan, who perished in a sea of flames, discovers that he is still alive. He has ma 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Tower of Dark Dust and Bright Moon 暗尘明月楼 He spent his whole life achieving nothing, made it to the age of forty-nine, and then transmigrated. As if transmigrating weren't strange enough, he transmigrated into someone his own age. The average life expectancy in this world was only forty-eight, so he'd already lived to a ripe old age. Worse still, he had a whole family to support. In his new life, he had no official position or power, no land, and no money. He was dirt-poor, with nothing but the title of marquis to his name. The title wa 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Azure Sea's Pillar of Heaven 澜海擎天纪 Seven different lives became the seven apertures of the young man's exquisite heart. Born without hope, love and separation, yearning without fulfillment, dreaming of immortality, growing old without support, seeking a cure in desperation, and meeting those he resents. When the Five Skandhas burn fiercely, they become the exquisite heart’s final obsession. When the exquisite heart reaches maturity and perfection, the young man realizes with a start that he is inside the demon race’s “heart-nurtu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 A Bright Mirror Cannot Cure the Hidden 明镜暗不治 [villain + cannon fodder + mutual salvation + transmigrate into a book] The Black-Hearted Demon Venerable, Qi Xun X the play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger Xu Jiangzhou (two male leads, one-on-one) Overnight, Xu Jiangzhou transmigrates into a cultivation novel he has never read. Other people get to be protagonists who change the world, but after two years of backbreaking work, he ends up as the scapegoat, then gets kidnapped by demons while trying to escape. Xu Jiangzhou has always considered himself 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 I Just Left, So Why Did He Go Crazy? 离开而已,他怎么疯了? [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + tragic romance and tangled feelings + wealthy family feuds + personal growth + short novel + sweet bedtime treat] From childhood, Chu Huanhuan was taught that studying was the only path to success. That belief fell apart after the He family acknowledged her as their own. It turned out that power and wealth could also help a person survive in this world. But the powerful, wealthy He family dotes only on the other child, the one who was switched at birth. Chu 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 My Choices Are Anything but Ordinary 我的选择与众不同 In an instant, Su Ran transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. With him comes a God-Tier Choice System, and from that moment on, his life is completely rewritten. He thinks this is the beginning of defying fate, but it turns out to be a perilous adventure at every turn. Each time a choice is triggered, the more tempting and generous the reward, the heavier the price that follows, like a sword of Damocles hanging overhead. One wrong move could spell utter ruin. So he starts to lie flat… 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Crows Will Eventually Fly Higher Than the Sun 群鸦终将高过太阳 Crows foretell disaster and death. Yet we live beneath the crows’ shadow. The crows protect us. They hold back disaster. They hold back death. What did you say? No, the crows you mean aren’t like ours. Please look up. The crow is right there. 844Reads—Score14214d adds
- 60 Reborn as the School Hunk’s Doomed Ex-Girlfriend 穿成校草的炮灰前女友 [One-on-one romance] [Both leads are virgins] [Transmigrate into a book] [System] [Short story] [Sweet bedtime read] Xu Yan'yan transmigrates into the role of the school heartthrob's cannon-fodder ex-girlfriend. She hates the character so much it makes her bristle, until the System dangles a generous reward in front of her and she instantly becomes a troublemaking expert. "I'm getting those cannon-fodder KPI points, no matter what!" To force Wei Siyuan to break up with her, she launches a "nonst 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Three Lives in One Coffin 三世同棺 (No harem, no invincible protagonist, no System) At the end of the Anping era, Emperor Suihe passed away. His second son, Min Yuexing, seized sole control of the government, allied with the barbarians, and drenched the dynasty in blood. After purging the old guard in a single year, he immediately began a relentless hunt for the Jiang clan. Jiang Zhou was still a child, but his parents fought to protect him and get him out... On the verge of death, he grasped the only lifeline he could find. He d 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Ming Shuyuan 洺舒缘 Disillusioned with real life and lacking motivation, Lin Shu reluctantly agrees to a blind date under pressure from her parents, who are eager for her to marry. But when she wakes up, she finds herself in a strange world. Not only is she chased by people, she is also attacked by beasts. While searching for a way out of the mountains, Lin Shu encounters the injured Gu Siming. Hoping to figure out what kind of world she is in, she uses helping Gu Siming recover as an excuse to follow him as he sea 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播:我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Let Me Run Wild, Season One 容我猖狂第一季 Synopsis of I’ll Let Myself Run Wild, Season One Zhang Wudi was once dismissed as a castoff of the city, enduring contempt and humiliation. His family went bankrupt, his loved ones fell seriously ill, and his lover betrayed him. Everyone thought his life was over. At his most desperate, he resolutely enlisted in the military, just to find a way to survive. Who could have expected that he would return utterly transformed, becoming a God of War who shook the entire city! On foreign battlefields, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Tales of the Southern Dynasties 南朝异闻录 Jiang Ruobai is a network engineer who graduated from college two years ago. With the economy in a slump, his company puts him on the layoff list. Ruobai enters the freest period of his life, but while traveling and unwinding during his time off, he accidentally falls into Lake Tai. Unable to swim well, he loses consciousness. When he wakes, he finds himself in a place called the Southern Dynasty, where he experiences one bizarre event after another… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 在世间的尽头等你 (Urban legends + xianxia romance + traditional culture + past and present lives + reborn + tragic love between human and ghost) You lie beneath the spring, your bones turned to dust. I remain in the human world, my hair white with snow! Death is not the end. Being forgotten is! If, when I leave this world, a long-missed loved one or beloved comes to receive me, I would gladly and peacefully depart with a smile. If such a miracle truly happened, then death would not be a sorrow to me, but a reuni 31Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 67 Beyond Redemption 万劫不复 Three thousand years after the great war between the Galactic Domain and the alliance of demon races, turmoil once again descends upon the universe. The protagonist, Jiang Shang, is an Earthling from the Milky Way, but he is abandoned by the major human factions. By chance, he enters the demon race and becomes half-human, half-demon. Later, he returns to the Milky Way and unifies t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Transmigrated into Chaos and Became Shichen 穿越混沌成为时辰 A multiverse power fantasy. “I have a plan.” “That’s a pretty good idea. I like it.” “How about this, and then that?” “That’s a pretty terrible idea. I like it.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Infiltration! Code Name: 0 侵入!代号:0 Strange things keep happening, one after another. It’s not just the male lead: everything around him is quietly changing, too. Are these supernatural events, or something else...? The truth is gradually coming to light, and soon everything will be revealed. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Reborn: Living My Life Across Different Timelines 重生之我在不同时空经历人生 [Reborn + Infinite Flow + Sci-Fi + Apocalypse + Transmigration + Not a power fantasy] Travel through different times and spaces, across different eras, and witness the origins of all things in a series of adventures spanning multiple worlds. “Welcome to the Journey Through Time and Space!” Being reborn means making up for regrets, correcting the mistakes of the past, and starting life over. There is so much waiting to be explored. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Forgotten Poetry Collection 被遗忘的诗集 A collection of poetry by Xiyue Ruyuzhai, written over a long period of time. The poems are inspired mainly by the author's everyday observations and reflections, or by boundless flights of imagination: a dream that cannot be fully expressed in words. The author tries to put these inspirations into words as completely as possible. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 [Quantum] 【量子】 In 4510 AD, human technology had reached unprecedented heights. But a vicious cycle of unchecked development gave rise to monsters from quantum space known as “Type Seeds.” Their appearance brought sudden spatial quakes and all manner of natural disasters, bringing human civilization to the brink of extinction… 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 73 He's Gone! 他不在了! When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 716Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 74 The Gene Crucible: The Ancestral Devourer Wolf Gene 基因之锲:返祖噬神狼基因 [Over one million words, complete and guaranteed. The pacing is a little slow, but readers can dive in with confidence.] Every living creature in this world struggles to survive. The strong rely on their own power to dominate their territory, while the weak band together, making use of everything around them to stay alive. The difference between the strong and the weak is the divide between magical beasts and humans. In a world where countless races vie for supremacy, humanity has gained the abi 153Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 75 Are You Crazy? Is This Really a Date with a Zombie? 疯了吧!这是我和僵尸有个约会? [Transmigration + golden finger + apocalypse + fantasy + adventure + wild imagination] High school student Kuang Xuantian was an ordinary student until he witnessed the mysterious Ten Radiant Stars phenomenon and accidentally transmigrated into the world of My Date with a Vampire. But the story of this world did not unfold along the course he knew. When the apocalypse arrived and human civilization stood on the brink of destruction, Kuang Xuantian discovered that the mysterious sigil on his arm 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Motorcycle Girl on a Rainy Night 雨夜摩托女 As long as there’s still a breath in you, there’s always hope! Oh… I see!! Life’s already at its worst, so how much worse can it get? This story lays bare the lives of ordinary people and celebrates the goodness of human nature. Life is full of emotion, and it is because of our emotions that we make mistakes. Yet it is the bonds of emotion that help us recognize our shame and find the courage to do better. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Glazed World: Twin Transformations 琉璃天下之双变 Baili Tongmian, imperial princess of the dynasty, disappeared from Loudou with Xiang Chan Zi, a monk from Baolong Temple, after suffering a cultivation deviation at her eighteenth birthday banquet. Soon afterward, Loudou issued an imperial decree: whoever finds Her Highness Yong’an may be chosen as her consort. The martial world was thrown into chaos. Listening Sword Manor was destroyed, the head of Tianshui Sect was murdered, and everyone was gripped by fear. A girl of about ten appeared in the 4Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 78 The Proper Way 【端正好】 [Gentle Male Lead × Clever Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Both Pure + Happy Ending] A gentle, innocent big bunny × a clever, bold little fox. An arranged marriage between prominent families, in an ABO world with some personal additions: an Omega woman and an Alpha man. A reunion and battle of wits between the racetrack and the business world: Jiang Beiyan, a dazzlingly versatile heiress and spirited F1 driver, bravely enters the business world to uncover the truth behind the Lin family's rise 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Yi Yan and Zhong Qing: A Dream Come True 奕言钟晴,梦成真 [Modern Romance + Ensemble Coming-of-Age + Sweet Romance with a Touch of Heartbreak + Lighthearted Comedy] A ridiculously dramatic collision gives Wu Mengqing an incredible special ability: “Dreams Come True”! It also sends her crashing into Ouyang Yiyan’s heart… Can their sweet, mutual love make it to the end? Will her bitter unrequited love finally bear fruit? Can their whirlwind marriage grow into a happy one? Will love in a foreign land withstand the test? Can they stay true to their hearts 16Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 80 The Xiyue Royal Tomb 西越王陵 After retiring from the special forces of the Southwest Military Region, Mo Zihan heads into the Savage Mountains to search for his missing father, Mo Yuan, and his students, Bai Xujia Yue and Xiao Cang Meizhi. They discover the mausoleum of the King of Xiyue! With his skills and combat prowess, Mo Zihan ultimately wins the treasures of the Xiyue royal tomb from Japan and the United States, and brings them back to China. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 What? The Story Is Writing Itself 什么?有故事在自己书写 I’m a failed novelist, and the protagonist of my own story has threatened to kill me. To stay alive, I take up my keyboard to protect the world. But no matter how I revise things, the plot races toward destruction. Until I discover that even my “revisions” are just another part of the design. If I, a three-dimensional being, can’t fight the unseen hand from a higher dimension, then… what if I lower myself into two dimensions and become an anime character? (I’ll write more later, please be patien —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 A Different Kind of Infection 另类感染 Mo Xiaoran owns a hot pot restaurant. Obsessed with gambling, he fell deep into the trap of online loans. After his divorce, he went to the seafood market himself at the end of the year to buy supplies, hoping to reopen his restaurant and pay off his debts. Unexpectedly, he contracted a virus and his fever would not break. In despair, he took pills to kill himself! By a bizarre twist of fate, the attempt triggered a genetic mutation: he awakened the ability to see through things, and his body wa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Controlling Another World with My Phone 带着手机掌控异界 Male-oriented + transmigration + another world + multiple heroines! No exaggeration, no brainless plot, and the characters are definitely smart!!! See how Lin Hao builds a force in another world and takes control of the entire place! 21Reads—Score214d adds
- 84 Drinking Addiction, Like a Carp 饮瘾如鲤 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Dawn of the Ancestral Spirits 先灵启源 [Fantasy Transmigration]➕ [No System]➕ [Cyberpunk-Style Combat]➕ [New Fantasy]➕ [All Handcrafted]➕ [Comedy] Liu Xuan only wanted to cultivate in peace and quiet, while sampling all the finest wines under heaven. Who could have guessed that fate would intervene? A seven-colored insect took up residence in his body, awakening his Divine Eye, which could see through all things and defend against soul attacks! But turmoil soon swept across the land. Hidden currents stirred within the sects, and war 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 My Ex-Girlfriend Loved Me Too Much: After She Died, She Had Her Ashes Sent to My House 前女友太爱我,死后骨灰寄我家 New book out now: Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon, You Alone Are My Future [Male-Oriented Romance + Everyday Healing + Heartbreaking Tragedy + Wildly Imaginative Ashes + The Kind of Story You'd Find at a Corner Shop in the Clouds] This story is partly based on real life. Lu Yuan unexpectedly receives a package. It's from Jiang Lai, his ex-girlfriend, who he broke up with seven years ago. The package contains Jiang Lai's ashes! She has also left him an inheritance of five million, but claiming it w 217Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 87 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 良人难觅 [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + reborn and rise to power + mysteries of identity and personal growth + tragic romance and tangled feelings + political intrigue + fantasy setting + revenge and redemption + short novel] Poisoned wine burns her throat, and Cui Wanzhao is reborn as a four-year-old. During a viper attack in the imperial garden, she points straight at the Second Prince: “Your Majesty, the Second Prince and a guard were sneaking around!” Her childish words set off a storm at cou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Notes on Life Eight Years into My Second Marriage 再婚八年后的生活随笔 A record of the little moments in my life, eight years after remarrying. My second husband and I met when we were young. We worked at the same factory. He had a girlfriend at the time, and I had a lousy boyfriend. Back then, we were ordinary friends who could talk about anything. Neither of us ever imagined that one day we would become husband and wife and build a life together. After getting married, having a child, and divorcing, I rekindled my old romance with him. We chose each other, and ou 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Beautiful Snow 漂亮的雪 My new work is here! 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! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Hunter X Hunter: The Deep Ocean Era 全职猎人:深洋纪元 He was once an amnesiac castaway on the shores of Whale Island, but within him slept a curse capable of tearing apart the deep sea. Elliott Wilde, a young man whose soul had been torn apart by the bloodline of the Sea Kingdom and the Dark Continent symbiote known as “Breath of the Tides.” The Hunter Exam was only the beginning, and the riddles of Greed Island pointed toward a lost kingdom. When the Sea Kingdom’s crown was stained with blood and faith became an altar to the abyss, he and an archa 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 91 From the Start, I Was Burdened with Countless Sins, Yet You Want Me to Become a Saint Through Merit? 开局一身杀孽,却要我功德成圣? [Invincible + humorous + decisive and ruthless + cultivation with seals breaking open] The Great World of Tianqian contains four forms of Creation Qi: Mystery, Wonder, Calamity, and Evil. By a twist of fate, the protagonist, Pei Zhaoming, obtains one of them, but it turns on him, driving him mad and plunging him into a bloodthirsty frenzy. The resulting karmic fire burns his soul! He barely survives the world-ending heavenly lightning, but the bone-eating karmic fire becomes a thousand-year deat 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Half a Lifetime in the World of Immortals 仙侠世界半生游 Shi Le never expected that just after becoming an archaeologist, she’d be shoved into a strange tomb by some fool and left dead without a trace... She thought she was done for, but who could’ve guessed she’d transmigrate into a wild xianxia novel she’d recently read? How does a little background character grow into the force that stirs the hearts of powerful men? By making the arrogant, cold Demon King Yun Ze fall in love with her at first sight? Getting the lofty Emperor Chen Hong to endure thu 14Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 93 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市:我走后,你一定要好好的! [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 94 Nightmare of the Nuo 傩魇 Immortals? Immortals who live forever? There are no immortals who live forever in this world. Those who seek to become immortal spirits are merely greedy for eternity and trying to escape equality. They are nothing but pathetic, lamentable, laughable short-lived fools. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Become the Strongest in the World in Thirty Days 三十天成为世界最强 [This is a long-running quick transmigration novel combining mythology, ghosts and monsters, fantasy, science fiction, beast taming, xianxia, wuxia, traditional culture, and many other elements. These elements aren’t confined to separate worlds; instead, each world blends two or three of them together.] Jiang Xuan is forcibly sent to another world. Just as he thinks he’s about to conquer it, he’s told he must become the strongest in the world within thirty days. When he finally becomes the stron 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Urban Mystic Healer 都市玄门医者 Urban fantasy + divine doctor + multiple heroines Zhou Yuhao, a top student at Jinghai Medical University, was interning when his eagerness to save a patient angered the department head. He was callously reassigned to the infusion hall. To make matters worse, his girlfriend of four years dumped him, convinced his future was ruined. But hitting rock bottom was only the beginning of his defiance of fate! In his darkest hour, he accidentally activated an ancient medical text passed down through his 5.3kReads8.3Score51314d adds
- 97 The Struggle Between Love and the Past 爱与过往的挣扎 The Struggle Between Love and the Past —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Life Is About Doing Your Best 人生啊,尽力就好 An original story, adapted from real life. Minors, please don't send tips. If something is wrong, speak up. Don't face it alone! I'll always be here! A gentle reminder: the author is a student, so updates are limited to weekends and school holidays. This book is oppressive, dark, suffocating, and realistic, and contains some tragic elements. (I guess some of you will be drawn in by the words "two male leads"...) If you can't handle it, please leave of your own accord. I'm a new author, and my wr 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Young Master, She’s Just an Ordinary Girl! 太子爷,她只是个平民女生! Shen Xiaoyun is from Yunwu Town. When problems arise with her father’s business project, her father takes his own life and her mother follows him in death, leaving Shen Xiaoyun with a mountain of debt. Forced to sell their home to pay it off, she leaves for Nanning to attend university and make a living. Yang Chenyi, heir to Zhuoyi Group, falls in love with her at first sight and pursues her fiercely. Intimidated by the difference in their status, Shen Xiaoyun repeatedly turns him down and keeps 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Journey to Conquer Him: The True Domain 征他个途之真域 The fat guy’s road to a comeback continues, and this time he faces an even more unusual set of circumstances. The granddaughter of a big shot, a saintess, foreign beauties, a demon princess: they all come to him for help. He is also the bane of the demons. See where this different life takes him! 2Reads—Score—14d adds





















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