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- 1 The Salty Fish's Sudden Strike 咸鱼突刺 Everyone fears death, and Li Youju is no exception. In the final moments of her life, Li Youju has an extraordinary encounter. If that encounter is a journey, then at its destination she will have the chance to choose again. What will she choose? Whether through hints or outright displays, Yan Li’s father and friends, the people who should know Yan Li best, suddenly seem to turn into NPCs in a virtual game, automatically ignoring Li Youju, the bug in their world. The real Yan Li has been eras 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Foxfire 狐狸火焰 I can go anywhere I want, even if the wind is no longer gentle with me, even if the moon no longer watches over me. Don’t gaze at them for too long, or the stars will weep. Don’t listen to them for too long, or the stars will soon fall into the sea., Inspired by 5.12 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Drawing the Past 笔绘前尘 (Signed on 2024.10.14. All unauthorized use is prohibited.) A "Journey to the West: Painted Journey" fanfiction--- “Immortals and monsters, carefree alongside Silver Horn: that's what makes for a truly heavenly life.” “My elder brother often says things he doesn't mean. If he has offended you, allow me to apologize on his behalf.” “Yi, will we meet again?” “All things in this world are ever-changing, but I never imagined that the peaceful life on Peach Mountain would ultimately become a mere fan 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The So-Called Third Eye 所谓的第三只眼 Zhao Zerui looked at the mirror. The young man reflected in it had one more eye than an ordinary person. Hateful, weary, greedy, grasping… He reached out and touched his cheek. The eye vanished, leaving only a young man with a beauty mark beneath one eye, smiling gently in the mirror. (A slice-of-life story, not a mystery or horror, and maybe not a power fantasy? No CP, fictional setting, an imperfect male lead and equally imperfect characters.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Starting with Ironmaking 从炼铁开始 This is a science-and-technology cultivation novel about wielding modern technology to dominate the world of immortal cultivation, ultimately becoming a mighty figure among humanity and protecting the living beings of countless worlds. The story progresses at a fairly slow pace, combining science and technology, immortal cultivation, and farming. The protagonist earns everything through his own efforts and focuses on building his career. There is no female lead, no System, and no mindless plot. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Told You to Be a Simp, Not to Propose to the Demoness! 让你当舔狗，没让你求婚女魔尊！ [Transmigrated into a ridiculous romance novel + single heroine + true love + contrasting personalities + System + cultivation + wish fulfillment + comedy] I transmigrated as the ultimate simp, so I turned around and proposed to the Demon Empress! [Option A: Keep simping. Reward: Green-Haired Tortoise title.] [Option B: Humiliate the Saintess in public and propose to the Demon Empress when she’s at her most desperate. Reward: Supreme Divine Physique, Invincible Items!] Do I even need to think ab 64Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 7 The Abyss of Divine Lament 神泣之渊 The outbreak of World War III shattered Earth's old order. Technology and warfare awakened ancient, mysterious, and powerful wills. Using supernatural powers, they brought the war to an end and destroyed the technology humanity was never meant to possess, while granting people the ability to command nature. But they disagreed over humanity's fate, and their war destroyed them all. They came to be known as the gods. After the divine war, the false gods who remained in the world erased the memorie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I'm Not Han Hao, I'm the Infamous Ghost King 我不是韩昊，我是爆红大鬼王 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Protagonist Cleared the Dungeon in a Year, Fantasy 主角用一年打穿副本，幻之 [Infinite-flow] [No CP] [Light ensemble cast] [No System] [Mostly clean] [Time and space] [Interstellar] Instance One: Changping Instance Two: Memories Instance Three… From the fog-shrouded town of “Changping” to the maze of “Memories,” where truth and falsehood are impossible to tell apart, each instance is a carefully woven mystery trap, with spy-thriller-style mind games hidden in every conversation and test. Without a golden finger to protect her, she relies on her composure and keen instinc 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Strife in the Martial World: Not to Be Messed With 江湖之争，不好惹 A dazzling princess with a cool, unexpectedly adorable side × a gentle pavilion master who's cunning and fiercely possessive (PS: Both leads have secret identities + sweet romance + two strong leads + past and present lives + mutual devotion) Ling Shuang is the eldest disciple of Wumen Pass. In public, she's the immortal Lan female hero; in private, she's a cool, handsome young man. Her sword is swift, and she speaks little. Everyone says she's like a blade kept sheathed, too cold to approach. F 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Back to 1992: Rising with the First Ripples 重回1992：浪起于微澜之时 [Water Town + Farming + Ensemble Cast + Shared Prosperity] At forty, Wang Haoran had lost everything he had built over half a lifetime: his mother had worked herself to death in the cotton fields, his father had fallen from scaffolding, and his wife had left with their child. When he opened his eyes, he was back at Yunze Lake in 1992, with the body of an eighteen-year-old and the mind of a forty-year-old. That night, he fished a pure-white fish out of a ditch. The fishmongers in town said it was 51Reads—Score314d adds
- 12 Chasing Killers in the Ashes of the Demon Blade 鬼刃之烬底追凶 My codename is Ghost Blade. I'm an operative who moves through the gray zones. Three years of cooperation, twenty flawless handoffs, and then a sudden explosion at Warehouse No. 3 in Dongdu Bay tore away every disguise. The final payment went up in flames. My partner, Ah Ken, vanished without a trace. Everyone on the other side of the deal was buried in the blaze, and I was the only one left alive, becoming the last target on the cleanup list. A steel bar pierced my shoulder. My body was battere 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Tragedy in the Demon Caves of Lanchuan 澜川魔窟悲情录 In the early 1990s, the southern special economic zone of Lanchuan rose with ruthless speed. Its docks swallowed up fame and fortune, neon drowned out the night, and behind its breakneck prosperity lay a gray web woven from violence, money, and human lives. Countless young women from inland China headed south with dreams of finding work, only to become prey at the bottom of society, imprisoned, assigned a price, and callously manipulated. Four women bound together by fate sink into the mire, str 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Mistake Behind Crimson Walls 无奈朱墙错 After the entire Su family is wiped out, Su Qing becomes a pawn in the imperial palace. The Empress Dowager orders her to approach the powerful Regent while posing as his beloved’s double. But as Su Qing draws closer, she discovers that the Su family’s tragedy has played out again and again through countless cycles, and that its destruction is a fated loop brought about by everyone working together. This time, can she break the cycle and lift the curse? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Unspoken Tales of Mountains and Seas 子不语，山海 All things have a spirit. Why did ancient times have all kinds of myths and legends, while today we have all kinds of urban legends? This world never belonged to humans alone. The Classic of Mountains and Seas records all sorts of strange mountain beasts and sea monsters. Is it just an ordinary book, or is there more to it? Where did those beasts and monsters come from? And where did they go? Perhaps they still live among us. Follow an ordinary person as he enters the boundary between the human 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 16 The Last Frontline: Reset Edition 最后战线重置版 At 9:30 p.m. in the year 6001, the Anomaly suddenly appeared. Humanity reclaimed Earth from the Anomaly’s fog, and the years 5000 to 6000 became a golden age. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Echoes in the Deep: The Oath of Nidro 深牢回响：尼德罗之誓 A fanfic about Pixel Dungeon, born from the fury of someone who cranked the challenge level all the way up and got absolutely wrecked by the Dwarf King. But I digress. The dungeon’s native inhabitants have lives cheaper than rye rations, nothing more than toys for adventurers to train on. Karen grips a chipped short sword, and the battered medal on his chest is his only comfort. Sewer rats gnaw in the dark. The black blood of mutant rats sticks to a copper key, and poisonous water seeps into his 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Whose Superpower Is to Come Back to Life by Watching Ads? 谁家好人超能力是看广告复活呀？ Starting a new story. The protagonist is called Jiang Der. It’s set in the near future, where supernatural abilities awaken and spiritual qi revival begins, bringing a flood of people with all kinds of powers. But the protagonist’s superpower is... coming back to life by watching ads? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Last Rays of the Rhine 莱茵河的残阳 [No Female Lead] + [Not Overpowered] + [Historical] + [Western Rome] When the Huns’ hooves shatter the ice on the Rhine, sixteen-year-old Roman farmer Marcus knows only two things: how to run, and how to get revenge. The day his village burns to the ground, his parents’ blood soaks through his straw sandals, and his sister’s cries are swallowed by the barbarians’ laughter. From camp slave to battle-hardened centurion, he grips the old centurion’s sword and carves out a path to survival in a rot 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Venturing into the Middle East with My Daughter 带着女儿闯中东 Ming Hao is a stateless assassin operating in the Middle East’s gray underworld. Greedy and risk-averse, ruthless and driven by profit, he has lived by just two rules for more than a decade on the run: stay alive and make money. He believes in neither honor nor human kindness. His hands are stained with blood, and his heart holds nothing but the cold rules of a transaction. A drunken mishap in Dubai one early morning leads him to take in Fatima, an eight-year-old girl carrying a world-shaking s 9Reads—Score12114d adds
- 21 The Everlasting Night Besieges the City 永夜围城 When memories can be read, forged, or even erased, what can we call real? If everything can be forgotten, whose memory must you live on in to survive? This is a trap woven from time, and an atonement for what has been remembered. Chen Shiya survives a blood-soaked beginner’s village and travels through dungeons, carefully navigating every step between trust and betrayal. Some will pay any price to return to the past. Some silently endure as they face a lover who has lost their memory. Some a 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Time Is My Life 时间就是我的生命 Monsters roared outside the window, and Chen Fan could no longer leave. No matter how Anna tried to tempt him, he remained unmoved. There was only one reason: he had less than three hours left to live. Many years later, Chen Fan still remembered that night vividly. Without the thousand hours Anna had sponsored, how could he have witnessed the One Who Unifies All Things and brought an end to the age when monsters ran rampant? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 From the Start, I Was Forced into Slavery! Now I’ll Become a God! 开局被强！从奴隶开始成神！ 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Twin Worlds of Ashen Passion: Reborn, I Make My Brother-in-Law a Piece on My Chessboard 双世烬欢：重生后姐夫成我掌中棋 [Sisters reborn + revenge and court intrigue + palace and household schemes] Reborn sisters turn their act into reality, burying their treacherous father and his schemes together, then help the Grand Princess ascend the throne in imperial robes, stepping over the underground palace to become emperor. -- What you see may not be true, and memories can lie. -- Xi Gu, an orphan raised in a Jinling pleasure house, was not found by her biological father, a man who wielded power over the court, until 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 25 Yin-Yang Misjudgment 阳错阴查 If the old Heavenly Court collapsed along with the shattered earth during that age when countless people across China suffered, then the underworld became the last safeguard for the souls and continued existence of the Chinese people. Would you believe in ghosts and gods? What if foreign powers infiltrated and interfered with China's revival, while Japan provoked us at every turn? What would you do? Fight our way in! From the Sanzu River to the City of the Yellow Springs! From the old Heavenl 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Hellish Redemption 我的地狱系拯救 (Loli + Cthulhu + dungeons + two heroines + saving the world + lighthearted) (The pacing may be a little slow) In 2035, Blue-and-White Characters Inc. released My Healing Life, claiming it could give every player a perfect new beginning. On the day the game topped the charts, millions of people put on their headsets. Ye Bai was one of them. He pressed the start button, and the System's voice sounded warm and gentle: “We hope you have a healing world.” Three seconds later, the screen crashed bl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 She Said: Let's Not Fall in Love Again in the Next Life 她说：来世别再相恋 No System! No transmigration! No rebirth! An ordinary young man with extraordinary strength! He takes down a bunch of superpowered immortals through sheer muscle! So satisfying! A hitman-turned-novelist leads a lovable male idol and an incredibly cool female police officer in a fight against a mysterious organization that uses supernatural powers to threaten society, all to rescue the angelic little girl they brought back from Siberia. This is the essence of all the storytelling power I've built 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Working Like a Pack Mule at the Transmigration Administration 在穿越管理局当牛马 Chen Jun, unemployed in middle age, became a temp worker at the Transmigration Management Bureau. He had no authority to destroy worlds. Completing assignments and earning commissions to support his family came first. The strange thing was that every transmigrator saw him differently. Some saw a terrifying, monstrous figure. Some saw a loved one they missed. Others saw only a cold System panel. I don’t give anyone an invincible golden finger. I only give ordinary people hope of surviving. But th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Lonely Boat Bears Joy Between the Clouds 孤舟喜载云间意 Yun Zhiyi is the youngest daughter of the Yun family, a military household. Since childhood, she's studied military strategy and political essays. She can defeat enemies and devise plans to take cities, and her family is always her steadfast support! The first time she sees Du Yanzhou, she's captivated by the handsome young man. But she's in the army, so she can't afford to let her guard down around a wanderer from the martial world. The more she watches him, the more she comes to trust him. She —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 What Kind of God Insists I Chase After Them and Coddle Them? 什么神非要我又追又哄 [Dutiful, gentle, and doting bottom (main) X easygoing, play-acting, affectionate drama-queen top (god?)] [Two Male Leads + Two Powerful Leads + Quick Transmigration + Sweet Romance + 1v1, Both Pure] The Main Realm has a powerful energy system and is responsible for maintaining balance and stability across the various worlds. Yun Yan, its ruler, is the administrator with the highest authority in the realm. One day, the higher-ups in the Main Realm assigned Yun Yan a task. “Your main job from 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Magical Girl, What's Wrong with Me Riding Your Coattails for Some Traffic? 魔法少女，我蹭点流量怎么了 [Unconventional Magical Girls] [Gender Swapping] [Friendship] [Combat] [Light Yuri] [Light Novel] This is a world with magical girls, a world with powerful monsters, and a world where the more fans a magical girl has, the stronger she becomes. Lu Zhuiliu, a science blogger who transmigrated after eating a poisonous plant, gained a magical-girl growth System and the ability to transform into a magical girl. “The more followers I get, the stronger I become? Is that for real?” Chasing trends, lives 53Reads—Score10214d adds
- 32 Cultivating the Uncanny Way: Kunlun's Lost Trails 诡道修行之昆仑迷踪 [Transmigration + Yinshan Sect Secret Arts + Supernatural + Japanese Kukai Nine Chrysanthemum Evil Arts + Conquest + Zhong Kui's Ghost-Taming Arts + Passionate Action + Shikigami + A Showdown Between the Central Plains and Japan's Island Sorcery] The ancient artifact Kunlun Mirror can travel through time and space and reveal the secrets of Heaven. For a thousand years, a saying has circulated among Daoist sects: "Ninety-nine thunderbolts, and Kunlun's heavenly gate will open." During the Republi 14Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 33 Who Wants to Be a Grunt NPC?! 谁要当苦力NPC啊！ [Infinite worlds + players + summoning + extreme absurdity + wild imagination + ensemble cast] [There are quite a few frustrating elements early on, especially with the ensemble cast. The author will fix this later and won’t make the protagonist disappear. If you want to focus on the protagonist, you can wait for the second book.] The Supreme God’s Space has taken off! After taking down a certain wish-fulfillment company, it switched careers and started making games, summoning players to force t 215Reads—Score10314d adds
- 34 There Are Too Many Campus Beauties, I Can't Choose! 这么多校花我真选不过来啊 Bullied by the campus belle? Looked down on by the campus belle? No, no, no. Li Mu charges into the campus belle’s circle and leaves no one untouched. He’s in it for the thrill... Watch Li Mu outwit the campus belles. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Love’s Beautiful Lies 爱情美丽的谎言 Li Ziyao is a beautiful, innocent college student just entering the workplace. She is deceived by Lu Yingchuan, a successful middle-aged man who spins beautiful lies, and falls in love, sinking deeper and deeper until she can’t break free. Then the truth comes to light, and he heartlessly abandons her. After a painful struggle, she finally wakes up and, through her own hard work, reaches the pinnacle of success. Meanwhile, Lu Yingchuan, once at the height of his success, sees his career crumble 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Fresh Humans 新鲜人类 Chinese-inspired sci-fi + Eastern fantasy + social science fiction An alien civilization conducts genetic hybridization based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas! An Earth office drone gets caught up in an alien power struggle! An alien scientist obsessed with making tangyuan tries to fix the flaws in their technology! A group of aliens who love Earth culture keep getting into hilarious situations! Pig faces, mechanical arms, cemeteries for consciousness, a rigidly stratified interstellar empir 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I'm Not the Protagonist? Then Who Can Be? 我不是主角？谁可成主角！ [Cultivation] [Ensemble Cast] [One Heroine] [Multiple Perspectives] [Plenty of Humor] [Almost Invincible] [Might Makes Right] [Follow Your Heart] Five thousand years have passed. The traces of the great war have been buried beneath the world, and the history of the Emperor has become myth. The continent of Zhaoyuan has entered an age of seeking immortality and the Dao, searching for eternal life. The scattered fortune has finally found those destined to claim it. But in the end, “Is becoming an 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Drifting with the Tide 随波逐游 From Cowherd to Martial Sage: The Astonishing Rise of Niu Er, a Transmigrator, Packed with Schemes, Romance, and Brotherhood! [Explosive revelations] Niu Er’s double life: After transmigrating, how does he go from a clueless exam candidate to a martial sage and shake up the Three Kingdoms? [The pinnacle of political intrigue] Caught in a web of schemes: As the kingdoms of Daqian, Xiyang, and Jingtai clash, how does Niu Er plan every move and build his empire? [An epic romance] Niu Er’s confid 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Canglan Medical Chronicles: My Golden Age Was Madness 沧澜行医录：我的盛世是场疯癫 This book moves at a very slow pace (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤~ Dear readers, the later chapters have not been revised yet; that means everything from Chapter 53 onward. [Main character has no romance + psychological suspense + ancient political intrigue + two male leads (supporting characters in a pure romance) + childhood friends (supporting characters)] Shen Yuan is an extraordinary woman at the very forefront of brain research. While others treat illnesses, she deciphers the codes of the human heart. While ot —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 My Second Personality Carried Me to Victory 我被第二人格带飞了 A spectacular new fantasy adventure! [Two Male Leads + Comedy + Suspense + Explosive Action + Tearjerker + Decisive Violence + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Fate] What is it like to have a powerful being inside you? And what does it feel like to harbor a peerless weapon deep within your soul? What sparks will fly when mediocrity and invincibility collide? When the fireworks fade, will you still remember him? Will you still miss him? If you had a choice, and could choose... Would you look 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Dust: The World on Trial Dust审判世界 In each game, multiple players are trapped in a sealed arena and forced into a high-risk survival contest between factions. This game looks like nothing more than a fight for survival between opposing sides, but hidden within it is an unknown force that transcends the rules. Xiao Xia, the calm and brilliant master strategist, encounters an inexplicable supernatural disaster, completely upending his carefully laid survival plan. The road ahead is no longer a simple contest of wits or a clash betw 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Zero: Fate 零号：宿命 (Urban fantasy + campus youth + mystery and sci-fi + slow-burn ensemble cast) Eighteen years ago, an explosion exposed the ugliness of this world. Eighteen years later, a popular girl's unexpected approach unraveled a secret that had endured for eighteen years. As powerful factions gradually emerged from the shadows, Lin Ye realized that the world was far more complicated than he had imagined. With love and fate entwined, and choices and lies laid before him, Lin Ye stood at the crossroads of th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 How Could an Intern Like You Possibly Be the CEO? 你一个实习生怎么可能是总裁 When she applies for a job as an intern... The board asks her: “Miss Zou, the position of company president is vacant. Would you be interested?” The heroine asks in return: “Can I tear that scumbag apart? Can I trample that fake innocent woman? Can I dish out face-slapping online? Can I have more money than I can spend?” The chairman: “None of that’s a problem, unless you don’t want to.” But her mother says: “The chairman’s just some old geezer. Don’t pay any attention to him.” The scumbag: “Zou 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Heiress Takes Down the Illegitimate Daughter and Her Jerk Father 大小姐手撕私生女和渣爹 [Wealthy Family + Heiress + Secret Identity + Strong Female Lead + Romance + Devoted Couple + Childhood Friends + Pampered by Everyone] When she was five, her mother discovered that her father was having an affair. After a huge fight with him, she died of illness with bitterness in her heart. In her second year of high school, He Jinxin brought home He Xin, the illegitimate daughter who had been living away from the family. He Xin made things difficult for He Jinhuan at every turn, wanting to tr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Ink Bones, Blank Space 墨骨留白 [Artist + Transmigration + One Female Lead + Slice of Life + Humor] In his previous life, no one loved him, and he had nothing to hold on to. Born into hardship and dogged by misfortune, his life ended when a bolt of heavenly lightning struck. By a twist of fate, however, it ruined someone else's cultivation and karma, turning him into a puppet for that person to recover through, though he himself remained unaware. From then on, a little supervisor and a pen accompanied him as he made his quiet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Shadows in the Mist 薄雾凝影 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Chuunibyou: I Became the Lord of the Abyss Through Delusions of Grandeur 中二病：我靠中二成为深渊之主 [Chuunibyou] [Invincible Protagonist] [Feel-Good Read] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [System] [Ensemble Cast] [Funny and Lighthearted] "An Ling, are you fighting the air again?" "Hahahaha, there he goes again! This time he even gave himself a new nickname: Lord of the Abyss!" "Ignore him. He's just another chuunibyou." An Ling stood in the middle of the sports field and slowly covered his left eye as the entire school burst into laughter. "I'll gladly accept your ridicule." No one actually bel 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Cultivation Bubble Bursts, So I Leverage Up and Buy the Dip to Ascend 修仙泡沫破灭，我加杠杆抄底飞升 Cultivate with leverage, and building your foundation in one year and ascending in three will be no dream. To speed up their cultivation, cultivators across the Eastern Wilderness went mad with leveraged bets on their cultivation levels. History would call it the "Great Cultivation Era." A thirty-year leveraged contract isn't enough? Then I'll sign one for three hundred years! Excessive leverage triggered a spirit-stone crisis in the immortal realm and caused the cultivation bubble to burst. The 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 What Happened to the Frail Little Bunny You Promised Me? 说好的娇弱小白兔呢？ [Apocalyptic survival + powerful heroine power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + eerie mutations + supernatural powers to fight monsters + mutated animals and plants + no romance] Sickly Zhu Shi’an made it to adulthood, but she didn’t survive the apocalypse. That day, darkness swallowed the world for twenty-four hours. After that… Zombies roamed everywhere, animals mutated into bizarre creatures, and plants sprouted man-eating mouths. While everyone else fled for their lives, Zhu Shi’an stared 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Zhao Tang’s Ghost Marriage 照棠冥婚 Zhaotang’s Ghost Marriage 1Reads—Score114d adds
