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- 1 I Logged In Ten Thousand Years Early, but I’m the Mastermind Behind It All 提前一万年登录，但我是幕后黑手 (Ensemble cast · Western fantasy · world creation · epic · players arrive · protagonist never takes the stage, remaining purely in the background) After unexpectedly acquiring an ancient book, Chen Jiu becomes the Creator. With enough Creation divine power, Chen Jiu can do anything. There are only three ways to obtain Creation divine power. First, the world periodically repays him with Creation divine power. The stronger the world, the greater the reward. Second, whenever an epic, world-sha 31.2kReads8.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 2 I, Godzilla, Ruler of the Ancient Gods 我，哥斯拉，古神支配者 [Ancient gods + Lovecraftian horror + lordly territory-building + civilizational evolution] One day, Wang Chan transmigrated and became a baby Godzilla. He also had a black sun for a birthplace, so he could hardly have it better. Every day, he did nothing but eat and sleep, and sleep and eat. Then one day, when he finally emerged, the mortals of countless worlds saw a creature... 108,000 zhang tall, surrounded by boundless rivers of molten flame, with the sun and moon above its head and the unde 5.3kReads9.1Score38414d adds
- 3 Devouring World Dragon: Reborn as a Black Dragon 吞噬世界之龙：从重生为黑龙开始 A soul from Blue Star transmigrates into a little black dragon that has just hatched. In this perilous otherworld, it can only rely on its own talents to grow stronger. “This world looks so huge, and it's so colorful. It must taste delicious!” said a black dragon as large as countless worlds, gazing at the plane before it. 9.4kReads8.8Score73414d adds
- 4 Six Hundred Million Years of Evolution: From Trilobite to Mythic Progenitor 进化六亿年，从三叶虫到神话始祖 [Beast Protagonist] [No System] [No Romance] [Never Takes Human Form] (Also known as Supernatural Evolution: Beginning 600 Million Years Ago) In 2030, humanity finally discovered the secret of evolution. Aether: a strange energy that spreads from the planet’s core in the form of tides. It can accelerate the rate of mutation in a population millions of times over, enabling a leap in life’s evolution and entry into the supernatural realm. Just as the Awakened defeated the other species that had e 122kReads9.1Score12.7k14d adds
- 5 The System Granted Me Immortality and Invincibility, but Not Eternal Youth 系统赐我长生无敌，却没赐我不老 [Everyday cultivation + decisive and ruthless + irreverent cultivation + old-timer mentor + a little System] (A serious note: This book is told from the perspective of a long-lived old man. Cultivation techniques and spirit stones aren’t important, and there’s no leveling up, monster slaying, or auction-house browsing. If you like stories about young protagonists leveling up, slaying monsters, and visiting auction houses, go read those instead. This book has none of that.) “Sir~ Come on in~” “Yo 16.1kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 6 As the Occult Withers, I Endure; As the Old Gods Die, I Live Forever 诡秘凋零我不朽，旧神逝而我永生 (Longevity + Cthulhu + Changing Eras + Attribute Points + Ultimate Villain!) In the Middle Ages, when strange corruption ran rampant, he became the mad pontiff who terrorized half a continent. In the age of science, after the Old Gods fell, he became a living legend who walked the mortal world. Even when humanity left the surface of the planet and reached for the stars, no one could deny the existence of this undying old monster who had endured across the ages! “First, I have to survive the 17.7kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 7 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 223.9kReads8.9Score31.7k14d adds
- 8 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.8kReads8.8Score9.7k14d adds
- 9 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 70.7kReads8.9Score7.8k14d adds
- 10 Maxed-Out Talent: I Make My Mark in the Martial World! 天赋拉满，我在武道世界显圣！ [Invincible from the start + ceiling-level combat power + emperor of a dynasty + powerful lead] Lu Chen transmigrates and is reborn. In this life, he's the fifth prince of the Great Yu Dynasty, blessed with terrifying comprehension and an exceptional constitution. While others are still fretting over how hard it is to reach the ninth level of the Azure Heaven Formula, he's already deduced further improvements to the technique, reaching the unprecedented eleventh level. While others are still str 67.3kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 11 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 32kReads9.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 12 The Age of Heroic Spirits: I Can Simulate Infinite Possibilities 英灵时代，我能模拟无限可能 Simulator + Invincible Protagonist + the Myriad Worlds [No choosing between options: all simulation rewards are inherited] Earth has entered an age where everyone can summon Heroic Spirits. Once they reach adulthood, people can summon spirits renowned in history from the infinite worlds, using either their innate affinity or a holy relic. Mundane, Noteworthy, Curious, Legendary, Epic, Undying. The powerful can effortlessly destroy cities, shake the earth, or even alter ecosystems, while the full 49.5kReads8.5Score5.3k14d adds
- 13 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 21.9kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 14 EN I Start by Handing Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Wants Me to Become an Immortal First 开局上交修仙界，国家让我先成仙 “Chief, I request permission to hand over an unclaimed cultivation world.” “This world is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy. I recommend taking it over as soon as possible.” Lu Li transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a low-ranking mine slave in a demonic sect. Without an old master or a System to guide him, he thinks he'll have to cultivate the hard way. But by chance, he awakens a twin-fish jade pendant that can contact Huaxia. The news shocks the entire country, an 262.1kReads9.2Score32k14d adds
- 15 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 116kReads9.0Score10.6k14d adds
- 16 You Wretched Disciple, Stop! I’m Your Master! 孽徒快住手，我可是你师尊啊！ [Protagonist with no System] [Powerful golden finger] Lin Tianqi transmigrates to another world, thinking he’ll top the imperial exams, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life. Unexpectedly, he turns out to be a legendary cultivation prodigy with a Pure Yang Sacred Body. At the age of five, his beautiful master brings him back to her sect, and from then on, his life as a wicked disciple begins! “Heh heh heh~ Master, your disciple has a sleepwalking condition, you know~” 18.8kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 17 I Am Uncontainable 我，无法收容 [Lighthearted] [Everyday life] [Managing containment facilities] (Peaked at 600,000 active readers and has updated steadily for over a year.) The sun burned beneath the deep sea, while roots spread across the sky. Gears grew from people’s bodies, and upside-down cities fell like meteorites. Fang Jiu once thought that these things, which existed only in fantasy, had nothing to do with an ordinary man like him. That was until his head was chopped off one night... (The pace is slower from the start 181.9kReads9.3Score27.1k14d adds
- 18 The Immortal’s Long-Lived Tomb 长生仙墓 Lu Changsheng possesses the Eternal Immortal Body, living forever through the ages, never to die. Over countless years, he has roamed through a myriad of worlds and accumulated boundless experience. He has served as a carefree Immortal Emperor, run a tavern and sold wine, founded a sect as the mysterious and carefree sect leader, and opened a clinic as a master healer who saves lives. He has also wielded a three-foot sword, sweeping across the world with his sword energy as the Azure-Robed Sword 30.1kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 19 EN The Mad Scholar's Invincible Sword 疯书生无敌剑 There was once a mad scholar who carried a broken wooden sword everywhere and told everyone he met that he was invincible beneath heaven. The mad scholar’s name was Chen Xun. He wandered the world, falling into madness for three years at a time before regaining his senses, over and over again, in an endless cycle. No one knew where he came from or where he was going. What did he carry upon his shoulders... An ancient curse? A self-imposed path of cultivation? Or perhaps the shackles of a fate he 113.9kReads8.9Score8.2k14d adds
- 20 I've Been AFK for a Trillion Years, and I'm Richer Than the Heavenly Dao 挂机万亿年，我比天道还有钱 [Invincible + Building a Faction + Laid-Back + Nurturing] After idling for a trillion years, I built the strongest family! World Will: Dad Ye, I want to reinforce the world's barrier. Could you give me some pocket money? I'll rub your feet. Will of Heaven: Big Boss Ye, someone's been secretly siphoning the world's essence lately. Could you lend me some money? Whenever people mention Ye Suifeng, one word comes to mind. Filthy rich beyond all reason! 49kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 21 Everyone Draws Cards to Change Classes, but One Draw Gives Me Max Stats! 全民抽卡转职，我一抽满命！ In this world, gacha rules! When people turn eighteen, they each get one chance to draw a card and change careers. Some poor students draw combat classes and rise to the top overnight. Some top students draw civilian classes and lose any chance of adventure and battle. In this gacha era, drawing a combat class is called pulling a gold. The world rewards you with another draw, and duplicate classes are converted into constellation levels. However, there is no pity system. On the day of his draw, 147.8kReads9.0Score12k14d adds
- 22 Invincible the Moment I Leave the Village: How Will You Deal with Me? 出村就无敌，阁下如何应对 Liu Ye had always thought he was a good person, especially a devoted son. He was particularly filial to his mother. The Festive Funeral Ghost: What a load of crap! He was kind and gentle toward his father. The Water Ghost: Waaaah... Don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll kill myself! He would go through fire and water for his friends. The other ghosts: You mean you’d stab us twice, right? All in all, Liu Ye felt that he was a very happy person. All the ghosts: Isn’t your happiness just our tragi 171.1kReads9.5Score22.3k14d adds
- 23 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5k14d adds
- 24 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4k14d adds
- 25 EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.6kReads9.3Score6.6k14d adds
- 26 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.3kReads9.3Score16.9k14d adds
- 27 EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 64.6kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
- 28 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 225.8kReads9.5Score18.5k14d adds
- 29 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 135.6kReads9.5Score11.8k14d adds
- 30 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 156.7kReads9.3Score16.5k14d adds
- 31 EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8k14d adds
- 32 EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 169.8kReads9.5Score17.3k14d adds
- 33 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 6.1kReads—Score36014d adds
- 34 EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6k14d adds
- 35 EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6k14d adds
- 36 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 177.9kReads9.7Score21.5k14d adds
- 37 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
- 38 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
