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- 101 My Dad’s a Demon Lord, My Mom’s a Holy Sovereign. Why Shouldn’t I Live Off Them? 爹魔尊，娘圣主，我不啃老干嘛？ [Genius] + [Funny at first, unhinged later] + [Offbeat protagonist] + [Clever cultivation] + [Huge stats, but that doesn’t mean the mechanics are weak] + [Multiple heroines] In the year 356 of the Dragon Kingdom, a golden imperial carriage smashed through the sun, a celestial palace rose above the moon, and the stars of the heavens awakened one after another. The world entered an era of spiritual qi revival, and people awakened spiritual roots to pursue the path to immortality. Ling Yishan, a 75.1kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds
- 102 EN The Nation Stunned: Spirit Qi Just Recovered, And You're Already a Saint? 被校花分手后，我直接武道通神 Fang Yi transmigrated into this world just after his school beauty girlfriend broke up with him. He thought he was getting a modern romance from the start, but the System warned him that spiritual qi revival would begin in a year, bringing cataclysmic changes and the end of the world. “With a System, what’s there to be afraid of?” [You have encountered a celestial phenomenon: the Tianyang Forbidden Zone. Technique automatically created: Golden Sun Breathing Method.] [You have successfully imp 31.3kReads8.0Score2k14d adds
- 103 Reborn Before the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Invest in the Future Female Emperor! 重生灵气复苏前，投资未来女帝！ [Couple sweetness + campus belle + one heroine] After spiritual qi revival and the awakening of the myriad races, Ye Xuan died on the battlefield, only to find himself back twenty years earlier, on the eve of the college entrance exam. At this point, spiritual qi had yet to revive, and the future lofty Red Lotus Empress was still just a helpless, innocent girl. Ye Xuan seized his chance and sweet-talked the shy campus belle who sat beside him into becoming his wife, cherishing her and spoiling h 19kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 104 Apocalypse: The Flame Rises 末世：薪火崛起 In the ancient era, emperors and sovereigns vanished into the river of history. The myriad Dao fell into turmoil, the gods of the heavens wailed, and no one could become an emperor. In the Primordial Era, supreme emperors defied Heaven and attained the imperial realm, but their glory was fleeting. In the end, the universe's age of spiritual desolation arrived, the myriad Dao fell silent, and all living beings and cultivators fell into a forced slumber. As the years passed, time buried everything 55.4kReads8.7Score3.6k14d adds
- 105 The Extraordinary Era 超凡纪元 Originally titled "The Extraordinary Era" The end of science is the occult. As technological progress hits a bottleneck, humanity begins its transition from a technological civilization to an extraordinary one. The clash between civilizations plunges people, who have barely had time to enjoy the conveniences of technology, into endless panic. What should humanity's future look like: a technological world, an extraordinary world, or one where technology and the extraordinary coexist? 56.5kReads8.0Score4.7k14d adds
- 106 Spiritual Qi Revival: From the Start, I Move Into a Divine-Level Retirement Home 灵气复苏：开局入住神级养老院 [Spiritual qi revival + comedy + play the pig to eat the tiger + one female lead] An accident leaves Lin Xiao reborn in a world undergoing spiritual qi revival. He thought he would begin an invincible life, but it turns out he awakened the most useless superpower of all. To make matters worse, he was reborn as a simp. Because of his ability, his girlfriend broke up with him on the spot. Forget it, let the world end! If he can’t be the protagonist, being a couch potato isn’t so bad. Lin Xiao deci 19.1kReads8.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 107 Spiritual Qi Revival: My Little Sister Is Actually a Reborn Female Emperor! 灵气复苏: 妹妹竟是女帝重生！ [Spiritual qi revival + one heroine + System + sweet romance + comedy] After an accident, Jiang Yu transmigrates to a parallel world undergoing spiritual qi revival. From the start, he binds himself to the Shamelessly Getting Stronger System. All he has to do is make other people feel embarrassed to become stronger! Jiang Yu: “Honestly, I'm being forced into this. I don't want to be this shameless either!” [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a spatial ability and an SSS-rank talent!] 5.3kReads8.9Score52014d adds
- 108 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 灵气复苏：我在扮猪吃虎 Lin Chen transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has revived. Since he didn't awaken a talent, his teachers, classmates, and family see him as a complete good-for-nothing, and even his girlfriend breaks up with him. Awakened ones? What's that? I'm an unparalleled cultivator! Across the Myriad Worlds, no matter how peerless or brilliant you are, no matter how you shake the ages, I can suppress you with a wave of my hand. I have enemies in every direction and factions all around me. No matte 72.1kReads8.6Score7.7k14d adds
- 109 Ancestor, If You Don't Come Down the Mountain Soon, Your Bloodline Ends Here 老祖，再不下山，你就绝后了 Daoist priest Chen Yang was Zhang Sanfeng’s direct disciple in the late Southern Song dynasty. He has lived for 800 years, growing more powerful once every century. He can’t die even when he wants to, and life has lost all its pleasures. He can only retreat into a remote mountain temple and put himself into a deep, self-imposed sleep. One day, his disciple Chen Qingzhi kneels and begs his master, Chen Yang, to come down from the mountain… Also known as The Patriarch, If You Don’t Come Down Soo 26kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 110 Cataclysm Hunter: I Have an Experience Point System 灾变猎人：我有一个经验值系统 A meteor known as Wimlis fell, and Blue Star entered an age of cataclysm. Creatures mutated, supernatural powers awakened, and monstrous beasts rampaged across human lands. Hidden realms opened, and elves, demons, angels, dragons, vampires, cultivation... fantasy and mythology returned to the world. I, Lin Xiao, became the strongest hunter through my own hard work and sweat! Swing the sword! [Swordsmanship-Lv1: Experience +3] 37.4kReads9.4Score2.5k14d adds
- 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 [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 49.4kReads8.7Score4k14d adds
- 112 Demonic Path System: All of China Is Actually Cultivating the Demonic Path! 魔道系统：文明华夏竟全是魔修！ [Demonic cultivation System + invincible power fantasy + an entire nation cultivates demons + explosive action + no female lead] Bai Yang awakens a demonic cultivation System and learns that spiritual qi will fully revive in three years. In the meantime, ferocious beasts will appear all over Blue Star. To face the coming crisis, Bai Yang decides to become a demonic cultivator. But the damn System demands that he lead all 1.4 billion people of Huaxia in demonic cultivation! [Main Quest]: May ever 23.2kReads8.5Score2.2k14d adds
- 113 After Becoming an Immortal Emperor, I Returned with Unrivaled Power 我成仙帝后，带着无上修为回来了 [Modern cultivation + invincible power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + no hiding one’s identity] Chuzhou, Jiangnan. A celestial phenomenon shattered the city’s peace, rousing its powerful residents. A figure in white stepped out of thin air. “Listen well, all of you. From today onward, I will rule this place.” And so, that day, Chuzhou City gained a new master. Myths descended, and an age of chaos followed. As the only Immortal Emperor in the world, Li Xuan declared, “I’m invincible. Do whatev 31.7kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
- 114 You Took My S-Rank Talent? Now I'm a War God, and You're Scared! 抢我S天赋？我杀成军神你怕了？ [High Martial Arts, Kill His Way to Becoming a God of War, Feel-Good, Half Military and Half School, Great Sage Powers] After transmigrating into a high-martial-arts world, his family took away his S-rank talent and gave it to the cousin they favored instead. They gave me an F-rank talent and kicked me out of the family? Then I guess I'll have to cheat! [If you don't join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, you'll see me as a frog in a well gazing at the moon] [Once you join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, 36.3kReads8.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 115 Spiritual Qi Revival: This Person's Beast Soul Evolves at an Incredible Speed 灵气复苏：这人的兽魂进化太快了 [Comedy + urban life + academy + cultivation + ferocious beasts + secret realms] Lin Bei wakes up to find he has transmigrated to a parallel world where spiritual qi has revived. Here, powerful ferocious beasts roam, and martial artists wield beast souls. Lin Bei binds himself to a daily sign-in mission System. Ask who's the biggest hotshot in Lin City, and they'll tell you: the Old Yin King of No. 5 High School. He gets a giant brick as a reward from the start. Just see if I won't smack you wit 25.5kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 116 Conquering the Realm, Part One: The Jizhou Tripod 问鼎天下第一部之冀州鼎 Conquering the World, Part One: The Jizhou Tripod 382Reads—Score314d adds
- 117 I Cut My Way from Blue Star Through the Ten Thousand Races, and You Want Me to Be a Strategist 我从蓝星砍到万族，你劝我当军师 In a world where everyone awakens supernatural abilities, alien beasts run rampant and civilization teeters on the brink of collapse. Su Yu transmigrates into this world and, from the start, awakens the Myriad Things Encyclopedia System, becoming a tactician. All he has to do is take a photo to grow stronger! [Photographing the campus belle: SSS-rank talent, Ice Age copied successfully!] [Photographing a master: max-level skill, Phantom Steps copied successfully!] [Photographing an alien beast: 44.8kReads9.1Score4.8k14d adds
- 118 I Thought I Was the Protagonist, but Turns Out I’m Just an Extra 以为是主角，谁知是个打酱油的 Thought I was the protagonist, but it turns out I'm just a bit player 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 I Came Here to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, So Why Are You Making Me Fight Zombies? 我是来宫斗的，你却让我打僵尸 I came here to fight palace intrigue, but you want me to fight zombies. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 After Meeting Qi Tongwei, Things Took One Wild Turn After Another 遇到祁同伟后，那真是跌宕起伏啊 After meeting Qi Tongwei, things took one wild turn after another. 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I Transmigrated with a Braised Egg and Became a Princess in the Continent of Hanyue 穿越，带着卤蛋当公主，大陆翰月 Transmigrate, bring a braised egg and become a princess, on the Hanyue Continent 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 When the Game Descended, the Simp Awakened and Became Invincible 游戏降临，舔狗觉醒后无敌了 The game arrives, and after the simp awakens, he becomes invincible 123Reads—Score314d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: Our Damai Won’t Take This Lying Down 四合院：咱大茂绝不憋屈 Siheyuan: Our Da Mao refuses to be pushed around 211Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Reborn in the 1960s, I Made the System My Godfather. Who’d Eat Rotten Meat Now? 重生60年代，拜系统为义父，谁还吃臭肉 Reborn in the 1960s, I take the System as my godfather. Who still eats rotten meat? 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Apocalypse Doesn’t Exist, Because I’m Mentally Ill 末日，不存在的，因为我是精神病 The apocalypse doesn't exist, because I'm mentally ill 118Reads—Score314d adds
- 126 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 124kReads9.2Score17.8k14d adds
- 127 The End of Martial Supremacy 武极之末 The pinnacle of martial arts breaks through the void. It is the end of the martial path, the threshold to a higher world where one can seek the Great Dao and pursue immortality! Only when Liu Muyun reached that endpoint did he discover that the path to martial supremacy had only just begun! 6.3kReads6.4Score39614d adds
- 128 Is Cultivating Immortality Hard? You Can Do It with Just Your Hands 修仙难吗？还不是有手就行 Is cultivating immortality hard? You can do it as long as you have hands 96Reads—Score214d adds
- 129 High Martial: System 250, My Qi and Blood Are Soaring 高武：系统250，气血嘎嘎涨 High Martial: System 250, my blood energy is surging 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: The Simp Killed the White Lotus, All in the Name of Harmony 四合院：舔狗杀了白莲花，主打一个和睦 Siheyuan: The simp kills the white lotus, all in the name of harmony 211Reads—Score214d adds
- 131 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 9.4kReads9.2Score66214d adds
- 132 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 88.3kReads8.9Score7.8k14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, We’ll Get Revenge for You 四合院：傻柱，这仇咱替你报了 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, we'll help you get your revenge 901Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 [Now published in print. [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 136.4kReads8.8Score15.8k14d adds
- 135 Wielding the Strongest Superpowers, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 集最强异能于一身横扫末世 [Zombie apocalypse · No System · No rebirth · One heroine · Squad growth · Ensemble cast · Strong protagonist · Decisive and ruthless] The apocalypse arrives, and staying alive becomes the greatest challenge. Scarce supplies, zombies everywhere, terrifying mutated beasts, and… human nature under the apocalypse all turn survival into a nightmare. Shaoguang → Kaiyang → Yuheng → Tianquan → Tianji → Tianxuan → Tianshu → Yinyuan → Dongming Lighting up each star grants an ability. Everyone else gets a 144.5kReads9.0Score12.6k14d adds
- 136 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Get a New Skill Every Day 灵气复苏：我每天get一个新技能 [Spiritual qi revival + System + urban life + comedy] Lin Qiu is chosen by 9527 and reborn two minutes in the past. From then on, he can awaken a new skill every day. He thinks he’s about to reach the pinnacle of life, but who could have guessed his skills would all involve spreading seeds, fertilizing, and breeding? What kind of ridiculous skills are these? Where are the promised X-ray vision and space powers? 27.1kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 137 The Ninth Empire 第九帝国 [Alternate Empire + War Among a Hundred Races + Supernatural Powers + Battles Across Different Worlds + Hunter Guilds + Slow-Burn Opening + Ensemble Cast + Both Thrills and Heartbreak] God gave life to all things and created the world. As God lay dying, humanity betrayed the divine, seized greed and wisdom, and founded an empire. The successor inherited the gods' power, swore to destroy the world, and founded the Church. From then on, the Empire and the Church waged war for ten thousand years. T 166.9kReads9.4Score15.4k14d adds
- 138 I'm a Good Person, So Why Do You Call Me a Menace? 我一个好人，你们说我是祸害？ [School Life, Everyday Comedy, Hilarious, spiritual qi revival, No Longer Human, Absurd, Shameless] When Qin Ke opened his eyes, he found himself in a parallel world undergoing spiritual qi revival! Right from the start, a bully showed up looking for trouble and asked him if he knew how to write the word “death”! No need to panic. He flipped open a dictionary and showed him exactly how to write it! “Repeat after me: si, as in ‘death’! Its opposite is ‘live,’ as in ‘stay alive’!” If the Syst 51.4kReads9.3Score5k14d adds
- 139 I Was Asked to Manage a Class of Good-for-Nothings, So How Did It Become the Martial God Hall? 让你代管废材班，怎么成武神殿了 [Ensemble cast + slow-burn character growth early on + fake enlightenment + comedy + teacher-student bond (it only takes off in the middle and later parts, so don’t read if that’s not your thing)] Three homeroom teachers were driven away in half a month. Class Five, Grade One was full of little tyrants, and every student was a hopeless martial arts talent. Even with the director of academic affairs offering an extremely generous salary, no one would take charge of them. That was when Su Yang act 63.4kReads9.4Score5.1k14d adds
- 140 Rui Guan: The Void 瑞冠虚无 I was born in the central Hebei plain in 1922. Ever since I was little, demons and monsters had their eyes on me, but luckily an old woman secretly protected me. On my seventh birthday, a cat's piercing cry rang through the sky... From that day on, I embarked on a strange and dazzling path into the void! This is my true story. You can also read it as a novel, but don't connect it to reality, because this is a parallel world. 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 I Just Awakened My System, and Her Dad Told Me to Get Lost? 我刚觉醒系统，她爸让我滚远点？ [Physical book deal secured, enjoy with confidence] [Ultimate power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Absurd comedy] [One heroine] [Ensemble cast] [Unhinged] Year 529 of the Cultivation Calendar. Yun Mochen wakes from a nap and unexpectedly awakens a System. [Absorb qi and blood to grow stronger!] But there's one big problem: his girlfriend of three months is the daughter of the Zhu Clan's Emperor, one of the five great cultivation clans. Even worse, her emperor father comes straight to his door 69.4kReads8.6Score5.5k14d adds
- 142 EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score313.1k14d adds
- 143 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 68.3kReads9.3Score7k14d adds
- 144 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 183.6kReads9.3Score268.5k14d adds
- 145 EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 88.2kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds
- 146 Above the Immortals 仙人之上 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be 60.3kReads9.3Score5.6k14d adds
- 147 The Usurper 犯上者 [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 221.5kReads9.4Score36.1k14d adds
- 148 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 24.5kReads7.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 149 EN Global Metahumans: Awakening the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning at the Start 全球异能：开局觉醒紫霄神雷 On Blue Star, vicious beasts run rampant. Everyone can awaken an ability and has a chance to become a powerful force, feared across the land! Yet Xu Jingming, who transmigrated here, had only an E-rank ability. Fortunately, the Deep Blue System appeared, upgrading his weak E-rank electric ability into S-rank Purple Firmament Divine Thunder! That’s not all. Every time he kills a vicious beast, he earns ability points. Spend ability points to raise his level and strengthen his skills. “Deep Blue, 250.5kReads9.1Score20.6k14d adds
- 150 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 394.7kReads9.3Score44.1k14d adds
