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- 101 Forbidden in the Mortal World 人间禁忌 When rules are twisted and order corrupted, when the Three Realms become a chessboard and all living beings its pieces, there will always be pioneers who raise their sickles and question the immortals, gods, and Buddhas enthroned above. Then they overturned the board, pulled down the beings who stood high above, and built a new board from scratch. And so, I appeared. 1.3kReads8.7Score10914d adds
- 102 The Untamed Power Broker 野生权臣 [New book, the score is just starting out and will go up!! Don't leave!!] [Two powerful leads + sweet romance + queen trains her dog + ambitious cast + historical court intrigue] [One-on-one + characters who speak their minds + alternate world + mutual flirting between two powerful leads + intense push and pull] [Rational, scheming female minister × rebellious, unrestrained hound] A modern office worker with brain cancer transmigrates into a frail orphan in Nanli. Her father is dead, s 14Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 103 I Just Wanted to Work Out. How Did I Become the Terminator? 我就想健个身，怎么成终结者了？ [Scheming] [Face-Slapping] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Urban Fantasy] [Funny and Lighthearted] [Urban Superpowers] Others awaken superpowers: controlling fire, controlling electricity, making clones, flying. Jiang Sen awakens the power to turn you back into an ordinary person. Then he uses the muscles he has trained for years to have a “friendly” talk with you about life. Jiang Sen: “Powers? They’re nothing in front of me. Prepare to face my Lion’s Fist!!!” Awakened superpowers? All flash 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Highway Survival: The Top-Ranked Player Brings a Farm to Another World and Makes a Fortune 公路求生，榜一带农场穿越赚翻了 [No romance, road survival + transmigrate with a game + joyful farming + plants versus monsters + dominating the top of the leaderboard + decisive heroine + team] After receiving a call from her late sister as a warning, Yu Qi was pulled into a road survival game. But she soon discovered that the cultivation game she used to play had come along with her too. In her in-game home, she could happily grow crops every day and harvest them all with a single click! While everyone else was still strug 3.6kReads8.4Score54914d adds
- 105 Beloved Above All in a Golden Age, With the Land as Dowry 盛世独宠，山河为聘 [Male emperor and female monarch, political intrigue, devoted to each other, sweet romance, both leads are natives of a traditional historical setting] One was an emperor’s chosen star who brimmed with murderous rage; the other was a brilliant woman destined for a tragic fate. Yun Zhenzhen chose Chu Yu to protect her family and save her own life. To her, it was nothing more than a mutually willing bargain. But the bold, unrestrained man held her close and shielded her from every open attack and 1.1kReads9.1Score12414d adds
- 106 Cultivation World: The Young Matriarch Has an Extraordinary Gift 修仙世界，少姥她天赋异禀 [Gender equality + larger-than-life female lead + lightly ensemble cast + no romance + slow-burn coming-of-age] You Junyue was born during her mother You Jiangxing's heavenly tribulation. From childhood, she could remember everything she saw and had an astonishing memory, earning praise from everyone. As You Jiangxing's only child and the young mistress of Little Sparrow Mountain, she had close friends and sisters her age at the Tai Xuan Sect, and loving aunts and grandmothers looking after her. 982Reads—Score17914d adds
- 107 To Stay Alive, I Have No Choice but to Kill Above My Level 为了苟活，我只好越级杀人 [Female-centered + pro-women + no romance + all-female world + strong female lead + infinite-flow + power fantasy + women get the spotlight + no misogynistic terms + games + leveling-up + funny and lighthearted + exam-room invasion + villains] Cen Lianzhen died, but then she came back to life. She stared at her own still-warm corpse in the room, the killer on the other side of the door deciding whether to kill a few more people, and the dangerous survival game she had just been bound to: Dead So 958Reads—Score25314d adds
- 108 The Lady of the House 女家主 (No romance, not a wish-fulfillment story) Lin Zhiyi was born into this life thirteen years ago and spent all thirteen years in a foolish stupor. (Note: She was reborn with her memories, became foolish after birth, and has been the same person all along.) Then one day, she comes to her senses, facing the deaths of her father and uncle in battle, the emergence of hidden enemies, and an emperor who dislikes her from the start. Lin Zhiyi thinks it over and decides: retreat. So, after making thoroug 784Reads9.1Score13414d adds
- 109 With a Plunder System in Hand, Your Talents Are All Mine 手握掠夺系统，你们天赋都是我的 [Interstellar + no romance + villainess protagonist + play the pig to eat the tiger] After transmigrating from the apocalypse to an interstellar era, Li Yuangreen received one good piece of news and one bad one. The good news was that she had brought her healing ability with her. The bad news was that her good-for-nothing younger brother had awakened a System and was determined to become a heavenly protagonist, with her in his harem... - “It’s fine.” Standing in a pool of blood, Li Yuangreen cra 2.6kReads8.3Score31814d adds
- 110 Autumn Passes Over Jing Mountain 禾过璟山秋 [Modern siblings transmigrate together + two equally matched political players + nation-building + imaginative historical romance + devoted couples with happy endings] After a car accident, modern siblings Rui He and Rui Zheng both transmigrate into a political intrigue novel, only to find themselves bound to a doomed, unfinished story set in a chaotic age. In the original, Emperor Murong Jing is isolated and outmatched, hemmed in by powerful aristocratic families and ministers, as well as the a 70Reads—Score53814d adds
- 111 Global Mutation: I Evolve into a God at the End of the World 全球变异，我在末日异化成神 [Apocalypse + horror + supernatural powers + strong heroine + no romance + satisfying power fantasy + a touch of Lovecraftian horror] Sui Ning woke up one day to find the world had changed beyond recognition. A woman with a bird's beak, a boy who lived by eating human organs, a man who turned into a climbing vine to spy on others... And voices whispering in the shadows, like the most revolting of curses, making people dizzy and nauseous and desperate to dig their brains out. Sui Ning struggled t 1.5kReads9.1Score21814d adds
- 112 Elegy for Aoki 青木挽歌 The affairs of the world seem to go in circles. Everyone praises the three swordsmen of the Aoki Sect: First Senior Brother, the Sword Immortal Ma Sinan: a humble gentleman, as warm and gentle as jade. His sword, "Trace-Free," sweeps away injustice across the land. Second Senior Brother, the Mad Blade Li Yi: unrestrained and flamboyant, arrogant and unbound. His "Mad Blade" is dedicated to cutting down petty villains. Third Senior Brother, the Wandering Sword Xu Yue: free-spirited, carefree, and 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Spring Brewed in Snow 雪酿春 Snow-Brewed Spring 288Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Radiant Beauty 姝色艳艳 [Main story complete] [Revenge + satisfying read + mutual healing] In her previous life, Gu Mingyue was the Princess Consort of Prince Chen, an undefeated female general, and the peerless King of Xiangchu. Unfortunately, though ghosts roamed the night, the human heart was the most terrifying thing of all. Prince Chen betrayed her, shot her with his own hands, and wiped out her entire Gu family. Her closest friend climbed over her corpse to ascend the imperial phoenix throne. The boy she'd rescue 2.9kReads9.0Score33714d adds
- 115 Ballad of Changle in the Great Capital 大都长乐谣 Until the age of ten, Yuan Wei was the apple of everyone’s eye in the Marquis of Cheng’en’s household in the capital. Her grandparents were kind, and her father often carried her on his shoulders as they played. After she turned ten, her mother died, and Yuan Wei was sent to Putuo Temple to recuperate. By the time she was fifteen, Yuan Wei wore prayer beads and lived freely, doing whatever she pleased. 3.5kReads8.9Score34114d adds
- 116 After Wandering into a Village of Women, I Became the Hope of the Whole Village 误入女村后，我成了全村的希望 During a hiking trip, Han Hao fell into an underground village of women cut off from the outside world. A group of women who had never left the mountains clung to Han Hao as their only hope, doing everything they could to make him stay. At first, he thought he had simply stumbled into a dead end. But the longer he stayed, the more he realized something was wrong with the village. If he wanted to survive, he had to escape... 1.8kReads—Score17914d adds
- 117 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 109Reads—Score414d adds
- 118 You Transmigrate, I’m Reborn! I’ll Hang a Lantern for You at Your Graves 你穿越，我重生！坟前给你们挂盏 Original title: Reborn Princess Opens Her Eyes and Brings People to Catch Them in the Act! Full title: You Transmigrated, I Was Reborn, and I'll Hang a Lantern at Your Graves [Rebirth + palace intrigue + feel-good revenge + a heroine who's crazy and a great actress + throne struggle + one-on-one romance (little romance)] In her past life, Li Ningle, a princess, married into a down-and-out marquis's household and gave everything she had to pave the way for her husband to become an official. In th 2.2kReads9.1Score28914d adds
- 119 Legends of Jinshan 金山遗事 This is a little story set in a small mountain village tucked away in the Dragon Kingdom’s secular world. There are no earth-shattering feuds or tangled romances, only a faint sense of regret and melancholy 52Reads—Score514d adds
- 120 Global Survival: I Start by Raising Bees in a Famine, and Evolving 全民求生：在饥荒养蜂进化开始 [Don't Starve]+ [Two-Person Survival]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Treehouse]+ [Farming]+ [Fog] (Note: You can enjoy this story even if you haven't played Don't Starve. It only borrows the game's worldbuilding.) Welcome to the Eternal Domain. From the start, you must find a suitable place to establish your Shelter Core. You must search for supplies in the dangerous wilderness and keep your campfire burning through the night. Find food to meet your basic daily needs! While everyone else is struggling to 21.4kReads8.5Score2.7k14d adds
- 121 A Laid-Back Life of Nation-Building, with a Powerful Army at My Command 咸鱼基建，我手握重兵 After an unlucky transmigration, there was no internet, no air conditioning, no phones, and barely any material comforts in this ancient world. Xie Xian was so miserable she wanted to die. “Good sir, do you know of a quicker, more painless way to die?” “…” Tu Zhen had been about to interrogate Xie Xian about where she came from, but froze. What was this female ghost thinking? When she saw people eyeing the property of her branch of the Xie family, Xie Xian decided to lie flat and wait for 3.2kReads8.7Score30814d adds
- 122 Zhizhi’s Road Home 知栀归途 Zhizhi’s Way Home 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 123 A Killer Switched Careers to Mystery and Deduction in an Infinite-Flow World? 杀手在无限流转行做悬疑推理了？ [Infinite-flow + strong female lead + no romance + mystery and mind games + female lead is somewhat of a lone wolf + a touch of ensemble cast + no degrading terms for women + Chinese mythology + imaginative suspense + 99% female cast] (The book uses “deity” and “goddess” interchangeably. If you object to even a single use of “goddess,” this may not be for you. No word-policing, please.) “Here are four deities for you to follow: Heng Wo, Goddess of the Moon; Xi Wangmu, the Kunlun War God; and Jiu 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.5kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 125 After the Divorce, I Became a Culinary God My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后，我成了前夫哥高攀不起的厨神 After the Divorce, I Became the Chef My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Marry 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Doomsday Convoy: Nomadic Migration 末日车队：游牧迁徙 [The Supernatural Descends + Convoy Survival + Humanity Strikes Back] The supernatural suddenly descended, and cities fell. The still-weak Chosen Ones had no way to lead humanity out of the cities. The protagonist was one of them, fleeing from place to place with a convoy and living in hiding. That continued until the Holy City was established. The convoy arrived there, and the protagonist joined the Night Watch Legion, becoming the commander of its First Legion. From then on, humanity began to 4kReads6.8Score16914d adds
- 127 Lotus in an Emerald Cage 翡翠笼中莲 The Lotus in the Jade Cage 722Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 What?! The Big Shot Keeps Trying to Get Himself Killed at the Rules-Based Horror University 惊！大佬在规则怪谈大学不断作死 [Endless flow + all-female team + no romance + silly, brainless wish fulfillment] One day, everyone received an email titled “New Student Enrollment Guide.” Qiu Yue Bai called the admissions hotline listed in the guide: “Hello, hello, does our dorm use solar energy or lunar energy? Are meals and lodging included? Do we get weekends off?” It was the first day after she quit her job, and also the first day she was accepted to Silent Hill University. [The Uninvited Roommate] There are four bed 505Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 129 My Business Simulation Game 我的模拟经营游戏 No romance, female-led, wish fulfillment, farming, business, infrastructure development, troubled times, natural disasters, and conquest. The golden finger is incredibly powerful: a modern technology and infrastructure System. [Main story complete] [Extra chapters complete] If Fang Lan had known that opening this game would send her to another world, she wouldn't have wanted a game System, no matter what! In this world, there's drought, locust plagues, floods, epidemics, snowstorms, and earthqua 103Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 130 Murder in the Inner Quarters 闺中煞 The Jiang family's third branch had a daughter, radiant and resplendent. With a single essay on the strategies of statecraft, she stunned the entire land of Qibei. In her early years, she was forced to marry a widower, and her mother wept herself to an early grave. Later, she fell into the hands of a eunuch. Her father went to the capital again and again for her, only to meet a horrific end, torn apart by five horses. What does it mean for a family to be ruined? What does it mean for everyone t 395Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 131 A Tang Dynasty Immortal, But Starting at Xuanwu Gate? 大唐长生者，但开局在玄武门？ Three Hundred Tang Poems, two hundred of them recalling the glorious Tang! There is no one who doesn't love this magnificent dynasty, just as no one fails to yearn for Chang'an in its golden age! This is an age woven from poetry and song, an age awash in blood and fire! The camel bells along the Silk Road, the flickering lights in the bustling streets, the warmth of everyday life, the banners snapping in the wind along Vermilion Bird Street: together, they paint a picture of unparalleled splendo 338.6kReads8.4Score34.2k14d adds
- 132 Three Thousand Great Daos, Playing the Zither to Become an Immortal 大道三千，抚琴为仙 [Traditional cultivation + no romance, female-led story + strong heroine + not a saint + level-up progression] After disaster struck Zihuang City, its young lord, Sang Zi, was reborn in the Nine Provinces of the lower realm. From then on, her eyes veiled in white silk and a Zihuang zither in hand, she journeyed across the Nine Provinces, seeking the path to immortality and ascending straight into the clouds. Cultivating the Dao and pursuing immortality: a path that defies heaven. Forget the mort 664Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 133 The Abyss in Her Dimples 梨涡深渊 The Abyss in Her Dimples 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Journey of Tianhen 天痕行 [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Exploration and Travel] [Heavenly Marks and Wonders] [Ensemble Cast and Friendship] [No System] [Coming of Age] [The World Unfolds Gradually] On the Tianhen Continent, humans and demons coexist, and the ancient world has left countless traces behind. Some traces endure through the ages, bearing powers and mysteries all their own. They are known as Heavenly Marks. Some spend their entire lives in pursuit of them, while others fight over them without end. But no matter how 12Reads—Score12214d adds
- 135 Thriller: The Items I Use Are Returned Tenfold! 惊悚：我消耗的道具十倍返还！ [Thriller + Infinite Flow + Strong Female Lead + No CP + Livestreaming + Satisfying Read] After being pulled into an auction dungeon, her Wealth God System, which had been down for a year, finally activates. Isn't this exactly what I'm good at? Bid! Bid on anything! (Throws card) While the other players tread carefully around the murderous auction items, Jian Wushuang has already bought a pile of dungeon-defense items. The System comes with three skills and two items. Jian Wushuang casually chec 10.9kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 136 After Getting the Black Moonlight Script, I Won Him Over 手拿黑月光剧本后，我攻略成功了 [Game-focused + hammy heroine + unscrupulous methods + torturing the male lead] [A happy-ever-after ending for herself alone] Want to get rich? Yes! The overworked corporate drone Zhou Linyu dreams of it! For the sake of a happy future, she enters a gaming challenge developed by Huanyu Games. If she can clear the final boss, [Pei Yu], she’ll win five million yuan! Zhou Linyu enters the game full of confidence: The first time, she’s Pei Yu’s childhood sweetheart, and she’s poisoned to death. 19.2kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
- 137 A Woman-Supreme Village in a Man-Supreme World: I’ll Conquer the Land and Reign as Queen 男尊世界女尊村，逐鹿天下我称王 [Strong female lead + younger men desperately trying to win her back + a touch of power struggle + daughter inherits the throne] Li Yuman is the notorious hell-raiser of Lijia Village. One day, following her family's tradition, she picks up a man by the roadside to be her husband. Her husband is like the pure white snow on a mountain peak, noble and unstained, exactly Li Yuman's favorite type. Having seen her mother's attempt to pick up a man end badly, Li Yuman keeps this snow-like beauty under 604Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 138 Why Did You Have to Mess with Her? Her Sanity Is Only 20 你说你惹她干嘛，她精神值才20 [Infinite Flow + No CP + Strong Female Lead + Powerful Protagonist] After reliving the psychiatric hospital instance a thousand times, Fu Hua finally cleared it. Only then did she learn that she had entered a place called the Myriad Worlds. Here, you had to keep clearing game instances to stay alive. But with a Sanity level of just 20, she had this to say: Great, great, now I can really let loose! The instance worlds weren't reality, so she could go crazy all she wanted. She didn't have to spare 3.8kReads8.9Score61714d adds
- 139 After Becoming an Underworld Messenger, the True Heiress Became the Internet's Daughter 上任无常后，真千金变全网女鹅 [Switched-at-birth heiresses + doted-on darling everyone loves + Chinese mysticism + livestreaming + no romance] Shi Du was switched at birth and, despite being the Gu family's biological daughter, spent six whole years growing up elsewhere. Only after the grandfather who raised her passed away did she learn the truth and return to claim her place in the family. The Gu family had status to uphold. They would rather keep their adopted daughter than acknowledge their biological one. Shi Du signed 1.7kReads9.2Score27914d adds
- 140 How Can a Wage Slave Survive in a Melodramatic Novel? 打工人在狗血小说里如何苟活 Also known as How to Survive as an Office Worker in a Dogblood Novel and The Self-Cultivation of a Corporate Drone Complete. The ending may be a little rushed, but I finished it properly. It isn't abandoned. Li Fu accidentally transmigrated into a dogblood novel called The CEO's Runaway Little Wife. She didn't have a System giving her missions, a golden finger, or the role of the novel's heroine, the little wife. She was the CEO's personal secretary. She would help the CEO find love and witness 1.7kReads9.2Score24714d adds
- 141 Return to Pear Blossom Shore 彼岸归梨 The Pear Beyond the Other Shore 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Wan Ning Won't Marry 晚宁不嫁 Wan Ning Refuses to Marry 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Humiliation? The Face-Slapping Began with the Imperial Betrothal! 羞辱？从赐婚开始便是打脸！ (Feel-good, two powerful leads, devoted couple, space, medicine, martial arts prowess, face-slapping) A top mercenary in the twenty-first century suddenly transmigrates to an alternate ancient world while on a mission, becoming an unloved illegitimate daughter of a general's household. A marriage contract and a deal transform the heroine into the wife of the “crippled prince”... With the two “princes” joining forces, the world is theirs! The Crown Prince stands in their way? Bring him down! Prin 4.8kReads9.3Score71414d adds
- 144 Dimensional Game 维度游戏 [Infinite-flow games + female protagonist's perspective + no romance + not a good person. The heroine is no heartthrob: she dislikes everyone equally, clears stages with brains and brawn, and loves taking advantage of NPCs.] Zhang Miao is snatched by the System and forced to take part in a game. Zhang Miao: I'm just an ordinary person! I can't do this! Let me go! The others who were killed: You're ordinary??? You schemed against all of us and got us killed! How the hell are you ordinary? The NPC 4.1kReads8.5Score46614d adds
- 145 The Bear Clan Rises: A Hilarious Diary of the Bear Who Keeps Holding Everyone Back 熊族崛起拖后腿熊熊搞笑日记 [No romance · No golden finger · Not a wish-fulfillment story · Cultivation · Farming · Fluffy creatures · Set in a cultivation world where men and women are equal, with just a little favoritism toward women] A little bear (female) accidentally ate a high-grade spirit herb. At the brink of death, she awakened memories of her past life… as a third-year college student in the 21st century… The little bear says: If I'd been in high school, I could have figured out a thing or two about cultivation. 5.1kReads9.1Score61214d adds
- 146 On the Eve of the Gaokao, the Fake Heiress Treats the Class to the Poisonous Crabs My Family Threw Away 高考前夕，假千金请全班吃我家扔掉的毒蟹 On the eve of the college entrance exams, the fake heiress treats the whole class to the poisonous crabs my family threw away 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Wicked Villainess Is a Big Dog, and She's Wrecking the Whole Elite Family 恶毒女配是比格，豪门都被她创飞 [Warning: Street thugs and louts use mother-related insults. Reader discretion advised!] [Transmigrates into a Book + Beagle Comes to Life + Beloved by a Wealthy Family + Silly Comedy + Feel-Good] The beagle Song Jinjin transmigrated into the villainess of a wealthy-family novel, a girl who made trouble at every turn. System: [You're madly in love with the male lead, bully the heroine, torment the villain, and have everyone out for your blood.] Song Jinjin: I don't understand. I'm the Beagle Qu 33.7kReads9.4Score6k14d adds
- 148 The Countdown Begins 倒忌时开始 Patient: Li Taiyuan, male, twenty-four years old Diagnosis: Paranoid schizophrenia “Doctor Wang, if someone told you I wasn’t ill, and that what I see is the real world, would you believe me?” [Supernatural infinite flow / no special abilities / no female lead] 4.5kReads9.0Score58014d adds
- 149 She Died Pursuing the Imperial Exams for Her Husband: Life Is Hard in a Man-Dominated World 考科举因夫掉命，男尊女贵挺难活 [Strong female lead] + [political scheming] + [one woman, multiple husbands] + [comedy] You somehow end up in a world where men are revered and women are prized. There are many men and few women. One woman marries three husbands, and women stay home to serve their husbands and raise children. But you’re rebellious to the core and insist on disguising yourself as a man to take the imperial exams. After years of hard study, you finally become the top scholar! You work hard to build a career, but e 832Reads9.0Score10414d adds
- 150 I Owe My Invincibility to Myself: Martial Arts, Take Over! 我能无敌全靠自己，武技，上身！ [Patriotic] [Saving the Nation] [Upright Values] [Giving Back to the Nation] A famous saying goes: Those blessed by heaven must act on heaven's behalf. A hero once said: The greatest knight serves his country and its people. You are mighty for a time, ruthless and decisive. You defy fate and cow those who refuse to submit. You hold the world down with both hands, and one man can stabilize the universe. You may dominate an entire era, yet you are still only a peerless talent of your generation. T 2.4kReads8.4Score17714d adds
