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- 1 What?! The Heiress We Found Is a Metaphysics Master? 惊！找回来的千金是玄学大佬？ Everyone says the second daughter the Song family recently brought home is a little troublemaker. At a banquet, she handed out talisman papers and claimed that the third young master of the Huo family, who had come from the capital, had had his destiny switched. Everyone broke into a cold sweat on her behalf! She said during a livestream call that the young master of the Chen family had entered into a ghost marriage. Sure enough, Mr. Chen turned around and divorced his wife because of what she s 65Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 Ridiculous! That Short-Lived Prince Might Live to a Hundred 离谱！那短命皇子怕要长命百岁了 [Strong Female Lead] [Yin-Yang Eyes] [Spirit Guide] [Episodic Stories] [Ensemble Cast] As the saying goes, the dead can be bound by their obsessions, while the living can be claimed by their inner demons. With her yin-yang eyes, Yun Yixue roams between the worlds of the living and the dead. She's been alive for who knows how long, and nothing fazes her anymore. It doesn't matter how you died. Once she's guided your spirit on, she'll forget you the moment she turns away. As for her past, who 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Unreliable, Unhinged Little Medium Became a First-Rank Princess Consort 不靠谱的疯批小神棍成一品王妃了 Shen Jinzhao returned to Shangjing with only two things to do. First, uncover the truth behind why Shen Yunyi was abandoned, find the person responsible, and make sure he got what he deserved. Second, clear the names of the 179 members of the Liang family and restore the reputation of the Liang family’s Protector General’s Residence. The day Liang Wanmo was beheaded was also the day Shen Yunyi’s own father abandoned her at a mass grave. So the three souls of Liang Wanmo, still consumed by resent 2.7kReads8.6Score33614d adds
- 4 The Golden Cabinet Prisoner 金匮囚 The Golden Coffer Prisoner 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The City of Layers 重城 The City of Chong 14Reads—Score214d adds
- 6 The Moon Sets over the Western Palace 月沉西掖 The Moon Sets Over Xiye 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Entering the Inner Palace 入深宫 Entering the Inner Palace 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Blood Plum Blossoms Reflect on the Sword Song 血梅映剑歌 Blood Plum Blossoms Reflecting the Sword Song —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Test of the Abyss 深渊之测 Testing the Abyss —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Flow of Darkness 暗之流 The Flow of Darkness —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Stars over the Gobi 戈壁上的星星 Stars Above the Gobi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Mountains, Rivers, and the Road We Share 山河与同路 Mountains, Rivers, and Fellow Travelers —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 An Omega, but a Beastkin White Wolf Omega，但兽属白狼 [New Book Launch~ Guaranteed Updates!] [ABO] [Strong Leads] [Special Powers] [Passionate Interstellar Adventure] [Beast World] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Younger Male Lead] [Power Fantasy] [Ensemble Cast. The male lead's ability is shapeshifting into beasts, so he doesn't have one specific beast form. Think... the king of all beasts. Others have a fixed form, but he can become a lion, tiger, leopard... cat, dog, rabbit, you name it.] Carefree, easygoing white wolf recipient x icy, devoted kin 2.1kReads8.2Score30914d adds
- 14 Embroidered Brocade of the Floating Pagoda 浮图锦 The Brocade Pagoda 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Confession from the Heart 心尖之诉 A Plea from the Heart 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Moon of the Ember Palace: The Substitute Consort Refuses His Favor 烬宫月：替身妃，不承宠 Moon Over the Ashen Palace: The Substitute Consort Is Not Favored 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My One-Sided Crush Turned Out to Be Mutual 我的单向暗恋，原来是双向 My One-Sided Crush Turns Out to Be Mutual —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 How Funny, Yet I Still Like You 好笑，偏偏还是喜欢你 Hidden on Lingxi's phone screensaver is Huo Qiu's graduation photo, the unspoken love she had cherished since she was seventeen. When Tan Xiao knelt in the rose field and said, “I’ll wait for you for the rest of my life,” she quietly locked the photo away in the cloud. That was until she found an AI face-swapped erotic photo on Tan Xiao's phone, showing her in a wedding dress and being mass-sent to all their coworkers. Just then, Huo Qiu's Rolls-Royce crushed the roses scattered across the groun 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Light the Yin-Yang Lamp, Bargain for a Hundred-Year Life 点盏阴阳灯，讨价百岁命 “Shen Qingci, you used sorcery to extort money and take lives. What do you have to say for yourself?” “My lord, all I did was light a lamp and ask... ‘Would you trade your life for a wish?’” Shen Qingci, owner of the Everlasting Lantern Shop in the capital, has a pair of yin-yang eyes that can see how long people have left to live. She collects years of life only to extend the life of her childhood sweetheart, Xie Changsheng, who is cursed to die before turning twenty-five. Until he is framed fo 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Golden Butterfly's Call 金蝶引 [Complete] [Historical Romance] [Metaphysics] [Ghost Hunting] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Overlapping Timelines] [One-on-One Romance] Lin Qiao is the junior-most disciple of Changqing Temple. Born with golden eyes, she can see ghosts and glimpse the past and future. Using golden butterflies as a guide, she seeks out the obsessions of the dead and helps them pass on. When the death calamity awaiting her sixteenth birthday draws near, her master, Xie Canglan, suddenly disappears in Shengjing. Her fir 4.4kReads8.9Score77014d adds
- 21 Wonderful! A Metaphysics Master Can Save Second Master 太好了是玄学大佬，二爷有救了 [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + livestreaming + ghost-catching + romance + everyday life] Complete. Read with confidence. After He Man, a metaphysics master from the cultivation world, dies saving all living beings, she returns to the modern world. She becomes a weak, helpless orphan. To make money, she becomes a metaphysics streamer, telling fortunes on livestream to earn merit. Caller 1: Master He, save me! I saw a ghost! It's grinning at me and wants to eat me! He Man: Sir, you didn't see a 2kReads8.8Score26814d adds
- 22 Gu Gu Fang: Settling the Karma of Antiquities 缚古坊：了断古物因果 An antique shop on Funeral Street settles the worldly karma of spiritual artifacts. Using their special powers, it helps those destined for them advance their official careers. Azure Dragon God, Swollen-Belly Ox, Chicken Spirit Protector, Nine-Tailed Fox Who Changes Fate, Azure Sky Serpent... They say a new owner has arrived at Fugufang, and a god is always at their side... 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Became Fang Xuanling's Jealous Wife 穿成房玄龄的醋精夫人 I’m a 21st-century PhD in law, transmigrated into the wife Fang Xuanling married before he became famous. When I read the historical record calling her a “jealous wife,” I slapped the table. She was clearly a pioneer defending monogamy! When sixteen-year-old Fang Xuanling stammered by lamplight that his mother wanted to take a concubine for him, I slapped the Tang Code in front of him. “Under Tang law, failing to distinguish between a wife and a concubine merits ninety strokes of the cane. Want 346Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Yuan Family Pawnshop 元家当铺 Supernatural folklore + food + episodic cases + palace intrigue + ancient secrets + emotional growth In an alley deep in the heart of the capital lies a pawnshop. It takes more than gold and silver: it accepts your memories, love and hate, luck, and years of life. The owner appears to be a gentle cook, but she is actually the pawnshop’s guardian, versed in the forces of yin and yang. With a pot and spatula, she can make spiritual dishes that soothe restless souls, or simmer the deepest desires o 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Bell of Reckless Longing 妄生铃 [Ghosts + occult arts + not reborn + one-on-one romance + revenge + one-sided salvation + not a power fantasy + personal growth] The Western Qi Dynasty is home to the mysterious Wanzhi clan of Huaizhou, who can command ghosts and soothe spirits. The Wanzhi family has two sisters, both renowned for their beauty throughout Huaizhou. The elder sister is charming, lively, and energetic, while the younger is intelligent and accomplished in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. But for some unknown 3.5kReads8.6Score51814d adds
- 26 The Little Ancestor Is Banished to the Mortal Realm, and Even Wild Ghosts Tremble at Her Name 小祖宗被贬下凡，野鬼闻风丧胆 [Fortune-telling livestreams + ghost hunting + episodic stories + powerful female lead] Several thousand years ago, the Great Emperor Ziwei of the Central Heaven and North Pole manifested an independent avatar to rule over the underworld. What he didn't expect was that it would be a little girl with the sweetest baby face. She was so adorable that the gods all doted on her. Goddess Houtu: “You're really willing to send a little girl to manage all those unruly ghosts?” With no other choice, the G 155Reads7.9Score15714d adds
- 27 Gods' Game: You Call the Great Sage a Monkey? 诸神游戏：你们管大圣叫吗喽？ (The rating has just opened, and will rise later) [Fresh Premise] [Chinese Mythology] [Genius Academy] [Leveling] [Protective Allies] The game Godfall descends upon reality, and mythologies around the world revive. The beginner dungeon from the start: Havoc in Heaven. All the players declare confidently, "A hundred thousand against one. We have the advantage. Picking the Heavenly Court is a sure win!" "The other side is just a monkey! Only an idiot would pick them!" Jiang Li, who transmigrated h 119.1kReads8.5Score25.1k14d adds
- 28 Transmigrated to the 1970s: I Took the Man the Reborn Woman Had Her Eye On 穿到七零：抢了重生女看上的男人 [A heroine who refuses to be taken advantage of vs. a hero who’s cold to everyone else but warm to her] [No pocket dimension, no System, no huge golden finger. She mainly relies on her own hard work.] Lin Baozhi died in another world, then came back to life and discovered she had become a village girl in the 1970s, unloved by both her father and mother. The girl had a younger aunt born on the very same day. As the youngest daughter born to older parents, her aunt was doted on by her parents and 2.7kReads8.8Score21514d adds
- 29 Battling the Vermilion Gates 斗朱门 Yin Xuesu never imagined that one day she would become a surrogate, carrying a child for someone else. * “Just give my husband and me an heir. Don't entertain any improper thoughts. Remember, my husband isn't yours, and neither is the child...” But, Madam, you never told me you'd take my life from me, too. Heaven has given me another chance to live. The child was mine all along. Now your husband, your place as mistress of the household, and everything you have will soon be mine. * Primar 58.6kReads9.0Score8.9k14d adds
- 30 A Sparrow Startles Spring 雀惊春 She is the third young lady of the ill-fated Xie family of Yunzhou. With a hard fate, a line across her palm said to bring misfortune to her family, she is despised by her father and shunned by her sisters. But fate has other plans. Reborn, she vows to secure a brilliant future and find herself an ideal husband. Her elder sister sneers. “You’re destined to bring your husband misfortune. Who would ever want you?” Xie Wan only smiles. In this life, she will bring good fortune to her husband, chang 2kReads8.9Score28114d adds
- 31 A Commoner's Warmth Beneath the Heavens 布衣暖天下 [In the war-torn years at the end of the Song and the beginning of the Yuan, discover how a former child bride used nimble hands as blades and cotton as her cutting edge to weave an immortal legend as the “Cotton Goddess,” who “clothed the world”!] At twelve, her family sold her for half a sack of millet. Her husband's family treated her like livestock, and when they tried to sell her again, she escaped. She hid in a Taoist temple and nearly got caught, then drifted to Yazhou, where she narrowly 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Ghostly Jade Shadow 玉影鬼差 [Underworld Investigator + County Magistrate] One is silver-tongued, the other meticulous... Was their meeting a calculated approach or a fateful encounter? Liang Yu is a ghostly constable in the Nine Netherworlds Office of Judicial Review. A white stone allows her to travel between the realms of the living and the dead. At the request of departed souls, she takes care of matters in the human world, helping them let go of their attachments and enter the cycle of reincarnation. Yet she has a past 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Untamed: I Have Connections in the Celestial Realm 魔道之我在天界有熟人 A crossover between Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation and Heaven Official's Blessing. The story mainly focuses on Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, with little of Heaven Official's Blessing. Please don’t read if that bothers you. Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch, is the king of all the ghosts in the cultivation world. When Chenqing sounds, the ghosts answer his call. But one day, the Yiling Patriarch discovers that Chenqing no longer works. There’s a red-clad youth who is a ghost, yet Wei Wux 894Reads8.7Score12314d adds
- 34 My Ninth Prince's Consort Is Skilled at Predicting Love Matches 我家九王妃擅算姻缘 The emperor is choosing a bride for the leg-disabled Ninth Prince, and the children of powerful families are all scrambling to stay out of the running. But Xie Nuan, the second legitimate granddaughter of the Xie family, a recently returned rural girl whose grandfather is the Director of the Imperial Academy, volunteers herself! “Your Majesty, your humble subject is willing to marry the Ninth Prince!” The emperor: “Oh? Why are you willing?” Xie Nuan: “Because the Ninth Prince and I are destined 2.3kReads8.8Score33614d adds
- 35 King of Entertainment: Starting with Becoming Hannibal 文娱之王：从化身汉尼拔开始 (No CP, no CP, no CP) (Season 1 of the motion comic covers up to Chapter 108) They say this is a wasteland of entertainment. Fake traffic, half-hearted acting, art is dead. That is, until Lu Rang opened a door called "Fleeting Life." He became the bloodthirsty Hannibal, the brutal An Jiahe, a thug in a suit. He made villains' hearts beat, and sent chills down the spines of viewers in front of their screens. When he stood at the pinnacle of entertainment, everyone thought that was his limit. But 17.6kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 36 Lord Ghost Emperor, Your Wife Was Struck by Lightning Again 鬼帝大人，夫人又被雷劈死了 [Underworld Civil Servant] × [Unhinged Ghost Emperor VS Quirky Girl] × [Hilarious + Suspense + Devoted Love + Past and Present Lives] [Before You Read] Unhinged Ghost Emperor × Sarcastic Female Lead, past and present lives, love-triangle drama ahead A day in the life of an underworld civil servant: dealing with eccentric ghosts, investigating cold cases, and eating Granny Meng’s special dark cuisine Everyone’s got a punchline: Bai Shijiu, the chatterbox ghost official: “Xiaoman! I’ve got fanfict 590Reads7.7Score10814d adds
- 37 The Midnight Shop: The Eight Lords of the Underworld Bring Me Customers 午夜店铺，地府八大爷给我拉生意 Ancient legends say that the Great Emperor Fengdu, ruler of the netherworld, was appointed by Lady Pingxin. The Great Emperor Fengdu is the master of the netherworld, and all of its realms must obey his commands. Yet his identity is a mystery to the Three Realms and Six Paths. No one knows who he is, except Lady Pingxin. My name is Chu Chen, and I own Chu’s General Store. During the day, I sell all kinds of strange and unusual goods, making a fortune! At midnight, the Eight Lords of the Underwor 41.7kReads8.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 38 I Became the Short-Lived Ex-Girlfriend of an Amnesiac Young Master 穿成失忆太子爷的短命前女友 Xu Shuyao wakes up in the body of Fu Yanci’s short-lived, universally hated ex-girlfriend. The male lead was kidnapped at ten and lost his memory. Later, while working away from home, he was in a car accident, and the original owner took credit for saving his life. Taking over the mess, Xu Shuyao just wants to stay alive and run, far away from the plot’s whirlpool. But why is the male lead’s gaze getting stranger and stranger? It’s almost like he’s trying to seduce her. At her convenience-store —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn as a Giant Panda: Humans Are So Shameless, Stealing My Bamboo Shoots 转生大熊猫，损啊，人类夺笋啊 [Giant Pandas + Ancient Times to the Modern Day + Cultivation + Healing + Road Trip + No Romance] Pan Rui was struck by lightning. When she opened her eyes, she had become a round black-and-white creature deep in the mountains. Before she could figure out why the spiritual energy here was so thin, she noticed a group of strange “two-legged beasts” staring at her. Jet-propelled “iron birds” circled overhead, keeping watch, while two-legged beasts in the woods lay in wait, secretly pointing “long- 12.4kReads8.7Score95614d adds
- 40 My Sweetheart Is Afraid of Pain, So the Psycho Tycoon Kneels to Soothe Him 乖乖怕疼，疯批财阀跪地轻哄 Complete! [Two male leads + one-on-one, both devoted to each other, happy ending + older man/younger man + unhinged, cold-blooded tycoon × soft, sweet, adorably clueless little darling + unlimited indulgence + fast-paced face-slapping and scum-crushing] No! More! Suffering! At the Paradise Black Market in Linhai City, the delicate and breathtaking young master Lin Luoyuan is locked in a gilded cage, treated like a top-tier plaything. Below the stage, a greedy tycoon shouts, “Ten million! Let me 53.6kReads8.8Score8.6k14d adds
- 41 Records of Strange Cases in the Five Capitals 五京志怪探案录 Mystery + crime-solving + transmigration + supernatural tales + mutual flirtation and sexual tension + sweet romance + personal growth + happy ending The Great Liao is a fictional world with five capitals: Shangjing, Nanjing, Xijing, Yanjing, and Bianjing (Dongjing). Shangjing is sinister, Nanjing is splendid, Xijing is rugged, Yanjing is bitterly cold and harsh, and Bianjing is elegant. Each holds its own secrets and hides its own strange mysteries. All five capitals are prosperous places, yet 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 A Spirit Medium Arrives in the Harem 后宫来了个降灵师 [Transmigration from ancient times + strong heroine + supernatural + devoted couple + sweet romance] Gu Changsi is a spirit medium who diligently banishes evil spirits and guides the dead to the afterlife. One day, she dies, and when she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the Great Jing Dynasty. Seeing the palace brimming with ghostly energy, Gu Changsi’s occupational instincts kick in. She rolls up her sleeves and heads into the imperial harem. She plans to lie low and catch ghosts in s 1.7kReads8.9Score24314d adds
- 43 I Just Wrote a Web Novel, I Never Meant to Take the Literary World by Storm 我就写个网文，真没想镇压文坛啊 [Parallel World] [Transcription] [Multiple Secret Identities] Jiang Feng transmigrates to the Dragon Kingdom on Blue Star, a place woefully lacking in culture and entertainment. When he unexpectedly awakens memories of his past life, he becomes a walking treasure trove of culture and entertainment. To get his whole family into a big house in the elite district as soon as possible, Jiang Feng decides to make his mark in every field. And so: In poetry, he wins the national micro-love-letter contes 253.5kReads9.1Score29.7k14d adds
- 44 Book Transmigration: After Picking Up a Down-and-Out Villain 【穿书】捡到落魄反派后 [Completed] [Quiet, brooding seme with a heart full of secrets × warmhearted, talented-at-hiding-his-strength transmigrated-into-a-book shou] When Chu Zhaoqing transmigrated into this world, the story had already reached its conclusion. He looked up and saw the villain from the final battle, the one whose cultivation had been crippled by the protagonist and whose whereabouts were unknown. Chu Zhaoqing had transmigrated into the legendary figure from the original book, a being already unrivaled 15.9kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 45 The Ghost-Eating Bride, Part Two 娘子食鬼第二部 [Neither ghost, god, human, nor demon + no romance + a team of girls + no dating, just monster-slaying] [Strong female lead] A grand adventure of their very own! If gods stand in their way, she'll kill the gods. If Buddhas stand in their way, she'll kill the Buddhas! Gu Jiao's adventure begins anew! A delicate young lady and her little maid, joined by a dim-witted fox, a mouse, and a cat... They roam through endless mountains and rivers. The half-human, half-ghost young lady loves to eat ghost 1.4kReads9.4Score33614d adds
- 46 I Told You to Farm for Work Points, Not Build a Factory for the Whole Village 让你下地挣工分，你带全村开工厂 Jiang Wanyue drowned while swimming and woke up in the 1970s as a widow. Her home was bare, there was never enough food or warm clothing, and her three children were crying to be fed. Luckily, she had a cornucopia. One egg became twenty overnight! One sweet potato became a whole basket in the blink of an eye! Everything multiplied in abundance, except money! Once Jiang Wanyue had eaten her fill and warmed herself up, she began making plans to start a factory and go to college. Her life soon took 9.1kReads9.1Score93814d adds
- 47 The Female Bandit of the Court of State Ceremonial 鸿胪寺女悍匪 Manzhu, a tribal princess, brought a team of spies full of glaring flaws and married Su Dingyue, a general of the Southern Dynasty, under the pretext of a diplomatic marriage. Her ultimate goal was to secure a successful peace treaty and prevent the two nations from going to war. But there were traitors inside framing her, a scheming minister outside plotting against her, and a bumbling spy team holding her back... She touched the dagger in her hair. She wasn't afraid. A murder case? Cut them op 3.4kReads9.2Score57514d adds
- 48 Why Is My Superpower So Hopelessly Romantic?! 我的异能怎么是恋爱脑啊！ [Leveling-up story + no romance in the ending + a new crush in every round] Xia Xianyue was a C-list actress who had spent five years in the industry playing countless bit parts. Her beauty often made her go viral, only for her sharp tongue to send her back to obscurity. After she turned down yet another casting-couch offer, she figured she was about to be blacklisted. Then she unexpectedly entered a survival game. Xia Xianyue: I bet some guy who couldn't have me is trying to ruin my life. In a 69.2kReads9.2Score17.1k14d adds
- 49 The Sweet, Well-Behaved Darling Gets Stolen Kisses From a Scheming Big Shot Again 乖软宝贝又被腹黑大佬偷亲了 [Completed] [Delicate beauty + age gap + size difference] Gentle, devoted older Daddy-type top Xie Jinchuan, who takes the lead VS sensitive, insecure, unloved, pitiful bottom Wen Jingran. “My beloved is simply ill. If I love him enough, he will recover. So please don't call him timid and insecure.” When Wen Jingran moved into Xie Jinchuan's home, he was like a frightened rabbit, anxiously trying to get by under the watchful eye of this powerful man. But he soon discovered that Mr. Xie treated h 18.9kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 50 The Female Lead Not Only Speaks Her Mind, She Also Spreads Rumors 女主不光长了嘴，她还会造谣 Xie Longxi grew up in the countryside. At sixteen, her biological parents claimed her, and she successfully made the transition from the countryside to the city, then back to the countryside. Her birth parents had claimed her so she could take her two-years-younger full sister, Xie Weihong's, place when she was sent down to the countryside. Forced to go down to the countryside, she finally endured countless hardships to return to the city. First, she broke up with her boyfriend, then her ex-boyf 5.6kReads8.5Score66114d adds
