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- 51 Born to Be King, I Only Want to Cultivate in Peace 生而为王，我只想低调修仙 All I did was watch a meteor shower. How did things get so melodramatic? A plane crash sent me plunging into the Pacific, where I was stranded alone on a deserted island. I struggled to survive for five years, clinging to hope. In the despair of my loneliness, I went mad, and rescue never came. In the end, I chose to throw myself off a cliff. I really did die, but my soul transmigrated to the source of the meteor shower: the Draco constellation. There was a continent called Tianlong there, and H 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I Became God in America 我在美国当上帝 A young man from Dongda traveled to America and saw another side of the world, one covered in ruin. Young Latina streetwalkers all over the streets. American kids with diabetes who were still malnourished. Fentanyl-controlled zombies. Homeless people nobody cared about while they were alive, whose corpses were fought over after they died. Poor souls who had to work three jobs right after attending their parents' funerals. Life was too hard for America's working class. Because the young man looke 149.1kReads8.5Score18.8k14d adds
- 53 Slaying Loulan: Falling for Twin Sisters 斩楼兰：恋上孪生姐妹花 [Beyond the Frontier + Desert Setting + Cultivation + Star-Dream Swordplay + Western Regions Illusions + Netherworld Ghost Arts + Spirit Gu Poison Arts + Love Polygon] [Suspense + Logic + Storytelling] A young man descends the mountain, and chaos engulfs the world... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Punishing Villains to Earn Merit? I'm Oddly Good at Doing Good Deeds 制裁恶人赚功德？怪道积德这一块 [Livestream] [System] [Shenanigans] [Surreal Humor] [Comedy] (This book was originally titled The Subway Passenger Accused Me of Taking Candid Photos? Let's Have a Samurai Duel! All other titles are promotional names.) (Don't hold back your rating. A five-star review can boost my attack power.) A bizarre woman accuses Chu Zai of taking candid photos of her on the subway. Chu Zai binds himself to the Justice System, then turns the tables and makes her get up close and personal with an ordinary su 311Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 55 You Really Are Surprisingly Suited to Evil Cultivation! 你真是意外的适合当邪修啊！ This book makes one solemn promise: you can insult the author, but once you’re done, please don’t insult me! The protagonist transmigrates here. He’s rather open-minded, and after enduring some hardships, he turns to the dark arts. His methods may be a little extreme, but at least he cleans up thoroughly and leaves no loose ends. 286Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 56 Who Goes to Another World with Their Little Sister?! 哪有和妹妹一起穿越异世界的呀！ (Just received a rating, and it’ll keep rising) [Everyday adventures + siscon + Konosuba-style comedy + Japanese-style Western fantasy + no System or golden finger] Why are my eyes always filled with tears? Is it because I don’t have any cheats? What do you mean rabbits are as common as stray dogs, and they eat people? What do you mean I have to box vegetables just to grow them? My sister has top-tier magical power, but no control whatsoever. Is she a glass cannon? My magic has top-tier versatil 195Reads8.1Score14214d adds
- 57 A Park Encounter: The Overbearing CEO Insists on Marrying Me 公园奇遇：霸道总裁非我不娶 A Chance Encounter in the Park: The Overbearing CEO Won’t Marry Anyone but Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 A Sequel to Ghostly Laughter, Life Forgotten: Nuwa Creates Humanity and the Gods Sing the Song of Creation 幽冥笑忘生外传：女娲造人与诸神的创世长歌 Beyond A Laughing Life in the Netherworld: Nüwa Creates Humanity in an Epic Song of Creation 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 A Sequel to Ghostly Laughter, Life Forgotten: Chaos Unleashed, Pangu Opens the Heavens 幽冥笑忘生外传：混沌初开，盘古开天 Beyond A Laughing Life in the Netherworld: Chaos Gives Way, Pangu Creates Heaven and Earth 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Bottom-of-the-Class Student Becomes the World's Richest 学渣逆袭世界首富 From Academic Struggler to the World’s Richest Man —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Duke of Mount Deer: Wei Xiaobao's Modern-Day Joyride 鹿鼎后纪：韦爵爷的现代狂飙 The Duke of Mount Deer: Wei Xiaobao’s Modern-Day Wild Ride 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I Found a Meteorite and Made It My Spaceship: A Junkyard King Saves the Earth 捡个陨石当飞船：破烂王拯救地球记 I Found a Meteorite and Made It My Spaceship: The Scrap King’s Mission to Save Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Cultivation System: I Became Invincible by Exploiting Every Opportunity 修仙系统：我靠薅羊毛无敌了 Cultivation System: I Became Invincible by Milking Every Last Perk 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I Drive for Didi in the Mortal Realm, and All My Passengers Are Immortals 我在凡间开滴滴，乘客都是神仙 I Drive for Didi in the Mortal World, and All My Passengers Are Immortals —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 I Set the Rules, and Three Thousand Divine Transformation Maidens 规则被我定，三千化神女 P.S. This book has no set main plot. I write whatever comes to mind. It's all about absurd comedy, so don't read if that's not your thing! Good news: I'm invincible! I can decree the rules of the heavens and all worlds with a single word, and even the Tomato novel platform's reviewers have to follow my rules! Bad news: I have butterfingers! One slip of the hand or tongue, and everything turns into a mortifying disaster. From me to the greats of the heavens and all worlds, we're all so embarrass —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A Sequel to Ghostly Laughter, Life Forgotten: The Thousand-Faced God 幽冥笑忘生外传：千幻神面 An Outer Tale of You Ming Xiao Wang Sheng: The Thousand-Faced Divine Mask 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Just Want Everyone Here to Beat Me to Death 我只想被在座的各位打死 Chu Feng wants nothing more than to be brutally beaten by the strongest experts under heaven, so he struggles desperately to climb higher. Then one day, he suddenly becomes invincible... This book is also known as The Undying God of Standing, I Just Want Everyone Here to Beat Me to Death, I’m Getting More and More Foul-Mouthed, The Righteous Path’s Role Model in the Immortal World, The Arrogant Man Everyone Pursues, Who Can Grant Me Death, I’m Standing Right in Front of You, How Much Do I Look L 198Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 68 Everyone Has a System, but I Can Cultivate 人人有系统，但我能修炼 “Chubby, I've got a secret to tell you. I have a System.” “Have you gone stupid from staying home? We all get a class. Who doesn't have a System?” “Huh? Then what class are you?” “Me? Berserker. What about you?” “Chef...” 1.4kReads8.6Score12214d adds
- 69 The Battle-Damaged System from the Start: A Little Humor Is Only Right 开局战损系统，搞笑一点很合理吧 [High Martial] [Has Female Characters, No Harem] Seriously, dude! Are you kidding me? I'm Lin Mo. I hadn't even finished my thesis, and the world was already gone! A blood-red star, sinkholes opening, and torrential rain: I scored the eldritch apocalypse starter pack! (`皿´) I bound myself to a "battle-damaged" Martial Arts Core. It runs on coughing up blood, and its predictions turn into a slab of hot iron? What a rip-off! Even worse is the "medical insurance System": to get reimbursed, you have 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 70 Master, Let Your Disciple Take a Few Wrong Turns 师傅，让徒儿走点弯路吧 Do the disciples want to experience the growth, setbacks, and bottlenecks of ordinary people? Not a chance! The reality is that their master is too powerful, so everything goes smoothly. Detours? They won’t get to take a single one. Invincible | Slice of Life | Cultivation | Taking Disciples | Comedy | Lighthearted | Ensemble Cast The number one sect under heaven, the Qingyun Sect, set in the Tianyan Continent. Watch as the protagonist leads his three disciples to the pinnacle of the world! 35Reads—Score214d adds
- 71 Middle-Aged and Surprised: My Whole Family Turns Out to Be the Protagonists 人到中年：全家人竟然都是主角 One day, Chen Tianxiu realized that everyone in his family was acting a little strange. His son stayed out all night every day and even said, “Why should I explain my actions to anyone?” His daughter shut herself away all day, muttering strange words like “System,” “awakening,” and “bloodline.” Most importantly, his wife spent all day clutching her phone and saying things like, “The fairy is amazing!” and “The saintess is mighty!” with all the embarrassing intensity of a chuunibyou. Chen Tianxiu 2.5kReads8.7Score30114d adds
- 72 Born a Demon Beast, I Joined the Beast Taming Sect 妖兽出身的我加入了驯兽宗 Wang Jianxiang once thought his life was perfectly ordinary, until one day a ridiculous ball rolled into his life and proclaimed, in a jumble of words, that the world was a "Patchwork Realm" haphazardly glued together from countless fragments. It was absurd enough to make him laugh, yet somehow it fit those strange, indescribable feelings that had always been nagging at him. He joined a sect, and what a bunch they were. A master who lost every last coin whenever he tried fortune-telling or gambl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Five-Element Root Good-for-Nothing: From the Start, I Make the Sect's Heavenly Spirit Root Regret Everything 五灵根老六：开局坑哭宗门天灵根 [Mortal Cultivator Style] [No System] [Hilarious Cultivation] [Cheeky and Adorable Old Fox] [Multiple Heroines] [Satisfying Novel That Defies the Usual Tropes] Li Bie Lang accidentally transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a disciple of Qingyun Sect with five spiritual roots. The sect leader refuses to take him in, and the peak masters all reject him, calling him a five-root good-for-nothing with no qualifications! But in his previous life, he watched so many short cultivation dra 2.1kReads—Score11914d adds
- 74 Honghuang: I’m a Brick, and Merit Automatically Increases by One 洪荒：我，一板砖，功德自动加1 [Everyday life + lighthearted + funny + adorable kids + causing trouble + a little unhinged (the author occasionally goes crazy)] (Early-era Primordial World, modified magical treasures, an adorable kid boldly exploring the Primordial World, and a fresh new experience. The whole world dotes on her as she raises a child~) After transmigrating into the Primordial World, Lu Baoya becomes a primordial stubborn stone! From the start, a broken System smacks her in the face, leaving her with only [Spir 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 My Crazy Senior Sister Makes Her Junior Brothers and Sisters Bow to a Dog 小师姐发癫，让师弟师妹给狗磕头 [Transmigrate into a Book + System + Violent Heroine + Trickster + Unhinged + Comedy] Sang Qianqian was the undisputed boss of Xicheng’s farmers’ market. With a single butcher’s knife, she could take on every street punk in town. But she never expected that buying a dodgy cultivation novel would make her transmigrate into a book! She became the junior sister in this awful cultivation novel and got her hands on a heaven-defying secret manual, only to discover at the very end of her training that 36Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 76 A Cultivator's Unfiltered Livestream Shatters the Immortal Venerable's Dao Heart 修真不当人直播，仙尊道心全碎了 Li Gousheng transmigrated to the Firmament Immortal Sect and awakened an Anti-Social System. If he didn’t make others uncomfortable, the System would make him suffer a humiliating public meltdown on the spot. So, at the apprenticeship ceremony, the aloof Immortal Venerable was forced to show off his dance moves to “Lalala Love Song”; the abstinent Sect Leader was made to confess through a megaphone that blurted out the truth; and an unparalleled sword cultivator was hit with an “idiocy strike” a 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 77 You’re Practicing Immortality All Wrong! 这仙你乱修的吧！ [Slice-of-life cultivation + comedy + lighthearted + transmigration + no System] Xu Qing, a seasoned corporate wage slave trapped in the 996 work schedule, transmigrates one day. He’d hoped to enjoy a carefree life with beautiful wives and concubines, but Sect Master Yu Hongshang brings him into one of the cultivation world’s top sects as her personal disciple. Who would’ve thought that after joining the sect, Xu Qing would have to look after his junior sister and even take care of a dog? With n 19.2kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 78 After Twenty Years of Slacking Off, I Come Out of Seclusion to Recruit Eternal Geniuses as Disciples 摆烂二十年，出山收徒万古天骄 (Emperor from the start + System disciple recruitment + invincible + decisive and ruthless + expansive worldbuilding!) (PS: The comic adaptation is now available!) (PS: This book has no teacher-disciple romance. Their relationships are all completely normal!) Qin Tianyang transmigrates to the Xuanchen Continent and becomes the youngest lineage master of Daoji Sect. After twenty years of slacking off and doing sign-ins, he finally becomes an Emperor! Then he unlocks a disciple-recruitment System, 11.4kReads7.9Score62114d adds
- 79 The Daily Life of Ximen Qing, the Heavenly Cannon Star 天炮星西门庆的日常 Ximen Qing, a spoiled young noble from Douluo Continent, is the reincarnation of a divided soul of the Bliss Immortal Venerable. Gifted an immortal seal by a goddess, he cultivates the immortal way, savoring both the loneliness and splendor of the mortal world while living an absurdly carefree and happy life... 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Technology Brings a Little Shock to the Cultivation World 科技给修仙界带来亿点点震惊 [What Even Is Fantasy?] + [Wild Imagination] + [Absurdist Humor] + [I’m Done Pretending. Here’s the Truth: I’m Just Here to Make You Laugh to Death] Xia Fan, a hardcore shut-in from the future, gets by on games and anime. Then one day, he transmigrates to a parallel world of cultivation! He thought he’d get the power fantasy of cultivating with one hand and taking disciples with the other. Instead, he transmigrated into the body of “Xia Erdan” and discovered he couldn’t cultivate at all! Just 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The System Lives in an Eerie World, While I Become a God in Reality 系统活在诡异世界，我在现实封神 [New book: The Bizarre Path to Immortality: You’ve Heard of Me Too?] [Horror Returns + Supernatural + Reality-Bending Weirdness + Conceptual Deities + No Goody-Two-Shoes] The legendary Xuanyuan Sword is the spine of the ancient King of Men. The nine great cauldrons said to have established Huaxia’s Nine Provinces were made from the heads of the Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and the First Emperor. The divine list from folk legends of deification is actually a coffin. True spirits are entrusted 3.5kReads8.0Score29714d adds
- 82 Wouldn’t It Be Better to Stay Alive? You Just Had to Make Me Angry 活着不好吗？非要惹我生气 [Lighthearted Comedy + Anti-Trope] Xia Yuan is a spiritual energy null who transmigrates into the cultivation world. Every day, all he does is chop wood to gain experience. His System is otherwise completely useless. When the Starwood Peak Master strikes him with a palm, Xia Yuan somehow comes away completely unharmed? Sect Master: “A prodigy of our sect! Invest every resource into him!” Peak Master: “He took my palm strike without a scratch and didn't even flinch? What terrifying power! Could h 8Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 83 Wait, Why Is the Demon Lord's Crew Already Assembled from the Start? 诶不对，为啥开局凑齐的是魔王团 [A madcap tale of eccentric beings born into another world] [Snake Lady] [Loli Dragon Lady] [Bird Lady] [Road-trip story leaning toward a journey] [Unconventional work] [Warning: pure evil] [Not a power fantasy, meow] [Cruel world warning] [Eccentric plot] [Light-novel style] [Multiple protagonists] [Low morality warning] [Lots of warnings about terrible people] [Warning: jokes without limits] [Monster girls] Someone asked why this isn't a harem story. Since when is a harem made up of a bunch of 44.6kReads8.9Score7.3k14d adds
- 84 The Fearless Frontier Soldier: From Death Row Camp to Marquis Champion 边军悍卒：从死囚营到冠军侯 Lu Chen was once a low-ranking soldier in a borderland death-row camp, someone who would not live to see tomorrow. He is forced into the tangled conflict between the Hexi frontier army, the grassland tribes, and the imperial court. With no illustrious background and no powerful patron to protect him, all he can do is climb up from the mud with a blade, sheer grit, and one military achievement after another. Snow and wind batter the border city, royal banners whip in the gale, and old debts and n 41Reads—Score10114d adds
- 85 Xuanhuan: The Cultivation World Is So Absurd, Good Thing I Am Too 玄幻：修仙界很抽象，还好我也是 6.7kReads8.4Score46814d adds
- 86 My System Is Way Too Good at Stirring Up Trouble 我的系统太会搞事了 After Lu Shiyi cursed out his boss, he got a lottery System. It offers all kinds of items, as well as limited-time trial passes for other systems. A lighthearted, humorous slice-of-life story with a slow-burn plot. No mindless antics or forced showing off. 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Paranormal Has Arrived? My Underworld Card Deck Crushes Everything 诡异降临？我的地府卡组镇压一切 [Cards + Chinese mythology + Cultural rupture + Invincible + No female lead + Supernatural horrors descend] Alternate title: The Supernatural Has Arrived? My Underworld Deck Crushes Everything Black fog spread as supernatural horrors descended. Everyone had the chance to become a Card Master. By successfully creating a [Magic Card], they could become powerful Card Masters. Su Ming transmigrates into this world and discovers that the Jiuzhou Kingdom has suffered a cultural rupture. It has no lege 2.1kReads8.6Score19614d adds
- 88 This Alchemist Plays Dirty 这个炼丹师玩的真脏啊 Eastern fantasy, a world of immortal cultivation, no tired old tropes. The daily life of a lunatic cultivator: no pressure, just easygoing fun. I think it’s hilarious, anyway, though most readers find it bizarre. There’s no tragic, angst-filled plot. The protagonist, Huang Liang, accidentally transmigrates and sells novels in the cultivation world, only to have them pirated. He starts an online business, only to have it brutally seized. His human-puppet dolls are so well-made that nobody buys t 4.3kReads8.7Score42714d adds
- 89 Rule Horror: From the Start, My Talent Is a Mini Ghost 规则怪谈：开局天赋是迷你小幽灵 [National Fate + Livestream + Supernatural Horror + Low-Profile Aura + Adorable Creatures Appear] Dear reader, if you're reading this book, it means you've broken through the limits of the low-profile aura and successfully found a great read. This book will never let you down! Three years ago, supernatural horrors revived and invaded the world. The rules-based horror games select "players" from each country to enter their scenarios. The players' success or failure has a huge impact on their nati 1.6kReads8.6Score18014d adds
- 90 The Heavenly Dao Is a Shoddy Operation, and I Just Sounded the Suona 天道是个草台班子，而我刚刚吹响了唢呐 The Heavenly Dao is a ramshackle operation, and I just blew the suona 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Transmigrating to Honghuang with Doraemon's Fourth-Dimensional Pocket 带着小哆啦的四次元口袋穿越洪荒 [Primordial World and Journey to the West] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Cross-Dimensional] [Doraemon] [Wild Imagination] [Buddhist Conspiracy] The protagonist transmigrates into Journey to the West and uses Doraemon's fourth-dimensional pocket To send over a thousand monks in Chang'an to prison, give Sun Wukong Memory Bread so he learns the truth behind the Journey to the West calamity, and use 404 Anywhere Doors to humiliate Guanyin on the spot and ruin her reputation. He nearly erases the Queen Moth 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Oh No, Even the Air in This World Follows Web-Novel Tropes 不好，这世界连空气都是网文套路 [Absurdity + System + madness + multiple genres] Han Yuan transmigrates into a world made up of a mashup of web novels from every genre imaginable, but things are even more absurd than he expected. Here, you’ll find: A domineering God of War falling in love with me. The global esports skill level drops by 99%, but mine stays the same. Passersby whose only job is to look shocked on the spot. A rich young master shouting “Shift!” from his 9,000-story villa. An evil ancestor who orders everyone to 2.8kReads8.8Score16714d adds
- 93 Infinite Spiritual Power? No, I'm a Human Power Bank 无限灵力？不，我是人形充电包 Infinite spiritual power + dantian constipation + a power-supplying formation + play the pig to eat the tiger Others cultivate based on talent. Lin Que cultivates based on his battery level. He transmigrates with infinite spiritual power, but suffers from "dantian constipation syndrome," with spiritual power so blocked up that it leaks out through his lower half. Sect Leader: Go relieve yourself at the mountain-protecting formation every day. And so he becomes the Qingniu Sect's mobile power so 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Neighboring Auntie Sent a Good Morning Sticker, and I Was Killed by a Maniac Ten Thousand Times 邻居大妈发个早安表情包，我被变态杀了一万次 My neighbor sent me a good-morning sticker, and a psycho killed me ten thousand times 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 I'm in High School, So What Is This Incense-Based Cultivation Thing? 人在高中，香火证道什么鬼？ [Not high-martial arts + daily life + school + comedy + unhinged antics + memes + absurdity + campus belle + multiple heroines] Lu Haonan, sixteen, is a new first-year student at Yanchuan High School. On the first day of school, a System dropped out of the sky and insisted that he'd transmigrated to the primordial world and become the local Earth God. The iced tea his childhood friend gave him? It called it ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid. The English textbook his teacher handed out? It c 174.2kReads8.9Score23.7k14d adds
- 96 Simulated Universe: I Became the Creator God in the Cultivation World 模拟宇宙：我在修真界当创世神 Have you ever suddenly forgotten what you were about to do? Do you sometimes feel that someone is watching you from beyond the world? Have you ever felt, for just a moment, that your own name or the names of your loved ones were unfamiliar? Have you ever given something your all, only to always fall short at the very last step? Don't be afraid. It may not be your imagination. Your world might just be an AI simulator. And your life is a bug written badly by some lazy agent, which hasn't gotten ar 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Master and Servant: I Can Hear the Catgirls’ Thoughts! 主仆：我能偷听猫娘心声！ [Life in Another World] [Adventure and Romance] [High-Quality Harem] [Light Novel] [Western Fantasy] Lin En arrives in another world and gains the ability to hear the thoughts of other races. The first little catgirl he buys soon realizes that Lin En is different from other people. After a while, the little catgirl becomes completely attached to Lin En, telling everyone she meets, “He's the kindest human to me on the entire continent of Notting!” 3kReads6.9Score41514d adds
- 98 My Blind Date Bit Me, Then Got Drunk on Sugar 相亲对象咬了我一口后，她醉糖了 After my blind date bit me, she got drunk on sugar 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 I’m a Decent Gentleman, but the System Keeps Setting Me Up 我是正人君子，奈何系统坑我 [Absurd Comedy] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Nontraditional Fantasy] + [Goofy Male Lead] + [Fake System] Early story: [Thick-skinned + Funny] Mid-story: [Scheming + Funny] Late story: [Shameless + Scheming + Face-Slapping + Awesome + Funny] He gets beaten up a lot in the Mortal Realm, but the Divine Realm is where the fun really begins. This is nontraditional fantasy. If that’s not your thing, please move along. Thanks! The System in this book is fake. If that bothers you, please move along too. 8.8kReads8.3Score96614d adds
- 100 Equal Masses: I Can Exchange Anything 质量相等，我能交换一切 Livestreaming + Humor + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Prize Wheel Gacha + No Main Heroine + Meme Mashups + Myriad Worlds + Catgirls Plenty of boss fights and hilarious scams, all kicked off by one word: “Exchange.” From the start, Su Yu awakens the conceptual skill Equivalent Exchange. After losing a figurine, he exchanges it for a virtual interface that lets him use emotion points to draw cards on a prize wheel. “My turn. Draw!” [Obtained a bag of trash] [Obtained a bag of insanely cool golden 13.9kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
