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- 1 I Went to Listen to a Sermon, and Stumbled Upon the Secret of Buddhahood 无事来听经，竟窥悟到成佛的秘密 A thousand-year-old chamber lies in endless darkness. A few words bring sudden enlightenment, and a single lamp shines bright. Master Tifó teaches the Dharma with compassion for all beings. His words of truth ring out like thunder, awakening those who hear them. His wisdom is as vast as the sea, his virtue deep, his character fragrant. He guides all toward awakening, onward along the righteous path. May the sweet dew of Dharma nourish the spirit. May good fortune be spread far and wide, bringing 39Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 2 The Immortal Way 仙纲 Are there cultivators on Bluewater Star? Of course! Though Bluewater Star has no spiritual energy, there are still extraordinary people among its humans who have carved out a unique path of cultivation. But without spiritual energy, even the most accomplished cultivators on Bluewater Star can scarcely surpass the Soul Origin Realm. Those in the Soul Origin Realm can let their souls roam between heaven and earth for millions of years without perishing. In other words, they can enjoy a form of imm 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Cast Out by the Sect, I Defy Heaven and Become a God 宗门弃子，逆天成神 Lu Feng accidentally transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. Blessed with a top-grade wood spirit root, he was noticed by the Tianling Sect and became one of its ten true disciples. Just as he entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, however, a junior disciple framed him. With no family backing or powerful patron, he had no elders or even the sect master willing to speak up for him. In the end, his cultivation and spirit root were stripped away, and he was expelled from the sect. Lu 13.9kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves
- 4 Rugged Soldier! From Conscription to Conquering the Central Plains 悍卒！从壮丁开始逐鹿中原 Tomato Search: Ember of the Nine Provinces. The comic adaptation is now online! (A print edition has been signed, so read on with confidence.) [Passionate Warfare] [Masterful Political Intrigue] [Decisive and Ruthless] [A Cast of Contenders] Transmigration is no everyday occurrence. Every step is fraught with deadly danger. Profitable ventures like brewing wine, making ice, and refining salt are all tied to political interests. You either become someone else's weapon, or take up a sharp blade of 205.5kReads8.5Score9.2kShelves
- 5 My Master Is an Immortal 我的师父是神仙 Yang Yiyun finds a bottle with an immortal sealed inside and thinks, I'm going to make it big... Teach me your cultivation technique! No, you have to save the world... I want to face-slap the rich and handsome guys. No, the world needs you... I don't want you anymore, all right? Get lost... 7.1kReads8.8Score871Shelves
- 6 Maoshan Taoist Arts 茅山术 “Master, why does everyone say that after the founding of the country, animals aren’t allowed to become spirits?” “Because it’s the law. Whatever is spoken becomes law. After the country was founded, no animals, plants, or anything else was allowed to become a spirit!!!” “Then why have we still run into so many demons and monsters?” “Because those were all from before the country was founded. Afterward, there are only ghosts. So you have to live your whole life carefully and keep a low profile. 3.5kReads7.4Score465Shelves
- 7 1959: From the Start, My Cousin Knocks Me Out with a Bludgeon 年代1959，开局被堂哥敲闷棍 [Period]+ [Family Unity]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Getting in with the Powerful] P.S. A woman named Qiao Ya appears in the story. She is an important supporting character later on and greatly helps the male lead's family grow, so she is not a troublesome character. In 2024, an orphan transmigrates into the body of a 1959 technical-school graduate who shares his name. The original owner was walking home after dark when his cousin knocked him out, hoping to inherit his job. In return, he sends both their 8.4kReads8.4Score627Shelves
- 8 Why Is This Little Village Doctor So Cocky? 一个小村医这么拽 A Small-Town Doctor With a Big Attitude 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Reborn to a Bright Future 重生后前程似锦 A Bright Future After Being Reborn 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Eighteen-Year-Old Landlady 我的18岁女房东 My 18-Year-Old Landlady 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 There's a Dragon in My Well 我家井里有条龙 After failing at a matchmaking meeting, a poor young man stumbles into a Dragon-Suppressing Well, witnesses a dragon’s corpse, and merges with its dragon core. Day One: He gains the ability to see inside his body! His body is cleansed and renewed! He becomes immensely strong! Day Two: He can control and part the water! See underwater! Breathe underwater! Day Three: Catch fish! Scoop up shrimp! Pick crabs! Earn his first fortune! Day Four: He finds an old clam spitting out a pearl and unexpec 11.3kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
- 12 Ingenious Inventions of Ancient China 中国古代奇技淫巧 The authors of this book searched through vast collections of historical records, painstakingly gathering hundreds of long-lost secret arts and techniques passed down through the centuries. These include forging antiques, identifying treasures, alchemy, health practices, beauty techniques, fortune-telling by characters, martial arts, and spiritual cultivation. Their scope ranges from contemplating the heavens and earth and making uncanny predictions to calming the mind, curing illness, and riddi 8.9kReads9.6Score1.5kShelves
- 13 Transmigrated as an Ancient Chinese Special Forces Soldier with a Sword 穿越之古代「利剑」特种兵 A Special Forces Soldier with a Sword Transmigrates to Ancient Times 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Supreme Asura 至尊修罗 Prove the path of love through slaughter, and write the name of the Asura in blood! Corrupt villains rule, and chaos engulfs the age. A steel-hearted young man rises through sheer perseverance. After his father is murdered by a traitor and two hundred thousand brothers-in-arms give their lives with courage, Mu Feng, a battle-hardened youth raised amid the army's bloody campaigns, obtains the Asura Scripture and begins an against-all-odds journey of revenge. Slay the petty and destroy the wicked, 2.8kReads8.8Score343Shelves
- 15 You Dare Steal My Bride, Immortal Emperor? I'll Dig Out Your Supreme Bone! 仙帝你也敢抢亲？反手挖你至尊骨 [Villain + Unstoppable Domination + No Saintly Heroics + Immortal Emperor from the Start + System + Pure Power Fantasy] Xu Fengqiu transmigrates into the young master of the Xu family, a ten-thousand-year-old imperial clan, and is an Immortal Emperor from the start. Why should the chosen ones blessed with protagonist halos get to defy heaven's will, while villains with powerful backgrounds are doomed to be stepping-stones? [Fated Villain System] activated! Steal the chosen one's Destiny Points, 20.5kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
- 16 The Primordial Sword Sovereign 太古剑尊 A finger points toward the azure clouds, while one’s spirit swallows the netherworld. The Great Dao intertwines, and the sword reigns supreme. This is the story of a man and a sword! Three thousand feet of mortal dust, glazed light dyed with heavenly fragrance. Heroes contend for the throne, while the Sword Venerable commands the world. The truth of the sword, a secret hidden for ten thousand years: forge a path to heaven anew through a boundless sea of blood, and refine the scriptures of the Sw 165.7kReads9.1Score18.3kShelves
- 17 The Fist Beneath the Mountain 山下的拳 Fists Beneath the Mountain 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Beggar God Emerges 丐神出世 The Beggar God Emerges 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Villain: Forbidden Zone Divine Son! I Hunt the Heavenly Dao 反派：禁区神子！我狩猎天命大道 Villain protagonist + invincible background + overwhelming power fantasy + no pretending to be weak + battles across the myriad heavens + slightly yandere heroine The Forbidden Zone of Time and Space, a graveyard for time and space. Kong Wudao, divine son of the forbidden zone, was unrivaled among the era’s greatest prodigies. Finding life dull, he willingly sealed himself away in the Heavenly Mountain of Time and Space. Countless years later, the Great Dao changed, and the myriad heavens entere 13.2kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 20 The Villain Chosen by Fate: I Refuse to Break Off the Engagement! 天命反派：我，拒绝退婚！ Jiang Xuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a true disciple of an immortal family. When the clan learns of the childhood betrothal his parents arranged for him, they decide that the girl isn't worthy of him and hope he will break off the engagement as soon as possible to protect his reputation. He has also found an Ancient Goddess with a Profound Yin Sacred Body, who is interested in marrying him. If the match succeeds, he will become the Young Clan Leader and gain authority and po 10.3kReads7.8Score3.9kShelves
- 21 Taking Control of the World, Starting with the Patrol Office 从巡检司开始掌控天下 The protagonist, Wang Shisan, is a low-ranking ninth-grade patrol officer in the Yuwo Patrol Office of Luzhou. From the government offices to the martial world, he uses his blade and his wits to break through deadlocks, unite forces, and climb step by step. In the end, he overthrows the decaying imperial regime and ascends the throne. Ruling the world is not his final goal. Leading his loyal and valiant followers, he conquers the globe and puts an end to war through war, until the Dragon Banner 257Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 22 I Saved the Whole Village, but Couldn’t Protect My Brother 我救了全村，却没有保护好兄弟 I Saved the Whole Village, but Failed to Protect My Brother 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 From the Start: The Beautiful CEO Hires a Bodyguard 开局：美女总裁招保镖 New novel: Urban power fantasy + soldier king + miracle doctor + ancient martial arts + martial sage master + miracle doctor master After the soldier king returns to the city, he discovers that the woman his two masters arranged for him to marry is the very person his former commander ordered him to protect. His urban life remains tense... 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Tyrant Blade 霸道狂刀 In the world of ancient martial arts, the strong rule supreme. There are martial arts tournaments and duels atop Mount Hua. Only five years old, Shen Jinghong hides in a secret compartment in the ancestral hall. Through a narrow crack, he watches as his family is slaughtered! His father, Shen Canghai, is struck down, his Cloudbreaker Saber shattered and his chest pierced through. His mother's body crumples to the ground, and blood splashes across a pillar in the ancestral hall... From that mome 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Villainous Master’s Memories Are Revealed, and His Empress Disciple Breaks Down in Tears 反派师尊记忆曝光，女帝徒弟泪崩 The great villain Xiao Fan was surrounded and attacked by his seven disciples. His eldest disciple shouted, “Demon, the vengeance for my father's death can never be forgiven! Today is the day you die!” His second disciple shouted, “Demon, I kindly saved you back then, but you coveted my Supreme Yin Divine Physique and slaughtered my entire village. Today, I'll hack you into a thousand pieces to comfort the souls of my people in heaven!” Listening to his disciples denounce him, Xiao Fan re 10.7kReads9.0Score985Shelves
- 26 Reborn with the Luck of a Koi 重生后，成了锦鲤命 College student Ye Yuchen, reborn and renamed Ye Chongsheng, sets out on a path in business and immortal cultivation. Before long, he and his senior schoolmate Gu Ruoxi become a couple, and from then on... 151Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 State of Mind! 心境！ (Eloquent writing + xuanhuan fantasy + suspense + supernatural + spiritual cultivation + ordinary-person progression + no System + no clichés + no invincibility + no mindless characters) Wu Jing, a young herb gatherer from Qingshi Town, falls off a cliff and attains sudden insight, glimpsing the secret of a century-long lifespan! But the road to longevity is filled with deadly dangers. The stunning heiress he treats has an ancient heart demon sealed inside her; the Daoist temple he joins conceal 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 EN Why Provoke Him? Even the Weakest in His Sect Is a Great Emperor 你惹他干嘛？他宗门最弱都是大帝 (Invincible protagonist + taking disciples + sect upgrades + ruthless and decisive + expansive worldbuilding + ensemble cast + gradual build-up + the pacing is a little slow for the first 200,000 words, then becomes explosively fast) “You have to pay to cultivate immortality?” “You even have to grease palms to get a spot?” “And pay the sect thirty taels of silver every month?” “You have to serve as a menial for half a year before you can even get a chance to study immortal arts?” “You came first 134.6kReads8.5Score9.9kShelves
- 29 From the Start: I Have Dual Pupils, Immortal Bones, and a Chaos Dao Body 开局：我有重瞳仙骨混沌道体 [Invincible Background + Heaven-Defying Talent + Stunning Looks + Sharp Intellect] After transmigrating, he became the heir of an imperial clan in the Immortal Domain. Born with a Chaotic Dao Body, Heavenly Bones, and Double Pupils! Master every art, surpass the prodigies, and vie for the path to immortality! White robes, white hair! He ascends to the summit of the myriad heavens! That day, a young man as bewitching as a phan 1.3kReads9.1Score174Shelves
- 30 Xuanhuan: I Have a Sacred Body, and from the Start I Marry a Born Dao Embryo 玄幻：我圣体，开局迎娶先天道胎 Lu Yuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a collateral clansman of the Lu family, a top clan in the Eastern Wilderness. Though his birth isn't lowly, the tragedy is that he possesses the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. In this Age of the End of Dharma, this constitution makes cultivation impossible. It's practically no different from a crippled body, a hellish start from the very beginning. Just as Lu Yuan thinks he'll spend his life in obscurity, the family elders suddenly arrange a 53.6kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
- 31 Disciple, Go Ascend to Immortality 徒儿，你飞升去吧 A six-year-old comes home from school to find that his parents have been murdered. He cries bitterly, then passes out. When he wakes, he finds himself in a strange place, where the first person he sees is an old man dressed in white, with white hair… 209Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Realm of Officials 官家天下 First, this is a genuine political novel, written by one of the genre's most experienced authors. The story is logically sound and highly readable. Quality guaranteed! Second, the story starts at the prefecture-level city from the very beginning. The protagonist will not be sent down to the towns and villages. This book will not spend hundreds of chapters at the township level. Third, there is political maneuvering, economic development, satisfying revenge, and, naturally, personal life as well. 202.8kReads9.3Score16.6kShelves
- 33 EN Xuanhuan: Invincible, Starting with an Innate Holy Body and Dao Embryo 玄幻：无敌从先天圣体道胚开始 [Morally gray protagonist, lots of fights and immortal battles! Vast world + swordsmanship + battle for the path to the throne + invincible power fantasy + overwhelming family backing + fake System + creating a perfect world] After the Battle of the Origin’s Destruction, the Nine Immortal Domains were born. Later, the immeasurable tribulation arrived without warning. The heavens were engulfed in karma, darkness revived, and a world-ending war began, shattering the Immortal Domains. A new era daw 19.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 34 Xuanhuan: Give Away Fortuitous Opportunities and Double the Rewards! 玄幻：赠送机缘，奖励翻倍！ [Three Emperors in One Family ✚ An Emperor’s Fallen Double Pupils ✚ One Heroine ✚ Supreme Bone] Jiang Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the Fortuitous Opportunity Critical Hit System. All he has to do is give opportunities to others to trigger critical-hit rewards. “You gave away a hundred-year-old medicinal herb and triggered a hundredfold critical hit, obtaining a thousand-year-old medicinal herb.” “You gave away a heavily damaged Supreme Bone and triggered a millionfold critic 31kReads8.7Score2.8kShelves
- 35 After Eight Years of War, the Dragon King Returns 征战八年龙王回归 The battlefield is cruel, but it is a soldier’s duty to defend home and country. The Dragon King returns to protect his family, his friends, and his homeland... Because of what happened eight years ago, the Dragon King now has a child of his own... 488Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 After Sleeping for Ten Thousand Years, I Was Dug Up by the Great Emperor, My Father, to Be a Villain 沉睡万年，被大帝父亲挖出做反派 [Heaven's Chosen Villain + Cunning + Overbearing + Ruthless + Overwhelmingly Satisfying, Unmatched Domination] Su Jiuxiao transmigrates as the heir of an ancient imperial clan, born with a primordial Chaos God Body. Because the Heavenly Dao is incomplete and he cannot become an Emperor, his father seals him away to sleep within an Ancient Divine Origin. Over the next one hundred thousand years, all the Emperors of the myriad heavens perish. And his father actually becomes the only living Emperor 23.2kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
- 37 Villain Simulator: From the Start, My Supreme Imperial Bone Is Stolen 反派模拟：开局被挖走至尊帝骨 [Villain Simulations + High-Martial World + Invincible Domination + Ruthless Killing] Lu Qian transmigrated and became a playboy villain from the Lu family, one of the top families in the Great Xia Empire. From the start, he saw the drunk, unconscious fated heroine, Liu Ruyue, lying right in front of him. Yet the fated male lead, who served as the icy beauty Liu Ruyue’s bodyguard, was nowhere to be found. Wait, this plot... [Ding! An unconscious fated heroine has been detected ten meters ahead.] 29.3kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
- 38 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
- 39 EN I’ll Own Every Accusation, But Don’t Cry When I Wipe Out Your Whole Clan! 污蔑我全认，灭你全族可别哭！ [Fantasy premise + System + villain + no saintly behavior + ruthless and decisive] Qin Luo transmigrates to another world and becomes the Holy Son of the Taixu Sacred Land, standing trial. His unrequited love, his fiancée, and the protagonist accuse him of being a spy for the Heavenly Demon Sect. Every disciple of the Sacred Land denounces him. “Qin Luo murdered his fellow disciples to cultivate demonic arts, the legendary Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art!” “Qin Luo isn't an orphan. He must have joi 87.7kReads8.4Score9.9kShelves
- 40 Transmigrate to the Late Han and Fight for the World 穿越汉末争天下 Wu Xiaoyao, a Chinese special forces soldier, is betrayed by a traitor while carrying out a mission in an island nation. To cover his teammates' retreat, he detonates the bomb strapped to him, taking the enemy down with him. Unexpectedly, he awakens the destiny of China. His body is remade, and he transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era. By a twist of fate, he meets the peerless master Li Yan, who takes him on as a disciple! With his extraordinary combat skills, assassination techniques, and aut 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Villain: There Are Too Many Children of Fate, So I'll Just Lie Low 反派：气运之子太多，我摆烂了 Bai Feng transmigrated, and he had a younger sister born with immortal bones. He thought that as long as he clung to his sister, he could live a carefree life in this dangerous cultivation world. That was until he woke up and discovered that his mother was preparing to remove his sister’s immortal bones and implant them in him. Only then did he realize he’d been cast in the role of the villain! Just then, a System appeared. If he targeted the Children of Destiny and stole their fortune, he would 46.2kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves
- 42 Xuanhuan: The Immortal Divine Son Needs No Sister’s Bones to Prove His Dao! 玄幻：长生神子，何须妹骨证道！ The short drama adaptation of the same name is now available! [Invincible Overpowering Force][Decisive and Ruthless] Gu Changge transmigrates to the Central Continent Dao Domain and becomes the Gu family’s divine son. From the start, his elders want to take his younger sister’s Supreme Bone, but with a System in hand, why should Gu Changge need his sister’s bones to prove his Dao?! [Your bound target has received one spirit pill. You receive one peerless immortal pill in return, multiplied by a 147.5kReads8.3Score102.8kShelves
- 43 The Legend of Junxiang: A Prequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 倚天前传之君襄风云录 A chance encounter atop Mount Hua sparks a century-long entanglement in the martial world! The Heaven Reliant Sword in Guo Xiang's jade hands, and the first stirrings of Taiji in Zhang Junbao's heart. When yearning devotion meets the tender feelings of youth, what sparks will fly amid national hatred and family feuds? The Legend of Junxiang: The Prequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, also known as The Legend of Junxiang: The Sequel to The Return of the Condor Heroes, fills in the most unf 4.1kReads8.1Score298Shelves
- 44 Reborn as a Mad Immortal in the City 重生之都市狂仙 I cleave wind and thunder with my sword, blotting out sun and moon; with a single palm, I command the universe and scour the netherworld. There are six billion people in this world, yet I alone dare call myself proud and unrestrained. The Azure Emperor of the Immortal Realm was reborn ten thousand years in the past and descended upon a bustling city, a world of glittering lights and indulgence. Who gets drunk in the embrace of beauties, lost in luxury, and who stays clearheaded, sword in hand, r 8.3kReads8.8Score672Shelves
- 45 Transmigrating to the Late Han Dynasty to Rule the World 穿越汉末霸天下 Wu Xiaoyao is an active-duty special forces king. While on a mission in the Sakura Islands, he is betrayed by a spy who had been hiding in China for more than thirty years. To protect his teammates as they retreat, he single-handedly takes on the entire Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces unit, more than 180 men, and kills over a hundred Japanese devils. Exhausted, he raises his head to the sky and roars, "I have the will to kill the enemy, but not the strength to turn the tide!" Then he detonates 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 EN The Dragon Son-in-Law 上门龙婿 The Ye family is one of the most powerful families in Yanjing and across the country. Yet Ye Chen is a live-in son-in-law everyone looks down on. No one knows who he really is. Those who despise him will eventually kneel before him, trembling with fear, and call him “Master”! 227.2kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves
- 47 Xuanhuan: Defying Fate Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes, I Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp 玄幻：逆命万世，我打爆仙帝 [The print edition of "Mayfly Chronicle" is now on sale] If life is as fleeting as a mayfly, how can it shake the heavens? After dying in poverty in old age, Su Chen discovered that his golden finger was a book that defied fate. After death, he could earn Fate-Reversal Points based on his life's achievements and keep reincarnating. He could spend those points to improve his next life's aptitude, comprehension, and even background. Across the long years, he was the ineffectual young master of a m 116.2kReads9.0Score10.6kShelves
- 48 I Get All My Cultivation Techniques by Scavenging 我的功法全靠捡 [Host picked up 10 points of Azure Dragon bloodline] [Host picked up an ancient remnant manual: Chaos Five-Spirit Art.] Pick up the strongest runes from an incomparable beauty? Pick up peerless cultivation techniques just by passing a cave? Lin Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and gains the Heavenly Dao Loot System. In a world teeming with powerful experts, Lin Chen gets everything he needs, from cultivation techniques and combat skills to divine weapons, bloodlines, and runes, simply by pi 4.7kReads9.2Score640Shelves
- 49 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
- 50 The Violent Prince of the Capital's Elite: The Protagonist Wants to Die Just to Survive 京圈暴戾太子，主角活着想死 [Decisive and ruthless]+ [No bleeding-heart saint, no simping]+ [Light System]+ [Beauty everywhere]+ [Never gets pushed around]+ [Invincible] [Unhinged fiction, absurdist humor, author has completely lost it] [Saintly do-gooders, stay away! Saintly do-gooders, stay away! Saintly do-gooders, stay away!!!] Shen Wuxiao arrives in the world of a high-martial arts novel as the vicious, powerful-background-rich playboy from the book! He also awakens the Villain Plunder System. All he has to do is stea 141.3kReads9.0Score11.9kShelves
